4:38.20) and 3rd in the 100 breast (1:09.12) behind Luo Xuejuan and Luo Nan. 2002 was a fruitful year for Qi, as she swam a 2:23.74 200 breaststroke (fastest time of the year, and 3rd fastest all time) at the Chinese Nationals, won her first world title at the Short Course Worlds in Moscow (2:20.91 in the 200 breaststroke), and took home three golds (200 breaststroke: 2:24.01; 200 individual medley: 2:13.94 and 400 individual medley: 4:40.37) and 1 silver (100 breaststroke: 1:08.24) at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, Korea in October. She also took down her own 200 breast world record (short course) to 2:18.86 in December. At the 2003 World Championships, Qi finished 3rd in the 200 breaststroke (2:25.78) behind USA's Amanda Beard (who won by tying Qi's world record of 2:22.99) and Australia's Leisel Jones (2:24.33, Commonwealth record). Qi was 4th in the 200 individual medley and 9th in the 400 individual medley. In 2004, Qi made her 2nd Olympic team with relative ease, but before the 2004 Olympics, she lost her (joint) world record to Leisel Jones, who swam a 2:22.96 in Brisbane, and this was followed by Amanda Beard's world record of 2:22.44 at the US Olympics Trials a few days later. At the 200 meter breastroke at the Games, Qi was in 3rd place at the 150m mark. However, she ran out of gas and posted a 38.99 second final 50m, the slowest final lap among the 8 finalists, and dropped to 6th at 2:26.35 (incidentally, she had also swum the slowest final lap in the 200 breaststroke final in the 2000 Olympics). In the Olympics, Qi also entered the 100 breaststroke but was disqualified in the final for an illegal underwater dolphin kick. The race was won by her compatriot Luo Xuejuan at 1:06.64. Qi also placed 29th in the 200 individual medley in 2:26.02. Qi continued to train after the Olympics. She competed in the 2004 World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis but did not win any medals. Qi skipped the 2005 World Championships in Montreal to concentrate on the Chinese National Games in October, where she regained her old form by winning the 200 breaststroke (2:24.14), 200 individual medley (2:12.17) and the 400 individual medley (4:38.24), and placing 2nd in the 100 breaststroke (in a personal best of 1:07.27). She also won the 200 individual medley (2:09.33) and the 400 individual