[Competition] The Road to Champion of the Seventh Prince of the Dragon Palace

Fu Xingtu kept staring at the field without saying a word, until the end of the women's 200-meter backstroke competition in the field, he said slowly and loudly: "No matter what they say, the best way to fight back against those people is to use Grades beat them, remember?"

"..." Ao Ling was stunned for a long while, feeling that she understood what he said, but in fact, she didn't understand it very well. She always felt that there was another deep meaning behind their simple sentence of "fight back" from Director Fu, and the tone was firm but still revealed a trace of sympathy. have no choice.

But Ao Ling still nodded, and replied solemnly: "Remember."

After a while, Fu Xingtu turned his head, and the expression on his face finally softened a little: "Do you remember what I told you during the 'U' series competition?"

That said too much, not only talking but also intimidating, using harsh words, sometimes beating people with an A-word board, and pressing him on the bed to threaten him, how could Ao Ling write down every word.

He looked at Fu Xingtu with a confused face, and asked innocently and innocently, "That sentence?"

Fu Xingtu put his arms around his shoulders, brought him to his side, looked into his eyes and said word by word: "I said, your opponent is not He Jiarui, nor He Jiaxuan, nor any of them."

He turned his head to the field: "Your opponents are here, in the World Championships, in the Asian Games, in the Olympics...here is only a small part of them, and there are many masters from various countries. They did not come here for various reasons."

He pointed to the stands around: "The United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Russia, and even Japan and South Korea..."

"They are a real swimming powerhouse, and we want to learn from their advanced techniques with the aim of beating them in the international arena."

In the swimming team of Province C, several coaches are in their 40s. In their usual training, they emphasize how advanced and powerful the swimming skills of European and American powers are, while sticking to their old-fashioned training methods. experience.

In fact, I put my mind into the competition for official career, stopped studying and gradually failed to keep up with the times in business level, all relying on my laurels.

But Fu Xingtu is different. He is good at research and learning, has ideals and ambitions, and the training plan for the players is adjusted almost every week, special training, land training, kicking training, technical training and strength training...every day, every day Each training session is clearly arranged.

He will often go to the Internet to learn the latest technology of some high-level foreign clubs, and then take down their training plans and translate them by himself, and then adjust them according to the situation of the players under him.

He will also tirelessly watch the game video over and over again, and then analyze the technical improvement of others to the players, tell them the benefits of doing so, and ask them to learn as much as possible.

But Fu Xingtu is not very popular among their coaching staff. He is an athlete and is the apprentice of the head coach Shen Xingguo. The other coaches will keep some distance from him consciously or unconsciously.

In addition, he usually talks quite annoyingly, not to mention the coaching staff, except for the few people he leads, the other players have a normal relationship with him.

Ao Ling has never been able to understand Director Fu, and sometimes he finds him quite annoying. He is so strict to them that he is almost perverted, and he doesn't show any affection at all.

At first, I was respectful and afraid of Director Fu, but I gradually found that he was kind to me and always bought me delicious food.

Until now, Ao Ling suddenly understood their Director Fu's thinking a little bit.

Perhaps, in Fu Xingtu's heart, what he pretended was not just his unfulfilled ideals, nor just the results of a provincial team.

What he pretended in his heart was the future of Chinese swimming.

Opposite the stand where they are sitting is the Australian team. They just won two consecutive gold medals in the women's 200m freestyle and 200m breaststroke. Now the whole team is up, dancing and shouting, attracting the attention of the entire stadium past.

Ao Ling stared at the young man with glasses on the opposite side, that was Mike Horton, whom he had defeated in two consecutive games.

The other party turned his head and seemed to see him too, raised his chin, showed a provocative expression, and mouthed something.

Ao Ling turned her head and looked at Fu Xingtu with a smile: "I will beat him in the 50-meter freestyle."

Fu Xingtu also turned his head to look at Holden: "I have never heard of this person before. He looks like a clown, and his level is also very average. There is no room for improvement. It is not worth mentioning."

Their Fu Guidance's eyes are more poisonous than cobras. It's hard to say anything else, just look at the swimmers and see for sure.

"What you should pay attention to is the American player. He is about the same age as you and at the same level."

"Ah?" Ao Ling looked puzzled, "Did you make a mistake, he just took the third place."

