On the 4th local time, in the men's 4×100m medley relay final of the Paris Olympic Games, the Chinese team composed of Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun, and Pan Zhanle won the gold medal!
After the Chinese team won the gold medal, Gu Ailing, who was watching the game, took a group photo with the boys of the swimming relay team to celebrate, and even shook hands with Pan Zhanle!
Gu Ailing then posted photos of the dream collaboration between ’s five Olympic champions on ’s own social platform.
The Chinese team’s gold medal winning process was exciting to watch.
Among them, Pan Zhanle, the fourth swimmer, swam 45.92 seconds in the last 100 meters to achieve a strong comeback. Many netizens who watched the live broadcast left messages expressing their amazement.
This gold medal is the second gold medal won by the Chinese swimming team in this Olympic Games. It also broke the US swimming team's gold medal monopoly in this event for more than 40 years.
In the post-match interview, when asked about his feelings about this breakthrough, Qin Haiyang said: "We formed this team to break the monopoly of the United States, and we did it too!"
When Xu Jiayu looks to the future , "I hope the next session will still be..." Before he finished speaking, Pan Zhanle on the side reminded Xu Jiayu in a low voice: "Be low-key, just beat them next time!"
Winning gold on his birthday, Pan Zhanle's birthday wish It was also achieved, he swam in 46 seconds! It was faster than his own 100-meter winning time.
After the game, he said on social media, "A new journey has begun, goals have been silently set. I hope I can make greater contributions to the team. The Chinese swimming team will always be the best! "
During the interview, some teammates mentioned that they were dissatisfied with their performance, but Pan Zhanle said: "Thanks to my good teammates for creating confidence in me, we are the champions! It should be others who are dissatisfied, will not. It's us!"
Qin Haiyang also said: "Today was the most beautiful battle we fought!"
There was an interesting scene in the group photo after the award ceremony. The Chinese team was about to sit down, but the American team members on the side were Stopped, and gave up position C to signal "The champion must stand on top." The American team and the French team sat down together, and then took the initiative to shake hands and hug the Chinese team.
Comparison: Pan Zhanle was ignored when he greeted other players before. This time, Pan Zhanle and his teammates completely conquered their opponents with their outstanding performance! wins respect with strength!
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Chinese swimming team ended with 2 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze a total of 12 medals and 1 world record! The number of medals is the best in history, and the number of winners is the highest in history!
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What is the value of this medley relay gold medal
At 19:20 on August 4, Paris time, Chinese swimming entered a historical moment: the men's 4×100 meter medley relay final on the last competition day of the Paris Olympics In , the Chinese team fought back and hit the wall first in 3 minutes, 27 seconds and 46 seconds, winning this heavy Olympic gold medal, ending the 40-year dominance of American swimming in this event.
If the significance of Pan Zhanle’s gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at this Olympics lies in individual breakthroughs, then the value of ’s gold medal in the relay should be doubled. It marks the transition from point to surface. Overall transcendence. In the field of competitive swimming monopolized by European and American powers, it was unimaginable before for Asian countries to break this pattern.
What's more, this is a gold medal in the medley. The medley relay means that a country has to find four of the world's top players in the four swimming styles of frog and butterfly. This is a very difficult thing. Even countries as strong as the United States and Australia cannot achieve four goals without shortcomings.The sectional results showed that when the 200-meter swim was completed, the Chinese team was in the lead, but the American team fell to fourth, and the British team and the French team were second and third. Therefore, without a balanced overall, it is impossible to lead to the end.
Chinese team player Qin Haiyang has regained his form. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng
In the lineup before the Chinese team entered the finals, there was a new freestyle Olympic champion Pan Zhanle, and two world champions backstroke Xu Jiayu and breaststroke Qin Haiyang. Among them, Pan Zhanle and Qin Haiyang each held a swimming pool. A world record. 4 minutes later, Chinese swimming added 4 more Olympic champions (preliminary Wang Changhao ). The thickness of this lineup is in itself a reflection of the heyday of Chinese swimming in history.
The host player Marchand won 4 individual gold medals in the Paris Olympic swimming pool. He is a great person, but he was unable to stand alone in the relay competition. Marchand is 23 years old, and the oldest member of the French team is already 33 years old. We really can't find three other strong sticks that match him, so we can only settle for third place.
The American team, which has won ten consecutive championships in this event, is not not good enough, but they met the best Chinese team in history.
In the segment time statistics, except for butterfly swimming, which ranked third, China ranked first in the other three sports. He is undisputedly the best in the world.
Among them, Xu Jiayu led his old rival Murphy by 0.07 seconds, once again overwhelming his lifelong enemy. After failing to achieve his goal in a single event, he adjusted his strategy and recuperated his energy, and finally his dream of scoring a goal at the buzzer in this Olympics came true.
Qin Haiyang's performance in this Olympics had ups and downs, but in the end he used his strongest breaststroke to vindicate himself. His time of 57.98 seconds surpassed that of his biggest rival, the Englishman Petey. He was not lost in the swimming pool of La Défense.
Although butterfly swimming is the weakest link of the Chinese team, Sun Jiajun is not the number one butterfly swimmer in the country. It was because Wang Changhao suddenly had a fever.
Pan Zhanle (middle) celebrates after winning the championship. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng
In the end, Pan Zhanle’s astonishing performance was revealed - he swam 45.92 seconds, fulfilling his promise of swimming into 46 seconds. However, since freestyle is the last competitive stroke in the medley and does not start at the starting gun, the sectional results cannot be counted as record-breaking like his 100-meter freestyle relay at the Doha World Championships.
Pan Zhanle is already a phenomenon in the swimming pool of this Olympic Games. When he entered the water with his last stroke, he believed that the American and French teams, which were leading at the time, were actually trembling in their hearts, but there was nothing they could do. Who said he was a god descending from the earth?
The belief to win, the sense of teamwork, the spirit of sacrifice, and the determination to put oneself in danger to survive, any less, would have been impossible to create such a great victory.
Champion Chinese team players Qin Haiyang, Xu Jiayu, Sun Jiajun and Pan Zhanle (from right to left) took a group photo after the award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Zongzhi
It is worth mentioning that in this freshly released Olympic champion lineup, Zhejiang accounts for half of the country . Among them, Pan Zhanle won his second gold medal at the Paris Olympics, and Xu Jiayu finally changed his third medal to gold after saving two Olympic silver medals. He also became the sixth swimming Olympic champion in Zhejiang after Luo Xuejuan, Sun Yang, Ye Shiwen, Wang Shun, and Pan Zhanle.
On this exciting night, many people shed tears because of making history and witnessing history, because of the unremitting pursuit of the same goal, because of the countless hours of hard work, and because of the efforts of generations of people who are not willing to lag behind. Sports and the Olympics once again show their breathtaking charm.
Source: Chao News
