Hey there, swim fans! 🏊♂️
Exciting news from Qingdao, China! 🌊 China’s swimming superstar, Qin Haiyang, just won his first gold medal of 2025! 🥇 He took the top spot in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke at the National Spring Swimming Championships.
It’s been over six months since Qin helped China win the men’s 4×100-meter medley relay at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. 🇨🇳🥇 In Qingdao, he swam super fast in the qualifiers and then sped to victory in the final!
He said, “I should have been faster in the final than in the morning qualifiers, but I haven’t competed at big events for a long time. It’s been about six months since the Paris Olympics, and I’m still finding my form.”
Other amazing swimmers included:
- Sun Jiajun from Hubei, who came in second in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke.
- Dong Zhihao from Jiangsu, who finished third in the same race.
In other exciting races:
- Zhang Zhanshuo, a teenager from Shandong, won the men’s 200-meter butterfly! 🦋
- Ji Xinjie from Shandong took gold in the men’s 200-meter freestyle. 🏊♂️
- Lin Tao from Guangdong won the men’s 50-meter backstroke by just 0.01 second! Talk about a close race! ⏱️
- Wu Qingfeng from Zhejiang was the fastest in the women’s 50-meter freestyle. 💨
- Peng Xuwei from Hubei won the women’s 200-meter backstroke.
- Yu Yiting, who is only 19 years old, won the women’s 200-meter individual medley! 🎉
Swimming is so exciting, isn’t it? Maybe one day, you could be racing in the pool just like these amazing athletes! Keep practicing, and who knows? You might be the next big star! ⭐
Reference(s):
Qin Haiyang claims first gold of 2025 at National Spring Championships
cgtn.com
