How Pan Zhanle BROKE the 100 Freestyle World Record | Stroke Analysis

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, China’s Pan Zhanle broke the 100 Freestyle World Record taking nearly a half-second off the previous recording and winning by over 1 second! In this video, we are breaking down Pan Zhanle’s Freestyle technique, underwaters, starts & turns, and more!
With the recent controversy surrounding Pan Zhanle given the 23 Chinese Swimmers who were caught doping, it’s important to remember that Pan was NOT a part of this. With that in mind, I’m sure there’s something we can all learn from his amazing Freestyle!
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[@KyleMillis]

Is Pan going to go 45 in the 100 Freestyle before 2028?!

[@HoustonflightSimmer]

He shoulda just went to Rome and swam in a fast pool, probably would have went 45.9

[@KyleMillis]

@@HoustonflightSimmer that Rome pool is LEGENDARY

[@gavin4586]

i don’t think it’s possible yet

[@yuan2563]

I think it's very difficult. When he set the world record at 46.80, he knew he could swim faster as he didn't perfect the details in that race (he mentioned this in an interview). But 46.40 is definitely his best right now. I do think he can go faster in the future, but it will be really really really difficult to go under 46.

[@jeffyang9500]

Never say never

[@naturelover5781]

You forget Psychological factors , I’m not Chinese but as Asians , I understand how he felt , our culture is family oriented , we have deep connections to our people , our families and Pan felt that him and china team were treated poorly and unfair with all the 21 per person urine tests , while 4-6 per athletes for other countries , and the test were done at ridiculous time as well at 5 am and midnight , while other countries can get better rest . It’s unfair and injustice with US politic got involved with Olympic Games , We Asian kids always have drive to fight for our people for our justice. That’s how Pan felt before he dove into the pool , not only that but discrimination against Chinese and Asians from westerners were severe this time and caught on the camera as well Also he’s been improved step by step since 2022 , the previous world record is his as well , it’s funny how some people think he came out of nowhere when actually he’s the top one on the list even before the race I’m from small country in SEA but I watched the Olympic this time and saw how discriminated some westerners against China , so I was rooting for them against westerners at 4x100 medley , the rest of the world is not blind , you know , we know how westerners tried to destroy his reputation because they are sore losers

[@imshoppaholic]

Can't get any more accurate!

[@fantasticzz4518]

💯👍

[@seven-fw2re]

+1

[@Sunrichard0001]

Well said!

[@aprodutube]

@naturelover5781 What Asian country are you from. Most Asian countries don’t root for China. So I’m curious as to what country you are from.

[@Diderot68]

This is the analysis I have been waiting for. Forget those coaches who claim they have been doing swimming for thirties years and are experts, which does not help at all.

[@cks2020693]

it's so dumb, obviously at some point you are gonna expect someone to make a generational leap for the sport, Bolt for sprint, Michael Jordan for basketball, Ronaldo for soccer, Federer for tennis, Liu Guoliang for table tennis, etc. Some atheles are so good at their sports that they literally are the reasons that rules get changed. Then you have these clowns of coaches here claiming they've cracked the code to swimming and it's impossible for anyone to improve

[@someone5002]

@@cks2020693 Clowns.... I would call them the Darwin award winners, which couple are swimming in the primordial pool amongst us.

[@ching-yi2007]

I noticed his turn was different from everyone else's and he gained a lot of speed ahead of his competitors there.

[@rabbitcat5371]

​@@cks2020693 Ma Long for table tennis too..

[@philiptan2051]

Pan’s technique is superb and combined with the strategy of keeping his maximum capacity a secret he managed to “fool” the others. In the race he showed his technique to the full and his strategy paid off as the Australian coach even claimed that “it was humanly impossible”.

[@wind-stone]

Good stuff! I’m not a swimmer but after watching Pan in the 100 and medley relay, at Paris, I really wanted to see a good breakdown of how he could beat other elite athletes by an entire body length. Whether it’s running or swimming, the differences among competitors are usually seperated by milliseconds. The dominating win by Pan was absolutely amazing to see, I don’t care what sport you’re in, it’s incredible to see at this elite level. But it was dissapointing that people were dismissing it or baselessly accusing Pan of doping. Fortunately, this video popped up on my home page and I’m happy to see a genuine and informative breakdown of how this was achieved. Very cool.

[@jojonavarro3447]

The way he keeps his kick so consistent and powerful in the last 25 and continues to hold so much water is insane

[@KyleMillis]

His finishing speed kick is unmatched! Even watching my own swims, my kick slows down so much into the walls - he accelerates!!

[@someone5002]

@@KyleMillis That's what Cesar Cielo says, as well, that Pan never decelerates while always staying on top of the water. He is in awe of Pan's kick.

