Sun Yang (simplified Chinese: 孙杨; traditional Chinese: 孙杨; pinyin: Sūn Yáng; born 1 December 1991 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang)[1] is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics.[2] At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year at the 2010 CCTV Sports Awards.[3] At the 2011 World Championships, Sun broke the world record in the 1500 metre freestyle, long-held by Grant Hackett and which was the longest-held world record in swimming,[4] and the only men's swimming record to not have been beaten during the techsuit era. He won gold in the 400 m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Chinese man to win an Olympic title in swimming.
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Major achievements
2006 National Winter Championships – 1st 400m/1500m free;
2006 National Marathon Swimming Tournament – 1st 10 km free;
2007 National Champions Tournament – 2nd 400m/1500m free;
2007 National Championships – 1st 1500m free;
2007 National Intercity Games – 1st 1500m free;
2008 "Good Luck Beijing" Swimming Olympic Qualification – 2nd 400m free
2008 Olympics – 28th 400m free, 8th 1500m free
2009 World Championships – 3rd 1500m free
2010 Asian Games – 1st 1500m free (Asian Record)
2011 World Aquatics Championships – 1st 1500m free (World Record), 1st 800m free, 2nd 400m free
2012 Summer Olympics – 1st 400m free (Olympic Record) [edit] Personal bests (long course)
2006 National Winter Championships – 1st 400m/1500m free;
2006 National Marathon Swimming Tournament – 1st 10 km free;
2007 National Champions Tournament – 2nd 400m/1500m free;
2007 National Championships – 1st 1500m free;
2007 National Intercity Games – 1st 1500m free;
2008 "Good Luck Beijing" Swimming Olympic Qualification – 2nd 400m free
2008 Olympics – 28th 400m free, 8th 1500m free
2009 World Championships – 3rd 1500m free
2010 Asian Games – 1st 1500m free (Asian Record)
2011 World Aquatics Championships – 1st 1500m free (World Record), 1st 800m free, 2nd 400m free
2012 Summer Olympics – 1st 400m free (Olympic Record) [edit] Personal bests (long course)
Sun Yang’s Historic Swim: Speed? Yes. Efficiency? Even More.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on August 1st, 2011 In 2002 I wrote the following, describing what was most significant about Alexandre Popov’s first Olympic gold medal ten years earlier. This passage appears on pps 58-59 of the revised version of my original Total Immersion book: From 1988 to 1992 the American swimmer Matt Biondi had a hammerlock on the title “World’s Fastest Swimmer.” Biondi was undefeated in the sprint freestyles and was more efficient than any of his rivals. For several years Alexander Popov’s coach had studied Biondi’s stroke, using it as a model for his rising star. In the final of the 50-meter freestyle in the 1992 Olympics, Popov touched first in 21.8 seconds, Biondi right behind in 22.0 seconds. What most amazed analysts was that Popov had not only beaten Biondi by a comfortable margin, he had beaten him thoroughly at Biondi’s longest suit–stroke efficiency. Popov had taken 34 strokes, Biondi 37. The time gap may have been just 1 percent, but the three-stroke difference, an efficiency gap of nearly 10 percent between the world’s two best sprinters was nearly inconceivable. It was just the beginning of a new efficiency standard. For an unheard of 10 years afterward, Popov continued to dominate the sprint events, raising the bar again and again for efficiency and speed. Had Popov simply swum as others did, moving briskly up and down the pool every day–working out–it might never have happened. He would have developed less efficient stroke habits and been just another swimmer in the pack–albeit a very good pack. Instead he was trained to practice precise technique until it became an utter habit. In breaking Grant Hackett’s 1500-meter World Record on July 31 the Chinese swimmer (coached at times by Hackett’s former coach Denis Cotterell in Australia) Sun Yang held 27 SPL for 1250 meters, took 28 SPL for the next 200m and 32 SPL on his final 50. His average of under 28 SPL demolished what had seemed a nearly untouchable efficiency standard Grant Hackett had set when he averaged 31 SPL in setting the former record. Sun’s swim was even more of a landmark accomplishment than Popov’s in 1992, because he improved on Hackett’s efficiency benchmark by nearly 13 percent. Will this lead to wider acknowledgement that stroke efficiency is the key to speed–whether the event is short or long? Possibly even a validation of TI methodology? (We would never presume to claim Sun as a “TI Swimmer” but his stroke is an absolute textbook example of TI technique.) There will always be skeptics, but if he maintains or raises his standard at the 2012 Olympics there should be little argument
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on August 1st, 2011 In 2002 I wrote the following, describing what was most significant about Alexandre Popov’s first Olympic gold medal ten years earlier. This passage appears on pps 58-59 of the revised version of my original Total Immersion book: From 1988 to 1992 the American swimmer Matt Biondi had a hammerlock on the title “World’s Fastest Swimmer.” Biondi was undefeated in the sprint freestyles and was more efficient than any of his rivals. For several years Alexander Popov’s coach had studied Biondi’s stroke, using it as a model for his rising star. In the final of the 50-meter freestyle in the 1992 Olympics, Popov touched first in 21.8 seconds, Biondi right behind in 22.0 seconds. What most amazed analysts was that Popov had not only beaten Biondi by a comfortable margin, he had beaten him thoroughly at Biondi’s longest suit–stroke efficiency. Popov had taken 34 strokes, Biondi 37. The time gap may have been just 1 percent, but the three-stroke difference, an efficiency gap of nearly 10 percent between the world’s two best sprinters was nearly inconceivable. It was just the beginning of a new efficiency standard. For an unheard of 10 years afterward, Popov continued to dominate the sprint events, raising the bar again and again for efficiency and speed. Had Popov simply swum as others did, moving briskly up and down the pool every day–working out–it might never have happened. He would have developed less efficient stroke habits and been just another swimmer in the pack–albeit a very good pack. Instead he was trained to practice precise technique until it became an utter habit. In breaking Grant Hackett’s 1500-meter World Record on July 31 the Chinese swimmer (coached at times by Hackett’s former coach Denis Cotterell in Australia) Sun Yang held 27 SPL for 1250 meters, took 28 SPL for the next 200m and 32 SPL on his final 50. His average of under 28 SPL demolished what had seemed a nearly untouchable efficiency standard Grant Hackett had set when he averaged 31 SPL in setting the former record. Sun’s swim was even more of a landmark accomplishment than Popov’s in 1992, because he improved on Hackett’s efficiency benchmark by nearly 13 percent. Will this lead to wider acknowledgement that stroke efficiency is the key to speed–whether the event is short or long? Possibly even a validation of TI methodology? (We would never presume to claim Sun as a “TI Swimmer” but his stroke is an absolute textbook example of TI technique.) There will always be skeptics, but if he maintains or raises his standard at the 2012 Olympics there should be little argument
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Sun Yang became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic swimming title by pulling away from Park Tae-hwan on the final two laps to secure the 400-meter freestyle in an Olympic record time. Then, 16-year-old Ye Shiwen smashed the world record in the women’s 400 individual medley by more than a second: all the more remarkable because she swam the last 50 meters in a faster time than the new men’s 400 I.M. champion, Ryan Lochte, swam his last 50 meters.
That is surely an Olympic first.
