CHINA'S QIN CHIMES : BREASTSTROKE GOLD

SINGAPORE : Qin takes ' miracle ' second breastroke gold. The Chinese world record holder surged to the wall in 2 min and 07.41 sec.

China's roaring Qin Haiyang won his second breaststroke gold of the Singapore swimming world championships last Friday as he edged a 200m nail-biter.

World record holder Qin surged to the wall in  2min 07.41 sec, ahead of Japan's Ippei Watanabe [ 2:07.70 ] and Caspar Corbeau of the Netherlands [ 2:07.73 ] 

The 26-year-old Qin won the 100m breastroke earlier in the week but he celebrated his second victory as if it were his first.

He punched the air before whipping up the delighted Chinese fans in the arena, who screamed him on to a thrilling victory.

Qin started the race in lane eight after qualifying slowest from the semi-finals but it made no difference as he regained the world title he won in 2023 in style.

'' Amazing, '' said Qin. '' Have you heard of the lane eight miracle? I did not know if I was second or third, I just heard 'whoo', so I knew I had won.''

The World Students Society thanks AFP.