Qin Haiyang joined the Shanghai team.
Qin Haiyang was born in Zhuzhou, Hunan. He is a former navy swimmer and now belongs to the Shanghai swim team. During his early years in the Navy, he studied under famous coach Ye Jin, the famous coach who trained men's 100 meter freestyle world champion Ning Zetao.
After Coach Ye Jin left the team, Qin Haiyang received advice from breaststroke star Qi Hui coached by Coach Ye Jin. But for a time, Qin Haiyang, who once set a youth world record, continued to lose, and he lost so much that he lost confidence.
From January 2022, Qin Haiyang joined the Shanghai team and accepted the advice of Zhang Yufei's mentor Cui Dengrong. Unexpectedly, it also completely changed his sports life. Coach Cui pays attention byparticular to land force training. Compared with the previous traditional swimming training, it adds a lot of land strength, and Qin Haiyang's weight and muscle strength have increased significantly, which also promotes swimming speed in the water.
Qin Haiyang won 4 gold medals at the World Swimming Championships
Shanghai athlete Qin Haiyang won the 50m, 100m m and 200 m at the 2023 World Swimming Championships. won three breaststroke championships and won the men's and women's 4x100 meter medley championship with his teammates! At present, Qin Haiyang has won a total of four gold medals, one breaking the world record and five breaking the Asian record. No Chinese athlete has ever achieved such brilliant results at the World Championships in any event.
In previous competitions, Qin Haiyang won three medalss gold, but he faces the fiercest competition in the men's 200-meter breaststroke. In the semifinals on the evening of the 27th, Qin Haiyang was overtaken by Australian swimmer Starbodi Cook in the sprint stage and qualified for the final in second place with a time of 2:07.70. Staboty Cook was 0.43 seconds faster than Qin Haiyang, and he is the world record holder in this event.
After the semi-finals, Qin Haiyang said: "I will do everything possible to fight for this gold medal. Judging from the swimming distance and pace, I am still confident I wasn't very excited after winning." Indeed, in the final, Qin Haiyang showed his best and fulfilled his promise by winning gold medals in all three breaststroke events. .