After the opening ceremony on June 15, on June 16 Duke and they had a day off.

On June 17, the preliminaries of the swimming competition began today.

Swimming competitions are divided into normal group A and professional group B, which is for the sake of fairness. Unlike the Universiade in Nanyue Province, there are too many professional college athletes in the National Universiade, and if they are not grouped, ordinary college students will not have to play.

Swimming events include freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke, medley, relay and other events, and the competition distance ranges from 50 meters to 1500 meters, which is completely in line with the Olympic competition system.

In order to brush the gold medal list and medal list, there are two positions that are the top priority, swimming and track and field, these two events are the most gold medals, and they are fertile fields that are necessary for powerful teams.

In track and field and swimming, China is not a powerhouse. Liu Xiangfei's soaring appearance in Athens eight years ago was a case, a case of gathering national resources to create a successful case, and it does not represent the overall strength of Chinese track and field. Liu Xiang's form has declined after his injury, and there has been no second flyer in Chinese athletics.

Compared with track and field, the results of the Chinese swimming team are better, but their comprehensive strength is only second-rate in the world. In the swimming event, the phenomenon of yin and yang decline of the Chinese team is particularly obvious, and the results of the women's swimming team are a few streets away from the men's team. In the 92nd Barcelona Olympics, the Chinese women's swimming team was born with five golden flowers, which were a smash hit. After the retirement of the five golden flowers, the women's swimming team's results began to decline, but they were able to win gold medals at every Olympics.

The Chinese men's swimming team, until the 08 Olympic Games, Zhang Lin won the first medal, he won the 08 Olympic Games men's 400m freestyle silver medal.

Although the strength of the Chinese swimming team is not the top in the world, the athletes participating in the swimming competition of the Universiade are highly motivated.

This can be seen in the number of applicants. Duke signed up for two events, the 400-meter freestyle and the 100-meter freestyle, and the competition system stipulates that a player in Group A can register for a maximum of two events. His main attack direction is in the 400m, and he hopes to win the championship in the 400m freestyle and complete the system task. 100 meters is used to test the water, the right to be a test, anyway, there are places to sign up, do not report nothing.

The 100m and 200m have the largest number of applicants, and the 400m freestyle has not many applicants compared to other distance events, but there are 98 people, and there are two rounds of preliminaries alone to determine eight finals.

The natatorium of Jinmen University of Science and Technology, the venue for the swimming competition of the Universiade. At 10 a.m., Duke had changed his gear and was waiting to get off the pool in the waiting area of the pool. In today's preliminaries, a small number of spectators came to the swimming pool, as well as several media. There are not many media, but they are all mainstream media such as large TV stations or web portals. It can be seen that the Universiade, which is held once every four years, has attracted a lot of attention in China.

Now it is the preliminary round of the first round of the men's 400m freestyle group 8, and Du Ke has been placed in group 9, and it is time for him to play. The 98 runners who signed up for the 400m freestyle were divided into 13 groups and held the first round of preliminaries, with the top 32 runners advancing to the second round of preliminaries. The 32 finalists will be divided into four groups for the second round of preliminaries, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the finals.

Du Ke watched the game of the 8th group and said to Hu Yucheng beside him: "Uncle Hu, the guy in lane 3 is wearing a one-piece swimsuit, and he looks very tall at first glance." Look at the men's team in our province, still wearing swimming trunks of various colors, and wearing a red body, you will lose a few points in this style. ”

"The trend in the swimming world is that male athletes also wear one-piece swimsuits, which are said to be made of shark skin, which can greatly reduce the resistance of the current. Would you like to get us a few sets of sharkskin swimsuits? Otherwise, we will fall behind others in hardware. ”

Hu Yucheng glanced at Du Ke: "Shark skin? FINA has banned the use of such swimsuits. The kid in lane 3 is supposed to be wearing a chlorine-resistant fabric swimsuit based on a traditional material, which does reduce water resistance and passive friction slightly more than human skin, but it's not as perverted as you think, a little bit. Phelps wore a sharkskin swimsuit and won eight gold medals at the '08 Olympics, and FINA banned sharkskin swimsuits since 2010. It's all a bunch of sea creatures swimming in the water, so why do you need humans? What about Animal World or Jaws? ”

"Actually, the so-called high-tech swimsuit or something is mainly psychological, not very useful, what is the essence of swimming? It's your own strength, it's your internal cause. Don't put the cart before the horse, and try to rely on external factors to take advantage of it. ”

"Hey, Uncle Hu, you'll comfort us." Du Ke said, "The player in lane 3 is from the Zhedong team, no wonder, the representative team of the strong swimming province is not bad for money, and he is willing to invest in this kind of high-end swimsuit to participate in the Group A competition, and a set of tens of thousands of yuan is bigger, right?" It's going to be 6 figures. The navy of Zhejiang Province can dominate the country and send so many swimming talents to the national team, it seems that it is because people attach importance to it. ”

"Okay, okay, don't grind, isn't it just a swimsuit? It's like I don't value you. If you can make it to the finals, I'll have someone fly you with one of these one-piece swimsuits from the city team overnight, okay? Hu Yucheng said both heroic and a little unhappy, and then he said to the other players from Nanyue Province around him: "If you can enter the finals, I will also match each of you with a set of that kind of swimsuit." If the city team is not enough, I will directly apply to get the goods from the provincial team, OK? ”

"Coach Hu counts when he speaks, that's okay, come on, brothers!" Du Ke was excited, so he encouraged the other male team members, and joked with Hu Yucheng again: "Hu Gui you have to give us licensed, we will refuse to accept the copycat products on Taobao, and we will give bad reviews, dear." After saying that, the other team members snickered.

