The next day, June 18, the preliminaries for each sub-event of the swimming event continued.

Duke will compete in the 400m freestyle final tomorrow and the 100m freestyle heats today.

A short-distance race like 100 meters has high requirements for the explosiveness of the athletes, and they basically have to start rushing as soon as they enter the water. Duke's explosive attributes are not high, and the 100m is his side hustle to accumulate experience in sprint racing, after all, this kind of quadrennial formal competition is a rare opportunity, and the golden age of athletes is only a few years, and there are a few more four years to repeat.

The men's 100m freestyle heats in Group A were even more crowded, and more than 130 competitors had to go through two rounds of heats to reach the final.

The top 64 players in the first round of preliminaries will enter the second round of preliminaries, and these 64 finalists will be divided into 8 groups for the second round of preliminaries, and the first place in each group will enter the finals. The competition is fierce, and the odds of reaching the finals are lower than the percentage of winning the college entrance examination.

The first round of the men's Group A 100m freestyle preliminaries started at 9 a.m., and although it was a side job, Du Ke was strategically relaxed, but he still attached great importance to tactics.

Duke, who was placed in Group 3, took the first round of preliminaries as a final, compared to the 400-meter race, he was not sure of the 100-meter, this kind of competition system that was eliminated after losing one game, and he could not save/load, so he could only go all out.

The tactical arrangement of the 100-meter race is much simpler and clearer than that of the 400-meter.

As soon as he entered the water, Douc went up high, and he swam it as if it were the last 100 meters in a 400-meter race.

The other seven runners are like this, all of them made a fierce lunge, since they dare to register for the 100 meters, their sprint ability is somewhat of a level.

I have swam 50 meters, and from the perspective of the high-altitude camera, the top five competitors are almost at the same level, and it is difficult to distinguish between them. Duke is one of those five.

Duke also didn't have time to observe his opponent's situation, all he could do now was paddle his own water.

There was only one turn in the 100-meter freestyle, and without hesitation, Duke performed the "Dolphin Turn" stunt, which shot out with the help of the powerful wall ejection force of the stunt, like a humanoid version of a giant dolphin swimming in the pool.

With this powerful turn, Duke overtook the rest of his opponents in seconds and took first place in the return 50 meters, a position and a half ahead of the riders behind him.

In the 100-meter freestyle competition, one and a half positions are considered a big advantage.

But Duke is not satisfied, the first place in the group is a ghost, the first round of preliminaries is timed to advance, and the first group may also be eliminated.

So after the dolphin turned, he immediately unleashed a second combo: 8 kicks. With a 24% speed increase in 6 seconds, Duke was the first to touch the wall and reach the finish line.

When the last runner reached the finish line, the referee signaled that the runners could go ashore.

After Du Ke went ashore and returned to the standby area, he asked Hu Yucheng with some expectation and some apprehension: "What is the hand-counted score?" ”

Hu Yucheng felt a little funny: "This is the first round of preliminaries, and you are full of firepower?" Not afraid of being the target of public criticism? ”

"The brilliance of genius can't be concealed even if you want to." Du Ke said very Sakuragi Blossom, and then asked: "Boss Hu, don't sell Guanzi, what is the result, swim within 1 minute?" ”

"The result of my hand meter is 53.21 seconds, and the error between it and the electrometer result should not exceed 1 second, and the judge's electrometer score should be within 54.2 seconds." Hu Yucheng showed Du Ke his timer, and then praised Du Ke as if sighing: "You have already swam the results of a first-class athlete, and you are not far from the athlete standard of 52.31 seconds." Do you know what the concept of athlete is? That is the level of the national number player. ”

"Of course, in the sprint races, it's not easy to improve your performance by even a second, a second or two is a notch. You just put your heart in your stomach, judging by my professional experience for so many years, the 54-second score will be eliminated in the Universiade Group A competition, which can only show that the overall level of my country's swimming project has reached the world's top. ”

At half past 10, the first round of the men's group A 100-meter freestyle preliminaries were all over, and the referee announced the results and the list of players who advanced to the second round.

As Hu Yucheng expected, Du Ke advanced to the second round of preliminaries with a time of 54.02 seconds.

But it was also a bit of a surprise that Duke's result was only third among all the players in the first round of heats.

"Group 5, Zhedong team, 53.18 seconds. Group 6, Huhai Team, 53.88 seconds, who are these? Hu Yucheng was in a somewhat complicated mood, "This kind of player should go to participate in Group B, what kind of excitement is there in Group A?" Who's in the group, it's quite unscientific. ”

Du Ke didn't care, but was a little excited: "East Zhejiang Province, Huhai City, plus the southern Jiangsu Province next to them, known as the three heroes of East China, the two provinces and one city in East China, can be said to be the highest level of swimming in China, they have been focusing on swimming for 30 years, and the players produced in their region have been dominating the national swimming scene for 30 years." ”

"If I'm not mistaken, among the eight athletes who entered the 400-meter freestyle final, there are three from eastern Zhejiang Province, two from southern Jiangsu Province, and two from Huhai City, and I am not the only one from the Yangtze River Delta region. If you want to compare, you have to compare with the masters! Uncle Hu, my father, plus Su Yun's father, when you three uncles were young, they were suppressed by players from Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai for ten years. Feng Shui takes turns, this time, I'm here to help you get back on the field! ”

"I'll give you a lung! So dragged. Hu Yucheng raised his leg and kicked Du Ke, and Du Ke let him kick without hiding.

Of course, it wasn't really kicking, Hu Yucheng just kicked his leg lightly and rubbed Du Ke's calf, and he didn't know whether to criticize or praise Du Ke: "Where did you get such strong self-confidence?" Why don't you go to the national team if you're so good? Go back to rest and come back at five in the afternoon to compete in the second round. ”

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At five o'clock in the afternoon, the second round of the men's group A preliminaries began. The 64 contestants were divided into 8 groups, and the first place in each group advanced to the finals.

The eight best players in the first round of preliminaries were divided into groups 1-8, and the remaining 56 players were randomly selected into 8 groups.

In the second round of heats, Duke once again performed a stunt double to win the group and enter the 100m freestyle final.

Today's swimming heats for other events will continue until 10 p.m., and all the minor preliminaries will be over.

Starting tomorrow, the finals of each category of the swimming competition will be held. Duke will compete in the finals of the 400m and 100m freestyle categories two days after tomorrow.

The Nanyue swimming team sent a total of 26 team members to participate in the competition, and each of them reported two small events, with a total of 52 people. After the preliminaries, 12 people entered the finals, and the elimination rate reached three-quarters.

Of the 12 participants, only Duke participated in the two finals. With his strong performance, he has unknowingly become the absolute main force in the swimming team of Nanyue Province.

Of course, no matter how good you are in the preliminaries, no one will award you a medal.

Final, champion, Duke is ready, he lies on the bed in the athletes' dormitory, looking at the night through the window, because of the smog in the north, it is difficult to see stars in the night sky, but the champion star in his heart has begun to flicker......