In terms of swimming, there are two large-scale competitions in China, the National Swimming Championships in the first half of the year and the National Swimming Championships in the second half of the year.

The championship and national championships are held every year, and the National Games are held every four years.

There are not many high-level top-level swimming events in China, and once a year, it is once in spring and once in autumn.

The National Swimming Championships, which will be held in early April, are not only for champions, and similar to the Champions League, it is not only for league champions to play in the Champions League.

Regardless of whether the champion is a champion or not, the focus is on participation, this year's hair business card, the head must be loud.

As the top swimming event in China, the average level of the national championship is still very high, and there are still conditions to sign up for this event, that is: do not come if you are not a master.

What is a master?

Recent world champions, Olympic champions, Asian champions, national champions, these are all high-ranking champions, and they can go straight to the semi-finals of the events in which they have won the championship. Players who have recently broken the national record or above will also enjoy the above-mentioned treatment of directly entering the semi-finals.

In addition to the champion and record-breaker, the other players have to sign up for the championship, which depends on the results. If the results are qualified, the provincial teams will report to the Swimming Association, and the Swimming Association will be able to participate in the competition, starting from the preliminaries.

After April 1, 2012, the official team members registered in each province have achieved the best result in the open competition at the provincial level (inclusive) or above, which is the registration result of the championship competition.

In the 100m freestyle, Duke was the Asian champion, setting a new Asian record, and he won the 400m freestyle at the national championships last October.

So Duke can go straight to the semi-finals of the National Championship 100 and 400 free. This kind of champion treatment is better, one less preliminaries, save some physical strength.

But the problem is that among the 17 individual events, Du Ke has only achieved results in the previous competitions above the provincial level, only 100 self and 400 free. The three relay races can be participated by Duke with the team, because the relay race is based on the overall result of a relay team, regardless of the individual.

For the other 15 individual events, Duke must pass the championship registration deadline on March 15 before he can register for the competition.

Now there are no competitions, where can I do my results? And it's late February, and time is running out.

So at this time, Director Luo had to arrange a special channel for Du Ke to sign up.

For Du Ke, the most important thing now is that in the past few days, under the supervision of the relevant leaders and staff of the Sports Federation Swimming Management Center and the Chinese Swimming Association, 15 international athletes in individual events have reached the standard.

Even if Duke made all the international athlete results, the above would not issue him an international athlete certificate, but after the strong recommendation and communication of Director Luo, the above promised to give Du Ke a chance, as long as Du Ke can swim an international athlete in a certain swimming style and a small event in these few days, the above will recognize this result and allow him to sign up for the championship of the small event.

After all, Du Ke is now the No. 1 speed in Asia and has broken through the bottleneck in Asia, and he has been registered in the swimming management center and the Chinese Swimming Association, and he is the focus of attention above.

The feat of "full swimming style and full distance" is very great, so great that it is incredible, but the head above is still in line with the purpose of "eclectic talent selection", and decided to go to Nangang in person to witness the start of this feat.

On February 24th, at the Nangang Asian Games City Natatorium, Director Qin of the Sports Federation Swimming Sports Management Center, Chairman Fu of the Chinese Swimming Association, Chairman Liu of the Nanyue Provincial Swimming Association, Zhou Jianlin, the first assistant coach of the national men's swimming team, the main leaders of the Nanyue Provincial Sports Bureau, and the core coaching team of the Nanyue Provincial Swimming Team and other important figures came here.

Compared with foreign countries, the institutional establishment of China's sports system is quite complex, and the biggest person behind the scenes in the swimming event is Director Qin.

The Chinese Swimming Association is the spokesperson of the Federation of Sports in the people, and the articles of association of the Association clearly stated: "The Association accepts the supervision and professional guidance of the Federation of Sports and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. ”

The Chinese National Swimming Team was established by the Chinese Swimming Association, and the Chinese Swimming Association issued a letter of appointment to hire national team coaches and related staff. Responsible for dealing with FINA is the Chinese Swimming Association, which is a full member of FINA, and the Swimming Sports Management Center, as a national institution, should not deal directly with international sports associations.

FIFA, FIBA, IAAF, FINA ...... Almost all international sports organizations and associations have clear regulations that governments must not interfere with the sport, otherwise they will ban your country's games.

In such a situation, the complete depoliticization of sports is not an overnight thing, so we have adopted the policy of sports federations in the rear to coordinate and dispatch, and set up non-governmental associations for each project to engage in specific work to correspond to international sports associations.

In fact, China is playing like this, and the international figures are all clear in their hearts, but China's national strength is getting stronger and stronger, and its international influence is becoming more and more important, who dares to ban China's competition?

