In 2009, at the 13th Rome Swimming World Championships, in the women's 100 butterfly semifinals, an extremely rare scene occurred, Chinese women's Zhou Yafei and Dutch women's Widhues tied for 8th place in the semifinals, so the two women played an extra game and 1V1 heads-up. It's a pity that Zhou Yafei lost to Widshues in the play-off and missed the final.

At the 15th Barcelona World Swimming Championships in 2013, this rare situation happened again in the men's 50 free semifinals, with Chinese men's Ning Zetao and Italy's Orsi tied for 8th place in the semifinals.

At the San Jodi Aquatics Center in Barcelona, Ning Zetao and Orsi will play an extra game to determine who can advance to the finals, and the Chinese and Italian players are about to stage a 1v1 life-and-death duel.

Italy's Orsi looked confused, Damn, this is okay?

Chinese player Ning Zetao looked excited, alas, oh my god, he actually escaped death, the resurrection match!

Orsi's mood at the moment is completely different from Ning Zetao, the Italian didn't expect that there would be an extra match, he was rushing to enter the final in one step.

Before the start of the men's 50 semifinals group 2, Ning Zetao only had a vague expectation of advancing to the finals.

1V1, for Ning Zetao, there is at least a 50% chance that he can fight.

This is the case in the sports arena, where there are always some unforeseen and small probability events.

Ning Zetao was given a chance to play an extra match, and he will go head-to-head with the Italian. Seeing this dramatic scene, Duke was surprised and happy, and it was the first time he had seen this kind of heads-up mode in an official match.

Du Ke said to Ning Zetao: "Baozi, we usually blow water, and we often say that we are resurrected with full blood on the spot, which is just YY." This time you are really resurrected in situ with full blood, your life is really hard, since God does not allow you to be eliminated, then work hard, break into the finals, let our brothers fight side by side in the finals, kill him upside down and be generous! ”

"A must!" Ning Zetao's eyes burned with strong fighting intent, so he walked towards the starting area, ready to single out Italian player Orsi.

Ning Zetao and Orsie tied for eighth place in the men's 50m freestyle semifinals, and theoretically the probability of him advancing to the final and being eliminated is 50 to 50.

What is 100% certain is that Duke has already qualified for the men's 50m freestyle final with a second place in the semi-finals, and in fact, Duke has made a breakthrough as he is the first Asian man to qualify for the men's 50m freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships.

If Ning can kill Orsi in heads-up mode, then the two Chinese men's players, Du and Ning, will advance to the 50 free final.

The World Swimming Championships have been held for 15 times so far, and no Asian man has ever qualified for the men's 50 freestyle final, and now it is possible for two Chinese men to reach the 50 free end at the same time. This is exactly what the Red Flag of the People's Liberation Army planted in the earth, and the oppressed serfs turned over overnight and became the masters in a beautiful manner, Nima is too exciting!

Not only the Chinese media have been stimulated, but also media colleagues in other Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea have been stimulated.

At the scene of the St. Hodi Aquatics Center, all the Asian media were paying attention to Ning Zetao.

China Central Channel 5: "After Du Ke successfully broke into the men's 50m freestyle final of the World Swimming Championships, Ning Zetao also has the opportunity to go further, and we look forward to the two Chinese players appearing in the men's 50m freestyle final at the same time!" ”

Japan's NHK: "The Chinese have made a breakthrough for Asian men's players, and there is hope for a double goal, and we Japanese players can't lag behind!" Matsuda-kun, in the men's 100 free, please work hard, please! ”

South Korea's KBS: "Duke lost to Park Tae-hwan at the Asian Championships in Dubai (that was 400 self), but unfortunately Park Tae-hwan couldn't come to Barcelona this time, otherwise he should have made the breakthrough." In any case, I still envy the good luck of the Chinese players, and I hope they can continue to have good luck. ”

On internal issues in Asia, China, Japan, and South Korea, the three Asian powers, often tear each other apart, but on international issues, the three Asian powers have finally reached a consensus on macroeconomic strategic thinking.

There is no doubt that the Chinese commentators will have the responsibility to support the Chinese players, and the Japanese and South Korean commentators are either envious or reluctant, but they can basically put aside the controversy at this time, seek common ground while reserving differences, and support the Chinese players to advance to the men's 50 free style finals in principle. This round of the men's 50m freestyle semifinals is no longer a pure sports competition, it has risen to a new height, at least a new height in Asia.

Canal+: "It's not often that there's an extra game. But it doesn't matter, it's better late than never, in the words of the Italians that all roads lead to Rome, and although Orsi is stuck in traffic, he will still reach the finish line, and yes, the Italian will defeat his opponent and advance to the final. "Asians support Asian players, and Europeans naturally support European players.

