Chapter 133 Relay Finals
In the long-distance event, there will be a huge gap in strength among the players. Although there are only 8 players participating in the competition, there are 10 swimming lanes in total. After completing the competition, the contestants who touch the wall first need to go ashore from the most edge swimming lane.
Tang Hao and Sun Yang took the lead in reaching the shore.
After Sun Yang got ashore, he lay directly beside the swimming lane, his chest kept rising and falling, gasping heavily.
In contrast, Tang Hao's reaction was surprised again. He just took a few breaths and then stood there like nothing wrong.
It seems that he is waiting for Sun Yang to recover.
It was not until Zhang Lin finished the competition and left the swimming pool that Sun Yang stood up with Tang Hao's help, and Zhang Lin also lay there after he got ashore.
At this time, Tang Hao, who was originally going to help Sun Yang leave, waited again on the spot.
The front row audience saw this small detail and the surprise in their eyes became even stronger.
Sun Yang and Zhang Lin are the top players in the 800 meters, but it is obvious that this game is over-exercised, but Tang Hao is completely like a ok person after completing the game. It turns out that he has not done his best yet in this result!
Such a stunning performance also allowed Tang Hao to quickly gain a group of fans. The screams of female fans were particularly obvious during the award presentation.
Swimmers in their previous lives had to rely on their appearance and strength to gain a large number of fans, such as Sun Yang and Ning Zetao. However, Tang Hao, who is so beautiful, was impressed by his strength, which is unique.
In this 800m final, three players from Zhejiang Province won the gold, silver and bronze medals, which was expected. However, the competition process was so intense that it was not necessarily a good thing to be familiar with Zhejiang Province.
Because in addition to the 800m freestyle final tonight, there is also a finale that has a lot of attention to be held.
The final of 4x100m.
Most swimming competitions are preliminaries during the day and finals at night, and the 4x100 freestyle relay is no exception.
The teams entering the relay finals are the Guangdong Provincial Team, Shanghai Market Team, Kyoto Team, East Zhejiang Provincial Team, Navy Swimming Team, Shandong Provincial Team, Liao Provincial Team and Hubei Provincial Team.
The Navy Swimming Team had the best results in the preliminary round, which was arranged in the best lane 4, Zhejiang Province was in the fifth lane, and the 6th lane was the fourth-ranked Kyoto team in the group stage.
Because of Tang Hao's strong performance in the preliminary round, Shen Qing arranged and adjusted the personnel in the finals, adjusting Tang Hao from the second bat to the fourth bat.
The fourth stick is the most critical stick, and this arrangement also reflects Shen Qing’s trust in Tang Hao.
In addition to Tang Hao's adjustment, Qiu Ziyang, who performed poorly in the preliminary round, was replaced by famous player Zhang Lin.
By the time the previous competition was completed, it was already 11 o'clock in the evening by the final of the 4x100 freestyle relay race, but the swimming pool was still full. Naturally, no one would want to miss such an absolutely wonderful competition.
Players from each team were introduced to play again. Compared with the preliminaries, Tang Hao's appearance was no longer surprising. On the contrary, when he was introduced to play, the audience gave him explosive cheers. In just two games, Tang Hao gained great popularity for himself.
When the players were introduced, the commentators on the sidelines couldn't stand the loneliness and began to talk again.
"It's the most anticipated 100m freestyle final. Which team do you think has more hope for winning this gold medal."
"Well, I think the most promising one is still the Navy Swimming team. They have average strength in the top three, but Ning Zetao, who had the last shot, is definitely a bug-level player. This has been proven in the preliminary rounds. Of course, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Kyoto team performed well in the preliminary rounds, and they are also very promising."
"Oh, why isn't Zhejiang Province? They replaced Qiu Ziyang, Zhang Lin, Lu Zhibin, Sun Yang, and Tang Hao who performed poorly in the preliminary round in the final. Based on their performance in previous games, this is definitely an All-Star lineup."
"Yes, it is indeed on the books, but if you analyze it in depth, you will find that this is not the case."
“How to say it?”
"First of all, I think replacing Qiu Ziyang with Zhang Lin is the biggest failure. Not to mention that Zhang Lin is best at 800 meters, just to mention the 800 meters final that just ended, we also watched the intensity of the game, which was very exciting, but the players' physical energy consumption was far beyond expectations. The same situation also applies to Sun Yang and Tang Hao. After such a large-scale game, do you think they can still play their full strength in the relay race?"
"After saying this, it's true that Zhejiang Eastern Province has suffered a great loss this time."
"This is also impossible. Zhejiang Province is good at medium- and long-distance projects, and this characteristic is well known to everyone."
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Amid the commentator's discussion, the first players of each team swung their arms to wake up their muscles, and then they all walked onto the jumping platform one after another.
Seeing the contestants on stage, the audience also looked at the swimming pool. Some people even took out their phones early to start shooting, afraid of missing out on any details.
"Everyone is here!"
"Qua!"
With a gunshot, the players arched their bodies and jumped forward and all penetrated into the water. However, as soon as the game started, the referee stopped the game.
The audience looked at the jumping platform in confusion, and then found that the Hubei Provincial team members in the eighth lane were depressed.
It turned out they were snatching it.
In swimming competitions, in order to prevent players from jumping, there is no such thing as "preparation" after "everyone is in their place", but even so, jumping jumping still happens from time to time.
The team that was jumped out directly lost the chance of the game.
The audience was in an uproar. The competition was at the Swimming Pool of Jiangcheng Sports Center. The Hubei Provincial Team was the home team. Unexpectedly, it was disqualified because of jumping at the beginning.
It can be seen that in the final, the players' tension was already expressed in words.
However, things always have two sides. The elimination of the home team can also make the audience let go of subjective burdens and have no tendency to look at the players' performance.
The players returned to the jumping platform for the second time. With the lessons of the Hubei Provincial Team, the players obviously paid more attention this time, and they all took off after the gunshots were fired.
With the sound of "bang bang bang" entering the water, the 4x100m freestyle relay race officially started!
As soon as the competition began, the audience cheered overwhelmingly.
The 100-meter relay race, just like the 4x100 in track and field, is an absolutely exciting and exciting competition for adrenaline surges. Many spectators can't help but stand up and cheer.
Zhang Lin took the first place. Although he is good at 800 meters, his 100 meters also has very good strength.
The Navy Swimming Team and the Kyoto Provincial Team followed closely, and on the other side of the swimming pool, the Shanghai and Shandong Provincial Teams also chased with negligible disadvantages.
The game was in an extremely fierce competition from the beginning.
The gap between the first 50-meter players did not change much, but after turning 50-meters, the situation changed a lot.
Chapter completed!