In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Sun Yang participated in the men's 400m freestyle and the men's1500m freestyle, and participated in the men's 4x200 freestyle relay race with his teammates. Sun Yang reached the final in the men's 1500m freestyle and finished eighth with15: 05 12. This is the first time that Sun Yang has participated in the Olympic Games, and it is also the first time that he has reached the finals in the world series.
At the 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Sun Yang was eliminated in the men's 400m freestyle preliminaries, but later won the bronze medal in the men's1500m freestyle final with a score of 14 minutes 46.84 seconds, which was Sun Yang's first medal in the world series.
20 10 Sun Yang won two silver medals in the men's 200m freestyle and the men's 400m freestyle at the Guangzhou Asian Games. In the men's 4x200 freestyle relay final, Sun Yang won the championship with the cooperation of his teammates and won the first gold medal of the Asian Games for himself. At the same time, he helped China break the 56-year-old Japanese monopoly on the event and won the gold medal in the men's swimming relay at the Asian Games for the first time.
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20 1 1 In August, Sun Yang, as the torchbearer for the opening ceremony of the 26th Summer Universiade, passed the fourth torch.
20 14,10 In June, Sun Yang participated in the torch relay of the 15th Zhejiang Sports Meeting. As the main torchbearer, Sun walked out of the stadium with the torch in his hand and set foot on a covered boat to move at a constant speed. The ship leaves slowly and approaches the main torch tower in about 1 minute. Sun Yang stood on the wupeng boat and instantly lit the flame on the main torch platform.
On September 2018 16, Sun Yang attended the 16th Sports Meeting of Zhejiang Province and lit the flame of the Provincial Games as the main torchbearer. This is the second time that Sun Yang has served as the main torchbearer of the provincial games. Sun Yang was the first person to light the main torch at the opening ceremony of two consecutive provincial games.