ESPN: "Chinese Dinner & Italian Cheese, WOW!" These two dishes are almost never on the same table at the same time, but they do, and to be honest, I still prefer the Big Mac with fries! "The American commentator was in the spirit of watching the excitement and not wanting money, and he was rarely neutral.

The audience at the scene also found it very interesting, how many years can they catch this LIVE version of the strange picture in the international top swimming competition, and they are also paying close attention to the single challenge of the two Chinese and Italian players.

As a rookie, it is the first time that Ning Zetao has been noticed by so many people, but at the moment he is not under much pressure at all, on the contrary, he is very relaxed.

Ning Zetao has stood behind the 5th lane jump, this is the lane he just parted in the semi-finals of Group 1, and he swam again, and Baozi's expression was no longer cold, but a relaxed smile.

Orsi, the 2.00-meter-tall Italian macho man, he adheres to the traditional high-value appearance of Italian men, and his well-defined face is very sculpted. It's just that the ancient Roman general is a little melancholy, and he seems to have come to Carthage, engaged in an endless war with no future in sight.

In terms of momentum and mentality, Orsi has already lost three points first.

The play-off between Orsi and Ning Zetao was played immediately, and the two players took a 10-minute break.

In fact, Ning Zetao rested a few minutes more than Orsi, as he played first in the first group of the semi-finals.

But on the whole, Ning Zetao and Orsi's heads-up was fair, and neither of them actually rested for long.

It doesn't matter how fast or slow the two of them are in the play-off, there is only one rule for heads-up: if you swim faster than the other person, you can advance to the finals.

The preparation order sounded, and the two players in lanes 4 and 5 went to the platform, and in this competition, there were only these two players participating.

The start order sounded, and the men's 50m freestyle semifinals tied for 8th place in the extra match began!

Ning Zetao was not nervous at all, the same swimming lane, the same diving platform, his jump reaction time this time was 0.69 seconds, and he jumped perfectly.

Orsie's 0.74-second jump reaction time shows that he is a little out of shape, to be honest, the handsome Italian guy thinks too much and has a lot of psychological baggage.

After entering the water, Ning Zetao quickly adjusted to a high-frequency burst state, began to swim at full speed, advanced rapidly, and survived to death, he did not allow himself to lose again.

Just past 25 meters, Ning Zetao was already half a body ahead of Orsi.

Alsi has a bit of a mental baggage, but he also wants to reach the final, and there is nothing more humiliating than losing the game in a heads-up 1v1.

The Italian finally stopped thinking about the tie for eighth, the damn play-off that annoyed him, and Orsi began to go up with all his might, striving to pursue Ning Zetao, and if he didn't fight hard, he wouldn't have a chance.

But it's a pity that Orsi began to accelerate, and Ning Zetao had already increased to the highest speed and was sprinting with all his might, but Orsi not only did not narrow the gap with Ning Zetao, but was thrown more and more by Ning Zetao.

Just like driving, the well-prepared Ning Zetao started in second gear, he had already hung into fifth gear and was racing at high rpm, while Orsi had just hung up to fifth gear.

There are still 5 meters left, Ning Zetao is one position ahead of Orsi, unless Orsi can fly out of the water, he can't catch up with Ning Zetao within 5 meters.

Orsi didn't fly, so he lost.

Ning Zetao was the first to touch the wall and won the men's 50-meter freestyle semifinals, thus advancing to the men's 50-meter freestyle finals!

Ning Zetao's score was 21.64 seconds, and he sprinted two 50 free in a row in more than ten minutes, and his physical condition in the second game was definitely not as good as the first one.

But Ning Zetao's result in the second extra race (21.64 seconds) was faster than the result of the first race (21.70 seconds), and our soldiers are different.

Orsi touched a gap behind Ning Zetao, whose playoff time of 22.47 seconds was 0.77 seconds slower than his main race time (21.70 seconds) and 0.83 seconds slower than Ning's extra time.

In the world's top swimming event, the men's 50m freestyle event is 0.83 seconds behind.

In this 1V1 single challenge, Ning Zetao had a good mentality and played well, from the start to the wall, he suppressed Orsi strongly throughout the whole process, without giving the opponent any chance to counterattack, and the Chinese soldiers beat the Italian player with a hanging attitude.

The extra results mean that Du Ke and Ning Zetao advanced to the men's 50-meter freestyle final of the World Championships at the same time, which is a historic moment!

Tomorrow's men's 50 freestyle final, all Chinese people hope that this historic moment can be sublimated, we are in the final, we are hungry for medals, of course, gold medals or something...... (To be continued.) )