The estate of the Duke of Vermont III is very close to the Saint-Hodi Swimming Center, which can be shuttled in a few minutes by bus, and the entire Chinese swimming corps stays here.

Villa No. 12 of the manor is a small three-storey western-style building with six separate bedrooms, and six male members of the swimming team, including Du Ke, Ning Zetao, Hao Yun, Xu Jiayu, Li Yunqi and Li Xiayan, were assigned to Villa No. 12.

Du Ke lives in a bedroom on the second floor, and the neighbors on the same floor are Ning Zetao and Xu Jiayu.

Xu Jiayu swam a 200 back final tonight, Ning Zetao swam a 50 self-semifinals and a playoff, they took a shower and slept after returning to the villa, it seemed that they were tired.

Duke swam two semi-finals + one final tonight, a total of three games, if you want to say tired, he is actually more tired.

But Duke did not fall asleep, he sat on the bed and caressed him affectionately. Touching his first gold medal at the World Championships.

This men's 200-meter backstroke gold medal rests on the hand and weighs it, it is quite heavy, and it seems that there is enough gold. On one side of the gold medal is the shape of the swimmer struggling to row his arms, and on the other side is the pattern of the word FINA + five stars, which is the official logo of FINA.

This gold medal has a special meaning for Du Ke, and Chinese have some first episodes, so Du Ke affectionately caressed his first World Championship gold medal, then hung the gold medal around his neck, and then recalled the picture of receiving the award on stage more than an hour ago.

With a gold medal around his neck, Duke found that he had returned to the bedroom, why was he still excited and couldn't sleep?

So he opened the laptop he brought from China, clicked on an EXCEL sheet, entered some data into the table, and began to analyze and calculate what:

Speed 120, Explosiveness 120, Endurance 80, Constitution 80, Skill 61, Strength 23, Agility 11, Precision 11. (Sum 506)

Win the 200 Back Champion + 20 bonus points, break the 200 Back World Record + 25 bonus points, and balance bonus points 104.

With some stock in his hand, Du Ke wondered if it was time to be promoted.

Tonight's battle with Rochette, a narrow victory of one hundredth of a second, looking back, Duke is still a little scared.

Du Ke has already made a promise to Chinese reporters to win seven gold medals at the World Championships, and if he can't even fulfill the guaranteed figures, then he doesn't have to go back to China, so he will put aside a job in Europe and hide for a few years.

Rochet, an international superstar, has several attributes that have reached the international top level of 120, plus his stunt Roche turn, he will be Duke's most formidable opponent in this World Championships, maybe one of them, but even if there are two or three, Rochette will definitely be the one at the front.

Rochette and Phelps are teammates, but they are called "rivals for life" by the Western media, Rochette is actually a brush, he is quite comprehensive, proficient in medley, backstroke, freestyle, butterfly, if you have to find a weakness for him, it can only be breaststroke.

In this World Championships, in addition to the 200 back, Lochette also signed up for the 200 free, 200 mixed, and all three relay races.

That said, over the next six days, Duke will have to play Rochette in five events.

Let's not talk about the relay race, because there are too many comprehensive factors to consider, the two individual events of 200 self and 200 mixed are Duke's sharp knife events, and he must ensure that nothing goes wrong.

If you continue to pile up attributes, the speed and explosiveness have reached 120, continue to pile these two attributes, 104 reward points will be smashed down, and only 10.4 reward points will be in place after tax, which is too distressing.

If you want to improve your freestyle performance, you can continue to upgrade the acceleration buff effect of the big water wheel (it costs 60 points to upgrade again), and extend the duration of the stunt for 8 leg hits (30 points for 1 second extension, and 60 points for 2 seconds).

It's a good idea to upgrade the acceleration buff of the big water wheel again, not only for freestyle, but also for other swimming styles. So Duke spent 60 bonus points to upgrade the acceleration buff of the big water wheel again.

There are 44 bonus points left, 5 points are left for backup, and the allocable points are 39. Of these 39 bonus points, Duke decided to add all skill attributes.

Skill has a support bonus effect on other stats and stunts, and contributes the most to the breaststroke that is the most technical.

The breaststroke has been improved somewhat, not only in the breaststroke event, but also in the 200 mixed and 400 mixed medley events, and in the 4*100m medley relay, if Duke is assigned to swim the breaststroke stick, then the medley relay event has also been strengthened.

There's a 50-frog final tomorrow, so Duke adds 39 bonus points to the skill stat. His current skill attribute value is 61, from 61 to 80, these 19 points are tax-free, and when the skill value reaches 80 and then 20 points go up, he has to pay 40% luxury tax, so 39 points are added to the skill attribute of the original value of 61, and the skill attribute value after tax becomes 92.

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On July 30, the third day of the 15th World Swimming Championships.

