Wang Shun and Qin Haiyang are probably among the busiest athletes before the Asian Games.
As the first athlete in history to win three gold medals at the same World Championships, Qin Haiyang became the flag bearer of the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games, and he also became the first flag bearer from the opening ceremony of swimming.
Qin Haiyang served as the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation.
As the host athlete of Zhejiang, Wang Shun also played a different role in the Hangzhou Asian Games - Wang Shun, as the last torchbearer of the opening ceremony, and the "digital torchbearer" jointly lit the cauldron tower of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Wang Shun became the last torchbearer of the opening ceremony.
However, the change of identity did not affect the performance of the duo - in the preliminary stage of the men's 200-meter medley on the morning of the 24th, Wang Shun and Qin Haiyang were in the 4th and 5th lanes respectively. After the start of the race, the two went almost head to head, leading the other runners all the way to the finish.
In the end, Qin Haiyang won the first place in the preliminary round with a slight margin of 1:58.72, 0.12 seconds ahead of Wang Shun, and Wang Shun ranked second to advance to the final.
However, the two did not stop in the mixed mining area after the preliminary round, and quickly disappeared from the media's field of vision...
Wang Shun in the game.
In the final, Wang Shun led the other competitors all the way to the finish, defeating Daiya Seto and Qin Haiyang to win the championship, and his time of 1:54.62 also broke the Asian record.
After the game, Wang Shun said, "Today's game is all for me, I feel very happy, and then I am also very excited, thank the fathers and elders in my hometown for cheering me on." ”
"Today's performance also exceeded expectations, but I didn't expect to break the Asian record today, and I feel very satisfied."
Qin Haiyang swam 1 minute 57.41 seconds to win the silver medal, but this means that Qin Haiyang will not have the feat of winning 6 golds.
"It's really hard to win the most valuable athlete, I don't think it's necessary to think about it so much before the game, take every step of my game, I think it's an attitude for me."