"China's New Flying Fish" Pan Zhanle broke the world record in the men's 4X100m freestyle relay at the 2024 Doha World Swimming Championships that ended a few days ago, and then appeared late at night on Thursday (15th) to compete in the men's 100 freestyle final, striving for the second gold of the year.
After the men's 4X100m freestyle, Pan Zhanle added another gold medal to this World Championships
The 100 free final was fierce, and Pan Zhanle lived up to expectations and won the world championship in 47.53 seconds, and a Chinese player dominated the men's 100 free after 9 years. The 19-year-old Chinese swimming star said after the competition that he was still far from the top swimmers.
Pan Zhanle, who broke the world record in the men's 4X100m freestyle relay earlier, joined hands with teammate Wang Haoyu in the men's 100m freestyle final, striving to add another gold medal to the Chinese team. The competition was fierce, Pan Zhanle led in the first 50 meters, and fell to 4th in the last 25 meters, but he turned off his strength at the end, beating the Italian player by 0.19 seconds, and took the lead to touch the wall and win the first individual gold medal at the Long Course World Championships, which is also the second Chinese player to reach the top in the men's 100 after 9 years after Ning Zetao in 2015.
Pan Zhanle 100 sprint during the championship process
Pan Zhanle swam 47.53 seconds to win the gold, a certain distance from the earlier world record of 46.80 seconds, the "China New Flying Fish" from Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province admitted that he was not satisfied with the results, "Today's performance is not the best, my performance is just average, this time is not very satisfied." That said, it was my first World Championship gold medal, which was a breakthrough for me and it will continue to push me forward. ”
The top three players in the men's 100 at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, with champion Pan Zhanle in the middle
Pan Zhanle bluntly said that at the start, the skills such as spinning the pool still need to be improved, humbly saying that he is not the top, "I still have a distance from the world's top athletes, I want to continue to work hard, I have only participated in international competitions for about 3 years, there are still many places to learn, improve, I am also a newcomer." "I believe I will [break the world record again], either in Paris (at the Olympics) or in a few years." ”