On October 20, the FINA Swimming World Cup Shanghai Station entered the last day of competition. The 25m short course is an important event before the upcoming World Short Course Championships. In the men's 200m breaststroke final, Chinese player Qin Haiyang competed. In the competition, Qin Haiyang swam a time of 2:01.92 and won one silver medal, but unfortunately failed to win three gold medals in breaststroke.
[Records]
The men's 200m breaststroke (short course) world record was set by Russia's Prigoda in 2018 with a time of 2:00.16.
The Asian record was set by Japan's Daiya Seto in 2022 with a time of 2:00.35.
The national record was set by Qin Haiyang in 2018 with a time of 2:01.15.
【Preliminaries Review】
In the preliminaries, Qin Haiyang swam a time of 2:06.31 and entered the final with the second place in the group and the third place overall.
【Final Performance】
In the final, Qin Haiyang started in lane 3, the first 25-meter Qin Haiyang ranked third in 12.53 seconds, and when he turned around in 50 meters, Qin Haiyang rose to the first position in 27.72 seconds. After 150 meters, Joshua overtook Qin Haiyang, who dropped to second place. In the final sprint, Qin Haiyang regretted not being able to overtake his opponent again and finished the race in second place.
【Final Results】
Australia's Joshua won in 2:01.67, Qin Haiyang was second in 2:01.92 and Netherlands' Kolber was third in 2:02.42.