In a swimming relay, a team can register up to five people, and any four of the five can be present in the race.

The four-person roster for the preliminaries and finals can be different, and each team will arrange their troops according to their own situation and the situation of their opponents. Once each team has reported the list of four players in the preliminaries and finals, it is not allowed to change the selection of the four players and the arrangements for each baseball without extremely special circumstances, otherwise the team's results will be cancelled.

The Chinese men's 4*100m freestyle relay team that will participate in the first group of preliminaries, according to the 1st to 4th strokes, is: 1 Ning Zetao, 2 Lu Zhiwu, 3 Lin Yongqing, 4 Du Ke. Liu Junwu was not included in the preliminaries, as a substitute.

Du Ke is the new men's 50 free champion at the World Championships and the world record holder in the 50 free/100 freestyle, and there is no doubt that he is not only the strongest leader of the Chinese men's team, but also the No.1 in the men's sprint freestyle event in the world swimming world.

As the chief ace and the big ghost in the landlord fight, Du Ke was arranged by the coach to be the last stick. Anyone who has fought the landlord knows that the strategic nuclear weapon of the big ghost must be left behind to press the bottom, and no one will throw out the big ghost to press the square 3 when he opens the card.

If Duke is the big devil in poker, then Ning Zetao can be considered a little devil in the Chinese men's team, having already proven his mettle in the sprint freestyle after snatching the bronze medal in the men's 50m freestyle yesterday.

Big ghost + little ghost, the Chinese men's team has a pair of top bombs in their hands, but whether they can turn the double ghost bombs into victory fruits and whether they can win cards still needs to look at the sub-cards.

The sub-cards of the Chinese men's 4*100m freestyle relay team are Lu Zhiwu, Lin Yongqing, and Liu Junwu.

Lu Zhiwu advanced to the semifinals of the men's 100 free at the World Championships, and he finished 11th in the 100 free semi-finals and missed the final.

According to the results of the competition, it can be roughly understood that Lu Zhiwu is currently ranked 11th in the world in the men's 100 free event. He's a face card, but not the biggest face card, and it's the jack of hearts.

Lin Yongqing and Liu Junwu, two lesser-known young players, did not sign up for the individual event, and their strength was weaker.

Lin Yongqing made the men's 100 self-ticket of the World Championships in the national championships in April, what is the concept of the line, that is, just qualified to participate in the preliminaries of the men's 100-meter freestyle at the World Championships.

In this World Championships, the men's 100-meter freestyle event has the largest number of applicants, with 72 people registered in 9 preliminary groups, and if Lin Yongqing must be ranked, he will probably be ranked around 72nd in the world in the 100-meter freestyle event. Because Du Ke and Lu Zhiwu signed up for the men's 100 free event at the World Championships, Lin Yongqing did not sign up for the 100 free individual event.

Lin Yongqing is a 3 spade, this is just a metaphor, not to belittle this young player, with Lin Yongqing's current strength, he is just qualified to participate in the World Championships men's 100 self-preliminaries, but it is very difficult to go further, spades 3, is just the strength to participate in a game.

As for Liu Junwu, he did not make the 100 self and 50 self World Championships ticket results, he came to learn experience and feel the atmosphere of the World Championships, so he was arranged as a substitute and watched from the wall, Xiao Liu had no complaints, he could only be regarded as Zhang Fangpian 3 at most.

Big and small ghosts, J of hearts, 3 of spades, and 3 of squares, these are all the cards in the hands of the Chinese men's 4*100m freestyle relay team.

Ning Zetao, who is the first baseman, as long as the bun plays normally, he should be able to make a good start for the Chinese men's team.

Lu Zhiwu, the second baseman, even if Lao Lu can't suppress the second baseman of the United States, Australia, France, Russia and other strong teams, he should not be thrown away too much, as long as he plays normally, the problem of handing over the baton in the middle is not very big.

Lin Yongqing, who is on the 3rd stick, is a short board, the weakest stick, if he can't play at a super level like a convulsion in the 3rd stick, he will basically be chased by the opponent or expand the lead. The coaching staff of the Chinese team has already taken this situation into account, but they can only arrange the baton times like this, and in the third bat, they can only obey the principle of "doing their best and obeying the destiny of heaven".

