How strong is Sun Yang, a prodigy who is said to be a rare genius in swimming?

Sun Yang is a swimming wizard. He is the only athlete in our country who has won gold medals in three different swimming events at the Olympics. In addition, Sun Yang also broke Hackett's world record, which is the only world record that has "survived" in the era of fast swimsuits. Sun Yang currently has 3 individual gold medals in the Olympic Games and 7 individual gold medals in the World Championships. His total of 10 gold medals is tied with the American backstroke star Persol, and second only to the two great American kings Phelps and Ronaldo. Chet, ranked third in history.

In the past three World Championships, Sun Yang has won 7 golds and 1 silver in 9 races of 400 meters, 800 meters and 1500 meters. At this point, Sun Yang even slightly surpassed his own. Idol Hackett, the latter achieved 6 gold medals and 3 silver medals in these three events at the three world championships from 2001 to 2005. Compared with Hackett, Sun Yang’s advantage is reflected in his performance in relatively shorter distances. . In addition to Hackett, others who have won 9 world championships include Popov, one of the best short distance freestylers in history, and Australian "Flying Fish" Thorpe.

Sun Yang participated in the 12th Melbourne World Swimming Championships in 2007. It was his first time participating in an international competition. When he just debuted, he only ranked 32nd in the 400-meter freestyle competition. But at that time he was just a 16-year-old young player. At the Beijing Olympics the following year, Sun Yang began to show his talent. In the 1500-meter freestyle competition, Sun Yang entered the finals for the first time.

Sun Yang has 12 world gold medals, second only to Phelps, ranking second in world swimming history. The winner of the World Championship MVP in 2013 and 2015 is also the second person in history after Phelps. Now that Phelps has retired, it is no exaggeration to say that Sun Yang is now the number one swimmer in the world!