Still need to be restored! Sun Yang's winning time was nearly 8 seconds slower than the Paris Olympic champion and more than 5 seconds slower than Fei Liwei

In the men's 400-meter freestyle final of the National Summer Swimming Championships that ended on the evening of August 25, Beijing time, 32-year-old star Sun Yang ranked first with a time of 3:49.58. Sun Yang easily won the championship in the first event he participated in after his comeback.

In the morning preliminaries, Sun Yang swam 3:54.98 and entered the final as the second overall, but it can be seen from the lack of leg power in the final sprint that Sun Yang had reservations in the preliminaries.

In the final, Sun Yang, who was in lane 5, started behind, but had risen to second place in the 200 meters. After 250 meters, Sun Yang rose to first place and finally maintained the advantage until the end, Sun Yang won the championship with a time of 3:49.58. Compared with the preliminaries, it has been improved by nearly 5 seconds.

Of course, Sun Yang's current results are still far from the world's top level. In the men's 400m freestyle competition at the previous Paris Olympics, the champion Germany Martens scored 3:41.78, and Sun Yang's current time is nearly 8 seconds slower. China's current best 400m athlete Fei Liwei has a time of 3:44.24 at the Olympics, which is also 5 seconds faster than Sun Yang. But considering that this is Sun Yang's first time participating in the competition after a comeback after four and a half years, it is indeed rare to win the championship and achieve such a result.

Although he is no longer at his peak, he deserves everyone's applause to see the 32-year-old Sun Yang return to swimming, stick to his dream and continue to challenge himself.