[@jenjen789]

@@KyleMillisPan has said in an interview that the race is won or lost in the last 25 meters. Everyone would be slowing down by then. The one who could keep his speed would win the race. By the way, he won the 400 m freestyle Chinese national championship this year. He has great endurance.

[@lollymanna]

​@jenjen789 Pan started out as a distance swimmer, so he definitely has endurance

[@xijinpig7978]

China vitamins have a secret in them

[@fffuu4444]

Well done Kyle, you are a gem of humanity for fairness and honesty.

[@waimunlee9586]

On a different perspective, when that particular coach were saying it was humanly impossible, though he doesn't meant it in a good way, somehow it's like a huge compliment to Pan. Pan is so good that it even made a very experienced coach couldn't believe it

[@someone5002]

Exactly. It's kind of amusing that these skepticisms are so extreme, the only way these non-believers can wrap their minds around such a remarkable and stunning performance is the cheap and lazy rationale of doping. Thank goodness the world has big thinkers along the likes of Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawkins et all, who can think beyond the limits of the visible and established concepts. I'm sure Pan must be tickled pink that he impressed the world to such another dimension, even supposed competitive swimmers resort to doping as the reason. Yet, other eagle-eye observers have noted that even with PEDs, nobody without that innate talent and perfected technique could match Pan's achievements. It'll be a laugh with what an unmitigated fail and disaster the Enhance Olympics (or whatever it's called) will prove that the outright doping athletes won't match the performances or records of the "clean" athletes. For one, I don't think the truly elite athletes still in their prime would openly associate themselves to this openly doping contest. Many likely will be has-beens (James Magnusson) or fringe athletes who could never make the cut. Nevertheless, I will pay attention.

[@adamiskandar5107]

Actually, when he said it, he was implying, doping.

[@someone5002]

​@@adamiskandar5107 I think the OP was flipping the intended script of an attack, which Brett definitely spewed, like how a backhanded compliment is a hidden insult to a slur that's empowering in how Pan's achievement was so mind-blowing and the absolute best, his critics can only resort to doping as the explanation. They cannot wrap their minds at the reality of a 46.4. A lot of the critics come from swimming backgrounds, so that is a tell Pan's swim wasn't run-of-the-mill and another record-breaker. No, for these people to try to cheapen his mark in history says a lot that Pan has blown right past them. Twofold, it speaks at the inferiority of the detractors that they cannot grasp someone can achieve such feat (by their own physical or mental limitations) AND the truly admirable performance from Pan (which again, some are so jealous - cause they or their friends or whoever - can't even reach to Pan's level. In that sense, Pan should be tickled pink that his critics think his performance was beyond the limits, as guess what? Pan did it! He knows he's clean. All the persistent testing has proven him clean. To the skeptics who blow smoke that he's doping on the side, when? When does Pan even have that breathing space to dope out of competition when he's been tested 29 times last year and at least 21 times from January leading into the Olympics - compared to US's piddly 6 times at average? The Chinese swim team is also monitored by bio passports, which is more effective in detecting blood doping. And nobody, nobody has more sinister doping drugs than the US - land of the most patented pharmaceuticals - with clandestine operations that make the mafia weep. Now compare with David Povici's (Pan's closest rival and peer) where he expresses admiration ("amazing, amazing race") and congratulates Pan for such a feat. He takes Pan's new world record as the new benchmark to strive for. He doesn't fall on the "humanly impossible" (which we know what Brett meant in so many words) or fry his brain from the thought. I truly believe with Pan's maturity beyond his years and rising above the obnoxious behaviors below him, he's likely taking this as a badge of honor. I think he expressed himself as such when he emphatically declared to the effect he beat them all. I think that's a flipping the bird at his detractors. He's climbed his Mt. Everest and they have nothing to show for it. Thank goodness for the big thinkers of the world, such as Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawkins et al who can imagine and think through beyond the visible and the established conventions. Otherwise, many of us would still be playing with sticks and stones by the fire. You know who those are of the latter. I had typed up and posted a long agreement with the OP, but it's evidently been deleted or youtube ate it. Some of the comments here are a reconstruction from memory.

[@BWong1234]

Nonsense. That Kangaroo trainer is an absolute anglosaxon racist. Waiting for the australian swim federation to publicly disown him.

[@LW78321]

Appreciate the balanced and fair analysis

[@GaryJYang]

Hats off to you too Mr. Millis. What insightful and fair assessment.

[@MelDiaz1995]

I'm glad people are acknowledging his skill, people like hom only come one every few years, i hope he keeps doing great

[@tabletennis1686]

Thanks for the video. This is the right attitude that we should take and give credit where credit is due instead of negative emotions when someone did something great and passed drug tests.👍👍👍👍

[@EZ-rs5zv]

Thank you for an unbiased analysis!

[@zopaseah4982]

Good video, thoughtful analysis on performance n techniques, n a balanced view. Tks 4 upload.

