38. Chapter XXXVIII

As the time of the National Collegiate Swimming Championships is getting closer and closer, the school team has officially begun the selection among the freshmen.

Although a swimming student like Fen Qiao directly skipped the primary selection, he still needs to go through a process to compete with other members during the retest, and also let the coach know the level of each person specifically.

In the afternoon of the retest, Fenqiao arrived at the retest site with his equipment.

When Fen Qiao arrived, the old members of the school team were sparsely seated on both sides of the stands, and they spontaneously sat in the stands to understand the strength of the new players in advance.

The pool for the retest is also a special room temperature pool for the competition, which is cooler than the temperature of the training pool. After confirming the order of his appearance, he began to do warm-up exercises and stretch his limbs.

Chongwen's swimming team is full of talents.

As far as Fen Qiao knows, there are also two national team athletes, who were specially recruited to Chongwen as athletes. He also trains with the national team on weekdays, and only plays for Chongwen in the big competition.

I don't know if they sat under the stage to watch the selection today, Fen Qiao was a little nervous, after all, he was just the tail of the crane in a first-class athlete, what should he do if he swam to the end? If you don't play it well, everyone will really know that you are a relation.

Fenqiao's specials are 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle, and only these two items were reported in the retest.

She has a short body and is not suitable for long-distance competitions. But in fact, Fenqiao's advantages are also obvious, her explosiveness and speed are very good, and her lung capacity is large.

Usually, lung capacity is linked to body weight, but Fenqiao is different. She is from Diancheng, a training paradise for athletes, and has practiced swimming in Diancheng since she was a child.

Diancheng is a high-altitude city with low oxygen content, and people who are accustomed to living in plain cities can't help but be out of breath and have pain in their lungs after a little exercise. Assuming that you can run a thousand meters on weekdays, after arriving in Diancheng, you will no longer be able to breathe for 800 meters.

Athletes often choose to train in the plateau in Diancheng because after training in Diancheng, their lung capacity will increase and they will often achieve better results when they return to the plains.

Even if it was just an on-campus selection, Chongwen was still held in a formal and fair manner.

The pool is surrounded by referees of the game, and the chief referee selected is the coach of the women's team of the Chongwen school team, she is very tall, not much worse than men, wearing Chongwen's dark blue sports uniform, short hair, full of energy.

The assistant referee looked a little smaller than her, and he was also dressed in a uniform tracksuit, holding a small notebook to record in the stands.

Each track is equipped with an inspector at each end, and Fenqiao has not participated in such a race for many years, and his heart is suddenly a little uncontrollable and nervous.

The 50-meter self-swimming event was at the top of the line, and it was soon its turn.

Fenqiao was assigned to the second group, and the first group of the 50-meter freestyle competition began, and the people in the stands began to cheer and shout, and the momentum was amazing.

The atmosphere was very familiar, Fen Qiao was in a trance, and his mind was confused and he didn't know what to think.

For a while, I thought of the scene where I bowed my head many years ago and asked the referee to put on the gold medal in the junior group for me, and then I thought of the 27-second curse that I couldn't break through, and I felt that time stood still.

It wasn't until there were earth-shattering cheers from the stands that Fen Qiao realized that the first group of games was over and it was time for her to get ready to play.

Fen Qiao walked forward and took a photo with Pan Wenlei who came down from the arena, her breathing had not calmed down, she gasped and took off her swimming goggles and saw Fen Qiao.

As he passed by, Fen Qiao heard a voice coming from his ears: "Swim well." ”

The voice was still out of breath, and it was a little hoarse.

But at this moment, Fen Qiao felt that Pan Wenlei was seriously cheering for her.

The radio has already begun to broadcast: "Erdao, Fenqiao ......"

Second, the location is not so good, but it is not the worst either.

Fen Qiao put down his swimming goggles, moved his wrist, and walked to the starting platform.

The starter began to give orders: all in place.

Leaning over, bending over, holding your breath, just waiting for the referee to give the order.

Although he had been wandering before, at this moment, all the thoughts in Fen Qiao's mind were emptied.

The world has truly quieted down.

"Toot-"

Almost at the same time as the order was given, Fen Qiao had already entered the water. The body was wrapped in the cold pool water, and the heart almost trembled, excited, excited, and the limbs were full of motivation!

She was desperate to let go of all the energy inside her.

"Wow-whoa-whoa-"

She can barely focus on the opponents around her, focusing only on her own world.

Swing your arms, paddle, and kick your legs.

The slender limbs loomed in the blue waves, tireless.

You can, Fen Qiao!

You're also the one who used to stand on the podium in first place, and that's the moment to prove you!

Pan Wenlei didn't have time to rest, so she sat in the stands to watch the game.

Fen Qiao's figure swelled among the blue waves.

It's hard!

This is Pan Wenlei's most intuitive feeling.

This is also where she envies Fen Qiao the most, the incomparable sense of water and the focus without distractions.

She doesn't seem to be affected by anything that disturbs her mind. After the referee gave the order, Fen Qiao's reaction speed was the fastest, even if Pan Wenlei went up by herself and competed with Fen Qiao in the same group, she didn't dare to guarantee that she could enter the water before Fen Qiao.

In the eyes of others, it is only twenty seconds, but in Fenqiao's world, it is still extremely long.

Ten meters!

Eight meters!

No! She can be faster! Fenqiao simply stopped wasting time to ventilate, and only mechanically repeated the standard strokes to ensure that each stroke was effective.

Stroke. Stroke. Stroke.

