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2025 CHINESE NATIONAL GAMES
Monday, November 10th – Monday, November 17th (swimming) Shenzhen, China LCM (50m) Prelims at 9am local (8pm previous night ET)/Finals at 7pm local (6am ET) Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap/Day 5 Recap/Day 6 Recap/Day 7 Recap/Day 8 Recap Meet Central Results LivestreamThe 2025 Chinese National Games concluded earlier this week, with the eight-day swimming program bringing us multiple impressive and formidable swims.
You can catch up on each day’s recap above and dive deeper with the several notable athletes we’ve highlighted as part of our post-competition digest.
Zhang Zhanshuo
18-year-old Zhang Zhanshuo swept the men’s freestyle distances in unprecedented fashion, topping the podium across the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m events.
The teen kicked off his campaign in head-turning form in the 400m free on night one. Zhang’s monster time of 3:42.82 overwrote his own WJR of 3:42.99, which he unleashed just this past September at the Chinese Nationals.
His effort now ranks him as China’s 3rd-swiftest men’s 400m free swimmer of all time.
The 200m free was Zhang’s next victim, with the teen establishing another personal best. Zhang ripped a time of 1:44.86 for his first-ever outing under the 1:45 barrier, destroying his previous PB of 1:45.84 while winning the gold.
Zhang attacked the men’s 800m free, leading wire-to-wire to ultimately touch in a time of 7:46.69.
Not only was that a new lifetime best, but his effort established a new Chinese National Junior Record.
His final individual medal came in the 1500m free to solidify his sweep. Zhang hit 14:52.73 to shave over a second off the 14:54.06 he established earlier this year.
Yu Zidi
Just 13 years of age, Yu Zidi demonstrated that her stellar World Championships debut in Singapore was anything but a fluke.
The teenager ripped a scorching time of 2:07.41 to take the women’s 200m IM, establishing a new Asian continental and Chinese national record in the process.
Yu’s time erased the longstanding record of 2:07.57 that countrywoman Ye Shiwen established as a 16-year-old en route to winning gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. That swim was performed after Ye already smashed a new world record of 4:28.43 in the 400m IM, all before Yu was even born.
Yu experienced a slight upset in the women’s 200m fly here, however, where the former SCM World Junior record holder Chen Luying got to the wall first in 2:05.45. Yu’s silver medal-worthy time of 2:06.57 was just a hair off her PB of 2:06.43 logged at this year’s World Championships en route to 4th place.
Later that same session Yu produced an opening leg of 1:57.98 on her squad’s women’s 4x200m free relay, which wound up with the gold.
Finally, Yu clocked a speedy 4:34.33 to win the women’s 400m IM, within striking distance of her best-ever performance of 4:33.76 registered for a 4th place finish at this year’s World Championships.
Qin Haiyang
Although 26-year-old Qin Haiyang was disqualified in the 50m breaststroke, he managed to dominate both the 100m and 200m fields as a follow-up to the World Championships.
Racing in the men’s 100m breast, Qin stopped the clock at a time of 58.98.
We’ve seen Qin go as fast as his NR of 57.69 from two years ago, and he topped the podium this year in Singapore with an impressive 58.23.
The reigning world record holder punched a result of 2:07.69 to own the 2breast event wire-to-wire, getting to the wall over two seconds ahead of his competitors.
Qin split 29.02/32.33/33.10/33.24 to come within striking distance of his mark of 2:07.41, which rendered him the world champion this year in Singapore.
Siobhan Haughey
Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong made her presence known across several events. This marked Haughey’s second elite competition since returning to the pool post-injury. The 28-year-old raced at the Hong Kong Age Group LC Championships earlier this month after having withdrawn from the 2025 World Championships due to a back injury.
Haughey kicked things off in the 200m free, where the reigning Asian record holder turned in a time of 1:54.85 to hold a healthy advantage over the rest of the field en route to producing a result just outside her top 10 performances.
The former University of Michigan star stopped the clock at 52.89 to double up as the 100m freestyle gold medalist. She represented the sole athlete of the field to delve under the 53-second barrier.
She performed an eye-popping feat on the final day of the competition, racing in the 50m breast and 50m free back-to-back.
Haughey collected bronze in each, hitting 30.71 in the former and 24.84 in the splash n’ dash.
Additional Notes
Li Bingjie earned a trio of gold medals, hitting 4:01.17 in the 400m free, 8:19.00 in the 800m free and 15:55.40 in the 1500m free. Zhang Yufei topped the 100 fly podium in 56.88 and the 50m fly in 25.61. She settled for bronze in the 200m fly in 2:07.90. Wang Shun grabbed the men’s 200m IM gold in a time of 1:56.20, beating his peers by over 3 seconds. The final day saw him reap gold in the 4IM in 4:14.90. Reigning world record holder and Olympic champion Pan Zhanle won men’s 100m free gold in a relatively pedestrian mark of 48.01. He earned bronze in both the 50m free (22.21) and the 200m free (1:46.37). Xu Jiayu swept the men’s backstroke events, posting results of 24.40 in the 50m, 52.39 in the 100m and 1:56.63 in the 200m. Xu’s semi-final swim of 24.36 in the 50m back established a new Chinese national record.Records Broken
Men’s 50m backstroke Chinese national record – 24.36, Xu Jiayu Women’s 200m IM Asian and Chinese record – 2:07.41, Yu Zidi Men’s 400m freestyle World Junior record – 3:42.82, Zhang ZhanshuoRead the full story on SwimSwam: 2025 Chinese National Games: Post-Competition Digest
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