"It's an honour to break a world record, [breaking a world record] is what motivates all swimmers and I believe I can be faster than I am today. This morning, at the World Swimming Championships in Doha, Pan Zhanle said after breaking the men's 100m world record: "Breaking the world record is a matter of course, and now my goal is to swim faster." ”
After all the diving events are over, the 2024 Doha World Championships will enter the swimming individual competition, the first gold medal day 4 finals, Pan Zhanle, Ji Xinjie, Zhang Zhanshuo, Wang Haoyu 4 people won the historic gold medal in the finale of the men's 4x100m freestyle relay final with a score of 3:11.08 to break the monopoly of European and American players, 19-year-old Pan Zhanle swam 46.80 seconds on the first stick to break the world record of 46.86 seconds in 2022 Romanian genius teenager Popovich, This is also the first time that a Chinese athlete has broken the world record in the men's 100m freestyle event - in the men's 100m freestyle final of the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, Pan Zhanle broke the Asian record with a time of 46.97 seconds and won the championship, which ranked among the top five in the history of the men's 100m freestyle event. At that time, Pan Zhanle set his ambition to break the world record, and at the same time shouted to Popovich: Let's go together.
It's crazy! I never thought they would break the world record on the first shot, the Chinese team is so impressive", Lorenzo still felt incredible when he commented on the Chinese team and Pan Zhanle after the race, and his Italian team won the silver medal in this event in 3:12.08.
The Chinese team of the men's 4*100m freestyle relay at the Doha World Championships followed the old routine: Wang Haoyu was the first stick in the preliminaries, Pan Zhanle was the fourth stick, and the two were reversed in the final, Pan Zhanle was the first stick, Wang Haoyu was the fourth stick - Pan Zhanle was in a burst of state in the final, and his time of 46.80 seconds shocked the audience.
The men's 100m freestyle event of the World Swimming Championships will be launched on February 14, Beijing time, with a total of 12 groups of competitions in the preliminary stage, Pan Zhanle is in the 10th group, Wang Haoyu will appear in the 11th group, and after the semifinals on February 15, the final will be held at 0:20 Beijing time on February 16 - after Chinese player Ning Zetao won the championship in 47.84 seconds at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, This time, Pan Zhanle will once again launch a strong attack on the men's 100m freestyle crown and a new world record.
In the remaining three finals that ended today, Li Bingjie won the silver medal in the women's 400m freestyle, and she said that her New Year's wish is to win gold at the Paris Olympics; South Korea's Kim Woo-min won the men's 400-meter freestyle championship and the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay final, and the Dutch team defeated Australia to win the gold medal.
*: China Youth Daily.