The frog king is the third gold! Qin Haiyang won the men's 200m breaststroke and set a new record for the Universiade.

  In the swimming event of the 2023 Chengdu Universiade, several finals were held on the evening of August 4th, with China swimming team Qin Haiyang and Li Bingjie playing respectively. After fierce competition, Qin Haiyang once again broke the Universiade record and successfully won the men's 200-meter breaststroke gold medal. Li Bingjie played a stable role and won the women's 1500m freestyle gold medal.

  Men's 200 m breaststroke final

  Gold medal: China player Qin Haiyang.

  Silver medal: Japan's Hua Jianyou

  Bronze medal: Japanese player Yamato Shenze

  China's Qin Haiyang and Yu Zongda played in the men's 200m breaststroke final. Qin Haiyang was born in Changde, Hunan, and is currently studying at Tongji University. Qin Haiyang participated in seven events in this competition, among which individual events included men's 200m butterfly, men's 50m and 100m breaststroke, and the rest included four relay events. Yu Zongda studied at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and only participated in the men's 200m breaststroke in this competition.

  Qin Haiyang ranked first in the semi-final and played in the fourth lane in the middle in the final; Yu Zongda ranked seventh in the semi-final and played in the first lane on the side in the final. In addition, Italian player Fusco is in the fifth lane, Japanese player Shenzawa Daiwa and the third lane, Lithuanian player Sidlauskas is in the sixth lane, Polish player Viqueira is in the second lane, Japanese player Huajianyou is in the seventh lane and Czech player Zabojnik is in the eighth lane.

  Game review

  At the beginning of the race, the reaction time of Qin Haiyang's departure was 0.65 seconds, the first 50 meters took 28.71 seconds, and then he turned around and swam back. The 100 meters took 1 minute, 01.64 seconds and the 150 meters took 1 minute, 34.90 seconds. In the end, Qin Haiyang completed the breaststroke 200m in 2 minutes 08.09 seconds, which broke the Universiade record and successfully won the gold medal in the event.

  Yu Zongda's starting reaction time was 0.66 seconds, and it took 2 minutes, 13.22 seconds to complete the 200m breaststroke, ranking seventh and missing the podium. In addition, Japan's Huayianyou won the silver medal in 2 minutes and 10 seconds 31, and Japan's Shenze Daiwa won the bronze medal in 2 minutes and 10 seconds 39.

  Qin Haiyang won the men's 100m breaststroke gold medal and the mixed 4x100m medley relay gold medal. Now Qin Haiyang won the men's 200m breaststroke gold medal, and the frog king won the third gold medal. Next, there is the men's 50-meter breaststroke in the individual event. Qin Haiyang, the frog king, has obvious advantages, so it should be no problem to win the gold medal.

  Women RS 1500 m freestyle final

  Gold medal: Li Bingjie of China.

  Silver medal: Japanese player Sakamoto Yihua

  Bronze medal: Italy's Cesano

  China's Li Bingjie played in the women's 1500m freestyle final. Li Bingjie, 21, was born in Baoding, Hebei Province and is currently studying at Shanghai Jiaotong University. Li Bingjie participated in many events in this competition, among which individual events included women's 1500m freestyle, women's 800m freestyle and women's 400m freestyle, and the rest included five relay events. Li Bingjie scored 16 minutes 32.39 seconds in the preliminaries, and advanced with the first place in the preliminaries.

  Li Bingjie played in the fourth lane in the middle, and the starting reaction time was 0.54 seconds, the first 100 meters took 1 minute 01.85 seconds, the first 500 meters took 5 minutes 23.91 seconds, the first 1000 meters took 10 minutes 50.81 seconds, and the first 1200 meters took 13 minutes 02.21 seconds. Li Bingjie finished the race in 16 minutes, 18 seconds and 48 seconds, and won the gold medal in this event. In addition, Japan's Ichika Sakamoto won the silver medal in 16 minutes and 23.02 seconds, and Italy's Cesano won the bronze medal in 16 minutes and 23.16 seconds.

  Li Bingjie has already won two gold medals, namely the women's 4× 100m freestyle relay gold medal and the men's and women's 4× 100m medley relay gold medal. Li Bingjie successfully won the women's 1500m gold medal in this competition, and this competition ushered in the third individual gold medal. In addition, Li Bingjie is a strong contender for the women's 400m and 800m freestyle gold medals.