China’s Qin Haiyang set his sights on glory at Los Angeles 2028 after reeling in Olympic champion Nicolo Martinenghi to reclaim his 100m breaststroke world title on Monday.<\/p>\n
Qin recovered from a slow start to come home in 58.23sec in Singapore, beating Italy’s Martinenghi (58.58) and Kyrgyzstan’s Denis Petrashov (58.88).<\/p>\n
Qin swept all three breaststroke races at the 2023 world championships in Japan, breaking the 200m world record.<\/p>\n
But he crashed and burned at last year’s Paris Olympics, finishing seventh after leading the 100m breaststroke final at the turn.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old had no such problems in Singapore as he delivered China’s first swimming gold of the championships.<\/p>\n
“I have a lot of anticipation for LA 2028,” said Qin.<\/p>\n
“I’m just getting myself into the frame of mind early.<\/p>\n
“There are still a lot of uncertainties ahead and I have to be prepared for anything that may come.”<\/p>\n
Qin said he was still not back to his best, but called the victory a big confidence boost following injury.<\/p>\n
“There are still a few years ahead before the next Olympics and I want to still be able to achieve my dreams,” he added.<\/p>\n
Qin went into the race in ominous form, having swum the two fastest times of the year and topped the semi-finals ahead of Martinenghi.<\/p>\n
Martinenghi was initially disqualified in the semi-finals but was reinstated for the final.<\/p>\n
The Italian said he had been sick through the night and was “really proud” of his performance.<\/p>\n
“That silver is like a gold for me,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I’ve got nothing inside me, I’ve got only my heart and my brain.”<\/p>\n
The race did not feature Paris Olympic joint silver medallists Adam Peaty and Nic Fink.<\/p>\n
Britain’s Peaty, who owned the 14 fastest times in the history of the 100m breaststroke heading into Singapore, decided to skip the world championships.<\/p>\n
American Fink is also taking a break from competition.<\/p>\n
Qin said his win was the result of hard work in training.<\/p>\n
“To win this gold medal is not something that’s easily said and done for me,” he said.<\/p>\n
Qin’s preparations for the Paris Olympics were thrown into turmoil when he was implicated in a major doping scandal months before the Games.<\/p>\n
A report named Qin among 23 Chinese swimmers who had tested positive for a prescription heart drug ahead of the pandemic-delayed 2021 Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n
They were not sanctioned after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accepted the argument of Chinese authorities that the positive tests were caused by contaminated food.<\/p>\n
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