On August 23, the 9th World Athletics Championships officially opened at the Stade de France in Paris, France.

For this World Championships, the media from all over the world before the start of the tournament are unanimously optimistic, and everyone thinks that this will be a mediocre World Championships.

First of all, except for Guo Zizhao, who still maintains a huge lead in four individual events this year, the other competitors are like weak chickens.

Obikwiru retired due to injury, and Morris. Green, Montgomery, Chambers, Campbell, Fredericks, Collins and other seniors have also had no bright spots this year. And newcomers such as Gatlin, Powell, and Brown are still too young, and there is a huge gap with Guo Zizhao in terms of personal strength and competition experience.

Therefore, this year's men's sprint event is estimated to be Guo Zizhao's solo performance.

Secondly, there are also many famous athletes in other events who failed to participate. Flyer Jones just gave birth to a son for Montgomery this year and has yet to make a comeback. Radcliffe, the first woman in the middle distance run, retired due to injury, and Edwards, the first person in the triple jump, also retired due to injury. This has dimmed the stars of this World Championships a lot.

Finally, according to the weather forecast, the weather in Paris at the beginning of this World Championships is around 35~38 degrees Celsius. Such a hot climate is also not conducive to the performance of the players.

Therefore, the media are not optimistic about what wonderful games can be played in this World Championships before the game.

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The Chinese team also sent a strong team of more than 30 people to participate in the competition. Chen Yanhao, Liu Feifei, Chen Haijian, Shen Yunbao, Yang Yaozhou and Xu Ziyu in the men's sprint event are also all here.

Originally, in the men's 110-meter hurdles, Shi Dongpeng also reached the A standard. However, in the face of the strong strength of the other three, Xiao Shi's level is still a lot worse! In addition, Shi Dongpeng does not have much experience in competitions, so Feng Shuyong can only endure the pain and cut his love.

Alas, I didn't expect our Chinese track and field team to have too many troubles about the day when there are too many qualified athletes! Feng Shuyong suddenly felt that this could be regarded as a happy trouble......

In addition to participating in four individual events this time, Guo Zizhao will also lead the relay team to compete in the men's 4x100m relay. Judging from the current strength of the relay team, the hope of hitting a medal is still not small.

However, before the start of the competition, Guo Zizhao was doing warm-up exercises, but at the same time chatting with the system in his mind about the opening of the new project.

"You've decided? Just start swimming as your second phase of mission? The system also confirmed it to Guo Zizhao again.

"Well, let's just swim. I've been waiting for almost two years, and now I finally have a letter. Lao Tzu is going to start killing in the pool next year, and it's just right to start now. Guo Zizhao also said excitedly, "After the end of this World Championships, Lao Tzu will have the swimming skills given by the system, so what are you afraid of!" ”

"Good. You just decide. The system also nodded in agreement, "What about the specific project?" Is it the 50m and 100m freestyle that you decided to before? ”

"Hmmm! This time, the 100-meter freestyle will be started, and the next time the 50-meter freestyle will be opened. At next year's Olympic Games, Lao Tzu will add two more gold medals! Haha......"

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It turned out that just a month ago, the 10th World Aquatics Championships came to an end in Barcelona, Spain.

The performance of the Chinese swimming team at this World Aquatics Championships can be described as mixed.

In the women's event, she still relied on the excellent performance of the "Frog Queen" Luo Xue and won the world championship in the 50 and 100 frog events. He also teamed up with his teammates to win the 4x100m mixed relay.

The women's team also won four bronze medals in the 200 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 medley and 4x200m freestyle relay.

The harvest of 3 golds and 4 bronzes this time made Zhang Dongya, the head of the women's team and also Luo Xue's head coach, happy.

However, compared to the big gains of the women's team, the men's swimming team is still in a bleak situation. There is nothing to praise other than two men's events reaching the finals. In the men's event, there was still nothing.