The fourth pole of Du Ke is the most critical stick of the Chinese team, whether the Chinese men's 4 * 100-meter freestyle relay team can achieve good results, Du Ke's sprint in the last 100 meters will play a decisive role.

Of course, the premise is that the first three strokes can't be too far behind, if he is three or four seconds behind, Duke will also be out of reach, he can't crush his opponent in the 100-meter freestyle for as many as three or four seconds, and if he can crush for 2 seconds, it will be very hanging. You must know that the last stick of each team will generally arrange ace players to press the formation.

The preliminary order sounded, and the first group of preliminaries of the men's 4*100m freestyle relay race is about to begin.

In the five World Championships after the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, none of the Chinese men's 4*100m freestyle relay team could advance to the finals.

Whether the Chinese men's 4*100m freestyle relay team, known as the strongest in history, can make a breakthrough at this World Championships, many people are waiting to see if the team event is a strong proof of the overall swimming level of a country.

Ning Zetao stood on the 8th lane diving platform, and he was the first stick of the Chinese team.

Also in this group are Australia, Russia, Germany, Canada...... Anyway, according to the previous results, they are all stronger than the Chinese team, so the Chinese team, which ranked 16th at the bottom, was assigned to lane 8.

That's when the start order sounds, and the race begins!

Ning Zetao jumped perfectly with a take-off reaction time of 0.68 seconds, and he rushed first after entering the water.

In the men's 50 free semi-finals, Ning Zetao's 0.75 seconds of sluggish reaction time made him almost eliminated, and Ning Zetao, who was brave and brave, seemed to have completed a gorgeous transformation after that semi-final, and his competitive state became more and more courageous, and he has become the second person in the team after Du Ke in the men's sprint freestyle event.

The players in the short-distance freestyle event are basically 50 free/100 freestyle, Ning Zetao is the third runner-up in the men's 50 free at the World Championships, although he did not register for the 100 free individual event, but he also has strong strength in the 100 free event, even stronger than the 50 freestyle.

After turning around, Ning Zetao continued to lead the way, and in the 100 meters of the first stick, he was the first to touch the wall and handed over the baton to Lu Zhiwu, who was the second stick of the team, with a time of 47.45 seconds.

The results of the first eight lanes are:

Lane 8, China, 47.45 seconds;

Lane 4, Australia, 47.77 seconds;

Lane 3, Russia, 47.98 seconds;

Lane 5, Germany, 48.00 seconds;

Lane 6, Canada, 48.06 seconds

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Ning's first shot was beautiful, 0.61 seconds ahead of fifth-placed Canada. In the men's 100-meter freestyle competition, 0.61 seconds is almost half of the difference, which is relatively obvious.

After taking Ning Zetao's baton, Lu Zhiwu entered the water and began to advance. In the second base, as long as Lu Zhiwu is not 0.61 seconds slower than the second baseman of the Canadian team, then the task is completed.

As the oldest of the four players in the Chinese team, Lao Lu is not old, this is his last trip to the World Championships, he has privately proposed the idea of retirement to the head coach of the national team, after the end of this World Championships, Lu Zhiwu has a 99% chance of retiring.

If the Chinese men's 4*100m freestyle relay team can advance to the final, then this preliminaries will be the penultimate official race of Lu Zhiwu's career.

Lu Zhiwu risked his old life to fight his arms and legs, and rushed forward, if he could end his career with a final, it would be a wonderful memory to think about.

Lu Zhiwu tried his best in the second base, and although he was overtaken by Australian and Russian players, he retained the third position and handed over to his teammate Lin Yongqing in the third baseman with a time of 48.05 seconds.

Lin Yongqing, who participated in the World Championships for the first time, was a little nervous, and on the fourth day of the World Championships, Lin Yongqing had not yet been in the pool at the St. Hoddy Aquatics Center.

Ning Zetao and Lu Zhiwu have already participated in the 50 self and 100 self competitions, and Du Ke has participated in more games.

And this relay race preliminaries is Lin Yongqing's first race at the World Championships.

