Chinese swimmer Yang Junxuan broke the Asian record in the women's 200-meter freestyle to win the title on March 6, with a time of 1 minute 54.70 seconds.

It was the first Asian record at the national swimming meet in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province in south China.

Yang's performance overtook the previous national record of 1:54.98, her own, created in January 2020. It was the first time a Chinese female swimmer had crossed the 1:55 barrier.

The 19-year-old born in Shandong Province in east China, who specializes in the 200-meter freestyle, won a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, and took the fifth place at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, the Republic of Korea.