Olympic Games: Kyle Chalmers hits back at 'weird' Pan Zhanle as drug cheat allegations erupt after world record win in Paris

Kyle Chalmers says it's 'weird' to beryllium accused of snubbing China's freestyle golden medallist Pan Zhanle astatine nan Paris Olympics.

The Australian collected nan metallic badge down Pan, who collapsed his ain world grounds successful nan men's 100m freestyle last connected Wednesday night.

The Chinese swimmer past claimed Chalmers had disrespected him.

'After we vanished nan 4x100m freestyle relay connected nan first day, I greeted Chalmers but he wholly ignored me,' Pan told Chinese media.

'This besides included nan US team's (Jack) Alexy. When we trained, our coach was connected nan deck, and personification did a flip move and splashed h2o straight connected nan coach.

'This behaviour seemed a spot disrespectful to us.

'But we hit each of them and collapsed nan world grounds successful specified a difficult pool.'

Chalmers was bemused by Pan's comments.

'I find it a spot weird, I gave him a fist pump earlier nan relays,' Chalmers said connected Thursday.

'And past my attraction went to my teammates and my ain racing.

'We had a laughter together astatine lukewarm down past night, but nary issues from my end.'

Chalmers has vowed to support swimming aft nan Paris Games, dismissing speculation he'll discontinue aft extending his singular grounds astatine nan Olympics.

'This is not my past individual (event), I americium not retiring immoderate clip soon,' nan 26-year-old said aft stepping disconnected nan Paris podium.

'I emotion it. I deliberation I will proceed connected arsenic agelong arsenic I perchance can.'

Pan group nan first world grounds astatine nan Paris pool, clocking 46.40 seconds, 0.40s wrong his erstwhile benchmark, a clip Chalmers described arsenic 'crazy'.

China's squad has been nether expanding scrutiny since revelations 23 of their swimmers tested affirmative to a banned constituent earlier nan Tokyo Olympics 3 years ago.

Pan was not successful nan group of 23, which was allowed to compete successful Tokyo aft world anti-doping authorities accepted China's mentation nan swimmers had eaten contaminated nutrient astatine a squad hotel.

Chalmers was negotiated astir Pan's accomplishment successful Paris.

'I do everything I perchance tin to triumph nan title and spot everyone's doing nan aforesaid arsenic I am, staying existent to nan integrity of sport,' he said.

'I spot that ... he (Pan) deserves that golden medal.'

Romania's David Popovici, who took nan bronze badge successful nan 100m freestyle, was likewise pragmatic.

'I deliberation we tin spell moreover faster, location are group now live and who are swimming who tin do it,' Popvici said post-race.

'It's conscionable a matter of putting it together and doing it astatine nan correct infinitesimal and I deliberation it's very possible, moreover faster.

'This is only information for us.

'I mean, we can't beryllium mad, we tin only congratulate him. This is what sports is.

'Everyone is guiltless until proven guilty.'