No. 4

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang won the men's 1,500m freestyle gold medal in a world record time at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai in July. Sun clocked a winning time of 14:34.14, beating the previous world record of 14:34.56 set by Australian Grant Hackett on July 29, 2001. Chinese divers also dominated the pool by sweeping all the 10 diving gold medals on offer at the championships.

Sun  Yang of China celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 800m Freestyle Final during the FINA Swimming World Championships in Shanghai, China, 27 July 2011.