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Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Shimen County, Hunan, China | 17 May 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke, Medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Shanghai Swimming Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Cui Dengrong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[1] At the same competition, Qin became the first swimmer in history to win all three breaststroke events at a single edition of the championships.[2] Qin was also the former world junior record holder in the 200m breaststroke and 200m individual medley.[3] In 2023, Qin became the first Asian swimmer to be named as the Male Swimmer of the Year by World Aquatics.[4]
Career
[edit]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.[5]
He qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in the 200 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".[6]
After this upset, he moved to Beijing, where he trained under Cui Dengrong, who also coached a Chinese Olympian, Zhang Yufei. Under his coaching, he saw large improvements.[7]
In 2022, Qin competed in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. He won gold in the 100m breastroke event and set a new games record time of 57.76 seconds, which was 1.33 seconds ahead of fellow compatriot Yan Zibei, who took the silver.[8] He also competed in the breastroke leg of both the mixed 4 × 100m medley relay, and the men's 4 × 100m medley relay, and won gold in both events.[9][10] Qin also took gold in the 200m breastroke event, and set a new Asian Games record of 2 minutes and 7.03 seconds, and was 1.64 seconds ahead of his fellow compatriot, Dong Zhihao who won the silver.[11] On the final day of the swimming championships, he won another gold and set a new Asian Games record in the 50m breastroke, with a time of 26.25 seconds, and with fellow teammate Sun Jiajun winning the silver.[12][13]
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 championships, setting new Asian records for each event as well as becoming the current world record holder for the 200m.[14]
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.[15]
In April 2024, the New York Times reported that Qin had tested positive for trimetazidine, in the lead up to the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.[16] In a press release, the World Anti-Doping Agency said that the levels of trimetazidine were not capable of producing any enhancement in performance at the concentrations found and were due to an environmental contamination.[17]
In June 2024, the New York Times published another article, reporting that Qin had tested positive for low levels of Clenbuterol. WADA described the athletes' levels of clenbuterol as “so low that they were between 6 and 50 times lower than the minimum reporting level". In a statement to the New York Times, WADA Director General, Oliver Niggli, explained that these cases were due to accidental contamination, and not intentional ingestion. Niggli said, "They were elite level swimmers who were tested on a very frequent basis in a country where meat contamination with clenbuterol is widespread so it is hardly surprising that they could be among the hundreds of athletes who also tested positive for tiny amounts of the substance”.[18] Catherine Ordway, who is a Assistant Professor in Sport Management at the University of Canberra, explained that many parts of the world use steroids in rearing beef and pork, and that tests could pick up minuscule amounts in athletes unaware of consuming them. WADA also added that there had been "several of these [meat contamination] cases in the United States in the past few months alone, where highly intricate contamination scenarios were accepted".[19]
Officials from World Aquatics, the international governing body for swimming, revealed in July 2024 that their athletes have undergone 4,774 pre-Olympics drug tests in the first seven months of 2024 year, with no confirmed positives.[20] World Aquatics said that Chinese swimmers had been tested an average of 21 times, compared to four times for Australian swimmers and six times for USA swimmer, since January 1, 2024. The heightened level of testing led Qin to state, as reported by The Guardian, "This proves that the European and American teams feel threatened by the performances of the Chinese team in recent years. Some tricks aim to disrupt our preparation rhythm and destroy our psychological defense. But we are not afraid. With a clear conscience, we do not fear slander. My teammates and I will resist the pressure and win more medals to silence the skeptics".[21][22] Qin added that during the Games in Paris; "the tests come early in the morning before we're even awake, during midday rest periods, forcing us to rest on hotel lobby sofas, and even late at night, keeping us up past midnight".[23]
Personal bests
[edit]- As of 28 Jul 2023[24]
Long course (50 m)
[edit]Event | Time | Meet | Date | Note(s) |
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50 m breaststroke | 26.20 | 2023 World Championships | 25 July 2023 | AS, NR |
