Before coming to the plateau for training, Fu Xingtu had already started to pay attention to the starting and turning exercises of the players, the purpose of which was for the short course World Cup.

Short course, as the name suggests, is a competition in a 25-meter swimming pool.

Although the swimming pool is 25 meters, the shortest distance in the competition is still 50 meters. Therefore, compared with the 50-meter long pool, the 25-meter short course requires one more turn.

In high-level competitions, especially short-distance competitions, many well-known international athletes, especially athletes from swimming powers such as the United States, Australia, Russia, and France, find it difficult to open up the gap in the swimming process. , turning and side-to-side techniques.

The most important thing is the turning technique. In the 100-meter race, a single turn can often determine the final champion.

In the short course competition, there is one turn in 50 meters, and three turns in 100 meters. The competition time is shorter than that in the long course, and the gap between athletes is more obvious.

At this time, Ao Ling was participating in the preliminaries of the 100-meter medley. This is a competition only available in the short course. Each stroke only needs to swim 25 meters, and there are three turns.

In addition to Ao Ling, two of his teammates participated in this competition, one of whom was Fan Yuhao, but the three were in three groups, so they couldn't meet in the preliminaries.

In the 100-meter medley, there are still three turns, and there is no need to deliberately concentrate at all. After the start, seven people in the eight lanes are sprinting quickly. Swim in rhythm, and pay special attention to the range of movement of your shoulders, for fear of accidents.

The first 50 meters is the butterfly stroke, which is Ao Ling's strong point, but he is only ranked third. The two white players in the middle are extremely fierce. I don't know, I thought they were going for the world record. .

The first one to turn around is the backstroke. Ao Ling has practiced the turn for two months, and his technique has improved by leaps and bounds. Even though the gap between the two people in the middle has been widening the gap with other swim lanes, Ao Ling has been following them at a leisurely pace. beside.

In the end, Ao Ling quietly won the third place in the group.

When the water came up, Ao Ling pushed his arms to the edge of the pool and landed on the shore. The foreigners beside him were chatting and laughing, and glanced at him from time to time, with contemptuous smiles, as if the Orientals were just the same in their eyes. Those who came to accompany the runners were not worth mentioning at all.

Because of the language barrier, Ao Ling couldn't even understand what was said on the radio, so he went straight to the locker room to change after the game.

After returning to the team, Fu Xingtu's first words were concerned about his injury. Ao Ling raised his right hand and patted his left shoulder twice: "No problem."

Fu Xingtu nodded and asked him to sit down and rest.According to the past habit, Ao Ling sat down and started looking for food in his schoolbag.

As soon as he took out a piece of chocolate, he was snatched away: "You have eaten enough chocolate these two days."

Ao Ling nodded, took out another pack of seaweed, and was about to tear open the package before being taken away by Fu Xingtu: "Snacks are also eaten."

"..."

Ao Ling took another banana: "Then I'll eat some fruit."

Just about to skin Fu Xingtu snatched something from him for the third time: "Don't eat anything, drink some water, there will be a game later."

"..."

Immediately afterwards, the preliminaries of the second and third groups of the 100-meter medley also ended. The total score rankings of the three groups of competitors were displayed on the big screen. Ao Ling could only find his position through the pinyin of the national flag and the athlete's name .

He ranked sixth in the total score, Fan Yuhao fourth, but another teammate did not perform well, ranked tenth among all athletes, and missed the final.

As soon as Fan Yuhao returned to the stand, he saw the banana seaweed chocolate in Fu Xingtu's hand, took it and ate it without saying a word, while Ao Ling stared at him resentfully: "That's mine!"

Fan Yuhao was afraid that he would rush over and snatch it, so he opened the package and stuffed the chocolate into his mouth: "It tastes good, let's have another one."

Shen Fei participated in three competitions, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle. In order to allow the athletes to get enough rest in the middle and long distance freestyle, the time between the preliminaries and the finals is very long. On the contrary, he is relatively relaxed in the team.

Now the preliminaries of the 1500-meter freestyle are going on in the arena, and there are 59 turns. Just sitting in the auditorium and watching the game, Ao Ling feels dizzy, let alone go on to the game.

But Shen Fei has a calm personality, and his performance in the game has always been very steady. He will never be influenced by others, and he will always play with his own pre-planned strategy.

Fu Xingtu wasn't worried about his competition at all. In the end, Shen Fei also entered the final of the 1500m freestyle with sixth place.

So far, the three middle and long distance freestyle competitions he has participated in have all entered the finals.

Next is the final of the 200-meter breaststroke, and Qi Yi will participate in this event.

This student has always been very ambitious. As early as last year in the "U" series of competitions, he was not satisfied with only participating in the 50-meter and 100-meter breaststroke competitions, but hoped to go further and develop into an all-round breaststroke.

This time, at his request, the 200-meter breaststroke was added to the competition.

