(XINHUA)

Star swimmer Sun Yang was recently crowned the best male athlete at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona. He collected the 400-meter, 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle gold medals, matching a feat achieved by Australian Grant Hackett in the 2005 Montreal Worlds.

Sun, 22, is the 1,500-meter freestyle world record holder and the first male athlete to win an Olympic gold for China in the event.