On the first day of the National Swimming Championships on May 1, there were many good results in the world, and the most shocking thing for swimmers around the world was undoubtedly Pan Zhanle's 47.22 seconds in the men's 100m freestyle, which is also a new Asian record in addition to this year's world No. 1.
At last year's World Championships, Pan Zhanle faced South Korean Hwang Xuanyou, the then Asian record holder, although the two had never met in the same group, and Pan Zhanle did not break Huang Xuanyou's record, but compared the results at that time, Pan Zhanle won completely.
This championship match, and the Korean trials held in the previous section are also a battle in the air, it is not simply the end of Xiao Pan's continued victory. Huang Xuanyou's Asian record of 47.56 seconds set in the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics, which stood for one year and ten months, was successfully recaptured by Pan Zhanle with a huge advantage of 0.34 seconds! The Asian record that Huang Xuanyou took away from China's Ning Zetao is back to China!
Such a result certainly has a place in the history of the men's 100m freestyle. The data shows that 47.22 seconds ranks 11th in history. When Wong set his last Asian record two years ago, he was ranked around 20 in history, and now Poon is poised to move into single digits.
In fact, the ranking of this 11th place is very exquisite, and six of the players are already in the past tense and have long retired to the rivers and lakes; There are also two active players who either can't return to this form or can't play in the World Series for political reasons.
Pan Zhanle suddenly said after the match that he had entered the top three in the world, showing that he knows the specific situation of the men's 100 very well since now. That's right, at the height of 47.22 seconds, there are only two roadblocks among the active players - the current world record holder Popovich and the American swimming superstar Dreysel!
Popović has already played at the Romanian National Championships this year, swimming 47.61 seconds, the world's best time of 47.22 seconds before Pan Zhanle. After Drexel retired from the World Championships last year due to illness, the exact status of this year will only be known after the start of their national championships.
Don't shy away, feel free to say boldly: Pan Zhanle is now a strong contender for the men's 100 title at the Fukuoka World Championships! Take a step back, as long as the body is not accidental, and getting a medal is almost a foregone conclusion. Why am I so sure? Swimming is not a ball game, a group of muscular people huddled together, any accident can have, swimming is the self-display of each swim lane player, to the maximum restore the simple and clear rules of competition that rely on speed to win.
47.22 seconds, placed in the World Championships is an important indicator to win the championship; In the Olympic Games, where the athletes are working hard, it is also the top three steady progress. And with Pan Zhanle's age of 18 years and 9 months, with his visible progress over the years, and with his strength in the World Series in the past two years, Pan Zhanle has enough strength and enough possibilities to replicate Ning Zetao's great achievements in winning the 2015 World Championships.