The first attempt was originally with the mentality of training, and Fu Xingtu's request for him was only to enter the finals. How could he know that in yesterday's preliminaries, Qi Yi rushed into the water and went straight to the first place, knocking out all the famous European and American generals next to him. Left behind, and finally entered the final with the first place in the preliminaries.

Ao Ling in the stands was even more excited than he, who participated in the competition, and said that if he played so well today, he will definitely be the champion tomorrow.

Qi Yi pointed to the big screen to give him a popular science: "The Japanese player in the third group is the 200-meter breaststroke champion in the last Asian Games, and the Australian player in the second group was No.3 in the World Championships last year, and the American player ranked fourth. Fourth at the US Swimming Championships last year."

"They are more or less reserved in the preliminaries, and those who are not sure like me will sprint at full speed."

Ao Ling didn't understand what it meant to be fourth in the US Swimming Championships. Anyway, he was confident in his senior brother Qi Yi and believed that he would definitely be able to enter the top three.

However, Qi Yi failed to enter the top three in the end. Firstly, the 200-meter breaststroke is not his main event. In addition, he fought too hard to enter the final yesterday. Today, the second half of the sprint stage is a bit difficult. Secondly, the international competition There are so many masters, besides the ones he mentioned just now, athletes from France, Germany, the Netherlands and other countries are also very strong.

Even so, Qi Yi tried his best to get the fourth place. Fu Xingtu nodded in satisfaction, and said to Ao Ling who was beside him: "You are also like your senior brother Qi Yi. If you take the fourth place, you have completed the task."

Ao Ling looked at him in surprise: "Have you lowered your demands on me to such a low level?"

"Your shoulder injury is just right. In fact, I am not very relieved to let you compete, but I have come here. It is good to feel the atmosphere of international competitions, and there is..."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, picked up the mineral water, unscrewed it, and took a sip.

Ao Ling kept looking at him from the side, seeing his Adam's apple sliding up and down due to the movement of swallowing, she really wanted to punch the mineral water bottle in his hand and let him finish speaking quickly.

After Fu Xingtu drank the water, he found that he was staring at him with all his attention, so he added the second half of the sentence leisurely: "The other thing is to let you see the gap between myself and these famous European and American generals."

The short-course championship lasts for eight days, and the competition schedule is relatively tight. In the morning, Ao Ling also participated in a 100-meter freestyle preliminaries. It is actually easier to swim with one more turn than the long-course swimming. He did not sprint at full strength, but still successfully entered the final.

Surprisingly, Qin Xiao didn't make it to the top eight.

Regarding this, Yang Bin expressed his annoyance. This kid has not been in a good state since last year's National Championships. Does he not want to participate in the Asian Games?

The coach's cold face made Qin Xiao, who had already lost the game, feel even more heavy. He looked at Fu Xingtu, hesitated to speak, and finally turned his head away without saying anything.

Ao Ling came back with him, just sitting next to him, after thinking about it, he called him: "Brother Xiao."

Except for the team members in province C, Ao Ling generally wouldn't call other people brothers and sisters, so he followed He Jiaxuan and the others and called him Brother Xiao.

Qin Xiao waved his hand: "I'm fine, don't comfort me."

In short-distance events, especially freestyle, there are already a lot of masters. Even if it is a world champion, it is common for them to perform poorly and fail to enter the finals. Qin Xiao still has this psychological quality.

However, at the National Swimming Championships last year, he lost to Ao Ling twice in the 50m and 100m freestyle competitions, and after learning that he was a member of Fu Xingtu, he felt a little confused.

In the afternoon, Ao Ling took part in the preliminaries of the 200-meter individual medley and the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, all of which successfully entered the final.

This schedule looks very dense, but it actually feels pretty good for Ao Ling.

Because of the minor injury to his shoulder, he rested for five days, and usually he could only go into the water with his teammates to warm up. He was worried that he would not be able to adapt to the game.

Now I find that I can completely recover the state of the game through the preliminaries.

After a few days of competition, some of the team members were happy and some were excellent. Except for a few who won medals, most of them were not in a relaxed mood.

Ao Ling, who abstained from the two games and has not yet participated in the finals, has nothing to worry about. He looks carefree all day long and smiles when he sees everyone.

Deng Jiajia covered her chest and sighed: "Xiao Qi, do you know why everyone likes you so much?"

"I know everyone likes me very much," Ao Ling raised her head and smiled at her, "but I don't know why."

"Because your smile is really healing. Sometimes watching you concentrate on eating, I feel that all troubles are gone."

Deng Jiajia rubbed her chest twice, and let out a long breath.

Ao Ling noticed her strangeness and asked, "Elder Sister, are you feeling well?"

Deng Jiajia nodded: "It hurts a bit."

Ao Ling asked: "Do you need to see the team doctor?"

Deng Jiajia stared fiercely at him: "What are you looking at, my aunt is coming soon, what's so interesting about chest pain?"

Ao Ling didn't take it seriously: "I've never been to my aunt, how do I know?"

