China's state media, athletes, and netizens have rallied to support Olympic swimming champion Pan Zhanle after critics, including an Australian swim commentator, criticized his 100 metres freestyle world record swim. Pan smashed his own record, shaving 0.40 seconds off the previous mark, to take China's first swimming gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games. He completed 21 doping test programs prior to and during the games with zero positive results.
