Chapter 138: A one-man game
Qin Hailong said everything right, but underestimated Tang Hao's face.
After taking a shower and receiving a call from Qin Hailong, he urged him to go back to train early, his answer was straightforward enough, and he would break a few more records.
Qin Hailong was speechless. He wouldn't stop him from letting go, so he could only let him do it as soon as possible.
Tang Hao hung up the phone and then went back to the hotel to rest.
Because of Ning Zetao's 100 meters today, his physical energy consumption is much greater than expected. Moreover, there will be a 1,500-meter race tomorrow, so he must be able to accumulate energy.
There are 7 days in the championship game, except for the last day, the trial competition is held, and the official competition has 6 days in total.
This day is the fourth day of the competition. Half of the schedule, the competition has entered the top stage of the event.
And on this day, the finals of the 1500-meter freestyle slow group and fast group will be ushered in.
1500 meters, because the distance is the farthest among all events, neither the contestants nor the audience like this event. However, after Sun Yang broke the Asian record at last year's Asian Games, this event became Sun Yang's exclusive event and is also the only few events that the Chinese Swimming Army has in the World Championships with a high probability of winning gold.
What follows is naturally higher attention.
Of course, this time, another reason why this project is highly concerned is that Tang Hao will also appear in this project.
Since swimming for 48 seconds yesterday, Tang Hao's every move has touched the hearts of all swimming enthusiasts.
However, it is a bit regrettable that because the test competition is average, and this time the top long-distance players in the country have all participated in the competition, Tang Hao was unable to enter the top eight in the results, that is, in the fast group, he will compete with other players in the slow group.
Tang Hao himself doesn't care. Anyway, the fast group is the same in the slow group. He just needs to exert all his strength. Anyway, the two players with the highest speed in the two groups will win the championship.
Therefore, the 1500-meter slow group final, which had basically not been paid attention to, attracted many spectators to watch the game on site.
It was the first time that those players who participated in the slow group finals competed with so many spectators, and they all seemed very excited.
Although they always think of it because of Tang Hao, such opportunities are not just there, so they are all holding their encouragement and want to perform at their best.
The audience's focus, Tang Hao, was doing stretching exercises on the spot.
A long-distance event like 1500 meters and a medium-distance like 800 meters is another concept. It consumes a lot of physical strength. He also has to warm up to avoid having his legs cramped when he is in the relay race with Sun Yang.
After all the preparations were made, at the referee's instructions, he and the other players walked onto the jumping platform.
"Everyone is here!"
"Qua!"
As the referee shot, the players jumped into the water one after another.
Because the distance is long enough, the contestants are not so urgent to enter the water, and they are not too slow after entering the water.
Even Tang Hao did not rush like he did when he was swimming 800 meters. After all, he already knew what his limit was after comparing 800 meters. If he still rushed that way, it was obvious that he didn't want this gold medal.
However, although it was slow, Tang Hao still chose to compete for the first place at the beginning. After all, this was in the slow group, and there was no one worth him to follow the circle.
In the first 200 meters, the competition was still stable, and Tang Hao always maintained a leading position of about half a position with the second player.
However, after 200 meters, he obviously accelerated his swimming speed. The second-place player wanted to follow him, but soon there was a situation of lack of success. After all, to follow the circle, he also needs to have a foundation in strength. These players in the slow group obviously do not have this ability.
So, after the competition was 400 meters, all the attention in the swimming pool looked at Tang Hao in the front.
10 meters.
20 meters.
30 meters.
50 meters.
One circle.
2 laps.
...
As the distance between the competition continues to increase, Tang Hao not only widens the distance between him and other players.
In the end, Tang Hao, who had swam 1,000 meters, had already arranged the second place player for three laps.
From this moment on, the 1500-meter final of the slow group has completely become a game for him alone.
The focus of the audience's attention has changed from whether Tang Hao can win the first place in the slow group to calculating the gap between him and other players.
After all, the 1500-meter race is long, and it is not easy to do this number of laps.
In the blink of an eye, the last 200 meters of the game remained, and Tang Hao started a sprint alone.
At this time, he was surrounded by opponents with desperate eyes, and he was the only one of his real opponents.
He was accelerating, constantly accelerating, and he could clearly feel that his water fetching and paddling frequency was accelerating.
At this time, the audience looked at the time on the monitor and began to cheer for him.
Just for him.
Tang Hao was still accelerating. He held his last force and increased his speed very quickly. His last 100 meters was already 70% or 80% of the same speed as he did in the 100-meter race.
This rapid speed also caused the on-site commentator to be indescribable.
This is the final of the slow group!
"Tang Hao is accelerating, and he is still accelerating. As long as he is faster, he will be able to catch up with the Asian record line, the record line maintained by Sun Yang!"
Tang Hao heard the commentator's shouts and started the final sprint.
He was able to see the last pool wall, an acceleration, and a desperate wave to touch the wall.
"bite!"
The referee in the swim lane shot rang the bell, prompting him that the game was over.
Tang Hao lay on the float, gasping for breath.
This distance is really a bit long, and the physical energy consumption is really not that great.
The cheers of the audience at this time were deafening, and the whistles at the scene were coming one after another.
Because at this time, the second place was completed and there were more than four rounds...
After he recovered a little, he looked up at the results on the monitor.
14 minutes 35 seconds 31!
He broke the 1500-meter Asian record that Sun Yang just set at the Asian Games!
No wonder the audience is so excited!
He broke a record when participating in a project!
After seeing this result, Tang Hao laughed out loud. To be honest, he only has 50% of the power of white stripes in the waves. This result is an unexpected surprise.
However, the price is also very obvious. He is not as relaxed as before than before. His legs are a little weak. Obviously, his final sprint was to try his best.
After resting in the swimming pool for half a minute, he recovered and then swam to the shore.
The contestants in the pool continued, but after he got out of the water, he was cheered by the audience.
The reporter also came from the news, and all kinds of flashes started from afar.
(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!