Chapter 238 Imperial Medal
Yesterday was the first day of the Olympics and the first day of swimming events. In yesterday's competition, a total of 4 gold medals were born, but as a swimming powerhouse, the Australians did not get a single medal, which can be said to be a disadvantage in their career.
As the main player in the Australian freestyle, Taguet obviously hopes to find some self-confidence for himself through the preliminary round, especially when facing Tang Hao.
The last doping incident ended in the end. Now that he has arrived in the UK, with stricter drug tests, he does not feel that he will lose to the Chinese again.
"Everyone takes your place."
An electronic prompt sound came from the sidelines.
The audience on the sidelines stopped and shouted and looked at the field quietly.
"Qua!"
With an electronic gunshot, the contestants jumped into the water one after another.
As soon as the water entered, there was a burst of cheers at the scene.
"Fenwick! Fenwick!"
At this time, the audience gave Fenwick the greatest support to the main battle.
Fenwick was also full of confidence. After coming out of the water, he took the lead and rushed forward directly.
Following closely behind was Taguet. Even if it was just the preliminaries, he was eager to surpass Tang Hao and clear his name.
Tang Haoyou was not too slow and ranked third in this group.
There were four turn around in the 200 meters, so there was no need for him to hurry up.
"It seems that Tang's performance at the World Championships was just a flash in the pan. Without the home court, his strength was exposed." The commentator looked at the first 50 meters past, and Tang Hao was still in the third position, and Fenwick continued to expand his lead, he couldn't help but speak.
"It's impolite to say this. You know what Tang experienced last night, so you shouldn't make fun of it here." What the commentator didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, the commentator who partnered with him said unhappily.
"Don Fenwick is the champion of this year's domestic championship. His condition is really outstanding this year." The commentator was a little embarrassed and did not respond. He quickly changed the subject, but from his expression, he might want to say one code.
As the new generation of freestyle players of the British team, Fenwick performed very well. After the first 100 meters, Taguet, who was second, has more than half a position. Judging from his posture, he has a great hope of winning the first place in this group preliminaries.
At this moment, a burst of restlessness came from the audience.
Tang Hao started to accelerate.
Although it is a group stage, there is no need to fight too much, but you can't play too badly and let others make you feel guilty.
He fetched water 6 times and 7 times, and his entire speed suddenly raised up. At the speed visible to the audience, he caught up with Taguet bit by bit.
Taguet is a player who mainly attacks the 400-meter butterfly. The 200-meter freestyle is not his strength. He rushed in the 100-meter front and was a little weak at this moment.
Tang Haoyou was at ease and easily surpassed Taguet when he turned 150 meters, and then he narrowed the distance between him and Fenwick.
"Fenwick! Fenwick!"
The cheering for Fenwick was deafening.
Fenwick was struggling forward, but Tang Hao, who was calm in the garden, easily surpassed him when he was 20 meters away from the finish line.
In the end, Tang Hao won the first place in the group with an extremely relaxed attitude.
Taguet gasped violently when he reached the finish line. He looked at Tang Hao speechlessly. He really couldn't understand where Tang Hao's explosive power came from in the second half.
However, if he knew that Tang Hao was still showing off his strength, he would probably vomit blood directly.
After the preliminary round, Tang Hao's morning match ended. He walked towards the locker room with a towel on his face. He saw reporters stopping him in the aisle. He knew that these people must ask about what happened last night. He lowered his head and was not ready to answer the reporter's question, so he hurried into the locker room.
"Tang Hao, come out." As soon as he returned to the locker room, he suddenly saw head coach Song Xiaocheng coming to find him, and Shen Qing, who was in charge of him, followed behind him.
A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, because there were other projects, and Song Xiaocheng usually stayed in the team and would not leave.
But despite his doubts, he still got up and went out.
After going out, he was surprised that besides Song Xiaocheng, he actually shocked another person.
Chairman Cai, leader of the Chinese Olympic delegation!
When I saw Chairman Tsai, Chairman Tsai coordinated the Olympic matters of the Chinese team. He was so busy during the Olympics that he actually came to him now. It was absolutely surprising.
"You go back to the hotel to change your clothes and go to Windsor Castle at noon to receive the award ceremony." Chairman Cai spoke very directly.
"Give me a medal?" Tang Hao was really confused when he heard this.
"You get in the car first, and I will tell you as you go." Chairman Cai is indeed precious to time, so he walked out directly as he said.
Tang Hao was confused, but he had to follow him.
Chairman Cai has a special car. Tang Hao sat behind. After listening to Chairman Cai’s introduction along the way, he finally understood what this award means.
In Britain, as he had previously contacted, it made people have royal families, and in the royal family, there is a morale that the British Prime Minister has no right to interfere and award meritorious deeds.
The so-called awarding of medals is a royal tradition, which is a medal established by the royal family for commendation. Because it has a symbol of imperial power, this honor is also quite huge.
Among the royal medals, it is divided into seven levels, namely the Medal of Honor (there are only 65 people in the world, and Hawking is one of them), the Knight Cross, the Knight Commander Medal, the British Empire Commander Medal (be), the British Empire Official Medal (obe), the British Empire Member Medal (mbe) and the British Empire Medal (bem). The rarity and honor level are reduced in turn.
The first four gears are limited, but the next two gears can be used for commendation. For example, the famous British snooker athlete O'Sullivan once won the Mbe medal of the royal family, which is a great honor for an athlete.
And this time, what Tang Hao was going to attend was Obe's medal awarding ceremony.
The reason why he awarded this award is naturally needless to say, because of his amazing performance at the demonstration yesterday.
Originally, the government was not willing to disclose such demonstrations and marches at all, let alone major casualties. The government was suppressing the situation if possible. However, last night, there was that video and media reporters there, and this matter could not be suppressed at all.
If you can't hold it back, then what the government can do is naturally to divert the attention of the people. Tang Hao, who became a hero almost like the protagonist in the movie, is naturally a well-deserved candidate.
After gaining the approval of the British royal family, the royal family also urgently held a medal ceremony to commend Tang Hao's contribution to the city of London.
After hearing Chairman Cai’s story, Tang Hao remained silent for a moment.
He came to the Olympics and had not won many games. He had not won a few gold medals yet, but he had to become the hero of the city first.
Chapter completed!