Chinese swimming star Fan Zhanle (20), who won the gold medal in the men’s 100m freestyle at the 2024 Paris Olympics by setting a new world record, suddenly disbanded his fan club despite his increasing popularity.
The Hong Kong South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on the 16th, “Pan Zhanle suddenly disbanded her only official fan club on the Chinese social networking service (SNS) Weibo on the 12th. The news garnered a lot of attention, recording 250 million views.”
The fan club was created in 2021, when Panzanler’s name was relatively unknown, and has been run by him himself.
The fan club, which was originally made up of people who really love swimming, saw a surge in new members as Pan Zhanler became famous. The SCMP reported that Pan Zhanler felt uncomfortable about this.
Panzanler added that the exact number of followers was not disclosed when the fan club was disbanded.
In an interview with China’s CCTV, Pan Zhan-le pointed out the fickleness of his fans, saying that when he does well, they flock outside his hotel to get his autograph, but when he does poorly, they do not.
“Achievements are made through step-by-step training. When my grades were bad, they didn’t come to me. But now they do,” he said. “It’s very strange and awkward. I want to stay quiet and enjoy peace and quiet.”
Many Chinese fans praised Pan Zhanle for being cool-headed. One netizen even commented, “Pan Zhanle has matured through the Paris Olympics. She has the potential to achieve greater things.”
Pan Zhanler won the gold medal in the men’s 100m freestyle final at the Paris Olympics on the 1st, setting a new world record of 46.40 seconds. He broke the previous world record of 46.80 seconds, which he set when he first entered the 400m relay at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha in February this year, by 0.4 seconds.
He made his mark as the first athlete to win a gold medal in the men’s 100m freestyle at the Olympics in 92 years since Yasuji Miyazaki (Japan) in 1932.
Pan Zhanle, who entered the men’s 400m medley relay, led China to a gold medal, becoming a two-time champion.
In the five days since Pan Zhanler won gold in the 100m freestyle, his Douyin SNS account gained 1 million followers.
The SCMP explained, “Pan Zhan-ler’s popularity has grown not by being underwater, but by standing up against harmful fan culture.”
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