A few hours later, the swimming competition for the day on September 17 was over.

Gu Kun finally broke the world record three times out of five appearances, and failed to break the remaining two appearances, but he easily advanced to the finals in all of them.

Of course, the news of breaking the world record three times was reported by major media for the first time, but most people are also used to Gu Kun's repeated world record breaking, and those reports have not made any waves for the time being.

On the contrary, Gu Kun's two semi-finals that did not break the world record made many Western professional sports analysts secretly excited. didn't say anything to the media in front of the people, and when the people returned to the conference room for tactical analysis, they all interpreted it in various ways, thinking that Gu Kun was exhausted by wine after all, and his golden age had finally passed.

For normal athletes, 23 years old is actually the best peak age, and it should be stronger than when you are 19 years old. If you stay up for another four years and get up to Gu Kun 27, it will really go downhill in terms of physical fitness and explosiveness.

The peak age of football players who are 26~28 is because football requires the accumulation of skills and experience and mentality, and the golden age of basketball is even later, and the same is true. For projects with low skill content, pure physical fitness and explosiveness, the golden period ends before the age of 25.

Therefore, it is not too much for outsiders to speculate that Gu Kun is because of the color of wine. No one would have thought of the situation that "Gu Kun didn't do his best four years ago".

Gu Kun's temporary retention even hid from the people around him.

In the evening of the same day, on the helicopter that took Gu Kun back to the yacht, Luo Haili, who had been following him to observe, was a little anxious and concerned:

"Kun, are you okay? Looking at your physical strength, are you a little weak, is your physical condition not good, suddenly uncomfortable with water and soil, or is it not good to eat at noon?

A few days ago, when I was training on the ship for self-testing, I still seem to have a little spare energy. I said that you can stop for a little bit in pre-game training and focus on recuperating your physical strength. ”

It is normal for Luo Haili to be anxious, after all, although she is nominally a senior sister and a former teammate, she is already half a coach now, and if the athlete results can't come out, of course she will be anxious.

Gu Kun didn't speak at first, until he took off and left the Australian coastline, he Zhizhu comforted him with his hand: "Don't worry, everything is in my plan." I was slightly deflated in the final stage and pretended not to have stamina. In fact, I know that if I have to break the record again in the semi-finals today, I may not have the strength to break it again in the final tomorrow.

Rather than this, it is better to hold a steady hand and stay in the final and break again. The broadcast rate and ratings of the finals will be higher, and the limited number of record-breaking times will of course be spent on the knife edge and in front of the audience around the world. And. In the last two games, I actually received a warning letter, and I cooperated with the rectification. ”

Luo Haili just listened silently at first, and was not slightly surprised until the last sentence: "Warning letter? What's wrong? Why don't I know, you didn't commit a crime, this time all the food and drink, even a sip of water, are provided by us, and we didn't stay in a hotel in Sydney, it's impossible for them to frame you with banned drugs, right?"

Gu Kun smiled indifferently: "It's not a banned drug, it's a sponsor." I didn't wear an Adidas swimsuit and goggles at first, I chose them on my own behalf. However, it does not meet the sponsorship terms of the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Committee signed an exclusive sponsorship with Nike, and the sneakers and clothing were provided by Nike for free, and Nike gave money. According to the contract, it is illegal for me to wear Adidas without permission. The organizing committee saw that I had a big face, and Nike didn't want to make a big fuss, making people feel that 'Gu Kun would rather be fined than wear Nike', so it just asked people to dredge the joints and persuaded me to change my clothes in the last two games.

However, I took the opportunity to use the two opportunities of 'not breaking the world record' on Nike's clothes. Tomorrow, when I have another chance to break the record again, I will go back to Adi to commit crimes against the wind, won't I be able to support the German brand and hit the Oceania brand. ”

Luo Haili listened incredibly, and it took a long time for her mind to turn around: "I haven't heard that Adi has given you a large amount of money in private, and if you want money, will they not give it if you contact Nike directly in private?"

Gu Kun Zhizhu shook his head on the ground: "Of course, Adi hasn't given me money yet, but he will give it soon—if I take it in advance, it will be sour."

If you don't know, you can't do it unless you do. I will take Adi's money first, and then black Nike, there are too many links, there are too many people who deal with me behind the scenes, there is always the possibility of gangs, in the future, if there are people in Adi who leave or are bought, there is also the possibility of subsequent leaks and damage to goodwill.

Therefore, be generous, let's not charge money first, naturally someone will send me money, and at the same time achieve my prestige, and use the Nike sacrificial knife to establish power. If Adi's boss doesn't understand this truth and doesn't go to the Tao, he deserves not to do much business, and sooner or later there will be retribution. ”

Luo Haili was secretly frightened, and had already roughly guessed Gu Kun's approach.

She is the team leader and is also responsible for the team's outreach. If the IOC has any rewards and punishments, she will also be responsible for handing them over.

So Gu Kun didn't hide it from her, this was taking her as a confidant, of course, Luo Haili was a little forced in her heart, knowing that she must confess well, and the rest would be tight-lipped.

……

After a night without words, the next morning, after a full rest and a little warm-up, Gu Kun came to the Sydney Swimming Pool again.

