National Short Course Swimming Championships: Pan Zhanle wins the 100-meter "Flying Fish Battle"

China News Service, Beijing, October 25 (Reporter Guo Xuan) In the 2026 National Swimming Championships (25 meters) held in Beijing, Pan Zhanle, who represented the Zhejiang Shouxiangu team, won the men's 100-meter freestyle championship on the 25th, winning his first gold since the start of the competition. Famous players such as Zhang Zhanshuo, Yu Zidi and Li Bingjie won gold again.

Pan Zhanle is the long-pool world record holder in the men's 100-meter freestyle, as well as the Asian record, national record and national youth record holder in the short-pool event. In the men's 100-meter freestyle semi-finals the day before, Pan Zhanle advanced to the finals in second place, lagging behind the outstanding Guangdong team player Chen Jun'er. In the final, Pan Zhanle used his strength from the back to overtake Chen Juner, hitting the wall first with a time of 46.20 seconds and winning the championship.

As the first national swimming competition after the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, this competition is an opportunity for many athletes to practice and adjust their condition through competition. Pan Zhanle admitted after the game that his current condition is average and he is still in the recovery stage. "The opponent is very strong, and I am indeed under pressure. I need to continue to adjust tomorrow."

On October 25, in the 2026 National Swimming Championships (25m) held at the "Water Cube" of the National Swimming Center in Beijing, Zhejiang Shouxiangu team player Pan Zhanle won the men's 100m freestyle championship in a time of 46.20 seconds. The picture shows Pan Zhanle greeting the audience after the game.

In the men's 400-meter freestyle final, Shandong Qingshi Team player Zhang Zhanshuo led the other contestants with a time of 3 minutes, 35 seconds and 45 seconds, winning another gold after the men's 1500-meter freestyle.

14-year-old "kid sister" Yu Zidi won the women's 200m butterfly final with a time of 2:03.97. She then competed in the women's 4×200m freestyle relay final with teammates Li Bingjie, Ma Yonghui, and Zhang Jingyan of the Hebei Taihua Team, and reached the top spot with a time of 7 minutes, 37.65 seconds.

In addition, Luo Mingyu won the women's 100-meter freestyle championship, and Huang Zhiwei won the men's 200-meter butterfly gold medal. The men's and women's 100-meter breaststroke gold medals belonged to Shanghai team's Zheng Yinghao and Tang Qianting.

The 32-year-old veteran Wang Shun made his debut in the men's 100-meter individual medley that day. This was the only competition he signed up for in this event. He ranked second in the semi-finals with a time of 52.95 seconds and advanced to the finals the next day. Wang Shun admitted that due to the lack of systematic training recently, he gave up the main event of the men's 200-meter individual medley this time. "Today's swimming was quite difficult, and my body reacted quite strongly. I will strive to go further in the finals."