Gu Chen accompanied Chamberlain and hurried to the stadium where the Olympic swimming competition was located, the Water Cube.

The "Water Cube" is a 177-meter-by-177-meter-tall building with a 31-meter-high façade that looks random and follows strict geometric rules, with 11 different shapes on the façade. Inflatable pillows are installed on both the inner and outer floors, and the fantastic blue comes from the first membrane of the air pillow outside, because the curved surface reflects sunlight and makes the entire surface of the building look like a drop of crystal water in the sun, Chamberlain thinks that this gymnasium is more wonderful than the bird's nest design, and he has always wanted to go in and see it, but he has never had the opportunity.

As the two most brilliant buildings designed for the Beijing Olympic Games, the "Water Cube" and the "Bird's Nest" are only separated by one road, one side is round, one blue and one is red, forming a subtle and balanced relationship.

The problem is that the two of them didn't come to the gym, but to see the game, Phelps to be exact.

Now Phelps has become an absolute idol at the Beijing Olympics, and the limelight is not much worse than Chamberlain and the Dragons, if anyone can overpower him, I am afraid that only Liu Xiang, the king of Chinese track and field who has not yet played. Since his first jump into the pool on the night of August 9, as of yesterday, Phelps 9 has been able to win a gold medal every day for four consecutive competition days, and has broken the world record every time he participates in the stunner, for him, the world record is like paper paste.

Phelps himself is also a basketball fan, he has a good relationship with the players of the Dream Team, although he has not had much contact with Chamberlain, but because he has repeatedly told the media that he is a fan of Chamberlain, so the two also have some intersection, and now the two tickets in Chamberlain's hand are transferred by Philp Stokobe, and Chamberlain must come to the court, but this game is not successful.

Today's competition has a special meaning for Phelps, because he has already won four gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, plus the previous six gold medals at the Athens Olympics in Greece, which adds up to ten gold medals in his Olympic journey.

The previous Olympic record was 10 gold medals, held by four athletes and Phelps: American track and field star Carl Lewis, Phelps's predecessor, another American swimmer Mark Spitz, former Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina and Finnish runner Paavo Nomi.

This time, Phelps is going to participate in the 4x200m relay swim, which is regarded by the swimming teams of various countries as the best opportunity to snipe the flying fish, because the relay race is different from the general competition, this kind of competition to win the championship, more depends on the team's strength, if the teammates do not play well, no matter how good the individual performance is, it is useless.

This is a game full of uncertainties, before the start of the game, it has been hyped up, not to mention that Chamberlain was specially invited, even if he was not invited, he would buy his own tickets to watch this game, and it is always a good feeling to witness a miracle.

It's a pity that something that made Chamberlain depressed still happened, originally he delayed the entry time when he was training, and then lingered with Gu Chen for half an hour, and when he arrived at the Water Cube, the audience began to bustle on the stage, and there is no doubt that the game is over.

Chamberlain's face was full of disappointment, seeing this, Gu Chen immediately apologized, took Chamberlain's hand and said, "I'm sorry, Z, it's all my fault, if you don't comfort me, you will definitely be able to catch up with this game." ”

At this time, it was useless to complain, Chamberlain sighed and said: "Forget it, God doesn't want me to witness this miracle moment, I really hope Phelps doesn't win the gold medal, so that he has three events behind him, and I still have a chance to watch his competition." ”

Chamberlain knew that the probability of this kind of thing happening is relatively small, the United States team is the absolute supremacy of the 4x200m freestyle relay, and with Thorpe's retirement, Australia's competitiveness has weakened, and the American team's advantage in this event is becoming more and more obvious. Four years ago, the U.S. team won in 7:07.33 under Phelps, while Thorpe's Australia finished second in 7:07.46.

But he was disappointed by the discussion from the departing audience: "Phelps is amazing, he ran so beautifully on the first base......"

"The fourth guy Van der Kay is also very good, he swims so fast behind him, like a torpedo!"

"That guy's nickname is Torpedo, don't you think he's domineering when he swims? Phelps, though in a flowing position, lacks Van der Kwai's sense of strength, and I still like Van der Khai. ”

According to the discussion of the audience, Chamberlain roughly understood the situation of the game, the first baton of the American team was led by Phelps, who brought an absolute advantage to the team, leaving Australia, Italy, Japan and other strong teams behind.

The second team of the United States team was Locht, who had a sluggish performance in the first 100 meters, and he swam 23.70 seconds in the first 50 meters, ranking second, 0 slower than Russia's Lagunov. In the 61-second and 100-meter segments, Locht did not improve, and Ragunov continued to close the gap, in this section Lagunov swam 49.60 seconds, while Locht was 50.28 seconds, and the huge gap left by Phelps was further narrowed by the Russians1. 28 seconds.

However, in the next two 50m sections, Locht suddenly increased his arm swing and swam 1:17.33 and 1:44.28 respectively, swimming two of the best times of the section. At the end of the second bat, the U.S. team continued to lead with 3:27.59, surpassing the world record to 3. 63 seconds! Australia was in second place with 3:31.82, four behind the United States. At 23 seconds, the gap widened further.

The third player in the U.S. team was Behrens, who had a reaction time of 0 when he entered the water. 41 seconds, 3rd in 8th place. In the four 50m sections, Behrens' performance was not satisfactory, and due to the slow swing of the water arm, Behrens only swam 24.53 seconds at the 50m and ranked fifth. That continued into the 100m, where he finished fourth in 51.70 seconds.

