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Qin Haiyang took the men’s 50m breaststroke tonight in Shanghai, establishing a personal best, Chinese national and Asian continental record in the process. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
Noe Ponti broke the World Record in the 50 short course meters fly on Sunday in Shanghai, China at the first stop of the 2024 Swimming World Cup Series.
20-year-old Olympic medalist Tang Qianting kept the records rolling on night 2 in Shanghai, hitting a new Chinese and Asian mark in the women’s 100m breast.
Qin Haiyang took the men’s 50m breaststroke tonight in Shanghai, establishing a personal best, Chinese national and Asian continental record in the process.
Olympic medalist Noe Ponti continued to impress at the World Cup in Shanghai, establishing a new personal best and Swiss record in the men’s 200m IM.
Add another accolade to the resume of 22-year-old French superstar Leon Marchand as he clocked a new European Record in the men’s SCM 200 IM.
October 19th, 2024
The men’s 50m breaststroke final on day 2 of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup stop in Shanghai was a tight battle to the wall, with China’s Qin Haiyang coming out on top.
25-year-old Qin stopped the clock at 25.38 to get the edge over top seed Ilya Shymanovich of Belarus, competing as an independent athlete, who settled for silver in 25.51.
Qin’s teammate Sun Jiajun was the 3rd place finisher in 25.79 as the only other sub-26-second swimmer among the field.
GOLD – Qin Haiyang (CHN) – 25.38
SILVER – Ilya Shymanovich (NIA) – 25.51
BRONZE – Sun Jiajun (CHN) – 25.79
Qin’s time tonight checked in as a new lifetime best, Chinese national and Asian continental record.
Entering this competition, Qinn’s career-quickest rested at the 25.81 he produced for 4th place at the 2022 Short Course World Championshps in Melbourne, Australia.
Flashforward to tonight, however, and Qin hacked .43 off that mark to grab the gold. His time handily surpassed Sun’s former Chinese and Asian record of 25.72 put up just last month at the Chinese Short Course Championships
Qin inserts himself into the list of all-time top performers in slot #5, tying American Olympic medalist Nic Fink.
Top 5 Men’s SCM 50 Breast Performers All-Time
Qin is the current World Record holder in the LCM 200 breast with the 2:05.48 he turned in at the 2023 World Championships.
He had a relatively disappointing 2024 Olympic Games, however, settling for 7th in the 100m breast (59.50) and 10th in the 200m breast (2:09.96) despite entering Paris as a heavy favorite medal contender in both races.
Since there isn’t a live recap for world cup up yet, it’s worth noting that Noe Ponti just broke the WR in the heats of the 50 fly
This might be the wildest thing Swimswam’s ever been behind on. Not faulting them, but the one time I can remember them being behind on the live recap, there’s a WR in prelims. That’s funny
Congrats, Well done
Would be nice if he could legitimately beat that 24.95 but he might not be able to do as many fly kicks at a WC event 🙂
The Drugyang can only perform in Asia LOL
Shanghai, my favorite European city
Yo mama so fat that when Dracula sucked her blood he got diabetes!
Former Masters swimmer and coach Loretta (Retta) thrives on a non-stop but productive schedule. Nowadays, that includes having earned her MBA while working full-time in IT while owning French 75 Boutique while also providing swimming insight for BBC.
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