HOST China had the second fruitful day at the 7th Military World Games, bagging a total of 14 golds, with six from swimming events, in Wuhan on Sunday.

After the second matchday concluded, China led the medal table with 26 golds, followed by Russia with 10. Brazil jumped to the third place after earning a gold medal from swimming and a silver from lifesaving.

Rio 2016 bronze medalist Wang Shun unveiled the gold medal haul for China, claiming his second gold in the men’s 200m IM with a record time of one minute and 56.25 seconds. Ji Xinjie, who won the men’s 4X200m freestyle relay together with Wang on Friday, touched home first in the 800m freestyle in 7:53.65.

Yang Junxuan and Zhang Yufei, finishing first in the women’s 200m freestyle (1:56.21) and the 100m butterfly (58.59), respectively, contributed in a joint effort to China’s win in the 4X100m freestyle relay with a time of 3:39.57. Suo Ran triumphed in the women’s 50m breaststroke in 30.74.

European championships bronze medalist Oleg Kostin of Russia obtained the men’s 50m butterfly gold in style in 22.84 seconds, 0.94s ahead of runner-up Konrad Czerniak of Poland. Brazil broke the military games record clocking 3:14.36 in the men’s 4X100m freestyle relay. China had a silver while Russia had to settle with a bronze.

Chinese athletes also had excellent performances in water, triumphing in men’s and women’s 200m super lifesavers and 4X50m obstacle relays, as well as the women’s 50m manikin carry. For the men’s 4X50m relay win, China wrote another new world record with 1:34.80.(Xinhua)