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3 days ago
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Qin beats Olympic champ Martinenghi for 100m breaststroke world gold
China's Qin Haiyang reeled in Olympic champion Nicolo Martinenghi to reclaim his 100m breaststroke world title in Singapore on Monday. Qin recovered from a slow start to come home in 58.23sec, beating Italy's Martinenghi on 58.58 and Kyrgyzstan's Denis Petrashov on 58.88. Qin swept all three breaststroke races at the 2023 world championships in Japan, breaking the 200m world record. But he crashed and burned at last year's Paris Olympics, finishing seventh after leading the 100m breaststroke final at the turn. The 26-year-old had no such problems in Singapore as he delivered China's first swimming medal of the championships. "I'm so appreciative for tonight, it's been a long time," said Qin. "Finally, I've come back." Qin went into the race in ominous form, having swum the two fastest times of the year and topped the semi-finals ahead of Martinenghi. Martinenghi was initially disqualified in the semi-finals but was later reinstated for the final. The Italian said he had been sick through the night and was "really proud" of his performance. "That silver is like a gold for me," he said. "I've got nothing inside me, I've got only my heart and my brain." The race did not feature Paris Olympic joint silver-medallists Adam Peaty and Nic Fink. Britain's Peaty, who owned the 14 fastest times in the history of the 100m breaststroke heading into Singapore, decided to skip the world championships. American Fink is also taking a break from competition. Qin's preparations for the Paris Olympics 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. amk/pst
France 24
3 days ago
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Qin beats Olympic champ Martinenghi for 100m breaststroke world gold
Qin recovered from a slow start to come home in 58.23sec, beating Italy's Martinenghi on 58.58 and Kyrgyzstan's Denis Petrashov on 58.88. Qin swept all three breaststroke races at the 2023 world championships in Japan, breaking the 200m world record. But he crashed and burned at last year's Paris Olympics, finishing seventh after leading the 100m breaststroke final at the turn. The 26-year-old had no such problems in Singapore as he delivered China's first swimming medal of the championships. "I'm so appreciative for tonight, it's been a long time," said Qin. "Finally, I've come back." Qin went into the race in ominous form, having swum the two fastest times of the year and topped the semi-finals ahead of Martinenghi. Martinenghi was initially disqualified in the semi-finals but was later reinstated for the final. The Italian said he had been sick through the night and was "really proud" of his performance. "That silver is like a gold for me," he said. "I've got nothing inside me, I've got only my heart and my brain." The race did not feature Paris Olympic joint silver-medallists Adam Peaty and Nic Fink. Britain's Peaty, who owned the 14 fastest times in the history of the 100m breaststroke heading into Singapore, decided to skip the world championships. American Fink is also taking a break from competition. Qin's preparations for the Paris Olympics 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.
BBC News
17-07-2025
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'Unassuming' star Nowacki ends with eight Island Games golds
Jersey swimmer Filip Nowacki has ended the Island Games with eight gold medals. The 17-year-old European junior champion twice smashed the Island Games record to win the 200m breaststroke on the final day of taken more than four-and-a-half seconds off the record in the heats Nowacki set another new record of 2:05.89 as he cruised to victory in the finished almost 13 seconds ahead of silver medal-winning teammate Oscar Dodds as he set a new mark almost nine seconds quicker than the old record set by Faroe Islands' Olympian Pal Joensen set in 2015. It was the latest success for the 17-year-old who has the potential to be one of Jersey's finest-ever this month he won two gold medals and a silver at the European Junior Championships as he dominated the breaststroke set a new European junior record in the 200m breaststroke while he also took gold in the 100m breaststroke - breaking the British junior record held by multiple Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Adam came a few months after he won his first senior British medals having been included in the Team GB world class programme for the first time."He comes here, he performs well, but you wouldn't know he's at the level he's at, he sort of just mucks in with everyone," Jersey swim coach Nathan Jegou told BBC Radio Jersey."He's very unassuming, dedicates himself to being the best sportsman he can be and we're proud to have him with us."He's put himself on the map. He's top 10 in the world probably at the moment." That talent has seen him win a total of 11 medals of all colours in the short-course event in Orkney. If he were an island on his