100 m breaststroke | 57.69 | 2023 World Championships | 24 July 2023 | AS, NR |
200 m breaststroke | 2:05.48 | 2023 World Championships | 28 July 2023 | WR, AS, NR |
200 m individual medley | 1:56.79 | 2019 Military World Games | 20 October 2019 | |
400 m individual medley | 4:10.41 | 2019 Military World Games | 21 October 2019 |
Short course (25 m)
[edit]Event | Time | Meet | Date | Note(s) |
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50 m breaststroke | 25.81 | 2022 World Short Course Championships | 17 December 2022 | |
100 m breaststroke | 56.31 | 2022 Chinese National Championships (25m) | 27 October 2022 | NR |
200 m breaststroke | 2.01.15 | 2018 World Short Course Championships | 13 December 2018 | NR, Former AS |
100 m individual medley | 57.18 | 2017 Swimming World Cup | 11 November 2017 | |
200 m individual medley | 1.54.51 | 2022 Chinese National Championships (25m) | 28 October 2022 |
Key: NR = National Record; AS = Asian Record; WR = World Record
Records
[edit]Long course (50 m)
[edit]No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Type | Status | Ref | |
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1 | 200 m individual medley | 1:57.54 | 2017 Chinese National Championships | Qingdao, China | 14 April 2017 | 17 | WJ (not ratified) | Former | [25] | |
2 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:08.71 | 2017 Chinese National Championships | Qingdao, China | 15 April 2017 | 17 | WJ (not ratified), NR | Former | [26] | |
3 | 200 m individual medley | 1:59.01 | h | 2017 World Aquatics Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 26 July 2017 | 18 | WJ | Former | [27] |
4 | 200 m individual medley | 1:57.981 | sf | 2017 World Aquatics Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 26 July 2017 | 18 | WJ | Former | [28] |
5 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:09.39 | h | 2017 World Aquatics Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 27 July 2017 | 18 | WJ | Former | [29] |
6 | 200 m individual medley | 1:57.06 | 2017 World Aquatics Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 27 July 2017 | 18 | WJ | Former | [30] | |
7 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:07.35 | 2017 National Games of China | Tianjin, China | 4 September 2017 | 18 | WJ (not ratified), NR | Former | [31] | |
8 | 50 m breaststroke | 26.63 | 2023 Chinese Spring Championships | Qingdao, China | 24 March 2023 | 23 | AS | Former | [32] | |
9 | 100 m breaststroke | 57.93 | 2023 Chinese Championships | Hangzhou, China | 2 May 2023 | 23 | AS | Former | [33] | |
10 | 100 m breaststroke | 57.69 | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 24 July 2023 | 24 | AS | Current | [34] | |
11 | 50 m breaststroke | 26.34 | h | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 25 July 2023 | 24 | AS | Former | [35] |
12 | 50 m breaststroke | 26.20 | sf | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 25 July 2023 | 24 | AS | Current | [36] |
13 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:05.48 | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 28 July 2023 | 24 | WR | Current | [37] | |
14 | 100 m breaststroke | 57.69 | 2023 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup | Berlin, Germany | 6 October 2023 | 24 | =AS | Current | [38] |
Short course (25 m)
[edit]No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Type | Status | Ref | |
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1 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:04.18 | 2017 Swimming World Cup | Beijing, China | 10 November 2017 | 18 | NR | Former | [39] | |
2 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:01.64 | h | 2018 World Short Course Championships | Hangzhou, China | 13 December 2018 | 19 | NR | Former | [40] |
3 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:01.15 | 2018 World Short Course Championships | Hangzhou, China | 13 December 2018 | 19 | AS | Former | [41] | |
4 | 100 m breaststroke | 56.31 | 2022 Chinese National Championships (25m) | Beijing, China | 27 October 2022 | 23 | NR | Current | [42] |
Key: NR = National Record; AS = Asian Record; WJ = World Junior Record; WR = World Record; h = heats; sf = semifinal
References
[edit]- ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ "History Maker, Ten minutes with Qin Haiyang". worldaquatics.com. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Third Time's the Charm: Qin Haiyang Continues to Lower 200 IM World Junior Record". Swimming World Magazine. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Qin, McKeown named best swimmers of year by World Aquatics". The Straits Times. 24 October 2023. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Highlights of swimming finals at Military World Games - Xinhua | English.news.cn".
- ^ "China's breaststroke world champion Qin Haiyang and Co out to make an Asiad splash". The Straits Times. 23 September 2023.
- ^ "China's breaststroke world champion Qin Haiyang and Co out to make an Asiad splash". The Straits Times. 23 September 2023.
