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

Chapter 93: International Swimming Federation!

Generally speaking, the results of short pool are much faster than those of the 50-meter standard long pool in the World Championships and the Olympics.

The reason why the results of short pool are often slightly better than those of long pool is that although athletes frequently turn in the short pool, they can accelerate by pushing against the pool wall at the side.

In the competition, higher-level swimmers often use the power of pushing against the pool wall to quickly swim nearly half of the lane underwater.

Because of this, the rhythm of short pool competition is faster and stronger than that of long pool.

However, due to the large number of turns, the short pool has higher requirements for the athletes' skills and physical strength distribution.

And what China lacked in the past few years was this turn and push against the pool wall!

In the last Melbourne Short Pool World Championships, China did not win a single gold medal; but in last year's Swimming World Cup, Qin Haiyang won the World Cup championship, won 9 gold medals in three stations, and broke 2 tournament records.

Zhang Yufei ranked third among women, winning five gold medals in three events.

The underwater turning and wall-pushing skills required for the short course are also slowly improving in China, otherwise Cui Dengrong would not have shouted the slogan of maintaining 8th place, striving for 10th place and rushing for 15th place.

Ding——

Watching Chen Shu swim the 50-meter freestyle in the short course, Cui Dengrong shook his head slightly.

19.40 seconds!

This result has actually broken the world record for the 50-meter freestyle in the short course.

This record is currently set by Chen Shu's old rival in the 50-meter freestyle, American Dressel, at the 2020 Budapest Short Course World Championships with a time of 20.16 seconds!

Almost broke within 20 seconds.

And what is Bressel's best result in the long course?

20.99 seconds!

The difference is 0.83 seconds!

The reason why Cui Dengrong was not satisfied with Chen Shu's performance this time was that even though he broke the world record, it was still not ideal.

Because according to the 19.80 seconds Chen Shu swam yesterday, his long and short pools in the men's 50m freestyle were only 0.4 seconds apart!

There is a big gap with the world's top long and short pools.

"Don't practice butterfly stroke these days!"

"Practice underwater turning well, do you hear me?"

Cui Dengrong said to Chen Shu.

"Okay!"

Underwater turning is indeed Chen Shu's current weakness.

Even if his underwater turning skill is upgraded to 1v20 advanced, it still only has 0.3 seconds of blessing; and Chen Shu's own underwater turning takes 1.1-1.2 seconds, and now it may be about 1 second, that is, with the blessing of the skill, his underwater turning takes about 0.7 seconds.

And Pan Zhanle only needs 0.5 seconds!

Dressel is stronger, 0.4 seconds +

This is the difference.

"Also, your kicking force is a problem when turning underwater. You start too fast!"

"Of course, this is not a big problem. You have the speed to match their kicking force, but if you push harder and start diving deeper in the water, you will have an advantage.The momentum is even greater!"

Cui Dengrong was talking there, and Chen Shu nodded: "Okay, coach, I'll try!"

"Well, don't be too deliberate. If you keep this result, you can also win the championship and break the world record..."

This is probably the trouble of being too fast and happy.

As a coach, he certainly hopes that his disciples can swim as fast as possible, and he will point out any shortcomings; but Chen Shu can obviously break the world record now, and Cui Dengrong can still find problems, which means... his speed can be faster.

This makes a coach very conflicted.

If you don't point it out, you will feel uncomfortable; if you point it out, what if his swimming rhythm is messed up, the speed will be slower.

"If you swim slower and slower, just follow the current one!"

"Ensure the results first! ”

After saying that, Cui Dengrong walked away.

In fact, Chen Shu knew his problem, which was that he was slow in turning. He really had no advantage over foreigners in terms of kicking power.

But after the turning skill was added, he started master-level acceleration + division-level sprint after he stood up. There was no swimmer in the world who could compete with his speed.

No matter how strong your kicking power is underwater, you can't swim faster than Chen Shu.

So the impact of kicking power on Chen Shu was minimal.

As long as his underwater turning level goes up, these will not be a problem.

"Let's see if we can upgrade to master level, or grandmaster level! ”

Chen Shu looked at the remaining experience points on the system panel, which was only 1,600 points, and it was the reward for winning the 100-meter relay in track and field.

This underwater turning skill can only be upgraded to level 3, which is better than nothing.

This kind of skill can only be upgraded to level 10, that is, the master level and grandmaster level can have a qualitative change, otherwise the improvement in performance is minimal.

"Then I can only rely on the World Cup of Swimming to improve."

Thinking of this, Chen Shu started practicing underwater turning there, and it would be good to improve a little.

…

In the evening, Pan Zhanle and Sun Yang, who had been training for a day, gathered there with the event list.

"Brother Shu, how many events did you sign up for?"

Chen Shu stretched out his hand, and everyone was stunned.

"5 events?"

"You signed up for 5 events? ”

“Damn, you are going to win the championship!”

“100,000 bonus!”

