Olympic champion Pan crashes out in heats in Singapore, finishing 22nd fastest
Pan Zhanle of China said he was “not sure what happened” after crashing out in the heats of the 200 metres freestyle at swimming’s world championships in Singapore on Monday.
Pan, the 100m freestyle Olympic champion and world record holder, finished only 22nd fastest in one minute, 47.46 seconds to miss out on the top 16 who qualify for the semi-finals.
“I felt OK yesterday but today’s swim felt completely different,” said Pan, whose time was way outside his 200m best of 1:44.65.
“I’ll have to keep working hard and make adjustments. I’m not sure what happened and I’m not happy with this time.”
