American newspapers admire the lifetime gold medal of the Chinese swimming team
Báo Dân trí•20/11/2024
(Dan Tri) - CNN admitted to being surprised when the Chinese swimming team broke the US's dominance in the men's 4x100m medley event since the 1960 Olympics.
At the 2024 Olympics, the Chinese swimming team made a miracle. In the men's 100m freestyle, athlete Pan Zhanle made a miracle when he won the gold medal with a time of 46.40 seconds. It was an achievement that even legendary swimmer Michael Phelps felt stunned.
Four athletes Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun and Pan Zhanle helped the Chinese swimming team win a historic gold medal in the 4x100m medley event (Photo: Getty).
However, the miracle of China in swimming has not stopped yet. In the men's 4x100m medley event held yesterday, the Chinese swimming team competed extremely well. They surpassed the US team to win the gold medal with a time of 3 minutes 27 seconds 46, only 0.55 seconds ahead of the US team. With this gold medal, the Chinese swimming team broke the dominance of the US swimming team in the 4x100m medley event. The US team has won gold medals in this event since the 1960 Olympics. In response to the Chinese team's incredible performance, CNN expressed its admiration: "Chinese fans exploded with joy when they saw their team end the US's decades-long dominance of the 4x100m medley. This was a spectacular victory for the Chinese team, which has been under close scrutiny at the 2024 Olympics after being implicated in a doping scandal.
The Chinese swimming team beat the US team by exactly 0.55 seconds. They ended the US team's decades-long dominance in the 4x100m medley (Photo: Twitter).
Last week, Pan Zhanle set a world record in the men’s 100m freestyle and played a key role in helping the Chinese team move from third to first in the final leg of the relay, pulling off a stunning comeback against the United States and France. Pan completed the race in 45.92 seconds, faster than the 46.40 seconds he swam four days earlier in the men's 100m freestyle final." CNN said that the valuable medals in swimming at the 2024 Olympics have helped Chinese athletes erase suspicions about doping. Previously, Chinese swimmers were discriminated against by their opponents. In March 2023, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) discovered that 23 Chinese athletes tested positive for banned substances. More than half of them had competed in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. That was a tournament in which China won 4 gold medals. The Chinese sports delegation said that the country's swimmers were treated unfairly when they had to take samples for testing with a tight schedule before the 2024 Olympics.
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