World record-holder Pan Zhanle swam a storming final leg to hand China gold in the men's Olympic 4x100m medley relay Sunday ahead of the United States and France.
The Chinese team of Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun and Pan touched in 3min 27.46sec with the Americans second in 3:28.01.
France came home third in 3:28.38, with superstar Leon Marchand adding a bronze medal to his four gold in Paris.
Xu, the 100m backstroke silver medallist, gave China the lead after the opening leg, with Qin ensuring they also turned first after the breaststroke.
But France came surging back, thanks to a sizzling butterfly leg from Maxime Grousset, before Pan swam an incredible 45.92 in the freestyle to bring it home for China.
