Chinese Swimmer Pan Zhanle wins Gold and sets the 100m Men’s Freestyle World Record



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  1. Crazy race! Places 2, 3 and 4 had 0.01s between them, wow.

    Huge congratulations to Pan Zhanle! The other 3 had nothing against him.

  2. Nobody really cares and most people know that their will always be an asterisk on any Chinese swimmer with allegations of doping and it’s obvious that it’s been happening absolute joke tbh

  3. Thanks for the replay! Such an unbelievable swim. I don’t see 46.40 being touched in the near future by any other swimmer

  4. Beating your PB(yes he held the WR) by 0.4sec in the most important race of your life is insane!

    For all the naysayers, I’m sure he’s been tested and will keep being tested a lot during the Olympics, but keep in mind Pan himself has competed in many events in this Olympics itself and didn’t crush peoples times, and has not been involved in any controversy.

    He’s just good in the 100 free and had the WR previously.

  5. Incredible performance !

    I almost regret that Leon Marchand’s legendary double was the same day because this race and the WR don’t shine as much as it should (and I say it as a French).

    Pan Zhanle is a beast, gold so much deserved ! ,👑

  6. This pool hasn’t produced a lot of ultrafast times until now, so this WR is extra impressive from Pan. Incredible achievement!

  7. Just curious. Is reddit out of DCMA range from the IOC? Its super annoying to follow up with news from other source: Insta, web, youtube where they just describe what happened but can’t show it?

  8. Wasnt pan like milliseconds from being eliminated ib the heats? Crazy risky if he can pull this out

  9. Dude this is insane. He freaking body-lengths the field in like 50-75m. That is freaking wild

  10. Does anyone know why he barely made it into the Semifinals? He had 14th time in the heats I think and could’ve easily missed the Q.

  11. Feel bad for the kid. Given his countries previous history he had a interview with state media and said after the 4×100 race he went over to say hi to other swimmers and they all ignored him.

  12. People forget that Lance Armstrong would’ve gotten away with it all if he didn’t come forward himself. Anyone that’s ever swam competitively before knows that .40 seconds off the world record and winning 100m free by a body length is extremely fishy.

  13. Isn’t he the guy who tested positive but got cleared? If so, I think it’s a bit normal that people feel uncomfortable with his performance (he set the 15th time during the semi-finales I believe?), even if he’s clean as fuck.

    I am not sure people realize how incredible this performance is, especially in an allegedly slow pool, it’s like if Bolt broke the 100m record by half a second.

  14. He seems so much faster than oppositions, even in the first half. Does he also swim 50M?

  15. He owns the previous WR and now he breaks down this one with a new one, just a reminder for who is questioning his ability

  16. The other day somebody said that there probably won’t be any World Records set in swimming this year because the pool is shallower and therefore more turbulent during the races.  Was that bullshit or did Pan simply overcome that extra challenge today?

  17. Holt shit. That’s an insane swim. Dude could kick up a wake in open water at that speed!

  18. I hope they didn’t accidentally eat a steroid infused burger before the race!!

  19. I don’t trust the Chinese olympians. And the IOC bends over backward to kowtow to China.

  20. Pan should take a piss in front of all the skeptical sore losers and media to get tested (which he’s already been tested numerous times) and prove clean. Would be epic

  21. We’re getting waxed in swimming. I guess growing up as a kid with Phelps will spoil a person lol

  22. He smashed it but massive effort from Kyle chalmers getting silver after being last in the first 50m.

  23. The Americans are very angry. We can’t swim as fast as you even if we take medicine. You must have taken medicine too.

  24. 46.40? My lord. It’s like humans are just getting better and better. That’s an amazing swim

  25. Yes, he has incredible explosive power, and he’s very young. Seeing him leading by a full body length in the replay, I feel this record won’t be broken in the next several years. Congratulations.

  26. Hate to say this but hope there wasn’t any performance enhancements at play. Chinese swimmers have reputation for doping

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