Fu Xingtu let out a cold snort from his nose: "This time the third place may be the first next time. There is only one champion, but there are many people who are capable of winning the championship."

The next morning, Ao Ling participated in a 4×100m freestyle relay with his teammates. Ao Ling, Qin Xiao and two other national team teammates played together.

Next to the opponents are the United States, France, Russia, Japan, Australia, Brazil, and Germany.

Ao Ling and the others failed to beat their opponents in the preliminaries. In the end, they only got No.7, ranking in the first lane.

In the live broadcast room, Yan Yifei was very emotional: "In fact, it is not easy for us to enter the final of this event. On the one hand, it is because some iconic players of the short course competition did not come to the Singapore station of the Battery World Cup. On the other hand, our young players really did their best in the preliminaries."

"Yes, yes, no matter what the final result is, we still want to congratulate the four young men from the Chinese team for reaching the final of this project through their persistence and hard work."

The relay event is the comprehensive reflection of the overall strength of a national swimming team. Ao Ling also really realized how far behind those European and American powers are.

He was placed in the fourth club. He stood on the shore and watched the first three games. Brazil and even Japan, they also have a considerable gap in strength.

Although there is no hope of winning the championship, Ao Ling still desperately chased after the last shot into the water, but some opponents next to him had already opened up a gap with him. No matter how hard he tried to catch up, he could only barely Got fifth.

Seeing this result, Zhao Di sighed regretfully: "It's a pity, there is only a small gap between No. 4 and No. [-]. The fourth, Ao Ling, might work harder..."

Yan Yifei immediately refuted his meaningless hypothesis: "Looking at his personal results, he is close to the tournament record. We were in seventh place before the last bat, but now we are in fifth place. This result has exceeded expectations and is very Well, congratulations to the four lads."

The four of them did not feel regretful after getting into the water.Indeed, the U.S. team, Russia and Australia are all very strong. This is really incomparable, and everyone is very satisfied with the fifth place.

The team members were all gathered by the pool, some were being interviewed, and some were going to the locker room. Although Ao Ling's English was not good and he couldn't understand what the people around him were saying, he could feel keenly that the surrounding atmosphere made him People are very uncomfortable.

The U.S. team won the championship, and naturally it was the focus of everyone's attention. Japan, Canada, France, and Australia went over to them one by one to give them high fives and hugs, and congratulated them.

Although Russia only won the silver medal, four people stood there, and from time to time, players from other teams came forward to greet them.

Only Ao Ling and the other four Chinese players seemed to come from an alien planet. Not only did no one show any friendliness, but they also received several blank stares for no reason, especially when Australia, which won the bronze medal, passed by them. Forget about provoking them with your eyes and expressions.

The most exaggerated among them is that Horton, he is probably still brooding over the two games he lost, full of hostility towards Ao Ling, and feels that he is doing well after winning a bronze medal.

Ao Ling thought he looked like a monkey jumping up and down, which was quite interesting.

Two days ago, when Ao Ling stood on the starting platform of the 100-meter medley, no one took this boy under the age of 16 seriously.

Although most of the players from other countries participating in the finals with him are young players aged 16-19, they have gradually emerged in other international competitions and won a lot of attention for themselves.

The Chinese boy in front of him came out of nowhere.

However, after the competition, swimming enthusiasts all over the world were discussing the same question - who is this Chinese kid?What competitions has he played in before?Why did he win consecutive 100-meter medley and 100-meter freestyle championships?

I couldn't even find any video materials about Ao Ling's competition on the Internet. I entered his name into the search software, and the results were only some insignificant news in China.

Some people think that this is just an accident, and an occasional extraordinary performance can't explain the problem, after all, FINA can't find his ranking.

Someone said: "Oh, Chinese, do you still need to ask, it must be drug use, hurry up and get a urine test."

As a result, after the game, Ao Ling was asked to do a urine test.

In the 4×100m freestyle relay event, everyone's attention is on the three traditional strong teams of the United States, Russia and Australia. As for the other swimming lanes, it is a background board. Note that no one cares.

In the final of the 50m freestyle, when Ao Ling came out from the inspection room at the back, the broadcast screen stayed on his face for a long time.

