Preliminaries are never a matter for top players!

A few minutes later, Phelps returned to the break room with a relaxed face. When all five preliminaries were over, Phelps entered the final of the men's 400m individual medley tomorrow morning without any pressure as the first place in the preliminaries.

In the 400-meter and above swimming events, due to the long distance and the large physical exertion of the athletes, there are only two races, the preliminary round and the final, and there is no semi-final.

However, Phelps did not leave in a hurry after the race, and two and a half hours later, there was a preliminary round of the men's 200m freestyle, which is what Phelps is most concerned about at the moment!

Hum...... Although I can't compete with Guo Zizhao today, I can observe Guo Zizhao's level up close, and I can generally see some of the situation.

As the competition progressed, masters from all over the world began to appear one after another, and the atmosphere of the competition in the Water Cube became more and more intense. Although today's competition is just some preliminary rounds, this is the Olympics? There is only one chance in four years, can you not work hard?

Soon, the preliminaries of the men's 400m freestyle will also begin, and another seeded player from the Chinese team, Zhang Lin, will also be on the stage soon.

Zhang Lin, who is only 21 years old this year, is also the most likely player to win a medal in the men's freestyle event in China, except for Guo Zizhao. At the trials at the beginning of the year, Zhang Lin won the men's 400-meter and 1500-meter freestyle championships in one fell swoop, and at the same time, she only lost to Guo Zizhao in the 200-meter freestyle event and won the runner-up.

In the following two months, the national team also sent Zhang Lin to Australia for training, under the tutelage of the Australian star "King of the Middle and Long Distance" Hackett's coach Dennis Brown. Cortelaire, it is said that the improvement in grades is also very noticeable. In this Olympic Games, Zhang Lin also put her main focus on the men's 400-meter freestyle event, striving to win a medal!

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"Brother Guo, I'll play first!" Zhang Lin also got up and packed up his equipment, and nodded to Guo Zizhao to greet him.

"Huh...... Go ahead and relax on the tour. With your strength, there's nothing wrong with winning a medal. Guo Zizhao also patted Zhang Lin on the shoulder with a smile, and simply encouraged the other party, "When the time comes, the first medal or even the gold medal of our national swimming team in this Olympic Games may come out of your hands tomorrow!" ”

"Really? Hey...... Well, I'll definitely swim later, so that everyone can see our current strength! Zhang Lin's eyes also lit up, and she patted her chest confidently and assured.

Zhang Lin's achievements have indeed reached the international top level. In the past few years, although Guo Zizhao has not participated in many swimming competitions, the incentive effect on domestic men's swimming events is still quite obvious. In particular, the men's freestyle event in which Guo Zizhao participated has become the hottest swimming event in China in recent years.

In addition, with the exemplary role of the national track and field team, today's national swimming team has also begun to go to Australia and other swimming powers a few years ago to study coaches and train athletes. After persisting for two or three years, it is now slowly showing results.

Therefore, not only is the strength of veterans such as Chen Zheng now significantly improved compared with the previous life, but the results of young players such as Zhang Lin, Wu Peng, Lai Zhongjian, Sun Yangyang, Lu Zhiwu and Shi Runqiang are also slightly higher than the same period in the previous life.

It is precisely because of this that Guo Zizhao is also full of expectations for Zhang Lin's performance in the Beijing Olympics this time!

After Zhang Lin walked out of the lounge in a hurry, Guo Zizhao also turned his head to the other side with a smile, "Hehe...... Sun Yangyang, don't envy Zhang Lin, as long as you continue to work hard, one day you will have the opportunity to compete for the Olympic gold medal! ”

"Really?" Sun Yangyang, who is still a little fresh meat, also said with wide eyes and surprise.

"Haha...... Can I still lie to you? Your talent and physical condition are even better than Zhang Lin's. But ......," Guo Zizhao also said with a smile, "You are not yet 17 years old this year, take your time and use this Olympics to practice first." As long as you keep working hard, by the time it comes to next year's World Championships, I think you'll have a chance to win a medal! ”

"Really?" Sun Yangyang was fooled by Guo Zizhao, and he also felt that his future was bright.

"Haha...... Guaranteed to be more real than real gold! Okay, it's almost your group's turn to play, so I won't brag to you. Prepare early, Coach Zhu probably has to tell you a few words! ”

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It didn't take long for all six preliminaries of the men's 400m freestyle to end.

Zhang Lin really lived up to expectations, winning the first place in the preliminaries with a time of 3:42.45, not only successfully breaking into tomorrow's final, but also breaking the Asian record in the event. This result also made the entire Chinese swimming team ecstatic.

If Zhang Lin can play like this in tomorrow's finals, a medal is absolutely indispensable! Even the gold medal is not impossible!

Australia's veteran Hackett, known as the "king of the middle and long distance", Asian record holder and South Korean Park Tae-hyung, as well as American stars Jensen and Van der Kay also successfully entered the final. However, Sun Yangyang, another young player of the Chinese team, although he also played well this time, was only ranked 20th and was unfortunately eliminated.

"It's okay, the strength is not good, just keep working hard." Guo Zizhao also comforted this little fresh meat, "Not this year, come back next year!" I'm sure you'll have a chance next year! Besides, your strength isn't 1500 meters! It's the 1500m heats in a few days, so rest well and do it again! ”

At 9 o'clock in the evening, the preliminaries of the men's 200-meter freestyle finally began. Not only did Guo Zizhao begin to show up, but famous players such as Phelps, Park Taeheng, and Van der Kay, who had already shown their hands in front of the audience just now, were also put on the battlefield again.

The 200-meter freestyle event, although Guo Zizhao redeemed it through the system, even if he won the championship, there was no system reward, but it was related to whether Guo Zizhao could defeat Phelps this time and win the honor of the athlete with the most gold medals in this Olympic Games, so Guo Zizhao did not dare to take it lightly.

In this case, let's show your strength a little first!

1:43.15!

Guo Zizhao only used a "shocking" skill in the preliminaries, and swam a shocking result, and easily advanced to tomorrow's semifinals with the first place in the preliminaries.

Although it is more than 1 second slower than the world record set by him at the beginning of the year, this result is much higher than the other competitors, and more than 0.5 seconds faster than the world record set by Phelps last year!

Hiss...... This Guo Zizhao is really strong!

At this time, almost all the media began to disapprove of Phelps, and even many media began to gloat. Hey...... Makes you scream! This time it's kicked to the iron plate! ran to the Beijing Olympics and wanted to win 8 gold medals, which is obviously not to take Guo Zizhao in his eyes!

With Guo Zizhao's character, how could he let you go! What's more, Phelps also chose to participate in the 200-meter freestyle event, which happened to fall into the hands of Guo Zizhao!

Hey...... 1:43.15! This Guo Zizhao gave Phelps a big disappointment in the preliminaries!

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