In the fourth bat, American star Van der Kay came out, and he was one of two players who had beaten Phelps in the final. Van der Kay showed the form of the first Phelps after entering the water and did not give any further chance to the other opponents. In the first 50 meters, Van der Kay swam 24.13 seconds to be in second place. In the 100m, Van der Khai slowed down a bit, learning from France's Bernard's 4x100m freestyle relay, and by the time he touched the wall in the 100m, Van der Khai was in third place among the eight runners with a time of 50.95 seconds.

In the last 100 meters, Van der Kay accelerated to finish the race in 6:58.56, 5.14 seconds ahead of second-placed Russia, and broke the world record.

Chamberlain listened to the audience discuss the game in frustration, this game was really moving, and even the audience didn't notice that the first star of the men's basketball team was standing next to them when they walked past Chamberlain and Gu Chen, but Gu Chen's beauty and slender body won her a lot of heads.

Of course, this is also related to Chamberlain's dress, in order to watch the game well and not be disturbed by the fans, he also wasted a lot of hard work, in addition to wearing a pair of big sunglasses, he also prepared a fake beard and wig, but unfortunately now all this has become useless.

After the fans left, Chamberlain suddenly walked into the Water Cube, Gu Chen was taken aback and asked, "Now that the athletes should have left the field, why are you still going in?" ”

Chamberlain said: "I'll have to show that Phelps kid that I'm here to cheer him on, and then I'll tell him I'm too far back and he won't see me, and then I can't blame me." ”

Gu Chen's hand was still held by Chamberlain, she followed and ran two steps, her big eyes flickering to think about the question, and suddenly smiled: "You actually don't care about the result of this game, do you?" You mainly don't want to disappoint Phelps? ”

"I'm not so noble, it's just that in the last game against Spain, Phelps came to cheer us on, and I came to return the favor." Chamberlain grinned, of course, in fact, he really wanted to watch this swimming competition, not because of love, but because he had nothing to do.

As a result, both of them entered the National Aquatics Center for the first time, and the audience was gone, although there were a lot of staff, but the two were afraid of being kicked out, so they specially picked a cold aisle to walk, walked around without a sense of direction, and were dumbfounded for a while.

The scale of the National Aquatics Center is very large, with a planned construction area of 62,950 square meters and a total construction area of 80,000 square meters, of which the underground part of the construction area is not less than 15,000 square meters.

The place the two want to go to is the Olympic competition hall, that place is the core area of the Water Cube, the entire hall area is 8120 square meters, there are two swimming pools, one is a swimming pool, one is a diving pool, the athletes are there to present awards, and then will stop to take a group photo, Chamberlain guessed that Phelps and Kobe Bryant and his friends will definitely choose the Olympic competition hall.

As a result, the two did not find the competition hall around the world, but went to the prestigious Water Drop Theater, which is not large, only about 200 square meters, with 150 seats, using cutting-edge laser digital projection equipment developed by the Laser Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which can play 3D films, laser high-definition films, etc., when the two arrived, they were replaying the previous game, of course, not 3D, but watching the game on the huge screen of high definition, there is also a unique charm.

Gu Chen urged Chamberlain to leave quickly, and the latter muttered, "Let's finish watching the game first." ”

As a result, as soon as the two of them stayed, a staff member came, and the two of them had no choice, so they found a corner to hide, Chamberlain was afraid of being discovered, so he blocked himself with the curtain of the screen, he saw Gu Chen standing outside stupidly, and said in a low voice: "Don't come in yet?" ”

"Where to go?" Gu Chen asked stupidly.

Chamberlain saw that there was indeed not much space left, so he shrugged his shoulders and said: "You can do it, anyway, if you stay outside, you will definitely be seen, and then you will be kicked out, and there are reporters outside." ”

Gu Chen was speechless, he could only huddle with Chamberlain, both of them were uncomfortable, Chamberlain had to turn around, but he suddenly hugged Gu Chen into his arms, and he hurriedly explained: "I didn't want to take advantage of you." ”

Gu Chen smiled and said: "Believe you, even if you want to take advantage of me, it's nothing, just because I didn't pay the price for delaying you not being able to watch the game." ”

"Really?" Chamberlain was overjoyed, as he said before, all men fall in love with beautiful women at first sight.

Gu Chen smiled even brighter, and said lightly: "Of course it's true, but if you take advantage of me, you have to be responsible for me." ”

This sentence made Chamberlain honest, and the footsteps of the staff behind him approached, and the two did not dare to speak again, so they shrank together until the staff left.

Walking out of the Water Drop Theater, the two went around and ran to the Chinese support for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Memorial Pavilion and the Beijing Olympic Games Water Cube Swimming Memorial Pavilion, after wasting a lot of time, Gu Chen finally found a map, at this time it would definitely be useless to go to the hall again, even if Phelps chatted with the Dream Team players one by one, it should be over.

Simply, Chamberlain and Gu Chen walked around the Water Cube with great interest, the two found two volunteer work cards to hang on their chests, and toured in it generously.

Chamberlain is now truly loved by Chinese sports fans, and instead of expelling him and Gu Chen, the staff learned of his identity, but took him to the most entertaining water park in the Water Cube.

The water park is currently one of the largest indoor water parks in China and one of the most advanced in the world, and has a number of water attractions that have made their debut in the world, such as where visitors can enter the crystal clear water droplets to experience an unprecedented wonderful journey, which Chamberlain has never touched before.