2024 WORLD AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- February 11th – February 18th, 2024
- Doha, Qatar
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- Day 5 Prelims Recap | Day 5 Finals Recap
- Day 6 Prelims Recap | Day 6 Finals Recap
- Day 7 Prelims Recap | Day 7 Finals Recap
China continues to wreak havoc across the relays at these 2024 World Championships with the mixed freestyle event as the nation’s latest victim.
Racing in the final this evening in Doha, the combination of Pan Zhanle, Wang Haoyu, Li Bingjie and Yu Yiting collectively clocked a time of 3:21.18 for the gold.
That beat out runners-up Australia who touched .60 later in 3:21.78 while the United States rounded out the podium in 3:22.28.
As for China, their 3:21.18 result established a new Asian Record, erasing the previous mark of which was set in the prelims. Entering these championships, the Asian standard stood at the 3:24.67 Japan put on the books in 2019 in Gwangju.
A game-changer this evening was Pan Zhanle leading off in 47.29, the quickest lead-off split by far among the field. Pan is a dangerous force after establishing his dominance as the new men’s 100m free world record holder, courtesy of his 46.80 leadoff split on China’s gold medal-winning men’s 4x100m free relay on night one.
Both Li and Yu put up 53-low splits to further help the cause tonight while 2nd leg Wang was solid with his 47.41.
| New Asian Record – 3:21.18 (CHN) | Prelims Asian Record – 3:24.47 (CHN) | Previous Asian Record – 3:24.67 (JPN) |
| Pan Zhanle – 47.29 | Wang Haoyu – 48.28 | Katsumi Nakamura – 48.49 |
| Wang Haoyu – 47.41 | Ji Xinjie – 47.86 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto – 47.00 |
| Li Bingjie – 53.11 | Yu Yiting – 53.90 | Rika Omoto – 54.36 |
| Yu Yiting – 53.37 | Ai Yanhan – 54.43 | Aya Sato – 53.83 |
China has now won 4 relay gold medals:
- Men’s 4x100m free relay – gold, 3:11.08
- Men’s 4x200m free relay – gold, 7:01.84
- Women’s 4x200m free relay – gold, 7:47.26
- Mixed 4x100m free relay – gold, 3:21.18
National/Continental Records Through Day 7:
- China
- Men’s 100m free – Pan Zhanle, 46.80 *WORLD RECORD
- Women’s 100m breast – Tang Qianting, 1:05.27
- Men’s 4x200m free relay – 7:01.84
- Women’s 50m breast – Tang Qianting, 29.80
- Mixed 4x100m free relay – 3:21.18
- Hong Kong
- Women’s 100m breast – Siobhan Haughey, 1:05.92
- Men’s 50m free – Ian Ho, 21.83
- Mixed 4x100m free relay – 3:32.19
- Thailand
- Men’s 800m free – Ratthawit Thammanantachot, 8:06.82
Medal Table (Asia) Through Day 7:
| RANK | NATION | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
| 1 | China | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Imagine if swimming actually becomes a popular sport in China.
The full potential is nowhere near tapped.
Swimming is always a popular sport in China. Maybe you can’t imagine the weekend traffic around public swimming pools in major cities is getting heavy. Talent will be found when the player is very young. That’s why so many young players rise in recent years. As the economy keeps going up, Chinese people have more money and time to get more nutrition and professional training. It’s no doubt China will dominate swimming sport decades later.