Sun Yang 400m Freestyle - New Olympic Record | London 2012 Olympics

[@kixigvak]

I'm 67 and Sun Yang is a real inspiration to me. I went 4:16 for 400 in 1968....the world record then was 4:06.2. I wish I knew back then what I know now! I watch this video and the 1500 video once a week and keep it in mind when I swim. Swimming is a great sport!

[@TheCompleteWeirdo]

James Mason u were faster than i am now lol

[@apoorv5upadhyay]

You sir are a champion.

[@rajanroopbling8534]

+James Mason yea swimming is fun i but i do 4;42 for IM . and for 400 free 4;20 lol

[@TheCompleteWeirdo]

Rajanroop SinghBling k

[@guillermoolivares2035]

+James Mason I´m 47, I´ve never been a great swimmer (as you) but understand perfectly what you mean. Sun Yang shows than technic is the most important thing in the pool.

[@michaeltimmermans2159]

Sun Yang was only coached by that Australian coach for several months and he spent most of his time with his Chinese coaching staffs. These commentators kept mentioning the name of that Australian coach but ignored the Chinese coaches who are the real heroes behind Sun's success.

[@elijahchurchwell5808]

+ISoLAteD w the bulk of the things he learned were from the Australian coaches. The two major swimming powers in the world are Australia and the United States, and Russia is coming up. All other nations send their major swimmers to train in one of those major states.

[@michaeltimmermans2159]

+Elijah Churchwell It the Australians coaches are so good why Other players didn't succeed recently?

[@argocosmic7313]

Agree, they did a want to recognized Chinese’s people

[@jayz4581]

True, the grandfather of my mother's colleague was his swimming coach. Anyway, I think we should not tell the win and lose by earning a medal. I always respect every athlete in competition cuz the effort they put behind the games. Coaches do help, but still, earning a medal or not highly depends on how much effort the athletes put in training.

[@danielchiaszehann9141]

IsoLAteD W agree

[@MiniMidgeOfficial]

That glide costs sun yang that world record

[@thefoxinside4237]

What trouble?

[@danielcavalier711]

Rising his head and not do one last stroke

[@Ejexion]

That's what you get with a 1500 swimmer :P

[@kaitlindawson6656]

@@danielcavalier711 and

[@toivonencresto]

Final touch was perfect, close but not enough. Gliding, given his last Stroke distance from the wall, was correct.

[@loganmeyer9283]

Sun yang has an amazing stroke. He takes less strokes per 50 than any other swimmer I've seen. His dps makes him a boss in events like this one.

[@alexanderlei3212]

It saves energy

[@toivonencresto]

Ian Thorpe ;)

[@ericwang5690]

Every swimmer does really well in this contest. Kudos to the winner and all contestant

[@Arrica101]

@@ericwang5690 we can see who is all for participation medals....

[@l3v3lupg4ming9]

Mx Moon everything is better with drugs 🤔🤔

[@NotLegato]

i like how all swimmers always have headphones when arriving. not seeing too many other sports' athletes do that.

[@alexanderlei3212]

Because a huge part of swimming is the mental part. Because all are physically capable

[@NotLegato]

Alexander Lei hmm... i'm not actually sure if sprint runners do the same. haven't seen much sprinting or something alike.

[@Nouragneau]

+Not Legato it's usually because when it s not the finals and it's a normal competition, you have to wait in front of your line while other 8 people swim before you. if it's a 1500M, you have to wait a long long time..

[@dz-ww2dw]

Figure skaters

[@tfk884]

its to calm the nerves. I can't tell you how many times ive seen people have mental breakdowns in competitive sectional meets cuz of nervousness.

[@terencechua3489]

Ian Thorpe's 3min 40.08 in 2001 is still the best 400m performance of all time (and he slided at the last part too). Fastest textile suit timing and that timing would still have won all the Olympic 400m events including 2021 Tokyo.