He is used to adjusting the position of his swimming cap and goggles while waiting in the inspection room. Therefore, it is difficult for the audience in the stands to notice what he looks like when he walks out. The first intuitive feeling is that his His skin was very fair, even several shades paler than the white players around him.

When the media from various countries broadcast it, they also emphasized his pass - a little-known Chinese athlete who killed players from all over the world and won the 100-meter medley and 100-meter freestyle championships.

Fu Xingtu was the last Chinese to swim to the 50-meter freestyle final, but he retired at a young age.

Not only domestically, but also internationally, there are speculations about the real reason for Fu Xingtu's retirement.

Some people said that he chose to retire directly because he was unwilling to cooperate with the investigation of the International Anti-Doping Organization because of a problem with a routine urine test outside the competition.

The rumors were exaggerated by the unscrupulous foreign media, and they spread so clearly that it seemed to be true.

In the end, the International Anti-Doping Organization personally came out to refute the rumors, saying that they had never detected any prohibited drugs in Fu Xingtu's urine or blood samples, and the rumors were self-defeating.

And another Chinese player, Qin Xiao, who was in his prime, didn't even make it to the finals. What makes this 16-year-old kid?

Ao Ling moved his shoulders a bit. In the past two days of frequent competitions, his left shoulder still felt a little stretched, but this small problem did not prevent him from standing on the starting platform.

25 meters ahead, Ao Ling swam very smoothly. Holding his breath, he reached the opposite bank after a dozen strokes. At this time, he had no time to pay attention to the positions of his opponents. He only thought about what Fu Xingtu said before the game.

Fu Xingtu repeatedly reminded them that the most important thing in short-course competitions is to turn around, so they must pay more attention.

Everyone understands that turning around is the technical movement when turning around. Ao Ling is still very confident in this point, because he has practiced countless times before the game.

But experience taught him to be a man again. When he turned around at 25 meters, in order to speed up, he surfaced four or five meters ahead of time.

However, when he turned his head to take a breath, he actually choked on his saliva!

It was only then that Ao Ling discovered that Fu Xingtu had always emphasized that one should pay more attention when turning around. Apart from technical movements, there was another very important detail.

In the short-course competition, there is only one turn in the 50-meter freestyle.

The results of the eight contestants were relatively close, they turned around at almost the same time, the short pool was half smaller than the long pool, and the waves in the water were extremely large at that moment.

Experienced athletes will dive deeper after turning around, and come out of the water at a position of about ten meters. Inexperienced athletes are like Ao Ling, who choke in a sip of water and feel that their lungs are about to explode!

If he had known this tone, he would not have changed his breath. He was just used to the first time the rower turned around and came out of the water to adjust his body balance by breathing, but he did not expect such an embarrassing accident.

A foreign body (water) penetrated into the airway and caused a strong desire to cough. He could only suppress it with willpower. It seemed that a fire was ignited in the trachea instantly. Tears could not stop falling down.

He was so uncomfortable that he wanted to stand up and cough hard, but he couldn't. He was in a match now, and the final result would be known in ten seconds.

In any case, he must persevere, he does not want to lose, he is the only Chinese in this pool, he does not want to lose to anyone, whether American or Australian, he must win this gold medal!

Ao Ling knew very well that the players he was competing with were not some top-ranked players in the world. Like himself, they were all young players sent by various countries to train.

If I can't even win against them, how can I compete with those truly powerful enemies in more important games.

Fu Xingtu said that apart from exercising, he also has another purpose in this competition, which is to let them see the gap between themselves and the swimming powers.

Yes, he saw that those Caucasians, even a teenager who was about his age, had extraordinary strength in them, what "U" series of competitions, what National Swimming Championships, in a small short course World Cup In front of a single race, they all seem so insignificant.

What Fu Xingtu said was not wrong. Compared with real masters, those previous opponents were nothing, he was just competing with himself.

Seeing Ao Ling turn around, Zhao Di asked Yan Yifei beside him: "Did something happen when Ao Ling turned around just now, and suddenly fell from the second place to the fifth place?"

"Yes, he choked on saliva." Yan Yifei clenched her hands into fists, and the commentary on the table had been squeezed and deformed by her, "But after a short distance of ten meters, he caught up again. There is hope, we There is still hope!!!”

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