She had already reduced the number of air changes she could, and she felt as if her lungs were about to explode.

Five meters!

Four meters!

Touch the wall!

Fenqiao suddenly came out of the water, took a big breath, and for the first time, she took off her swimming goggles and looked back at her results on the big screen.

25.41 seconds!

25.41 seconds in the 50-meter pool! Fen Qiao could hardly believe it!

Didn't she never get into 27 seconds?

Or did she see it wrong? Fen Qiao rubbed his eyes and looked at the big screen again.

Maybe it was the water in his hands that got into his eyes, Fen Qiao felt that his eyes were a little astringent, but he still didn't dare to blink and looked at the big screen of timekeeping.

At the top of the group, Fen Qiao's name was listed above the remaining seven members of the second group.

Broke through.

Fen Qiao reacted for a moment before realizing this, and the soles of his feet seemed to have a sense of unreality when he stepped on cotton. Every breath is clearly transmitted to the ears, connecting the heart to resonate, fighting together, blood boiling.

Maybe this is the charm of sports, despite the countless sweats for it, but as long as the moment of fighting on the field, the world will be quiet, and all the unhappiness and all the worries will be forgotten.

The heart only beats for it, and the tide is surging for it.

Coming down from the arena and walking to the shower, Fenqiao felt like stepping on the clouds all the way. She held back the joy in her heart and pretended not to be surprised. But the heart has already soared.

Fen Qiao knew that her results might not be the best, but she broke through herself and broke the twenty-seven-second curse.

This result has exceeded Chongwen's swimming specialty student by a lot, she did not lose Gu Yan's face, at least she did not live up to Gu Yan's intentions.

"Jojo!"

Fen Qiao turned around and saw Luo Xinxin standing not far away looking at her.

"We're good friends, aren't we?" Luo Xinxin said so without warning.

What the?

Fen Qiao was puzzled, but nodded subconsciously.

In the next second, Luo Xinxin walked quickly in front of Fen Qiao, stood still, picked her up suddenly, and spun in a big circle!

"So you'll forgive your best friend for the way you celebrate..."

Fen Qiao was embraced by this unquenchable enthusiasm, she had just gotten up from the pool, she was so wet that her chin was still dripping.

Just came up from the icy pool water, but Fen Qiao was not cold at all, she didn't know how to describe the feeling of being wrapped in warm currents, so she could only pat Luo Xinxin's shoulder at a loss: "Xinxin, I have a lot of water on my body, let me down first." ”

There were so many people in the stands, Luo Xinxin, who was about the same size as her, easily picked her up, and Fen Qiao herself was a little embarrassed.

"Don't ......" Luo Xinxin buried her head on her shoulder with a happy face, "You are so amazing, Da Qiaoqiao..." ”

"Xinxin......" Fen Qiao suddenly spoke.

"What?"

Fen Qiao raised his index finger and quietly pointed to her chest, "If you really want to learn, I can teach you, but you have to change your clothes first......

Luo Xinxin lowered his head, looked at his chest, and was dumbfounded.

Fen Qiao's body was full of water droplets, and the clothes she was wearing were water-friendly chiffon fabrics, and after hugging Fen Qiao, all the water on Fen Qiao's body was sucked into the chest of the clothes. The fabric clings to the blue underwear.

Springtime!

Luo Xinxin realized this, and immediately crossed his hands in front of his chest, and blushed.

……

The 100-meter freestyle competition was scheduled for the afternoon, and after lunch, Fenqiao went back to the dormitory to take a nap before returning to the swimming pool.

Luo Xinxin accompanied her, and the two had just entered the swimming pool when they met the team leader who came down from the stands. The tall female coach of the team leader saw Fen Qiao and smiled at her, obviously having an impression of Fen Qiao during the morning game.

With the breakthrough in the morning, Fenqiao's psychological baggage is no longer so big, so he simply calmed down and tried his best to swim.

The final result of the 100m freestyle was 58.02 seconds, which was a bit decent compared to the morning, but it was definitely not bad, ranking second in the group.

When she came out of the shower, she met Pan Wenlei who entered the door, and she took the lead in saying hello to Fen Qiao.

"Congratulations, Fen Qiao," she smiled at Fen Qiao, "I just saw the list of winners from the coach, and you have already entered the school team." ”

Fen Qiao had already guessed that his results should be able to enter the school team, but he still thanked Pan Wenlei seriously.

Pan Wenlei sighed with emotion: "Your progress is really fast. Fen Qiao, in fact, I envy you a little. ”

"What?" Fen Qiao was puzzled.

Pan Wenlei is a sports star in the imperial capital, and she shines even more in this selection, she won the first place in all the projects she participated in, and was valued by the coach, Fen Qiao really couldn't figure out what she envied herself.

Seeing Fen Qiao's dazed face, Pan Wenlei swallowed the unspoken words, "It's nothing ......"

She envied Fen Qiao's feeling of enjoying the game like this.

Unlike herself, as swimming occupies an increasingly important place in her life, she can only keep pushing herself to move forward and achieve better results. Swimming is no longer the original pleasure for her.

She relied on swimming competitions to gain fame and protection, and the higher she stood, the more she feared being surpassed. When there was a stronger and stronger latecomer in her life, but she didn't make any progress, she was very panicked.

However, when she was watching the game on stage just now, she suddenly felt that maybe it was time for her to change her mentality. Instead of bothering to suppress the growth of your opponents, you should strive to improve yourself.

What is talent? Since learning to swim, is it different that so many talented people have been left behind by her?