Duke entered the starting area to prepare for the preliminaries of the men's 100m backstroke group 3.

The scene of the St. Hodi Aquatics Center is filled with two diametrically opposed atmospheres, and the contrast between the two atmospheres is very obvious.

The source of the two scents is: the Duke of China.

Those who love Duke love to die and live, and those who hate Duke hate deep into the bone marrow.

The reason for the love-hate mix is that Duke threatened to win 7 gold medals at this World Championships.

In the era of information globalization, explosive news will spread to the whole world in a short period of time.

In an interview with Chinese reporters last night, Du Ke predicted that he would win 7 golds. Twenty hours have passed, and the news has basically been known to swimmers and sports enthusiasts all over the world.

The Chinese media strongly supported Du Ke, and they were optimistic that Du Ke could catch up with the record of 7 gold medals held by swimming predecessor Phelps.

Media colleagues from Russia, Japan, South Korea, Iran, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and other friendly neighboring countries and regions, as well as special administrative regions, stood on the side of the media in Chinese mainland and joined forces to support the miracle of Duke Du Ke of China.

The North American media, Western European media, and Australian media expressed skepticism about the Duke of China's wild words, especially the American media led by ESPN and CNN, who expressed their attitudes directly or ironically: The myth of a 7-gold swimming created by Phelps cannot be surpassed, and it is even difficult to connect. Even if a new genius emerges with the ability to write new mythological stories, he will definitely be an American, not a Chinese.

The African and South American media have a wait-and-see attitude, but the influence of these two continents on the world swimming scene is limited, and they love or hate it will not change the general environment.

The two opposite extreme attitudes of love and hate towards Duke in the media of various continents and countries were reflected on the audience at the St. Hoddy Aquatics Center.

The audience shouted "Duke of China, I support you!" Some people also scolded "The Chinese are delusional, to hell with it!" ”。 Not only Chinese, but also English, French, Russian, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, and Slavic...... Audiences from all over the world collectively performed a large-scale stage play in multiple Chinese.

The nickname "Duke of China" was not taken by Du Ke himself, nor was it made up by Chinese journalists, who gave Du Ke the official nickname of the Chinese version as "Du Brush".

The Duke of China, this rather aristocratic nickname was given to Duke by a guest commentator on French television, and was later widely reprinted by the Chinese media and returned to Europe, after Duke set up a bold ambition to win 7 golds, the name of the Duke of China resounded in a short period of time throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America, Europe, America and Australia.

Phelps is a symbol of the times, and many people can't accept that he will be overtaken by an Asian athlete, thus ending the domination of the world by Westerners.

Phelps is a symbol of the times, but there are also many people who hope that he will be surpassed, so as to break the monopoly situation and usher in a new era in the world of swimming.

20 years ago, a baby croaked on the ground, trying to save trouble, the baby's parents took the father's surname "Du" and the mother's surname "Ke", and named the baby Du Ke.

Du Ke's parents probably never dreamed that the couple only thought about the name "Du Ke" for their son after only two minutes of consideration, and after being converted into a foreign language, he would have his own aristocratic attributes and become a Chinese duke.

In 2013, the year 20 years later, the tail of July and the prelude of August, in this season of Leo, the Duke of China shook the world swimming world.

If Duke is a little-known third-rate player, the 7 gold rhetoric will only make him a grandiose clown, and people will think that they have heard an absurd joke and forget about it.

However, Duke has already won a gold medal at this World Championships, and has broken two world records in the sharkskin era (100 self, 200 back) and tied one (50 self), not counting his 200 mixed world record set in China. He's proven to be a good guy, and all he wants to do now is create a new myth.

Those who love him do so because of trust. I believe in you, I love you, I fully support you, and I follow you without hesitation.

Those who hate him are deeply afraid. Anger, hatred, ridicule, ridicule, perhaps to hide the anxiety and fear in the depths of the heart.

Duke has scared some people.

At this time, the preparatory order sounded, and the eight players in the third group of the men's 100 back preliminaries went into the pool.

Duke was in lane 3 and he was ready.

The start order sounds, and the race begins!

Duke kicked off the wall and glided into the water, and when he was about to approach his swimming speed, he began to push his arms forward, swimming steadily at a pace that was neither high nor too low.

This 100 back preliminaries is the first of Duke's six matches today, and his requirements are not high, and it is not difficult to achieve, as long as he can reach the semifinals.

Today's six games are a game of chess for Duke, and every move must be calculated before falling.

The results of the 1st and 2nd groups of the men's 100 back preliminaries have come out, and Duke has benchmarked against a player: American star Greaves.

Greaves was the gold medallist in the men's 100 back at the London Olympics and one of the favourites to win the men's 100 back at the World Championships, winning first in the second group of heats, swimming 52.15 seconds.

Therefore, Duke estimates that as long as he can be a little faster than Greaves, it will not be a big problem to advance to the semifinals.

Compared with the 100 back preliminaries, the next 100 self semi-finals will be more important for Duke, and the competition will be more intense, he has to keep enough physical fitness to correspond to the 100 self semi-finals, and also ensure that the big waterwheel can be used in the 100 self semi-finals.

Duke was almost at the edge at this point, and he made the dolphin turn, and after turning he rushed to the first place, and began to really exert force.

In the end, Douc used a dolphin turn, plus the second half of the race, to win the first place in the third group, with a time of 52.07 seconds.

This result did not set a new record, and Duke's Asian record in the men's 100 back was 51.96 seconds, which is actually quite strong, just 0.02 seconds short of Persol's world record of 51.94 seconds. This Asian record was drawn by Duke in the 100 back finals of the National Championships. You must know that convulsions are very overdrawn physically, so Duke chose not to convulsions as much as possible in the 100 back preliminaries, and advanced to the semifinals smoothly and with peace of mind.

There are a total of 5 groups in the men's 100 back heats, and Xu Jiayu, another player from the Chinese team who participated in the 100 back, was in the 5th group, and he won the second place in the 5th group, with a time of 52.38 seconds.

At this time, all the preliminary results of the men's 100 backs came out:

first, France's Straves, 52.02 seconds;

second, Doucle, 52.07 seconds;

third, Greaves, 52.15 seconds;

fourth, Australia's Delaney, 52.22 seconds;

…….

Eighth, Xu Jiayu, 52.38 seconds.

Du Ke and Xu Jiayu both advanced to the semifinals of the 100 back with the 2nd and 8th places in the preliminaries, and their performances were very stable, which can be called economical and practical.

After the 100 inversion heats, the 100m freestyle semi-finals will begin. Fortunately, the big waterwheel was not used in the 100 back heats, and Duke had less than 30 minutes of rest before he had to compete in the men's 100 free semifinals. (To be continued.) )