In the early morning of August 1, Beijing time, the men’s 100m freestyle final of the 2024 Paris Olympic Swimming was held in La Defense. Chinese athlete Pan Zhanle (46.40) broke the world record and won the gold medal, Australian athlete Chalmers (47.48) won the silver medal, and Romanian athlete David Popovic (47.49) won the bronze medal.
In the final, Pan Zhanle’s 0.62 second reaction was the fastest in the game. A good start is half the success. Pan Zhanle, who had a stronger sprint in the second half, established an advantage early and led until the end of the game. 46.40! Pan Zhanle improved his world record set four days ago by 0.40 seconds, winning the first gold medal for the Chinese team in this Olympic Games.
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