[@thatsAkeepernow]

GREAT analysis, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, LOVE IT.

[@KyleMillis]

More Analysis coming soon for my swim nerds 🤓

[@someone5002]

@@KyleMillis Many (armchair and a few competitive) swimmers have observed that Pan rides high on the waters - higher than most swimmers. Some explain it's due to his powerful kick, which propels and lifts him up from the waters. Do you concur?

[@FalcoBikes]

His strokes are also much more efficient than the likes of Chalmers who were more or less powering through the distance. Him and Popovici, both relatively skinny but ultra efficient (reasonable considering he came from a long distance background).

[@abdulsalim234]

Hopefully he can break the word record in 50m and 200m freestyle as well

[@suziez3410]

He said he want to try 200 and 400 meters… he actually won 400 m freestyle at the Country Championship (like… last year,) he said he’ll do 50 m only at the later stage of his career.

[@jtf267]

Thanks for this video, but you should have started with an apology for jumping on the racist accusatory hate wagon when he first won. People like you can really cause a lot of hurt when you spoke out so quickly. No one would have question the winning time if it was Marchand, Ledecky or any other White swimmer. You initially trashed and diminished all the years of hard work and skill of this young man. Glad you opened your eyes and heart.

[@bernardcazeneuve3973]

Just one thing. Doping will certainly drop 40 100ths like magic, at least on sprinting events. There is something that matters more : technique. Just compare Pan’s technique (smooth and flying on water) with his competitors’ one.

[@KyleMillis]

Is the point that he’s better technically? Bc if so - then I think you’re onto something… Modern sprinting is evolving

[@ryhh]

I believe the turn at 2:25 is Wang Haoyu, not Pan. Pan doesn't do side dophin kick

[@lorrainehsu782]

0:21 not Pan's face but another chn swimmer Ji Xinjie

[@someone5002]

Evidently the video is poorly edited with completely different Chinese swimmers highlighted, as another commenter pointed out the side dolphin kick is not Pan's.

[@theAquavault]

Great video.

[@Whiztlex]

Hello what do you think the time could be with super suits and a deeper pool?

[@mopunyau]

Quick question: How difficult would it be for a world-class, top-tier swimmer (e.g. Popovici) to ‘alter’ their strokes in order to improve their time? What I meant was how difficult for them to ‘lose’ their life-long muscle memory… ❓

[@gotmilk91]

Looks like many American/Five-Eyes nation's swimming coaches need to be retired... and USADA boss need to step down.

[@edwardhung6432]

They ruin Olympics spirit.

[@aprodutube]

Why? America and the Five-eyes dominate swimming. Why should they step down? That makes no sense.

[@HTeo-og1lg]

@@edwardhung6432 . Well said. The behaviour of USADA in pressuring WADA to put China swimmers on a discriminatory testing regime backfired.

[@someone5002]

USADA boss needs to shut up. I hope WADA does follow through and sue him. He's stirred up so much ****. He's like a little rat scurrying through the sewers.

[@soufianezougagh5165]

nice video, support from france

[@KyleMillis]

Great Olympics 🇫🇷

[@AlvinFan1976]

I was taught that my recovery arm needs to be systematically high above the water to drive forward, so why is Pan doing this differently? FYI, last name is pronounced “Janle”. ZH is essentially a J. Love your vids. Keep it up.

[@rogerzen8696]

Pan is his surname, while Zhanle is his given name. In Asia, it is customary to announce names with family name in front.

[@adam_nathan]

with regard to doping: it’s always safest to assume everyone at this level is doping unless there’s some compelling evidence to the contrary, but the thing is since everyone is likely doing something (might not be steroids specifically, could be something like EPO) it’s not like the competition is truly unfair or anything.

[@Eric-hr5cg]

Pan said in a recent interview that his usual training routine was about 15000 meter swim daily; 6, 7 thousands in the morning & 8 thousands plus in the afternoon ..... at the last 25 meters, while other swimmers were tired & slowing down, he got the STAMINA to maintain at 2 meters per second speed !

[@KyleMillis]

There’s no way! 15K for someone who trains the 100 Free is not reality…

[@someone5002]

@@KyleMillis Maybe for the West's reality. Pan came as a 1500m swimmer. And he trains for not only the 100m but 50m, 200m and 400m. Hopefully by LA28, he's more serious for those distances and paces himself better in the prelims. I think he's taking the prelims too casually (almost missed the cut for the 100m free).

[@MollyLiny]

@@KyleMillis Information collected from Chinese interviews : Pan Zhanle was a long distance freestyle swimmer before the end of 2021 . He won the 1500m freestyle at 2019 Chinese Summer LC Swimming Championships. He was quite short before 2021 and was only 171 cm in 2019，so he couldn't compete with others in 100 m freestyle and focused on long distance freestyle before the end of 2021. He is still training for 800，1500 m freestyle and even 10km open water swimming now.