[@absidyabsidy2727]

his suit was textile, but it's still a faster suit than the jammers they use now - I don't think prime Thorpe would be able to swim 3:40 low in the jammer

[@australiancreepycrawlies6417]

@@absidyabsidy2727 nah I rekon he would’ve gone under 340 if he had swum it today. Think about the evolution of the sport and how much faster swimming is now. Back then people were still doing freestyle kick for their underwaters!!

[@saadjsayed]

He swam a 3:41.8 when he was 16 well before prime! He could've gone 3:40. low in my opinion

[@dylanwu9635]

@@australiancreepycrawlies6417bro probably would have dropped like 3 seconds if he did streamlines

[@Soloandcoco]

AMAING REACTION! just watched rio 400om freestyle, sunyang went second, but still, im so proud of him~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pomelo_Dy]

yo, i'm a fiona fan too :)

[@Soloandcoco]

hahahahahha, love sunyang and fiona ~~

[@taimoorfoot4973]

Drug cheat

[@henrytheswimmer9453]

@@taimoorfoot4973 yes

[@MrMhmToasty]

Sun Yang could have easily broken the world record - sloppiest last 5 yards in a big meet (arguably the biggest) I've ever seen.

[@AlienNinjaPuppy]

but he set a new record... dumb dumb

[@surrrmanic8460]

he broke the olympic record, not the world record

[@MrMhmToasty]

Olympic record is still an awesome achievement, but come on, one last solid reach to drop another 0.7 seconds and get a world record??? How is that not worth it?

[@MrMhmToasty]

0.07* my bad :)

[@noneyabusiness7681]

MrMhmToasty if ur such a critic why don't u do it then huh?😡😡

[@Sean-pq6xj]

That was a dope swim

[@shanr4277]

Hope this is a purposeful pun...

[@maxchbaro1464]

😂😂😂

[@beasmith3649]

😆 🤣

[@pharrell7478]

lol

[@alejandroescolanoalvarez5129]

Mentira

[@SpiritualityLife77]

Sun yang swimming technique is unique. His head submerged under water. Very streamline.

[@sargony666]

If he would have finished properly he would have been the first man under 3:40. An amazing last 100m

[@armwrestlingprofessor]

The same could be said of Thorpe. Thorpe had an even worse glide into his 3:40.08

[@saadjsayed]

@@armwrestlingprofessor Thorpe is by far the best 400m swimmer I have seen. And yes, his glide was hugeeee

[@sethaldrich6902]

What about the drugs?

[@sargony666]

@@sethaldrich6902 what about you look at when I made this comment... 9 years ago. Scumbag should be permanently banned and any records removed. But again.. Context for when a comment is made is a wonderful thing

[@allenp7335]

Haters gonna hate, winners gonna win

[@nxxi]

Totally agree.

[@aczbdk]

Everybody knows Sun Yang is a drug cheater!!!

[@PHantomIndexmax]

keep dreaming

[@fanucmitsubishirepairandsa8471]

If you can, pls persuade the Olympic Committee to change their resolution. Or you are a real liar.

[@andyxu9969]

Biedermann's suit would have helped far more than some "drugs"

[@Bananaman11309]

A real champion does everything to win. Sun Yang is still a champion in my heart and in the heart of many others.

[@cooldumpy7913]

sun yang banned for 8 years

[@jimbendtsen8841]

@@cooldumpy7913 Years too late. He's been doping for years.

[@howardxie3412]

@Ning Dubois dude that’s North Korea not china

[@XwD77]

@@jimbendtsen8841 How do we know he’s been doping for years? How many times has he tested positive?

[@sethaldrich6902]

Champion of drugs

[@quatakei]

Anyone watching it in 2024 after seeing how that olympic world record line went completely mad fast in the last 100m ?! This dude is amazing

[@goldmonkey77]

I really don't think Park Taehwan gave up. What he achieved in London 2012 was not bad at all. Silver medal with 3:42.06. No matter how good an athlete is, his peak time will be over.

[@wesw7241]

@Park He's 32. He is over.

[@kainobre831]

What beautiful stroke technique by Sun Yang.

