
Chinese swimmer overcomes motivation from a rival's claim to win gold and secure relay victory
Pan Zhanle defended his men’s 100m freestyle title at the Asian Games after being motivated by a rival's claim, later leading China to its first men’s 4x200m freestyle relay gold in 16 years.
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Pan Zhanle competed in the men's 100m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay at the Asian Games.
Pan Zhanle admitted he had a “fire burning inside” during his successful title defence of the men’s 100m freestyle at the Asian Games.
Motivated by a rival’s claim that he was not unbeatable, the 22-year-old “controlled his anger” to overturn two South Korean swimmers in the final 10 metres to snatch gold.
A day later on Monday, swimming the third leg in a team with Xu Haibo, Fei Liwei and Zhang Zhanshuo, he led China to its first men’s 4x200m freestyle relay Asian Games gold in 16 years, breaking the team’s own Asian record.

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