From Distance Swimmer to 100 Free MONSTER | Who is Pan Zhanle? 

@@SpaceflightExplained 100M race and freestyle always get much more attention in race and swimming. Unless the one who is dominant is Chinese

⁠@@SpaceflightExplainedthe thing is, most people would rather see a Ferrari super car going around like a rocket than looking at a Le Mans prototype going efficiently fast, despite both are motor racing, not all apples are the same

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naaa all swimmers know Pan is now the goat of the 100m and his WW was freakan insane

@@juhao356deservedly so. Systemic doping on the team taints his performance.

A lesson to always swim your own race.

The main thing I was speculating on is why he would still swim the event in the first place, as opposed to declaring a false start or just not entering in the first place. But at least he didn’t just no show the event, that’s one of my biggest frustrations at high level meets when athletes do that and leave empty lanes.

@@TheSwimScribe I found an interview segment where he slightly touched on this matter, and my guess is that he's trying to get used to the shallow pool. Here is a rough translation from google translate: Q: Do you think the swimming pool at the Paris Olympics will have any impact on your performance? Pan: I think it's OK, no big impact, but this pool is shallow, the waves disappear slowly, it does have a little impact, especially in the relay. In the one-way, because I rushed out directly, I was always in the lead, so I didn't feel the waves. Then, in the events above 100 meters, I was in the 200 freestyle preliminaries, I was feeling the water there, I found that after 100 meters, there were waves when I turned around, and the waves were quite big, but it would have less impact on short-distance athletes like me.

other swimmers did multiple events. and won. are younsaying pan whimped out or didnt have the stamina? or is this bs from pan

@@maizie9454 different swimmers participating in different events were facing different levels of competitiveness and chose different racing strategies in response, why are you mixing it up just to disprove Pan? Ridiculous

@@TheSwimScribe so much for that mile training and endurance he was supposed to have

He's a straight-shooter (but also very funny with his dry humor, which I've been enjoying all the personal videos coming out of China's Olympians tour of Hong Kong and Macau). Asians have a reputation (at least here in the States) of being meek and submissive, so I am supportive of Pan calling out his peers of the disrespect (though I never condone fans going overboard with threats and harassment in response). Put them on notice he's not taking that stuff without a volley. Poor Zhang Yufei sensed that same contempt, which all things considered she handled it well (even if she did cry on the podium but it could be a mix of emotions) with her haul of 6 medals (the most overall total among swimmers!). A shame Qin let all the excessive testing, backdating to last year with 46 (which was nearly once a week when US and Aussie swimmers are barely poked and forced to pee on demand) and at the Olympics every single day in the morning at 6, get into his head. But at least he got it together for the medley relays.

@@someone5002Qin’s poor performance earlier on was probably due to covid

A pity Qin was more badly affected by the drug testings conducted at time of the day that disrupted rest and training. He in my opinion is clearly a faster swimmer than Leon Marchand or Adam Peaty as seen during their respective breaststroke legs in the 4x100m medley final (57.98s vs 58.62s vs 58.16s).

Maybe lack of long-form content. Yeah, nice history of Pan's progression and the guy has a good "radio" or announcer voice. Without double-checking this youtube creator's library, I think he should try interviewing some of the swimmers. Hunter Armstrong seems free with his time and he's very engaging in the interview (even asking thought-provoking questions himself). He's not short with his words either, so it's not pulling teeth with how some guests are not forthcoming.

@@someone5002 that’s a great idea

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I feel like charmers has put up 46s on relays year after year for a good while now

For individual Pan has the most sub-47s so far with 5, while David Povici has 3. They were tied with 3 coming into the Paris Olympics. Then, Pan added two more sub-47s with a 46.92 for one of the relays as the leadoff leg and of course the WR 46.40. He also has the fastest relay freestyle split of 45.92 but legs not of the lead are not official, as they aren't coming off a flat start. Mark your calendar!

Yeah you’re absolutely correct, he would have had to be .07 slower to miss the cutoff.

@@TheSwimScribe Pan tried to save energy by pacing the Aussie, realizing that guy was too slow and had to speed up before the finish line, barely making semi.

You're going to have to wait for his 50m free, as he doesn't plan to train for it until he's bit older when he bulks up some. Foremost it's the 100m where he's likely shooting for a 45 time. I've come across comments that in his latest interview, he plans to expand distances into the 200m and maybe 400m. He should be able to master 200m, as his relay splits are 1:43 and his personal best for the individual may be 1:45 (off top of my head).

@@someone5002 interetsting! considering his first 50 speed I'd imagine he would definetely be a top contendor in the 50 but I guess not

Dont know about long course but he will dominate 25 m pools 50m

@@someone5002 AGREE, HE MAY WAIT TO AGE 28 OR 30 WITH FULL BLOWN MUSCLE TO JUMP TO 50, THAT IS A TOTAL DIFFERENT SPORT TO DEAL WITH.

Under 46*

​@@santiagoandresmaciel8138no... I think this guy thinks Pan is going 44.xx

@@santiagoandresmaciel8138 wb relay?

@@greggassen5548 he is not the smartest then

His next goal is to break Chalmers' short course world record for the 100m free. So keep an eye on that upcoming event in December. Then it's onto Singapore for the 2025 World Championship.

Yeah what a disgrace. 60% of the TUE's went to only 3 countries, two of which were Australia and USA.

@@dudemanismadcool The US men's team only won one individual championship in the 1500 meters, and taking performance enhancing drugs did not work.

It's fair to be skeptical (I am my fair share) based on past developments, but to just outright say he's doping is wrong and a little weird.

But the American swimmers were the ones that turned blue at the end of the race, not the Chinese. Funny how America likes to accuse others of doping, meanwhile it came out that America's USADA has government-sponsored doping for the last decade.

@@HKChineseCanadian Let's also not throw out claims against the American swimmers either. I promise, you would be purple too after the race of your life. You're *literally* holding your breath.

@@HKChineseCanadian who said anything about the US? I'm talking about Team China amd the systematic doping program that they are all involved in. To be clear I don't discriminate. All drug cheats are cheats, regardless of nationality.

@@SpaceflightExplained To be skeptical of the entire Chinese team is not. And he's a part of that team. Just like the eastern European countries amd Russia during the 70's and 80's. All communist countries have doped due to their values. Eg win at all costs glory to comunism.

Yellow is gold!

The United States and the Australian Asthma Purple Face Team took stimulants, but still lost to the Chinese. No wonder the American media broke down.

White skin 🐷 (p.s I insist the principle of no first-use of racism unless someone wants a go at it)

Deluded purple. lmao