Liu Zige Bags China’s 18th Gold Medal

China crashed the U.S./Australia party in the swimming pool when Liu Zige won the gold medal in the women’s 200m butterfly with a world record swim of 2:04.18.

Should Americans be concerned that Chinese athletes are encroaching in their territory, the medal-rich sport of swimming? They need not worry now but they should worry in future editions of the Games.

Swimming is the main source of U.S. medals [seven of its current ten gold medals are from swimming] so it would be interesting to see what happens if China challenges the U.S. dominance of the sport.

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