What do you think of Sun Yang’s career 100 gold medals in 2017?

On August 31, 2017, in the 400-meter freestyle final of the 13th Tianjin National Games, Sun Yang won the 100th gold medal in his personal swimming career! From an unknown youngster to the king of Freestyle, from the first brilliance to the peak of glory; winning three consecutive 400-meter freestyle titles at the World Championships, breaking the Asian record for the 200-meter title; winning 6 gold medals at the National Games and entering the 100-gold era. The unremitting efforts and pursuit along the way have created a legend in the Chinese swimming world.

The swimming competition of the 13th Tianjin National Games kicked off. In the men's 400-meter freestyle final, Sun Yang performed well and won the gold medal with a time of 3:41.94. He successfully defended his title. This was his first gold medal in this National Games and the 100th gold medal in his personal swimming career. Shandong player Ji Xinjie won the silver medal in 3 minutes, 47.52 seconds, and Shanghai player Qiu Ziao won the bronze medal in 3 minutes, 49.52 seconds.

Sun Yang is the first Grand Slam athlete in the world to have won world championships in 200, 400, 800 and 1500 meters freestyle. He has won 12 gold medals in individual events at the World Championships and Olympic Games. This number is the second in the world in the history of swimming (second only to the swimming legend Phelps), and is well deserved to be the first in Asia and the first in China. It is precisely because of Sun Yang's outstanding performance that he even changed the world's swimming power map, which in turn led to unprecedented attention from the Chinese people to the sport of swimming.

Looking at the history of Chinese sports, there are only a handful of people who can change a sport like Sun Yang - such as Liu Xiang in track and field, Li Na in tennis... Not long ago During the just-concluded World Swimming Championships.

"Sports Weekly" once published a comment, bluntly stating that Sun Yang is the number one person in Chinese sports. His value to Chinese sports should be fully affirmed, and his impact on Chinese sports deserves in-depth study and summary:

Sun Yang is undoubtedly the brightest business card in the current Chinese sports world, but he seems to be a little behind the absolute dominance of superstars like Yao Ming and Liu Xiang. Of course, his excellence is unquestionable and he is the most shining golden brand in Chinese sports at the moment. ”