Chapter 150: Before the Decisive Battle
The 100 back heats were followed by two women's 100 free semi-finals.
After the women's 100 free semi-finals, the men's 100 free style semi-finals began.
In the semifinals of the first group of the men's 100m freestyle, Chinese player Lu Zhiwu, who advanced to the semifinals with a 15th place in the preliminaries, played at a normal level and swam a time of 48.01 seconds.
Lao Lu played normally, but did not have a strong convulsion, he ranked 7th in the semi-finals of the first group of the men's 100m freestyle, that is, the penultimate result, and the hope of advancing to the final is only theoretical.
European and American players brush into 48 seconds as if playing, but Asian players can't do it so easily, so 48 seconds is called the Asian bottleneck. Lu Zhiwu is also an Asian master in the sprint freestyle event, but he never swims in 48 seconds, just a little bit.
The results of the Men's 100 Free Group 1 semi-finals were:
1, Cielo (Brazil), 47 seconds;
2, Adrian (USA), 47.33 seconds;
3, Morozov (Russia), 47.48 seconds;
4, Celigrini (Italy), 47.58 seconds;
5, Dawson (GBR), 47.77 seconds;
6, Nordensailer (GER), 47.92 seconds
7, Lv Zhiwu (China), 48.01 seconds
8, Billy Greg (New Zealand), 48.11 seconds.
Except for Lu Zhiwu and the New Zealanders, the other European and American players all swam under 48 seconds. The bottleneck in Asia is 48 seconds, and the bottleneck in Europe and the United States is 1 second faster, 47 seconds.
Cielo is a fierce man, a white Brazilian of Portuguese and Italian descent, who swam 46.98 seconds in the 100 free qualifiers and almost under 47 seconds in the semi-finals, and it seems that he can consistently break the 47-second bottleneck in Europe and the United States. Without Doucle, Cielo would have continued his reign in the sprint freestyle.
Duke entered the zone again, and he stood on the 4th lane diving platform after finishing first in the preliminaries.
The start order sounded, and the men's 100m freestyle second group semifinals began!
Duke jumped into the water regularly, and immediately after getting out of the water, he turned on the big water wheel + 8 leg hits.
With the double-open stunt, Duke strongly suppressed all the other players and led the way.
Start the stunt first and end the CD first, one minute earlier counts as one minute, and there are four games left behind, so you have to be careful with your calculations.
Duke didn't start the jump, as he wanted to save it for the next 50 butterfly semi-final.
With 50 meters to go, Douc touched the wall first and made the dolphins turn to extend the lead.
In the end, Duke won the group with a time of 46.97 seconds, which was the first place in the semifinals.
Two days ago, Duke set a new world record of 46.88 seconds in the men's 100m freestyle, which is not so easy to break, and even Duke himself cannot guarantee that he will break this formidable world record every game. Records are like that, the higher you go to the limit, the harder it gets.
In terms of reward points, the record-breaking reward of 100 has been blown up by Du Ke, at least within three months, even if he breaks the world record of 46.88 seconds again, Du Ke can only get 1 bonus point.
Duke advanced to the men's 100m freestyle final with the first place in the semifinals, and a group of reporters applauded, they were all Asian journalists, Duke advanced to the 50 free and 100 free finals at the same time, no matter what kind of position he can get in the final, he has made a historic breakthrough in Asian swimming.
Du Ke is the first Asian to qualify for the men's 50m freestyle final at the World Championships (Ning Zetao is the second, because the extra results are the last), and at this moment, Du Ke has become the first Asian to qualify for the men's 100m freestyle final.
Of course, Duke's goal is never to make it to the finals to play soy sauce, he must be aiming for the championship.
Before tonight's 50 free-style final, he has two semi-finals to play, the 50 butterfly and 50 back.
Duke was placed in the first group of the men's 50m butterfly semifinals, and the 100 years since the end of the second group of the semifinals, the time that Du Ke can rest is the interval time in the semifinal round of the women's 50m butterfly.
In a 50-meter butterfly, the race time in the pool is more than 20 seconds, and the time outside the pool that can be calculated is calculated, and Duke can rest for a maximum of 15 minutes to compete in the men's 50 butterfly semifinals.
The semifinals of the first group of women's 50 butterflies have begun, and the Chinese female player Lu Ying, who took the lead in the competition, ranked 6th in the group, and the chance of advancing to the final is no longer great.
Liu Xiang rubbed to Du Ke's side, looking a little nervous: "The situation is grim, Sister Ying is only ranked 6th in the group, I guess I will hang up too!" She is about to compete in the second semi-final of the women's 50 butterfly.
Du Ke encouraged her: "Ah Xiang, believe in yourself, the buns can come back to life and advance in the extra game, you will definitely be able to, good luck, come on!" ”
"You just won the first place in the men's 100 self-semifinals, brother, you are too prosperous, let me borrow some of your luck, okay?" Liu Xiang said as she reached out and approached Du Ke's chest.
Du Ke held up his chest: "Borrow it as you like." ”
Liu Xiang asked him from time to time to borrow some luck, some BUFF or something, Du Ke was used to it. Some athletes in the sports arena are superstitious, such as the former captain of the French football team, Blanc, who must kiss the bald head of goalkeeper Barthez before the start of the game to pray for the blessing of Lady Luck, so the French team won the World Cup in '98 and was crowned European Championship champion two years later.