Yesterday he competed in the preliminaries and semifinals of the men's freestyle 50m and 100m, as well as the preliminaries of the men's 100m backstroke, and all qualified first.

And came early this morning, according to the schedule arrangement, it was not directly connected to the finals of the 50-meter self and the 100-meter free, but the semi-finals of the 100-meter back at 9 o'clock.

Then there are the finals of the three events, which are arranged in order for the rest of the day, at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

The reason why Gu Kun chose to break the world record one less time in these 50-meter and 100-meter races is also because he does not have much potential in these events - the shorter the race, the less likely it is to break the record. In previous years, Gu Kun had broken the average record of 5 times in these events, and his results were already several seconds higher than the second place in the world.

In such a situation, it is really a bit overwhelming to break through again. In contrast, for those 200-meter and even longer events, Gu Kun is ready to continue to make the most of the record-breaking opportunities because it is easier to operate the spare force card points in previous years.

"The players are in their places. ”

As the competition was about to start, Gu Kun jumped into the pool with the other competitors, and then pulled the starting bar, ready to kick the wall (the backstroke is not diving, it starts by kicking the pool wall in the water)

Fifteen thousand live viewers, and hundreds of millions of TV viewers around the world, eagerly watched all this, but did not necessarily expect many surprises, probably because the ending was too easy to predict.

With an order, Gu Kun jumped out like a missile.

Next to him, Thorpe, who could have dominated the world swimming world for five years before Phelps' debut, also jumped out almost at the same time and chased very closely.

Thorpe is also a generation of famous players, who dominated the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. In addition, his nationality is Australian, so in the Sydney competition, the cheers and expectations he received are naturally even greater.

Although Thorpe was humiliated by Gu Kun in the only few appearances four years ago, in the last year or two, with Thorpe's results steadily climbing to second place in the world, many Australian viewers still expect a miracle.

Especially Thorpe's age gives everyone a lot of room for imagination - hmph, what was there to be arrogant about you four years ago? At that time, you were 19 years old, and Thorpe was only 16 years old, just bullying the small!

Now Thorpe is 20 years old, it is the time when your physical fitness is at its peak, you are 23 years old, and the wine hurts the body and has declined, and there may be no chance!

Unfortunately, the suspense of the 100-meter backstroke did not last long, because it was only a little more than 40 seconds in total.

At more than 19 seconds, Gu Kun hit the wall first, and Thorpe looked like he would definitely have to cross the 20-second mark before touching the wall, it seemed that the gap was obvious, and the mood of the Australian audience on the stage had begun to sink, and the expectations for this semi-final were gradually fading.

"It's no fun, but fortunately it's only the semi-finals, just qualify, and fight for it in the finals. What if Gu Kun was physically exhausted because of the many projects he participated in, after all, he hadn't practiced much for four years, and he didn't participate in the competition. "That's what a lot of Australian viewers think in their hearts.

However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

After Gu Kun stepped on the pool wall at 50 meters and turned out, he didn't run a few meters before his speed suddenly slowed down!

The Australians, who were desperate on the stage, stood up almost all at once, and it seemed that the elevation of the stands of the entire stadium was half a meter higher at the same time, which was neater than Manchester United's Red Devils cheerleaders.

Many of the spectators of the Olympic Games are foreign and international tourists. But those semi-finals, preliminaries, and the like, because they are not important and the tickets are cheap, it is not surprising that more locals come to see them live, and the vast majority of people cheer for Thorpe.

"What's going on? Is Thorpe catching up? God!

"Why is Gu Kun's movements a little out of shape? And it looks like there is something black on him that is suddenly swinging. ”

With anticipation and doubt, the last 20 seconds passed quickly.

"1st place in the semi-finals: Thorpe"

"Second Place: Gu Kun"

Thorpe's results were still much slower than Gu Kun's preliminaries, and he didn't even reach the world record set by Gu Kun when he won the final gold medal at the last Olympics.

But the problem is that Gu Kun is even slower, he is a full two seconds slower than the preliminaries! In the 100-meter race, it is logical to lose the first place directly two seconds later.

Then in full view of the world's audience, including TV viewers, Gu Kun jumped out of the water in disheveled clothes and scolding.

Only then did everyone understand what was going on.

"Damn! It turned out that the one-piece swimsuit on Gu Kun's body was torn! ”

"But what does he care about when his clothes are torn at this time? It looks like the clothes on his chest are torn, and big men can swim in briefs, but they are afraid that people will not be able to see it?"

"You can't say that, the clothes are dragging there, and there is a lot of extra resistance when sprinting at high speeds. And seeing that Gu Kun should have one hand just now that didn't go all out, he covered the clothes he dragged back every time he drew halfway, probably for fear that the water would wash away his pants. ”

"Alas, I don't know what brand of clothes he wears, the quality is really poor, those yellow people must be wearing inferior goods from MADE-IN-CHINA!"

The audience was talking.

When some female viewers heard this, they couldn't help pouting and disdainful: Hmph, stingy! Of course, at this time, the competition is important, even if you break free a few times, your whole body must be the first first! Let people see what's wrong! Big man, because he is so strong, don't you show it?

They didn't know that the storm that Gu Kun used to play with the question was coming soon.