Chinese star Pan Zhanle obliterated the 100m freestyle world record on Wednesday night before calling out his Australian rival.
Chinese swimmer and new Olympic champion Pan Zhanle has accused Australian Kyle Chalmers of a poolside snub and an American rival of splashing water on one of his coaches after breaking the men’s 100m freestyle world record in Paris.
The Australian was excellent but no match for Pan, whose time of 46.4 seconds was a remarkable 0.4 second improvement on the world record he set at the world championships in February. Pan had his arm around Chalmers on the medal dais. The pair also sat next to each other at a media conference after the race and there was no sign of animosity between the pair.“Last year, I remember walking out before the final of the world championships and just he was maybe a lane next to me,” Chalmers told reporters after his race on Wednesday. “He actually came up to me, and I didn’t know he spoke any English at that stage, and he said, ‘Kyle, I have so much respect for you.
Pan’s winning margin of 1.08 seconds was the biggest in a men’s 100m freestyle race since USA’s Johnny Weissmuller, famous for playing Tarzan in a dozen movies, beat Hungary’s István Bárány in 1928. “It’s crazy,” Chalmers said. “The last 15 metres, I thought I could be dead last because he’s so far ahead of me.
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