During the championship game, because there were not many contestants, the players were divided into two groups: fast group and slow group. However, the World Championships were different. After the number of contestants increased, the two groups obviously could no longer meet the needs, so there was a group match.

The existence of Tang Hao and Sun Yang, a former world record holder, and a current world record holder, also attracted additional attention from the 1500m project.

During the warm-up before the game, the two of them naturally couldn't escape the reporter's pursuit and interception.

Because Tang Hao had to participate in the medley relay race in the morning, he mainly warmed up during training. He went down to swim for two laps before getting ashore.

As soon as he got off the shore, he was surrounded by reporters. Most of them were domestic journalists, but there were also many foreign journalists.

"Tang Hao, today you are going to participate in the preliminaries of the 1500 and 4x100 meters medley relays in a row. Are there any physical problems?"

"Tang Hao, many netizens and sports people suggest you selectively give up a certain project. What do you think about this?"

"Dang, your opponent at night is mainly teammate Sun. He has beaten you in your selection before. Are you confident of defeating him, or are you ready to give up strategically, leave this gold medal to Sun, and then leave your energy on the 4x100 medley relay?"

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Tang Hao was not very interested in these questions from the reporter, but the last reporter's question made him frown.

He looked at the last reporter who asked the question.

This is a foreigner, and the reporter's ID on her chest shows that she is a reporter from Australia.

Because of the series of actions made by Australian players and the government after the start of the game, all Chinese people, including Tang Hao, were quite unhappy.

At this moment, Tang Hao answered this question with a pitiful question without hesitation.

"The greatest charm of competitive sports lies in competition. A better opponent stimulates a stronger self. Do you have to give up because you have your own teammates in your opponent? Or because there are Australian players in the game, do I have to give up a lot of them soon?"

The Australian reporter frowned, but before she could answer, Tang Hao continued: "Obviously not, because this does not meet the basic requirements of competitive sports, and the most important point is, why do you have the illusion that I don't have the energy to complete the 1500 and 4x100 relay races at the same time?"

As soon as these words were said, they immediately attracted a look of surprise from the reporters.

1500 meters requires long-lasting endurance, while the 4x100 relay race requires super explosive power in a short period of time. Normal people must be physically struggling to complete these two events in a row. Now Tang Hao asks why he has this illusion?!

How confident is this to speak like this!

However, after the initial surprise, a strong sense of pride appeared on the face of Chinese journalists.

Confidence comes from strength. Which Chinese dared to speak in front of the media like this before? But now Tang Hao has said that, and there are already 4 gold and 1 silver medals as the base, no one will think he is talking big.

This is definitely a feeling of pride.

The Australian reporter was speechless for a moment. She originally hoped to use this to provoke the relationship between Tang Hao and Sun Yang, or to obtain some negative news for the Chinese swimming team, but Tang Hao's confidence made all his plans ruined.

Coincidentally, Sun Yang, who came out of the swimming pool later, seemed full of confidence in the interview. When the reporter reposted what Tang Hao said before, he expressed the same statement as Tang Hao. The core of competitive competition is competition. A stronger opponent will only inspire his better competition state.

What the two Chinese players said in an interview also made netizens praise it. Compared with the continuous complaints and doubts of Australian players before, this is the purest sports competition!

There are four groups in the 1500-meter group stage. According to the rules, the eight best players advanced to the finals in the evening.

Sun Yang was assigned to the first group to appear, while Tang Hao was in the fourth group.

Perhaps it was because of the interview before the game, or maybe it was because he didn't have to participate in the 4x100m medley relay competition, or because he played in the first group, Sun Yang chose to play with all his strength in the preliminary round, and his outstanding performance also attracted the extremely excited cheers of the audience.

In the end, his result was frozen at 14 minutes,35 seconds,35, just one second away from the new world record he set in the championship game.

Such outstanding performance also made netizens and sports people furious. They have already determined that Sun Yang won the gold medal in advance.

The competitions in the second and third groups seemed a bit dull compared to the first group. The players all selectively retained their strength in the competition. Canadian star Ryan Cochran and Hungarian star Gergi Kish all advanced to the finals to the evening.

In fact, Tang Hao played in the last group, which was the best thing for him.

Because the three groups of players have already finished competing and the results have been released, he just needs to ensure that he can enter the finals, so that he can minimize physical energy consumption.

His final result was 14 minutes, 45 seconds, 23, ranking second in the group, and all the players advanced to the finals in the evening.

After the 1500-meter qualifier, Tang Hao had some time to recover his physical strength. In the last period of the afternoon, he also ushered in another crucial qualifier.

In swimming competitions, the attention of relay events is often higher than that of individual events, because relay events reflect not only individual levels, but more of the overall level of a country.

Among the three relay events, the one with the highest attention and the highest viewing is the 4x100 medley relay competition.

Because it includes four major swimming postures, if you want to win the gold medal in this event, you must have relatively outstanding star players in the four swimming postures.

Like Australia, Canada, and France are the representatives.

Of course, there are exceptions, the most typical of which are the Island Team and the United States Team. The former's backstroke and breaststroke are the world's top level and can often gain an advantage in the first 200 meters, while the United States Team is quietly the opposite. They basically rely on the butterfly and freestyle of the back two sticks to achieve the final victory.

There are 2 groups in the 4x100m medley relay. The top four teams in the group will qualify for the evening final. Although there seems to be a lot of places, the Chinese team did not have a strong swimming posture in this event before, and it is very difficult to reach the final.

And unfortunately, in this grouping, the Chinese team, the American team, the Japanese team and the French team were separated in the same group. It was more difficult to advance to the finals.

"Medicated relay, we are not a strong team, freestyle relay, we are not a strong team, but we won a gold medal in the end, which proves that if we don't work hard, there will be nothing, but if we work hard, everything is possible." Song Xiaocheng cheered for the players before the game. After he finished speaking, he glanced at Tang Hao.
Chapter completed!