On July 28, the first day of the swimming competition at the 2013 Barcelona World Swimming Championships, the men's 100m freestyle heats were underway.

The players from the top 6 groups from all over the world didn't know what the wind was pumping, and they began to brush up the data one after another in the preliminaries.

Group 1, Adrian, 47.66 seconds;

Group 2, Celigrini, 47.92 seconds;

Group 3, Morozov, 47.62 seconds;

Group 4, Robintsev, 47.65 seconds; Nordensailer, 47.97 seconds;

Group 5, Fagan, 47.57; Dawson, 47.85 seconds;

Group 6, Magnussen, 47.50 seconds; Buranovic, 47.77 seconds;

In the preliminaries of the first six groups, nine players from the United States, Russia, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Croatia all swam to within 48 seconds.

Why did 48 seconds be called the "Asian bottleneck" in the men's 100 freestyle in the past, because before November 2012, no Asian man could swim under 48 seconds in the 100 freestyle, and no Asian athlete had ever reached the final of the men's 100m freestyle at the World Championships.

If you can swim into 48, you will at least have the strength to qualify for the men's 100 free finals of the World Championships.

At last year's Asian Championships in Dubai, Duke broke the 100-free Asian bottleneck and swam a new Asian record of 47.89 seconds. A few months later, at the National Championships in April this year, he set his own men's 100 free Asian record to 47.55 seconds.

Now, nine competitors from seven different countries swam within 48 seconds in the preliminaries.

As we all know, in the preliminaries, most players will conserve their strength, and their results in the finals tend to be better than in the preliminaries.

It can be seen how fierce the competition in the men's 100-meter freestyle event is at this World Championships.

London Olympics men's 100 free bronze medallist, Canada's Hayden, who finished 48.07 seconds in the group 6 heats, is currently in 14th place in the heats, with the seven and eight and nine remaining in the heats, as long as two more swimmers swim faster than him, Canada's Olympic third place will be eliminated in the heats.

This kind of competition is not only fierce, it can be said to be fierce.

The preliminaries for the men's 100m freestyle group 7 are about to begin, and in this group, two people may swim faster than Hayden.

One of them is Brazil's Cielo, the current men's 100 world record holder, who holds the world record of 46.91 seconds.

The other is China's Lu Zhiwu, whose best time is 48.01 seconds, which he won at the national championships just over three months ago.

Canal+'s Villefort is very optimistic about Cielo and he is commenting on the live commentary: "Cielo, the king of the men's 100m freestyle, yes, he's back, the king is back. I can predict with certainty that Cielo will swim the fastest time in the 100 free qualifiers.

Reno was skeptical: "I don't think it's that easy, it's not the sharkskin era after all." In '09, at the age of 22, Cielo was in his prime, setting a world record of 46.91 seconds at the World Championships in Rome that year. Four years have passed, and the world of swimming has changed a lot, and Australia's Magnussen's 47.50 seconds preliminaries have been very fast, and Cielo may not be able to pass Magnussen quickly. ”

At this time, the preliminary round of Group 7 where Cielo is located began.

The Brazilian set the men's 100m freestyle world record at the age of 22 and has seen his form fluctuate over the past four years from '09 to now, with Adrian, Magnussen, Fagan and Molozov all beating the world record holder.

The 26-year-old Cielo is actually in his playing years, and in the past few years, the former king has been defeated again and again, and now, he is holding his breath and vowing to reclaim everything that once belonged to him.

Cielo went on a powerful rally to overwhelm all his opponents in the opening round, turning first with a half-length lead and sprinting towards the finish line with incredible acceleration in the return 50 metres.

Cielo was the first to touch the wall, and Lu Zhiwu tried his best to catch up with Ciero, and he finished second in the group.

After the results on the big screen were brushed out, the audience was a sensation.

Cielo's preliminaries were: 46.98 seconds!

Since July '09, when Cielo set the world record of 46.91 seconds in the men's 100m freestyle, for four years, let alone breaking his world record, no athlete in the world has been able to swim under 47 seconds in an official competition.

If 48 seconds is the Asian bottleneck of the men's 100 free, then from July '09 onwards, 47 seconds is the bottleneck of all mankind.

At this point, Cielo has broken through the human bottleneck, this time without wearing sharkskin, and he has proved that he is still the king of the men's 100m freestyle.

As Villefort said, the king has returned.

Villefort began to growl: "Oh my God! %*@%！ David, David, my prophecy has been fulfilled! It's God's handiwork, and Cielo is amazing! 46.98 seconds, oh my God! What a great achievement! ”

Reno roared synchronously: "Yes, I apologize for my ignorant remarks just now, I'm sorry Cielo, I apologize to you!" Cielo, he has broken through the limits of humanity! Great moments, great Brazilian heroes! ”

Not only Canal+, but also major television stations in the United States, Russia, Australia, and the United Kingdom have praised Cielo's outstanding results.

Xiao Cai of China's Central 5 also had to admit: "Cielo is back, the Brazilian god will make a strong recovery, the preliminaries of the men's 100-meter freestyle at the World Championships, the athletes from all over the world brushed the data, it seems to remind us of the swimming competition of the 08 Olympic Games." ”

08 Olympic swimming competition, under the leadership of Phelps and Rochette, players from all over the world frantically brushed the record, starting from the preliminaries, the world record was refreshed every day, or repeated and refreshed, brushing the record and playing the landlord four two + two ghosts, I want to brush it, I want to blow it up.

Siello's stunning 46.98 seconds was so impressive that people forgot that there were other riders in Group 7.

Lu Zhiwu finished second in Group 7 with a time of 48 seconds, and he swam the fastest 100 self time of his career in this preliminaries.

After praising Cielo, Villefort did not forget to pay attention to Lu Zhiwu: "The second place in Group 7 was the Chinese player in lane 6. As a Chinese player, being able to swim up to 48 seconds is considered to be over-performing to the limit, but it is useless. No Asian man has ever made it to the 100m freestyle final, and this one will be no exception. The Chinese player in lane 6 has a certain chance to advance to the semi-finals, that's all, the final has nothing to do with him, and it is impossible for the Chinese player to enter the 100 free final, especially in this World Championships, it is even more impossible. ”

Villefort began to hack Chinese players again, but as far as matters are concerned, he is not brainless.

After the men's 100 preliminaries, Lu Zhiwu's 48-second time was temporarily ranked 11th, and there were still two preliminaries in the 8th and 9th groups, with Duke and Poland's Kozenyak in group 8 and Dutchman's Migay in group 9.

Lu Zhiwu may advance to the semi-finals with a 14th or 15th place in the preliminaries, but according to the current situation, in order to further enter the final, Lu Zhiwu must draw a wind in the semi-finals.

At this time, in the preparation area of the Chinese team, Du Ke began to wear a swimming cap and hoop goggles, his expression looked calm, but his heart was already boiling and tumbling.

Duke moved towards the starting area to prepare for the preliminaries of the 100 from Group 8. (To be continued.) )