Chinese swimmers Zhang and Qin named Asian Games MVPs

Chinese swimmers Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang were named the top athletes of the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday and then pledged to use their awards as inspiration for the Paris Olympics. The swimmers, both currently in Germany, spoke via video-link, while teammates stood in for them at the ceremony.

Olympic champion Zhang collected a leading six gold medals after winning the 50, 100 and 200m butterfly, 50m freestyle and two relays. Qin, who claimed an unprecedented 50-100-200m breaststroke hat-trick at the world championships in Fukuoka in July, repeated the feat on home soil. He also won two relay gold and a 200m medley silver.