[@JasmineWay]

Why are so many of Pan's Chinese interviews being translated into English, and published in KZbin?! Stop doing that, he needs his secrets kept!! Lol just kidding. I hope all the swimmers benefit and swim faster and healthier!

[@myjungle2001]

@@MollyLiny amazing!

[@aaluk4619]

By the way, his name is PAN but not PAWN, it was disrespectful to call him.

[@Whitfield369]

Actually in Chinese it does pronounce more like "pawn", because in pinyin "A" sounds "ah".

[@dkktse]

Really enjoyed this video with good substance, it is very hard for a lay person to appreciate the level of training and power of these athletes, I am fairly sporty and an above average swimmer, meaning there was a time in my youth that I can pretty swim up and down the pool until I get bored, not until I get tired. While in college, I have a friend, who was in the Singapore national swim team, she told me that her daily routine starts with a 5 km swim as warm up, and I thought that was pretty impressive, as a joke, she challenged me to a 50m race, and she will only use her legs, she won, we had a good laugh

[@yoyoyo4510]

You’re such a hypocrite. When Pan broke the world record, you trashed him under Human Impossible’s post. And now you’re here praising his technique? What a joke.

[@KyleMillis]

As the facts change, people’s opinions are allowed to change 👍🏻

[@yoyoyo4510]

Congratulations on jumping out of the box sheeple

[@gavin4586]

@@yoyoyo4510how about we don’t disrespect people who are trying to change, all that’s gonna do is turn people against you

[@MapleChannel1]

@@KyleMillis do you owe an apology for Pan?

[@HoustonflightSimmer]

@@yoyoyo4510 Least nationalistic Chinese fan:

[@epibolic8560]

During his start a 45° angle between what exactly?

[@jefffong1031]

Next LA Olympic. China 4x100 will burst another record with sun yang butterfly, pan zangle freestyles, qinhiyang breaststroke.

[@HongKong.Shenzhen.]

Very pro

[@준호-b1g]

imagine he has underwater like leon marchand

[@cicipan2380]

0:22 this man is not pan😂

[@johnwayne8475]

Oh no, you have revealed the secret! 😂 Why did you do that? You should have kept it a secret so the Aussie swim team will still be dumbfounded thinking "how is that humanly possible?" 😂

[@sikkimese268]

Imagine those swimmers and coach’s from the Australia and United States who made false accusations just coz they couldn’t swallow their loss

[@TriPorKona]

46.40* 7:48

[@aprodutube]

I think that it’s pretty clear how Pan broke the record.

[@America_bombsTSMC]

he was trained in an artifical stream, not a pool

[@dantolino1093]

Swimming show done in a sauna. This guy sweats it all out.

[@ddanielpho]

He was 19yo

[@KyleMillis]

He’s 20 now, just had a birthday

[@asj685]

​@@KyleMillis his birthday was on same day of gold medal win

[@hudsonbakke8836]

Why do no other 100 freestylers mimic Pan and Popovici's kick? I mean, it's pretty obvious that it makes them faster. And there's no way that Pan has physically stronger legs than, say, Caeleb Dressel or Jack Alexy. He's just simply a smaller guy. So why does nobody else kick like Pan? I would think if someone like Jack Alexy just learned to kick like that, he'd easily be faster than Pan

[@someone5002]

I think possibly for one, Alexy is heavier and bulkier in the water. He's less buoyant, while larger - meaning he has to work harder to move his body through the water. Further, there's consideration of how energy efficient his body to Pan's. I'd bet Pan doesn't have to expend as much energy as Alexy. So even if Alexy *tries* to copy Pan's kick, he won't master it or it won't be as effective to move his big butt from one end of the pool to the other. Think of a Mako shark to a blue-tipped ocean shark. The Mako is considerably faster.

[@melaniexiaowenzhang9394]

Everybody can see that to run as fast as usain bolt is to alternate their legs quickly on the track.

[@rogerzen8696]

Don't equate size with strength or technique, otherwise bodybuilders would all be world class swimmers.

[@Al-vw8qt]

High IQ video.

[@captainross4706]

Select hundreds of thousands of child swimmers with the most promising genetic attributes, train them ruthlessly to be the best. You telling me you won’t get an ultimate swimming freak?

[@TV-us1ue]

Finally, someone acknowledged his techniques and skills without accusing stupid bullshit！

[@good2freelance1]

Is his name Pan or Pawn? You said Pawn

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Pan, dg an , Ler.

[@someone5002]

The bio page for every athlete in the Olympics website has audible pronunciations. Weirdly, I don't get why some tv announcers are referring to him by both last and first names when only the last name is used for the other athletes. I keep hearing "Pan Zhan-lee" as if his last name was Panzhanlee. Is Pan too short or confusing with other swimmers for that difference in last name references of athletes?

