Paris Olympics: China's Pan Zhanle breaks own world record to win men's 100-m freestyle gold
Paris 2024 Wednesday wrap. China's Pan Zhanle broke his own world record, finishing in 46.40 seconds ahead of Australia's Kyle Chalmers and Romania's David Popovici.
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00:0019-year-old swimmer Pan Zhanle from China has broken his own 100-meter freestyle world
00:10record by finishing in 46.40 seconds.
00:16His victory keeps China on top of the medal table with nine golds.
00:24The hosts are stably in the medal table top spots.
00:28Most of the credit goes to swimming prodigy Léon Marchand, who won his second Paris 2024
00:36gold medal in the men's 200-meter butterfly final.
00:41In tennis, Novak Djokovic beat Germany's Dominic Köpfer to earn a spot in the men's singles
00:48quarter-finals.
00:49Spain's Rafa Nadal ended his Olympic campaign with a defeat in the men's doubles, as he
00:56and Carlos Alcaraz lost to the US.
00:59A happy story from shooting, Guatemala won their first-ever gold medal at the Olympics
01:06with Adriana Ruano.
01:08Ruano started her career as a gymnast, but after damaging six vertebrae at 16, she switched
01:17to shooting.
01:18In Wednesday's final, she set the Olympic record in the women's trap.