Zizhao Chuan: The Biggest Sportsman

Chapter 492 The Battle for the World's Number One Flying Fish

On the morning of July 7, the men's 27-meter freestyle preliminaries started smoothly.

For Guo Zizhao, there was no pressure at all in this game.Just using a "shocking leap" skill, Guo Zizhao swam a time of 48 seconds and easily advanced to the semi-finals of the night.

And another Chinese player, Chen Zuo, also lived up to expectations, racing all the way, and finally broke into the semi-finals of the top international competition for the first time with a time of 49 seconds.

"Okay, well done!" After the preliminaries, Deputy Director Shang Xiutang, Head Coach Zhang Dongya, and Coach Yao Zhengli, Chen Zuo's head coach, also praised Chen Zuo's performance today, "Go back and have a good rest. Try to reach the finals tonight and set another record!"

There is a reason why everyone is so excited.Guo Zizhao can enter the semi-finals, finals, and even win the championship, no one will feel any surprise.Because Guo Zizhao was originally an amazing international top player.

But for the other men's short-distance freestyle swimmers of the Chinese swimming team, being able to reach the semi-finals of the World Championships is a great improvement!
You know, in the previous international competitions, the Chinese team basically could only send a B standard player in this men's event, that is to say, they were eliminated after participating in a preliminaries.That scene was just as tragic as the men's [-]-meter runners of the former national track and field team.

But now, the short-distance freestyle event has not only qualified for the A standard, but also made it to the semi-finals in a historic way.This can't help but make everyone YY... If we wait a few more years, will our men's freestyle event be like the men's sprint event, in addition to Guo Zizhao, there will also be an Olympic champion!

Therefore, everyone looked at Chen Zuo even more eagerly!Judging from Chen Zuo's current age and progress speed, it seems that the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is not hopeless!
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But soon, everyone's expectations for Chen Zuo's further advancement in this World Championships fell through.

In the men's 100m freestyle semi-final at night, Chen Zuo, who was on the stage for the first time, was still a little nervous.In the end, Chen Zuo, who performed so-so, only swam 49 seconds, ranked No.80, and bid farewell to the competition with regret.

Guo Zizhao is still far ahead. In this game, he only added a "gorgeous turn" skill and once again occupied the top spot in the semi-finals with a time of 48 seconds.And Guo Zizhao’s result is also the best result in the world in this event this year so far!

In the eyes of the outside world, there is no suspense about the champion of this project.Whether it is the "South African Flying Fish" Schumann who just won the men's 50m butterfly championship one day ago and broke the world championship record, or the Italian player Magnini who originally set the world's best result this year, or the men's 100m who just tried the water this year Phelps, who was in the freestyle individual event, did not pose any threat to Guo Zizhao.

According to Guo Zizhao's game rules, since he swam 48 in the semifinals, it would be easy to swim within 17 seconds in the final.

However, although Guo Zizhao has achieved top results in swimming, the performance of other players in the Chinese swimming team has made everyone worry and happy!

"Frog Queen" Luo Xue, who originally had the greatest hope of winning the gold medal for the Chinese team, had a difficult time advancing to the World Championships due to a foot injury.In today's women's 100-meter breaststroke final, Luo Xue also failed to realize her dream of "three consecutive championships" and only ranked No. 4 in the final, losing a medal!
Another Chinese veteran, Yang Yu, who has hopes of winning the gold medal, only won a bronze medal in the women's 200-meter freestyle final, which is better than nothing!

However, to everyone's surprise, in the ensuing men's 200-meter butterfly competition, the Chinese player Wu Peng, who entered the final for the first time, played his best level, with a time of 1:56. Won a bronze medal for the Chinese team!
This unexpected bronze medal also surprised the Chinese team.We must know that in the history of the World Championships, only at the 1998 Perth Swimming World Championships in Australia did the Chinese swimming team win the first men's swimming medal.And Wu Peng's bronze medal is also the second medal of the Chinese men's swimming event in the World Championships!

It's hard to come by...

