Chapter 168: 100-meter race
In the championship, Tang Hao became the first Asian to swim 48 seconds, and even with Ning Zetao, he also stimulated his potential in advance, swimming a time of 48.23 seconds, and they both entered the World Championships. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
It is no exaggeration to say that the 100-meter freestyle competition of this World Championships is the most concerned in history.
Of course, in addition to Tang Hao and Ning Zetao's participation, Australian star James Magnussen, who was the first to question doping in the Chinese athlete in the interview, has also attracted much attention.
In the group stage in the morning, Tang Hao and Ning Zetao both played well and successfully entered the semifinals in the afternoon, but in the semifinals, Ning Zetao appeared in the same situation as Shi Yang, and played abnormally in the adjacent lane with Magnussen, and finally ranked 10th among all players, unfortunately missing the final in the evening.
In this way, Tang Hao, who swam 48.13 seconds in the semifinals and ranked 5th among all the players to enter the evening finals, became the only expectation of the audience.
What's more important is that this is completely different from last night's 50m butterfly, yesterday the audience could only find foreign friends to entrust the situation, but today, they can put all their emotions on Tang Hao, especially Tang Hao's first day of competition has proved that this expectation is completely worth it.
The 100m freestyle was scheduled for the third individual final in the evening, and before that, Chinese women's star Liu Zige won a valuable bronze medal in the 200m butterfly, making a good start for the Chinese swimming team in the final in the evening.
It is also worth mentioning that in the men's 200-meter medley, American stars Rochette and Phelps won the championship and second place, and they are also Tang Hao's main opponents in the 200-meter freestyle.
After the men's 200-meter medley competition, the long-awaited 100-meter freestyle battle followed.
Amid the cheers of the audience, the contestants appeared one after another.
American star Nathan Adrian, French star Philbury Glitter, Manado Jr., Brazil's Sielo Jr., who previously won the 50m butterfly championship, and Canada's Brett Hayden all appeared in the final in the evening, and then counting Magnussen and Tang Hao, the 100-meter freestyle battle can be described as star-studded.
The arrival of the contestants drew cheers from the crowd, but unsurprisingly, Magnussen's appearance drew boos despite the pre-match organisers' plea for restraint.
During the day, the Chinese Sports Bureau issued its first statement, demanding that the Australian swimming team apologize for the discriminatory remarks against Chinese and Asian athletes, and urging the Australian Swimming Federation to take further action on the incident.
But as a result, both the Australian swimming team and the swimming federation chose to remain silent.
The audience's idea is actually very simple, if you don't apologize, we naturally don't need to respect you, it's very simple and fair.
Magnussen's face was gloomy, obviously dissatisfied with such boos, but what made him vomit blood even more was that he was the penultimate to appear, and when Tang Hao finally appeared, the cheers of the audience formed a strong contrast with the previous boos.
Before the game even started, the Australians were already vomiting blood in anger.
After Tang Hao appeared on the stage, he turned his head from time to time to look at Tang Hao in the swimming lane next door, and it seemed that he was ready to vent these unhappy emotions by defeating or even crushing Tang Hao.
The contestants had the final warm-up before the game, and the on-site commentator also started commenting at the first time.
"Tonight's 100-meter freestyle battle is full of masters, and there are three to five competitors who have the strength to win the championship, such as Ciello Jr., who just won the 50m butterfly championship, and the famous Adrian and Manado, which is destined to be a wonderful and fierce competition. The narrator said for the first time.
"Yes, what is more worth mentioning is that this is the first time in the history of the Chinese team that a player has entered the final of the 100-meter freestyle competition at the World Championships!" The commentator was also excited.
"Tang Hao swam an Asian record of 47.91 seconds in the championship, and he is also the first Asian player to swim 48 seconds, his performance tonight will definitely affect the attention of all China, and even the whole of Asia, Director Lin, what kind of performance do you think he will have tonight?" said the commentator and turned his head to look at the guest, former women's swimming star Lin Li.
"It is difficult to predict the performance of young players in the competition, after all, they are facing world-renowned celebrities, if the psychological pressure is too great, it is likely to play abnormally, but if you leave behind the psychological baggage, it is not impossible to play extraordinarily, Tang Hao is a swimming genius, he has brought us surprises on the first day of competition, and I believe he will surprise us again in the final. Lin Li said excitedly, as a former swimmer, he naturally hopes to see the development of Chinese swimming getting better and better.
"Well, being in the final is a testament to our strength, but if we win against Magnussen in the next lane, he'll be our biggest surprise. ”
"Yes. Lin Li nodded, and then looked at the pool in front of her.
With a burst of cheers from the audience, the competitors have completed their pre-competition preparations and then stood on their respective starting platforms.
The assistant referee also stood behind the player for the first time.
The 100-meter freestyle battle is about to start.
At this time, in the stands, Ye Shiwen, Fu Yuanhui, Shi Yang and others who ushered in the off-season were also nervously looking at the pool in the stands.
In fact, not only the audience at the scene, in front of the TV, there were countless Chinese waiting in front of the TV, just to see the first 100-meter battle with Chinese participation.
The scene suddenly fell silent, and the air was filled with the smell of gunsmoke.
"All in place. ”
With the electronic chime, the players all arched their bodies.
'Quack!'
With a gunshot rang out, the players all jumped into the water.
As soon as the contestants entered the water, the cheering sound on the scene exploded.
After Tang Hao entered the water, he directly turned on the fast water mode.
In the face of a number of world famous players, he did not retain his strength.
The rapid fetching of water put him in a relatively high position after coming out of the water, and the height disadvantage was compensated.
"Let's go! Xiao Cielo is in the leading position, followed by Manado Jr., Adrian is in the third position, Magnussen is in the fourth, Tang Hao is temporarily in the fifth place, the players are very close in the opening distance, the difference between each other will not exceed 0.5 seconds, this is definitely a close game!" The commentator was surging at the beginning.
In the first 10 metres after the shot, the distance between the competitors remained largely unchanged, with the only change being Magnussen overtaking Adrian and moving up to third.
'The Australians played well tonight and looked like they could push for a medal, or even a gold. The narrator spoke.
"Australia's relay championship yesterday was not accidental, Magnussen is in shape, and it can be seen that he wants to win, Tang Hao is going to work hard. Lin Li followed and said.
Minced meat big eggplant said
Thanks for the last shot, the reward of tears!