“More than that, you have to break the world record or something, 10,000 USD + 10,000 USD for a single event, maybe you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars in one game, the FINA will lose a lot in this World Cup!”

“Hahaha, it’s possible!”

Several people laughed there, and Chen Shu said the five events he signed up for.

Men’s 50, 100, 200m freestyle, men’s 50, 100m butterfly!

“Let me calculate the bonus for you!”

Sun Yang is obviously the most senior among them. Although he is not good at short pool, he has also participated in several sessions: “The total bonus for the World Cup champion is 100,000 dollars now, right?”

He was asking about last year's World Cup Swimming Champion Qin Haiyang.

"Well, 100,000 dollars, the total points of the three stations are the first place, the championship reward!"

"One station is 12,000 dollars, if you win all five events, that's 60,000 dollars!"

"One world record is 10,000 dollars, count as 3, another 30,000!"

"Then win all the championships in the same event in three stations, and there will be an additional 10,000 dollars reward!"

"200,000!"

Sun Yang looked at Chen Shu: "You may get a reward of 200,000 dollars!"

200,000 dollars, close to 1.5 million RMB.

Why is the World Cup Swimming so popular among swimmers? It's because of its prize money, which is very high; although the World Championships also have prize money, they are supported by world champions, national and local awards, so there is not much money reward.

It's mainly because of winning the world championship, there are all kinds of fame and endorsements, advertising and so on.

First place in the Swimming World Cup, this sub-station championship has average value. Although it is also a world championship, it is definitely not comparable to the World Championships and the Olympics.

So in order to attract athletes to sign up, the International Swimming Federation set a high bonus, similar to tennis.

"How much bonus did you get last year, Haiyang?"

Sun Yang suddenly asked curiously.

Qin Haiyang smiled, a little embarrassed.

"How much?"

Even Pan Zhanle became curious, because he did not participate last year. The World Cup is a new event established in 1989. It has only entered the vision of Chinese swimmers in recent years, and individuals can also participate, not just limited to the country.

As long as the points meet the requirements and you are a member of the International Swimming Federation, you can be a member.

"248,000!"

"Damn!"

"How much?!"

"Dollar?"

"US dollars?"

"Yes, about 1.8 million RMB!"

While Qin Haiyang was talking, Pan Zhanle had already hugged his neck: "Brother Haiyang, please take me!"

"What? It's divided. The coach and the swimming center have to pay. In the end, we will get about 1.2 million!"

"That's fine!"

"What bicycle do you want!"

"Brush, everyone work hard to blow up the World Swimming Federation. At the end of the year, we will make a lot of money from the competitions. At least, they should spit some blood!"

"That's right, not too much per person, 1 million!" (To read the exciting novels, go to Fulu Novel Network!)

"Lao Cui is already very rich, he doesn't dare to be ruthless to us!"

"Hahaha, indeed!"

A few people were thinking about it, but Chen Shu asked a more annoying question: "Breaking the world record once, only 10,000 dollars?"

"Yes, breaking it once, 10,000 dollars!"

Chen Shu still believed Qin Haiyang's words, but Pan Zhanle on the side pinched Chen Shu's neck: "You are really evil, do you really think the world record is so easy to break?"

It's not a piece of cake.

"Brother Shu is really good!"

Wang Haoyu just saw Chen Shu's 50m freestyle result: "If he controls a little in the 50m freestyle, he can definitely break two records!"

"One in the preliminaries and one in the finals!"

"Captain Pan, you can do it too. Anyway, the short-course world record is still Chalmers's, you can break it at will!"[]

"Damn, then my biggest opponent this session is Chen Shu, right?"

Pan Zhanle also signed up for 4 events - 50, 100, 200 and 400m freestyle, but he only did the 50 and 400 for fun.

Mainly the 100 and 200!

"This guy has five events!"

"No use!"

Qin Haiyang laughed and said, "The maximum points will be calculated based on three events!"

"There is no limit on the number of events that a player can register, but only the points of the three events with the highest points will be counted!"

"What are points?"

Chen Shu still didn't understand. He thought he was just participating in one game.

"Points are used to determine the champion!"

"One champion for each man and woman. You can also think of it as the best swimmer in the three stations, MVP!"

"You signed up for one station, so you have to participate in the next two stations!"

One station every three days, and then go to the next station every four days. The three stations of this year's Swimming World Cup are Shanghai, Incheon and Singapore!

"As for the points, there are two types, ranking points and performance points!"

"The top eight players who enter the finals of the project can get corresponding fixed points according to their rankings!"

"Also, performance points can be obtained based on the performance of the finals. The time period for each score is different!"

"The sum of the two points is the final score of the player in the project!"

For example, a female player won the second place with a score of 55.49 in the 100 butterfly final. The performance points corresponding to this score of 55.49 are 9.2 points, and the ranking points she can get in this project are 8 points for the second place, so her final total score for this project is 17.2 points.

"The full score for performance is 9.9 points. If you break the world record, you must get full marks!"

