In the 100 meters ahead, Tang Hao did not rush like the championship because he had to hold a 4100-meter relay preliminary race in the afternoon.

In contrast, Tunisian Meroli's performance was very eye-catching. After he first grabbed the first position, he was in the lead throughout the whole process, and he widened a small gap with the second place.

Tang Hao was in the fourth position in the group at this time.

"This Merori is really strong. It seems that his final result will rank among the top five players in the finals!"

"Sun Yang was still on the scene at this time. I wonder if he would make tactical adjustments to the evening final after seeing this player's condition."

"Tang Hao is still trying to catch up, and it is very hopeful to reach the finals at night."

"It's hard to say that the players in this competition have performed very well. Even Park Tae-hwan is only ranked fifth among all the players. Although Tang Hao performed well in the championship before, the performance of the swimmers depends on his condition. Today he seems to have not reached his best condition."

After the game started, the commentators on the sidelines also started to discuss the situation on the field.

"Ri Tian, ​​come on!"

Seeing that Tang Hao was in a backward position, the audience who supported him on the sidelines couldn't help but cheer him loudly.

In the swimming pool, Tang Hao was swimming in the most labor-saving way. His breathing frequency was obviously 4 times less than others. This water-pipping frequency was generally only used in 800 meters competitions. However, with the power of the white stripes in the waves, he still maintained the distance between him and other players, and was even slowly catching up.

At this moment, he heard the audience cheering for him. After turning 200 meters, he began to increase the frequency of water fetching, from 4 times to normal 6 times.

The effect of this change was quite obvious. Tang Hao began to chase forward when the audience could see it with the naked eye.

"Tang Hao is accelerating! It seems that he is retaining his physical strength in the first half!" The sideline commentator said excitedly. Although he had doubts about Tang Hao's performance before, he still seemed very excited after seeing Tang Hao accelerate.

"He surpassed third Australian John Williams!"

"He's still accelerating, he's surpassing second Canadian George Wells!"

"He is chasing the last opponent in the group, Merori! My God!" As Tang Hao surpassed his opponents one by one, the commentator was one after another.

"It seems that our Tang Hao played a psychological war with his opponent. Not only did he deceive the opponent, but we were even deceived." The commentator also said with a laugh.

Tang Hao in the swimming pool also seemed very excited at this time, not because he overcame his opponents one after another during this period, but because after this period, he found that his level had another qualitative leap from the championship game.

Originally, he chose to upgrade the power of the white stripes in the waves to better master the frequency of 9 water fetchings, but after the upgrade, his water skiing distance and physical fitness were greatly improved. At this time, even if he had 6 water fetchings like others, he felt much more relaxed.

Meroli led the way 250 meters ahead. When he turned around, he found that the player who was separated from him had caught up with him. He was surprised.

When he turned 300 meters and found that the contestant was Chinese, his surprise became even stronger.

There are very few well-known swimmers in China, and there are even fewer freestyle players. If you have to say it, Sun Yang, who likes to exert force in the backcourt, is one of the best. This is also Meroli's only opponent to care about. In fact, he doesn't know what the name of the Chinese player who is chasing him little by little.

But after feeling the threat, he chose to start accelerating in advance, and the frequency of water pumping increased significantly.

In the last 100 meters, Meroli tried his best and finally led Tang Hao with one hand to touch the wall. After touching the wall, he almost collapsed in the swimming pool.

Tang Hao's face was not blushing, and when he turned around in the last 50 meters, he already knew that he had won the final place in the evening in advance, so he chose to retain his energy.

Wait until the player's results are played on the display.

Merori was 3 minutes, 45 seconds, 11, because the competition for all players was over, and his result was finally ranked fourth among all players.

Tang Hao's score was 3 minutes, 45 seconds, 31, ranking fifth among all the players.

Including Sun Yang, the first in the preliminary round, this way, two Chinese players in the 400m freestyle made it to the finals of the evening together.

This result also made the audience look forward to the evening game.

When I was planning the swimming competition, I thought of the compactness. At 12:30 noon, the 4100m freestyle preliminaries were held.

There are 2 groups in the preliminary round, and the top four groups enter the finals.

This time, the Chinese team sent the four-man team in the best shape, Ning Zetao, Lu Zhibin, Sun Yang and Tang Hao.

In the end, thanks to Sun Yang and Tang Hao's outstanding performance in the second half, the Chinese team ranked fourth in the group and advanced to the finals at the evening with a total score of 7.

Because the women's 400 and 4100's freestyle did not enter the finals, this made the men's two events attract much attention.

Unlike the relatively dull competition during the day, at night, the atmosphere in the entire venue changed a lot. The biggest difference is that the media. Media from various countries came to the venue early, and various broadcasts were also taken as soon as possible.

There is only one reason for this obvious change, because the evening final will produce 4 gold medals for the first day of the game.

The Chinese media were also extremely excited at this time, because the first final held at night was the 400-meter freestyle, which was the biggest event for the Chinese team's sprint medal, or even the gold medal hope.

Because the afternoon competition ended relatively early, many contestants went to the swimming pool to adapt to the venue in advance.

They didn't come up from the pool until an hour before the game.

This was the last chance for media interviews before the game. As soon as the contestants came up, the media flocked to them.

The German star Paul Bidelmann, the world record holder of the 400-meter freestyle, was the first to go ashore. As soon as he got up, he was surrounded by reporters.

"Paul, you will welcome the double double team from Park Tae-hwan and Sun Yang tonight. Do you have any thoughts?" The first Chinese reporter who seized a favorable position asked.

"Sun performed very well in the preliminary round this morning, Park performed averagely in the morning, but he will definitely perform well in the finals. However, no matter who his opponent is, my goal is the same as before I came here, for this gold medal." Bidelman seemed to enjoy the feeling of the spotlight and said with a smile.

"Do you have an impression of another Chinese player Ritian? He defeated Sun Yang in the championship not long ago and swam 3 minutes and 45 seconds in the preliminary round." Another Chinese reporter asked.

"Jesus (Jesus and Suntian are the same word)?" Bidderman looked confused.

"Ritian Tang." The reporter emphasized again. Seeing that Bidelman still had no response, he finally said, "Tang Hao."
Chapter completed!