Chapter 1002: Four Consecutive Championships
When Su Rui starts to take the lead, he won't be caught up again.
In the freestyle, he began to explode unreservedly, and his astonishing speed left all the competitors behind.
With Su Rui's current speed, the players behind him can only be out of reach, and there is no hope of catching up at all.
In the first three strokes, he swam forward at a relatively ordinary pace, and it was only at this point that he began to really break out, and his performance amazed everyone.
Freestyle is not what Su Rui is best at, but it is what he likes.
Therefore, in this event, he can often burst out with the strongest strength and can also make the best results.
Without exception, Su Rui was the first to reach the finish line and won the championship again.
In the 200m individual medley final, the biggest favourite to win the championship is not Su Rui, but an athlete from the United States.
This is because the American athlete has already won 15 championships before this final, and before that, he also achieved three consecutive championships in the 200m individual medley, and is also an athlete who hopes to win four consecutive championships in the 200m individual medley.
Because of this, the American athlete is the favorite to win the title, and most people think he can win it.
Of course, Su Rui's existence also has a lot of impact.
Based on his previous performances, everyone thinks that he is the biggest threat to American athletes and the biggest opponent to win the championship.
It can be said that everyone thinks that if Su Rui had not participated in three finals in a row before, perhaps in this 200-meter individual medley, he would pose the greatest threat to American athletes, and even might win the championship.
However, after he participated in three finals in a row, it was not believed that he could break the legend of the American athlete and not prevent the opponent from winning four consecutive championships.
But Su Rui proved to be the biggest variable, as he beat other rivals in freestyle and beat the leading American athlete in the final stroke, and managed to reach the finish line and win the championship.
As a result, the American athlete could not complete four consecutive championships and could only end in the individual medley with three consecutive championships.
Originally, the men's 200-meter individual medley was the dominant event of the US delegation and one of the most promising swimming events, but because of the existence of Su Rui, the gold medal in this advantageous event fell into the hands of the Zhenguo delegation, which can be described as extremely dramatic.
It can be said that because of his personal relationship, the US delegation may have a lot of gold medals, which will be lost, and the biggest gain is the Zhenguo delegation.
In this case, it will be very difficult for the U.S. delegation to complete the first place in the gold medal table.
Therefore, the victory in the men's 200m individual medley final is of great significance to the Zhenguo delegation, and for Su Rui, it is to add another individual gold medal.
In addition to him, there was another athlete in the Zhenguo delegation who also advanced to the final and finished fourth in 1:56.81, also breaking the previous personal best.
If it weren't for Su Rui, with this athlete's result, it would have been enough to break the national record.
However, it is precisely because of his relationship that the results of this national athlete are no longer enough to break the national record, because he has not only broken the national record, but also the Asian record.
Prior to this final, the Asian record in the men's 200m individual medley was 1:55.07, set by a Japanese athlete.
And Su Rui's time in this final is 1:54.60, which is a little faster than the Asian record of 1:55.07, which means that this result will become a new Asian record.
As for the men's 200m individual medley record, it is 1:54.00, which is 0.6 seconds faster than his time, that is, it is not possible to break the record for the time being, but it is very good to break the Asian record.
In fact, everyone thinks that Su Rui can win the championship today, which is already the biggest miracle.
At the same time, everyone thinks that with the level of performance he plays, they all think that if he only competes in the 200m individual medley today, he may have hope of equaling the world record of 1:54.00, or even hope to break this world record.
It's not that people think too highly of him, but he does have the hope to do it.
No matter how strong Su Rui's recovery ability is, there is no doubt that he has participated in three finals in a row, which will more or less affect his state and prevent him from playing at his best.
So, if he races in full heyday and gives it his all, he really has a chance of breaking the current record.
Regarding this point, Su Rui felt that there was no need to think too much, what had not happened, why spend so much thought about it, it was useless to think too much.
If he can have the strength to break the Perfection Record, then sooner or later he will have a chance to break it, and he will not be bound by this day, and he doesn't need to think about it, but if he doesn't have this ability, and the level is not enough to break the Perfection Record, then there is no need to think about it, and it is useless to think about it.
Therefore, regarding this kind of thing, Su Rui is very open-minded and will not be too persistent.
The most important thing is that he participated in four finals in a row and successfully won the championship, which made him win the supreme honor at the same time, but also exhausted, which can be described as exhausting enough.
Now what he wants to do most is to lie down and rest, but he doesn't want to do anything, let alone think about anything, and it is best to have a good rest.
It's just that sometimes it still doesn't work out, and some things can't be avoided.
For example, Su Rui is going to the stage to accept the award, and some reporters will also seize the opportunity to interview him and ask him to give a winning speech, which is inevitable.
Before today, he had skipped too many interviews to avoid it.
It's just that it's not very appropriate, every athlete will be interviewed after winning the championship, such as Sun Yan and Ning Tao, only Su Rui is an exception, which is a bit inappropriate, making him look out of place, which is not good for him.
Therefore, Yuan Ze thinks that Su Rui still has to be interviewed appropriately, which is good for him, and he will have a good relationship with the media, so that he will not be targeted everywhere.
For this kind of thing, Su Rui naturally knows that it is unavoidable, reporters are very difficult, if they don't accept interviews, they will only receive a steady stream of harassment, these reporters will try their best to get close to him, and this situation will become more and more.
Therefore, he still knows that he cannot completely avoid interviews, and sometimes he still has to be interviewed by the media.
Even if Su Rui is not an entertainment star, but a sports athlete, this kind of thing is still inevitable, and it is also the helplessness of public figures, especially an athlete like him who is in the limelight.
In the end, he still accepted Yuan Ze's arrangement and chose some reporters with a good impression to be interviewed.
It's just that Su Rui only answered a few words perfunctorily, and he also chose formulaic answers to reporters' questions, which will not be too prominent, but it will not be casual to talk nonsense, so as not to make his words become big news.