Qin Haiyang "covenant battle" British frog king Pitti: I want three gold medals at the World Championships, let's see you in Paris

When Qin Haiyang "swiped" the Asian record in the 100m breaststroke at the World Championships in Fukuoka, he should only have Britain's Adam Pitty alone in his heart.

On the evening of July 24, in the men's 100m breaststroke final, Qin Haiyang won the gold medal in 57.69 seconds, setting a new Asian record, which was also the first world championship gold medal in the history of China's men's breaststroke.

However, due to the absence of Tokyo Olympic champion Pitty due to illness, Qin Haiyang also had a little "regret" after winning the championship, and he also gave a "battle book" to Pitti, who had repeatedly spoken out about Chinese swimming before.

Qin Haiyang won three gold medals at the World Championships.

Go out with Ning Zetao

The 24-year-old Qin Haiyang previously came from the Navy swimming team and studied under coach Ye Jin for many years, and went out with famous generals Ning Zetao and Qi Hui.

Ye Jin said in an interview with The Paper in 2018: "I remember that when I first saw Qin Haiyang, he was only 9 years old and ignorant, and now he has clear goals, training consciously, and is an ideal athlete for coaches." ”

In 2017, Qin Haiyang won the men's 200m breaststroke final of the 13th National Games with a time of 2:07.35, and then gradually made his mark on the world stage.

In 2018, Qin Haiyang finished second in the men's 200m breaststroke at the World Short Course Swimming Championships. In 2019, he finished second in the men's 200m breaststroke at the 7th Military World Games.

With the continuous improvement of his results, Qin Haiyang has also entered a bottleneck period - in an interview with Xu Lijia, Qin Haiyang said that he was in this stage from 2017 to 2021: "I have been training very seriously, but there is no progress, the last time I set the best result in the 200-meter breaststroke was in 2017, and this year is gradually approaching." There is nothing wrong with the body and the mind, so I will also fall into a stage of confusion. ”

Qin Haiyang Station on the highest podium.

In 2022, Qin Haiyang came to the Shanghai team and joined the team of Zhang Yufei's coach Cui Dengrong, and began to slowly explore new training methods.

Speaking of the changes in training, Qin Haiyang said: "I think it is through scientific training that it has gradually improved, and the previous training is not so detailed, such as core training before entering the water, control of small muscle groups, and exercise of large muscle groups, I didn't know much about these before, but now they are all trained separately." ”

In addition, the change in mentality also allowed Qin Haiyang to achieve a breakthrough: "The biggest change in changing coaches is the change in mentality, which has become more mature. The mentality of swimming used to be more like work, but now I completely enjoy the sport and have a lot of fun. ”

"Since last year's World Championships, I have always felt that the burden of the competition is heavier and the number of losses is more. Last year, I thought a lot about the competition, figured it out, returned to the original way and began to enjoy the sport, to do every process well, and not to get entangled in results. ”

Paris Olympics, do Pitti!

Qin Haiyang won gold in 57.69 seconds, surpassing the Dutch Carminga's 57.80 seconds, making Qin Haiyang the second fastest swimmer in the 100m breaststroke in history, behind Britain's Adam Pitti.

It is worth mentioning that Adam Pitty has an absolute monopoly advantage in this project - as of the best time in world history so far, Adam Pitty occupies the top 14 seats, the world record of 56.88 seconds is even more cliff-leading, and Qin Haiyang's world championship victory of 57.69 seconds ranks 15th in history.

However, Adam Pitty announced his withdrawal from the World Championships early due to psychological problems, and Qin Haiyang did not get the opportunity to compete with him.

British Frog King Pitti.

After the match, Qin Haiyang also mentioned Pitti: "I am looking forward to Adam Pitty being able to compete next year and looking forward to competing with him." ”

Interestingly, when Qin Haiyang was about to hold on to the core training before, the staff next to him shouted at him: "Last 15 meters, do Pitti!" ”

When asked if Adam Pitty's dominance would put pressure on him, Qin Haiyang replied: "The first step to improving your performance and winning a gold medal is to dare to think about it." If it's hard to think about 56.88 seconds, you'll never be able to do it. If you believe in the team, nail that goal, I don't think anything is impossible. ”

Pitti is Qin Haiyang's biggest rival.

In fact, Qin Haiyang said as early as the Hangzhou National Championships in May that he had a strength of 57.50 seconds, and in the 100m semifinals of the Fukuoka World Championships, he bluntly said in front of the camera and set himself a goal of 57.50 seconds, which is enough to see his strength and confidence.

When Qin Haiyang had absolute dominance at this World Championships, he also naturally stated his goal of winning three gold medals at this World Championships.

"The gold medal in the 100m breaststroke is the beginning of this competition, and I hope to fight for the gold medals in the 50m and 200m breaststroke with all my strength and win the gold medals in all three breaststroke events."