After a summer vacation, a classmate became an Olympic champion?

Chapter 5 Team Trials

The Chinese Swimming Team is in the temporary training ground of the Paris Olympics, beside the swimming pool.

Eight male players are standing on the shore, ready for battle.

Chen Shu, Zhang Zhanshuo, Niu Guangsheng, Wang Shun, and the four main players of the previous 4*100m freestyle - Pan Zhanle, Wang Haoyu, Ji Xingjie and Chen Juner, all eight of them are standing in front of their respective lanes, stretching their whole bodies.

Chen Shu is in the fourth lane, with Wang Shun in the third lane and Pan Zhanle in the fifth lane beside him.

Next, they will decide who will be sent to participate in the freestyle relay tomorrow.

The reason why we have to choose before the game, instead of deciding it long ago, is because the state of each athlete is different.

Some people may not be acclimatized to the Paris climate, and some people are not used to the venue, so we must choose the four with the best state to welcome the first game tomorrow.

Although the preliminaries are not compared to the finals, if you don’t go all out, you may not even be able to participate in the finals.

Head coach Cui Dengrong certainly didn't dare to be negligent.

At this time, beside the entire swimming pool, except for Qin Haiyang and Zhang Yufei who were attending the press conference, the 22 male and female athletes who were currently participating in the swimming events of the 2024 Paris Olympics were all standing on the sidelines, watching the team selection and cheering for everyone.

"Brother Xiao, come on!"

Kong Yaqi is the little girl who is second only to Chen Shu in age in the team. She is only 15 years old this year. She won the women's 200m freestyle championship at the National Spring Swimming Championships. She is also very strong and is currently the main member of the 4*200m freestyle relay.

She has the best relationship with Chen Shu because they are a bit close in age; while the others are at least 16 or 17 years old, the gap is a bit big.

Also always treat Chen Shu as a child and tease him from time to time.

"Are you ready?"

Cui Dengrong stood on the sidelines and asked the assistant coach to play the reminder sound for the start of the game.

The eight players all stood on the starting platform. Chen Shu put on his swimming cap and sunglasses, looked at the pool in front of him, and took a deep breath. This was of course a prepared posture.

"Preliminary selection, first game!"

After Cui Dengrong finished speaking, everyone's momentum obviously became a little different.

The eight people kept the same starting posture, standing in the swimming lane, feet together, body upright, head slightly raised, eyes looking forward.

Ding!

When the sound of the game started rang, Chen Shu didn't hesitate at all and rushed into the water directly; the eight people almost went together, but the machine on the side had already shown everyone's reaction and entry time.

Pan Zhanle was of course ranked first, Chen Shu...last, eighth.

Cui Dengrong shook his head, and of course he didn't think much about it. After all, Chen Shu was the youngest and had not yet developed, so it was normal for him to react and jump slowly; but he was surprised by his talent. He was a standard speed player. Even if he was far behind at the beginning, he could surpass many adult athletes.

This young player exploded in the later stagesThe power is the best he has ever encountered in his life, better than Pan Zhanle.

"Pan Zi, come on!"

"Shun Ge, go!"

"Wang Haoyu!!!"

Countless athletes on the sidelines began to shout for their good teammates. After 20 meters, the performance of the eight players in the swimming pool was very obvious.

Chen Shu was far behind, in eighth place, and there was a big gap with Niu Guangsheng, who was seventh; Pan Zhanle was obviously in first place, and Wang Haoyu was in second place... Because it was 100 meters, Chen Shu could not use the acceleration skill at the beginning like 50 meters.

Sprinting can only be used in the last 20 meters, after all, there is only 5 seconds.

So, being at the end was what Chen Shu and Cui Dengrong expected, and many people in the audience also knew it; Chen Shu was also like this when the team tested 100 meters before, but he was able to catch up from eighth to fifth in the latter part, which shocked Cui Dengrong a little.

"You are still too young. In a few years, you should be able to catch up with Zhanle!"

As Cui Dengrong was talking, the assistant coach Shi Mingbo beside him smiled and said, "What else do you want? At the age of 13, your talent is overflowing!"

"Haha!"

Cui Dengrong also laughed. Everyone had swum half of the 50-meter race, and Chen Shu was the last to complete the underwater turn.

"Yo?"

"A bit faster!"

Cui Dengrong looked at the underwater turn data on the side. Chen Shu used to be ranked last, and it took more than 1 second to turn. Now he is ranked sixth, 0.81 seconds, surpassing Niu Guangsheng and Zhang Zhanshuo.

"Improvement again, this kid!"

Cui Dengrong's face was happy, and the next second he and Shi Mingbo's eyes widened.

In the 100-meter freestyle, the final victory is only a matter of seconds. Often, the time difference between the first and last place is more than 1 second. Chen Shu turned 0.2 seconds faster, so of course his entire race was faster. At the moment of turning, he had activated the skill of [Acceleration].

Instantly, Chen Shu's swimming style became obviously powerful and fast. This kind of speed improvement was obviously noticed by all the athletes on the sidelines, not to mention Cui Dengrong and Shi Mingbo, the coaches.

"Little brother's explosive power is really strong!"

"So fast, he got to seventh in an instant!"

"Oh my god, I am invincible in the last 50 meters!"

Seventh, sixth... In a short 15-meter swim, Chen Shu directly surpassed Niu Guangsheng and Zhang Zhanshuo in front of him; in front of him was Wang Shun, and right next to him, Chen Shu could even feel the waves of Pan Zhanle, who was in first place on the other side.

"Charge!"

Chen Shu looked at the accelerating energy bar that was still disappearing, and he completely merged with the accelerating power, just like a flying fish, swimming faster and faster!

"Closer!"

"He is getting closer to Wang Shun!"

Everyone saw that Chen Shu and Wang Shun were almost moving forward at the same pace,The next second, Chen Shu surpassed him and ranked fifth.