"And the first place is 10 points, the second place is 8 points, and the third place is 6 points!"

Qin Haiyang's explanation was very clear and Chen Shu understood it as soon as he heard it.

"Just try to win the championship and break the world record? Then we will strive for the final championship prize of 100,000 yuan!"

"Yes, choose the three events with the best results!"

"I am motivated!"

"Let's do it!"

"Take down the Magic City first!"

The group of people were very excited to hear what Qin Haiyang said. Chen Shu didn't expect that a swimming world cup would be so interesting.

"And we have 3-4 relays!"

Men's 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle relay, men's and women's mixed relay, and men's 100m mixed relay.

This isBreaking records or winning gold medals will also receive US dollar rewards.

"Go, this time we have to give Europe and America a little impact in the short course!"

"Okay, short course is not our advantage, Europe, America and Australia are strong in short course..."

"Two years ago in Melbourne, we won two bronze medals, have you forgotten?"

Sun Yang said that very impolitely, and everyone was instantly withered. It was indeed as he said, long course is now rising in China, and short course is still dominated by Europe, America and Australia.

In last year's Swimming World Cup, only Qin Haiyang and Zhang Yufei were strong, but the final number of gold medals was not as many as Europe, America and Australia.

"Let's look at the schedule!"

Pan Zhanle held the competition schedule starting on October 17th. The competition was from the evening of the 17th to the evening of the 20th, a total of 3 and a half days.

"The evening of the 17th is all long-distance preliminaries!"

"I have three events on the 18th!"

Chen Shu will compete in the 100m butterfly and 50m freestyle on the 18th. There will be preliminaries in the morning and finals in the afternoon. If nothing goes wrong in the evening, he will have to participate in the 100m freestyle relay final.

Because the Swimming World Cup is not like the Olympics, the participants are all swimming powers, so there are no preliminaries for the relay, and it will go directly to the finals.

However, these three games can be used to gain experience.

The 19th is the 100m freestyle, and there will be a 200m freestyle relay in the evening!

The 20th has the most competitions, 200m freestyle, 50m butterfly, and 100m mixed relay!

Maybe he will have to compete in the 100m mixed men's and women's relay.

At least 8 events, and 9 if there are more.

"I have to swim 5 games on the first day, 2 preliminaries and 3 finals; 3 games on the second day, and 5-6 games on the third day!"

Swimming 13 games in at least 3 days is definitely a big physical challenge for a 14-year-old; so this time, the fitness skills should also be improved, otherwise it may not be able to withstand so many competitions.

Everyone is looking at their own schedule and remembering the corresponding time.

In the following days, everyone is obviously working hard and training hard for the Swimming World Cup. The closer it is to the competition, the harder they train.

Finally, time has unknowingly arrived on October 15th.

In 2 days, the first stop of the 2024 Swimming World Cup in Shanghai will start.

Cui Dengrong rarely gave everyone 2 days off to rest.

(Good) Many people are also very tired after this month-long training. Before the competition, they must make corresponding adjustments.

Chen Shu's spirits were quite high.

Whether it was the upgrading of swimming skills or athletics, it all depended on the "scoring" in the Swimming World Cup.

Next, he had to participate in the World Extreme Games in Skateboarding U-Pool and the World Youth Championships in Athletics!

These two world events required a lot of experience, and of course a lot of scoring.

Anyway, for Chen Shu, the more international competitions, the better.

In addition to winning the championship and breakingIn addition to breaking the world record and gaining a huge amount of experience, Chen Shu now has another goal in mind, which is the 100-meter freestyle event. He wants to challenge Pan Zhanle.

Although it is a short pool, he still wants to try.

The long pool will wait for the next time.

If the short pool is surpassed, is the long pool still far away?

"Brother Shu, what time is the competition the day after tomorrow?"

Chen Tongxie's WeChat came over. The two of them have been chatting a lot these days. The reason is very simple. Among their peers, they are probably the only ones who have topics to talk about.

Geniuses appreciate each other, right? !

One is the strongest female track and field 100-meter runner in the world under U16 and even U18. Her best 100-meter PB in U20 can be ranked in the top ten. Such talent is definitely a dimensionality reduction attack on peers.

And Chen Shu, let alone big.

"No tomorrow, I will have my first race at 8 o'clock the day after tomorrow!"

"100-meter butterfly!"

Chen Shu is confident in the 50-meter butterfly, but he doesn't know if he will compete in the 100-meter butterfly.

However, this is also Chen Shu's first time competing in the butterfly stroke, and he is obviously looking forward to this event.

"OK, I'll cheer you on online!"

Chen Yuzhe sent an emoticon package, and Chen Shu also sent an emoticon saying "no problem". The two of them competed for a while, and then Chen Shu got up and went for a run.

Although it's a holiday, routine relaxation and swimming training are still necessary.

Two days passed in a flash.

On October 17, the annual Swimming World Cup finally ushered in its opening. .