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

@@someone5002 becaause thats -HOW Asian Names are Prounced. They prounce Last name first. Its 5000 year structure. Bluntly Switch back to twist ppl’s name can be very rude. Just like d name “Juan “ in china is prounced Jewan.-common girly name. If white ppl out of blue go to china 🇨🇳 ignor what their Native name. N started calling them Huan(Juan) like they are Jose which is John. N Argue “ thats what Suppose to porunce” will be rude. They obviously fixed the pronunciation structure for Asians in sports.

[@someone5002]

@@Yoga_Tv_buying No, I understand that last names are first for Chinese (and some other cultures, as well). What I'm saying is the tv announcers would say both his last and first name as one word, when the other swimmers were referred only by their last name WITHOUT the first name. It was as if PanZhanle was his last name. To illustrate precisely (as I think there's a misunderstanding), the announcers would call the race as such: "Grousset has led the charge, with Panzhanlee (the announcer pronounced the "le" as "lee"). Alexy is up there at front of the pack. Chalmers is at 8th place, but here he comes, catching up. Panzhanlee touches the wall first, followed by Chalmers and Povici." Mind you, Chalmers is Kyle Chalmers; Grouset is Maxime Grouset; Jack Alexy and then David Povici. None of the other guys were called by both their last AND first names, as Pan was. They were corrupting his last name as PanZhanlee. He should have simply been referred as "Pan" consistent to how the rest of the swimmers were called.

[@someone5002]

I should correct myself. After re-watching the video coverage, I realized I had exaggerated the number of announcers who kept calling Pan by both his last and first names, as if they were one word, while referring to the other swimmers only by their last name (a typical custom in sports calling). It was just one commentator in the CBC coverage. Still jarring, particularly as he pronounced the last syllable as "lee" which emphasized his repeating the erroneous pronunciation.

[@jaassil]

You sweat, huh?!

[@dalang8872]

🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳💪👍👏💐🙏♥️

[@David_7171]

‘Popo-vich’

[@BSnicks]

If you go on Google and do a search. That stupid AI from the US still says that the fastest man on this planet is Caelep Dressell. Even though the guy never broke any records! LOL

[@therealgigglebop]

The fastest anyone swims is in an scy pool. The fastest 50 free by far in a scy situation is Caleb Dressel.

[@SlowAlex351]

Yellow peril little pinks infesting KZbin.

[@loveispatient0808]

That’s why you can’t trust AI!!!!

[@BSnicks]

@@loveispatient0808 AI is like a child that needs to be raised and taught. If AI is feed with info by the US or CNN's boss the SeeIAy, you know what it will become.

[@kevincronin7020]

This kid is dope 😮 fast

[@AnthonyCATan]

i kept being distracted from your super sweaty face !

[@embersandash]

Learn to pronounce names.

[@FranMartinezphotographer]

WHY ARE YOU SWEATING SO MUCH

[@KyleMillis]

it’s hot

[@Hilltopperpete]

Step 1: take the banned heart drug trimetazidine and train past natural exhaustion limits Step 2: blame all your teammates’ positive tests on random bad luck because they ate “tainted hamburgers” at a hotel Step 3: no consequences

[@eshomaker3543]

true

[@robfetty6497]

If I recall. both Lance Armstrong and Barry Bonds had an "x factor" too....

[@KyleMillis]

Bonds is my favorite player ever so point aside… But again - did Pan ever fail a test? Until that day comes, if it ever does, why should we taint his accomplishments

[@eshomaker3543]

@@KyleMillis it’s not that there are any evidence but what he did is an impossible race. It just feels like it’s too good to be true. It also doesn’t feel right when we know that a lot of Chinese athletes have tested positive for illegal substances recently. WADA is most likely corrupt..

[@HoustonflightSimmer]

Pan is about as far removed from the 23 that tested positive as you can get, he trains under a different Coach and in a different location than the rest.

[@Sam-zg1cp]

You forgot the steroids.

[@chiaweinam]

You mean the fact that Pan won against people taking steroids and who had purple faces?

[@joek7031]

Wrong team, you're think of team Thanos..

[@litespeed65]

Drug cheat

[@MapleChannel1]

I know you are saying about the famous drug cheater Phelps who claimed asthma, heart problems, so he never ever got tested, he was "lawfully" doping in his entire career.

[@haneefakottakkunnan4783]

Bro i saw your full vedios I want please contact me😢

[@loal9442]

The underwater angle shows that his strokes are making way less splash than his peers. Truly special performance from Pan.