[@sethaldrich6902]

What about the drugs?

[@BWong1234]

Absolutely fantastic and beautiful strokes.... just awesome. My hat off to Sun Yang.

[@jonathanng138]

Until he got caught doping

[@BWong1234]

@@jonathanng138 Remember IOC and its doping enforcement agency are wholly run supremacist whites.

[@Ryanoconnor111]

@@jonathanng138 loool

[@sethaldrich6902]

What about the drugs?

[@aerovespr]

​@@sethaldrich6902 Drugs don't give you a smooth, balanced, energy-efficient stroke lolol

[@adrukker]

Sun Yang's strong is absolutely beautiful, a perfect distance swimmer.

[@AMilo-qm4ed]

banned because he/his security had smashed his own specimen viles of blood....and another time banned as well.....he needs to be banned forever.....big cheat.....they are trying to clean up this sport......he has anger mgmt issues too... read up on him....

[@sethaldrich6902]

beautiful drugs too

[@BeachBoytwo1two]

Who's here after the ban?

[@SaurabhKumar-ky4em]

what ban

[@itsmist46]

@@SaurabhKumar-ky4em The 8 year ban

[@albertwilkes4858]

He deserved it.

[@Anthony6192Oz]

@@albertwilkes4858 lol rekt ban overturned

[@Anthony6192Oz]

@Pin Bender stay mad 😁

[@skillhhy8707]

There’s 0 evident of him cheating, his results were all official and excuses were to be made on each of the two test failures. People are saying that he is a cheater with no evidence, just to save face and find reasons for their own athlete’s’ bad performance. Sun was one of the most tested athletes and it’s clear that its impossible to cheat on any world level competition. Sun Yang is the second most decorated swimmer of all time according to individual world titles, and he is the best freestyler in history. Maybe his personal behavior is not the greatest, but everyone should definitely be looking up to his swimming skills.

[@sethaldrich6902]

There is a mountain of evidence, lol. Even with the drugs he's not the best freestyler

[@marcocorrea5142]

Whether he doped or not, anyone who knows anything about swimming cannot deny that his technique is the closest thing to perfection which has inspired many swimmers to copy

[@goldmonkey77]

Sun Yang's 3:40.17 is the fastest record of swimming wearing no full body cover suit. Ian Thorpe wore a full body cover swimming suit when he swam at 3:40.08.

[@sethaldrich6902]

What about the drugs?

[@yonggeun4222]

3:40.14*

[@K4evermes]

Even though i wanted Taehwan to win but it was a really good swim between Sun YAng and Taehwan and i must say, they both are damn good!

[@sethaldrich6902]

What about the drugs?

[@shaquilleoatmeal8100]

And now he’s banned

[@user-mf6yj3xb5v]

Park Taehwan 's storoke is most beautiful and ideal. from Japan

[@Quinleyy]

I'm 9 and I for 200 IM I swim 3:47 and I actually felt proud, like REALLY PROUD because I could go to allimar ( idk how to spell ) but now seeing these guys... yeah

[@avocatious6402]

Great race by Sun Yang. Bad finish though, I feel like he could have got the World Record if he had finished properly

[@sethaldrich6902]

Needed More drugs

[@ChineseHistorian2022]

don't worry, he left the WR there so he can break it next year! Plus, his 14:31 performance from the 1500m is out of this world! No one else has yet to break 14:37!

[@sanjeevk1024]

Drug cheat!!

[@sethaldrich6902]

Nope, he got caught doping

[@jwang2879]

@@sethaldrich6902 yeah, I mean this guy wont have known 10 years ago...

[@goldmonkey77]

I think Sun Yang's 3:40.14 without wearing x-glide is superior to Biedermann's WR 3:40.7 while he wearing x-glide.

