In yesterday's preliminaries, two world records were broken, and the first day of the World Championships got off to a hot start.

Today, July 29, the second day of competition, the number of spectators and journalists at the St. Hoddy Aquatics Center began to grow. Now it is the preliminaries round, more than 2,000 spectators came to the Saint-Jodi Aquatics Center, the live audience is mainly Spaniards, the second most are French, Barcelona is very close to France, from Barcelona to Montpellier, Marseille, Toulouse and other major cities in the south of France closer than to the capital Madrid.

In addition to Spain and France, other Western European countries such as Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, and Belgium also had spectators come to the World Championships to watch the games. There are also Americans and Australians who travel thousands of miles to the World Championships in Barcelona to support their own players, of course, not necessarily to travel thousands of miles, and there are also some citizens of the United States and Australia who usually stay in Europe for a long time.

The main audience at the St. Hoddy Aquatics Center is the above-mentioned European, American and Australian people, and their number is more than 85%. The remaining 15% is made up of audiences from Eastern Europe and other continents, such as Russians, Poles, Hungarians, Brazilians, South Africans, Japanese, Chinese, etc.

At the St. Hoddy Aquatics Center, the men's 50-meter backstroke group 5 preliminaries are about to begin, and eight athletes have entered the area and are waiting for the preliminary order to prepare to go down the pool.

The Spanish crowd burst into applause and cheers for their hosts.

Wildebor, a Spanish backstroke star in lane 4, broke the men's 100 backstroke world record held by Persor with a time of 52.38 seconds at the 09 Mediterranean Games, which also shook the European swimming world at the time. However, a few days later, the king of the American backstroke, Persol, blasted back at the Indiana Grand Prix in the United States with a time of 51.94 seconds, and the men's 100 backstroke world record of 51.94 seconds holds to this day.

Regardless, having broken the world record for backstroke king Persol and being a native Spaniard, Wildebor's popularity will certainly be enthusiastically followed.

In fact, there are not many active celebrities in the Spanish team, backstroker Verdebol counts one, butterfly swimmer Munoz counts one, and these two are a little famous.

So after Wildbor's appearance, the Spanish crowd with the largest number of people on the scene began to shout, applaud and dance the Spanish flag to build momentum for the local players.

At this time, the runners in lanes 2 to 8 have all gone out of the pool, but the runners in lane 1 are still alone on the shore.

The Asian face of the runner in lane 1 is Chinese Du Ke.

Lane 1 is closest to the spectator stand on the left, and the entire left stand is almost entirely Spanish spectators, while spectators from other countries are in the opposite right stand.

Of the eight players, Duke was closest to the left stand, and the more than 1,000 Spanish spectators cheered for Wildebor, and Duke was disturbed, and he did not hear the order to get off the pool, or he did not hear it too clearly.

It wasn't until he saw the remaining seven runners in lanes 2 to 8 all go down that Duke realized that the preparation order had sounded.

Failure to hear or mishear the preparation order and departure order are rare in official competitions, and the most famous case in recent years is probably the Chinese player Sun Yang.

In the men's 1500-meter freestyle final of the London Olympics last year, Sun Yang jumped before the start order sounded, and according to the rules, he would be disqualified from the competition if he jumped once.

After the jump, Sun Yang's whole person was not good, he cried urgently, and tears flowed down his face. Later, Chinese officials (not just officials from the sports system) took emergency measures and said good things to the Olympic Organizing Committee, and Sun Yang kept emphasizing that "the audience was too noisy, I misheard the departure order, and I can't blame me, I didn't deliberately grab the jump, and there is no need for this."

In the end, the Olympic Organizing Committee still let Sun Yang go, did not disqualify him, and the men's 1500m freestyle final restarted. After that, Sun Yang won the gold medal in the 1500 self and broke the world record.

Sun Yang's gold medal after this shocking break the world record has made the Chinese remember it deeply. At that time, Sun Yang may have been a little nervous and misheard, but the noisy scene in London was also an objective factor.

