In the early morning of August 4, Beijing time, on the eighth day of the swimming event of the Paris Olympic Games, in the final of the men's and women's 4x100m medley relay, the Chinese team swam 3:37.55, only 0.12 seconds behind the United States team, and won a silver medal, but both teams broke the world record.
In the last Olympic Games, the Chinese relay team composed of Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei and Yang Junxuan won a silver medal, and this Olympic Games changed the lineup, before the preliminaries, Xu Jiayu (backstroke), Tang Qianting (breaststroke), Zhang Yufei (butterfly), Pan Zhanle (freestyle) jointly competed, and finally swam 3:42.26, and the overall score was third and successfully advanced to the finals.
Among them, Pan Zhanle, who just won the gold medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle, helped the Chinese relay team chase from seventh to second, and almost single-handedly led the team to the finals.
Now in the finals, the list of participants temporarily changed by the Chinese team has changed to Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Zhang Yufei, and Yang Junxuan, among which Tang Qianting and Pan Zhanle were replaced, replaced by Qin Haiyang and Yang Junxuan, and joined forces with Xu Jiayu and Zhang Yufei to hit the gold medal.
Previously, the men's 200-meter breaststroke and men's 100-meter breaststroke, Qin Haiyang was not in good shape, and with the breaststroke swimming of 58.51 seconds in the men's 4X100m medley relay preliminaries, the Chinese swimming team also decided to let him participate in the men's and women's 4x100m medley relay finals, because the gap between men and women breaststroke is very large, and Qin Haiyang needs to play to his advantage.
The first baton Xu Jiayu (backstroke), the Chinese team temporarily ranked first;
the second baton Qin Haiyang (breaststroke), the Chinese team is still the first;
the third bat Zhang Yufei (butterfly), the Chinese team retreated to second place;
The fourth baton Yang Junxuan (freestyle), the Chinese team was only 0.12 seconds behind to lock in second, with a time of 3:37.55 for the Chinese team, winning the silver medal in this event for two consecutive years, and the United States team won the first place with a time of 3:37.43, both teams broke the world record, and the Chinese team also broke the Asian record.
Judging from the results of each stroke, Qin Haiyang swam 57.82 seconds in the breaststroke, which is not only faster than the men's 4X100m medley relay preliminaries, but also in the men's 100m breaststroke to win the championship, because Italy's Martinengi previously achieved a time of 59.05 seconds, when Qin Haiyang only swam 59.50 seconds in the final, ranking 7th and missing a medal.