"Get out!" Hu Yucheng made a kicking action and said to Du Ke: "Go to the referee area to confirm the pool, it's up to you soon." ”

Don't look at Du Ke's youth, but there is a bit of strategy. He knew that Hu Yucheng, including his father, all had a heart disease and an old enemy, that is, the Zhejiang Provincial Water Army.

East China, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang can be said to be the region with the highest level of swimming in China, and four of the five golden flowers are from this region.

Eastern Zhejiang Province is also a traditional strong swimming province, which has cultivated a large number of high-level swimmers for the country, including world champions and Olympic champions such as Luo Xuejuan, Chen Hua and Yang Yu. In terms of male players, domestic first-class players such as Wu Peng and Lu Zhiwu have also been cultivated.

Recently, two demon stars have emerged in the water army of Zhejiang Province, a man and a woman, the male is called Sun Yang, who has just turned 20 years old, and the female is called Ye Shiwen, born in 1996, and is only 16 years old this year. The golden boy and girl are currently preparing for the London Olympics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and they are not only expected by the people of Zhejiang Province, but also by the people of the whole country.

When Hu Yucheng was an athlete, he was suppressed by players from Zhejiang Province for ten years. Du Ke knew that as soon as he mentioned the Zhejiang Provincial Water Army to him, he had a temper and was not convinced. Du Ke and Hu Yucheng are quite familiar, and it doesn't hurt to occasionally stimulate his uncle.

At this time, the competition of Group 8 of the 400m freestyle heats was over, and the swimsuit in lane 3 was two positions ahead of the second place. It is not clear what the score will be, only the referee team has the data. In the first round of preliminaries, this practice of not disclosing the results is also to ensure fairness, otherwise the players who play first will suffer more.

At this time, Duke had confirmed his identity and stood on the platform of lane 7, and the preliminaries of his group began immediately.

The start order sounded, and the eight players of the 9th group jumped into the pool together, and the game began!

After entering the water, Du Ke swam up according to the tactics assigned to him by Hu Yucheng.

In the first round of preliminaries, in fact, it was not compared with the seven opponents competing in the same pool, but with himself. The top 32 players in the first round of preliminaries will advance to the second round of preliminaries, and if all the players in a group do not swim fast, they may be eliminated from the whole group.

Hu Yucheng referred to previous data, including the games he observed in the first eight groups, and he gave Du Ke a promotion line, which can swim between 4 minutes 24 seconds and 4 minutes 30 seconds, which is basically a promotion.

The results of the first round of preliminaries are not public, but Hu Yucheng and his assistants brought from the city team have a local method, and they each have a timer to manually record the results of the top eight groups. Hand meters are not as accurate as electric meters, but these professional hands will not be more than 2 seconds off. Therefore, Hu Yucheng's promotion line for Du Ke is still very grounded.

Duke swam 4:16 in the 400m freestyle final at the Universiade in May, after which he earned 20 bonus points, all with the speed attribute, so 4:24-4:30 was no pressure on him. On the contrary, he even had to save his strength and not swim too fast in the preliminaries.

After going down to the pool, Du Ke naturally can't wear a timer, a waterproof watch or anything, but most athletes who have been practicing for a long time have a good idea of their own level. After 200 meters, Duke swam to the first position, and he didn't do stunts, which was a regular swim.

Hu Yucheng looked at the timer by the pool and said to himself: "200 meters, 2 minutes and 16 seconds, why do you swim so fast?" ”

Du Ke in the water couldn't hear what Hu Yucheng was saying, but he seemed to have telepathy, and after entering the back stage, he began to suppress the frequency and slow down the rhythm.

It's not that my brother went up at the beginning, but after adding 20 points of speed attribute, the speed value reached the national level of 42, and I couldn't stop at all!

Duke also felt that he was traveling too fast, but this speed was his normal level.

So he adjusted in time in the back and slowed down the pace a little, it was impossible for him to accurately count the seconds in the water, but he probably had a sense of proportion in his heart about the promotion line set by Hu Yucheng. After swimming, many swimmers can estimate a result by themselves, and it is not much different from the score of the electric meter, maybe this is the feeling.

Following the feeling, Duke was the first to touch the wall and reach the end.

Almost at the same time, Hu Yucheng on the shore looked at the timer, 4:28.02.

On the referee's side, the time of the electric meter was 4:29.11.

After Duke went ashore and returned to the standby area, Hu Yucheng told him that it was not a big problem.

"I hope it's not a big problem, otherwise it's just pretending to be forced but being X."

As a contestant, Duke is still a little apprehensive, who knows what will happen before he advances? If it is eliminated because of the strength of retention, it will really be a man and a woman who are speechless and ask the sky.