Qin Haiyang was awarded the FINA Swimmer of the Year 2023-10-25 10:02:10.0 Source: Xinhuanet Author: Chen Hao
The FINA Swimmer of the Year selection was announced on the 23rd in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Chinese athlete Qin Haiyang won the title of best male swimmer, and Australian athlete McKeown was awarded the best female swimmer.
24-year-old Qin Haiyang won three gold medals in men’s 50, 100 and 200-meter breaststroke at the Fukuoka World Swimming Championships in July, becoming the first athlete in history to win three gold medals in breaststroke at the same World Championships. . He also broke the 200-meter breaststroke world record and won the 100-meter breaststroke championship with the second-best result in history. After the World Championships, he won 5 gold medals at the Chengdu Universiade and was named MVP (Most Valuable Athlete) at the Hangzhou Asian Games. At the Swimming World Cup that ended on the evening of the 22nd, he won 9 gold medals in 3 events and became the annual World Cup champion.
Qin Haiyang said at the award ceremony: “The most proud thing for me this year is breaking the world record, which is a surprise for me. More importantly, I have made more progress than last year, which is really It makes me very happy.”
The 22-year-old McKeown won the women’s 50-meter, 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke championships at the Fukuoka World Swimming Championships. Like Qin Haiyang, he became the first athlete to win three individual swimming gold medals at the same World Championships. In the World Cup series, she won 9 women’s backstroke gold medals, and set new world records twice in the 50-meter and 100-meter backstroke finals in Budapest, winning all women’s 50-meter, 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke world records. , won the World Cup annual championship.
In addition, the World Swimming Federation announced that its new Budapest headquarters is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026, and the World Swimming Federation will partially move to Budapest in the second half of next year. In July this year, FINA voted to move its headquarters from Lausanne, Switzerland, to Budapest, Hungary.
2023-10-25 02:02:10
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