Yu Zidi, Pan Zhanle and Zhang Zhangshuo win gold at swimming championships
At the 2026 National Swimming Championships (25-meter) held at the Beijing National Aquatics Center, 14-year-old swimmer Yu Zidi secured two gold titles on October 25, while Pan Zhanle won the men’s 100-meter freestyle final after a late-race surge, app.xinhuanet.com reported.
Pan Zhanle Wins Men's 100-Meter Freestyle Gold
Representing Zhejiang, Pan Zhanle captured the men’s 100-meter freestyle gold with a time of 46 seconds 20, overcoming a deficit in the final 25 meters. According to app.xinhuanet.com, Guangdong competitor Chen Juner claimed the silver medal in 46 seconds 75, while Fujian’s Liu Wudi finished third at 47 seconds 12. Sohu.com noted that Pan entered the final ranked second behind Chen after the semifinal round. Pan stated after the race that he remains in a recovery phase following the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and felt physical pressure from strong opponents.
In the women’s 200-meter butterfly, Hebei’s Yu Zidi won a tight race with a time of 2 minutes 03 seconds 97. Shanghai entrant Zhou Huiran finished just 0.09 seconds behind to take silver, and Fujian’s Chen Luying placed third in 2:05.22, app.xinhuanet.com reported. Yu later teamed with Li Bingjie, Ma Yonghui, and Zhang Jingyan to win the women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay for Hebei in 7 minutes 37 seconds 65. Yu remarked that she plans to refine her turn mechanics and underwater kicking before competitions in late December.
Distance and Breaststroke Final Standings
Shandong representative Zhang Zhangshuo won the men’s 400-meter freestyle in 3 minutes 35 seconds 45, leading the field by a wide margin as noted by sohu.com. He Yushuguang of Shandong took silver in 3:40.56, and He Yubo of Hebei earned bronze in 3:40.64. Zhang stated that his turns and pacing require improvement ahead of the world championships. In the men’s 100-meter breaststroke, Shanghai’s Zheng Yinghao touched first in 56 seconds 45, ahead of Jiangsu’s Dong Zhihao at 56.55, with Shandong’s Wang Junteng taking third in 57.18 while setting a national youth record.
Shanghai’s Tang Qiantang won the women’s 100-meter breaststroke in 1 minute 02 seconds 79, leading from start to finish. Tang stated that she aims to target the world record in December and needs to improve her performance over the final 20 meters. Additional results included Huang Zhiwei winning the men’s 200-meter butterfly in 1:51.73 for Hunan, and Luo Mingyu taking the women’s 100-meter freestyle in 52.52 for Chongqing. Meanwhile, Wang Shun competed in the men’s 100-meter individual medley semifinal, advancing with a time of 52 seconds 95, though sohu.com reported that he bypassed his primary 200-meter individual medley event due to a lack of recent systematic training.
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