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Xu Jiayu and Yang Junxuan reportedly put up swift times in a time trial during a practice session with the Chinese national swim team. With the coronavirus quarantine in China ending a few weeks ago, many members of the Chinese national team have been participating in a training camp the last few we...

After Lackluster Olympics (Except Marchand), Men's Breaststroke Resurgence Underway In one of the most competitive swimming finals of the Paris Olympics, Nicolo Martinenghi won 100-meter breaststroke gold by two hundredths. He denied Adam Peaty the chance to become only the second male swimmer in hi...

World Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Qin Haiyang Lowers Asian Record in 50 Breast China’s male breaststroke program looks inevitable once again in the men’s 50 breaststroke, if the morning prelims are any indication. Qin Haiyang, the runaway winner of the 100 breast on Monday night, led the way Tuesd...

Chen Juner Breaks Longstanding Chinese Record in 200 Butterfly; Pan Zhanle Continues to Shine at Nationals An impressive week of performances at the Chinese National Championships wrapped up on Saturday with additional top-tier times, including an Asian record in the men’s 50-meter breaststroke and ...

The China Swim Series continued with its second night of finals with some of the country's best opening the new year in strong form. Zhang Yufei continued her impressive roll with a 56.06 in winning the 100 butterfly final, not far off her 55.6 from September where she moved to third all-time. Zhang...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. The swimming universe saw a glimpse of normalcy in the past week when some elite swimmers in Europe, Asia and Australia returned to the pool over the weekend after being away for an extended period of time due to the coronavirus. South African Chad Le Clos al...

The Chinese Swimming Association announced its team for the 2021 Olympic Games in Japan where swimming will start in 18 days. The team will be comprised of 19 women and 11 men. Zhang Yufei (100, 200 fly), Xu Jiayu (100 back), Yang Junxuan (200 free), Wang Jianjiahe (800, 1500 free), Yu Liyan (200 fl...

Qin Haiyang Blasts 2:07.55 to Broach His 200 Breast Chinese Record Qin Haiyang won the men’s 200 breaststroke at Chinese Nationals on Friday, his time of 2:07.55 putting a scare into his national record set in 2017. Qin had been 2:07.35 at the National Games in 2017, setting the national mark in the...

Pan Zhanle Scares Chinese Record in 200 Free with 1:44.65 Pan Zhanle came within a half-second of his second Chinese record of the week at Chinese Nationals with a time of 1:44.66 on Thursday. Zhanle was near the record set by Sun Yang at 1:44.39 in 2017. That’s also the Asian record. Zhanle earlier...