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Qin Haiyang

(覃海洋)

Qin Haiyang
Qin Haiyang
覃海洋
The latest news on Qin Haiyang, Chinese professional swimmer and Olympian, including competition news and updates.
last updated:
4 December, 2024
Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey is all smiles as she become a five-time world champion. Photo: Handout
Swimming

Siobhan Haughey claims fifth world title, breezes to victory in 200m freestyle

Hongkonger finishes more than a second faster than Canadian Mary-Sophie Harvey, with American Claire Weinstein third.

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Swimming

Chinese Olympic champion Qin Haiyang insists fiancé’s claims of affair ‘fake news’

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Diving queen blames ‘7 times a day’ drug tests for Chinese swimmers’ poor showing

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

While you were sleeping: 5 things to know after Haughey gets started at Olympics

Day two saw thrills and spills in the pool, a podium chance for Hong Kong in table tennis and varying basketball fortunes for US and China.

An underwater view shows Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey swimming in the 200m freestyle in Paris. Photo: AFP
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hongkongers urged to become 7 million-strong ‘cheerleading team’ for city’s Olympians

Vivian Kong leads the charge for Hong Kong delegation, with Cheung Ka-long and Siobhan Haughey also chasing medals in first five days.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Chinese swimmers drug tested almost 4 times more than US rivals, officials admit

The update was published in a written report by the organisation, while Chinese internet users expressed anger over perceived ‘unfair treatment’.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

US-China battle for Olympic gold medal dominance: pools key Paris battlegrounds

The superpowers have finished in the top two spots in the medal table in four of the past five Olympics, but it was only in Beijing in 2008 where the hosts came out ahead.

United States and China are looking to do battle for Olympic superiority once again as the Games get under way in Paris. Photo: AP
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Chinese swimmers ‘given 200 drug tests in 10 days’ after arrival for Olympics

The swimmers – some of them implicated in the 2021 TMZ allegations – were tested five to seven times each, team nutritionist says on Weibo.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

China take 11 of 23 swimmers who tested positive for TMZ to Paris Olympic Games

Yang Junxuan is among those included and will compete against Siobhan Haughey in the 100m freestyle, as well as Zhang Yufei, who won gold in the 200m butterfly in Tokyo.

Swimming

Records tumble as China’s swimmers hit Olympic pace at national championships

Asian gold medallist Tang Qianting sets regional best twice in women’s 100m breaststroke event, while Pan Zhanle clocks third sub-47 second time in 100m freestyle.

Asian Games gold medallist Tang Qianting set a new mark in the 100m breaststroke. Photo: Reuters
Swimming

China’s Qin and Australian McKeown win male and female swimmer of year awards

Qin Haiyang and Kaylee McKeown are enjoying a year filled with gold medals, tournament sweeps and world records.

Qin Haiyang and Kaylee McKeown both earned three triple crowns at the World Cup this month. Photo: Xinhua
Swimming

Haughey completes 100m free hat-trick at World Cup, looks forward to time off

Siobhan Haughey sweeps 100m and 200m free finals, to win a total of six World Cup golds, while Kaylee McKeown, who owns all three backstroke world records, makes a full sweep of back events for three triple crowns.

Swimming

Haughey sets new 50m mark at World Cup meet, McKeown makes backstroke history

Siobhan Haughey lowers personal best time while claiming silver in sprint race won by Sarah Sjostrom at World Cup stop in Budapest. Australia’s Kaylee McKeown becomes first woman to hold every backstroke world record.

Swimming

Haughey destroys elite field in Swimming World Cup after just 13 minutes’ rest

After finishing a close second in the 50m breaststroke final, Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey returns to the pool moments later to dominate her preferred 100m freestyle.

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Siobhan Haughey came away with two victories in the weekend’s World Cup event in Athens. Photo: Twitter/@WorldAquatics
Swimming

Haughey follows Games golds with 2 World Cup records, calls it ‘great training’

Days after breaking the Asian 100m freestyle record in Hangzhou, Siobhan Haughey improves it again in Berlin, beating several of her rivals and inching closer to Sarah Sjostrom’s world best.

Siobhan Haughey was in record-breaking form again in Berlin. Photo: EPA-EFE
Asian Games 2023

Curtain falls on triumphant Asian Games fortnight for China – and Hong Kong

Chinese Premier Li Qiang watches on as Olympic Council of Asia chief Raja Randhir Singh hails Hangzhou event an ‘unprecedented success’.

Asian Games 2023

Haughey claims her fifth medal of Asian Games with 50m freestyle silver

Hong Kong swimmer Haughey is second behind Chinese favourite Zhang Yufei, and helps 4x200m relay team to a new city record.

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Asian Games 2023

Haughey seeks third medal at Asian Games in final of her favoured 200m freestyle

Hong Kong swimmer Haughey qualifies as fifth fastest, 1.85 seconds behind the fastest time set by Li Bingjie of China, who is looking to defend her title.

Siobhan Haughey has qualified for the 200m freestyle final. Photo: AFP
Asian Games 2023

Swimmer Haughey smashes Hong Kong record en route to Asian Games bronze double

Siobhan Haughey breaks her own city record twice on way to first medal in Hangzhou, and still has enough in the tank to help team finish third in 4x100m freestyle relay final.

Asian Games 2023

Asian Games: swim star and teen skateboarder among 10 Chinese athletes to watch

Qin Haiyang is the dominant force in breaststroke having won every race at the World Championships, while 13-year-old skateboarder Cui Chenxi is the youngest member of the China squad.

Hong Kong Tennis Association

Cheung Ka-long adds third World University Games gold for Hong Kong

City’s best ever medal tally at the competition further swells, with Cody Wong and Coleman Wong also guaranteeing a podium spot in the mixed doubles tennis.

Cheung Ka-long with his signature celebration after winning the foil individual gold medal at the World University Games in Chengdu. Photo: USFHK
Universities in Hong Kong

Table tennis bronze makes Chengdu best World University Games ever for Hong Kong

The delegation’s tally of 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze already surpasses the city’s previous record of 4 medals in Taiwan in 2017.

Doo Hoi-kem in action during a match at the World University Games in Chengdu. Photo: Handout
Swimming

China’s Qin ready for next challenge after dominating World Championships

Chinese swimmer sets world record and claims historic 3 golds in breaststroke events to lay down marker for next year’s Paris Olympics.

Swimming

Haughey 4th as Australia’s O’Callaghan takes world 200m gold and world record

Hongkonger’s time is her best of the season, but O’Callaghan finally takes Federica Pellegrini’s record that had stood since 2009 as she beats compatriot Ariarne Titmus.

Swimming

China duo swim to world golds with Qin 2nd best ever and Zhang avenging Olympics

Qin Haiyang’s time puts him second only to Britain’s Adam Peaty, while Zhang Yufei beats Canada’s China-born Maggie Mac Neil in a reverse of Tokyo Olympics.

Qin Haiyang of China on his way to gold at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka. Photo: EPA-EFE
Swimming

Chillingworth sets record as Ho lines up 50m freestyle semis in Melbourne

Adam Chillingworth set a record for Hong Kong in the men’s 200m breaststroke heats in Melbourne, but failed to progress past the heats.

Daiya Seto of Japan claimed gold in the men’s men’s 200m breaststroke final. Photo: AFP
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