Xinhua News Agency, Shenzhen, May 17 (Reporters Gao Meng and Wang Haoming) On the 17th, the 2025 National Swimming Championship started in Shenzhen, with a total of 4 finals being held on the same day. Among them, Pan Zhanle and Li Bingjie won the men's 400m freestyle and women's 400m freestyle championships respectively, and the Zhejiang team won the men's and women's 4X100m freestyle relay championships.
On May 17, Zhejiang team player Pan Zhanle celebrated after the men's 400m freestyle final. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xia Yifang
The men's 400m freestyle final, which was first held, attracted much attention because of the same competition between "veteran" Sun Yang and "new star" Pan Zhanle. In this game, Pan Zhanle won the championship with a time of 3 minutes, 45 seconds, 34, and set a new personal best. Fei Liwei won the runner-up with 3 minutes, 45 seconds, 57, while Sun Yang won the third place with 3 minutes, 47 seconds 53.
After the game, Pan Zhanle said: "I am under a lot of pressure in this game. They are all very strong opponents on the side, but I think the results are not very good compared to the world's leading players, so I still have to continue working hard."
On May 17, Zhejiang team player Sun Yang (right) and teammate Pan Zhanle congratulated each other at the men's 400m freestyle award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xia Yifang
Sun Yang shook hands with Pan Zhanle in the mixed-cai area to celebrate, and said: "I'm very happy. This result is better than during the Spring Championship. I think it's good to have such a picture. Old and new are together. This is also the reason why China's swimming heritage can be better ()."
In the women's freestyle 400m final, Li Bingjie broke through the 4-minute mark and won the Asian record with 3 minutes 59 seconds 99. Pett Yang and Yaxin Liu won the runner-up and third place with 4 minutes, 02 seconds, 53 and 4 minutes, 02 seconds, 57 respectively. Both of them set new personal best results in this game.
