{"id":577563,"date":"2024-02-11T11:51:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T18:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=577563"},"modified":"2024-02-11T12:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:15:08","slug":"world-championships-pan-zhanle-world-record-reflects-sprint-resurgence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-pan-zhanle-world-record-reflects-sprint-resurgence\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships: Pan Zhanle World Record Reflects Sprint Resurgence"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships: Pan Zhanle World Record Reflects Sprint Resurgence<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Popovici\u2019s<\/strong> race to dislodge the 13-year-old world record in the 100 freestyle in 2022 was a race against time. It was also, in retrospect, a race against a blossoming cohort of sprinters, to get to the record first.<\/p>\n

Cesar Cielo\u2019s<\/strong> world record in the 100 freestyle of 46.91 seconds lasted more than 13 years, from 2009\u2019s super-suited summer to 2022, through numerous close calls<\/a>. Popovici\u2019s record lasted barely 13 months, from Aug. 13, 2022 to Sunday<\/a>, when Pan Zhanle<\/strong> of China erased it. Consider it the luck finally turning for aspirants to the sub-47 club.<\/p>\n

Pan led off China\u2019s 400 free relay in 46.80 seconds, leading them to gold at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. It clips .06 off the swim that Popovici put together at the European Championships in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A look at the splits of the three records:<\/p>\n