[@someone5002]

Poetry in motion, right? So smooth and so effortless, as he glides through the water. Then you see Chalmers' stroke madly chopping at the water. Underwater, the video seems to be in slow motion how his arms linger in the water in that Superman are extension. But above the water, Pan is trucking and blowing past the swimmers, especially in his explosive close. For certain, Pan's total stroke count is the least among the swimmers 64 (apologies for the earlier misstated 65) with the next fewest stroke from Salchow and Guiliano at 65; while Chalmers was at 67 and Povici at 69 (so evidently stroke rate didn't tell the whole story, as the latter two made it on the podium while Salchow/Guiliano did not). I think the missing metric is the kick rate and force. I tried to compare the length and the volume of the "whitewater" generated by each of the swimmer's kick, but frankly, my eyes are not that sharp to perceive the differences (though many swimmers have observed Pan's whitewater stream is massive).

[@imshoppaholic]

Finally, someone acknowledged his techniques and skills without accusing stupid bullshit!

[@kevinmsft]

Bias and racism are crazy in today's world.

[@kevincronin7020]

Too bad he comes from a corrupt culture of cheating. ccp

[@metanews7656]

His 'accusing' video is called "Michael Andrew on Chinese Swimmers Doping Scandal + WADA Failure". We all look forward to seeing his video about USADA permitting drug cheats to compete for years.

[@someone5002]

@@metanews7656 Hey thanks for clarifying where Kyle was endorsing that nonsense. This video is the first of his content I've watched. So I thought there was a confusion in mistaken identity with either Brett Hawke or another swimming pundit with the name of Kyle (for the record, that Kyle dismissed doping as doping would not achieve what Pan did). Well, at least this Kyle is willing to "open his eyes," if you will.

[@someone5002]

@@metanews7656 I just posted bulk of the incidents that the US turned a blind eye (even exposed by a former director of the drugs control division of USOC) and whatta know? It vanished! Either youtube likes eating my comments or facts are skkkerrry for some (obviously!!). Booo!

[@szvqorwnpstahskypfwmp9821]

Pan is like Usain Bolt in water. No one can beat him. Who is going to beat Usain? Nobody!! Enough said!!

[@chillian1985]

pan is not a nobody...western swimmers think he is a nobody in the swimming community so that's why when he won and set a new world record they all got shocked and some accused him of cheating which is hilarious...pan is a very humble guy. He is a confident young swimmer...look at his skills, techniques, and his dryland training you can see why he is the man in the 100m freestyle. He is only 20 years old and he will improve even more so we can't wait to see him next Olympics

[@DubboU]

What's crazy to me is these people act like Pan is not also the previous world record holder too, just a few months ago in Feb. Pan beat his own time.

[@SlowAlex351]

All East Asians are not nobody. That’s why they’re called yellow peril.

[@LW78321]

​@@DubboUexactly

[@embersandash]

That is EXACTLY what people notice.

[@bee2791]

yea, dude is not a nobody, been on top 4 in every event he had attended before Olympic, and just sat WR before

[@leegymallari]

This is the best example of against all odds. Those random tests were totally unfair

[@darkknightwater]

Don’t never ever let anyone, tell you that there are limits to what you can achieve because of your skin color. There are so many other factors that make a country excel in certain areas, and it’s not about your skin color at all. In the end, we’re all just human. The sky is the limit. Many Asian countries have been very poor, and still, many people can’t even afford to play sports. But as wealth becomes more accessible and infrastructure improves in poorer countries in Asia and elsewhere, you’ll see that humans are more equal than what you’ve been taught. It’s all about how smartly you train and study.

[@awnyca4077]

Pan is just better than every doping American

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

And he’s also the fastest Chinese doper swimmer

[@edwoaine]

“Doping” is redundant bro. The word "American" already means cheating and doping

[@philipaudio6297]

@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em He single-handedly outclassed the rest with purple epidermis ... lol.

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

@@philipaudio6297 did you collect your paycheck from the Chinese Commie government this month?

[@zirgzlao9284]

Thank Goodness Found your Channel! Great Explanation! I’m not a swimmer!.. so this help me understand a little 😂😂😂 thank you❤

[@johnweerasinghe4139]

I listened to Pam in an interview. He had a team of sports scientists analyzing every technique. That explains his efficiency. He also said the last 10 meters he holds his breath.

[@xblade11230]

Athletes in china start training when they are like 12, they drop out of school and they just swim full time with no backup plans, they have entire teams of scientists giving them optimal diets and optimizing their movements I knew several Olympic hopefuls I'm the US and they were just regular teenagers, they went to high school, they hung out with friends, they dated and had sex, they swam for a couple of hours everyday after school, they ate McDonald's with friends, stuff like pizza, they drank alcohol at house parties And college was the same thing

[@suziez3410]

I believe the US swimmers have similar technical specialists helping them analyse each of their movements, issue is whether the athletes take the advice and implement whole heartedly and consistently.