After returning to China, the head coach Zhao Ge also felt disgraced, so he took the initiative to resign as the head coach of the swimming team and returned to Guangdong Province to be his head coach of the Guangdong Provincial Swimming Team. And Zhang Dongya, the deputy head coach, is temporarily acting as the head coach, and it is estimated that he will have to be corrected after the year.

At the same time, the performance of the Chinese diving team in this World Championships was not satisfactory. Only four of the 10 gold medals in diving were won, with the only men's gold medal not yet being an Olympic event. This is a lot of regression compared with the last World Championships in Fukuoka, when the Chinese diving team won 8 golds!

In the end, at this World Swimming Championships, the Chinese team dropped from the second place in the gold medal list last time to the fourth place this time with 7 golds, 4 silvers and 8 bronzes.

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The decline in the rankings is not counted, but judging from this World Championships, the swimming strength of other countries has improved by leaps and bounds in recent years.

In addition to the old powers of the United States and Australia, countries such as Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands have also made great progress. Even Japan, the neighboring country, has made rapid progress in the men's event in the past two years.

Moreover, young talented players from various countries are also taking the stage one after another. Phelps, a teenager from the United States, broke the world record five times in this World Championships. Japan's young player Kosuke Kitajima also won two gold medals in breaststroke.

All this makes the tour management center feel a little stressed.

The Athens Olympics are less than a year away, and now there is an urgent need for a stable gold medal! Since Guo Zizhao wants to come to participate in the swimming competition, let him come. Does he care if he can win the gold medal? Dead horses should be treated as live horse doctors......

Therefore, the tour management center also replied to Uncle Li. Guo Zizhao is welcome to participate in next year's national swimming championships as an outside the system, and if he has outstanding results, he can consider representing the national swimming team in next year's Athens Olympics.

Since the tour management center has expressed its position, Guo Zizhao quickly climbed up the pole and directly agreed. Ha ha...... Lao Tzu's swimming program is finally about to open, and it is not in vain that Lao Tzu has been waiting for almost two years.

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A few days before the start of the World Championships, there were preliminaries for various events, which was not difficult for Guo Zizhao.

Chen Haijian and Shen Yunbao also passed the men's 100m preliminaries. However, Xu Ziyu was eliminated in the men's 400m heats.

Xiao Xu has been inconsistent since he was injured at last year's Asian Games. In addition, he is considered to have the least experience in the competition among this batch of new players, and it is not surprising that he will be eliminated this time.

In the next semi-finals, Shen Yunbao also failed to break through. After all, Shen Yunbao is also 27 years old this year, and although his explosiveness is still good, he is slightly lacking in physical strength. In the end, he had to stop at the semi-finals.

Chen Haijian played well this time and was lucky to squeeze into the final with a time of 10.12 seconds. This also made everyone on the team ecstatic. In addition to Guo Zizhao, the Chinese team finally has another player to enter the finals of the men's 100-meter trapeze battle!

But what everyone didn't expect was that a few minutes later, in the other group of semifinals in which Guo Zizhao participated, something ridiculous happened.

"Hi...... Guo Zizhao, you are my idol! I just watched your game and decided to become a professional athlete! Just before the game, Powell, a rising star from Jamaica, also ran up to Guo Zizhao and said excitedly.

"Oh...... Powell? Hehe, you Jamaica is a place where the world's best sprinters are produced! You have to do it too! Guo Zizhao looked at the big black man in front of him, and was also stunned for a moment, and then said something meaningful.

"Hmmm! I'm going to be a top performer! At this time, Powell, who was full of confidence, also said excitedly, "I can finally play with you today, I want to challenge you!" I may not be your match right now, but I want you to see what I'm capable of! ”

"Oh......" Guo Zizhao also looked at this young man with interest, hehe, in the past few years, even Green didn't dare to be so arrogant in front of him. Young man, how dare you say it......

"Good! Then run well later, let me see your strength......" Guo Zizhao also said with a smile, but he didn't expect that a few minutes later, Powell would be tragic in front of the people of the world......