2024 CHINESE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Friday, April 19th – Sunday, April 27th
- Shenzhen, China
- LCM (50m)
- SwimSwam Preview
- Day 1 Recap
- Results
- Livestream
The first Asian Record of the 2024 Chinese National Swimming Championships went down tonight in Shenzhen and it happened in the semi-finals of the women’s 100m breaststroke.
20-year-old Tang Qianting fired off the fastest time of her life to hit the wall in 1:04.68, dipping under the 1:05 barrier for the first time.
Tang is coached by Pierre Lafontaine, former CEO of Swimming Canada, head coach of Swimming Canada, and head coach of the Australian Institute of Sport.
Tang opened in 29.74 and closed in 34.94 to erase her own Chinese national record of 1:05.27 from this year’s World Championships. That garnered her the gold medal in Doha.
Lafontaine is a former Swimming Canada CEO and National Team Director.
Her performance tonight also overtook the previous Asian Record of 1:05.19 Japan’s Reona Aoki put on the books at the 2022 Japanese World Championships Trials.
Comparing Tang’s swim to that of the current 1:04.13 world record, the Chinese ace was quicker on the way out than American Lilly King was in 2017.
| Lilly King‘s Current WR-1:04.13 | Tang’s New Asian Record-1:04.68 | Aoki’s Old Asian Record-1:05.19 | Tang’s Chinese Record-1:05.27 |
| 29.80 | 29.74 | 30.54 | 30.25 |
| 34.33 | 34.94 | 34.65 | 35.02 |
Tang’s performance tonight now renders her the 5th-fastest swimmer in history.
Top 5 Women’s LCM 100 Breaststroke All-Time Performers
- Lilly King (USA) – 1:04.13, 2017
- Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 1:04.35, 2013
- Yuliya Efimova (RUS) – 1:04.36, 2017
- Jessica Hardy (USA) – 1:04.45, 2009
- Tang Qianting (CHN) – 1:04.68, 2024
Yang Chang took 2nd in the semis, hitting 1:06.23 while Yu Jingyao was 3rd in 1:07.95.
The World Aquatics Olympic Qualification Time rests at 1:06.79 which means both Tang and Yang earned Paris 2024 consideration.
I really wish I didn’t have to look at this swim as suspicious
1:04.39 new AR in final
my god, shi is so great to get the wr
Tang will be the hot favourite to win 100m breastroke in paris
I am happy to see you guys break through the defense, the Chinese team will become stronger and stronger. Why, before we start fighting, you guys are scared.
Get ur pitchforks !!! lol wah as if ever member on team USA is clean . Great swim
The downvotes. Explain
It sounds like your trying to excuse potential state run cheating by making a comparison to individual cases.
Makes me sick, another cheat like SUN YANG
This is trials only. Let time speak in less than 100 days.
This is trials only. Let time speak in Paris.
Suuuuure