The schedule of the Asian Championships swimming competition is to hold the preliminaries from November 15th to 17th, the individual finals from the 18th to the 20th, and the relay finals on the 21st.

Duke advanced in the first round of the 400 on the morning of the 15th, and at 5 p.m., he was ready to play in the semifinals.

The 16 finalists are divided into two groups for the semi-finals, with the top four in each group advancing to the finals.

In a swim distance event, each country can register a maximum of two competitors. If both players from the same country reach the semi-finals, the referees will place the two players of the same nationality in different semi-final groups.

Sun Yang was placed in the first group, and Du Ke was in the second group.

The powerful players in the same group as Duke include South Korea's Park Tae-hwan, Japan's Matsuda Shoshi, Hong Kong's Huang Wei and others.

Needless to say, Park Tae-hwan is one of the favourites to win the title.

Matsuda won a bronze medal in the men's 200 butterfly at the London Olympics, while the Japanese, who also attacked the freestyle, reached the 200 free end and finished fifth. The overall strength of the Japanese team is strong, but only the freestyle is not strong, especially the middle and long distance freestyle above 400 meters, which can be said to be hard to find, so Matsuda Shoshi participated in the 400 freestyle part-time. Although he is a part-time job, he is also better than ordinary players.

Hong Kong's Wong Wai is a mixed-race man who is one-half British, one-quarter Irish, and one-quarter Chinese, with distinctly white body signs.

Sun Yang's first group semi-finals were the first to be held, and there were no big surprises in the game, Sun Yang once again won the first place in the group, South Korea's Park Chang-beom, Singapore's Lee Sung-ming, and China's TAIBEI player Yang Lizhen won the second, third and fourth places. These four players made it to the finals first.

The second semi-final began immediately, and the eight shore assistant referees were explaining the rules of the game to the eight competitors one-on-one, reminding the competitors, "You can only start when you hear the signal, otherwise the results of the competition will be cancelled." If you grab a jump, you will also cancel the result", "Do not swim to other lanes, otherwise the result will be cancelled", "When you turn around, you must touch the wall, and you are not allowed to turn around after swimming halfway, otherwise the result will be cancelled......

Swimming rules such as these may sound like a matter of course, but according to international competition requirements, the referee must explain them to the competitors. After entering the semi-finals, you have to say every game, and you have to listen to it even if you are tired of listening to it, this is the rule.

The referees came from different countries in Asia and spoke English, of course. Duke is a college student, he has studied English for ten years from junior high school to university, he can understand not too complicated English sentences, can also speak a few simple words of English, gestures and basic communication with the referee is not too much problem.

Because the members of the national team have to go abroad to participate in competitions, those who do not have good English skills will generally arrange English interpreters to give them intensive training in speaking and listening. It is still very important for the national team players to master English, otherwise it is difficult to communicate with the referee when they go abroad, for example, people tell you that the time of the final has been changed temporarily, and you will visit the final at 7 o'clock tonight, but you can't understand it, and it will come at 7 o'clock the next morning, isn't that a death.

The assistant referee preached the rules of the swimming competition according to the routine system, Du Ke kept nodding and saying OK, OK, he knew this set of rules well, and the professional swimmers who could stand here to participate in the semifinals still did not know the rules of the swimming competition? However, in order to show respect for the referees, athletes from all over the world still made a careful appearance.

Listening to the assistant referee's rules, Doucle, who was in lane five, occasionally glanced to the left and right. Park Tae-hwan is in lane 4 on the left, and Shoshi Matsuda is in lane 6 on the right. Compared to the opponent in the first round Park Chang-bum and later. Gong Chunma, Park Tae-hwan and Matsuda Zhangzhi are much more famous. Park Tae-hwan is the champion of the Grand Slam, Matsuda Zhangzhi became famous very early, he is the famous millennium third, he has a soft spot for bronze medals, Asian Games, Olympics, World Championships, Matsuda-kun has participated, and all won bronze medals.

Du Ke is observing the two famous players of South Korea and Japan, Park Tae-hwan is looking ahead, his eyes are firm, Matsuda Zhangzhi's eyes are not as persistent as Park Tae-hwan, he is 28 years old this year, and his current mood may be based on enjoying the game, ranking or something.

