Tang Hao was in the third position at this time, not that he didn't want to chase Rochette, but after he used it for a period of 8 times, he found that his leg muscles had a feeling of soreness. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The hard work of this boat and car still made his body react a little, and he changed 8 times to 7 times, and the feeling slowly faded.

By the time he entered the third turn, Rochette's lead had reached more than half a body.

Although Tang Hao reduced the frequency of water playing at this time, his water skiing distance was still much higher than that of other players, and he had risen to the second position at this time.

In the last 50 meters, Lochette was already half a body ahead of Tang Hao, and his final time was 1:45.31, easily winning the first place in the group.

Tang Hao, who was troubled by the fatigue of traveling, only exerted about eighty percent of his strength in the end, with a score of 1:46.21, ranking second in the group.

At the end of the game, Rochette's eyes when he looked at Tang Hao obviously changed, although he didn't speak, he could clearly feel that he was disappointed in Tang Hao.

That is, after the end of this group stage, the comments on the Internet about Tang Hao's game performance were also noisy.

A Weibo user named "First Drop of Tears" has the support of many fans.

"Tang Hao won the 400-meter and 100-meter freestyle championships in a row, theoretically speaking, his freestyle ability has covered the short distance and the middle distance, and the 200-meter will definitely not be a problem for him, but in fact it is not, the 200-meter requires a particularly high level of continuous explosiveness of the athletes, which is what the white man is best at, not the yellow race, I have also seen Tang Hao's performance in the championship before, and the 200-meter is a weakness for him now."

After this remark came out, it quickly gained the support of the majority of netizens, and even some fans who followed Tang Hao's Weibo also forwarded this information.

Even some swimming experts have agreed with this view by analyzing the changes in Tang Hao's water frequencies.

In the semi-finals in the afternoon, Tang Hao's body still did not fully recover, he did not risk forcibly using 8 times to hit the water, and the final result was that his semi-final results were not particularly outstanding, and finally "only" won the third place in the group, ranking 7th among all players, and advanced to the final in the evening.

This result also further confirmed the statement that the 200m is Tang Hao's weakness, and some media did not put Tang Hao among the favorites in the pre-race predictions.

And Sun Yang performed average in the 200 meters and missed the final in the evening, which made the audience's sense of expectation for the final in the evening plummet.

In addition, Zhao Jing in the women's 100m backstroke has a strong hope of winning gold, and for the first time since the start of the World Championships, the audience's sense of expectation for the women's event has surpassed that of the men's event.

It was against this backdrop that the 200-meter freestyle ushered in its final.

Rochette, Phelps, Biddleman, Park Tae-hwan, the appearance of many stars still attracted bursts of cheers from the audience, and Tang Hao's appearance still ignited the scene, but compared with the previous 100 meters, the momentum is obviously a lot worse.

After the players entered the venue, they began the final preparations before the game, and the commentators on the sidelines also began to follow up as soon as possible.

"The 200m freestyle is arguably the brightest ever since the World Championships, with the world-class swimmers of Rochette and Phelps competing in the pool for the first time their team-mates have gone head-to-head." The narrator is starting to focus on the American twins.

"Yes, the current world record holder Paul Biederman also bluntly said in the pre-match interview that he wants to make a name for himself in the competition, and I believe he will definitely have an eye-catching performance in the competition." The commentator nodded.

"Speaking of Biederman, do you remember when he said before the 400m final that he didn't know Tang Hao? In the end, Tang Hao broke his 400-meter world record, I believe he must be impressed now! ”

"Haha, this must be, speaking of which Tang Hao is also a very interesting player, he really does what he says, but I don't know if he can win Biederman again in the 200 meters, which many people call his weakness, or even impact a medal."

"I'm sure he's going to surprise us again, and well, the players are ready." The narrator said, looking at the pool.

At this time, the competitors have all been on the starting platform under the referee's signal.

Tang Hao's final score ranked 7th, his lane is the first lane on the far right, next to him, is the preliminaries to retain strength, ranked 5th "flying fish" Phelps, and then leaned on the past in the third lane is the preliminaries ranked third Rocht, Bidelman played well in the preliminaries, he is in the best position of the fourth lane, Park Tae-hwan is in the fifth lane.

Before taking the stage, Phelps greeted Tang Hao with a smile, and it could be seen that despite his poor performance in the preliminaries, Feiyu still recognized his strength.

On the contrary, Rochette was a little scornful of this approach of his compatriots, and after the group stage encounter, he didn't seem to be very cold to Tang Hao.

"All in place."

After the contestants all took the stage, an electronic prompt sounded soon after the scene.

The contestants all bowed their bodies and made the final preparations before entering the water.

"Quack!"

With a gunshot rang out, the contestants all jumped into the water.

As soon as the contestants entered the water, there was a tsunami-like cheer from the scene.

Phelps was the 200m freestyle champion at the 2008 Kyoto Olympics, and he quickly grabbed the first place after entering the water.

With 14 Olympic medals and 21 world championship gold medals so far, Phelps is the undisputed king of swimming.

The Flying Fish was followed by his national team teammate Lochette, who was within a hand's of distance over Biddleman.

After Lochte, Biederman and Park Tae-hwan were in the third or fourth.

Tang Hao was in the 7th position at this time, his own physical talent was worse than these top players, and the frequency of 7 water hits was not dominant.

After the first 50 meters, there was no change in position on the field, and Phelps continued to lead the race.

After 100 meters, this position has not changed, and the flying fish has the intention of pocketing this gold medal in advance.

It was at this time that Tang Hao made a decision.

7 times of water, equivalent to his 8% strength, if it is 100% of the strength of the waves, he estimates that he will also have a chance to win this gold medal, but now, it is obviously impossible.

In the finals, he couldn't care so much, and directly changed from 7 to 8 water.

With this frequency shift, his speed increased in an instant.

"Tang Hao began to speed up! He overtook Canada's Santo Condolly and moved up to 6th place! The narrator also caught this scene for the first time, and immediately shouted.