Chinese Herald News On August 1, 2024, the men's 100-meter freestyle final of the Paris Olympics ended, and Chinese player Pan Zhanle won the gold medal, which was the 9th gold medal of the Chinese team in this Olympic Games and the first gold of the Chinese swimming team in this Olympic Games. Pan Zhanle lived up to expectations and set a new world record, with Australia's Chalmers taking silver and Romania's Popovic taking bronze.
The men's 100-meter freestyle is the gold point of the Chinese team, just in the Paris Olympic cycle, the young player Pan Zhanle rose strongly, currently holds two records at the same time, and is expected to become the final winner, and Qin Haiyang's situation is not the same, Pan Zhanle is very suitable for this pool, not only the state is always online, but also ranked first in the semi-finals and advanced strongly, so everyone's expectations are higher.
FINA pointed out that this final is the pinnacle of the men's 100m freestyle, because not only the world record holder Pan Zhanle, but also Romania's Popovich, Australia's Chalmers and United States' Alexi, all three have the level to challenge for medals and even gold medals.
Previously, both records belonged to the Chinese team, the world record was 46.80 seconds set by Pan Zhanle this year, the Olympic record was 46.92 seconds created by Pan Zhanle this year, and in the final Pan Zhanle was in the 4th lane, the starting reaction time was 0.62 seconds, and he swam 46.40 seconds to win the gold medal and create a new world record, Chalmers won the silver medal in 47.48 seconds, and Popovich won the bronze in 47.49 seconds, let us congratulate Pan Zhanle on winning the gold.
In the minds of many swimming fans, Pan Zhanle is the most impressive player. The official website of the World Swimming Federation specifically pointed out that Pan Zhanle is so different and different, because sprint athletes are usually burly and explosive, but Pan Zhanle is relatively thin and his strength is not outstanding.
Careful observers found that Pan Zhanle's technique was simple and pure, as the so-called road was simple, without any superfluous movements to waste physical energy, and the "forwardness" of swimming was wonderful. The contestants next to him had hideous faces, flooding the river and the sea, and the movement was like a small tsunami scene, but when he saw his position, he was still behind Pan Zhanle...... This is the wonder of Pan Zhanle's new revolutionary travel method, and he is indeed a genius who pioneered the trend.
Pan Zhanle won the championship strongly: the significance of the gold medal surpassed Liu Xiang and Su Bingtian
46.40 seconds! Poon won the gold medal in the men's 100m freestyle by 1.08 seconds ahead of second-place finishers and improved his world record by 0.40 seconds. 46.40 seconds, 1.08 seconds, 0.40 seconds, three numbers make up the famous scene of Pan Zhanle's Olympic victory.
This gold medal is not only the first gold medal of the Chinese swimming team at the Paris Olympics, but also the first Olympic gold medal of Chinese athletes in this event. The 20-year-old has broken the monopoly of European and American athletes on the event, and his significance has even surpassed Liu Xiang's gold medal in the men's 110m hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics and Su Bingtian's sixth place in the men's 100m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Today, Pan Zhanle follows the footsteps of Liu Xiang, Su Bingtian and other predecessors to create a new history of Chinese athletes in swimming. As Pan Zhanle likes to say, records are always used to break. The 20-year-old Pan Zhanle did not give his opponent any chance, he saved the Chinese swimming team, and this gold medal is of great significance. Pan Zhanle has been recorded in the history of the Chinese Olympic Games!