Chapter 294: Semi-finals
Everyone was shocked by Jin Feng's performance, and they really didn't expect him to be so strong.
Of course, Jin Feng is not the protagonist of today's game, but other Chinese players are the protagonists.
"Now is the first event, the semi-finals of the women's 100m butterfly, in which both of our athletes will compete." Han Qiao looked below, and there were already athletes on the stage.
"The women's 100m butterfly is our strength, and we have two athletes in the semi-finals, Jiao Liu, a silver medallist in the 200m butterfly at last year's Olympic Games, and the other is veteran Fei Ya." Zhou Ya gave a brief introduction to the two contestants.
The first to play was Jiao Liu, and Jiao Liu's performance was very good.
It was Fei Ya who played next, and it seems that Fei Ya has no problems at all.
"The results are out, Jiao Liu is fifth, it seems that he must have entered the final, the veteran Fei Ya is eighth, and he is tied for eighth with Dutch player Huis, how to deal with this?" Han Qiao was dumbfounded, because the results of swimming competitions are calculated in 0.00 seconds, so the probability of the same result is too small, but now this is exactly the case.
"There are only eight pools in Rome, so there are only eight people in the final, and I guess there will be an extra game of Feya against Juez." Zhou Ya nodded and said.
That's the fairest way to do it.
"Well, it's really an extra round, who does Zhou Ya think will enter the finals? I think Fei Ya is very experienced and should have no problem. "Han Qiao is still very optimistic about Chinese players.
"Fei Ya has already swam a game just now, as a veteran, her physical fitness is not as good as those young people, I think Fei Ya is very difficult." Zhou Ya, as a professional player, watched more carefully.
Sure enough, as Zhou Ya expected, Fei Ya lost to Huys in the duel and missed the final match, and the double insurance of the Huaxia team was not insured.
"It's a shame that the veteran Fei Ya has left this arena and we believe she will perform even better in the next games." Han Qiao said with emotion, "At the same time, we would like to congratulate Jiao Liu on entering the final of the women's 100-meter butterfly. ”
After a pause, Han Qiao continued: "The next race is the race we have been waiting for for a long time, the final of the men's 400m freestyle. ”
"We men don't have a lot of gold points, and the men's swimming team hasn't won a gold medal at the World Championships so far, so we'll see if Zhang Ling can break through this curse." Zhou Ya is still very optimistic about Zhang Ling.
I have to say that in the 36-year history of the World Championships, the Chinese men's swimming team has not touched the championship trophy, nor has it in the Olympic Games.
Zhang Ling won the silver medal in the men's 400-meter freestyle at last year's Olympic Games, and has already made history for the Chinese men's swimming team.
And it was Park Huan Dae of the South Korean team who won the championship at that time.
"Zhang Ling has a very good chance to win the championship today." Han Qiao felt a little nervous.
"Yes, Olympic champion Park Huan Dae was upset in the preliminaries, ranking 12th and missing the final, so as the Olympic silver medalist, Zhang Ling ushered in his best opportunity." Zhou Ya thinks the same.
Although many people think that Zhang Ling has this opportunity, the truth makes everyone very helpless.
Zhang Ling's performance was very good, he also swam his best time of three points, forty-one seconds and thirty-five, which also surpassed the hungry Park Huantai, but Zhang Ling still did not win the championship, the strong has its own strong player, Zhang Ling only won a bronze medal, there are too many players who are better than him.
"It's a shame." Han Qiao also felt a little frustrated in the end.
"This is the gap, there is still a certain gap between us and foreign players, and we have to face these gaps." Zhou Ya seemed unusually calm.
In both games, the performance of the Huaxia team is not outstanding, the following is the semi-finals of the 200-meter medley, although there are two players in Huaxia, but everyone did not report much hope, sure enough, the final results of these two players are not very good, and they were eliminated.
"The next competition is the semi-finals of the men's 50m butterfly, and my country's Jin Feng will play." Han Qiao has no spirit now, because the Chinese players in front of him are not performing very well.
"It's a match I'm looking forward to, can Goldwind still be very strong?" Zhou Ya said with a smile.
Golden Wind warms up backstage, and it's about to be his game.
The semi-finals will be divided into two groups or ranked according to the overall score.
Su Man, who performed very well in the preliminaries, was still arrogant, and he and Jin Feng were divided into the second group, so he shouted before the game that he wanted Jin Feng to know that the butterfly was not so easy to swim.
After seeing Jin Feng, Su Man still shouted at Jin Feng very provocatively: "Boy, you're finished." ”
Jin Feng shook his head, he had never seen such a ridiculous person.
Ignore Suman.
On the other side, Muno glanced at Jin Feng, Mu Nuo is not as arrogant as Su Man, as a world record holder, Mu Nuo has only one goal, that is, the championship, but he now feels that someone threatens his position, of course, it is not Su Man, but Jin Feng.
"In the preliminaries, Mu Nuo and Su Man both swam to 22.90 seconds, the strength of the two people is very strong, but they are still pressed down by Jin Feng, Jin Feng's score is 22.89 seconds, Zhou Ya thinks Jin Feng can enter the finals?" Han Qiao asked cautiously.
"The 50-meter butterfly, with a short track and fast speed, is an event that is very easy to cause upsets, so I can't guarantee whether Goldwind can enter the finals, but I think as long as Goldwind can maintain its strength in the preliminaries, it is not very difficult to enter the finals." Zhou Ya still said very realistically.
"Jin Feng is divided into the second group, who are the masters in this group?" Han Qiao then asked.
"The favorites for the 50m butterfly are Spain's Muno and South Africa's Suman, Muno is in the first group, Suman and Jinfeng are in the same group, the competition between them is quite good, Suman also said before the game, will let Jinfeng know that it is powerful." Zhou Ya did not forget Su Man's words before the game.
The first group of the competition started first, and Muno, who was known as the favorite to win the championship, played very steadily, winning the first place in the group with a time of 22.68 seconds, which once again set a new record for the World Championships.
"How many times has this been? This year's World Championships is a collective explosion, and the record of the game is like no money, just brush. Han Qiao was almost speechless.
"The number of record-breaking events at this World Swimming Championships is a lot, and it's a test for many athletes."