{"id":2318204,"date":"2024-08-02T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T16:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teen-olympic-swimmer-breaks-record-that-was-not-humanly-possible-causing-aussie-coach-to-speak-out\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T12:39:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T16:39:29","slug":"teen-olympic-swimmer-breaks-record-that-was-not-humanly-possible-causing-aussie-coach-to-speak-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teen-olympic-swimmer-breaks-record-that-was-not-humanly-possible-causing-aussie-coach-to-speak-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Olympic Swimmer Breaks Record That Was &#8216;Not Humanly Possible,&#8217; Causing Aussie Coach to Speak Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteen-olympic-swimmer-breaks-record-that-was-not-humanly-possible-causing-aussie-coach-to-speak-out%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2318204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent doping scandal has\u2062 marred the Olympics, especially following\u2064 the remarkable performance of 19-year-old Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle, who set a new \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-times-transgender-athletes-dominated-womens-sports\/\" title=\"5 Times Transgender Athletes Dominated Women\u2019s Sports\">world record<\/a>\u200d in \u2064the \u2062100-meter freestyle, surpassing his previous record by 0.4 \u200dseconds and\u2062 finishing \u2064a full second ahead of Australia&#8217;s Kyle Chalmers. This significant\u200c margin\u2063 of victory \u200braised eyebrows, evoking memories of past legends like Johnny Weissmuller. <\/p>\n<p>Australian coach Brett\u2064 Hawke expressed his \u2064outrage\u2064 over the result, hinting\u200b at \u2063skepticism without \u200ddirectly accusing Pan of doping. \u2064He emphasized that such\u2063 a remarkable performance\u2064 against a competitive field\u200b seemed implausible and called\u200c the \u2064outcome &#8220;not humanly possible.&#8221; \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Although \u2064Pan claimed\u200c he passed all necessary drug tests and maintained \u2062that his achievement was legitimate, the controversy continues to\u200b linger in the wake\u200b of recent doping cases involving Chinese swimmers. In contrast, Chalmers\u200b refrained from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-broadcasting-corporation-appears-to-have-coached-accusers-on-what-to-say-for-documentary-about-actor-who-was-found-not-guilty\/\" title=\"Australian Broadcasting Corporation Appears To Have Coached Accusers On What To Say For Documentary About Actor Who Was Found Not Guilty\">making allegations<\/a>, stating that he trusts in the\u200b integrity of sport and Pan&#8217;s achievement. <\/p>\n<p>The incident highlights the \u200congoing \u2062tensions and scrutiny surrounding doping allegations \u200cin competitive swimming, particularly in light of historical and recent \u200dscandals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>With a doping scandal involving Chinese swimmers fresh in the minds of everyone connected to the Olympics, accusations flew after a 19-year-old Chinese swimmer set a world record in the 100-meter freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Pan Zhanle, 19, broke his existing world record by .4 of a second and finished a full second ahead of Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers, who placed second, according to the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/olympics\/article-13697765\/pan-zhanle-accused-breaking-world-record-olympics-coach-fumes.html?ico=related-replace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The margin of victory had not been seen in almost a century, since Johnny Weissmuller, who would go on to an acting career playing Tarzan, won a gold medal in 1928, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/olympics\/pan-zhanle-china-swimming-olympics-2024-b2589409.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K. Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Australian swimming coach and former Olympic swimmer Brett Hawke loudly voiced his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/olympics-scandal-explodes-anti-doping-agency-admits-23-chinese-swimmers-tested-positive-banned-substance-never-punished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anger<\/a> at the result &mdash; without making a specific accusation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If it seems too good to be true, it probably is,&rdquo; he said, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Listen, I&rsquo;m just going to be honest, I am angry at that swim,&rdquo; Hawke said in a video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C-Gowv2ykco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, I&rsquo;m angry for a number of reasons. Look, my friends are the fastest swimmers in history from Rowdy Gaines to Alex Popov to Gary Hall Jr, Anthony Irvin and all the way up to King Kyle Chalmers. I know these people intimately, I&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-mike-lindell-visits-trump-in-white-house-then-media-captures-pictures-of-his-notes-to-president-referring-to-crimes-and-insurrection-act\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Mike Lindell Visits Trump in White House \u2013 Then Media Captures Pictures of His Notes to President Referring to Crimes and Insurrection Act\">ve studied<\/a> them for 30 years. I&rsquo;ve studied this sport. I&rsquo;ve studied speed. I understand it. I&rsquo;m an expert in it, that&rsquo;s what I do, OK,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m upset right now because you don&rsquo;t win 100 freestyle by a body length on that field. You just don&rsquo;t do it. It is not humanly possible to beat that field by a body length.