[@sethaldrich6902]

But he was drugged

[@Mike-bc7xv]

ban was for breach of protocol, not for doping@@sethaldrich6902

[@vr1717]

he is THE KING, he is THE NEW WORLD

[@sethaldrich6902]

King of drugs

[@FranzTraininand]

This is what you get when you add chinese dedication with genetic height

[@Disconnectx]

"genetic hight".... yeah. sure :D

[@mongolalphamale5134]

Alexander Klingebiel

[@andrewz3613]

Alexander Klingebiel esp ppl from the northern part of China, just wait for another 10-20 yrs you ll see why thats the case.... dont forget China is still a developing country, you cant really judge their 'genetic height' until they get the same level of nutritions as to the west...

[@dingwon]

Andrew z china is so huge you have basicly every body type ever :D

[@ManHeyuan]

They also have 'exotic' ethnicity in their Western and Northern regions. And yes, even body types typical of Caucasians. :)

[@domomo19]

wow good job guy !! he was sooooo close to beating the World record but gold is still gold

[@sethaldrich6902]

Amazing drugs too

[@kennyleidner1304]

Sun Yang with a 1:50 and a 1:49, what is wrong with him? simply the best athlete in the world right now.

[@Gerhard2770]

Aged like sour milk.

[@sethaldrich6902]

Best drugs too

[@pandaismybuddy9150]

As a Chinese,I am so proud of you--Sun yang.

[@ryufireblade]

Are you proud of him cheating by doping?

[@francisyang4718]

@@ryufireblade no, but at the time of this swim he did not test positive. Doping is very very very bad and disappointing, but it doesn't take all he's achieved away at all

[@Elitial]

Awesome SunYang the GOAT!

[@sethaldrich6902]

GOAT drug user too

[@TDemonHunter]

Sun yang has to be one of my heroes now

[@sethaldrich6902]

Bc he took drugs?

[@jolieta5677]

He has great strokes and I just love him and can I mention how handsome he is😍

[@rezabakhshi]

He is not!!

[@sethaldrich6902]

Bc he takes drugs

[@dfisdjnjcsjsjn]

That's true, lezaks relay leg is pretty unmatchable and he never duplicated it. It says Sun is capable of it though We'll see in time.

[@sethaldrich6902]

drugs make anything possible

[@qing4249]

Go Sun Yang !

[@jonathanng138]

Sun Yang was dope

[@Satisfying__Asmr87]

Literal

[@walkispacheco88]

Thorpe is still the WR holder, that's amazing! (Don't come here to talk about Bierdermann, please.)

[@lor22289]

Walkis Pacheco Totally agree. Bierdermann was wearing a supercostume and got only 1 cent less than Thorpe LOL

[@hmkls2542]

Walkis Pacheco Thorpe had full body skin suit. Without it he wouldn't be able to go under 3:42.

[@walkispacheco88]

Hmkls Did not know it was a "seal" suit. I read there were studies which showed that swimmers would go faster without the Thrope suit than with it.

[@hmkls2542]

Walkis Pacheco The suit was SPECIFICALLY made for Thorpe by Adidas. It fitted his body perfectly, but would sit all sorts of wrong on others. So of course another swimmer won't benefit from it. The suit was water repellent, and therefore a lot faster. At least a couple of seconds in a 400m race, maybe even more..

[@walkispacheco88]

Hmkls OK.

[@baghog5237]

Sun Yang is best swimmer!

[@sethaldrich6902]

Best at drugs too

[@theterminator308]

3.40.08 vs 3.40.14 1.44.06 vs 1.44,93 Sun Yang is now a great swimmer but Thorpedo is legend

[@sylvainguinepain5624]

And Ian Thorpe was clean. Sun Yang has been caught doping too many times and is now suspended.

[@mochi9043]

Korea and China fans are pretty commuted the flags and everything

[@simonmeuller9103]

I like that he got band for this race

[@Jeremy_Y]

I like how you misspelled banned ;)

[@356379783]

I keep hearing Taiwan, it makes me think the Korean guy is from taiwan.

[@johnmar1622]

PARK TAEHWAN need to listen carefully

[@ranishka7155]

winners never quit, quitters never win

[@행호할캥홍]

Park is amazing 👏

[@TellYourStory.]

Who is here after the trial?