After the assistant referee finished explaining the rules, they all gestured to the referee, indicating that the player in charge of him was ready to compete.

The referee stood beside the starter with a PAD, said a few words to the starter, and the starter understood, he sat in front of a screen, pressed the button, and sounded the first round of preliminary orders. Now it's all electronic starts, and the traditional way of firing guns is long gone.

In the first round, the preparation order sounded, and 8 competitors got on the jumping platform.

The starter then honked the second round of preparations, and the contestants bent down on their knees and made a jump.

The third short order sounds, and the game begins!

Challenging two Korean and Japanese players who have been famous for a long time, Du Ke didn't dare to be careless, and he opened [One Thousand Miles] to jump strongly.

With a strong jump, Duke was half a body ahead when he entered the water, and even famous players such as Park Tae-hwan and Matsuda Zhangzhi, who also had status in the international swimming world, could not jump him.

In the first 50 meters, Du Ke led the way in front, pressing Park Tae-hwan and Matsuda Zhangzhi behind.

"It's okay, Xiao Du, suppress Park Taehuan at the beginning, well done!" Sun Yang, who has already entered the finals, watched the game on the shore, he won and lost Park Taehuan, and he has been stumbling with Park Taehuan since 09. For Park Tae-hwan, an old opponent, Sun Yang probably knows him better than Park Tae-hwan's coach, and the person who knows you best is often your mortal enemy.

"Let's hope Duke will come on!" Hao Yun was in a somewhat complicated mood to cheer for Du Ke, he was also a good player at 400 self, before Du Ke did not enter the team, he and Sun Yang usually matched to impact 400 self. But there is also competition within the team, who let Hao Yun lose to Du Ke in the final of the National Championship 400. Zhang Lin, a meritorious veteran, lost the game, and he couldn't even come to Dubai, and the sports competition was actually quite realistic, whoever was in good shape was on it.

However, Duke's lead did not last long, and after the first turn, Matsuda began to exert force, catching up and overtaking Duke.

Duke dropped to second, Park Tae-hwan maintained a steady pace in third, and Hong Kong's Wong Wai struggled to catch up with the top three in fourth.

Matsuda continued to sprint and steam hard, leading the swim all the way to 200 meters.

After 200 meters, the Japanese began to weaken, after all, Matsuda Shoshi is the main attack on the 200 meters event, the future is very strong, the middle and late physical fitness declines, and can not rush.

Park Tae-hwan only began to really exert his strength at this time, and in the 200-250m stage, he surpassed Du Ke and Matsuda Zhangshi to grab the first place.

South Korean reporters on the shore began to get excited, and the few Korean fans in the spectator stands screamed and shouted for their country's stars, most of them tourists.

"Park Tae-hwan's mid-to-late stage is still very good, and if I can't suppress him in the early stage, the mid-to-late stage is also very passive. So to defeat Park Tae-hwan, you must hold him down in the first 200 meters. Sun Yang said to Hao Yun beside him, as if he was imparting experience, "Xiao Du's courage is commendable, but after all, there is still a gap between him and Park Tae-hwan......"

Sun Yang stopped abruptly as he spoke, and he found that when he entered the final sprint of 100 meters, Du Ke had already surpassed Park Tae-hwan after turning around and grabbed the first place!

Du Ke turned around in the penultimate to perform a dolphin turn stunt, followed by 8 leg stunts, completing the overtake of Park Tae-hwan.

In fact, this is not the final, and there is no difference between first and fourth place in the group.

But Duke just wants to have a real battle with a player of Park Tae-hwan's level, and the opportunity to compete with world-class players in the same pool is rare.

Park Tae-hwan is also a very competitive person, he saw that the Chinese team except for Sun Yang came out of nowhere and was stunned, shouting at me?

The more serious Park Tae-hwan also had a little temper, and he began to rise rapidly, using all his strength to start chasing Du Ke.

After one last turn, Park Tae-hwan caught up with Douc with the last 30 meters left.

"Can't drive a big water wheel?"

Duke hesitated for less than a second, and decided not to play this ultimate trump card, and save it for the final and then play all four skills.

In the end, relying on super endurance and a strong explosion in the future, Park Tae-hwan won the first place in the group. Du Ke finished second, Matsuda third, and Huang Wei fourth, and the four got the final four finals.