- ^ NEWS, KYODO. "Asian Games: Breaststroke "prince" Qin starts treble bid with 100 win". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Presse, AFP-Agence France. "China Smash Asian Record To Win 4x100m Medley Relay Gold". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Zhang fires Olympic warning as China narrowly miss 4x100m mixed medley relay world record at Hangzhou Asian Games". The Star. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ Presse, AFP-Agence France. "China's Qin Powers To Asian Games Men's 200m Breaststroke Title". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ Agence France-Presse. "Qin Challenges Peaty Dominance As Zhang Targets Sixth Asiad Gold". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "China swimmers sign off in style as 'Faker' gets gold and more". Yahoo News. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "China's Qin sets world record in 200 breaststroke". ESPN.com. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Qin Haiyang, Kaylee McKeown take overall World Cup title to conclude racing in Budapest". World Aquatics. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ Schmidt, Michael; Panja, Tariq (20 April 2024). "Top Chinese Swimmers Tested Positive For Banned Drug, Then Won Three Olympic Gold Medals". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "WADA publishes media conference recording regarding environmental contamination case of swimmers from China". 22 April 2024.
- ^ Schmidt, Michael; Panja, Tariq (14 June 2024). "Chinese Swimmers Twice Tested Positive for Drugs. They Kept on Swimming". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Jennifer Jett and Janis Mackey Frayer and Dawn Liu and Rae Wang (2 August 2024). "Frequent doping tests and suspicion cast a shadow over China's Olympics swim team". Yahoo! News. NBC News. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
"Based on the number of cases, clearly there is an issue of contamination in several countries around the world," the agency said, noting that many cases had been closed without sanction as no-fault violations. "Apart from China, in particular, there have been several of these cases in the United States in the past few months alone, where highly intricate contamination scenarios were accepted," the agency said. [...] Ordway explained that many parts of the world use steroids in rearing lean beef or pork, and that tests could pick up minuscule amounts in athletes unaware of consuming them.
- ^ "World Aquatics Demonstrates Comprehensive and Rigorous Testing Programme Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". World Aquatics. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Boffey, Daniel (26 July 2024). "Chinese Olympic swimmer says doping testers are part of a 'European and American' plot". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
The World Aquatics Integrity Unit published data on its testing regime this week which showed that between 1 January and their arrival in France, the 31 swimmers who will represent China had each been tested at least 10 times by World Aquatics, and that on average each swimmer had been tested 13 times. They said..."Including tests conducted by other anti-doping organisations, Chinese swimmers have been tested on average 21 times since 1 January 2024. Australian swimmers have been tested an average of four times in the same period, and USA swimmers an average of six times."
- ^ Wu, Willa (24 July 2024). "Chinese swimmers drug tested almost 4 times more than US rivals, officials admit". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Race, Retta (27 July 2024). "Qin Haiyang Says Drug Tests Are an American & European Plot After Testers Interrupt His Sleep". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
He (Qin) continued, "The tests come early in the morning before we're even awake, during midday rest periods, forcing us to rest on hotel lobby sofas, and even late at night, keeping us up past midnight."
- ^ "FINA personal best results".
- ^ Braden Keith (14 April 2017). "QIN HAIYANG BREAKS ANDREW'S JUNIOR WORLD RECORD AT CHINESE NATIONALS". SwimSwam. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Braden Keith (15 April 2017). "TAN HAIYAN BREAKS CHINESE, WORLD JUNIOR RECORDS IN 200 BREASTSTROKE". SwimSwam. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Semifinals results
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Final results
- ^ Hannah Hecht (4 September 2017). "TAN HAIYAN BREAKS CHINESE, WORLD JUNIOR RECORDS IN 200 BREASTSTROKE". SwimSwam. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Retta Race (24 March 2023). "QIN HAIYANG CLOCKS 26.63 ASIAN RECORD IN 50 BREAST, 9TH FASTEST PERFORMER EVER (VIDEO)". SwimSwam. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ Retta Race (2 May 2023). "QIN HAIYANG RIPS 57.93 TO BECOME THIRD MAN EVER UNDER 58 SECONDS IN 100 BREAST (VIDEO)". SwimSwam. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Final results
- ^ "Heats results". Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Final results". Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ Retta Race (27 October 2022). "QIN HAIYANG NAILS 56.31 CHINESE RECORD IN 100 BREASTSTROKE". SwimSwam. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- Qin Haiyang at World Aquatics
- Qin Haiyang at SwimRankings.net
- Qin Haiyang at Olympics.com
- Qin Haiyang at Olympedia