Olympic swim champ Zhang Yufei: just looking at pool made me feel sick, now ‘I’m back’
Zhang Yufei took five-month break to decide if she wanted to continue in the sport, but is now eyeing a place at 2028 LA Olympics
Olympic champion Zhang Yufei has opened up about how looking at the pool made her feel physically sick, and she took a five-month break from swimming to decide if she even wanted to continue in the sport.
But in a post on RedNote on Monday, the double Tokyo Games gold medallist announced, “I’m back”, and said she had set her sights on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
To mark her return, Zhang competed in the 100m butterfly at the Chinese Spring National Championships in Qingdao on Sunday, finishing fifth in 58.12 seconds.
“Yes, I’m back [and] I’m very happy to be back in the pool,” she said. “After a half-year absence, the last month of training has made me feel different.