Chapter 668: The Last Day
It's good for everyone to have faith, ?an ?e?n ?en'org
July 31, the last day of the World Championships, is the only thing left for the swimming competition today.
The morning game wasn't very intense, with only three groups to take place.
The first is the men's 400m medley, and only the top eight finishers in the 400m group stage can reach the final, of which there are no semi-finals.
The Chinese team sent Huang Chaosheng and Wang Yuexiang to participate in this event.
Huang Chaosheng played in the third group, and at the beginning of the game, Huang Chaosheng did not play well in the first two postures and did not enter the top three.
But after entering the breaststroke stage, Huang Chaosheng's advantages began to be reflected, and halfway through the swim, Huang Chaosheng had already grabbed the second place.
In the final freestyle, Huang Chaosheng took the lead in turning and occupied the first place, and in the final stage, Huang Chaosheng was still fast, and finally he won the first place in the group in 4:14.07.
Another player, Wang Yuexiang, played in the fourth group, he was the same as Huang Chaosheng in front, the first two strokes were not dominant, but after entering the breaststroke, Wang Yuexiang actually began to break out, and the position immediately changed, and when he turned into the last stroke, Wang Yuexiang was only behind the American Clarley and ranked second. In the end, Wang Yuexiang won the second place in the group, with a time of 4:16.45.
Rochet, who appeared in the fifth group, ranked first in the preliminaries with four minutes and eleven seconds, Huang Chaosheng ranked third in the preliminaries, and Wang Yuexiang ranked seventh in the preliminaries, and the two successfully reached the final.
This was followed by the women's 400m medley group stage, which, like the men's, also took the top eight to reach the final.
The Chinese team sent young and powerful players Ye Shiwen and Li Xuanxu.
Ye Shiwen appeared in the fourth group.
Ye Shiwen performed very well as soon as she appeared, showing her momentum in the first posture butterfly, second only to the European champion Belmont, and after entering the backstroke stage, Ye Shiwen quickly surpassed Belmont.
Then Ye Shiwen entered the breaststroke stage with the first position, breaststroke is Belmont's strength, so Belmont quickly overtook Ye Shiwen and took the lead in the freestyle stage.
Although freestyle is Ye Shiwen's strong point, Ye Shiwen did not fully exert her strength, and in the end, Belmont won the first place in the group in 4:36.36, and Ye Shiwen ranked second in the group in 4:38.18.
In the final freestyle, Li Xuanxu finally showed strong strength, she continued to narrow the distance with the leader in front of her, and finally she ranked fourth in the group with a time of 4:37.61, but the whole result was only 0.29 seconds away from the second place.
Combined rankings, Li Xuanxu ranked seventh in the preliminaries, Ye Shiwen ranked eighth, and the two also entered the finals at the same time.
The last group match in the morning is the group stage related to Sun Shine, the group stage of the men's 100-meter medley relay, as the host, the Chinese team sent a relatively strong team, after all, the final of the men's 100-meter medley relay is also the finale of the World Swimming Championships, how to look awkward without the participation of the Chinese team.
Like the previous competition, the relay competition is the final word, and the top eight teams can enter the evening finals, and the Chinese team is aiming for this top eight.
The Chinese team sent teams were: Sun Xiaolei in the backstroke, Xie Zhi in the breaststroke, Zhou Jiawei in the butterfly and Sun Shine in the freestyle.
This team can be said to be the main team of the Chinese team, and the biggest variable is the backstroker, Sun Xiaolei's strength is good, but in terms of state, Zhang Fenglin's state is better, so it is not ruled out that in the finals, Zhang Fenglin will be replaced.
The Chinese team will play in the third group, so Sun Shine and they can still take a good rest and watch the other teams play.
"If you want to win the championship tonight, this game is very important, you have to show your strength." Sun Shiner said to several other teammates.
"Brother Sun, just take a look." Xie Zhi nodded, he felt that he was in very good shape today, and he should be able to swim out of the level of the Asian Games.
Soon, it was the turn of the Chinese team to play.
"It's up to you to have the first three sticks, you have to bite the opponent." Sun Shiner shouted from behind.
In the group stage, Sun Shine will not use skills, there is no need for this.
The development of the event has indeed verified Sun Shine's idea, and the overall performance of the Chinese team is still quite good.
The first stroke in the medley is the backstroke, which, unlike other strokes, starts in the water, where the athlete jumps into the water and then starts swimming.
Sun Xiaolei's level is actually good, but the state is not very good, as soon as he set off, he fell behind, after turning around, Sun Xiaolei was only embarrassed to rank fifth, this ranking is difficult to enter the top eight.
Fortunately, Xie Zhi in the back is still very good, his state is indeed back to the level of the Asian Games, as soon as he came up, he showed his strong side, the first fifty meters, Xie Zhi actually chased from fifth to fourth, after turning around, Xie Zhi still did not give up, he was still desperately catching up, and finally when the baton was handed over, Xie Zhi raised the ranking of the Chinese team to the third place.
Sun Shine nodded when he saw it, this state is okay, and it is no problem to impact the championship at night.
As a veteran, Zhou Jiawei is very experienced, everyone wants to enter the final, since the boys in front of him played so well, then Zhou Jiawei thought that he must maintain the top three position.
Therefore, from the beginning of entering the water, Zhou Jiawei made efforts to ensure his third position.
However, Zhou Jiawei's state today is also very average, and he can only guarantee the top three positions, but he can't go further.
The last shot was Sun Shine, a competitor who won the sprint freestyle.
Sun Shine showed his status as a king from the moment he entered the water, and the top two players were simply rookies in his eyes, and there was no problem in crushing them.
So in just 50 meters, it became the stage for Sun Shine's performance, Sun Shine went from the third place at the start to the first place after turning around.
After turning around, Sun Shine continued to perform.
In the last 30 meters, Sun Shiner turned on his skills, of course, this speed is not his real level of speed, but it is enough in the group stage.
In the end, with the help of Sun Shine, the Chinese team successfully won the first place in the group, and the overall score also ranked fourth in the preliminaries, and successfully reached the final. (To be continued.) )