The Japanese sports monthly magazine "Swimming Magazine" recently conducted a comprehensive analysis of Qin Haiyang from the aspects of swimming technology, exercise physiology and character image in the form of a special feature, trying to interpret the "success code" behind the new "frog king". Two-time Olympic men's breaststroke "double champion" and Japan's Yasuke Kitajima also published an article in the magazine, praising Qin Haiyang's performance at the Fukuoka Swimming World Championships, saying that he "showed the world that he is an athlete who can represent the world with his amazing performance."
Qin Haiyang achieved the men's breaststroke "triple crown" feat at the Fukuoka Swimming World Championships, which ended at the end of July, becoming the first swimmer in history to win three breaststroke gold medals at the same World Championships. Former Japanese breaststroke athlete Lin Xiang believes that Qin Haiyang's technique is very delicate, and his leg pedaling movements help reduce drag. Compared to the diagonal downward stroke position of many athletes, Qin Haiyang maintained horizontal paddling for a longer period of time, which is inseparable from his insistence on 200-meter breaststroke training, strong latissimus dorsi and muscular endurance. Powerful strokes and coordinated leg movements are reflected in the speed boost brought about by excellent streamlining in the race.
Professor Yasuhiro Suzuki of Tokyo Keizai University, who has long focused on hypoxia and respiratory muscle training, proposed that from the perspective of exercise physiology, Qin Haiyang carried out targeted training to improve anaerobic energy supply, coupled with his own physical foundation, while improving aerobic and anaerobic energy supply, thereby increasing propulsion in water. He used the athletics analogy, in the 50, 100, 200-meter breaststroke, the proportion of human aerobic and anaerobic metabolism is almost the same as that of the 200, 400, and 800-meter runs, so Qin Haiyang is equivalent to winning these three championships in athletics competitions, which is difficult for anyone to do in reality.
At the award ceremony for the men's 200m breaststroke at the Fukuoka World Championships, it was Yasuke Kitajima who hung the gold medal around Qin Haiyang's neck. Recalling the scene, the former Japanese "frog king" said that Qin Haiyang under the arena was gentle and kind. "Before the award he came up to me and said that I was a superstar when he was a teenager and offered to take a picture. I had a feeling that he was going to be an amazing swimmer. ”
Kitajima Yasuke said that before the competition, he thought that Qin Haiyang's main event was the 100-meter breaststroke, and the 50-meter breaststroke championship also played his speed advantage, but he did not expect that he could win three gold medals, and behind the incredible performance must be a high load of training, because he has both superb swimming skills and strong psychological quality. Kitajima Yasuke, who has polished his breaststroke technique to the extreme, couldn't help but sigh when he saw that Qin Haiyang, who had outstanding physical conditions, still had such excellent skills: "He can be said to be a perfect competitor." ”
As the "double champion" of the 100m and 200m breaststroke at the Athens and Beijing Olympics, Kitajima Yasuke clearly knows that breaststroke is a technically and physically demanding sport, and there are vastly different swimming styles at different distances. When talking about Qin Haiyang's future challenges, he believes that although the next challenge is the 100-meter breaststroke world record, from personal experience, if the goal is to swim 57 seconds, it will be difficult to balance the training method with the 200-meter breaststroke, and it is difficult to improve at the same time, which is also the eternal task of breaststroke athletes.
"Qin Haiyang may be able to do it, there is still a year before the Paris Olympics, and I look forward to his growth." Kitajima Yasuke wrote.