Olympic champ Sun Yang triumphs with meet record at Asian Championships

 DUBAI, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Two-time Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang shined at the Asian Championships here on Thursday as he claimed the title of men's 200 freestyle event with a new championship record.

The 21-year-old Sun, who settled with a silver in this very event in London Games this summer, clocked one minute, 45.49 seconds to clinch¹ the gold, leading with a 4.18-second margin² ahead of his teammate Hao Yun, who finished with the silver.

Sun's record-breaking feat³ marked a triumphant⁴ night for China in which eight out of the 10 swimming golds went to China while the other two continental⁵ swimming giants Japan and South Korea did not send their top swimmers to Dubai.

Sun won the 400m and 1,500m freestyle gold medals at London Olympics to become the first ever Chinese male swimmer to win an Olympics gold and he also set a new world record in the 1500m event.

1 clinch   

v.敲弯，钉牢；确定；扭住对方 [参]clench

参考例句：

• Clinch the boards together.用钉子把木板钉牢在一起。
• We don't accept us dollars,please Swiss francs to clinch a deal business.我方不收美元，请最好用瑞士法郎来成交生意。

2 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

3 feat   

n.功绩；武艺，技艺；adj.灵巧的，漂亮的，合适的

参考例句：

• Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
• He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。

4 triumphant   

adj.胜利的，成功的；狂欢的，喜悦的

参考例句：

• The army made a triumphant entry into the enemy's capital.部队胜利地进入了敌方首都。
• There was a positively triumphant note in her voice.她的声音里带有一种极为得意的语气。

5 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。