[@johnweerasinghe4139]

@@suziez3410 Logically, I believed what you said has to be true. But it seems the Chinese have taken it to the next level. You can only push an American so far.🤣 I remember the video of Phelps smoking pot. I also remember Lance Armstrong' s scandal. Only caught because his teammate ratted on him. So, I also wonder if Western athletes are taking the " easy " way out. After all, why would the Australian swimming coach assume the only way to beat them was to take enhancers ?

[@neone4759]

Amazing Underwater Kicks , its just so accurate and Powerful. Zhanle 💥💥

[@zhenggong7993]

Great Analysis!

[@mardini]

the sad part is everyone is very excited how he will perform at next olympic. next olympic is in US, the extreme US china relationship, things will get political and dirty real quick. if chinese were tested 21 times each in France at mid nights or 5 am or whatever. Imagine how insane it will be in US. theres so much behind the scene crap us average viewers will never know. in recent interview of Ngannou, he exposed how his recent boxing match, he got tricked in getting to the arena early, he ended up waiting in dress room for 4 hours before his fight while his opponent arrive fresh fight right away.

[@ShaunKheng]

Are you watching sour grapes Brett Hawke? This is not humanly impossible. Pan is a generational swimmer, he executes perfectly, is talented, and just work bloody hard. Maybe he has a better coach.

[@LW78321]

Brett's comments are a poor reflection of his own ability as a coach

[@someone5002]

@@LW78321 Also Brett is red-faced in a roundabout redemption arc in trying to negate his initial IG screed. But he's not a man enough to formally apologize or issue an official retraction of his haphazard words. (on the other hand, he is facing the music with a straight face and taking the heat on the chin. He doesn't delete comments slagging him (and sometimes, agree with the critics), unlike some channels where comments disappear.) Even the Aussies are disowning him.

[@xblade11230]

These guys drop out of school at an extremely young age to train as full time athletes The Olympic hopefuls in the US are going to high school during the day, and then swimming after school for a couple of hours When they get to college, same thing classes and then swimming The athletes in china have been going all in and doing nothing but swimming since they were like 12 .... In the US your parents pay for a coach, in china they give you a coach that was a former Olympic athlete...

[@john-ss8hk]

​@@xblade11230 in the sport of basket ball, similar applies

[@melaniexiaowenzhang9394]

⁠​⁠@@xblade11230 I doubt that it’s that simple. Just because you stop attending the same kind of public schools as the majority of your peers doesn’t mean you stop schooling altogether. If that’s the case, that person would look and sound very illiterate with only six years of rudimentary education. If you ever come across those who drop out of school at an early age to work you probably would know what I’m talking about. For whatever reason that they dropped out-not being able to afford or just getting fed up and rebellious as teenagers-that lack of education shows. Current generation of Chinese athletes don’t give out that vibe. Not saying they have had elite education, but just enough schooling (more than six years of elementary school) to get by. Oh by the way, whether it is the parents or the public funding paying for their training depends on the sport. Swimming gets quite an amount from public funding (as well as sponsorship from private sectors, just look at all those endorsements). But obscure ones like tennis and figure skating athletes are pretty much on their own. And whether you’re “given” a former Olympian to coach you also depends. This is more likely to happen in table tennis and diving, because there just have been so many Olympic gold medalists who went into coaching in the national teams. There are many former olympians who did or did not go coaching/teaching. And among those who did, not all of them are working in the national team. Again, it all depends on the specific situation. Just because there’s this image of China being a totalitarian state doesn’t mean things across an entire field are done in an one-size-fits-all way in reality. It’s not practical.

[@siiwok]

Aussies lost, bad racist Aussie coach decided not to take any blame for his team's failure...then decided to blame Chinese with zero evidence..typical Aussie/.

[@Ducati368]

Kyle! Excellent description and explanation! Love you so much!

[@robertng2398]

Thank you for being fair in your assessment...🎉

[@frankthedukes1564]

he just doesnt slow down and came out like a bullet..he flip turned before anyone started their turns!!!!!!!!!! It was the 2nd most insane race ever for me.. 1st is still USA relay VS France come from behind!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hectorar7890]

Pan: *obtains WR in World Aquatic* The west: I sleep Also pan: *beats his own WR in the Olympic* The west: real sh!t

[@roberthall7336]

Yes, his recoveries low over the water means less time readying the next stroke (and over rotating). He still gets a great underwater pull, and, combined with kick ,makes him a rocket. Thanks for your analysis, Kyle.

[@edwardhung6432]

I believe US will stop him winning in 2028 LA Olympic using all the dirty tricks. I am looking forward to see what Thanos tram could do.

[@outdoor75]

His kicking is amazing. Can you actually count his kick rate versus the others?

