medley (4:34.28) and the 200m breaststroke (2:20.72) at the 2006 World Short Course Championship in Shanghai. She won the same three events at the Doha Asian Games --- 200 individual medley at 2:11.92; 400 individual medley at 4:38.31 and 200 breaststroke at 2:23.93. All times ranked among the top 4 globally in 2006. The 2007 World Championships was the worst international meet in Qi's career. Having switched to a new training approach which proved to be unsuitable for her, she performed poorly in her two individual medley races in Melbourne, though she managed to make the semifinals in the 200 breaststroke. Still motivated, Qi was determined to make an attempt to qualify for her third Olympics, to be held in her home country in 2008. Her more recent international appearance was the World Military Games in Hyderabad, India, in October 2007, where she won the 200 breaststroke (2:29.23) and took silver in the 100 meter breaststroke (1:09.52). She showed even more promising signs at the Good Luck Beijing 2008 Swimming China Open, held in the "WaterCube" (venue for 2008 Olympic swimming and diving competitions) in early February, where she posted solid times in the 200 individual medley (2:14.14), 100 breaststroke (1:08.22) and 200 breaststroke (2:27.11). At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing she finished 13th in the 200 meter breaststroke and 20th in the 200 meter individual medley. See also China at the 2008 Summer Olympics References External links Beijing 2008 Team China Profile 1985 births Living people Chinese female freestyle swimmers Chinese female breaststroke swimmers Chinese female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers of China Sportspeople from Fuzhou Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers from Fujian Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games 21st-century Chinese women