Chapter 176: The backstroke champion is surnamed Du
After the women's 100m backstroke final, the men's 100m backstroke final will begin.
In the U.S. team's preparation area, men's head coach Jason Lachman high-fived and shouted, "Matt, Jimmy, for God's sake, we can't afford to lose again!" We must pay attention to the Chinese, you must cooperate well, and fight the Chinese in both ways! ”
Matt Greaves and Jimmy Plummer, who will represent Team USA in the men's 100 back final.
Greaves: "There is only one Chinese worthy of our attention, Duke, and the other Chinese are not to worry." ”
Coach Lachman stopped clapping his hands and said, "Matt, man, don't be too underestimated, there are no rookies who can make it to the finals." I also hope that you can beat them, and I don't have to worry about anything when you come back with a gold medal. ”
Greaves didn't like head coach Lachman, and he turned to Plummer and said, "Jimmy, get some real stuff, this final is going to be a war between the two of us." As the champion of the men's 100 back at the London Olympics, Greaves is still very confident in what he does best.
Plummer's confidence is not as strong as Greaves: "Matt, you just said that Duke is a player who deserves our attention, you know, he took all the gold medals in the 50 and 200 back, and he also defeated Ryan (Rochette) in the 200 back final. So this 100 back final is not a war between the two of us, at least Duke has to be counted. ”
At 203 cm tall, Greaves has unparalleled physical fitness, he stands up and stretches his arms, and his arm span reaches 211 cm, which is comparable to the long-armed monster Phelps (193 cm tall, 201 cm arm span). The height and arm span of ordinary people are basically the same, and people with more arm span than their height have an innate advantage in swimming, the longer the arm, the more significant the stroke thrust, and there is also a little more length of hidden attributes when touching the wall.
There is no doubt that Greaves, who is more than 2 meters tall, is also a long-armed monster, and he flicked his arm and said to Plummer: "Ryan is Ryan, Matt is Matt, 200 is 200, 100 is 100." Let's go Jimmy, the Chinese should also lose a game, and he has not lost. With that, he beckoned Plummer to walk towards the departure area.
Head coach Lachman looked at Greaves' back and shook his head: "It seems that the Duke of China is going to get the 11th gold......"
Mr. Coach of the United States showed a helpless expression, he was helpless that Greaves was stubborn and did not listen to advice, and he could not control an Olympic champion like Greaves at all.
The sports system in the United States is very different from that in China, and there are no organizational units in the United States, such as the Florida Sports Team, the Texas State Swimming Team, or the Federal General Administration of Sports. The players who can be selected for the U.S. national team have their own personal training teams, and they hire their own coaches, sports physiotherapists, nutritionists, and data analysts to carry out their own training activities, and are responsible for their own profits and losses, and are not tied to the country.
In the event of large-scale international competitions such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships, the United States Swimming Association will also temporarily organize a national team to recruit strong and well-formed athletes into the national team.
Lachman was temporarily hired by the United States Swimming Association to be the head coach, and after the end of this World Championships, the current US swimming team was disbanded, and it is not known who the next US team will invite to be the head coach for a few days. So Lachman can't control the big-name stars in the team, and people don't have to coax him and watch his face to eat.
Relatively speaking, the coaching staff of the Chinese national team has a lot of power, and the two systems have their own strengths and weaknesses. No matter what system is used, the one that can catch a mouse is a good cat.
So far, the U.S. men's team hasn't caught a single mouse, and although it's a soy sauce game, Lachman still hopes that the U.S. men's team can bring home at least a gold medal, and a fig leaf that can save a little face, otherwise he will become the most head coach in the history of American swimming.
It's a pity that Greaves can't listen to Mr. Coach's bad advice, so Lachman can only cover his face and scold his mother: Damn, Farke, damn it, SOB! I knew that I wouldn't have accepted the bad errand of the American Swimming Association......
The eight finalists in the men's 100 back have all been put in the pool, and they are ready to start.
Du Ke and Xu Jiayu advanced to the men's 100 back final together, with Du Ke in lane 5 and Xu Jiayu in lane 3.
In lanes 4 and 6 were the American team Greaves and Plummer, with the two American players sandwiching Duke in the middle.
Similarly, Duke and Xu Jiayu also sandwiched Greaves, and the four lanes 3, 4, 5, and 6 were occupied by four Chinese and American players, presenting a kind of two-by-two, dog-tooth staggered group. P position.
At this time, the starting order sounded, and the men's 100 backs final began!