[@l3v3lupg4ming9]

Lol that man dead

[@hollybabababa6878]

@@l3v3lupg4ming9 how

[@MsThezoey]

@@hollybabababa6878 He's banned for 8 years

[@xwah5016]

He walked out so swag OML 1:45

[@holdenmcgroin8917]

Can't beat Huawei, ban them; can't beat Sun, ban him. Same logic

[@EvaExplores-x2x]

Same with ping pong except they can't find any excuses so they keep changing rules.

[@ryufireblade]

Huawei is banned for illegal economic practices and intellectual property theft. Sun was banned for doping. You cheat, you get banned. Those are the rules.

[@holdenmcgroin8917]

@@ryufireblade Sure, you can always find excuses to punish an adversary.

[@ryufireblade]

@@holdenmcgroin8917 Rules are rules, there's no excuse for cheaters.

[@stacypaul1328]

I love swimming I'm going in the Olympic swimming when I'm oldest

[@cheekeenivanchiu7329]

sun yang take some freak medicine 💊

[@yangyangxu1601]

China!!!!!SunYang! You are king!

[@no-mk7il]

@@caampb3ll yeah sun yang definitely did that didn't he

[@khacthinhnguyen17]

King of drug

[@jimbendtsen8841]

King of the dopers.

[@ryufireblade]

The king of doping

[@anzacr7169]

@@khacthinhnguyen17 u each earned a dislike

[@footballgeek16]

Sun Yang my boy!!! Work hard play hard

[@sethaldrich6902]

drug hard too

[@jaychow3208]

All chinese, including overseas chinese all around the world, are proud of you. 加油！

[@sethaldrich6902]

Proud of drugs too

[@kittencat1983]

he is the legend in China swimming history!

[@jonathanng138]

Lagend in doping

[@AMilo-qm4ed]

a bigtime cheating doping POS ....he even smashed the blood vials that the regulators were trying to get from him... ban him forever....

[@alwaysinmymind181]

Sure, He is the legend in doping

[@sethaldrich6902]

legendary drugs too

[@lionelmenam7380]

sun tu es le meilleur

[@randomchannel-px6ho]

Beidermann actually negative split in his world record... wow

[@marcoguadagno4384]

Biedermann was wearing a polyurethane suit so...

[@bolorkhuu_d]

@@marcoguadagno4384 it was legit at that time

[@Aakos94]

what a strong field. sun yang is a badass

[@sethaldrich6902]

badass drug user too

[@jgroh2001]

If Park didn't get into trouble during the 400m heats, he might have got a better consequences.

[@ibrahimtheking5320]

Respect

[@Appleguy80]

Sun Yang should be strip of medal here.

[@StenzMcMelon]

Tae Hwan looks cool here.... At least he's in top 3 in this olympic... Nice... (y)

[@hseojeon]

GUESS WHO IS FREE??!?! THE KING IS BACK! SUN YANG!!

[@sethaldrich6902]

KING of drugs

[@myeverymusic]

Look at how he dives into the water..he is a fish literally!

[@mannyrivas3054]

Mannnnnnn he was ssssssssoooooooo close to Biedermann's world record!!!!!!!!

[@sethaldrich6902]

Bc drugs

[@DiedaraUchiha]

PARK TAEHWAN FOR THE WINNNNNN

[@alyormakhsimov7863]

8 year ban

[@ve7yan]

Damn, blown finishing touch

[@ManuelVGils]

sun yang too good!

[@mwangikimani3970]

Thorpe had a hydro-dynamic full body suit, a huge technological advantage. Without the technology I don't thing he would beat Sun Yang.

[@sethaldrich6902]

Sun had drugs

[@moveaxebx]

Swim Young is the best!

[@sethaldrich6902]

Bc drugs

[@ODX_Animation]

Probably means less-televised events (in terms of the US's broadcasting). Things like weightlifting, judo, air shooting (which I seriously don't get but okay) and other "minor" events that just aren't as highly known or popularized.

