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Qin Haiyang (Chinese: 覃海洋, born 17 May 1999) is a Chinese swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and individual medley. He holds the world record in the 200m breaststroke, which he set at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships. At the same competition, Qin became the first swimmer in history to win all three breaststroke events at a single edition of the championships. Qin was also the former world junior record holder in the 200m breaststroke and 200m individual medley. In 2023, Qin became the first Asian swimmer to be named as the Male Swimmer of the Year by World Aquatics.
Career
At his first major international competition, the 2018 Asian Games, he participated in the 4x100 metre medley relay and won gold.
Later in December, he competed in the 2018 World Championships, where he won the silver medal in the 200 metre Breaststroke.
Then, in 2019, he won three silver medals and one bronze at the Military World Games.
He qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in the 200m breaststroke and finished first in his 200m breaststroke heat, but was disqualified for making an illegal kick after a turn, in what he called a "stupid mistake".
Since 2022, Qin started to train under Cui Dengrong, who also coached 2020 Olympic Games champion Zhang Yufei. Under Cui's coaching, Qin saw large improvements.
At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, Qin became the first man in history to win gold in all three breaststroke events at a single edition of the championship. With a time of 2:05.48, he broke the world record in 200m breaststroke, which was previously established by 2020 Olympic Games champion Zac Stubblety-Cook in 2022. Qin also set new Asian records in 50m and 100m breaststroke respectively.
In the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games (held in 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Qin again won all three individual breaststroke events. He also won the silver medal in the 200m individual medley. In the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay, the Chinese team of Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Wang Changhao, and Pan Zhanle broke the Asian record by finishing in 3:27.01. This was also the second-fastest in history, just 0.23 behind Team USA's world record time in the 2020 Olympic Games. The Chinese team of Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Zhang Yufei, and Yang Junxuan also set the new Asian record in the mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay. With his teammate Zhang Yufei, Qin Haiyang was named the MVP of 2022 Asian Games for his five gold medals.
Afterwards, at the 2023 Swimming World Cup, Qin won gold in all three breaststroke events (50m, 100m, and 200m) at all three World Cup legs, held in Berlin, Athens and Budapest. Qin was consequently named as the winner of the World Cup title due to his performances at all three legs.
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And after a poor start to Qin's marquee individual breaststroke events where he failed to medal, Qin would later bounce-back to swim the fastest split-times in the finals of his breastroke legs in the team events; 57.82 and 57.98 in the Mixed 4 × 100 m Medley Relay and the Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay to secure Silver and Gold medals respectively, and handing the United States swim team its first defeat in the latter-event since it was first-introduced into the Olympic program in the 1960 Rome Olympics.
"Decent", Tom (31 July 2024). "Paris Olympics 2024: Zac Stubblety-Cook has last laugh as Qin Haiyang bombs out of Games". www.smh.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024. There was speculation Stubblety-Cook might protest if Qin won a gold medal at these Games, but that won't happen now... One suspects Stubblety-Cook was pleased to see Qin miss the final... was asked if he was surprised that Qin missed making the final. "No comment," said Stubblety-Cook with a big grin, before walking off.
Writer, David Rieder-Senior (13 September 2024). "New Men's Swimming Stars? Leon Marchand, Fellow Paris Champions Limit Opportunities". Swimming World News. Retrieved 19 September 2024. ... the only person capable of beating Marchand is Qin Haiyang, the world-record holder in the event, provided he can bounce back from a disastrous Olympics
Fast, Annie (2024). "Paris 2024 swimming: All results, as People's Republic of China win gold in men's 4x100m medley relay". Olympics. Dressel, speaking on behalf of his team, said, "For Team USA, the expectation is gold. That's traditionally what we strive for... It came down to the wire. had four great splits. We had four great splits. But they were faster. It's as simple as that." Murphy shared Dressel's sentiment, saying, "Today, China was just a little bit better... "It is hard to get separation in that race. It was really tight all the way through. Hats off to China, they had a great race tonight."
Roy, Neelabhra (6 August 2024). "USA lose in 4x100m medley relay for the very first time after China beat them to gold at Paris". Sportskeeda. The USA lost to China in the men's 4x100m medley relay at the Paris Olympics, thus making it the very first time they did not win gold in the discipline. The Chinese quartet clocked 3:27.46, while the Americans clocked 3:28.01... The men's 4x100m medley relay was first held at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, and the United States have won gold in the discipline whenever they have participated. They did not win at the 1980 Moscow Games because they did not compete.