Tang Hao was in the third position at this time. It was not that he didn't want to chase Rochet, but that after using it for a while, he found a sore and swollen feeling of his leg muscles after using it for 8 times.

The hard work of the boat trip made him react. He changed the 8-time draw to 7-time draw, and the feeling gradually faded.

By the time he entered the third turn, Rochett's lead was already more than half a position.

Although Tang Hao reduced the frequency of water picking at this time, his water skiing distance was still much higher than that of other players, and he had already reached the second position.

In the last 50 meters, Rochett was already half ahead of Tang Hao. In the end, his score was 1 minute, 45 seconds, and he easily won the top spot in the group.

Tang Hao, who was troubled by the fatigue of the boat, finally only showed about 80% of his strength, with a score of 1 minute, 46 seconds, 21, ranking second in the group.

At the end of the game, Rochett's eyes looked at Tang Hao clearly changed. Although he didn't speak, he could clearly feel that he was disappointed with Tang Hao.

That is, after the group stage, the online remarks about Tang Hao's performance in the game were also rumored.

A Weibo user named "The First Drop of Love" has received support from many fans.

"Tang Hao won the freestyle championships of 400 meters and 100 meters in a row. In theory, his freestyle ability has covered short and middle distances. 200 meters will definitely not be a problem for him, but in fact, this is not the case. 200 meters requires particularly high requirements for the players' continuous explosive power. This is exactly what whites rather than yellow people are best at. I have seen Tang Hao's performance in the championship game before. 200 meters is a weakness for him now."

After this remark came out, it quickly received support from netizens, and even some fans who followed Tang Hao’s Weibo also forwarded the message.

Even some swimming experts have acknowledged this view by analyzing the changes in Tang Hao's water fetching frequency.

In the afternoon semi-finals, Tang Hao's body still did not fully recover. He did not take the risk of forcing the water to use 8 times. The final result was that his semi-finals were not particularly outstanding. In the end, he "just" won the third place in the group, ranking 7th among all the players, and advanced to the evening finals.

This result also further confirmed that 200 meters is Tang Hao's weakness. Some media did not place Tang Hao among the favorites in their pre-match predictions.

Sun Yang performed in an average performance in the 200 meters and missed the final at night, which made the audience's expectation for the final at night plummet.

In addition, Zhao Jing, who was in the women's 100-meter backstroke, had great hope of winning gold. For the first time since the World Championships started, the audience's expectation for the women's event exceeded that of the men's event.

It was in the background that the 200-meter freestyle ushered in its finals.

The appearance of Rochett, Phelps, Bidelman, Park Tae-hwan, and many stars still attracted cheers from the audience. Tang Hao's appearance still ignited the scene, but compared with the previous 100 meters, the momentum was obviously much worse.

After the players entered the field, they began their final preparations before the game, and the commentators on the sidelines also began to follow up as soon as possible.

"The 200-meter freestyle can be said to be the most dazzling star since the start of the World Championships. Rochte and Phelps, a pair of world-class swimmers, will compete on the same stage in the swimming pool, which is also their teammates' first head-on confrontation." The commentator began to focus on the pair of American Gemini.

"Yes, Paul Bidelman, the current world record holder, also bluntly stated in the pre-match interview that he would justify himself in the game, and I believe he will definitely have a good performance in the game." The commentator nodded and said.

"When it comes to Bidelman, do you remember that he said he didn't know Tang Hao before the 400m final? In the end, Tang Hao broke his 400m world record. I believe he must be impressed now!"

"Haha, this must be. Tang Hao is also a very interesting player. He really does what he says. I don't know if he can win Bidelman again in the 200 meters that many people call him his weakness."

"I believe he will surprise us again. Okay, the contestants are ready." The commentator said as he looked at the pool.

At this time, the players were all on the jumping platform under the referee's instructions.

Tang Hao ranked 7th in the finals, his swimming lane was the first lane on the right, next to him was Phelps, who retained his strength in the preliminaries and ranked 5th. Then he leaned over to the third lane, Rochett, who ranked 3rd in the preliminaries. Bidelman performed well in the preliminaries, and he was in the fourth lane with the best position, while Park Tae-hwan was in the fifth lane.

Before going on stage, Phelps greeted Tang Hao with a smile, and it was obvious that despite his poor performance in the preliminary round, Feiyu still recognized his strength.

On the contrary, Rochett sneered at his compatriots' behavior. After experiencing the group stage, he seemed not to be very interested in Tang Hao.

"Everyone takes your place."

After the contestants took the stage, electronic prompts sounded quickly on the scene.

The contestants all bowed their bent bodies and made their final preparations before entering the water.

"Qua!"

With a gunshot, the contestants all jumped into the water.

As soon as the contestants entered the water, there was a tsunami-like cheer sound at the scene.

Phelps was the champion of the 200m freestyle at the 200m Kyoto Olympics. After entering the water, he quickly won the first place. Although it was not a butterfly swimming, the flying fish's movements were obviously faster than others.

Phelps has won 14 Olympic medals and 21 World Championship gold medals so far. He is the undisputed king of swimming. After taking the lead, he immediately received cheers from the audience.

Following Flying Fish is his national teammate Rochett, who is less than a palm of his hand ahead of Bederman.

After Rochett, Bidelman and Park Tae-hwan were in three or four places.

Tang Hao was at the 7th position at this time. His physical talent was worse than those of these top players, and his frequency of 7 water fetching was not advantageous.

The first 50 meters passed, and the position on the field did not change, and Phelps continued to lead all the players.

After 100 meters, this position has not changed. Feiyu has the meaning of taking this gold medal in advance.

It was then that Tang Hao made a decision.

Seven times of water draw are equivalent to 80% of his strength. If it is 100% of the power of white stripes in the waves, he probably has a chance to win this gold medal, but now, it is obviously impossible.

When he arrived at the final, he couldn't care about so much and directly changed from 7 to 8 times to 8 times.

This frequency conversion increased his speed in an instant.
Chapter completed!