Bang bang, Liu Xiang gently patted Du Ke's chest three times in a row, as if he felt that he had borrowed Du Ke's powerful fortune, his expression gradually relaxed, and he also brought a little confidence.
WEARING THE "DUKE'S BLESSING" BUFF, LIU XIANG REALLY HIT AGAIN AND AGAIN, SHE WON THE THIRD PLACE IN THE SECOND GROUP SEMIFINALS WITH A TIME OF 25.52 SECONDS, AND SHE RANKED 6TH AMONG THE 16 SEMIFINALISTS, THUS ADVANCING TO THE WOMEN'S 50 BUTTERFLY FINAL.
After returning to the preparation area of the Chinese team, Liu Xiangxian was happy and excited, if it wasn't for the game, she was afraid that she would have to pounce directly on Du Ke to express her joy.
Du Ke briefly praised Liu Xiang a few words, then got up and set off, preparing to participate in the semifinals of the first group of men's 50 butterflies.
100 Since the end of the semi-finals, Duke has a 15-minute break, and the ten-minute break is actually just to catch his breath.
Duke left a jump stunt to match the 50-butterfly semi-final, his third race in an hour.
The start order sounded, and the semifinals of the first group of the men's 50 butterfly began.
In lane 5, Douc took off with a leap and once he entered the water, he established the lead.
France's Bosquet in lane 4 began to break out strongly, he was the first in the men's 50 butterfly heats, and Duke was third in the heats.
Bosquet is in good form and with 10 meters remaining, he has already caught up with Duke.
Duke's eyes swept to the French swim lane next door, but Duke didn't have to fight Bosquet to win the group, he swam the last 10 meters with a regular sprint rhythm.
In the end, Doucle finished second in the group with a time of 23.06 seconds, 0.01 seconds slower than his 50 butterfly heats of 23.05 seconds, which is also within the reasonable range of ups and downs. Du Ke's 23.05 seconds is the latest version of the men's 50 butterfly Asian record he set the day before yesterday.
After the second group of the men's 50 butterfly semifinals, all 16 semifinalists were ranked.
France's Bosquet, the United States' Godsoe, and China's Duke ranked first, second, and third in the semifinals, and the top three in the 50 butterfly preliminaries were also these three.
Another Chinese player, Chen Yin, also played well, finishing fourth in the semi-finals with a time of 23.11 seconds behind Du Ke.
Some viewers were puzzled, didn't Duke boast of winning 7 golds, why did he swim slower and slower? In fact, Du Keyou's is not slow, and Chen Yinyou's is not slow, and the results of the two of them in the 50 butterfly event at the World Championships have improved significantly compared with the national championships a few months ago. Maybe it's because Duke didn't finish first in the semi-finals, so it feels like he's slow.
In fact, the competition in the men's 50 butterfly is very fierce, and the current men's 50 butterfly world record holder, Spain's Munoz, also participated in the 50 butterfly event at the World Championships. Munoz was in the second group of the semi-finals with Chen Yin, and the world record holder finished ninth in the semi-finals and missed out on the final.
It can be seen that Du Ke and Chen Yin advanced to the men's 50 butterfly finals with the 3rd and 4th places in the semifinals, which was also a bloody battle.
Duke swam three games in an hour, and if he hadn't increased his stamina and physique attributes to 80, he might have cramped by now.
It's not that you will never get tired if your endurance and physique attributes reach the international level, Sun Yang, a player with super endurance, makes him swim a few times without resting, and he will also have cramps. Even if the endurance and physique have reached the level of 120 international top athletes, then after all, they are still human beings, and human beings need to rest.
Of course, the higher the stamina and physique attributes, the faster the physical recovery, in other words, in the shortest possible time, you can recover to meet the minimum requirements of the competition.
After three swims in one hour, Duke had three more swims, and 20 minutes later, Douc entered the zone for the fourth time, and he was about to participate in the second semi-finals of the men's 50m backstroke.
Xu Jiayu has been eliminated in the men's 50 back heats, and Du Ke will be alone in this event.
In this 50-back semi-final, Duke can drive only one stunt, a big water wheel. The CD of the Great Water Wheel has ended and is in a usable state.
However, Duke is not ready to drive a big water wheel, because the men's 50 backstroke second semi-final will be followed by the 50m freestyle final.
After the men's 50 back semi-finals and before the men's 50 freestyle final, the time Duke can rest is the interval time in the women's 50m freestyle final.
Duke also struggled to rest for 30 minutes before the men's 50 freestyle final, so he had to save the big waterwheel for the 50 freestyle final.
One thousand jumps, 8 leg punches, and now it's all on CD.
The 30-minute CD was a 30-minute leap, and Duke drove it in the 50-butterfly semi-finals, and it will be available again in another 10 minutes.
The 8-leg-beating CD is 1 hour, Duke drove in the 100-free semi-finals and can be used again after 20 minutes, the 8-leg-beating time is a bit tight, but it should be just in time for the men's 50-free final.
The dolphin turn is not needed in the 50-meter race, so it will not be considered for the time being.
Therefore, Duke will use the full flat cut mode to swim in the men's 50 back semifinals. (To be continued.) )