Chapter 490: The battle for the world's first flying fish
On the morning of July 27, the preliminaries of the men's 100-meter freestyle started smoothly.
For Guo Zizhao, there is no pressure at all in this game. Just by using a "shocking" skill, Guo Zizhao swam a time of 48.75 seconds and easily advanced to the semifinals in the evening.
Another Chinese player, Chen Zheng, also lived up to expectations, burying his head all the way, and finally broke into the semi-finals of the international top competition for the first time with a time of 49.54 seconds.
"Good, good job!" After the preliminaries, Deputy Director Shang Xiutang, Head Coach Zhang Dongya, and Coach Yi Zhengli, the head coach of Chen Zheng, also praised Chen Zheng's performance today, "Go back and have a good rest, and strive to break into the finals tonight and set another record!" ”
There's a reason why everyone is so excited. Guo Zizhao can enter the semifinals, finals, and even win the championship, and everyone will not feel any surprise. Because Guo Zizhao was originally a top international master with amazing strength.
But for the other players in the men's sprint freestyle of the Chinese swimming team, being able to break into the semi-finals of the World Championships is a great progress!
You must know that in previous international competitions, the Chinese team could basically only send a B-standard player in this men's event, that is, he was eliminated from the competition after participating in a preliminary round. That scene was just as tragic as the men's 100-meter athletes of the national track and field team before.
But now, the sprint freestyle event is not only an A-standard player, but also a historic semi-finalist. This can't help but make everyone YYy...... If we wait a few more years, will our men's freestyle event be like the men's sprint event, in addition to Guo Zizhao, it will also be an Olympic champion!
Therefore, everyone's eyes on Chen Zheng are even more eager! Judging from Chen Zheng's current age and progress rate, it seems that there is no hope for the 2008 Beijing Olympics!
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However, everyone's expectations for Chen Zheng to go further at this World Championships were disappointed.
In the semifinals of the men's 100-meter freestyle in the evening, Chen Zheng, who appeared on this stage for the first time, was still a little nervous. In the end, Chen Qi, who played averagely, only swam a time of 49.80 seconds, ranking twelfth, and said goodbye to the field regrettably.
Guo Zizhao is still far ahead, and in this game, he only added a "gorgeous turn" skill, and once again occupied the top position in the semifinals with a time of 48.17 seconds. And Guo Zizhao's result is also the world's best result in this project this year so far!
In the eyes of the outside world, the championship of this project is no longer in suspense. Whether it is Schumann, who just won the men's 50m butterfly championship a day ago and broke the world championship record, or Italy's Magnini, who originally set the world's best result this year, or Phelps, who just tried the men's 100m freestyle individual event this year, there is no threat to Guo Zizhao.
According to Guo Zizhao's competition rules, since he swam 48.17 seconds in the semifinals, it will be easy to swim within 48 seconds when the finals come.
However, although Guo Zizhao swam at the top level, the performance of the other players in the Chinese swimming team made everyone happy and worried!
Originally, Luo Xue, the "Frog Queen" who had the biggest hope of winning gold in the Chinese team, was also struggling to advance at this World Championships because of a foot injury. In the final of the women's 100-meter breaststroke today, Luo Xue also failed to realize her dream of "three consecutive championships", only ranked fourth in the final, and lost a medal!
And Yang Yu, another Chinese veteran who has the hope of hitting the gold medal, only won a bronze medal in the women's 200-meter freestyle final, which is better than nothing!
However, to everyone's surprise, in the subsequent men's 200m butterfly competition, Wu Peng, a Chinese player who broke into the final for the first time, played his best level and won another bronze medal for the Chinese team with a time of 1:56.50!
This unexpected bronze medal also surprised the Chinese team. You must know that in the history of the World Championships, only at the 1998 World Swimming Championships in Australia, the Chinese swimming team won the first medal in the men's swimming event. And Wu Peng's bronze medal is also the second medal of the Chinese men's swimming event at the World Championships!
It's not easy to come by......
