In the men’s 200m breaststroke final at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, Qin Haiyang, swimming in lane eight, won the gold medal with a time of 2:07.41 — claiming his second individual gold of the championships. Qin Haiyang has previously swept the 100m and 200m breaststroke titles, also earning a bronze in the 50m breaststroke and a silver in the mixed 4×100m medley relay.