Qin Haiyang almost broke the record, winning the gold medal in the men's 50m breaststroke in 26.25 seconds, and Sun Jiajun won the silver medal
In the 2023 National Swimming Championships and Doha World Championships Trials, the men's 50-meter breaststroke final will be held on December 12, and Chinese swimming stars Qin Haiyang and Sun Jiajun will compete on the same field. After fierce competition, Qin Haiyang played strongly and almost broke the Asian record again, winning the championship with a time of 26.25 seconds.
Men's 50m breaststroke final
Champion: Qin Haiyang [26.25 seconds]
Runner-up: Sun Jiajun [26.91 seconds]
Third runner-up: Jung Young-ho [27.47 seconds]
World Record: Adam Peaty of Great Britain - 25.95 seconds [2017 World Championships in Budapest]
Asian Record: China's Qin Haiyang -26.20 seconds [2023 Fukuoka World Championships]
Competition venue: Jinan Olympic Sports Center Natatorium
Highlights of the event: "Frog King" Qin Haiyang played well in the first two days of competition, winning the men's 100m breaststroke championship on the first day of competition, and winning the men's 4×100m medley relay championship with his teammates on the second day. Now coming to the third day of competition, Qin Haiyang continued to play strongly, won the gold medal in the men's 50-meter breaststroke in one fell swoop, and won the championship for 3 consecutive days.
Preliminaries recap
In the previous preliminaries competition, Shanghai player Qin Haiyang played in Group 5 and finished the race in 26.62 seconds with a strong performance, ranking first in the preliminaries and successfully advancing to the finals. Hubei Hosa's Sun Jiajun advanced second in 27.48 seconds, and Tianjin athlete Song Jiale advanced third in 27.94 seconds. In addition, Zheng Yinghao from Shanghai, Dong Zhihao from Jiangsu Calmei, Dong Yifan from Zhejiang Shouxian Valley, Qiu Tian from Guangdong and Yu Zongda from Hubei advanced to the finals.
Among the 8 players who advanced to the finals, Song Jiale, who was born in April 1999, is the oldest, followed by Qin Haiyang, who was born in May of the same year. The rest of the players who made the cuts were post-00s, and the youngest was Dong Zhihao, who was born in 2005. In addition, among the players who did not qualify, there are Henan player Wang Xiaoxiao, who was born in 2009, and many young swimmers born in 07/08.
Final Recap
After the race began, Qin Haiyang moved forward quickly, leading all the way to the finish line. Qin Haiyang took the lead in finishing the race in 26.25 seconds, thus winning the gold medal in the men's 50m breaststroke. This is very close to his own Asian record, which is only 0.05 seconds away.
In addition, Sun Jiajun also broke 27 seconds and won the second place with a time of 26.91 seconds. Then Shanghai's Zheng Yinghao finished third with a time of 27.47 seconds.