Chinese Olympic Swimmer Ning Zetao Takes the Internet By Storm
The 2016 Summer Olympics, held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, officially started on August 5. More than 11,000 professional athletes from all corners of the earth are competing for medals in 28 different sports, putting it as the biggest multi-spectator sport event in the world.
But sometimes, people just like to tune in the Olympics to watch the hot guys.
Ever since the start of the Rio Olympics, the Internet has been on high alert over Chinese swimmer Ning Zetao (宁泽涛) from Henan. With his handsome face and incredible physique, the 23-year-old competitive swimmer has gained a legion of fans from all over the world, becoming a trending topic on Twitter. China has even dubbed Zetao as “the husband of the people.”
The 23-year-old has always had popularity in his native country, China. He was named China’s sports personality of the year in 2015, and was featured in many magazine covers, but it really wasn’t until his appearance at the 2016 Olympics when he truly became an international sensation.
Zetao first came to prominence back in 2014 when he competed for the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. He received notable attention from the Korean media for his good looks, cute smile, and attractive physique. He won four gold medals at the Asian Games, also breaking two records in the 100m freestyle and men’s 4 x 100m freestyle.
Zetao will be representing China to compete in the men’s 100m freestyle and men’s 50m freestyle this week.
Having received so much positive attention from around the world, Zetao’s professional athletic career can go nowhere else but up.
This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com
Swimmers have such good bodies!!!
@happybi yes for bodies, usually no for faces. this guy got the luck of the draw – he still looks good despite training with water all day everyday. i mean look at michael phelps!
@coralie ehheeheh true. Soccer players also have good bodies too!
Wow, he does have a dreamy face and body. Nice!!!
I haven’t tuned in but perhaps I should now. haha LOL wow
Acting and modelling studios all over China will be after him after the Olympics. @Coralie, being in the water all day does not alter the physical appearance of someone’s face. Micheal Phelps was born with what he looks like. He sure can swim though, dye to his physical structure. Sometimes I think he has an unfair edge on the competition. I love watching him perform th CV DX TV show upough.
@bubbletea
Yeah, basically MP just have a horsey face. lol.. I don’t think the water has anything to do w/it. lol…haha….
wow, acting n modeling studios all over China? Ok, this dude above does look quite cute, hot and manly at the same time. Mainland seems to have some hotties now. lol…
@kiki, that is funny. MP does have a long horsey face, lol.
@bubbletea hmmmmm well I think slapping your face everyday with waves of water can alter your physical structure esp if you’re growing…but it’s unproven lol. Ok it’s just one of my theories
@coralie , lol. That is cool. You are entitled to your theories. If your theories are correct, they have not affected Ning Zetao. He looks handsome with a good body. He has a good future ahead of him in swimming or entertainment if he chooses the showbiz world.
not sure what the buzz for this guy is all about…he looks pretty ordinary to me. i mean just an asian dude with six packs. plenty of korean and chinese actors with 6 packs.
@m0m0
yeah, but he’s a swimmer and not the dime-a-dozen actor
@msxie0714
well, they are praising him like one….
@m0m0 One need not be a actor to get praised or fan liked. Anyone with a talented skill and looks good and famous can be the same. Korean’s ice skater Kim Yuna is the same.
He deserved praise, you may not see his beauty and talents, lots of others do. Sarcasm is so unnecessary. You sound rude like a complainer….
@m0m0
Even western media have taken notice of him. And many foreign girls have the hots for him.
He is cute!
Much better than his teammate Sun Yang!
@elizabeth At the very least Yang needs some serious orthodontic work. LOL!!
@elizabeth
Sun Yang is a bit too arrogant, while Ning is more personable and humble.
@msxie0714
definitely, when you hear him talk you can hear he’s quite polite and humble.
Sun Yang is plain ugly.
Orthodontia won’t help because of the shapes and color of his teeth. He needs his whole mouth capped.
@afan202
lol…I finally goggled this Sun Yang. He is not that ugly but definitely needs dental work. haaha….He is less humble and appears a bit arrogant compares to this hottie up there.
there’s a reason why Summer Olympics are fun to watch … i’m quite surprise this Chinese swimmer actually looks great, usually the good looks goes to the Caucasian.
@vodka
your statement actually sounds like something a white-worshipper would say.
I worship him lol. He’s by far the hottest swimmer in the game atm.