China's Yang Junxuan sets national record in women's 100m freestyle

SHENZHEN, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Yang Junxuan set a national record to win the women's 100m freestyle in China's national swimming championships here on Tuesday.

Yang claimed the gold medal in 52.68 seconds, breaking the previous record of 52.90 which was set in 2020 by Olympic champion Zhang Yufei.

"I am happy to break the national record, but the result is a little bit slower than I expect, I hope I could