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On the morning of August 25th, Beijing time, at the 2024 National Summer Swimming Championships held in Hefei, Sun Yang swam a time of 3 minutes 54.98 seconds in the men's 400m freestyle preliminaries and successfully advanced with the second place in the preliminaries.

This was Sun Yang's first competition after the end of his suspension on May 28, and it was no surprise that he became the focus of attention in this event.

Sun Yang choked up with emotion during the post-match interview.

"(The competition) is a very familiar feeling, and I am also a little bit nervous and anxious. I haven't had this feeling for a long time." Talking about the preliminaries that just ended, Sun Yang told reporters frankly.

As for his preliminary results, he said they were within expectations. "The quality is about what I expected. Before I came here, my coach also hoped that I could just meet the standards. The main thing is to feel and enjoy the competition."

Talking about his feelings of returning to the competition after such a long absence, Sun Yang's words revealed a kind of open-mindedness, "All athletes will experience failures, and there will be successes as well as failures. Regrets will highlight (the value of success)."

“I didn’t have a long time to recover and prepare, so I’m very happy to have achieved this result today. In addition, I didn’t have good support in the past four years. Treatment, training, injuries… all these require an adjustment period, and I need to overcome many things by myself.”

For Sun Yang, the past few years have undoubtedly been difficult, but he finally chose to make a comeback. When asked by reporters about his family's support during this period, Sun Yang couldn't help but choke up with emotion, "It is more because of the support of my family that I have been able to persevere to this day."

"I will go all out in the final and show my best efforts, not only for myself, but also for the many audiences who come to watch my game. I will do my best for them."

According to the competition schedule, the men's 400m freestyle final will be held on the evening of the 25th.