China take gold, silver in women's 50m backstroke
Chinese leads team to gold and silver in the women's 50m backstroke
World-record holder Zhao Jing led China to a gold and silver double in the women's 50 metre backstroke final at swimming's world championships with teenage compatriot Fu Yuanhui finishing second. Earlier, her teammate and world record-holder, Liu Zige, took the women's 200 metre butterfly gold.
I let myself down there, so I wanted to come back and prove myself
The 22-year-old Zhao, who won the 100 metre backstroke gold at the 2011 world championships, clocked 27.29 seconds in the sprint with 17-year-old Fu at 0.10 back and Japan's Aya Terakawa 0.24 adrift in bronze.
Having finished fifth in the Olympic 100 metre backstroke final, with the 50 metre being a non-Olympic event, Zhao said she had wanted to bounce back from her London 2012 loss.
"I feel very happy to have proved myself and taken the gold medal," she said.
"After the Olympics I had some injury problems and my performance dipped so that is why I think I have proved myself again.
"It has been down to my hard work and dedication.
"The hardest competition is the Olympics and I feel that I let myself down there, so I wanted to come back and prove myself."
Zhao admitted she was some way short of the full fitness which saw her set the world record of 27.06 four years ago at the 2009 Rome world championships.