Olympic champion Qin Haiyang and silver medalist Tang Qianting will spearhead China's 33-strong team to compete in the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25M) from December 10 to 15.

Qin Haiyang of China competes during the men's 200m breaststroke final of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, July 28, 2023. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)

Qin, gold medalist of men's 4x100m medley relay at the Paris Olympics, will compete in his favorite breaststroke events, while Tang Qianting, who finished with two silver medals in the women's 100m breaststroke and the mixed 4x100m medley relay in Pairs, will compete in 50m and 100m breaststroke.

At 13, Zhou Yanjun and Lu Xingchen are the youngest among 18 female swimmers, while 16-year-old Chen Shengxin and Li Taiyu are the youngest in the men's squad.

Notable absentees from the Budapest worlds are men's 100m free world record holder Pan Zhanle and twice Olympic gold medalist Zhang Yufei.