China's swimmers made a splash 🌊 at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Singapore on Thursday, grabbing one gold, two silver, and one bronze medal on the first day! 🥇🥈🥉
Qin Haiyang was the star of the show, smashing the men's 100-meter breaststroke final in just 55.61 seconds! 🏊♂️ He matched the World Cup record and outpaced rivals Ilya Shymanovich of Belarus and Caspar Corbeau of the Netherlands.
Shymanovich secured silver with 55.72 seconds, while Corbeau took bronze in 56.67 seconds.
Yang Junxuan and Yu Yiting added to China's medal count with silver medals! Yang sprinted to second place in the women's 50-meter freestyle final, clocking in at 23.89 seconds, just 0.66 seconds behind Poland's Katarzyna Wasick. 🏃♀️💨 Siobhan Bernadette Haughey from Hong Kong earned bronze with 24.00 seconds.
Yu went head-to-head with the USA's Kate Douglass in the women's 100-meter medley but finished just 0.87 seconds behind, with Douglass touching the wall first at 56.57 seconds. 🥈 Beata Nelson, also from the USA, grabbed bronze with a time of 57.53 seconds.
Douglass was on fire! 🔥 She not only won the medley but also set a new world record in the women's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:12.72. She left Belarus's Alina Zmushka and Britain's Tara Kinder in her wake.
Pan Zhanle kicked off the third leg of the World Cup with a bronze in the men's 400-meter freestyle, finishing in 3:38.79. He trailed Britain's Duncan Scott, who won gold with 3:34.46, and the USA's Kieran Smith, who took silver with 3:36.97. 🌟
What an electrifying start for China's swimmers at the Singapore World Cup! Can't wait to see what the next days hold! 💪🇨🇳
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Qin wins men's 100m breaststroke gold at World Cup in Singapore
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