After listening to the order, the eight runners kicked off the wall, and the data transmitted back to the electrometer terminal by the sensor touch plate of the pool wall showed the reaction time of the kicking of the 8 lanes:
Lane 3, Xu Jiayu, China, 0.55s;
Lane 5, Du Ke, China, 0.57s;
Lane 6, Plummer, USA, 0.57s;
Lane 2, Stravis, France, 0.58s;
Lane 1, Padolini, Italy, 0.60s
Lane 7, Delaney, Australia, 0.63s;
Lane 8, Deblovic, Serbia, 0.65s;
Lane 4, Greaves, USA, 0.69s.
Greaves, who was full of confidence before the game, didn't know whether he was too confident or too nervous, and he entered the water with the slowest kick reaction and fell to the back of the game at the beginning.
Starting performances such as jumping and kicking will have a certain psychological effect on the athlete's swimming stage on the way. Whether it is China or a foreign country, everyone knows that you can't lose at the starting (jumping, kicking) line.
The faster the start reaction, the more hilarious the athlete will be, hahaha, a good start is half the battle, I will win I will win!
The slower the reaction to the start, the more psychological pressure the athlete will have, rub rub, scrap, pills, pills!
However, Greaves is an Olympic champion after all, and he quickly adjusted his mentality, and after skating out of the water, he picked up his long arms and high-frequency pace, and before he could swim to the 5-meter flag, he overtook three people in a row, chasing from 8th to 5th.
There's no denying that Greaves is a top-tier backstroker, and after turning, he overtook Stravis and went straight to his teammate Plummer.
At this time, the ranking of each player is:
1 Duke, 2 Xu Jiayu, 3 Plummer, 4 Greaves, 5 Straves, 6 Padolini, 7 Drani, 8 Deblovic.
Xu Jiayu performed quite well, he kicked the wall with the fastest reaction, and the good start played a positive psychological role, and he was also very tough in the swimming stage, and kept Plummer in second place, playing the role of the queen for Du Ke.
Greaves is really anxious, not to mention Duke, so far, he can't even handle Xu Jiayu.
This rush of fire completely stimulated the small universe of Greaves to the point of exploding.
In the final 30 meters, Greaves made a frantic arm swing, overtaking his team-mate Plummer to move to third, just one arm's length away from Xu Jiayu.
With 5 meters left, Greaves caught up with Xu Jiayu, and his explosive power after kicking the wall out of the water was terrifying, from the 8th consecutive explosion of 6 chrysanthemums to the second position.
Greaves is ashamed and brave, and the crackling super six people show his strong strength, but there is one person he can't surpass, even if his small universe explodes, he can't surpass Duke, who has always been in the first place.
Greaves was very moving, he rushed and punched, the scene was very lively, and it was also very ornamental, after all, it was a very enjoyable and exciting picture to surpass in the swimming race.
Unlike the tall and long-arm American dude, in this game, Duke has established an insurmountable lead from the beginning, and it is difficult for him to explode a picture like Greaves with 6 consecutive explosions, because Duke has always been the first and no one can explode.
Just as Greaves had just overtaken Xu Jiayu, Duke touched the wall first, and he reached the finish line first with an undisputed absolute advantage.
The prediction of the head coach of the American team came true, and Duke won his 11th gold medal, and he won the gold medal in the men's 100m backstroke!
Duke did not register for the 200 butterfly, he lost the 50 breaststroke, and he did not participate in the freestyle above 200 meters. He also has projects that he is not sure of, for example, 1500 self, he will also lose, such as 50 frogs. However, in the backstroke, Duke completed the Grand Slam, winning all three backstroke gold medals from 50 to 200 backstroke.
In addition, Doucle broke the world record held by the American backstroke king Persall with a time of 51.58 seconds, and the original men's 100 backstroke world record was 51.94 seconds.
"Perhaps, the title of King of Persol's backstroke will have to be handed over to Duke!" Reno, the commentator of GBG Video Network, roared excitedly, "He won the 11th gold medal at the World Championships, he broke 9 world records, and his myth continues!" After the 100 backing final, Duke still has two individual events left, the 200 mixed and the 400 mesh, so the number of individual world records he holds will be fixed at the number 9, because the current world record holder in the 200 mixed and 400 mixed is Du Ke himself. ”
"Either way, it's great to hold nine world records at the same time! Let's count, Duke broke the 100 and 200 world records held by Persol, the 100 butterfly and 400 mixed world records held by Phelps, and the 200 mixed world record held by Lochette. The American men's individual swimming world record is now only Phelps' 200 butterfly record. Duke of China, I suggest that you do not travel to the United States in the near future, ......" (To be continued. )