Once in the water, the eight players fought for two places in the second round of heats, which is also the semi-finals.

The 63 competitors in the 400m freestyle were divided into eight groups, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the semi-finals in the first round of heats.

The 16 semi-finalists were divided into two groups and competed in two more matches, with the top four in each group advancing to the finals.

Even if it is a player in the preliminaries, it is a strong player selected from various provinces, and Du Ke will be a twelve-point spirit as soon as he enters the pool, how dare he be careless.

After entering the water, the excitement and slight nervousness of participating in the national competition at the beginning of Du Ke have long been forgotten and he has devoted himself to the competition. After all, he also experienced the baptism of the National Universiade not long ago, and he is not a rookie with no experience in competitions.

Duke was placed in lane 1, and as an underdog, he also had his own strengths, that is, no one knew him well, but he knew his opponents better.

Through the data analysis of the coaching staff, Duke knew that the strongest opponents in the group were in lanes 3, 4 and 5. The characteristics of these players are...... Hardly featured.

The lack of characteristics is not to belittle others, but to refer to their past records and performances, the coaching staff of the Nanyue team came to the conclusion that these players played more consistently, and there were not many ups and downs in the game.

The tactical advice for Duke is: attack in the middle.

Du Ke just added 25 attribute points, and his overall strength was further improved, and after 50 meters, he was in the middle of the table, ranking fourth.

After 150 meters, he was still fourth, not much behind the three runners in front of him, who were in lanes 3, 4 and 5.

After entering the water, Duke was completely in the state of competition, in fact, he was still a little nervous before the departure, so much so that he forgot to start the jump stunt [Leap a Thousand Miles]......

In the first 150 meters, Duke swam flat and hard, without any stunts. This also shows that his strength has indeed improved.

It was about to turn around for the fourth time, and Du Ke remembered something: Damn! Forgot about jumping stunts!

You can make one mistake, but you can't make a succession of mistakes.

"It's halfway, attack!"

Duke performed the stunt [Dolphin Turn] on his fourth turn, and this time he won't forget it.

After the dolphin turned, Douc kicked off the wall and quickly catapulted, overtaking the third-place competitor and approaching second.

Lane 1 also has the advantage that other runners in lane 2 don't notice Duke.

Duke worked silently in the backwoods, and the dolphin turned around and rose strongly, completing what he thought was a smooth fifth turn.

In fact, it is difficult for him to observe the situation of other players except for lane 2, and at this time, the signal that resounded in his mind was the tactical arrangement of the coach before the game: strong attack in the middle section, strong attack, strong attack!

After the fifth turn, he entered the 250-300m stage, which was already in the middle and late stages, and he was about to enter the sprint stage.

Du Ke resolutely implemented the tactics formulated for him by Luo Gui the old coach himself, and at 275 meters, he opened a stunt [8 kicks], rushing!

This rush went straight to the 6th turn, and the assistant referee's sprint bell rang, and the last 100 meters!

Du Ke doesn't know where he is now, no matter how many he is, rush!

In the standby area of the Nanyue team, Hu Yucheng was excited, and he saw Du Ke grab the first place after entering the sprint stage.

After all, the head coach of the Nanyue swimming team, Coach Luo, is an old Jiang, and he is calm, he is not happy or surprised, and he looks at the movements in the pool with an expressionless face.

Su Yun, an intern reporter in the media area who was on a business trip at her own expense, was also excited, but she was the only reporter who seemed to be excited.

The veteran journalists who have been in the industry for many years will not be crazy about a 400-meter preliminaries, and the audience full of 4,000 spectators does not seem to be fully focused on this preliminaries.

This is normal, a preliminaries with no famous characters participating, why should people be excited.

No matter what the mindset of the spectators is, the participants in the pool must give their best, and the last 50 meters, do not give their best and say goodbye!

Duke forgot to open a jumping stunt, and finished the two stunts that could be opened after entering the water, and the rest was hand-to-hand combat.

His explosive power attribute has been increased to more than 40, which has exceeded the national node, and he is also glad that it has been added well!

Du Ke obviously felt that his explosive power was a lot stronger, and he didn't have any extra thoughts at the moment, just "Rush!" Rush! Rush! "Hurry up! Hurry up! ”

Getting closer, the walls of the pool getting closer and closer.

Clearer and clearer, the end point is clearer and clearer.

Is it the end, or is it a new beginning?

Who knows!

That's when Duke hit the wall.

Getting out of the water and stepping on the water, Duke watched the other lanes, and the runners in lanes 3 and 4 also reached the finish line. In an instant, 3 more players touched the wall.

Duke is also unclear about how many of them are in this group, number one? Second, third? It's all possible.

A third chance of being eliminated and a two-thirds chance of qualifying.

At this time, the last player touched the wall, but the results have not yet been brushed out.

At this time, Du Ke saw Hu Yucheng on the shore seven or eight meters away from him with both hands and made two gestures, Hu Yucheng faced Du Ke, his left thumb was raised to make a thumbs up, and his right index finger was raised to indicate "1".

Du Ke clenched his fists and raised his arms, and shook his arms at Hu Yucheng, he knew that he had won the first place in the group and advanced!

At this time, the results of the just-concluded men's 400m second group preliminaries were brushed on the big screen, and Duke in the first lane won the first place in the group with a time of 3:58.46 and got a place to enter the semifinals.

In lane 4, a male athlete from the People's Liberation Army finished second in the group with a time of 3:59.98 and qualified from the group with Du Ke.

The other 6 players can only prepare for the preliminaries of other events. Contestants basically do not only report one item, and signing up for two items is generally the minimum consumption. Among all the male and female contestants, Ye Shiwen signed up for the most events, she applied for 6 events, four people and two relays.

After going ashore, Duke was still quite excited. Victory, whether it is the kind that reaches the pinnacle or the kind of little lotus dew, will always make men excited.

Back in the standby area, except for Hu Yucheng who praised Du Ke a few words, the other coaching staff members and teammates did not show too much praise, in their opinion, it was okay, but it was just okay.

Director Luo said to Du Ke expressionlessly: "Swim within 4 minutes, qualified, semi-finals, I want you to swim in 3 minutes and 55 seconds." ”

Douc nodded, "Oh, understood. ”

Luo guided: "It's not that you understand, you must do it!" ”

Director Luo's momentum of not being angry and arrogant made Du Ke feel excited, and he resolutely said: "It must be done!" ”