What surprised everyone even more was that in the semifinals of the women's 50-meter backstroke, Chinese teenager Gao Chang unexpectedly broke the world championship record with a time of 28.31 seconds, and entered tomorrow's final with the first place in the semifinals.
This also makes everyone look forward to tomorrow's competition, if you are lucky, maybe there will be two gold medals tomorrow!
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At 7 p.m. on July 28, the final of the women's 50-meter backstroke started first.
Gao Chang, a young player who was pinned on by the Chinese team, once again suffered the loss of young players' lack of experience in the competition.
From the moment he entered the water, Gao Chang maintained a slight lead, but in the final sprint, the teenager Gao Chang was disrupted by the Australian Rooney who caught up.
Especially when he was about to touch the wall, Gao Chang did not choose to touch the wall underwater in a panic, and he added half an arm stroke to the snake, and replaced it with his familiar right hand to touch the wall. As a result, the experienced Australian was ahead of the experienced Australian by 0.06 seconds and completed the touch maneuver underwater.
0.06 seconds!
This is also a blink of an eye, and a gold medal that the Chinese team is about to get has become a silver medal! This is also what makes everyone feel distressed!
After Dad and Song Ping saw this, they couldn't help but shake their heads one after another, "It's a pity!" I'm still too young and inexperienced! If you can stabilize the rhythm in the end, this gold medal will be in hand! ”
"Yes! It's all a lesson! Head Coach Zhang Dongya also regretted it, "However, Gao Chang is only 18 years old this year. In the past few years, I have gone abroad to exercise more, and when the Beijing Olympics comes, I hope to be able to produce results again! ”
"Not only Gao Chang, but also Wu Peng, Zhang Lin and others, all of whom are only 18 years old, these are all good seedlings during the Beijing Olympics!" Old man Song Ping also nodded in agreement and said, "On the one hand, we should pay close attention to improving our strength, and on the other hand, we need to accumulate more experience, these young people are the hope of our Chinese swimming project." ”
"Haha...... It's good to have hope. However, in Guo Zizhao's final, there can be no more surprises with this gold medal! ”
"Don't worry! I'll take it down for you right now! Dad also said with confidence, "Guo Zizhao has never missed a hand in an official competition!" Besides, in yesterday's two games, Guo Zizhao didn't sprint with all his strength in the second half! ”
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Dad is right, in the subsequent men's 100-meter freestyle final, Guo Zizhao was full of firepower. In addition to not using potions, Guo Zizhao's three skills were all on the field one by one!
With a whistle, Guo Zizhao instantly activated the skill of "Shocking Leap", and entered the swimming lane lightly with a perfect jumping action.
81 points of "bouncing" attributes, and with the blessing of skills, Guo Zizhao's entry distance is actually 20 or 30 centimeters farther than the entry distance of top masters such as Schumann and Phelps, and the time to enter the water is not worse than everyone else.
When everyone came out of the water, Guo Zizhao was already nearly half an arm's length ahead of everyone! Even the commentator at the scene couldn't help but admire, "Guo Zizhao's hair jumping level is really good, just now this hair jumping is 0.2 seconds ahead of others!" It's really worthy of being a track and field athlete, this bounce power! This coordination! Tut-tut......"
Just when the commentator was full of emotion, Guo Zizhao had already started his posture and began to sprint up at his own pace. Schumann, Magnini, Netlin and Phelps in the adjacent lanes also sprinted without showing weakness.
In particular, Schumann not only won the third place in this event at last year's Athens Olympics, but also won the first swimming world championship for the South African team in the 50m butterfly two days ago, and also broke the world championship record twice. It can be seen that the opponent's sprint ability in the short-distance swimming event is also quite strong.
And this time, Schumann was also ambitious, and once again launched an attack on his second gold medal!
Hum...... What about Guo Zizhao, his strength in the first half of the journey is not much worse than yours. As long as you are as weak as the first two races in the second half of the sprint, you still have a chance to overtake......
The name of the world's No. 1 flying fish, I also have the strength to obtain! Come on, Schumann......
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