Japanese swimmer Tomoru
Reigning world champion Qin Haiyang completed a sweep of the three breaststroke titles with a convincing victory in the 50 meters as
At the previous Asian Games in 2018 in
"I was able to win my favorite event for the first time in an international meet,"
"I want to raise my level to be able to have an explosive last 50 in the 200."
In the women's 50 butterfly, Zhang powered home in 25.10 seconds, 0.61 ahead of compatriot Yu Yiting and 0.92 ahead of Ikee, for her sixth gold medal of the meet.
"I have mixed feelings," Ikee said. "I'm happy to have achieved my goal of taking home a medal (from an individual event), but at the same time being unable to go under 26.00 in the 50 was disappointing."
Asked to comment on her rival Zhang, Ikee said, "I'm sure she'll continue to get stronger. She makes me think I want to train harder. I want to catch up with her."
Zhang was the 200 butterfly winner at the
Qin, the 50 breaststroke winner, said, "I was confident of getting the gold, so it was a chance for me to try new things."
The 24-year-old won the 50, 100 and 200 at the world aquatics championships in July in
"I'm quite happy with the time, especially since I tried new things," Qin said. "I treated the Asian Games as a trial, as a place for me to prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympics."
In the day's other events won by Chinese swimmers, Xu Jiayu claimed the men's 200 backstroke gold in 1:55.37, and the women's 800 freestyle title went to Li Bingjie, who covered the distance in 8:20.01.
==Kyodo
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