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
- Results via Asian media
The highlight of day five of the 2025 Chinese National Spring Swimming Championships came in the men’s 200m breaststroke.
World record holder Qin Haiyang unleashed a time of 2:07.44 to beat the field by well over 2 seconds en route to grabbing gold.
The next-closest competitor was reigning world champion Dong Zhihao who finished in 2:10.12 for the silver.
As for Qin, he owns the WR with the monster 2:05.48 he put on the books at the 2023 World Championships.
At the time, that rendered him only the 2nd man in history to delve under the 2:06 barrier. Aussie Zac Stubblety-Cook was the first to accomplish the feat, courtesy of the 2:05.95 logged at the 2022 Australian National Championships.
Since then, four-time Olympic gold medalist Leon Marchand joined the party with the 2:05.85 notched to top the podium last year in Paris.
Qin had a disappointing Olympics, missing out on medals despite being a favorite in the breaststroke. He placed 7th in the 100m (59.50) and missed the 200m breast final entirely, settling for 1oth place in 2:09.96.
Qin now ranks 2nd in the world with the nation’s World Championship Trials coming up in May.
2024-2025 LCM Men 200 Breast
FUKASAWA
2:07.24
| 2 | Qin Haiyang | CHN | 2:07.44 | 03/22 |
| 3 | IPPEI WATANABE | JPN | 2:07.53 | 02/15 |
| 4 | Yu Hanaguruma | JPN | 2:07.93 | 03/22 |
| 5 | SHIN OHASHI | JPN | 2:09.35 | 03/22 |
Race video courtesy of @swimcoverage
🇨🇳全国春季游泳锦标赛
男子200Br
覃海洋 2:07.44
董志豪 2:10.12🇨🇳Qin Haiyang が7秒台の好記録！ pic.twitter.com/GX3WXTru15
— 競泳NEWS (@swimcoverage) March 22, 2025
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Additional Notes
- Wan Letian topped the women’s 100m back podium in 59.06. Joining her on the podium was Peng Xuwei who logged 59.31 followed by Yu Yiting who captured yet another medal in 59.89.
- The women’s 400m free saw Yang Peiqi stop the clock at 4:05.17 to beat runner-up Li Jiaping (4:07.75) by over 2 seconds.
My king of breaststroke, please go back to 2023!😭😭😭😭
Leon versus Qin gonna go crazy
Add in ZSC and Fallon throwing the kitchen sink trying to run them down the last 50 and you have potentially one of the best men’s swimming races to look forward to at worlds
At the World Championships in Singapore, he even has the potential to win up to five gold medals. However, the probabilities from highest to lowest are as follows: men’s medley relay > 100m breaststroke > 50m breaststroke > mixed medley relay > 200m breaststroke. At the very least, he will bring home four medals.
Has peaty confirmed he’s not racing?
Soft confirm, not hard confirm.
If Peaty is not racing Qin’s most likely gold should come from the 100 rather than the medley
I think China’s got the medley in the bag this year, but maybe Russia will keep it close? I couldn’t even tell you who’s going to be on the medley for the US except probably Alexy
Hunter did fine on the freestyle leg in Paris could be him again instead of Alexy
Is Leon really going to choose the 200breast over 200IM tho?
crazy that the event we’re thinking he’s least likley to win is the one he’s the wr holder in
We can look forward to his performance at the Chinese National Championships and the World Championships. There is no doubt that Tan is making a comeback.
At the World Championships in Singapore, he even has the potential to win up to five gold medals. However, the probabilities from highest to lowest are as follows: men medley relay > 100m breaststroke > 50m breaststroke > mixed medley relay > 200m breaststroke. At the very least, he will bring home four medals.
Looks like he will be back in form for this season
Maybe the 200 breast final can finally live up to its hype with Qin, Marchand, ZSC, and Fallon