Olympic Champions' Advice: Kyle Chalmers Shares Wisdom with Pan Zhanle on Winning Big 

He is a very poised young man, no doubt!

So true. His maturity and mental fortitude are already solidly in place, especially being able to shut out the intense scrutiny and firestorm and not letting it getting into his head. He has great leadership in rallying his teammates or redirecting their mindset, as he assured Xu to just let their swimming do the talking or he redirected them wallowing about underperforming (as Sun was disconsolate in losing the relay lead) - "the game is over, the championship is ours, it's someone else who is not satisfied, not us!" [edited from earlier posting, which I found a Google translation of a poster's citing the quote in Chinese, but I didn't find the actual video interview with English subtitles yet] As others have commented, he has Sun Tzu's "Art of War" mentality down pat. Don't try messing with him in mind games cause he'll just flip the attack into a jujitsu move. Not many elite athletes can rise to the occasion even with untainted pressure, particularly the weight of such a huge country as China (where the fan culture can be fierce as illustrated in the match in the women's table tennis). Midori Ito was a powerhouse figure skater, landing the first triple axel for a woman. And she was expected to win the Olympics, but fell short, where she apologized to her country for "failing." Where Pan might suffer is the fans stalking and demanding for selfies and autographs, which he has revealed fame is making him miserable. I think he considers himself an introvert and he prefers a low-key life, staying low profile. He had even shut down his official fan site. I hope the public will respect his personal space. It's good that Pan and Chalmers have become friendly at least, if not friends. Chalmers is in that transition of a new era, which Pan and Povici are ushering in from a different legacy.

Found the post-relay interview. Here's the full quote (though I have found English translations of the subtitles tricky, as there are a lot of variances in translating Chinese idioms to English): "(Qin) said he's not satisfied with his performance today. The match is over and we are the champions. It should be others to be dissatisfied, not us" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w0Rj_AyNPJo.html

That would be great to see more times in this range, hope so!

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Yea, would love it ... reached out on IG but no response, need to find someone connected with him, have the hook up?

@@SocialKickSwim Maybe when his publicity rounds are over in China and he can catch his breath from all the media storm. He can speak English, so he likely would welcome a professional interview with the West, especially from folks who didn't ride that "NY Times" wave (if you catch my drift). I don't think I've seen any of his Chinese interviews were strictly technical, though he spoke about his training and swimming experiences with a well-established Chinese media personality (which was a great interview and he was so relaxed he would be doing stretches lol). Here's a thought: Piggyback off Chalmers. Have him be your wingman, so to speak! Use your connections!!

​@@SocialKickSwimI don't think you will get it any time soon until after he retires haha because he's already disbanded his fan base, he didn't wanna get too distracted by fame and attention so he's disbanded the fan group in China and no Chinese fan can now get hold of him and he's only ever accepted interviews with the national tv programs so I get the feeling that he doesn't do interviews unless he absolutely has to. He's not appeared in any personal Chinese swimming vlogs, videos etc. and he has never worked with one single influencer despite his fame😂 some Chinese athletes do make some more casual videos or work with influencers but it seems like he likes to keep a low key.

@@chinolatino5998 He seems very shy and private. He often hides his face with his hands or duck behind his teammate within sight of paparazzo or even with fans camera-stalking him. He just might be the walk the walk over talk the talk guy. Even with the Chinese interviews with general media hosts/interviewer, he provides insightful perspectives of his swimming and training.

I am sure Chinese athletes can’t accept foreign interview freely 😂because they are all owned by government 😅

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We asked him, thought he could relate in certain ways