# Dong Zhihao Wins 200m Breaststroke at World Championships Without Qin Haiyang Attending

China shows off its strong player base by winning 6 gold medals in management alone

Although 'breaststroke strongest' Qin Haiyang (24, China) did not participate, China won the men's 200m breaststroke gold medal at the Doha World Aquatics Championships. **[파워볼사이트](https://www.powerballsite.com)**

Dong Zhihao (18, China) reached the top by touching the touch pad in 2 minutes 07.94 seconds in the men's 200m breaststroke final at the 2024 International Aquatics Federation World Championships held at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar, on the 17th (Korean time).

Kaspar Cobo (22, Netherlands) took second place with a time of 2 minutes 08.24 seconds, and Nick Pink (30, USA), the gold medalist in the 100m breaststroke at this event, took third place in the 200m with a time of 2 minutes 08.85 seconds.

Qin Haiyang swept the individual events of the men's 50m (26.29) breaststroke, 100m (57.69), and 200m (2:05.48) at the Fukuoka World Championships in July 2023, and also participated in the finals of the 400m mixed medley relay, a team event.

He helped China win the gold medal and won four gold medals.

However, he did not come to Doha to focus on preparing for the Paris Olympics.

Even in the competition where Qin Haiyang did not participate, China boasted a strong athlete base by winning a breaststroke gold medal.

China also won the men's 800m relay on this day with a time of 7 minutes 01.84 seconds, beating Korea with a time of 7 minutes 01.94 seconds by 0.1 seconds.

China, which added two gold medals, increased the number of gold medals in the management category at the [Doha World Championships](https://www.behance.net/gallery/192615547/Hwang-Sun-woo-First-Medal-in-the-Team-Event) to six.

The number of gold medals in business events is the same as that of the United States, and the number of gold medals in all events, including diving and artistic swimming, is 22, ranking first by an overwhelming margin.

The Netherlands also won two gold medals that day.

In the women's 100m freestyle, Marit Steenbergen (24, Netherlands) won with a time of 52.26, beating Siobhan Hehei (26, Hong Kong) with a time of 52.56.

Molly O'Callaghan (19, Australia), who won five gold medals at the Fukuoka Games, including winning this event last year, did not participate in this competition.

Steenbergen, who took third place in Fukuoka, took first place in Doha, and Hei Hei won silver medals in both competitions.

Tess Schoughton (23, Netherlands) took the top spot in the women's 200m breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes 19.81 seconds.

Schoughton is the first Dutch athlete to win a world championship gold medal in this event.

[Kate Douglas](https://www.hebergementweb.org/threads/kylian-mbappe-sign-a-5-years-contract-with-real-madrid.1142329/) (22, USA) took second place for the second time in a row with a time of 2 minutes 20.91 seconds, and Sydney Pickrem (26, Canada) took third place with a time of 2 minutes 22.94 seconds.

Fikrem won a medal in this event for the first time in five years since the 2019 Gwangju Games (3rd place).