(XINHUA)

Sun Yang, a 19-year-old Chinese swimmer, reset the world men's 1,500-meter freestyle swimming record to 14 minutes, 34.14 seconds on the final day of the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai. The former world record of 14 minutes, 34.56 seconds was set by Australian athlete Grant Hackett in 2001.

Sun set the new record with a dramatic final push in the last 50 meters. At first, Sun trailed world record pace by more than two seconds before producing a searing final two laps. Sun's gold medal was the fifth gold won by China's swimming team. Sun altogether won four medals at this championship: two gold, one silver and one bronze.

In the Guangzhou Asian Games last year, Sun set an Asian record of 14 minutes, 35.43 seconds in the men's 1,500 freestyle.