Three months later, Wang was 0.12 seconds away from his personal best in the four-lap event but still brought home a bronze medal as he did from Rio Olympic Games last year.

"I was troubled by jet leg during the World Championships," said Wang who tuned up in the United States then tried hard to acclimate himself in Budapest. "But I shouldn't take it as an excuse. I need to solve the problem."

The quadrennial National Games in Tianjin also proved to be a tough journey for Wang.

"I was upset at that time," said Wang. "After I failed to perform my best at the World Championships, I was unable to refresh up at the National Games as it's only one month apart. What's worse, I had a low fever for several days ahead of the National Games."

Wang said he was lucky to have some achievements this year and he felt stronger mentally after the tough experience.

"On the timing of my personal best, I didn't improve a lot this year. But my mentality boosts up."

As his first name Shun means 'going on smoothly' in Chinese, Wang believes as long as he keeps making progress, he will have his day of glory someday.

Wang is scheduled to compete in the short-course World Cup in Beijing next month. Last year, he won the 200m individual medley at the short-course World championships in Windsor, Canada.

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