On the evening of April 18, the 2018 National Swimming Championship and Asian Games trial (professional group) in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province ended the men's 1500 meter freestyle final competition. Sun Yang won the championship in 15 minutes, 04 seconds and 92 seconds. In this swimming championship, except for 100 self won bronze medals, sun Yang won all four championships, namely, 200 self, 400 self, 800 self and 1500 self. Ji Xinjie of Shandong won the second place in 15:23.09, and Cheng Long of Shandong won the third place in 15:29.92.
In the first 50 meters, Sun Yang kept the lead with 27.00 seconds, followed by Ji Xinjie of Shandong and Qiu Ziao of Shanghai, and Ji Xinjie of 100 meters led Sun Yang by 0.34 seconds with 56.38 seconds! But Sun Yang took the lead with 1:26.42 at 150 meters. The 200 meter Sun Yang took 1 minute, 56 seconds and 84 seconds, 0.28 seconds ahead of Ji Xinjie. When 250 meters, Qiu Ziao was the second. 300 meters Sun Yang takes 2 minutes, 57.22 seconds, 0.57 seconds ahead of Qiu Ziao. At 350 meters, Sun Yang led Qiu Ziao by 3 minutes, 27 seconds and 31 seconds. The 400 meter Sun Yang takes 3 minutes, 56 seconds and 98, 2 seconds ahead of Qiu Ziao.
At 1 / 3 of the race schedule, Sun Yang took 4 minutes, 57 seconds and 07. At this time, the second place was changed to Ji Xinjie. The gap between the two was 3.47 seconds, and between Qiu Ziao and Ji Xinjie was 0.05 seconds. Now Sun Yang has got rid of the two players completely. His 600 meter time is 5 minutes, 57 seconds and 64. Ji and Qiu can't get close to the camera. The 700 meter Sun Yang took 6 minutes, 58 seconds and 46, half way 7 minutes, 29 seconds and 16.
The competition continued, and Sun Yang's 800 meter time was 7:59.56900 meters, which was 9:0.44. 1000 meters is 10 minutes 01 seconds 62, according to this speed, the final result is obviously 15 minutes away. Sun Yang took 11 minutes, 03 seconds, 151200 meters, 12 minutes, 04 seconds, 731300 meters, 13 minutes, 06 seconds and 51 meters. When he reached about 1370 meters, Sun Yang finished the hoop for the last player! Sun Yang took 14 minutes, 08 seconds and 25 meters to finish the 100 meters. Sun Yang finally won the championship in 15 minutes, 04 seconds and 92 seconds. Ji Xinjie took the second place in 15:23.09, and Cheng Long of Shandong took the third place in 15:29.92. Qiu Ziao lost his strength in the second half of his career and fell to the sixth place.