Birthday boy Pan Zhanle swims 45.92s to help China win men's 4x100 medley relay｜Paris 2024｜Olympics

China rallied past the United States to clinch its first men's 4x100m medley relay Olympic gold on the last competition day of swimming at Paris 2024 on Sunday. Chinese quartet of Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun and Pan Zhanle claimed the men's 4x100m medley relay gold in three minutes, 27.46 seconds, more than half a second ahead of the U.S. team of Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Caeleb Dressel and Hunter Armstrong. The result broke the United States' run of 10 successive gold medals in this event dating back to the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. Pan, who celebrated his 20th birthday on Sunday, claimed a second gold in Paris to go with his 100m freestyle triumph. Pan's time of 45.92 represents one of the fastest 100m freestyle splits in history while Qin also clocked a stunning 57.98 to out-swim French hero Leon Marchand in the breaststroke leg.