own as of Thursday evening Nowacki would be seventh on the medals table lying in-between hosts Orkney and the Isle of despite seven individual golds, he says his best memory has been breaking the Island Games record with his team-mates to win the 4x100m medley relay on Wednesday."I think yesterday's relay really topped it," he said."To win and to break a championship record is truly special, so to be able to stand at the top with the boys that I've trained with in the past is truly amazing."While the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles is the longer term goal for Nowacki, next summer's Commonwealth Games is very much on his radar. With Jersey competing as a nation in their own right in Glasgow, Nowacki will have the chance to race at his first senior international meet against the best swimmers from the British home nations as well countries including Australia, Canada and South Africa."Peak male performance is not until your mid-20s, he's 17, so he's in no rush and we keep trying to tell him that," added Jegou, who has coached Nowacki since he was 11 in Jersey before encouraging him to move to Millfield School last year. "I think coming to these sort of events allows that to happen as well, that's why I think the Commonwealth Games next year will be good."But his coach says the Island Games has been a great first experience of a multi-sport event."Sometimes being an elite sportsman can be hard work, you can be quite isolated, especially in individual sports," Jegou said."So he's here with 15 other Jersey people that he's grown up with pretty much, and he loves that, so as long as he keeps enjoying it, who knows?" Elsewhere Clara Ginnis showed she was the class distance swimmer of these games as she won the women's 800m freestyle by almost six seconds from compatriot Hannah Sterry. She added the 800m title to the 40mm and 1500m freestyle gold medals she had won earlier in the games. Sam Sterry won silver in the men's 400m freestyle while Megan Hansford, Hannah Sterry, Erin Goodbody and Ellie Grant helped Jersey win bronze in the women's 4x100m women medley relay.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
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Record-breaking Nowacki wins first Island Games medal
Filip Nowacki broke the European junior 200m breaststroke and the British junior 100m breaststroke records this year [Getty Images] Jersey's European junior record holder Filip Nowacki twice smashed the Island Games record as he won 100m breaststroke gold. The 17-year-old's time in the heats of 58.73 took more than 1.5 seconds off the former Island Games record set by compatriot Ian Black in 2015. Advertisement Nowacki, who set a long course best of 59.59 earlier while with Great Britain, lowered his Island Games record as he swam 58.10 in the final in the short course pool at Kirkwall as he took more than two seconds off the previous record. His team-mate Matthew Deffains finished sixth in the same final. The gold came soon after compatriot Sam Sterry had won silver in the 1,500m freestyle. Sterry was second almost 11 seconds behind Faroe Islands' Liggjas Joensen. Earlier this month Nowacki won two gold medals and a silver at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Slovakia. Silver medal for Jersey's cyclists Meanwhile Jersey's first medal of the day came from their cyclists in the men's team time trial. Advertisement The squad of Ollie Cadin, Tom Huelin, Samuel Nisbet and Jack Rebours were second behind the Isle of Man, with Gibraltar getting bronze. Huelin was Jersey's best rider as he finished fourth in the individual event, 45 seconds off Guernsey's bronze medallist Philip Touzeau. Rebours was one place and seven seconds further back, while Nisbet was eighth and Cadin 13th.
BBC News
14-07-2025
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- BBC News
Record-breaking Nowacki wins first Island Games medal
Jersey's European junior record holder Filip Nowacki twice smashed the Island Games record as he won 100m breaststroke gold. The 17-year-old's time in the heats of 58.73 took more than 1.5 seconds off the old Island Games record set by compatriot Ian Black in who set a long course best of 59.59 earlier while with Great Britain, lowered his Island Games record as he swam 58.10 in the final in the short course pool at Kirkwall as he took more than two seconds off the previous teammate Matthew Deffains finished sixth in the same gold came soon after compatriot Sam Sterry had win silver in the 1,500m was second almost 11 seconds behind Faroe Islands' Líggjas Joensen. Silver medal for Jersey's cyclists Meanwhile Jersey's first medal of the day came from their cyclists in the men's team time squad of Ollie Cadin, Tom Huelin, Samuel Nisbet and Jack Rebours were second behind the Isle of Man with Gibraltar getting bronze. Huelin was Jersey's best rider as he finished fourth in the individual event, 45 seconds off Guernsey's bronze medallist Philip Touzeau. Rebours was one place and seven seconds further back while Nisbet was eighth and Cadin 13th.
