Pan Zhanle can't repeat Olympic relay victory over US – but Yu Zidi, 12, has medal chance
But on Sunday morning in Singapore, a repeat proved beyond a team that included Pan and China's other leading light, Qin Haiyang, who was also in that Paris quartet and had collected two gold medals and one bronze
in his breaststroke events at this meet.
Pan, Qin, Wang Shun and Xu Fang were only ninth fastest in the heats, from which eight qualified, as they clocked three minutes, 32.69 seconds – behind South Korea and more than five seconds slower than their Paris time.
China's quartet look downcast after their 4x100m medley relay heat on Sunday. Photo: AP
Australia, who were 11th, missed out too, while the United States quartet qualified fastest for the final in 3:29.65.
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