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Chapter 167 The Seventh Match Day

At 9:3 on the morning of September 07, Gao Shen set off with the swimming team.

Afraid of traffic jams.

Fortunately, there is no blockage, but the speed cannot run.

The distance was less than ten kilometers, and it took four and ten minutes to get there. This was still the case when there were police cars clearing the way.

The Greeks were unconscious, immersed in yesterday's opening ceremony and couldn't extricate themselves.

"One month, the perfect opening performance, unprecedented."

"A showcase of Greek culture, an Olympic journey home."

"Atalanta is good for nothing and should give us the Olympics."

The Greek media drifted away, completely ignoring the existence of Gao Shen. It seemed that the most brilliant thing last night was their performance.

As for the traffic problem revealed this morning, I can't see it at all.

"It seems that the games will go out earlier in the future."

"I'm not afraid of it being earlier, but I'm afraid it will be completely blocked."

This is not a conversation within the Chinese team, but a key point discovered by all delegations at the same time.

It's okay if you are not as good as others, because you couldn't catch up with the game because of the traffic jam, who can you ask for reason?

Today is the first competition day after the Olympic Games moved to Athens, actually the seventh competition day of the Atlanta Olympic Games, and also the last day of swimming competition.

Women's 200-meter butterfly, men's 200-meter butterfly, women's 50-meter freestyle, men's 4×100 medley relay, a total of four events.

When the group arrived at the swimming pool, everyone was shocked.

open air...

One word: Absolutely.

Even if there is only one month of preparation time, it should not be outdoors. What if there is a heavy rain during the game?Or what should I do if the sun is too hot?
That's what the Greeks did.

Just to be able to add more seats and sell more tickets.

Although it was perfunctory, the International Olympic Committee could only hold its nose and bear it.

Fortunately, the locker room and backstage are closed and air-conditioned, so the athletes will not sunbathe during their breaks.

The reporters first surrounded Gao Shen.

"Gao, are you satisfied with the environment of the swimming pool?"

What if you are not satisfied?
Historically, the Athenians were slow to prepare, and the angry International Olympic Committee almost canceled the right to host Athens.

Later, I speeded up, and the swimming pool was still open-air.

It can only be said that if there is no diamond and still takes the porcelain job, it will definitely make a fool of itself.

Of course, the Athenians have a good attitude, which means that if I am not embarrassed, others are embarrassed.

Gao Shen said with a smile: "This may be the only time I compete in an open-air swimming pool. This is a rare experience."

"So, what do you think of the traffic situation?"

"It does need to be improved, but that's the situation and delegations need to figure out how to overcome it."

Gao Shen is more polite, but others are different.

Australian women's 200-meter butterfly swimmer Thomas lashed out: "It's too bad, I have never participated in an official competition in the open-air swimming pool.

If the Greeks do not have enough ability, they should not undertake the Olympics, let alone sacrifice the athletes' competition environment for ticket revenue.

This will seriously affect the state of our game and is extremely irresponsible...”

If he hadn't known it was impossible, Thomas would have announced his retirement.

Well, another good player O'Neill did not come.

Anyway, you can't get a gold medal, and one more bronze medal is meaningless.

Players from other countries have the same meaning.

The subtext is: It’s not that we didn’t work hard, and it’s not that we couldn’t beat the Chinese players. It’s just that the conditions of the competition are too bad. We don’t blame us for losing.

The athletes complained endlessly that they could not stop the passage of time, and at nine o'clock the athletes entered the stadium.

First, in the women's 200m butterfly, Chen Yan and Wu Yanyan joined hands to enter the final.

"He is the invincible king, the absolute ruler of the stadium...he is..."

"God~" The audience followed the commentary and shouted loudly.

The sun was very hot, but it did not affect the enthusiasm of the audience.

Why did the organizing committee dare not add a roof?

Because there are only a few thousand seats in a covered swimming pool, it costs a lot less money.

They are very sure that as long as there are experts, they will not worry about not being able to sell tickets, even if the ticket price is extremely expensive.

