Fan Zhanle: “Hwang Sun-woo is the light of Asia” courtesy... 200m freestyle showdown on the 27th
At the same time, he admits that he is "a great athlete who has a scary record in the 100m freestyle, which was a higher barrier for Asian athletes."
When Fan Zhanle also meets Huang Sunyu, he smiles like a child and looks at him with longing eyes.
Xinhua News Agency said in an article sent late at night on the 25th, "Fan Zhanle considers David Popovich and Hwang Sun-woo, who hold the men's 100m freestyle world record (46.86 seconds), as his idols," and added, "In Fan Zhanle's eyes, Hwang Sun-woo is 'Asia's best freestyle sprinter.'" 'The light of'".
After competing in the same group as Hwang Sun-woo in the men's 100m freestyle preliminaries at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games swimming event held at the Hangzhou Olympic Center swimming pool in Zhejiang, China on the 24th, Fan Zhanle said, "Hwang Sun-woo and I are competitors and friends. I am happy that Hwang Sun-woo had a good match. “He also revealed his ‘friendship.’
In the 100m freestyle preliminaries, Hwang Sun-woo won with a time of 48.54 seconds, beating Pan Zhanle with 48.66 seconds, but in the final, where the real competition unfolded, Fan Zhanle won by setting a new Asian record of 46.97 seconds. Sunwoo Hwang won the bronze medal with a time of 48.04 seconds.
At the award ceremony, Hwang Sun-woo congratulated Fan Zhanle, and in a later interview, he said, "Fan Zhanle is the first Asian athlete to break the 47-second barrier. Congratulations, and I will try harder."