The swimming events of the Paris Olympic Games have come to an end, with the Chinese team winning 2 gold medals. In the men’s 100m freestyle final, Pan Zhanle broke his own world record (46.80 seconds) with a time of 46.40 seconds.
On August 6, Beijing Time, CCTV News released footage of the interview more than a month ago. In Paris before the expedition, Pan Zhanle has revealed that he has actually been able to swim to 46.5 seconds, but for fear of exposing the strength ahead of time. “Fortunately, I swam only 46.8 seconds at the World Championships in Doha in February. I didn’t swim faster, and I didn’t do my best in some of the details. If I did make it to 46.5, people would be staring at 46.5. Now my opponent thinks 46.8 seconds is my limit. It’s a smokescreen.”
Meanwhile, pan Zhanle also did not forget to urge himself: “Of course, at the same time, I also have to train hard and continue to improve my results, so that 46.8 seconds is really just a smokescreen.” He also told reporters: “Don’t broadcast this before the competition!”
To this, netizens have expressed: “Is this the top student to control points?”“Not afraid of the efforts of the top student, afraid of the efforts of the top student to control points!”
It is worth mentioning that after breaking the men’s 100-meter freestyle world record, Pan Zhanle once again showed great strength in the relay. In the men’s 4x100m World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay final at the Paris Olympics, China’s champion Pan Zhanle swam the final 100m in 45.92 seconds, the first time a human has swam in 46 seconds.
However, according to FINA rules, only the first leg of a relay race can apply for a world record, provided that the application is made explicitly to the chief referee before the race. The last three runners can not claim a world record because they did not start at the signal and are not recognized in the record for reaction time. According to the official figures released by FINA, Pan Zhanle’s reaction time for the final stroke was 0.2 seconds, while his reaction time in the individual event was 0.62 seconds.