Chapter 451: Well Done
The final event of the World Championships in Kazan, the men's 4x100m medley relay final, is about to begin. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Du Ke, Ning Zetao, Xu Jiayu, and Li Zhuhao, they set a new men's mixed world record of 3:26.98 at the Incheon Asian Games, and there are still a few veterans of the Chinese team, the United States, France, Australia, Russia, and Japan. Great Britain had Adam Peaty in the breaststroke stick and James Gay in the 200 free, both in the 200 and 100 butterflies, both of whom brought the British men's swimming team back to the world's top teams after a long hiatus.
It's just that the Chinese team no longer has to be afraid of these European, American and Australian teams, on the contrary, these traditional strong teams are a little afraid of the strong Chinese men's medley relay team.
The United States, France, Australia, Russia, Britain, Japan and other teams have studied the Chinese team in detail many times, and they have found that in fact, the Chinese team has nothing to study.
The gameplay of the Chinese team is very simple, let's just a few people, you can watch it.
The three teams of the United States, France and Australia, they can line up two sets of medley relay teams because they have enough bench depth. Even the Japanese team can produce several combinations in the backstroke and breaststroke.
At the Chinese team at the Barcelona World Championships, the runners-up in the men's medley relay were Xu Jiayu, Du Ke, Chen Yin, and Ning Zetao.
At the Incheon Asian Games, Lee Joo Ho filled the vacancy left by Chen Yin's retirement as a butterfly swimmer.
From Barcelona to Incheon to Kazan, the Chinese men's medley relay team's baton numbers and combinations have basically not changed much.
In fact, the bench depth is not enough, the Chinese team is not more, no less can just discharge four people, Du, Ning, Xu, Li One of them is injured or sick, or in poor condition, then the Chinese team directly changed from a bullish team to a dirt team, which may also be the hidden danger behind the strength of the Chinese men's medley relay team.
That's when the start signal sounds, and the race begins!
In the first backstroke, perhaps other teams know that the only stick that can win the Chinese team by one second is the backstroke, so the backstrokers of each team rush forward and do not hesitate to do their physical strength, they all want to beat Xu Jiayu and win the opportunity for the team.
"Crazy?" Xu Jiayu's pressure rose sharply, and when he turned around in the fourth lane, he found that he was either sixth or seventh, and he counted backwards anyway.
A group of players such as Larkin, Greaves, Raku, Rilov, and Ryosuke Irie are pressed in front of Xu Jiayu, but the gap is not very big.
In the 50-meter turn, the Australian team Lajin ranked first with 25.18 seconds, and Xu Jiayu ranked sixth with 25.67 seconds.
The difference between first and sixth is less than 0.5 seconds, which is not an irretrievable distance.
The six backstrokers who are temporarily in the top six are all close in strength, and it is normal for anyone to grab a faster time in the last 50 meters.
Xu Jiayu didn't dare to be careless, he accelerated his pace to chase after his opponent, and if he couldn't grab the first place in the backstroke stick, he had to swim faster.
In the last 35 meters, Xu Jiayu caught up with the Japanese team Ryosuke Irie, the Russian team Rilov, and the French team Raku, and handed over the baton in the third, 0.35 seconds behind the Australian team Larkin who was the first in the backstroke stick.
Douc took over the baton and swam in the breaststroke after entering the water.
Doucle started in third, swimming 20 metres ahead of USA's Cordes and 30 metres ahead of Australia's Packer, turning more than a position ahead of second place and continuing to extend his lead.
"The boss is too fierce, kill the opponent in seconds!" Li Zhuhao was so encouraged that he had already jumped on the platform and made a gesture of preparation, waiting to take over the baton.
In the breaststroke stick, only Adam Peaty of Great Britain can swim at an absolute speed comparable to Duke, but the British team fell far behind in the first backstroke, and they finished last in the backstroke.
Pitty was on the stroke of the tongue to catch up for third in the breaststroke stick, but still more than two positions behind Doucle.
Duke was the first to touch the wall 2.02 seconds ahead of the second-place American team Cordes, and Li Zhuhao, who had been ready for a long time, suddenly jumped out and entered the third butterfly stage.
Ning Zetao and Xu Jiayu worked together to pull Du Ke ashore, and Xu Jiayu said one word to Du Ke: "Strong!" ”
When Duke took over the baton and turned the frog, he was 0.0 seconds behind the two teams of the United States and Australia, and after swimming the 100-meter breaststroke baton, Duke was more than 2 seconds ahead of the breaststrokers of the United States and Australia.
Ning Zetao looked at Du Ke and wanted to say something to praise, Du Ke waved his hand: "You hurry up and jump on the platform, worship my language and say it after the game, the last shot is mixed, we not only want to win, but also win beautifully!" ”
Ning Zetao nodded, didn't waste a word, got on the jumping platform, and prepared to take over the baton.
At this time, Li Zhuhao began to return in the butterfly swimming stick, and he did not squander the 2.02-second lead won by Duke, not only did he not squander his family's money, but Li Zhuhao also saved some extra odds.
Li Zhuhao touched the wall with a lead of 2.11 seconds, Ning Zetao saw that Li Zhuhao touched the wall and jumped again, the last stick was safe first, the Chinese team was so far ahead, there was no need to grab those hundredths of a second.
Ning Zetao in this Kazan World Championships, the level of competition, the feeling of the field has reached a very high level, after entering the water, he bravely moved forward, Du Ke is right, we want to win beautifully!
The last baton of the United States and Australia is Adrian and McEvoy, and the United States and Australia are in second and third at this time.
Adrian and McEvoy chased Ning Zetao wildly, but they couldn't catch up.
Ning Zetao always maintained a lead distance of two positions, which could not be surpassed in the 100 self, unless Ning Zetao died himself.
Past World Championships, including the Olympic men's medley relay, have seen the U.S. team win the championship by a large margin of the competition, and this has been the case every time.
In the men's medley relay final of the World Championships in Kazan, the Chinese team was two positions ahead of the United States team and rushed to the front with a huge advantage.
In the last 10 meters, the Chinese team took the lead.
5 meters!
Ning Zetao was the first to touch the wall, and the Chinese team won the championship of this relay race.
Starting from the second breaststroke, the Chinese team almost completely exploded all opponents in a crushing attitude, and strong teams such as the United States and Australia could not catch up or even get close to the Chinese team, and they were always pressed by the Chinese team after 150 meters, and it was difficult to turn over and liberate.
The three teammates pulled Ning Zetao ashore, and then the four of them celebrated the victory together: "Well done!" ”
In the final race of the World Championships in Kazan, the Chinese team played perfectly in the men's 4*100m medley relay, winning the championship and breaking their own world record with a time of 3:26.55. (To be continued.) )