Song Xiaocheng looked at Tang Hao, and the others also looked at Tang Hao, and finally they all nodded vigorously. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Obviously, Tang Hao is now their backbone, as long as this backbone is there, they have the confidence to fight.

The Chinese team sent a young lineup this time, the backstroke and breaststroke players were Xu Jiayu and Li Xiang, both of whom were born in the 90s, not to mention Tang Hao, among the four, only the butterfly swimmer was the veteran Zhou Jiawei.

Such a lineup, the good thing to say is that the old leads the new, but in fact, there is no talent, and all of them are mainly training young people.

Before the start of the preliminaries, the media of various countries also made a look forward to the results of their respective teams in the relay race.

Fox Sports, a well-known sports media in the United States: We lost to the Australians in the freestyle relay, we have no reason, and there is no reason to lose again in the medley, the 14th gold medal, belongs to us.

Australian National Sport: The Chinese organisers have shown a very unfriendly side to our national swimming team, but just like the freestyle relay, our team members will prove in the medley relay that we are the strongest swimming nation in the world.

Island country media: In the past World Championships and Olympics, we have won too many bronze and silver medals, this time, our team is at the peak, and it is time for us to win this gold medal!

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From the outlook of the media of various countries, it can be seen that they are bound to win this gold medal, especially the island team, which is the main team of the Kyoto Olympics, and they are all at their peak at this time, and they are also shouting the slogan of winning the championship for the first time.

At noon, when the teams were training, the absolute core of the island national team, the world-famous breaststroke star, won the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke gold medals at the Athens Olympics and the Kyoto Olympics, and the current men's 200-meter breaststroke world record holder Kosuke Kitajima looked very confident in an interview before the game, admitting that this time the medley relay was only successful if he won the gold medal, and the bronze or silver medal was a failure for them.

What's more worth mentioning is that when the reporter of the Chinese team asked whether the Chinese team led by Tang Hao would have an impact on them, the world's famous player's answer was also very intriguing.

"The Chinese team is the host, and they will definitely be able to play at a good level when playing at home, but our goal this time is to win the gold medal, and we are confident."

Kosuke Kitajima said it more tactfully, but the implication is that everyone can understand that the Chinese team can indeed play a good result in the home game, but it is limited to this, and it is still unrealistic to want to impact the island team that aims for the gold medal.

After this interview video went out, it quickly attracted the indignation of many netizens, cursing the island people for not respecting the Chinese team, but more people chose to be silent, after all, the island country's strength in the freestyle relay is there, and the venting at this time is like a dog jumping off the wall.

It is also in this context that the Chinese team ushered in the group stage of their 4x100 medley relay.

The Chinese team finished 14th out of 16 teams, and in this group, they were second to last in the group.

In this way, their lane is in lane 7.

The other three notable teams in this group were France in first place in lane 4, the United States in lane 5 and the island nation in lane 3.

Although the strength is limited, it does not hinder the enthusiasm of the audience to watch the game, the main reason for this is naturally Tang Hao, and the other three team members of the relay race have the same idea, as long as Tang Hao is there, everything has hope.

When the Chinese team members went to the back of the starting platform for the final warm-up, the audience had already begun to be uncontrollable and restless.

However, this is only limited to the audience, the players of other national teams are warming up and communicating, there are common topics between strong teams and strong teams, which can cross national borders, and there is nothing to talk about between strong teams and weak teams.

The Chinese team in the corner is in such a state at this time, even the Dutch team in the swimming lane next door is also turning their heads to communicate with the British team on the other side.

The home team watched an indescribable silence at this moment.

However, the players did not care about this, the players and the players did the last communication before the game, although the young players are limited, but they are strong and hardworking.

Soon, the referee rattled the bell to signal the players to prepare for the game.

The first batter of each team also stood on the starting platform and jumped into the pool.

The medley relay race is carried out in sequence according to the four swimming styles of back, breast, butterfly and freestyle, and the first runner of the Chinese team is Xu Jiayu.

Xu Jiayu won the fifth place in the 100-meter backstroke at this World Championships, and among the four swimming styles, he is the strongest except for Tang Hao.

"All in place."

With the electronic prompt sound on the sidelines, the first player of each team grabbed the buttress and lifted his whole body up.

"Quack!"

With the sound of an electron gun, the player entered the water backwards, and after diving underwater for a certain distance, he followed and began to hit the water forward.

"Here we go! Xu Jiayu of the Chinese team started quite well, he ranked behind the island team and the French team, and ranked third among all the players! As the game began, the on-site commentator also shouted excitedly.

The first two of the island nation team are indeed at the top level, the first is the world-renowned backstroker Ryosuke Irie, who holds the world record in the 200m backstroke, and his lead continues to expand as the distance increases.

Although the famous player of the French team, Lakure, was pulled away a little bit, he still had a big advantage compared with the players behind, Xu Jiayu tried hard to catch up, but it was really difficult to overtake.

After entering the 50-meter turn, the players of the American team and the British team began to exert their power one after another, overtaking Xu Jiayu one after another.

"Team China! Come on! ”

The audience on the sidelines saw that Xu Jiayu was lagging behind and shouted loudly for him.

The shouts of thousands of people soon had an effect, and Xu Jiayu fought hard to overtake Great Britain's Lamb Tanic in the final 10 meters and touched the wall in the fourth.

This performance also attracted a burst of excited cheers from the audience, and according to this trend, the Chinese team has a good hope of breaking into the finals.

But soon, Li Xiang, who was the second runner, showed how weak the Chinese team's breaststroke was.

Although Li Xiang was struggling to catch up, he fell from fourth to fifth, then to sixth with the recommendation of distance, and by the time he turned around at 50 meters, he had already fallen to seventh.

Such a result made the audience vomit blood for a while, but it is no wonder that Li Xiang has no talent in Chinese breaststroke at this stage, and Li Xiang belongs to the kind of short man who pulls out the general.

In the end, Li Xiang, who did his best, maintained his seventh position, and touched the wall in the penultimate place, and the distance between him and the first island team was already close to a position.

The ideal is very plump, but after the first 2 rods, it turns out that Kosuke Kitajima's words are indeed the truth, and the reality is so cruel.