Swimming

Athletes on The Medalist Index in swimming — briefed for readers who care how Asia shapes the global game.

Pan Zhanle
China
World-record 100 freestyle Olympic champion — China’s sprint freestyle face for the LA28 cycle, now proving the post-Paris climb is the harder race.
Torri Huske
United States / Chinese American
Chinese American Olympic champion in the 100 butterfly — Arlington to Stanford to Paris gold after missing Tokyo by a hundredth.