Chapter Eighty-Four: Picking Gold and Winning Bronze
"As you can see, my country's player Yu Xifang was in the first place soon after the start of the competition, and the leading edge is constantly expanding. The www.biquge.info national champion of the last Olympics was the champion of this event, and she came in second place. Another player from my country, Ah Wen, is now ranked fourth, she is slightly weaker in butterfly and backstroke, and freestyle is her strong point, and I believe she can catch up in the back. ”
The host and commentator of the live broadcast room of the national television station are commenting on the live game from a professional point of view.
On the big screen of the sports field of Beishan University, more than 10,000 students were nervous, staring intently, and many shouted: "Come on!" Come on! ”
Since the start of the game, at Yu Xifang's house, Yu Chonghui and Ge Xiuli's eyes have never left the TV screen, for fear of missing every shot of their daughter on the field.
Now Yu Xifang is the first to enter the final 100 meters, swimming with all her strength in freestyle, and she has a large lead over the second-place American athletes. Another player, Ah Wen, is chasing the players of the United States, yes, it's flat! Flat! surpassed, she only swam more than 20 meters in the freestyle, and then overtook the American players and rushed to the second place. Yu Xifang had already turned around and sprinted towards the finish line with all her might. This is Yu Xifang of Huaxia Kingdom, well-behaved, she is likely to refresh the world record she set in the morning again. Come on! ”
is getting closer and closer to the finish line, and Yu Xifang, who is in the swimming pool, can feel the enthusiastic cheers of the audience in the stadium.
"It's here, it's here, and in 4:16.05, she broke the world record again. China's player A Wen also arrived, 4:28.17, and the third place was a player from the United States, her time was 4:31.27. We congratulate Yu Xifang and Ah Wen in the live broadcast room. ”
Finally won the first championship, Yu Xifang's mood was unprecedentedly excited, and she hugged Ah Wen next to her in the water. The Huaxia audience in the natatorium was boiling, cheering for Yu Xifang. Yu Xifang made a flying kiss in the water.
In fact, Yu Xifang can swim faster, if she uses her real strength, she can swim in less than four minutes, which is faster than male athletes. But it's enough to win the championship, and there's no need to make too shocking results.
The students in front of the big screen of Beishan University were completely crazy, many people hugged each other, some people were going to drink at noon to celebrate Yu Xifang, Chai Yueying was going to call a group of foodies to have a big meal, Sha Xueli was going to invite a few classmates to the beauty salon to enjoy it, Yu Xilei was going to add vegetables at noon and have a good meal with her mother.
After coming up from the swimming pool, Yu Xifang was still excited, three teammates hugged her warmly, and a news reporter from national television came to interview.
"Hello Yu Xifang, congratulations on winning the championship. You were already number one in the world when you trained, you broke the world record in the heats, and before the final of the women's 400m medley, did you think the gold medal was in your pocket? ”
"No matter how high the level is, as long as you haven't played the final and won the first place, you can't say that the gold medal is yours, and no one can guarantee that there will be absolutely no accidents."
"You're going to compete in more than a dozen events, do you have any goals?"
"Of course, I hope to win the championship, but I have to keep my feet on the ground and play well in every game to make sure there are no accidents."
Thirty minutes later, in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay, Yu Xifang was far ahead of other opponents in the 100 meters that belonged to her, but the three teammates who appeared successively were overtaken by two opponents, and the final result was 3:34.21, winning the bronze medal, and the gold medal was won by the Australian team.
To be able to win the bronze medal, the three teammates are already very satisfied, if it weren't for Yu Xifang, they might not even be able to enter the finals. At the same time, the three of them were also complaining about themselves, complaining that they were dragging the goddess back.
After all the swimming competitions in the evening were completed, the medal winners in the finals of the event were awarded one by one, and a total of four swimming finals were held this evening, and A Yang and Yu Xifang of Huaxia won a gold medal each. Team USA won the gold medal in the men's 400m individual medley, and the women's 4x100m freestyle relay was won by the Australian pair.
Yu Xifang went back to the locker room, changed into a normal bra and underwear, and put on the clothes of the Olympic team outside. At this time, the mobile phone rang, and it was Tao Yingying calling.
"Fangfang, congratulations."
"Thank you, Yingying, you called me, not just to say this, right?"
"Of course not, I am now an intern reporter of the sports channel of Nanyue TV, I have come to your neighborhood with the photographer, your parents have agreed to be interviewed, after the award ceremony, they will call you, our TV station has colleagues waiting at the door of the swimming pool, they and my side, will be interviewed at the same time, Nanyue TV sports channel will broadcast live, your parents will see you in real time in front of the TV, do you have any comments on this interview?"
"My parents are going to call me, can I still not answer? You're all ready, can I say no? Then again, I have to thank you for being able to have my parents video call with me, but unfortunately I can't watch the Nanyue TV sports channel here. ”
The order of the award ceremony is in the order of the final time. First of all, the men's 400m individual medley was awarded, after the award was awarded. In the second award ceremony, Ah Yang ascended the podium, and the awarding person hung the gold medal for him, and then raised the national flag and played the national anthem.
The third person to climb the championship stage was Yu Xifang, and the award presenters shook hands with her first, then hung the gold medal around her neck, and finally sent flowers. Yu Xifang weighed the gold medal with her hand, and saw that it was about eight or nine centimeters, and the weight was about eight or nine taels.
One of the Olympic gold medals is engraved with the Greek goddess Nike, which is said to symbolize victory and the Olympic spirit, and above the goddess is printed the host city of the Olympic Games, London, and the host year 2012, of course, the five rings that represent the Olympic Games.
The other side of the medal is entirely in the hands of the designer, who has adopted a more bold abstract design, with the London Olympics "2012 logo" engraved in the center of the back, and crisscrossed lines next to it, which is said to symbolize the beating pulse of the city, and in the center of the medal there is a meandering River Thames.
Accompanied by the majestic music of the national anthem, the Chinese audience present sang, Yu Xifang and Ah Wen next to her also sang the national anthem, looking at the rising national flag, Yu Xifang's heart was surging, she was proud of herself.