2024 CHINESE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Friday, April 19th – Sunday, April 27th
- Shenzhen, China
- LCM (50m)
- SwimSwam Preview
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
- Results
- Livestream
Day 3 of the 2024 Chinese National Swimming Championships went down tonight in Shenzhen and 20-year-old Tang Qianting once again put on a show in the final of the women’s 100m breaststroke.
After firing off a new Asian Record of 1:04.68 in last night’s semi-final, Tang lowered the benchmark down to an even quicker 1:04.39 to earn gold tonight and punch her ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Tang is coached by Pierre Lafontaine, former CEO of Swimming Canada, head coach of Swimming Canada, and head coach of the Australian Institute of Sport.
Tang opened in 29.64 and closed in 34.75 to get under the 1:05 barrier for just the 2nd time in her career. Entering this competition, Tang’s personal best rested at the Chinese national record of 1:05.27 from this year’s World Championships. That garnered her the gold medal in Doha.
Comparing Tang’s swims from last night and this evening to the current 1:04.13 world record, the Chinese ace was quicker on the way out of both performances than American Lilly King was in 2017.
| LILLY KING‘S CURRENT WR-1:04.13 | TANG’S NEW ASIAN RECORD-1:04.39 | TANG’S OLD ASIAN RECORD-1:04.68 |
| 29.80 | 29.64 | 29.74 |
| 34.33 | 34.75 | 34.94 |
Tang’s performance tonight now renders her the 4th-fastest swimmer in history.
Top 5 Women’s LCM 100 Breaststroke All-Time Performers
- Lilly King (USA) – 1:04.13, 2017
- Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 1:04.35, 2013
- Yuliya Efimova (RUS) – 1:04.36, 2017
- Tang Qianting (CHN) – 1:04.39, 2024
- Jessica Hardy (USA) – 1:04.45, 2009
Runner-up tonight’s final, Yang Chang, also dipped under the World Aquatics Olympic Qualification Time of 1:06.79, earning silver in 1:06.39. Yu Jingyao earned bronze in 1:07.21.
Tang remains ranked #1 in the world on the season and sole swimmer to have delved under 1:05 thus far.
2023-2024 LCM Women 100 Breast
TANG
1:04.39
| 2 | Tatjana SCHOENMAKER | RSA | 1:05.00 | 07/28 |
| 3 | Evgeniia CHIKUNOVA | RUS | 1:05.11 | 04/17 |
| 4 | Lilly KING | USA | 1:05.43 | 06/17 |
| 5 | Benedetta PILATO | ITA | 1:05.44 | 06/21 |
All Chinese swimmers are suspect of being drug cheats. They obviously have a national doping program and have since the 90’s. They have no choice in the matter other than do you want to take the jab or the gel. That’s from an ex Chinese swimmer.
I’m sure there’s nothing suspicious here. Move along.
According to the Chinese broadcast at least, her hands were two bodylengths ahead of the World Record at the 80m mark. Nuts.
I assume they just had the line move at constant speed the whole 50 given how quickly it moved past her.
Tang qianting 1:03 incoming 100 breast
Qin Haiyang 2:04 incoming 200 breast
Get her out of here
Tang will be the hot favourite to winning gold in paris
She didn’t even make it out of the heats in 2023
and was third into finals in 2022
Have anything to say Donkey Kong? 🦧
China is gonna clear everyone in Paris 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
no, they are going to be booed out of there.
You wish…….
Like china cares
With Tang’s progress, China must be taken seriously in women’s medley relay in Paris.
If they’re allowed to be there.
Anyways, they don’t have a backstroker that can match up with Smith, Masse, or McKeown. At least not from what I’ve seen. Or a freestyler that could hold off O’Callaghan, Douglass, etc, for that matter.
no they shouldn’t. They should be banned.
That’s exactly the intention of these news reports.