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Swimming At The 2002 Asian Games – Women's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The women's 100 metre breaststroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ... was held on 1 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool. Schedule All times are Korea Standard Time ( UTC+09:00) Records Results ;Legend *DSQ — Disqualified Heats Final References 2002 Asian Games Report, Pages 218–219 {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games - Women's 100 metre breaststroke [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luo Xuejuan
Luo Xuejuan (also Luo Xue Juan; ; born January 26, 1984, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang) is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed mostly in the breaststroke. She is a former world record holder in the 50-meter breastroke (short course). Career She began swimming in 1991 because her parents thought she was so thin that the exercise would make her stronger. Luo first caught sporting world attention when she won the 100 breaststroke at China's 2000 Olympics Trials in Jinan in a solid time of 1:08.87 and finished second in the 200 breaststroke in 2:27.29. Strangely, she was only selected to swim the 200 breaststroke, her weaker event, at the 2000 Summer Olympics a few months later. She posted a personal best of 2:25.86 in the semi-finals, only to falter in the final and finish 8th in 2:27.33. Going into 2001, Luo progressed rapidly. At the Chinese Nationals in April, she set a national record of 1:07.85 in the 100 breaststroke and placed 2nd in the 200 breaststroke (2:26.37) which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |