There are still more than two months before the opening of the Paris Olympic Games, and the Chinese swimming team plays an important role in the pre-competition prediction of the Chinese delegation to compete for the gold point. Due to the outstanding strength of this year's team members, the Chinese swimming team is expected to compete for more than 5 gold medals in Paris.
Among them, the more important athlete is undoubtedly Qin Haiyang, who is the first athlete to win a gold medal in a single event at the World Swimming Championships, and also created a world record in the men's 200-meter breaststroke, becoming a new generation of "frog king".
In addition to the individual 100-meter breaststroke and 200-meter breaststroke, Qin Haiyang's performance also directly affects whether the Chinese team can win gold in the men's medley relay and men's and women's medley relay. It can be said that Qin Haiyang alone is related to 4 gold medals.
However, at the Shenzhen National Swimming Championships in April, Qin Haiyang's performance was average. As the last open competition before the Paris Olympics, this match is considered to be a pre-match for the Paris Olympics.
Although they all won the championship successfully, Qin Haiyang's goal should be the world's No. 1. In this competition, the men's 100m breaststroke time was about 58.2 seconds, which was slower than the performance of the main opponent Adam Peaty this year. The men's 200m breaststroke is 2:08.87, which is not only more than 3 seconds behind his own world record, but it is also difficult for this result to enter the final of the world series.
Whether it is the audience or Qin Haiyang himself, the aim should be the Olympic gold medal.
In the recently aired program "People in the Olympic Year", Qin Haiyang also explained the reasons behind it. First of all, there was no pressure on the championship in April, mainly to adapt to the Paris Olympics competition time, and it was still in the training process. More than a year only to prepare for the Olympics.
A week before the Chinese New Year, Qin Haiyang suffered a knee injury, which was diagnosed as suprapatellar tendonitis in the right knee, which was caused by long-term fatigue accumulation. Because of the injury, Qin Haiyang's training was very difficult, and because he couldn't train on the scale, his movements were somewhat deformed.
Qin Haiyang himself feels that the training after entering 2024 is very difficult and has a headache. There was a bonus period in the previous training mode that focused on physical fitness, but this stage felt very difficult.
However, the Frog King also expressed his confidence in recovery, mainly due to his own strength. If it is fully recovered, there is no problem.
Qin Haiyang muscles
Qin Haiyang was born in 1999 and is 25 years old this year. Since breaking the world junior record in 2017, Qin Haiyang has been active in the swimming world for 7 years, and has tasted both failure and success, as well as the painful experience of being judged a foul in the competition.
I believe that with a strong coaching and training team, coupled with sufficient physical fitness, Qin Haiyang will recover smoothly.