Chinese swimming has entered the era of talent blowout, looking forward to the Paris Olympics, the Chinese women's swimming event, in addition to Zhang Yufei, has added Tang Qianting as a gold point, and is the biggest favorite to win the championship. At the National Swimming Championships, Tang Qianting broke the Asian record in the semifinals and finals of the women's 100m breaststroke, swimming the fourth best result in breaststroke history, and the best result in this event in the past six years.
Tang Qianting swam 1:04.68 in the semi-finals to set a new Asian record, and in the final, she swam 1:04.39 to set a new Asian record, which is very close to the world record of 1:04.13 set by American Lily Kim in 2017. Tang Qianting is undoubtedly the queen of the new generation of Asian frogs.
Luo Xuejuan won the women's 100m breaststroke at the 2004 Athens Olympics with a time of 1:06.64, breaking the Olympic record. Now Tang Qianting's score is more than 2 seconds faster than Luo Xuejuan's back then. The world's swimming level is improving, and China's swimming level is also improving strongly.
Tang Qianting is a rising swimming star cultivated in Shanghai, and she began to rise in 2021, swimming 1:06.82 to win the championship in the final of the swimming championships that year. Tang Qianting participated in the Tokyo Olympics, swimming 1:06.63, and finished fourth in the 4×100m medley relay.
At the 2024 World Swimming Championships, Tang Qianting ushered in an explosion, she won the championship in the women's 100m breaststroke final in 1:05.27, while setting a new national record. In addition, Tang Qianting won the silver medal in the 50m breaststroke in 29.51 seconds, and also set a new Asian record.
Now in the National Swimming Championships, Tang Qianting has improved her performance. Tang Qianting has a strong strength to attack the gold medal in the Paris Olympics in the women's 100m breaststroke event. At the same time, because of Tang Qianting's progress, the Chinese women's 4×100m medley relay will also have strong strength and have the opportunity to impact the medals of the Paris Olympics.
Tang Qianting gave an outlook for the Paris Olympics, saying: "My previous expectation was to finish in the top three, and my goal for this competition should be the top podium. I think it's more about motivation, after all, I'm young, I'm not only in Paris, I'm in Los Angeles, there's more Olympics. ”
Clearly, with a new Asian record set and the fourth-fastest player in history, Tang has a reason to aim for gold at the Paris Olympics.