Chinese swimmer Qin Haiyang will be one of China’s medal hopes in the Paris Olympic pool. Although Qin has ___1___ the World Aquatics Championship in 2023, he tries his best to improve himself.
However, Qin’s swimming journey was not ___2___ smooth. In 2016, Qin missed the chance to take part ___3___ the Rio Olympic Games because he fell behind by ___4___ than 0.5 seconds. “After that, I felt regret and started to dream big. I ___5___ to stand on the world stage to show my talent,” Qin said in an interview for China Daily’s online ___6___ Tracking Success.
___7___, he met with regret again in 2021. During the men’s 200m breaststroke preliminaries (蛙泳预赛) at the Tokyo Olympics, Qin finished first in his group. But his score ___8___ because of his mistakes.
From then on, Qin threw ___9___ into endless training, focusing on every detail of his swimming skills. Changing swimming habits is as difficult as changing ___10___ habits, especially for an adult athlete. He described this process as “breaking and rebuilding”. “Just like learning to dance, I asked myself to finish every certain move perfectly,” Qin ___11___Jimu News.
___12___ two years of training, Qin finally became a hit in 2023, taking home 33 medals in total and being called “Breastroke King”. Still, he kept low-key. He compared ___13___ his achievements to the process of a stream (小溪) flowing into the sea.
“When I was a child, I was like a small stream. Then it gradually became a small river, and then a ___14___ river, finally flowing into the ocean,” Qin told China Daily.
Qin’s next goal is the Paris Olympic Games. “I ___15___ I can produce the best result possible and make a real splash (水花),” he said in the online show.