Chapter 241: Making History Again
At the swimming pool, the scene was already in a boil, this time not because of them, but because the British team playing at home also appeared. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
There are generally only 16 teams competing in the relay race, and the preliminaries are the semi-finals, and the top eight finishers will advance to the final in the evening.
In the first group, the Chinese team played with them in addition to the British team playing at home, as well as their old rivals Island Country and South Korea, as well as the strong German team and South African team.
However, such a group could not be better for the Chinese team, and the United States, France and Australia, which have the strength to compete for the championship, are all in the second group, which is the real group of death.
When Tang Hao walked to the pool, he saw that the audience was crowded into a lot of Chinese, holding up KT boards with his head printed on them.
When it comes to supporting sports, there are absolutely only a handful of Chinese ethnic Chinese, and as long as there are Chinese competitions, they can almost be seen.
And it was this glimpse that made him see an extremely unforgettable scene.
In the front row, there was a little boy holding a gold medal in his hand, held high in the air by his father, waving at the arena.
He recognized the chubby face at once, it was the little boy he gave the gold medal in the first half of the domestic championship.
noticed that Tang Hao was looking over there, next to the boy, his mother was waving her hand vigorously.
Tang Hao's heart was touched.
He gave the gold medal purely voluntarily and did not ask the couple to do anything, but the couple actually came to the Olympic site and brought the child and the gold medal.
Obviously, they are hoping to bring some good luck to the Chinese team, or to Tang Hao.
Tang Hao shook his fist at them, then turned his head and continued to walk forward.
At this time, the players from all countries have begun to undress and start the final preparations before the game.
There were also cheers at the scene.
There is no shortage of spectators in the relay race, not to mention that it is a star-studded stage in itself.
The first stick of the Chinese team is the teenager Jiang Haiqi, since the Asian Games won the championship, the teenager has made a big breakthrough in the 200-meter event, although there is still a lot of distance from Sun Yang and Tang Hao, but the victory is hard work.
After completing the pre-competition preparations, under the instruction of the assistant referee, they followed one after another to the starting platform.
Seeing the contestants on stage, the audience also quieted down.
Even in other corners of the world, countless viewers have turned their eyes to the TV screens that are broadcasting.
"All in place."
"Quack!"
With the sound of electron guns, the players jumped into the water one after another.
"It's time to go, and the British team is in the lead!" The on-site commentator also shouted along.
The British team took the lead, followed by the German team, and the Chinese team in third place!
The teenager Jiang Haiqi tried his best at the beginning, and it could be seen that he did not confiscate the impact of the Wang Shun incident at all, but he was even more energetic.
Seeing Jiang Haiqi's performance, Tang Hao and the others were also happy, the relay race is a team competition, and everyone's performance is very important.
Turning around at 50 meters, Jiang Haiqi still remained in third place.
Turning around in the 100 meters, although he was forced by the South African players behind him, he still kept himself from being overtaken.
Turning around at 150 meters, Jiang Haiqi actually made a late effort and almost caught up with the British team.
It wasn't until the last 50 meters that Jiang Haiqi showed a lack of physical strength and was overtaken by the South African team, and in the end, he almost tied with the athletes of the island country team for fourth place.
The second best player on the Chinese team is Zhang Lin.
Zhang Lin's strength declined sharply after the World Championships, and this time the London Olympics only participated as a relay member, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and his foundation was still there, and he maintained the fourth position of the Chinese team after entering the water at this time.
For the first 100 meters, this ranking has not changed.
However, in the back 100 meters, Zhang Lin's speed slowed down a little, and he was overtaken by the players of the island team and fell to fifth in the group.
The two groups in the semi-finals, fourth or fifth in the group, are actually likely to be the difference between making it to the final or not.
"Team China! Come on! At this time, the Chinese on the sidelines shouted and cheered for the Chinese team.
Perhaps this cheering played a role, in the last 50 meters, Zhang Lin's whole speed soared, and after the storm, he overtook the island team and took the lead in touching the wall in the fourth.
After touching the wall, Zhang Lin gasped violently, and it could be seen that he was doing his best.
The third Chinese team to follow into the water was Sun Yang.
After the first two bats, it is still ranked fourth in the group, and the possibility of the Chinese team entering the final is very high.
Sun Yang also lived up to expectations, maintaining his fourth position in the first 100 meters, and when he waited for the back 100 meters, he began to habitually exert his strength, overtaking the South African team to the third place in the group, and finally touched the wall in the third place, helping the Chinese team to step into the final with half a foot.
The last stick of the Chinese team was Tang Hao.
At this time, the leader in the pool is the Germans, followed by the home team Great Britain, followed by the Chinese team, followed by the South African team and the island team, and then the South Korean team, and the last stick of the Korean team is Park Tae-hwan, and the gap between him and the previous team is a bit big.
After Tang Hao entered the water, the whole person directly turned on the frequency of 7 times to hit the water.
In the relay race, he did not have much room to retain his strength, and first grabbed a place in the final for the Chinese team.
The Chinese team has a low starting point, and as long as it grabs this place, it will actually make history.
In the last stick, players from all over the world also struggled forward, with Germany's Biedermann and Britain's Fenwick both accelerating at full speed.
The scene in front of him is very similar to the 200-meter semi-finals in front of him, the difference is that Delman and Fenwick started earlier than Tang Hao.
Unlike Sun Yang, Tang Hao's 7 water fetching frequency allowed him to launch a strong impact on Fenwick and Biederman at the beginning.
When turning around in 50 meters, in the exclamation of the audience, Tang Hao had already caught up with Fenwick, and in just 10 meters after the turn, he directly overtook Fenwick and came to the second place in the group.
The expressions of the audience at this time were love and hate.
At this time, there is nothing more exciting than the couple, and the gold medal in the little one's hand is waving more vigorously.
After turning around at 100 meters, Tang Hao changed 7 times to 8 times, and surpassed Biederman to the first place in the group.
At this moment, the audience fell into a boil.
Most of them watched the previous 200-meter semi-finals, and now looking at this relay race, they immediately found that Tang Hao had stayed in the previous individual competition!
And in the boiling sound of the audience, Tang Hao finally touched the wall with a lead of more than half a body ahead of Biederman.
The moment he touched the wall, the other three national team players on the stage all shouted excitedly.
The Chinese team, not only made history and entered the finals, but also won the first place in the group, although the strength of this group is weak, but this result is enough to ensure that they have a good position in the final.