Chapter 427: The King of Speed, Unparalleled in the World
What is the ultimate speed of a human being? This has always been a question that everyone wants to know. It is also one of the motivations for all athletes to constantly challenge themselves.
How fast can a human run from the bottom? How fast can you swim? How high can you jump? How far can you jump? How far can it be thrown? How much can you lift? …… These questions related to the basic physical fitness of human beings have always been talked about by all sports enthusiasts.
Among them, how fast you can run and how fast you can swim is the most concerned by everyone, and at the same time, it has the greatest influence in the world! After all, speed competitions can bring the greatest sensory stimulation to everyone, and also have the most extensive mass participation base.
Athletic events such as high jump, long jump, throwing and weightlifting are much more limited by the venue and facilities, and they are easy to get injured without professional training.
However, events such as sprinting and swimming are much less restricted, and even if there is no professional venue and technology, an open space and a pond can become the fun of playing and competing with partners from an early age.
In the official events of the Olympic Games and World Championships, the 100-meter sprint event is a proof of the ultimate speed of human beings on land; The 50-meter freestyle event is to explore the extreme speed of human beings in the water. So the original "Flying Man Wars" and "Flying Fish Wars" refer to these two projects.
However, because the speed of the 50-meter freestyle is too fast, it is slightly inferior to the 100-meter freestyle event in terms of spectacle. Therefore, now most of the audience and the media are gradually crowning the name of "Flying Fish War" on the 100-meter freestyle event. In this way, it can be matched with the project of the 100-meter "Flying Man War".
But in the field of professional swimming, the status of the 50-meter freestyle event is not inferior to the 100-meter freestyle, because this is where the real limit speed of human beings in the water lies!
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So when Guo Zizhao broke the men's 50-meter freestyle world record with a time of 21.50 seconds, the whole world sports world was shaken.
"King of Speed"! Guo Zizhao deserves to represent the fastest existence of human beings!
The holder of the men's 100-meter sprint world record, Guo Zizhao's 100-meter time of 9.69 seconds has left all sprinters in the dust. Now he has set a world record in the men's 50-meter freestyle, with a time of 21.50 seconds, which is also incredible for all swimmers.
You know, Guo Zizhao is shirtless, just wearing an ordinary pair of boxer swimming trunks! How can those opponents in high-tech swimsuits be embarrassed......
As soon as Guo Zizhao's achievement came out, the media who still had a lot of complaints about Guo Zizhao's new nickname of "King of Speed" were silent for a while! turned to Guo Zizhao's amazing feat, and began to boast and publicize!
After all, Guo Zizhao has completed a feat in the history of human sports, becoming the fastest runner and fastest swimmer in the world in one fell swoop! It has become the most outstanding representative of human beings in extreme speed! Not one of them!
However, when people were cheering for Guo Zizhao's achievement, few people noticed that when the semi-finals were all over, the veteran Popov and "Dutch Flying Fish" Hockenband were eliminated from the competition.
It can be said that the "swimming czar" Popov has become the most disappointed athlete in this Olympic Games. The former "king of sprint" in the world swimming world was able to win the 50m and 100m freestyle championships at last year's World Swimming Championships, but this year is already on the wane! Failed to enter the final in both events, which is also embarrassing.
In addition to Popov's age, his physical strength has begun to be unable to keep up, there is another important reason, that is, this year's sharkskin swimsuits have begun to become popular on a large scale. Although there have not been many breakthroughs in the best results of various events, the overall level of the participating athletes has also been raised to a higher level.
Therefore, under the trade-off, Popov, who is also unwilling to change his high-tech swimsuit, is out of the game. However, to Popov's relief, Guo Zizhao, the new "king of short distance" in the swimming world, also sticks to the bottom line of a swimmer. Hum...... To hell with those high-tech swimsuits!
As for "Dutch Flying Fish" Hockenband, there was not much hope in the 50-meter event.
The double champion of the men's 100m and 200m freestyle at the last Olympics became the double runner-up in this Olympics, which also made Hockenband a little discouraged. Being eliminated from the competition this time in poor form is not too much of a surprise.
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Just when Guo Zizhao justifiably became the world's "king of speed" through tonight's game, the performance of the Chinese sports delegation today also continued yesterday's sluggish state.
After today's one-day competition, the Chinese delegation still only has 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. The men's 69kg weightlifting event contributed a gold medal, the women's 4x200m freestyle relay unexpectedly contributed a silver medal, and the women's judo and shooting events contributed two bronze medals. In addition, in several traditional advantage projects, there are frequent misses.
The men's badminton event was wiped out; Men's table tennis has also lost in men's singles and men's doubles, and the situation is grim; "Queen" Luo Xue was forced to give up the 200-meter breaststroke competition because she was unwell; The women's archery event encountered a "black whistle" and was also eliminated; The women's volleyball team and the women's basketball team also lost in the group stage......
This series of negative news also made the entire Chinese Olympic delegation under great pressure!
Even Deputy Director Li Mingzhong, deputy head of the delegation, after expressing his condolences to Guo Zizhao for today's record-breaking results, also pulled Guo Zizhao aside slightly and said, "You turtle son, is your prediction accurate this time?" In the past two days, our delegation's results have been under a lot of pressure. If the time comes, the grades are too bad, and we will all become a laughing stock! ”
Looking at Uncle Li, who was a little anxious, Guo Zizhao also smiled and comforted, "It's okay, it's normal for grades to fluctuate, you have to believe in the performance of the athletes." Go back to a meeting and encourage more! Besides, even if our performance in the past two days is average, we are not currently ranked first with the number of 12 gold medals! ”
"Don't worry, tomorrow's competition, my gold medal in the 50m freestyle will definitely be no problem! In other events, I don't believe I can't win a gold medal? ”
"Good! Then you've got to stabilize it for me! Uncle Li also breathed a sigh of relief, "Whether it's tomorrow's swimming gold medal or the track and field gold medal in the next few days, you can't miss a piece!" I'll count all these gold medals on your head, if one is missing, see how I clean you up when I go back. ”
"Hey...... Don't worry, I'm the new "King of Speed" now! Guo Zizhao said very stinkily, "In the speed project, Lao Tzu has never been afraid of anyone!" ”
"...... Then you can go back to rest for Lao Tzu! Uncle Li also laughed and scolded, "You also take the media's praise seriously, wait until you break the world record in track and field events in this Olympic Games, and then brag in front of Lao Tzu......"
"Gotcha...... You see, starting from tomorrow's final, Lao Tzu is about to start a record-breaking journey in this Olympic Games! ”