In the early morning of February 17, Beijing time, the Doha World Swimming Championships ended the seventh day of competition, with a total of 7 individual gold medals, and the Chinese water army once again set off a swimming whirlwind, winning two championships in a row, increasing the total number of gold medals of the Chinese water army to 22 in this World Championships and the total number of gold medals in swimming events to 6.
In the men's 200-meter breaststroke competition, the young Chinese teenager Dong Zhihao was behind for most of the time, and the last 50 meters were crazy to catch up, and finally surpassed the last opponent five meters before the finish line, winning the championship with 2:07.94, and at the same time opening the 2:08 mark, greatly improving his best result, becoming another breaststroke world champion after Qin Haiyang, the Netherlands' Kolbeu won the second place in 2:08.24, and the American Nick Fink won the third in 2:08.86.
In the men's 4X200m freestyle relay final, the Chinese team composed of Ji Xinjie, Wang Haoyu, Pan Zhanle and Zhang Zhanshuo narrowly defeated South Korea and the United States team with 7:0184 to win the championship, which is the second relay gold medal won by the four swimmers after the men's 4X100m championship, and it is also the first time in the history of this event that the Chinese swimmers broke the monopoly of European and American swimmers to win the championship, and it is also the sixth swimming championship won by the Chinese swimmers in this event. South Korea and the United States finished second and third, respectively.
Pan Zhanle has won three gold medals in this World Championships: 4×100m freestyle relay, 100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay, and broke the men's 100m freestyle world record in the 4x100m freestyle relay competition, becoming the brightest star of this World Championships.
In the early morning of the 18th, Beijing time, this swimming event will enter the eighth day of competition, with a total of 8 gold medals, and the Chinese swimmers will strive to expand the results and achieve better results in the women's 4X100m medley relay and other events.