After the 32-year-old Sun Yang decided to return to the competition and participate in the National Summer Swimming Championships, netizens are also looking forward to his comeback and what kind of performance he can show. On August 20, Beijing time, insiders revealed that Sun Yang would only participate in the 400-meter freestyle in this competition, which also reflected Sun Yang's cautious and serious attitude towards his comeback.
As the world's champion in long-distance freestyle, Sun Yang has won Olympic gold medals in the 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle. But as he gets older, Sun Yang will definitely not be able to swim in long-distance events such as 1500 meters and 800 meters, and the short-distance 100 meters and 50 meters have never been Sun Yang's strong point. At his peak, he would not try, and Sun Yang was even less likely to take risks at this stage.
Because of this, Sun Yang's focus will be on the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle events after his comeback. Although the 200-meter self-fight can be a battle, but not as big as the 400-meter grasp, in the end Sun Yang decided to save his physical strength to "finish his work", and only participated in the 400-meter self-event in this competition.
In this regard, Yang Hua also analyzed: "Netizens say that as long as Sun Yang appears on the field, it will be a victory, and they don't care about the comeback debut, in fact, if you swim really poorly, you will definitely be sprayed, Sun Yang's team is not stupid, this is a key battle." ”
Although he has been away from the competition for four and a half years due to a ban, Sun Yang is still very competitive in the 200m freestyle and 400m freestyle. Especially in the 200-meter distance, Sun Yang still belongs to the range of top and first-class players in China. Of course, this needs to be tested by an official competition. Since he will not be able to participate in international competitions in a short period of time, domestic competitions will become a litmus test for Sun Yang.
If Sun Yang can maintain his competitive form, he will most likely represent the Zhejiang team in next year's Greater Bay Area National Games. This will also be Sun Yang's return to the National Games stage after 8 years. I believe that many Chinese swimming fans can't wait to see Sun Yang and Pan Zhanle join forces to help the Zhejiang team dominate the domestic men's freestyle.