Gao Shen waved his hands around and stood still in the fourth lane.

In the ranking of swimmers updated last month, Gaoshen successfully reached the top and scored a lot of points with No.2. He is officially the number one in the world and officially certified.

The audience cheered and the game started.

Although the butterfly stroke has the name, its movement posture is more like that of a dolphin.

The current technology uses the downward pressure and forward extension of the head and shoulders to drive the trunk and legs to swing up and down in waves, and adopts the technical structure of early breathing and early coordination. The posture of the body in the water is in the shape of large waves, so it is also called big water. Wave dolphin swimming technique.

After a period of time, it will become a whip-like movement of the legs driven by the waist, combined with the technical structure of late breathing and late coordination, so the ups and downs of the body are small, which is called the small wave dolphin swimming technique.

Through technical optimization and improvement, humans have improved the world record of 200 meters by 5 seconds.

Gao Shen still uses big wave dolphin swimming.

The physical fitness is strong enough, and there is no need to expose other athletes' bottom-pressing skills.

Like the women's duo, Zhao Yan entered the final without much pressure and did not use his trump card.

In the preliminaries of the women's 50m freestyle, Le Jingyi obviously pressed her speed and advanced to the first place in the group and the third place in the preliminaries.

I attended the opening ceremony last night and it was quite exhausting.

Nian Yun did not participate in the opening ceremony, and won the first place in the preliminaries in one go.

After the game, when interviewed by reporters, Nian Yun was very clear-headed: "The first place in the preliminaries is not the first place in the finals. Sister Le's strength is there. I must use all my strength in the finals to win."

In the 4×100m medley preliminaries, Gao Shen was led by Zeng Qiliang, Zhao Yan and Zhao Lifeng into the finals.

"Gao, at the end of the third shot, Zhao led No.2 by nearly three lengths, and when you touched the edge, he was only half a length ahead. Why is that?"

"Because the fourth bat is only counted as PB and not a record, I don't think it's meaningful to work hard. Of course, the world record in the final must be ours."

Gao Shen told the truth, but no one dared to express dissatisfaction.

The swimming competition is over, and the diving competition in the afternoon is changed to a swimming pool with a roof.

The organizing committee is really not afraid of ridicule, and everything is about money.

从重回奥运会的洛杉矶奥运会开始，中国跳水的表现就很不错，洛杉矶1金1银1铜，汉城2金3银1铜，巴塞罗那3金1银1铜。

For later generations, if the Chinese delegation is said to be the most stable gold medalist in the Olympics, table tennis and diving are undoubtedly the heavenly teams.

It's a pity that at this time, diving only has four events: men's and women's three-meter springboard and men's and women's ten-meter platform. There is no men's doubles and women's doubles mixed doubles, and because of the influence of the referee's subjective consciousness, it is difficult to round like a table tennis ball.

Starting this afternoon is the women's ten-meter platform preliminaries.

The Chinese team played against Fu Mingxia, the second-generation diving queen.

At the Tokyo Olympics, Xing Ge, who was only 14 years old, won the ten-meter platform championship. The world looked at him and the whole country was shocked.

However, Fu Mingxia won the ten-meter platform championship in Barcelona when she was 13 years old.

At the same time, Guo Jingjing, the future third-generation diving queen, participated in the Olympic Games for the first time this year.

As a fan, Gao Shen certainly would not miss their games. The only pity is that there is no other diehard fan Xiaohuo on the sidelines.

Therefore, Gao Shen activated the makeup technique, quietly watched the two enter the finals, and then quietly left.

What I took away were several rolls of film.

Well, when I become a pauper in the future, I will definitely make a small profit by selling the film to a diehard fan named Huo.

If there is any dissatisfaction, it is too much sun.

In addition, I will transfer to Thessaloniki tomorrow, so there is no way to watch the follow-up games live.

In this diving competition, in addition to the veterans of the last Olympic Games, there is also the budding Tian Liang.

Regardless of Tian Liang's reputation later on, at this moment, he is indeed the star of hope for diving.

(End of this chapter)