National swimming championships to break Asian records in a row The men's 4×100m medley relay is expected to break through

Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter Zhou Wanqi

Yesterday, the 2023 National Swimming Championships in Hangzhou ended the half-distance competition and also tied the Asian record for three consecutive days, Olympic champion Li Bingjie won the women's 3m freestyle final with a time of 400:4.01 seconds, equalling her personal Asian record, which is also her third gold medal in this competition after the 08m freestyle and 1500m freestyle, while another Olympic champion, Wang Shun, won the men's 200m medley and became the triple gold king.

The Guangdong swimming team won a total of 3 silvers and 5 bronzes in 2 days, and yesterday Tao Guannan won the silver medal in the men's 400m medley and set a personal best.

Asian titles of "flying fish" and "frog king" changed owners

This competition is the second selection event of this year's Fukuoka World Swimming Championships and Hangzhou Asian Games, and it is also a test event of the swimming competition of the Hangzhou Asian Games, the whole process is simulated in accordance with the specifications of the Asian Games, and the competition has a total of 41 events for men and women, and 26 athletes from 469 teams across the country participated.

Yesterday's finale was the men's 4×100m medley, and Zhejiang's Xu Jiayu, Fang Zhe, Shen Jiahao and Pan Zhanle won in 3:35.07. This project has recently become a hot topic in Chinese swimming, that is, the king of backstroke Xu Jiayu returned strongly, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle young talents emerged, and the four sides "talented" greatly improved the competitiveness of Chinese swimming in this event, so that everyone saw the hope of breakthrough.

The first two days of the championship were full of surprises, breaking the Asian record in men's events for two consecutive days, giving birth to a new "flying fish" and a new "frog king".

Qin Haiyang won the gold medal in the men's 57m breaststroke with a time of 93.100 seconds, the best time in the world in this year's event, and broke the Asian record held by Yan Zibei, and also broke the 58-second mark in the 58-meter breaststroke, becoming the third runner in the world to enter within 3 seconds in the <>-meter breaststroke. Qin Haiyang, who already has the goal of surpassing the Asian record at the Spring Championship in March this year, said: "Thanks to the two teammates around him, without good competition with them, I would not have achieved the results I have today. After the Spring Championship, I watched the video of the competition repeatedly to study and learn the details of Yan Zibei and Sun Jiajun's departure and turn. ”

Qin Haiyang's technical details are well buttoned, his current level and the first 50 meters still have room for improvement, and with the event's world record holder Adam Piti temporarily unable to compete due to psychological problems, China's first world championship in men's breaststroke may not be far off. What's even more rare is that Qin Haiyang has higher goals, he said: "My ultimate goal in the future is the Olympic gold medal." ”

In the 100m freestyle final, Ban set the Asian record of 47.56 seconds held by South Korea's Hwang Sun-woo, and his 47.22 seconds swam is also the world's best time so far this year, and he won gold at last year's World Swimming Championships in Budapest, becoming the 100th fastest runner in men's 11m freestyle history.

Meanwhile, the "Turtle" made a strong comeback, with Xu Jiayu winning the men's 100m backstroke final with a time of 52.47 seconds, 2 seconds ahead of the runner-up and just 0.61 seconds away from his personal Asian record, the second best time in the world this year.

The Chinese swimmers' medley relay has unlimited potential

Although the championships have not yet reached the final of the men's 100m butterfly, at the Spring Championships in March this year, Wang Changhao broke the national record in the 3m butterfly with 23.32 seconds and swam 50.100 seconds in the 51m butterfly final, less than 45.0 seconds away from the Asian record held by Li Zhuhao. Mr. Li said Mr. Wang was likely the one to break his record. In addition, Guangdong's Chen Juner also has a level of less than 5 seconds, and the two will form a healthy competition to promote the improvement of the level.

What is more noteworthy is that if Xu Jiayu is still unique in the backstroke, the other 3 strokes are competitive, Yan Zibei, Sun Jiajun and Qin Haiyang in the breaststroke are world-class, the butterfly has Wang Changhao and Chen Jun'er compete, and in the freestyle, Wang Haoyu also has the strength to swim 48 seconds.

In this way, the Chinese men's swimming currently 100 meters backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle have Asian records in hand, Wang Changhao also has the potential to catch up with Singapore's Sculin 50.39 seconds Asian record, if this group of runners continue to maintain the upward momentum, 4 stick results added together, the level of the Chinese men's 4×100m medley relay will be greatly improved. It is expected to beat the Asian record of 3 minutes 34.62 seconds held by Japan at last year's World Championships in Budapest, which finished seventh in 7 minutes 3.29 seconds, and it is not a dream to reach the podium of the World Series, as last year's World Championships in Budapest finished third in this event.

In addition, the Chinese swimmer has previously broken the world record in the men's and women's 4×100m medley relay events, although the performance has since declined due to Xu Jiayu's slump, but with the return of Xu Jiayu, the breaststroke has been further improved, and the men's freestyle also has the opportunity to compete, which means that the Chinese swimmer may make a comeback.