Zizhao Chuan: The Biggest Sportsman

Chapter 630 Guo Zizhao’s Dismount

The preliminaries have never been a problem for top players!

A few minutes later, Phelps returned to the lounge with a relaxed face.After the 5 preliminaries were all over, Phelps entered the men's 400m individual medley final tomorrow morning without pressure as the number one in the preliminaries.

For swimming events of 400 meters and above, due to the longer distance and greater physical exertion on athletes, there are only two competitions, the preliminaries and the finals, and there is no semi-finals.

However, Phelps did not leave in a hurry after the game. After two and a half hours, there will be a men's 200-meter freestyle preliminaries. This is what Phelps is most concerned about at present!

Hmph... Although I can't compete with Guo Zizhao today, I can get a general idea of ​​Guo Zizhao's level if I can observe Guo Zizhao's level up close.

As the competition progressed, masters from various countries began to appear one after another, and the competition atmosphere in the Water Cube became more and more intense.Although today's competitions are just preliminaries, are these the Olympics?This opportunity only comes once in four years, can you not work hard?
Soon, the men's 400-meter freestyle preliminaries will begin, and another Chinese team's seeded player Zhang Lin will also appear soon.

Zhang Lin, a youngster who is only 21 years old this year, is also the player in China who is most likely to win a medal in the men's freestyle event besides Guo Zizhao.In the trials at the beginning of the year, Zhang Lin won the men's 400m and 1500m freestyle championships in one fell swoop. At the same time, she only lost to Guo Zizhao in the 200m freestyle and won the runner-up.

In the following two months, the national team also sent Zhang Lin to Australia to participate in training, under the tutelage of Dennis Cottrell, the coach of the famous Australian "king of middle and long distance" Hackett, and it is said that the performance has also improved very much. obvious.In this Olympics, Zhang Lin also put her main energy on the men's 400-meter freestyle event, striving to win a medal!
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"Brother Guo, I'm going to play first!" Zhang Lin also got up and packed her equipment, and nodded to Guo Zizhao.

"Hehe... go ahead, relax. With your strength, it's no problem to win a medal." Guo Zizhao also smiled and patted Zhang Lin's shoulder, and simply encouraged him, "When the time comes, our country The swimming team’s first medal in this Olympic Games, even the gold medal, might come from you tomorrow!”

"Really? Hehe... Well, I will definitely swim well later and let everyone see our current strength!" Zhang Lin's eyes were also bright, and she patted her chest confidently and promised.

Zhang Lin's performance has indeed reached the top international level.In the past few years, although Guo Zizhao has not participated in many swimming competitions, his role in stimulating domestic men's swimming events is quite obvious.In particular, the men's freestyle event that Guo Zizhao participated in has become the hottest swimming event in China in recent years.

In addition, with the role model of the national track and field team, the current national swimming team also started to go to Australia and other swimming powers a few years ago to study coaches and train athletes.After persisting for two or three years, it is now slowly showing results.

Therefore, not only are the current strengths of veterans such as Chen Zha significantly improved compared to their previous lives, but the results of young players such as Zhang Lin, Wu Peng, Lai Zhongjian, Sun Yangyang, Lu Zhiwu and Shi Runqiang are also slightly higher than those of the same period in their previous lives. grade.

It is also true that Guo Zizhao is also full of expectations for Zhang Lin's performance in the Beijing Olympics this time!

After Zhang Lin walked out of the lounge happily, Guo Zizhao also smiled and turned his head to the other side, "Haha...Sun Yangyang, don't envy Zhang Lin. As long as you continue to work hard, one day you will have the opportunity to compete for Olympic gold medals." of!"

"Really?" Sun Yangyang, who was still a young boy, said in surprise with wide eyes.

"Haha... Can I still lie to you? Your talent and physical condition are even better than Zhang Lin. But..." Guo Zizhao also said with a smile, "You are not yet 17 years old, take your time, Use this Olympic Games to practice your hands first. As long as you keep working hard, at the World Championships next year, I guess you will have a chance to win a medal!"

"Really?" Sun Yangyang was deceived by Guo Zizhao and felt that his future was bright.

"Haha...it's guaranteed to be more real than real gold! Well, it's your turn to play soon, so I won't brag with you. Get ready early, Coach Zhu probably needs to tell you a few words!"

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It didn't take long for all six preliminaries of the men's 400-meter freestyle to end.

As expected, Zhang Lin lived up to expectations and won the No.3 in the preliminaries with a time of 42:45. Not only did she successfully break into tomorrow's finals, but she also broke the Asian record for this event.This result also made the entire Chinese swimming team ecstatic.

If Zhang Lin can perform like this in tomorrow's final, a medal will definitely be indispensable!Even a gold medal is not impossible!
Australia's veteran Hackett, known as the "King of the Middle and Long Distance", Asian record holder Park Tae-heng of South Korea, and American stars Johnson and Vandelkaj also successfully entered the finals.However, another young player of the Chinese team, Sun Yangyang, played well this time, but only ranked 20th and was unfortunately eliminated.

"It's okay, just keep working hard if you don't have enough strength." Guo Zizhao also comforted this little fresh meat, "Not this year, come back next year! I believe you will have a chance next year! Besides, your strength is not 1500 meters! The 1500-meter preliminaries will be held in a few days, so take a good rest and try again at that time!"

At nine o'clock in the evening, the men's 200-meter freestyle preliminaries finally started.Not only Guo Zizhao started to show up, but also famous generals such as Phelps, Park Tae-Heng, and Van der Kay, who had shown their hands in front of the audience just now, also went into battle again.

Although the 200m freestyle event was exchanged by Guo Zizhao through the system, even if he wins the championship, there will be no system rewards, but it is related to whether Guo Zizhao can beat Phelps this time and whether he can win the Olympic Games The honor of the athlete with the most gold medals, so Guo Zizhao did not dare to take it lightly.

That being the case, let's show off our own strength first!
1 minutes 43 seconds 15!

In the preliminaries, Guo Zizhao only used a "sky-shattering leap" skill, and he swam with astonishing results. He easily advanced to tomorrow's semi-finals with first place in the preliminaries.

Although it is more than 1 second slower than the world record he set at the beginning of the year, this result is much higher than other players, and is more than 0.5 seconds faster than the world record set by Phelps last year. ah!

Hiss... This Guo Zizhao is really powerful!
At this time, almost all media began to be unfavorable to Phelps, and many media even began to gloat over the misfortune.Hehe...it makes you cry!This time it was kicked to the iron plate!Going to the Beijing Olympics to win 8 gold medals clearly means that Guo Zizhao is not taken seriously!
With Guo Zizhao's character, how could he let you go!What's more, Phelps also chose to participate in the 200-meter freestyle event, which just fell into the hands of Guo Zizhao!

Hehe... 1 minute, 43 seconds and 15 seconds!This Guo Zizhao gave Phelps a big blow in the preliminaries!

(End of this chapter)