On August 5, in the final of the men’s 4x100m medley relay at the Paris Olympic Games, the Chinese team, composed of Xu Jiayu, Qian Haiyang, Sun Jiajun, and Pan Zhanle, won the gold medal.
After the event, media figure Han Bing commented: “This is another historic breakthrough in a sport traditionally dominated by Europe and the US. The weight of this gold medal is no less significant than those won by Pan Zhanle and Zheng Qinwen. The US team has always maintained an absolute advantage in this event at the Olympics, achieving ten consecutive championships since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. In short-distance swimming, Chinese men have now surpassed their European and American counterparts and stand at the pinnacle of the world.”