[@MichaelLochte]

Great video Kyle. I love your point of a flatter stroke for sprinters. You should totally bring Tom Shields in for a butterfly and underwater video, 2016 Shields was the GOAT of underwaters, better than even Phelps. I think I saw somewhere in an interview that he studied many swimmer's butterfly techniques to help him. I think his insights would help a lot of us.

[@chitta369]

Of course he will! He already said his record will be broken, and that will still be him!

[@sombrerogalaxy1]

Thanks for the even handed analysis.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

❤chinese ppl are tall in Mainland China, 🎉they are close to Nordic hight. 2024 , 19 yr old in Beijing (20 million ppl) ,,,average male 5’10” , female 5’7”. Yean thats average. In university there ppl like 6’2 6’3” eveyrwhere. U see like 5”9, 5”11” woman Very often. Ppl do NOT understand why chinese winning metals because American chinese r UBER short. 200 Years Mixng with South East Asians. In 2000, in Thailand average male hight 5’3”, female 4’10”. Yeah they were all like that( southern Asians) . N mixed aroudn in USA/Canada. So ppl see Chinese as small n weak. Chinese in China are HUGE! 😂 I m in 4th Largest city in North America. School years weekly Asian House Party/Clubbing( 600-1000 Asians), its like Going to Grade 5 elementrary school back home. Very strange. Clubing feeling like hang out with bunch Rambuncious KIDS ….😮in hundreds. Stil very strange. My Nephews 6’2 6’3, 15 yr old , my niece 16 yr old 5’8”. WE think South American n Meditranian ppl are shorter n stockier.

[@danglybit1]

This is the video that makes sense...Kyle this is brilliant...At no point did I think it was suspicious....he is going to get a lot of apologies!

[@什么样子世界]

I saw a video about pan’s youth swimming story from his youth swimming coach. As punishment for some wrong stuff, other kids had to swim more as result of punishment. But for pan, his punishment was to prohibit him from swim😂. I believe this story can explain why he is so good

[@KyleMillis]

This is GOLDEN if true 🤣🤣

[@mengsiongkheng113]

Are you watching sour grape Brett Hawke?

[@JeanGunnhildr88]

The scariest thing is a Chinese kids who will come after Pan and follow his footsteps.

[@archers101pd7]

Wait wait wait.......shit...a white guy actually talking techniques.....and not ......saying this is not humanly possible.....

[@samongandroid]

The 21 Chinese swimmers did not dope, they ate contaminated hotel food.

[@matpk]

With purple pee😂

[@jaassil]

SORRY… But about the start, Dressel, on his prime, would be at minimun half a body in front Pan, close to 20m mark. And this is crazy, cuz means that Pan can improve a lot his start.

[@gonggxiu]

Only half a body length at the start doesn't gain you any advantage agaisnt Pan. You need one and half body length ahead at the start to secure a tie.

[@jaassil]

@@gonggxiu Stupid fuc*…IF PAN MANAGE TO DO WHAT DRESSEL USED TO, HE COULD WIN 45.XX not in Rev…

[@jaassil]

@@gonggxiu I didn’t say that. Read again and again and again. I said that means he can improve his start and improve his WR.

[@37abc]

2 things you missed in my opinion: Pan's stroke rate drops drastically thought out a 100m race, we see the opposite happening in most swimmers. During his freestyle catch, his arms spend a lot longer in front of his head at the surface of the water that his competition. His time spent pulling is very small, meaning that the speed and the power he is able to apply at pulling the water is enormous. A little deeper dive into these aspects of his swimming would have been cool.

[@someone5002]

One site did a stroke count analysis and Pan's stroke total was only 65, while Chalmers was 67 and Povici was 69. (I think those numbers are accurate off top of my head with Pan's 65 a certainty.) There are other stats, including DPS (distance per stroke).

[@someone5002]

I wonder why so-called competitive swimmers circling around Pan like sharks can't see those strengths of Pan? Instead, I've been seeing too many so-called former competitive swimmer resort to the simple-minded thinking that this achievement could have been produced only artificially - as if PEDs could generate such results in swimming through a viscous medium of liquid? I guess it says a lot more about their deficiencies and backward thinking.

[@cocoon757]

not surprising, he was trained as a 1500m swimmer as a kid

[@kevinyeung6810]

stroke count and effectiveness and body resistance to water should also be addressed …

[@takla3210]

Why doesn't Pan race in the 50m?

[@KyleMillis]

… why haven’t I thought about this… He was 21.5 to the feet on the relay!!

[@SocialKickSwim]

Great video, Kyle! 🚀

[@ApPracalculus]

Why did you oil up for this video?

[@someone5002]

Makeup team was on strike so there wasn't anyone to powder his face of the shine. ;)

[@furhankhan1063]

Title is kinda sus. Y u analyzing another man’s stroke

[@norwali]

Why are you sweating so much?😅