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Pan Zhanle faces the most severe test after becoming famous, the world rankings fall out of the top 10, and it is difficult to win the World Championships

3:52am, 1 July 2025【Basketball】

Romanian star Popovich swam 46.71 seconds in the men's 100-meter freestyle in the U23 European Championship, which is a new European record, the best result in the world this year and the second best result in world history, second only to Pan Zhanle's 46.40 world record. Foreign media commented that Pan Zhanle's Paris Olympics has set an incredible limit on humanity, and Popovich makes all this seem unbelievable.

Pan Zhanle and Popovich are both 20 years old, and the technical characteristics of this lifelong enemy are exactly the same. The World Swimming Federation once wrote an article to analyze that they are both tall and tall, and they both focus on the paddling effect, and do not win with their muscle explosive power. Unlike Pan Zhanle's single main event in 100 meters, Popovich is a double main event in 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the third place in the 200-year championship in the Paris Olympics. After this U23 European Championship, the terrifying 23.98 seconds after the U23 European Championship, the first in the history of the later range ability, while Pan Zhanle's best result in 50 meters is 24.12 seconds.

Popovich's goal is to go further in this year's Singapore World Championships and strive to challenge Pan Zhanle's world record. In contrast, Pan Zhanle has been in a period of adjustment since the Paris Olympics, and it is difficult to avoid external troubles in various activities. Pan Zhanle won the championship in this year's National Swimming Championships with a score of 47.77 seconds. This is definitely not competitive in the World Championships and cannot enter the top ten in the world rankings this season.

World Swimming Federation statistics in the world: first place Romania Popovich 46.71, second place United States Alexi 46.99, third place Brazil Santos 47.10, fourth place Australia Chalmos 47.27, fifth place Russia Igor 47.42, sixth place United States Patrick 47.47, seventh place United States Gilliano 47.49, eighth place France Gruse 47.50, ninth place United States Lasco 47.58, tenth place Australia Sosham 47.69.

It can be seen that Pan Zhanle will be attacked from both sides of the world's swimming championships that open in July. In addition to his lifelong rival Popovich, Alexi, Chalmos, Santos and Igor should not be underestimated. Alexey deliberately rolled in the training of the Olympic Games last year and splashed water on Pan Zhanle's team. He is a recognized beast-type player, with absolute strength overwhelming Pan Zhanle. He just opened the 47-second mark and was in full swing. Veteran Chalmos wins in stability and is a major athlete. He will punish you as long as you make a slight mistake.

With Pan Zhanle's current physical condition, it is impossible to replicate the miracle of 46.40 seconds last summer, and his condition is significantly behind Popovich. Therefore, the Singapore World Championships faces a fierce battle, which is not that there is no hope of winning the championship, but that it is very difficult. Generally speaking, the men's 100-year finals will be a chaotic battle. Power players who are good at "breaking the waves" have more advantages. Pan Zhanle is the first to swim out to avoid eating waves in the Paris Olympics, but this time the muscular men Alexi and Charmos don't want Pan Zhanle to use the same trick again.

The ultimate goal of Pan Zhanle, who has lofty ambitions, may be that the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will shock the world again, and now it has recovered at most 80% of its combat power. At this year's World Championships, Pan faces the most severe test after becoming famous. If his grades are poor, he may be interpreted maliciously by European and American media.