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The Mainichi
02-08-2025
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Swimming: Watanabe runner-up to Qin in 200m breaststroke at worlds
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) -- Japanese swimmer Ippei Watanabe took silver in the men's 200-meter breaststroke Friday for his third career medal at the world aquatics championships. The 28-year-old former world record holder, who stands 193 centimeters, touched the wall in 2 minutes, 7.70 seconds, 0.29 behind China's Qin Haiyang, the current world record holder, in Singapore. "It was a race I could have won," said Watanabe, who was third at both the 2017 and 2019 world championships. "I'm just frustrated. My swim got messy in the end." Caspar Corbeau of the Netherlands rounded out the podium with a time of 2:07.73. Japanese compatriot Yamato Fukasawa finished sixth.
Reuters
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
China's Qin delivers 'lane eight miracle' to win 200 breaststroke title
Aug 1 (Reuters) - Perhaps it was a case of "out of sight, out of mind" in the men's 200 metres breaststroke final at the world championships on Friday as China's Qin Haiyang romped home to win a surprise gold via a "lane eight miracle". Despite being the world record holder in the event, Qin has struggled for consistency. He swept the 50, 100 and 200 titles at the 2023 worlds in Fukuoka but flopped at the Paris Olympics, finishing seventh in the 100 and failing to reach the 200 final. His victory in the 100 in Singapore suggested he was coming into top form again, but on Thursday he barely squeaked through the 200 semis, posting the eighth-fastest time to be handed the outside lane for the final, where good things rarely happen. So few were prepared when the 26-year-old came storming home to reach the wall first in 2:07.41, upstaging Japan's Ippei Watanabe and Dutchman Caspar Corbeau in a gripping final that saw the lead change hands multiple times. "That's so amazing. Have you heard of the 'lane eight miracle'? You saw it tonight. I did think about this happening," an ecstatic Qin said. "I mentioned yesterday that my form is not at my peak, and I still need to strategise my races more. But I didn't think too much about it today. Making the final is already a good result for me, so I just came and gave it my all. "I don't think this is enough. For me, what's more important than a gold medal is to be able to have a good result ... Today's result is still the best I've done this year. It's a small improvement, but it's still something I should be proud of." Qin, who also won bronze in the 50, said he was learning to not be so hard on himself. "In the past, I would say there's room for improvement, but this time, I can give myself a 100 out of 100. I should rest well after this," he added. "I've gained from this competition experience. The competition was very stiff here. What I've done best here is take this pressure on well."
Yahoo
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Qin gets redemption with men's 200m breaststroke gold
China's Qin Haiyang got redemption after missing the 2024 Olympic final and claimed gold in the men's 200 metre breaststroke at the World Aquatics championships in Singapore on Friday. 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.
Kyodo News
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Kyodo News
Swimming: Watanabe runner-up to Qin in 200m breaststroke at worlds
SINGAPORE - Japanese swimmer Ippei Watanabe took silver in the men's 200-meter breaststroke Friday for his third career medal at the world aquatics championships. The 28-year-old former world record holder, who stands 193 centimeters, touched the wall in 2 minutes, 7.70 seconds, 0.29 behind China's Qin Haiyang, the current world record holder, in Singapore. "It was a race I could have won," said Watanabe, who was third at both the 2017 and 2019 world championships. "I'm just frustrated. My swim got messy in the end." Caspar Corbeau of the Netherlands rounded out the podium with a time of 2:07.73. Japanese compatriot Yamato Fukasawa finished sixth.
Free Malaysia Today
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Free Malaysia Today
China's Qin wins ‘miracle' second breaststroke gold at swim worlds
Qin Haiyang celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 200m breaststroke final at the World Aquatics Championships. (AP pic) SINGAPORE : China's roaring Qin Haiyang won his second breaststroke gold of the Singapore swimming world championships on Friday, edging a 200m nailbiter. World record holder Qin touched the wall in 2:07.41, ahead of Japan's Ippei Watanabe (2:07.70) and Caspar Corbeau of the Netherlands (2:07.73). The 26-year-old Qin won the 100m breaststroke earlier in the week but he celebrated his second victory as if it were his first. He punched the air before whipping up the delighted Chinese fans in the arena, who screamed him on to a thrilling victory. Qin started the race in lane eight after qualifying slowest from the semi-finals but it made no difference as he regained the world title he won in 2023 in style. 'Amazing,' said Qin. 'Have you heard of the lane eight miracle? 'I did not know if I was second or third, I just heard 'whoo', so I knew I had won.' The lead changed hands several times throughout the race, with American AJ Pouch and Russian Kirill Prigoda also challenging. In the end it was Qin who got the decisive touch ahead of Watanabe, giving the Chinese swimmer his fourth medal of the championships in Singapore. Qin is returning to form after a difficult time at last year's Paris Olympics, where he did not even make the final of the 200m breaststroke. His preparations for the Games were thrown into turmoil when he was implicated in a major doping scandal months before the Games. A report named Qin among 23 Chinese swimmers who had tested positive for a prescription heart drug ahead of the pandemic-delayed 2021 Tokyo Olympics. They were not sanctioned after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accepted the argument of Chinese authorities that the positive tests were caused by contaminated food.