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care what you say. This is not a race thing. This is not against any one particular person or nation. This is just what I see and what I know,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s not real, you don&rsquo;t beat that field &mdash; Kyle Chalmers, David Popovici, Jack Alexy &mdash; you don&rsquo;t beat those guys by one full body length in 100 freestyle. That&rsquo;s not humanly possible, OK, so don&rsquo;t sell it to me, don&rsquo;t shove it down my throat. It&rsquo;s not real.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&rsquo;m SICK of extremist Chinese nationalists constantly abusing Australian athletes for no reason.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle broke a world record in the men&rsquo;s 100m freestyle the other day. Bizarrely, he used his first post swim interview to attack Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oucrfidjlX\">pic.twitter.com\/oucrfidjlX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Drew Pavlou &#127462;&#127482;&#127482;&#127462;&#127481;&#127484; (@DrewPavlou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewPavlou\/status\/1819315703385936317?\">August 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Pan said he passed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chinese-half-marathon-winner-stripped-medal-video-shows-suspicious-finish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drug test<\/a>, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The testing was essentially done under all the regulations, so I don&rsquo;t feel there was any difference or influence,&rdquo; Pan said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Two elite Chinese swimmers, including one named to her country&rsquo;s team in the Paris Olympics, tested positive in 2022 for a banned drug but were secretly cleared of doping late last year by Chinese authorities. Our sports correspondent Tariq Panja explains. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pecBvVCYeq\">https:\/\/t.co\/pecBvVCYeq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mY4fOco9Sd\">pic.twitter.com\/mY4fOco9Sd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1818846629329252485?\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chalmers did not make any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/michael-phelps-begs-congress-take-action-month-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accusations<\/a> against Pan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do everything I possibly can to win the race and trust everyone&rsquo;s doing the same as I am, staying true to the integrity of sport,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I trust that &hellip; [Pan] deserves that gold medal,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Pan improved his previous record by 0.4 seconds and outpaced Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers by a full second, as reported by the U.K.&#8217;s Daily Mail. This significant margin of victory hasn&#8217;t been seen in nearly a century, reminiscent of Johnny Weissmuller&#8217;s gold medal win in 1928.<\/p>\n<p>Australian swimming coach and former Olympian Brett Hawke expressed his frustration with the outcome without directly accusing anyone. He stated, &#8220;If it seems too good to be true, it probably is,&#8221; according to the Daily Mail. In an Instagram video, he elaborated on his feelings: &#8220;I\u2019m angry for several reasons&#8230; I\u2019ve studied this sport for over 30 years and know that winning the 100 freestyle by such a large margin against top competitors is simply not feasible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hawke emphasized that this isn&#8217;t about race or targeting any individual or nation; rather, it&#8217;s based on his expertise and observations regarding competitive swimming dynamics. He firmly stated that beating elite swimmers like Kyle Chalmers and David Popovici by such a wide margin is not humanly possible.<\/p>\n<p>Pan Zhanle defended himself after breaking the record, claiming he passed all drug tests conducted under proper regulations: &#8220;I don\u2019t feel there was any difference or influence.&#8221; Notably, two elite Chinese swimmers had tested positive for banned substances in 2022 but were later cleared of doping allegations by Chinese authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Chalmers refrained from making any accusations against Pan and expressed trust in fair competition: &#8220;I do everything I can to win and believe everyone else does too&#8230; I trust that [Pan] deserves that gold medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2318205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pan-Zhanle.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4024,5301,4752,13922,9351],"class_list":["post-2318204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-coach","tag-olympic","tag-record","tag-swimmer","tag-teen"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pan-Zhanle.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}