Suppose that if the Chinese do not participate in international table tennis competitions, the ITTF must be disbanded. If many sports projects lack Chinese, in fact, the biggest loss is the international organization of the project, broadcast revenue sharing, commercial sponsorship and other real money, if the Chinese tycoon does not play with you, see who will cry and faint in the toilet. If there are no Chinese players participating in the project, who is in the mood to play with you really?

Therefore, international associations and organizations have turned a blind eye, you Chinese engage in "one set of people, two sets of teams", then let's do it, let's not delve into it, don't go too far.

Therefore, among so many leaders present, Director Qin, who represents the Sports Federation, is the first person behind the scenes, followed by the Chinese Swimming Association.

Du Ke has dealt with Director Qin several times, and this time he went to Dubai with Director Qin's group, and they are not strangers between them, but there is a tendency to become more and more familiar.

Director Qin called Du Ke in front of him and said in a serious tone: "Adu, what about your situation, we have also learned more about it through Luo Gui. On behalf of the Sports Management Center of the Sports Federation, I would like to say that as long as you can make a result in front of us, we will allow you to register for all events. No one rules prevent swimmers from signing up for all events, and I'm looking forward to a world-class talent in our Chinese swimming world, let's get started. ”

"Okay, thank you for your support." Duke nodded.

Director Qin immediately said to Chairman Fu of the Swimming Association in an inquiring tone: "Old Fu, what is your opinion? ”

Boss Qin spoke, and Chairman Fu naturally had no objection, he agreed, and also showed great expectations for Du Ke.

The leaders of Nanyue Province have no opinion, they have already begun to calculate the rate of return in their hearts, if Du Ke can go to the World Championships and win one or two gold medals in the World Championships, then the province can apply for a "high-level swimming talent training base". I've won the world championship, so of course it's a high level.

If you can win three or four gold medals, it will definitely be approved by the above, and if the high-level talent training base is approved, the above will allocate support funds and give support policies, anyway, there are many benefits.

If Duke can win seven or eight gold medals, it will not only be a high-level talent training base, but a high-level talent training center.

If you win a dozen gold medals...... That's unthinkable!

All in all, under the attention of the leaders, Du Ke went to the pool.

The provincial team's swimming training base is not equipped with an electronic timing system, and the performance test was arranged at the Asian Games City Natatorium, where there is an advanced electrometer system accurate to one thousandth of a second.

On February 24, in front of the leaders, Duke swam every hour, a total of 5 swims, the 50-meter swimming style and the 800-meter freestyle.

On February 25th, there will be 5 more swims, which are 100-meter butterfly, back, frog, 200 mixed, 400 mixed.

On February 26, he swam the 200-meter four-stroke and the 1500-meter freestyle.

So far, in addition to his own championship events 100 self and 400 self, the other 15 individual events, Du Ke has finished under the nose of the leader.

Du Ke's results are: all 15 events surpassed the international elite line.

On behalf of the leaders present, Mr. Qin made a concluding speech: "Please submit the Nanyue Provincial Swimming Team to participate in the 2013 National Swimming Championships in accordance with the relevant regulations, and please make relevant arrangements for the Swimming Association, thank you." ”

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On March 1, the Nanyue swimming team reported the list of participants in the national championships to the Swimming Association, and Du Ke will represent the Nanyue team to participate in 17 individual events and three relay races. All in all, all of the 20 projects that could be signed up for by Luo Gui were reported to Du Ke.

On March 6, the approval of the Swimming Association came down: "Agree and approve the registration application of the Nanyue team, please be ready to participate." ”

On March 15, the registration for this championship closed, and the next day, the Swimming Association sent the schedule to the provincial teams.

This national championship is actually a training session for the World Championships in Barcelona that began in July this year, so in terms of project settings and schedules, it is almost exactly the same as the arrangement of the previous World Championships.

The schedule of this national championship is not A nor B, but C.

How is the C schedule arranged?

It is interspersed with men and women, preliminaries, semi-finals and finals, and in each competition day, try to make the four major swimming styles have competitions.

"It's not bad news." Duke said, looking at the schedule.

Hu Yucheng: "Even if it's bad news, you have to be tough and report it." In the past few days, we can do maintenance moderate training, and we will leave for Zhongyuan City on March 26. ”

After several days of low-to-medium intensity training, on March 26, Du Ke left Nangang with all the coaches and players of the Nanyue team and arrived in Zhongyuan City in the hinterland of the Central Plains that night.

The National Championships will take place in the city five days later, and it will be where Duke's all-event feat of swimming will begin.