2025 CHINESE NATIONAL SPRING SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, March 18th – Sunday, March 23rd
- Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
- LCM (50m)
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap/Day 5 Recap
- Results via Asian media
The 2025 Chinese National Spring Swimming Championships wrapped up from Qingdao, giving us a glimpse into the types of performances we may expect at May’s World Championship Trials.
We reported how Wan Letian cranked out a big-time performance of 27.09 to win the women’s 50m backstroke to become the 4th-best performer in history.
The women’s 200m free saw Liu Yaxin fire off an in-season swim of 1:54.96 to beat the field by nearly 2 seconds.
The 25-year-old’s nearest competitor was Yang Peiqi who touched in 1:56.90 followed by Yu Yiting who captured bronze in 1:57.03.
Liu’s time represented a monster personal best, erasing her previous career-swiftest performance of 1:56.18 put on the books in 2023.
She now checks in as China’s 3rd-fastest female in history as well as the #1 performer in the world this season.
Top 5 Chinese Women’s LCM 200 Free Performers
- Tang Muhan – 1:54.26, 2021
- Yang Junxuan – 1:54.37, 2021
- Liu Yaxin – 1:54.96, 2025
- Pang Jiaying – 1:55.05, 2008
- Shen Duo – 1:55.25, 2016
Race video courtesy of @swimcoverage
🇨🇳全国春季游泳锦标赛
女子200Fr
柳雅欣 1:54.96
杨佩琪 1:56.90
余依婷 1:57.03Liu Yaxinが1:55秒切りで🇨🇳歴代3位！
Yang Peiqi, Yu YitingもPB更新！ pic.twitter.com/dxvJ90VpjB— 競泳NEWS (@swimcoverage) March 23, 2025
Additional Notes
- Olympic champion Ye Shiwen grabbed gold in the women’s 100m breast in 1:07.81 to eke out the victory ahead of Kong Shuya who settled for silver in 1:07.98.
- The men’s 50m free saw He Junyi top the podium in 22.01. Shen Jiahuo clocked 22.35 as the silver medalist.
- Wang Yichun registered 57.38 as the top women’s 100m butterflier. Yu was in this race as well, snagging silver in 57.42 while Gong Zhenqi rounded out the podium in 57.83. Zhang Yufei, who claimed 6 medals in Paris last year, hit 58.21 in the contest.
Without Titmus, China will win w4x200 in Singapore
Don’t sleep on aPallister, Perkins, Castelluzzo, Webb, Harris, Mol Dog line up quite yet….
1.54.9 isn’t as surprising as what it would of been about 5 years ago after Mollie and Titmus have ushered in an era of domination in the event. it’s a good time and thing for the Chinese relay but dang slow compared to 1.52.2 and 1.52.4
China has 3 154+（Tang Yang and Liu ）and 1 155+（Li）
Tang hasn’t been in 1:54 form since 2021 though
um isnt this meet just a tune up ahead of their trials later in may? viewing them through the lens of a pro swim series, these times are frighteninggg.
- cmiiw was yu yitings 200 free pb previously a 159? if so… watch out! shes literally an archetypal bohly pupil. she could probably start being very dangerous across basically every relay, 100 fly, 200 im, 400 im
- china will also likely be challenging for gold in the 4×200 if new aussie faces dont step up and bella doesnt return to a 154 split form
- if china plugs their backstroke hole theyre likely going to surpass the us in the womens medley when lily retires… once again i am
… Read more »I’m from China and I’d like to clarify that Yu Yiting is not training with Bohl. Her coach is Wang Haibo. Currently, Bohl only coaches 4 national team members : Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun (breaststroke/butterfly), Wang Haoyu (freestyle), Peng Xuwei (backstroke), and some teenagers.
inch resting! is he working w yu zidi, xie yichen, or zhang zhanshuo?
pretty smart placements — those 4 are pretty critical relay legs. is he not working w letian wan? seems like she would have a higher ceiling than peng xuwei since shes younger and more fast twitch