How Pan Zhanle BROKE the 100 Freestyle World Record | Stroke Analysis

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, China’s Pan Zhanle broke the 100 Freestyle World Record taking nearly a half-second off the previous recording and winning by over 1 second! In this video, we are breaking down Pan Zhanle’s Freestyle technique, underwaters, starts & turns, and more!

With the recent controversy surrounding Pan Zhanle given the 23 Chinese Swimmers who were caught doping, it’s important to remember that Pan was NOT a part of this. With that in mind, I’m sure there’s something we can all learn from his amazing Freestyle!

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[KyleMillis]

Is Pan going to go 45 in the 100 Freestyle before 2028?!

[imshoppaholic]

Finally, someone acknowledged his techniques and skills without accusing stupid bullshit!

[jojonavarro]

The way he keeps his kick so consistent and powerful in the last 25 and continues to hold so much water is insane

[loal]

The underwater angle shows that his strokes are making way less splash than his peers. Truly special performance from Pan.

[Diderot]

This is the analysis I have been waiting for. Forget those coaches who claim they have been doing swimming for thirties years and are experts, which does not help at all.

[wind-stone]

Good stuff! I’m not a swimmer but after watching Pan in the 100 and medley relay, at Paris, I really wanted to see a good breakdown of how he could beat other elite athletes by an entire body length. Whether it’s running or swimming, the differences among competitors are usually seperated by milliseconds. The dominating win by Pan was absolutely amazing to see, I don’t care what sport you’re in, it’s incredible to see at this elite level. But it was dissapointing that people were dismissing it or baselessly accusing Pan of doping.

Fortunately, this video popped up on my home page and I’m happy to see a genuine and informative breakdown of how this was achieved. Very cool.

[philiptan]

Pan’s technique is superb and combined with the strategy of keeping his maximum capacity a secret he managed to “fool” the others. In the race he showed his technique to the full and his strategy paid off as the Australian coach even claimed that “it was humanly impossible”.

[lbyxmsf]

Well done Kyle, you are a gem of humanity for fairness and honesty.

[naturelover]

You forget Psychological factors, I’m not Chinese but as Asians, I understand how he felt, our culture is family oriented, we have deep connections to our people, our families and Pan felt that him and china team were treated poorly and unfair with all the 21 per person urine tests, while 4-6 per athletes for other countries, and the test were done at ridiculous time as well at 5 am and midnight , while other countries can get better rest . It’s unfair and injustice with US politic got involved with Olympic Games, We Asian kids always have drive to fight for our people for our justice. That’s how Pan felt before he dove into the pool, not only that but discrimination against Chinese and Asians from westerners were severe this time and caught on the camera as well

Also he’s been improved step by step since 2022, the previous world record is his as well, it’s funny how some people think he came out of nowhere when actually he’s the top one on the list even before the race

I’m from small country in SEA but I watched the Olympic this time and saw how discriminated some westerners against China, so I was rooting for them against westerners at 4x100 medley, the rest of the world is not blind, you know, we know how westerners tried to destroy his reputation because they are sore losers

[leegymallari]

This is the best example of against all odds. Those random tests were totally unfair

[waimunlee]

On a different perspective, when that particular coach were saying it was humanly impossible, though he doesn't meant it in a good way, somehow it's like a huge compliment to Pan.

Pan is so good that it even made a very experienced coach couldn't believe it

[szvqorwnpstahskypfwmp]

Pan is like Usain Bolt in water.
No one can beat him. Who is
going to beat Usain? Nobody!!
Enough said!!

[LW]

Appreciate the balanced and fair analysis

[chillian]

pan is not a nobody...western swimmers think he is a nobody in the swimming community so that's why when he won and set a new world record they all got shocked and some accused him of cheating which is hilarious...pan is a very humble guy. He is a confident young swimmer...look at his skills, techniques, and his dryland training you can see why he is the man in the 100m freestyle. He is only 20 years old and he will improve even more so we can't wait to see him next Olympics

[johnweerasinghe]

I listened to Pam in an interview. He had a team of sports scientists analyzing every technique.
That explains his efficiency.
He also said the last 10 meters he holds his breath.

[darkknightwater]

Don’t never ever let anyone, tell you that there are limits to what you can achieve because of your skin color. There are so many other factors that make a country excel in certain areas, and it’s not about your skin color at all. In the end, we’re all just human. The sky is the limit. Many Asian countries have been very poor, and still, many people can’t even afford to play sports. But as wealth becomes more accessible and infrastructure improves in poorer countries in Asia and elsewhere, you’ll see that humans are more equal than what you’ve been taught. It’s all about how smartly you train and study.

[awnyca]

Pan is just better than every doping American

[GaryJYang]

Hats off to you too Mr. Millis. What insightful and fair assessment.

[neone]

Amazing Underwater Kicks, its just so accurate and Powerful. Zhanle 💥💥

[Ducati]

Kyle! Excellent description and explanation! Love you so much!