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QINGDAO, China, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Backstroke specialist Xu Jiayu broke the Asian record of the men's 100m backstroke at the Chinese Swimming Championships here on Wednesday.
Xu, 21, took the gold of the event in 51.86 seconds, only 0.01 shy of the world record and sliced a big margin from the previous Asian record of 52.24 seconds.
As a first time Olympian, Xu took the silver medal of the event at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in 52.31 seconds.