At this moment, at the Barcelona World Championships, Du Ke is also suffering from similar interference as Sun Yang back then.

"It's too noisy." Duke frowned and said to the assistant referee: "Mr. referee, can you please ask the Spanish audience to be quiet through the live broadcast, at least before the departure order sounds, please be quiet." His request was not excessive, and his attitude was very polite.

The assistant referee shook his head and vetoed Duke's request, urging him, "Please get out of the pool immediately." ”

At this time, the noise of the Spanish crowd in the left stand was even louder, and some even whistled and booed, and the object of their boos was the only player on the shore, Duke. The Spanish audience may be dissatisfied with Duke's lack of access to the pool, which affects their ability to watch the game.

By not going into the pool, Duke was asking the referee to send out a full-court broadcast to silence the audience for a while, so as not to cause the athletes to mishear the starting order.

As a result, the referee rejected Duke's reasonable request, and the Spanish audience at the scene became more and more noisy, and the more Duke booed, the more energetic he became.

Duke can't help it, and if he doesn't get into the pool, he may be disqualified for "deliberately delaying the game".

Duke jumped into the pool, grabbed the handrails, curled up, and prepared for the backstroke start.

He pays close attention to the upcoming start order, turns his head slightly to the left, and uses his perspective to observe the other swimmers, and if he doesn't hear the start order, he uses the other runners as a reference, which is also a kind of skill for the competition.

At this time, the starting order sounded, and the competition of the 5th group of the men's 50-meter backstroke preliminaries began!

Duke was mostly aware of the start order, but his reaction time was a little slower because he was also keeping an eye on the start of the other lanes.

After kicking off the wall, Duke in lane 1 was in 6th for the time being.

In lane 4, Spain's Wildebor was a strong player, and after the start, he rushed to the top and continued to accelerate his rise.

The scene was even more noisy, and once the match began, the Spanish crowd was completely enthusiastic to cheer for the local players, hoping that Wildbor would also break the record in the preliminaries.

Halfway through the 25-metre race, Wildebor, who was in the first place, swam faster and faster, rushing towards the wall at the other end.

At this time, Duke also raised the rhythm of the flat cut to a high position, it's time, big waterwheel!

Just after the 25-meter half-mark, Duke started the only stunt water wheel that could be used in the 50-to-back race.

Against the acceleration effect of the big water wheel, Duke crossed his arms at high frequency and fired at full power, and he sprinted to the finish line with a significant acceleration amplitude.

Exploded, exploded!

Duke began to explode.

In the first explosion, he overtook the Greek and rushed to 5th

In the second explosion, he blew up the German player and grabbed the 4th.

The third and fourth explosions were completed together, and Duke surpassed the Canadian and Belgian players at the same time, and has pressed to the second.

Within 15 meters, Du Ke exploded four people in a row, and his powerful explosive power made the few dozen or so Chinese students at the scene happy.

Far from their home country to study in Europe, most Chinese students will work part-time or even several jobs in addition to their studies, and their lives are not easy, and they will be more or less neglected and troubled. They were all thrilled to see a Chinese Du Ke killing a mighty earthquake in Europe.

"Come on, Duke! Explode one more! "The Chinese students are clamoring to see Duke surpass one more.

In the last 10 meters, there is another player in front of Duke, who is Spain's Verdebor.

However, Wildebor's lead is almost negligible, and Duke is already on top of him.

Duke accelerated to the sprint, and in the final 10 meters, he overtook Wildebor, and he was half a body over.

Duke exploded five people in a row at the halfway after 25 meters, and was the first to touch the wall, tying the Asian record with a preliminaries time of 24.24 seconds.

Especially in the final explosion, he surpassed Wildebor's body by half a position within 10 meters, which was very visually impactful.

The noisy Sant'Jodi Aquatics Center suddenly fell silent, and the Spanish crowd finally stopped.

Before the start of the 50-back heats, Duke asked the referee to make a broadcast to quiet the crowd, but his request was not granted.

So, Duke used his practical actions to calm down the Spanish audience who booed him. (To be continued.) )