Chinese swimming once had the flying fish Ning Zetao, who won the gold medal in the men's 100m freestyle at the 2015 Kazan World Swimming Championships, with a score of 4784 seconds. However, by the 2016 Rio Olympics, he could only win a bronze medal, and China's men's 100m freestyle results began to decline.
However, Chinese swimming has ushered in a new hope - Pan Zhanle. He is a native of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, born in August 2004 and is currently only 19 years old. At the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, he finished with 47He finished fourth in the 100m freestyle with a time of 43 seconds, but this time has already surpassed Ning Zetao and has become a new Asian record.
But the Asian record was soon broken by Poon Chin Lok himself. At the Asian Games in Hangzhou, he improved that record to 4697 seconds, impressive. He then broke the world record in the men's 100m freestyle in Doha with a time of 4680 seconds, an improvement of 006 seconds.
It is worth mentioning that the process of Poon Zhanle breaking the world record is also dramatic. In the preliminaries, the coach let him play on the last bat, but due to poor results, the coach had a whim in the final and let Pan Zhanle play on the first bat, and successfully established an advantage. This tactic not only succeeded in preserving the Chinese team's victory, but also allowed Pan Zhanle to set a world record in the men's 100m freestyle.
So, will Poon be able to win gold in the men's 100m freestyle event and set a faster world record in the future? Let's wait and see. World Swimming Championships in Doha 2024