Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    Sports
    Home / Sports / Swimming

    Qin claims gold, Yu wins hearts at aquatics meet

    By SUN XIAOCHEN | China Daily Global | Updated: 2025-07-29 09:33
    Share
    Share - WeChat
    Qin Haiyang competes during the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Monday. He claimed the men's 100-meter breaststroke title, securing China's first swimming gold medal at the event. XIA YIFANG/XINHUA

    Chinese swimmers stole the show at the World Aquatics Championships on Monday, as child prodigy Yu Zidi left everyone stunned with her phenomenal talent and the country's "breaststroke king" Qin Haiyang reclaimed his crown in a magnificent manner.

    The second day of the world championships in Singapore saw plenty of medal-winning and record-smashing feats, and yet the proudest moment for Team China wasn't celebrated on the podium.

    Instead, the global sports community joined Chinese fans in marveling the arrival of the world's fastest-ever 12-year-old, male or female, in an individual medley race, as Yu refreshed her personal best to clock 2 min 9.21 sec to finish fourth in the 200m individual medley final.

    Summer McIntosh, world record-holder and reigning Olympic champion from Canada, clinched gold with a time of 2:06.69, Alex Walsh of the United States (2:08.58) won silver, and McIntosh's compatriot Mary-Sophie Harvey (2:09.15) took home bronze.

    As China's youngest-ever swimmer at the worlds, Yu lived up to the pre-tournament hype generated by her 2:10.63 qualifying mark achieved at the national trials in May, which was back then the all-time world-leading result among her peers.

    Although a wafer-thin margin of six hundredths of a second from a podium finish at her maiden worlds might seem like a pity, Yu remained composed.

    "I think I did OK," she said in an interview with China Media Group after the final.

    "The result wasn't particularly satisfying. I just wanted to give my best performance and tried to finish on the podium. It was close, but not enough. Apparently I need to keep working hard."

    Yu is set to race again in the 200m butterfly on Wednesday, before challenging McIntosh in the 400m individual medley on Sunday.

    Citing the untapped potential in Yu, silver medalist Walsh envisioned a remarkable career ahead for the Chinese sensation.

    "She's obviously phenomenally talented at such a young age, and I think it will be interesting to see how she takes this meet," Walsh said.

    Earlier in the day, three-time breaststroke world champion Qin got Team China off to a scintillating start by coming back from a performance decline last year and reclaiming the 100m title. The 26-year-old clocked 58.23 to edge out reigning Olympic champion Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy by a margin of 0.35. Denis Petrashov of Kyrgyzstan finished third in 58.88.

    To come back on top in the breaststroke sprint marked a rejuvenation for Qin, who swept all three individual breaststroke titles (50m, 100m and 200m) at the 2023 worlds to reign supreme in the category. However, he suffered a disappointing medal-less exit from the 2024 Paris Olympics, hampered by injuries and lack of consistency.

    "I feel quite emotional right now after coming back from a very tough period last year to finish on top of the world again," said Qin, who finished 7th and 10th in 100m and 200m breaststroke events, respectively, in Paris.

    "Now that I am back on track, I really appreciate everyone who's supported me when I was struggling during the setbacks."

    Most Popular

    Highlights

    What's Hot
    Top
    BACK TO THE TOP
    English
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
    中文精品一卡2卡3卡4卡| 精品无码一区二区三区电影| 日韩综合无码一区二区| 免费无码专区毛片高潮喷水| 中文字幕无码久久久| 亚洲高清有码中文字| 久久精品国产亚洲AV无码偷窥 | 秋霞无码一区二区| 狠狠综合久久综合中文88| 内射无码专区久久亚洲| 日日摸日日踫夜夜爽无码| 午夜不卡无码中文字幕影院| Aⅴ精品无码无卡在线观看| 亚洲一区无码中文字幕| 亚洲精品欧美二区三区中文字幕| 中文字幕亚洲综合小综合在线| 人妻丰满熟妇无码区免费| 中文字幕亚洲一区| 亚洲国产综合精品中文第一区| 亚洲中文字幕伊人久久无码| 99久久人妻无码精品系列蜜桃| 亚洲AV无码国产精品麻豆天美| √天堂中文www官网在线| 亚洲av中文无码乱人伦在线r▽ | 国产AⅤ无码专区亚洲AV| 中文字幕精品一区影音先锋 | 亚洲爆乳无码精品AAA片蜜桃| 日韩精品人妻系列无码专区| 中文字幕无码AV波多野吉衣| 亚洲色无码播放| 无码区日韩特区永久免费系列| 亚洲欧美成人久久综合中文网| а天堂中文最新版在线| 精品久久久久中文字幕日本| 婷婷中文娱乐网开心| 亚洲欧洲中文日韩久久AV乱码| 中文字幕av在线| 无码国产精品一区二区免费式影视| 无码人妻一区二区三区一| 精品欧洲av无码一区二区14| 亚洲中文字幕久久精品无码喷水|