Today's schedule is the 100 Butterfly Preliminaries, 100 Semi-finals, 50 Butterfly Semi-Finals, 50 Butterfly Semi-Finals, 200 Butterfly Semi-finals, 50 Finals, and 50 Frog Finals.

There are seven rounds in total, and Duke will compete in six of them. The schedule is tight, starting at 16:30 p.m. Spanish time, and there will be round after round.

There is only one round of preliminaries today, and the rest are semi-finals and finals.

There are many preliminaries, and there are at least 8 men's + women's preliminaries, so there are many breaks in between. The semi-finals are four for men + women, and the final is two, with a reduced break in between.

Between wheels, the maximum amount of time Duke can rest is about 35-45 minutes, and the shortest time may be 15 minutes or less.

From today, Duke will not only face the likes of Rochette, Cielo and Van der Bergh, but he will also have to challenge his physical limits.

The further back you go, the number of preliminaries will gradually decrease, and the number of semi-finals and finals will gradually increase. Although the road of revolution is difficult, comrades should not panic, there are always more ways than difficulties, and several assistant coaches of the men's team are giving advice to Du Ke.

Zhou Jianlin: "Du Ke, your 100 back preliminaries should be fine, I am absolutely assured." After the 100 back preliminaries, you will be able to rest for a little longer, and the 100 semi-finals will also be your sharp knife event, so I can rest assured. ”

"However, after the semi-finals of the 100, there will be two more semi-finals of the 50 butterfly and 50 back, and depending on your semi-final grouping, you will most likely swim three in a row in an hour. Therefore, on the premise of ensuring that the 100 self advances to the finals, you may have to make a choice between the two semi-finals of 50 butterflies and 50 backs. ”

Instructor Pei, the director of the backstroke, said: "In terms of the number of games, we should still keep 50 backs, because there is a 50 butterfly semi-final between the two semifinals of 100 and 50 back, and I am afraid that Du Ke will overdraw his physical fitness in three consecutive games." Therefore, protecting the two ends and giving up the middle is the most practical way to play. ”

"All 50 butterflies have reached the semi-finals, and it's a pity to give up." Butterfly director Yang said that his relationship with Du Ke is average, but he is also very aware of Du Ke's strength. He was embarrassed to beg Du Ke and said, "Du Ke begs you, don't give up 50 butterflies", so he could only express his opinion by tapping on the side.

Zhou Jianlin continued: "Fortunately, after 50 backs, there is the semi-finals of 200 butterflies, and Du Ke did not sign up for 200 butterflies, so he can rest for a while. After the 200 butterfly semi-finals, it will be the two highlights of today, the 50 self and 50 frog finals. My personal advice for the two finals is that the 50 finals have to be fully secured because it will be a historic moment. Even if he fights to cramps, he has to make achievements in the 50-meter freestyle final, which is not only for Du Ke himself, but also for the influence of swimming in my country to explode and become popular. ”

Breaststroke coach He Gui is not happy: "We all know the importance of the 50-meter freestyle, and the 50-meter freestyle is also the only Olympic event among the four major swimming styles of the 50-meter. But is 50 frogs not important at all? You said to give up 50 butterflies, 50 butterflies only entered the semi-finals, and it was better to give up. The 50 frog Duke has entered the finals, and the price of losing the pawn and protecting the car is too great! ”

"Also, Du Ke and Ning Zetao advanced to the 50 self finals at the same time, we have double insurance in the 50 free event, and the 50 frog only has Du Ke's only seedling! Jianlin, you're going to destroy me! As he spoke, Director He also made a head-cutting motion on his neck, which means: I have nothing to love in life, and I am dead.

Several assistant coaches expressed their opinions, talking and talking about the beginning of a fight.

Du Ke couldn't cry or laugh, he was in the middle and became a peacemaker: "Leaders, please listen to me, I know my physical condition and competitive state best, and my personal thoughts are that I will save in the preliminaries, control in the semifinals, and fight in the finals." Save some stamina in the 100 back preliminaries, and I should be able to finish in the top 16 and advance to the semi-finals, so it's a preliminaries. In the next three semi-finals, I will control my physical distribution technically, which is operable, and the first task of the semi-finals is to be able to get to the finals, the so-called semi-final control. ”

"As for the two finals, it must be a fight, the four swimming styles have their own characteristics and importance, freestyle has to fight, breaststroke I will not give up easily. What I can assure you is that I will give 100% of my best, but I will not be so brainless and impulsive as soon as my brain is hot, at least until the final. Even if you have cramps, you have to make it until after the 50 breaststroke final. "Duke is quite good at talking, the four swimming styles are very important, and the four coaches are embarrassed to talk about each other anymore.

"Okay, come on, Du Ke, the entire Chinese swimming corps will support you unconditionally!" The coaches encouraged Du Ke and watched Du Ke move towards the starting area, the men's 100 back preliminaries were about to begin, and it was Du Ke's turn to play. (To be continued.) )