Rio Olympics 2016: Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui gives amazing interview after qualifying for backstroke final

FEW people would have heard of Fu Yuanhui before the start of the Rio Games.

But after giving an adorable interview earlier this week she will live long in the memory.

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The 20-year-old simply couldn’t believe that she had qualified for Sunday’s 100m backstroke final, having finished third in a time of 58.95s.

In a heart-warming interview, the swimmer appears truly surprised as a the presenter on Chinese state TV channel CCTV breaks the news.

Fu’s mouth drops to the floor when she is informed of her time.

The presenter asks: “58.95s. Did you not expect that?”

Fu says: “I thought it was 59 seconds – I was so fast!

“I’m really pleased,” she adds with a huge grin.

The presenter then says: “Did you hold back at all today?”

“I didn’t hold back… I used all of my mystic energy!”

Fu then starts hyperventilating, with the presenter tapping her on the shoulder and suggesting she ‘settle down’.

The 20-year-old put in an even more impressive display in the final as she set another personal best.

Fu won a bronze medal, finishing joint-third with Canadian Kylie Masse with a time of 58.76s, just 0.01s off of Kathleen Baker in silver.

That was miles of the pace set by dominant Hungarian Katinka Hosszu, who finished in 58.45s.