Lin Yongqing's baton jump reaction was slow, and after entering the water, he instantly fell to fourth, and he was overtaken by the third baseman of the German team. Lin Yongqing's nightmare was not over, and before turning around, he was overtaken by the Canadian player and fell to 5th.

After turning around, Lin Yongqing couldn't be silent anymore, he also knew that if he didn't break out, he would perish! If you fall too far behind and hand over the baton to Duke, it will be difficult to counterattack even if you brush the gods!

Lin Yongqing, the weakest of the four players in the Chinese men's team, became the most critical stick at this time.

In the last 50 meters, Lin Yongqing finally began to break out, and he sacrificed the breath-holding method that Du Ke had used in the 50 self-finals, and used all his energy to sprint the last 50 meters.

Lin Yongqing was desperate, and in the last 50 meters of the third bar, he was overtaken by the Dutch runner and fell to sixth. If he doesn't work hard, he might have to fall to eighth.

49.96 seconds, this is Lin Yongqing's third score, this result is very average, quite average. If this result is placed in the preliminaries of the men's 100 self at the World Championships, it can only rank second to last among the 72 preliminaries.

In the first three bars, the Chinese team's total time was 2:25.46, ranking 6th, they were 3.28 seconds behind the first-place Australian team, 2.84 seconds behind the second-place Russian team, 2.01 seconds behind the third-place German team, 1.95 seconds behind the fourth-place Canadian team, and 1.88 seconds behind the sixth-place Dutch team.

Ning Zetao's first score was 0.32 seconds ahead of the second-place Australian team, and after three strokes, the Australian team, which was average in overall strength, grabbed the first place strongly, 3.28 seconds ahead of the sixth-place Chinese team. That is to say, in the second and third sticks, the Australian team is faster than the Chinese team by an average of 1.80 seconds per stick.

1.80 seconds, it's scary to think about, it's a difference of nearly two positions. Lu Zhiwu was actually not thrown away so much, Lin Yongqing was thrown by the third baseman of the Australian team for more than 2 seconds in the third stick.

At this time, Duke had already taken over the baton, and after he jumped into the water after a thousand miles of driving, he began to pursue with all his might, and if he didn't do his best, he might be eliminated!

3.28 seconds behind the first-place Australian team, the designation is that it can't catch up, and the last batter of the Australian team is James Magnussen, the Australian macho is strong, as long as he plays normally, it will not be a problem to swim into 48 seconds.

Duke couldn't have outscored Magnussen by 3.28 seconds in the 100m freestyle, he couldn't swim more than 44 seconds in the 100 freestyle, and he held the world record in the 100 free with 46.88 seconds.

The Australian team is designated to be unable to catch up, but Duke must do his best to surpass the fifth Netherlands and the fourth Canada, otherwise the Chinese men's team, which is praised by the domestic media as the strongest men's 4*100m freestyle relay team in history, is very likely to not enter the final!

Duke felt the pressure, and as the team's number one ace, he had to do something.

After entering the water, Du Ke did not hesitate to drive a big water wheel + 8 legs, he was full of firepower and quickly assaulted!

Before turning, Duke overtook the Dutchman, who made a dolphin turn and began to turn, and continued to chase his opponent in front of him.

In the last 50 meters, Duke slashed and raced against time, and he overtook the last player of the Canadian team and the German team in a row, and touched the wall for the third.

In the last stroke, Duke swam a time of 46.96 seconds, which was a full 3 seconds faster than the 49.96 seconds of his teammate Lin Yongqing in the third base.

Thanks to Du Ke's fast swim in the last stick, he was the fastest of all the players in the last stick, he surpassed the German player by more than 2 seconds, and forced the Chinese team to grab the third place in the group.

The total result of the Chinese men's 4*100m freestyle relay team is 3:12.42, which is a thrilling and undangerous result.

After the second group of preliminaries in the men's 4*100m freestyle, the total results of the 16 participating teams were all discharged, and the teams ranked 1-8 were: the United States, Australia, France, Russia, China, Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.

The Chinese men's 4*100m freestyle relay team advanced to the final with the fifth place in the preliminaries, and after 12 years, the latest Chinese men's 4*100m freestyle relay team finally broke into the final of the World Championships. (To be continued.) )