What surprised everyone even more was that in the women's 50m backstroke semi-final, Chinese teenager Gao Chang unexpectedly broke the world championship record with a time of 28 seconds and broke into tomorrow's final with the top score in the semi-final.

This also makes everyone full of expectations for tomorrow's competition. If you are lucky, you might get two gold medals tomorrow!

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At 7:28 p.m. on July 7, the final of the women's 50m backstroke started first.

The young player Gao Chang, who was placed high hopes by the Chinese team, once again suffered from the lack of experience of young players in competitions.

From the moment he entered the water, Gao Chang maintained a slight lead, but in the final sprint, the teenager Gao Chang was disrupted by Australian player Rooney who was catching up.

Especially when he was about to touch the wall, Gao Chang didn't choose to touch the wall underwater in his panic, and added half an arm stroke to the superfluous, replacing it with his familiar right hand touching the wall.As a result, the experienced Australian player took the lead by 0.06 seconds and completed the wall-touching action underwater.

0.06 seconds!
This is the difference in the blink of an eye, and the gold medal that the Chinese team was about to get turned into a silver medal!This also makes everyone feel distressed!

After Dad and Song Ping saw this, they couldn't help but shook their heads one after another, "It's a pity! They are still too young and inexperienced! If they can stabilize the rhythm in the end, this gold medal will be in their hands!"

"Yes! Mistakes in the middle of a busy schedule, this is a lesson!" Zhang Dongya's head coach is also full of regrets, "However, Gao Chang is only 18 years old this year. I will go abroad to exercise more in the past few years. When the Beijing Olympic Games, I hope to be able to do it again Get results!"

"Not only Gao Chang, but Wu Peng, Zhang Lin and others are all only 18 years old. These are all good seedlings from the Beijing Olympics!" Mr. Song Ping also nodded in agreement, "On the one hand, hurry up to improve your strength, On the one hand, we need to accumulate more experience, these young people are the hope of our Chinese swimming events."

"Haha... It's good to have hope. However, in Guo Zizhao's final, this gold medal can no longer have any surprises!"

"Don't worry! I'll get it for you immediately!" Dad said confidently, "Guo Zizhao has never missed a hand in an official game! Besides, in the two games yesterday, Guo Zizhao was in the second half of the game. You didn’t even sprint with all your strength!”

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Dad was right. In the men's 100-meter freestyle final that followed, Guo Zizhao went all out.Except for not using medicine, Guo Zizhao's three skills are all on stage one by one!
With the sound of a whistle, Guo Zizhao instantly activated the "Sky Jump" skill, and lightly dashed into the swimming lane with a perfect jumping movement.

With the "bounce" attribute of 81 points, and with the blessing of skills, Guo Zizhao's water entry distance is actually 20 or 30 centimeters farther than top masters such as Schumann and Phelps. It is not bad at all compared to everyone.

When everyone got out of the water, Guo Zizhao was already nearly half an arm's length ahead of everyone!Even the commentator on the scene couldn't help but praise, "Guo Zizhao's jumping level is really outstanding. His current jump alone is 0.2 seconds ahead of others! He really deserves to be a track and field athlete." Ah, this jumping power! This coordination! Tsk tsk tsk..."

Just when the narrator was full of emotion, Guo Zizhao had already opened his posture and started sprinting according to his own rhythm.Schumann, Magnini, Netlin and Phelps in the adjacent lane also sprinted without showing any weakness.

Especially the "South African Flying Fish" Schumann, not only won the third place in this event at the Athens Olympics last year, but also won the first swimming world for the South African team in the 50-meter butterfly two days ago. championship, and also broke the World Championship record twice.It can be seen that the opponent's sprint ability in short-distance swimming events is also quite strong.

But this time, Schumann was also ambitious, and once again launched an impact on his second gold medal!
Hum hum... So what about Guo Zizhao, his strength in the first half of the journey is not much worse than yours.As long as you are still as weak in the second half of the sprint as you were in the first two games, you still have a chance to overtake...

The title of the world's number one flying fish, he also has the strength to get it!Come on, Schuman...

(End of this chapter)