What kind of conversation was this, the two male team members sitting on the other side couldn't listen anymore, got up and left.

The Sports Channel broadcast the whole process of the short course World Cup in Singapore, with a male host and a female guest explaining.

The host's name is Zhao Di, a senior commentator of the sports channel. Whether it is the Olympic Games, Asian Games or World Championships, as long as it is related to swimming, his commentary voice can be heard.

Another female guest named Yan Yifei was once a very famous short-distance butterfly swimmer of the National Swimming Team. After retiring, she studied abroad for four years. She just returned to China this year and was invited by the sports channel to become a guest commentator.

Zhao Di looked at the list of finals in his hand and gave a general introduction to the audience in front of the TV: "Next is the final of the 100-meter medley. You can pay attention to the two Chinese athletes in the sixth and seventh lanes. They are Fan Yuhao from Province R and Ao Ling from Province C."

Yan Yifei said, "Yes, yes, there are two young players, one is 18 years old and the other is not yet 16 years old."

Zhao Di went on to introduce: "Everyone is already familiar with Fan Yuhao. He is a Chinese-Russian mixed race. He received training in Russia when he was a child. He only returned to China a few years ago. He once tied the world record in the 100-meter butterfly. He is currently ranked fourth in the world. Now he is ours. The national leader in short-distance butterfly also won two gold medals in this competition."

"Another young player, Ao Ling, you may not be familiar with this name. He is a talented young man who was born in the National Swimming Championships last year. I don't know if Yifei has known about it."

Yan Yifei smiled awkwardly: Because I have been abroad before, I don't know much about domestic competitions.But Fan Yuhao has a great reputation abroad. When I communicated with several members of the US national team, they all mentioned this name and said he was very threatening. "

"Okay, in fact, the 100-meter medley is a unique short-course competition, because the distance of each stroke is very short, so the test is the absolute speed of the players, and the overall strength of the strokes cannot be well reflected. In this regard, there is still a certain gap between our country's athletes and some European and American players."

"Yes, yes, two young Chinese players, I hope they have a good performance today."

Standing in front of the starting platform, Ao Ling took two deep breaths to regulate her heart rate. The radio was introducing the nationalities and names of the athletes one by one. Every time someone was called, there would be bursts of warm applause and shouts .

The atmosphere of spectating the game full of voices and full of enthusiasm is indeed much better than that of domestic competitions.

Ao Ling took off his sportswear and put it in a box beside him. When he turned around, a hand reached out to him—it was Fan Yuhao in the swimming lane next to him.

Ao Ling also reached out to shake hands with him, and the two bumped into each other's shoulders, said cheers to each other, and then walked onto the starting platform together.

At this time, facing powerful enemies from various countries, they are both opponents and teammates.

For the first time on the international arena, Ao Ling was unfamiliar with this country, the arena, the language, and the people around him even more.

But all of this is not important to him. Standing on the starting platform, he has only one goal-championship!

Although the shoulder has fully recovered, without the pain and limited movement, it is still a little stiff because it has not done normal training for five days.

But this little problem is not insurmountable for him.

In the first 50-meter butterfly stroke, the people in the eight lanes reached the opposite bank almost at the same time, and one turned around, and the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh lanes in the middle opened a little distance from the other four.

Among these four people, Ao Ling was at the farthest side, and his vision was very poor. He couldn't see other people at all. He could only see Fan Yuhao next to him.

Backstroke is probably Fan Yuhao's weak point. He was only 25 meters away, and when he reached the turning position, he was thrown away by the other three.

The distance of the 100-meter medley is very short, and the athletes don't need to allocate energy at all, they just need to rush forward at full speed.

The third stroke, breaststroke, is not only Fan Yuhao's weakness, but also Ao Ling's weakness.

Because breaststroke is not in the same system as the other three strokes, it is actually a bit awkward for everyone to swim.

Therefore, many medley swimmers will slow down at this stage, and then rely on the final freestyle to recover their results.

What Ao Ling can do is to tightly bite the opponents in the fourth and fifth lanes, so as not to be thrown too far away by them.

He sprints forward in the swimming pool without seeing his opponent at all.

However, the audience in God's perspective can see it.

Instead of being thrown away by his opponent in breaststroke, his breaststroke has a faint tendency to surpass his opponent.

The last one turned around, and when the pool was neutral, there was a huge splash. Every lane was sprinting desperately, and the distance of 25 meters was all swam to the end in one breath.

Ao Ling couldn't control that much, she just kept swimming forward, her speed increased again and again, and she rushed to the finish line without holding her breath!

作者有话要说:感谢在2021-04-0923:51:39~2021-04-1019:12:50期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: Phantom Invisible Needle v1;

Thanks to the little angels of irrigation nutrient solution: 10 bottles of cursive head; 9 bottles of glasses and earrings; 5 bottles of Songsong; 1 bottle of Jin Zhi;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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