Zizhao Chuan: The Biggest Sportsman

Chapter 417 The First Step to Conquer Athens

"Yeah... got it." Facing the reminder from head coach Zhang Dongya, Guo Zizhao also nodded cautiously.

The promotion rules for swimming competitions are different from those of track and field. Generally, the top four or two in each preliminaries will advance to the next round.

In the swimming competition, the top 16 in the preliminaries will advance to the semi-finals, and the top 8 will advance to the final.Therefore, if Guo Zizhao is careless for a while and releases too much water, even if he ranks in the top two of the group, he may lose his qualification for promotion because he is ranked outside the 16th place in the total score.

In domestic competitions, Guo Zizhao's strength is far superior to all opponents, so even if Guo Zizhao releases water, he can easily rank first in the total score.But in the Olympic Games, where there are so many masters, if Guo Zizhao dares to do this, the risk will be too great.

After all, this is Guo Zizhao's first official international competition, and Guo Zizhao is a half-way monk, so the head coach Zhang Dongya also has to remind Guo Zizhao.If Guo Zizhao made such a low-level mistake, it would be ridiculous.

While Guo Zizhao and others were whispering, the other contestants in the activity room also looked at Guo Zizhao curiously.

Tsk tsk tsk... As the king of sprinting in the world, Guo Zizhao's reputation in the international sports arena is quite high.It's just that I didn't expect that the king of sprinting actually ran to the Olympic swimming pool to toss.It is really rare to see two major items across...

One is a speed race on land, the other is a speed race in water; one mainly relies on the strength of the lower body, and the other mainly relies on the strength of the upper body.How did Guo Zizhao take care of these two irrelevant projects?It is said that Guo Zizhao can still swim the world's top results, which is simply unbelievable...

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尤其是波波夫、霍根班德和索普三人，对于郭子昭的成绩也是将信将疑。100米自由泳的报名成绩居然是48秒20，50米自由泳的成绩竞然也达到了21秒85。

Your sister, is it true or not?A sprinter can actually swim out of the top three results in the world, this is too fucking bullshit!
At this time, both Hogenbender and Popov cast their questioning eyes on Thorp.As the only athlete who has played against Guo Zizhao, Thorpe still has the right to speak on this issue?

However, Thorpe also rolled his eyes at the two of them depressedly.Your sister, what are you doing looking at me?It was four years ago that Lao Tzu and Guo Zizhao fought against each other. Only the devil knows what Guo Zizhao's current results are!
Besides, I lost to Guo Zizhao carelessly back then, almost becoming the laughing stock of the whole world.Now you have reminded me of sad things again, there is no end to this...

Seeing Thorpe's stinky face, Popov and Hoganbender also instantly became happy.Hehe...Using this method before the game, it hurts the morale of the opponent silently, it's really enjoyable!It seems that Guo Zizhao's appearance in the swimming competition also played an unexpected role!

As for the worry about Guo Zizhao's strength, they didn't take it to heart at all.As two generations of "world's number one flying fish", Popov and Hoganband are still very confident in their own strength.The morning was just a preliminaries. After the swim, you will naturally know the depth of Guo Zizhao's strength.

And Thorpe also saw the silent ridicule of the two, and even gritted his teeth with hatred for Guo Zizhao.Grandma... Since you, Guo Zizhao, dare to come to the swimming competition again, this time I want to let you know how powerful "torpedo" is...

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At ten o'clock in the morning, the men's 100-meter freestyle preliminaries officially kicked off.

预赛一共分为8个小组，郭子昭被排在第6小组，倒是个非常不错的位置。波波夫在第2小组、霍根班德第4小组、索普在最后的第8小组。

After the official game started, the atmosphere in the athletes' lounge suddenly became solemn.While everyone was resting and warming up, they also paid attention to the competition results of other athletes.

On the wall outside the lounge, there are also several TVs hanging on the wall, broadcasting the swimming competition synchronously.

At this time, the coaches have become the busiest people.Not only did they have to gather outside to watch the game, but after each group of games, the coaches kept copying the results of the players in front of them, and they also analyzed the possibility of whether their athletes could advance to the semi-finals, or based on the results of the players in the competition. Adjust the tactics of the game according to the performance situation.

Of course, for top players such as Popov, Hoganbender and Thorp, there is no need to be so nervous. As long as they can perform at their normal level of about nine levels, there is no problem in entering the top 16.

Guo Zizhao and others were also as stable as a rock, but Song Ping, who was a little nervous, went out to watch a few group matches and then came back with a relaxed look on his face.

"Popov's preliminaries score is 49 seconds, and he is currently ranked fourth in the preliminaries. The 05th group competition has just ended. Hogenband's time is 4 seconds, and he is currently ranked first in the preliminaries. It seems that this time As long as you can swim within 4 seconds 48, you will have no problem entering the top 78." Song Ping also said to Guo Zizhao with a smile on his face, "But to be on the safe side, you'd better swim within 1 seconds this time. within."

"Hmm..." Zhang Dongya also nodded, "Hoganband and Thorpe will have a 200-meter freestyle final in the evening. I guess they will save a lot of energy in this preliminaries."

"Yes! With their strength, it is very easy to enter the semi-finals and finals. As long as Guo Zizhao plays steadily, he will have no problem entering the final." Song Ping also patted Guo Zizhao's shoulder with a smile, "Get up and move around Well, it will be your turn in a few minutes."

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We can't blame Song Ping for having so much confidence in Guo Zizhao. Judging from Guo Zizhao's performance over the years, the results and state of the game are extremely stable.

There are times when others are in poor form and perform abnormally, but when it comes to Guo Zizhao, it's just the opposite.Guo Zizhao's condition and performance in competitions have always been better than during normal training.

Especially around the year 2000, Guo Zizhao often broke out in key competitions. The frequency of the outbreaks was so high and the results improved so much that Song Ping was taken aback for a while.It's almost like breaking a world record.

In the past two years, it may be that Guo Zizhao's performance has gradually reached a bottleneck, or because there is less pressure and passion in competitions, he rarely breaks out at every turn, but just relying on the level shown by Guo Zizhao's daily training, It is enough to sweep the international track and field world.

As in sprinting, it is also true in swimming.Since Guo Zizhao can swim around 48 seconds in normal training and domestic competitions, Song Ping believes that in this Olympic Games, Guo Zizhao's results must be the same.

Just as Guo Zizhao finished tidying up and was waiting to go on stage, Deputy Director Shang Xiutang rushed over, "I'm sorry, Lao Song and Lao Guo just had a meeting, so they are late."

Shang Xiutang also hurriedly greeted everyone, then patted Guo Zizhao on the shoulder, and said encouragingly, "Xiao Guo, this is your first match, and I will show those foreign devils some color later!"

"Okay! Don't worry, Director Shang, let me go up and support these bastards!"

Under the leadership of the staff, Guo Zizhao and other contestants also entered the arena in turn.

Guo Zizhao took off his jacket and tidied up his equipment. Taking advantage of the time to introduce the contestants, he briefly moved his body again.

Hehe... Athens Olympics, my first step to conquer here, let's start with today's swimming competition...

(End of this chapter)