China News Service, Beijing, February 18 (Reporter Liu Xingchen) On the 17th local time, the 2024 Doha World Swimming Championships will continue. In the men's and women's 4X100-meter freestyle relay final, the Chinese team consisting of Pan Zhanle, Wang Haoyu, Li Bingjie, and Yu Yiting won the championship with a time of 3 minutes, 21 seconds and 18 seconds, and also refreshed the Asian record set by the team in the preliminaries.

　　After standing on the podium again this time, the Chinese swimming team has already won 7 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze in this World Championships, continuing to create the team's best record in the World Championships.

  Image source: Screenshot of FINA website

　　The men's and women's 4X100-meter freestyle relay is not a traditional advantage event for the Chinese team. The team has never won a World Championship medal in this event before.

　　In the preliminaries, the Chinese team was in good shape, swimming with a time of 3 minutes, 24 seconds and 47 seconds, breaking the Asian record (3 minutes, 24 seconds 67) held by the Japanese team, ranking first and advancing to the finals.

　　Coming to the finals, the Chinese team played in the fourth lane. Pan Zhanle, who started first, quickly established his advantage, and the Chinese team ranked first at the handover.

　　Wang Haoyu, who played second, helped the Chinese team consolidate its leading position and achieved a lead of nearly one person.

　　When Li Bingjie completed the handover, the Chinese team still held an advantage of 0.48 seconds.

　　Yu Yiting served as the last baton of the Chinese team in this game, and she gave up her individual competition for this reason. In the final 50 meters of sprinting, Yu Yiting withstood the pursuit of the Australian and American teams and hit the wall first.

  Image source: World Swimming Federation video screenshot

　　After winning this gold medal, 19-year-old Pan Zhanle has become the "Four Golden Kings" of this World Championships. He previously won gold medals in the men's 4X100m freestyle relay, men's 100m freestyle relay, and men's 4X200m freestyle relay.

　　In an interview after the game, Pan Zhanle said in a low-key manner that the gold medal in the relay event was attributed to the team, "I still need to continue to work hard."

　　Different from the goal of many countries to use competition as training, according to Pan Zhanle, the Chinese team is eager to prove itself in Doha in this competition. "Many of the world's top players have not come. We must guard against arrogance and impetuosity and strive to achieve another breakthrough at the Paris Olympics." He said.

　　This is the fourth relay gold medal won by the Chinese swimming team at the Doha World Championships.

  The picture shows Chinese team players Wang Haoyu, Zhang Zhanshuo, Ji Xinjie and Pan Zhanle (from left to right) showing their gold medals. (Data map)

　　In the men's 4X100m freestyle relay final, the Chinese team won the championship with a time of 3 minutes, 11.08 seconds. In this competition, Pan Zhanle swam the first swimmer with a time of 46.80 seconds, breaking the men's 100-meter freestyle world record held by Romanian star Popovich, and also breaking the World Swimming Championships record and Asian record.

　　In the women's 4X200m freestyle relay final, the Chinese team consisting of Ai Yanhan, Gong Zhenqi, Li Bingjie, and Yang Peiqi completed a super reversal in the third leg and finally won the gold medal.

　　In the men's 4X200m freestyle relay final, the Chinese team consisting of Ji Xinjie, Wang Haoyu, Pan Zhanle, and Zhang Zhanshuo reversed their opponents in the sprint stage and won the gold medal.

　　Congratulations to the Chinese team! (over)