Qin, Zhang star as China send Olympic warning in Asian Games blitz

China's swimmers sent a final warning shot from the Asian Games, claiming four titles on the final day. Qin Haiyang completed the breaststroke treble and Zhang Yufei won six golds. Multiple Games and Asian bests were set, incl. Pan Zhanle's 47 sec. 100m freestyle, Wang Shun's 7th fastest 200m medley, and Siobhan Haughey's lightning-fast freestyle times. China topped the table with 28 golds, Japan 5, and South Korea 6. Qin, Zhang, Li Bingjie, and Xu Jiayu excelled, while Honda secured Japan's only gold of the night. China's swimmers sent a strong signal ahead of the Paris Olympics.

World champion Qin Haiyang completed the breaststroke treble Friday and Zhang Yufei claimed a sixth gold as China's swimmers sent a final warning shot from the Asian Games ahead of the Paris Olympics.

Their victories were among four titles the hosts snapped up on the final day of swimming in Hangzhou, where they easily topped the table with 28 golds in the pool.

While no world records tumbled across the six-day event, multiple Games and Asian bests were set, some of them eye-popping.

Along with Qin and Zhang, Pan Zhanle became only the fifth man ever below 47 seconds in the 100m freestyle while China went close to smashing two relay world records.

Wang Shun swum the seventh fastest 200m medley in history.

Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey meanwhile reinforced her threat to Australia's top freestylers with lightning-fast times in the 100 and 200m.

At the last Asian Games, in Indonesia five years ago, Japan tied China at the top on 19 golds. But it was a very different story in Hangzhou.