FreeStyle 800m

800m FreeStyle Record
Sun Yang   is a Chinese Olympic and    distance swimmer. He swam for China at the  . At the  , he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an  ; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year at the 2010  Sports Awards. At the 2011 World Championships, Sun broke the world record in the 1500 metre freestyle, set by    in 2001 and the longest-held world record in swimming at the time it was broken,  and the only men's swimming record to not have been beaten during the   era. He won the 400 m and 1500 m freestyle at the  , becoming the first Chinese man ever to win an Olympic    in swimming. At the 2012 Olympics, he was one of two male swimmers to win two individual titles, the other being <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">.

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