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A special relay will take place tonight, the mixed 4x100m medley relay, a new addition to the World Championships in Kazan.

The new event means that no matter which team wins the championship, the history books of swimming will be recorded as follows: At the 2015 World Swimming Championships in Kazan, the XX National Relay Team became the first team in the history of swimming to win a mixed relay world championship.

The first time is always precious and meaningful, and the eight teams that made it to the finals all wanted to win their first title.

In the preliminaries, the strong Australian team was disqualified due to a foul in the jump, and the Japanese team, which was originally ninth in the preliminaries, was lucky to advance to the final.

All walks of life in China have high hopes for the Chinese mixed relay team, and the people of the whole country shouted in unison: we can not have gold medals in other events, but the gold medal in the mixed 4*100m medley relay must be brought back to China!

Why is public opinion so boiling?

Because the eight teams in the mixed 4*100m medley relay final are arranged according to 1~8 lanes:

France, Italy, China, USA, Great Britain, Russia, Germany, Japan.

The United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, if Austria-Hungary is added, the eight-nation coalition of that year will be complete.

Now that there is no Austria-Hungary, the Chinese swimming team will challenge the seven-nation coalition in the final.

"Back then, they couldn't beat the foreigners of the Eight-Nation Alliance, but now, Chinese swimmers have to fight for breath!" On a well-known forum in China, this post has been built to 100,000 floors, because of the floor restrictions of the forum post, the landlord had to reopen a post to continue to build the second phase of the project.

From top to bottom, the Chinese swimming team certainly wants to win this championship, but there are two opponents that are difficult to deal with -- the United States and the United Kingdom.

France, Germany, and Japan are strong men and weak women, and the Italian team is strong women and weak men.

The Russian team has a balanced balance of strength between men and women, but only the Russian team does not play according to the routine, he is the only team that uses the "women's women's men's and men's" baseball combination, and the other seven teams are all "men's and women's" baseball combinations. Therefore, the strength of the maverick Russian team is difficult to estimate, and there is no way to compare them.

The United States and Great Britain have a balanced mix of male and female players, and there are no shortcomings, so these two teams are recognized as favorites to win the championship.

In fact, the Chinese team also has a phenomenon of strong men and weak women, and the combination of their sticks is: backstroke Xu Jiayu, breaststroke Du Ke, butterfly Lu Ying, and freestyle Shen Ze.

Du Ke + Xu Jiayu is obviously stronger than Lu Ying + Shen Ze, but the men's and women's baseball times of the Chinese team are already the strongest lineup that can be discharged at present.

A total of 32 athletes from 16 men and 16 women from eight countries have set up positions in the competition area, and the Chinese relay team is in lane 3.

"Men and women are not tired of working together, brothers and sisters, this shot is the one to make contributions!" Duke and his three siblings mobilized with his teammates.

"The first shot, it must be fired!" Xu Jiayu actively cooperated.

"Hmm." Lu Ying nodded expressionlessly, unable to see her mental activity.

"Well......" Shen Ze is a little unconfident, she is the weakest of the four sticks of the Chinese team.

At this time, the preparation whistle sounded, and the first backstroker of each team went out of the pool.

The start signal sounded, and the first mixed relay race in the history of the World Swimming Championships began!

Xu Jiayu's start was fast, ranking first among all backstrokers with a starting reaction of 0.58 seconds.

In the mid-range stage, Xu Jiayu played well, and he rushed to the first position in the 50 meters ahead.

Xu Jiayu is the fourth in the men's 100 back event at this World Championships, and there are three people who are faster than him, China's Duke, Australia's Larkin, and the United States' Greaves.

Duke swam in the breaststroke in the relay race, Australia's Larkin missed the final, and Xu Jiayu's strongest opponent in this race was the United States' Greaves.

"Xiao Xu, hold on!" Du Ke cheered for Xu Jiayu on the jumping platform, and paid close attention to Xu Jiayu's swimming rhythm, ready to take over the baton.

After turning around, Greaves pursued Xu Jiayu with all his might, but Xu Jiayu still handed over the baton to Du Ke first by a narrow margin.

Xu Jiayu won the backstroker of the United States team by 0.11 seconds and the backstroker of the British team by 0.37 seconds.

Duke loved the feeling and took the lead with the baton.

Although Xu Jiayu did not win much of the lead, it was enough for Du Ke.

Duke had competed in two men's relay races before, and when he took over, he was often quite behind his opponents, so he set out with the lead, and Duke was satisfied.

After entering the water, Duke opened fire and swam at full speed.

He has only one real opponent in the breaststroke stick, Adam Peaty of Team GB.

Douc started 0.37 seconds ahead of Peaty, and all he had to do was turn his team's lead from 0.37 seconds to 0.73 seconds or more in the 100 meters of the breaststroke stick, and he had to save enough money for the next two female teammates.

Duke won by 0.41 seconds over Pitty in the 100 breaststroke, and the pair did it again in the relay breaststroke baton.

Duke and Peaty, two top 100 breaststroke riders in 58 seconds, swam in with high-frequency arm kicks, leaving the other competitors behind. The advantage of these two in the 100 frogs is too obvious.

It took Pitty less than 30 metres to overtake Team USA's breaststroker Cordes, who was second and in full pursuit of Douca.

But Pitty was never able to close the gap with Doucle, after all, he was behind Douc from the start.

Duke was nearly one position ahead of Peaty to Lu Ying, and China was in first place, 0.97 seconds ahead of second-placed Great Britain.

Lu Ying took the baton into the water, she is the bronze medalist in the women's 100 butterfly event, she is better than the other six women in the butterfly swimming stick, and the only runner who is faster than Lu Ying is the Russian team Karakov, who is the men's butterfly swimmer.

The first two strokes of the Russian team arranged two female players, these two female players are really pitiful, the Russian girl was abused by the male players of the other seven countries in the first two strokes, and when she entered the butterfly swimming stick, Karakov was already forty meters behind Lu Ying.

I saw the Russian male player Karakow frantically chasing the seven girls in front, but he was too far behind, and he broke two girls after chasing 100 meters.

Lu Ying played steadily, and she handed over the baton to Shen Ze, the team's last female freestyler, with a 1.25-second advantage, and the Chinese team was still in first place at this time.

Shen Ze didn't have anything to think about after entering the water, so he rushed desperately!

Shen Ze was the eighth in the women's 100 free individual final, the last batter of the American team Manuel, and the last batter of the British team, Bell, they were the fourth and sixth in the women's 100 free individual final, and the women's freestyle swimmers of the United States and Britain began to chase Shen Ze at full speed.

Fortunately, the first three teammates saved enough money for Shen Ze, and Shen Ze still maintained the lead after turning around.

In the last 50 meters, Shen Ze's lead was reduced little by little, and the three teammates on the shore shouted in unison: "Shen Ze, come on!" Hold on! ”

In the last 25 meters, Britain's Bell chased Shen Ze to within half of her body, and she continued to accelerate.

Shen Ze seemed to have a hunch: "We can't lose, we can't lose!" Then he held back the feeling of muscle soreness and began to hold his breath and sprint.

She withstood the pressure, withstood the pursuit of the British and American players, and touched the wall first with a half-body lead.

"Win!" Du Ke, Xu Jiayu, and Lu Ying raised their arms and cheered on the shore, and bent down to pat Shen Ze's head one after another: "My sister is very powerful, we are the champions!" ”

In the face of the seven-nation alliance, the Chinese relay team won the first mixed relay championship in history with a time of 3:41.68, and set a new world record held by the American team! (To be continued.) )