Chapter 241: Create History Again
At the swimming pool, the scene was already in a state of boiling moments. This time it was not because of them, but because the British team who played at home also appeared.
There are usually only 16 teams participating in the relay race. The preliminary round is the semi-finals. As long as you rank in the top eight of all players, you can advance to the finals in the evening.
In the first group, the Chinese team played with them, in addition to the British team who played at home, they also had their old rivals, the Island National Team and the South Korean Team, as well as the strong German Team and South African Team.
However, such a grouping is no longer good for the Chinese team. The American team, France team and Australia team, who have the strength to compete for the championship, are all in the second group, which is the real death group.
When Tang Hao walked to the swimming pool, he saw a lot of Chinese crowding in the audience, holding up the KT board with his avatar.
When it comes to support sports, there are definitely only a handful of Chinese people. As long as there are Chinese competitions, they can be seen almost all of them.
And it was this glance that made him see an extremely unforgettable scene.
In the front row, a little boy held a gold medal in his hand, held high in mid-air by his father, waving to the stadium.
He immediately recognized the chubby face. It was the little boy he gave away the gold medal during the domestic championship match in the first half of the year.
I noticed that Tang Hao was looking over there, beside the boy, his mother was waving her hand hard.
Tang Hao felt a little touched.
He gave the gold medal purely voluntarily and did not ask the couple to do anything, but the couple actually came to the Olympics and brought the children and the gold medal.
It is obvious that they hope to bring some good luck to the Chinese team or to Tang Hao.
Tang Hao clenched his fists at them, then turned around and continued to walk forward.
At this time, the players from all countries had already started to take off their clothes and began the final preparations before the game.
There were also cheers after cheers at the scene.
Relay races are never short of audiences, let alone the stage where stars gather.
The first baseball player of the Chinese team is young player Jiang Haiqi. Since winning the Asian Games, the young player has made a significant breakthrough in the 200m event. Although he is still quite far from Sun Yang, Tang Hao and others, he is winning with all his strength.
After completing the pre-match preparations, they followed them onto the start-up platform at the instruction of the assistant referee.
Seeing the contestants on stage, the audience also became quiet.
In addition to other corners of the world, countless viewers looked at the broadcast TV screen.
"Everyone takes your place."
"Qua!"
With an electronic gunshot, the contestants jumped into the water one after another.
"We've set out, the British team is in the lead!" The commentator on the scene also shouted.
The British team took the lead, followed by the German team, and the Chinese team ranked third!
The young player Jiang Haiqi tried his best from the beginning, and it was obvious that he had confiscated the impact of the Wang Shun incident, but he was even more vigorous.
Seeing Jiang Haiqi's performance, Tang Hao and the others were also happy. The relay race is a team race, and everyone's performance is very important.
Turning around 50 meters, Jiang Haiqi still maintained the third position.
Turning around 100 meters, although he was approached by the South African player behind him, he still kept himself from being overtaken.
After turning 150 meters, Jiang Haiqi then tried his best and almost caught up with the British team.
It was not until the last 50 meters that Jiang Haiqi was in poor physical strength and was overtaken by South Africa. In the end, he almost tied for fourth place with the players of the island team.
The second player in the Chinese team is **.
**The strength has declined significantly after the World Championships. This time, the London Olympics was only a relay member, but the lean camel is bigger than a horse, and his foundation is still there. After entering the water, he maintained the fourth position of the Chinese team.
In the first 100 meters, this ranking has not changed.
However, when entering the 100 meters behind, the speed of ** was slightly reduced, and was overtaken by the players of the island team and fell to fifth place in the group.
The two groups in the semi-finals, fourth or fifth, are actually the difference between whether to enter the finals or not.
"Chinese team! Come on!" At this time, the Chinese people on the sidelines shouted and cheered for the Chinese team.
Perhaps this cheering played a role. In the last 50 meters, the entire human speed increased sharply. After it suddenly rose, it surpassed the island team and was the fourth to hit the wall first.
After touching the wall, ** was breathing violently, and it was obvious that he was trying his best.
The third Chinese team to follow him was Sun Yang.
After defeating the first two batons, they are ranked fourth in the group, and the possibility of the Chinese team entering the finals is already very high.
Sun Yang lived up to expectations, maintaining his fourth position in the front 100 meters. When he waited 100 meters behind, he began to use his habitual force to surpass South Africa and come to the third place in the group. In the end, the third one hit the wall, helping the Chinese team to step into the finals with half of his foot.
The last bat for the Chinese team is Tang Hao.
At this time, the Germans remained ahead in the swimming pool, followed by the home team, the British team, followed by the Chinese team, followed by the South African team and the Island Team, followed by the South Korean team, and the last bat was Park Tae-hwan. The gap between him and the team ahead was a bit big.
After Tang Hao entered the water, he turned on the frequency of fetching water 7 times.
In the relay race, he did not have much room to retain his strength, so he won a final spot for the Chinese team first.
The Chinese team has a low starting point, and as long as they grab this place, they have actually made history.
In the last batter, players from all countries also struggled to move forward, with Bidelman of Germany and Fenwick of the British team all accelerating with all their strength.
The scene in front of me is very similar to the 200-meter semi-final in front. The difference is that it only sets out earlier than Delman and Fenwick than Tang Hao.
Unlike Sun Yang, Tang Hao's seven-time water pumping frequency allowed him to launch a strong impact on Fenwick and Bidelman from the beginning.
When he turned around 50 meters, Tang Hao had already caught up with Fenwick amid the audience's amazement, and within a short distance of 10 meters after turning around, he directly overtook Fenwick and came to the second place in the group.
The expressions of the audience at this time were both love and hate.
The couple is most excited at this time. The little guy waved the gold medal even more vigorously.
Just after turning 100 meters, Tang Hao changed to 8 water fetches, and immediately surpassed Bidelman to reach the first place in the group.
This time, the audience was in a state of excitement.
Most of them watched the previous 200-meter semi-finals. Now when they watched the relay race, they immediately found that Tang Hao had retained his strength in the previous individual competition!
And amid the audience's excitement, Tang Hao finally led by half a position ahead of Delman.
The moment he touched the wall, the members of the other three national teams on the stage shouted excitedly.
Chapter completed!