Qin gets redemption with men's 200m breaststroke gold
World record holder Qin was loudly cheered by the large Chinese crowd in the arena as he left the pool after clocking 2 minutes 07.41 seconds. Japan's Ippei Watanabe was 0.29s behind in second, while Dutch Caspar Corbeau took bronze.
"That's so amazing. I didn't know if I had finished first or second," Qin said, before thanking the Chinese fans in his native language.
It was his second gold medal in Singapore as he also won the men's 100m breaststroke.
At the 2023 worlds, Qin became the first man in history to win gold in all three breaststroke events at a single edition. At the current worlds, however, he had to settle for bronze in the 50m breaststroke.
Last year, he had a disappointing Olympics and left Paris without an individual medal. His achievements came from relays, with men's 4x100m medley gold and 4x100m mixed medley silver.
Olympic champion Leon Marchand was not competing as he's only participating in the medley events.
Marchand competed in the men's 200m freestyle relay but couldn't help France getting a medal as they were only sixth.
Olympic champions Britain won gold in 6:59.84 minutes, with China in second and Australia in third. Paris silver medallists United States didn't make it to the podium as they finished fourth.
In the men's 200m backstroke, Paris Olympics champion Hubert Kos went head-to-head with 100m backstroke world champion Pieter Coetze in the final metres but prevailed to claim gold.
The Hungarian clocked 1:53.19 minutes, with South Africa's Coetze only 0.17s behind. Yohann Ndoye-Brouard of France was third.
"It (the win) was great. I'll be honest, I don't feel great. It's a tough schedule here. It's a long learning process, and I can be happy with the time," Kos said.
Steenbergen retains title
Marrit Steenbergen beat top seed Mollie O'Callaghan to retain the women's 100 metre freestyle world title.
The Dutch swimmer clocked 52.55 seconds to beat Australian O'Callaghan by 0.12s. American Torri Huske completed the podium in third.
Huske is the Paris 2024 silver medallist, but has been battling illness all week.
"It feels so crazy. I was like, ok, this is crazy to win. But to have this feeling again...I'm so happy," Steenbergen said.
American Kate Douglass set a new competition record of 2:18.50 minutes on her way to women's 200m breaststroke gold.
Evgeniia Chikunova of the neutral athletes team took silver, while bronze went to South Africa's Kaylene Corbett.
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