The 2024 Doha World Swimming Championships ended successfully on February 19, Beijing time, and the Chinese team finally ranked first in the gold medal list and medal table with 23 golds, 8 silvers and 2 bronzes, with a total of 33 medals, creating the best record in the World Championships in 30 years. The Chinese swimming team of this World Championships is dominated by young players, and the results are full of surprises, ending with 7 golds, 3 silvers and 1 bronze. There were 18-year-old four-time champion Pan Zhanle, China's youngest swimming world champion 14-year-old Gong Zhenqi, and China's youngest men's swimming world champion 16-year-old Zhang Zhanshuo. Tang Qianting, who won the women's 100-meter breaststroke, and Dong Zhihao, who won the men's 200-meter breaststroke, are both only 19 years old, but they are already called "veterans" in the team.
At the same time as the good news continued to come, there were many doubts on the Internet, believing that many world celebrities were absent from the World Championships because of their preparations for the Olympic Games, and the gold content of the championship was greatly reduced, which gave the young players the opportunity to win the championship. So let's take the results of the last Tokyo Olympics as a reference, and let's see what the results of the Chinese team in this World Championships are?
1st gold: men's 4x100m freestyle
Tokyo Olympics men's 4x100m freestyle final result - Gold medal: USA, 3:08.97. Silver medal: Italy, 3:10.11. Bronze: Australia, 3:10.22. At the Doha World Swimming Championships, the Chinese team won the championship with a time of 3:11.08. This result did not make it to the top three at the Tokyo Olympics. Although Pan Zhanle broke the world record in this event, the relay race is a team event after all, and the amount of water in a barrel does not depend on the tallest block on the barrel wall, but on the shortest piece on the barrel wall.
2nd gold: women's 100m breaststroke
Tokyo Olympics Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results - Gold Medal: Jacque, USA, 1:04.95. Silver medal: South Africa, Sean Mark, 1:05.22. Bronze medal: Lily King, USA, 1:05.54. At the Doha World Swimming Championships, Tang Qianting's winning time was 1:05.27, between the silver and bronze medals at the Tokyo Olympics, not only won the championship of the project for the Chinese team again after 21 years, but also broke the national record that had been in the dust for 15 years. There is no doubt about itTang Qianting is already the world's top athlete in the women's 100m breaststroke event
3rd gold: men's 100m freestyle
Tokyo Olympics Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results - Gold Medal: USA's Dressel, 47.02 seconds, breaking the Olympic record. Silver medal: Chalmers, Australia, 47.08 seconds. Bronze medal: Russian Olympic Team, Kolesnikov Kliment, 47.44 seconds. At the Doha World Swimming Championships, Pan Zhanle won the championship with a time of 47.53 seconds. Comparing only this one, Pan Zhanle's 100m freestyle has the possibility of attacking the Olympic medal, but it is more difficult to win the championship
But,In the men's 4x100m freestyle, Pan Zhanle, who was the first to swim, swam a time of 46.80 seconds, breaking the world record! This is an official record recognized by FINA. According to different competition objectives, formulate different strategies, and reasonably adjust according to the competition process, which is the embodiment of the strength of mature athletes. Pan Zhanle, who won the quadruple crown, has no doubt about his strength.