Pan Zhanle, from China and 19 years old, broke the world swimming record for the 100m freestyle in 46s 80c and is looking ahead to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Despite the absence of the sport’s greatest exponents, a new record was set world on the first day of swimming trials on Sunday. Teenager Pan Zhanle swam the fastest 100 meters in history to lead China to gold in the 4×100 freestyle relay.
Zhanle obtained a time of 46.80 seconds – with splits of 22.26 – to lower David Popovici’s mark by six hundredths that he achieved in 2022 and established the 19-year-old swimmer as the person to beat in the flagship event at the Games Paris 2024 Olympics. “Yes, it was an incredible time. I trusted my friends and we did the best,” said Pan. China he won the relay with a time of 3:11.08 minutes. Italy finished second and USA He completed the podium by finishing with a time of 3:12.29.
Erika Fairweather (pictured) became New Zealand’s first gold medalist at the World Championships by winning the women’s 400m freestyle. Fairweather, who took bronze behind Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky at the last World Cup, won with a time of 3:59.44, 2.18 seconds ahead of China’s LI Bingjie. Isabel Gose of Germany took bronze, 2.95 seconds behind Fairweather, who set a new national record.
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After the open water, artistic swimming and diving events came to an end in Dohaattention turned to the Aspire Dome for eight days of swimming competitions. Titmus and Ledecky They are two of the most important swimmers who decided to skip the event because the Olympic Games They start in less than five months.
It is the first time in the history of long distance competitions that the world championship is held in the same year as the Olympic event. The men’s 400 meter freestyle final also did not feature its defending champion, but for another reason. Ahmed Hafnaoui He was eliminated in his heat hours earlier after he finished two seconds off the mark.
Kim Woo-min won with a time of 3:42.71, his best mark, in which it was the first medal of South Korea in the discipline since 2011. He beat the 2022 champion Elijah Winningtonof Australia for 0.15 seconds and to German Lukas Martens by 0.25. In the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay, Holland took the gold with a time of 3:36.61, followed by Australia (3:36.93) and Canada (3:37.95).
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