[@yazhouyang9607]

Both Sun and Park are great, asian speed

[@theterminator308]

Ian Thorpe set 3:40:08 in 2002 commonwealth games. 2000 OR 3:40:59 is totally correct

[@sewerrat4714]

I'm still a kid but Sun Yang is like my inspiration cause I'm a swimmer too!😁🙂☺️

[@sethaldrich6902]

inspired you to use drugs too

[@themiraclefate]

Sun yang is definitely a strong swimmer, but props to Taewon too, he is only just 6 feet tall

[@kingof02]

Proud of my homeland korea

[@ZKZ123]

Korea sucks!

[@kingof02]

+ECBanker You're an idiot

[@ZKZ123]

sang woo Jin No, you're the real idiot here with your Chinese copied Taichi flag and language

[@kingof02]

+ECBanker Sorry inability English But I know you fool.

[@joycekim6148]

The real idiot is urself!! You started this fight so... look who the real idiot is

[@taxela]

I alwyas want to watch sun vs phelps

[@tuphanhuutu8284]

sun yang dopin

[@napoleonrodolfoporfiriotel7245]

Es una maquina, impresionante 👏

[@williamleeemail]

sun yang is good

[@sethaldrich6902]

Bc drugs

[@501151767]

Actually it might have helped him avoid oxygen debt during the turns, therefore making his endurance better.

[@daniekz7929]

He was a cheater, he's banned.

[@xia8696]

yea but not in 2012

[@insanehum987]

Nope he's framed

[@juanmendoza6802]

Grande Sun Yang

[@theterminator308]

at least in 200m freestyle, I still rate Park higher than Sun

[@libin6492]

U are the best 👍

[@MensVersion]

Congratulations Yao Ming!

[@moonbearbriarbramble8994]

Lmao...

[@jimmyyu6734]

+Guy Forget Lmao, thx Bieber

[@johnylopez]

Sung us Thorpe 400 would had been an amazing duel

[@cooldumpy7913]

sun yang can't go 3:41 in a brief and with inferior blocks tho

[@yjylove]

Park Taehwan is so handsome~~

[@johnlee1499]

Wow how ironic, like the time and it show Sun Yang!!!

[@JuliannaLapuz-j2n]

he had a doping violation in think

[@kevinwyf2008]

No, he just refused to give the urine sample to the staff during the off-court doping test because some of the testing staff didn't have the ID or something like that. But he is totally clean.

[@MisterYim]

starts @ 3:45

[@griffingushman1077]

I would have laughed so hard if he broke Biedermann's world record.

[@ManHeyuan]

He had a real chance were he to reach out his hand for one more stroke. :)

[@QiuyuanChenRyan916]

Come on, how old was him. 20 I say, lets count to 4 years later or even two years later. He definitely has the chance to beat the WR.

[@closed8786]

You know, maybe he could. Maybe he just knew that he was the first one anyways, so he went easy on himself a little bit before the goal.

[@Shinoda908]

I really hope he (or someone else) break's Biedermann's record. As far as I'm concerned, Biedermann breaking Thorpe's long-standing WR in this event was proof that the supersuits were far too much of a nuisance for the sport. I don't think Biedermann's come anywhere close to 3:40 since, he didn't even make this final.

[@NoName-mf1un]

one thing I notice is their kicks are not continuous. Why? it looks more like they flutter to keep momentum in the static parts of their pulls. Is this true? Or is it to conserve energy until the pace gets picked up?

[@robertos170]

Super doped

[@alyssahain]

starts at 3:40

[@David-dl3vj]

Memories of the East Germans in the 1960s , 70s

[@Shane_2022]

Sun Yang, Number 1 !!!!!!!!!!!

[@sethaldrich6902]

Number 1 druggy

[@SwetPotato]

it's funny when they showed up with headphones.,.

[@xusongdu9418]

Lol, Sun Yang said that his headphones weren't even attached to an mp3 player. He was just wearing them to fit in with the rest of the guys!

[@二牛向神]

LOL, that's a good one!!

[@iamandywu]

such a pity missing the WR