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Chapter 213 The strength of the opponent

"Xiaotian, it depends entirely on your performance next. Don't let our hard work these days be wasted! Come on!" Wu Peng patted Li Tian's shoulder hard and encouraged him.

"Xiaotian, let them see your "Frog Prince"'s true strength in the water. I am quite looking forward to seeing all of them stunned." Since Li Tian was originally the leader in the track and field competition, he now wants to transfer the "battlefield" of competition to the swimming pool. In the words of Zhang Lin and others, Li Tian is conducting "amphine amphibious battles", and frogs are also suspected to be representative animals among amphibians. Therefore, Li Tian was helplessly named the "beautiful name" of "Frog Prince" by Zhang Lin and others.

"Okay, the game is about to begin. Let's go to the stands. Come on, Xiaotian!" Ouyang Kunpeng pulled Zhang Lin and the other two into the stands. The German "four" members in the stands only had two people today, because Watel's first bowling match was also held this morning. In order not to be favorable, Kozel ran over to cheer for him, while Kederman and Lobeck went to the swimming pool to cheer for Li Tian and occupied a good position for Zhang Lin and the other two.

Zhang Lin, Wu Peng and Ouyang Kunpeng, these three people represent the highest level in China and even Asian men's swimming events, but there is still a certain gap compared with the world's top players among world swimming powerhouses such as the United States and Australia. It can be said that in addition to the performance of the Asian swimming event in individual women's events, the overall strength has fallen far behind the world's advanced level. Of course, if the level is behind, it will not be human.

It is important, so when the three of them walked into the stands, although many students were curious about the three strange Chinese faces, none of the swimming enthusiasts on the scene could recognize them. This was simply a satire to the Asian swimming world. If the top international swimming experts like Ian Thorpe, Phelps or Grant Hackett came in, I believe the entire swimming pool would be overturned by the excited screams of swimming fans.

"Players participating in the men's 50m freestyle, please be prepared, the competition will start on time!" At 8:50, ten minutes before the prescribed competition time, a beautiful senior organized the forty contestants participating in this event.

Among these forty contestants, Li Tian is undoubtedly the most famous. As the top star in the academy, he will attract the attention of his classmates wherever he goes. At the same time, other contestants also gave him great respect. They smiled at him when they look at him. There were even a few people who came forward to ask him for his signature in a friendly manner. The atmosphere was very harmonious. Only Jack looked at Li Tian's every move with confusion from time to time.

For ordinary contestants, the ranking of the competition is not very important. They are all swimming enthusiasts who are very interested in swimming newspapers. They are more willing to regard such competition as a grand gathering among swimming enthusiasts, and they are the performers at the party. Moreover, among them, Jack, known as "Flying Fish", is definitely a very difficult thing to take the championship away from the 50-meter freestyle champion of the National College Games.

After the previous results of the organizing committee drawing lots, Li Tian was arranged to play in the fifth lane of the fourth group, and Jack, who was regarded as the biggest "stumbling block" of Li Tian, ​​was arranged to play in the first group, which gave Li Tian a good opportunity to observe his opponent's strength at close range.

Since Li Tian performed a "stunning" performance in the World Youth Championships and the Golden League, his influence among all the students in the college has reached a peak. It can be seen from the many supporters in the on-site stands of the swimming pool. However, in this venue, there is another person whose appeal is no less than that of Li Tian. He is Li Tian's biggest opponent now - Jack.

Unlike Li Tian, ​​Watel and other professional athletes, before entering the Cologne Sports Academy, Jack did not receive any formal professional sports training. He just entered the college's swimming club with his love for swimming. With his hard work in his spare time, he continued to improve his swimming level. He finally made his mark at the National College Games and won the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle championships in one fell swoop. In the swimming club, he became a role model for all members to learn and respect, and became a hero among ordinary people. And Li Tian's

The world is too far away from ordinary people. World Youth Championship champion, world champion, Olympic champion, these are honors that most people will never achieve in their lifetime. Therefore, ordinary people can only place their desire for honor on others. Li Tian took on this heavy sustenance with his outstanding talent. When he created "miracles" again and again on the field, everyone cheered for him and went crazy for him, because there are things he longed for but could not be realistic in him. These two people have the characteristics of attracting everyone's attention.

"Jack! Jack! Jack…" When the referee announced that the men's 50m freestyle preliminaries had officially begun, eight contestants from the first group appeared in front of the swimming pool, loud applause and cheers suddenly rang out on the scene. The cheerleaders led by other members of the swimming club were even more dedicated to cheering for the first star of their club.

Jack, who was standing in the fourth lane rest area, was very excited today. Although he knew very clearly that his swimming talent would never be able to compete with swimming geniuses like Thorpe and Phelps, the highest honor of world swimming can only be his own hope. Although people often say that diligence can make up for his shortcomings, with the same efforts, ordinary people cannot defeat geniuses. Despite this, Jack still has his own goal - "If you can't become a world champion, then become the strongest in Germany!" For this goal, he made up his mind to devote himself to the professional swimming world. This college sports meeting will be the last time he participated in his college career. He really hopes to leave perfect memories here.

"Takeyourmarks!" After taking off his coat, the eight contestants stood on the starting platform. As the referee's preparatory password was issued, the contestants immediately prepared to set off and their bodies reached a static state.

"Drip..." A flute sounded on the field. Eight contestants on the starting stage jumped into the water almost at the same time. After drawing an arc in the air, they inserted it under the water. The first fifteen meters is the diving area. In this area, players can use diving to increase their swimming speed. After more than fifteen meters, the contestant's head must be exposed to the water surface, otherwise even if it is a foul, the final result will be cancelled.

Jack is worthy of being the best freestyle expert in German university. After jumping out of the starting platform, he grasped the angle of entering the water very well. He did not splash much water after entering the water. He was like a flexible dolphin swimming smoothly under the water. When he completed the acceleration of his diving and raised his head under the water, he was already half ahead of the second place player, showing his strong strength, and making the cheering for him even louder.

"This player named Jack is not weak! It is really difficult for Xiaotian to win the championship in this event." Zhang Lin and three other Chinese swimmers could see at a glance that Jack was strong, his starting point was perfect, his posture was extremely reasonable and smooth, and his explosive power was also very good. Zheng Yi quickly opened the gap with other players.

"He is one of the two people recommended to the German national swimming team by the academy and can be regarded as the number one figure in the swimming club." Kederman explained to Chinese friends who do not know the situation of their opponents.

"I don't know what kind of results he can achieve this time!" From the standpoint of a good friend, Lobek of course hoped that Li Tian could win, and his opponent's results were also what he cared about.

"Wow..." When Jack was the first to touch the wall to complete the competition, his results were immediately displayed on the electronic screen in the swimming pool. When the data was presented to everyone, the club's cheerleaders first burst into a burst of exclamations.

"22 seconds 94!" Jack came out of the water, wiped the water droplets on his face with his hands, and saw the numbers on the electronic screen clearly, and his ecstasy expression appeared on his face without any concealment. Because this result was not only the best personal result he had ever swam, but also nearly 0.2 seconds faster than the original academy record.

"Excellent!" An admiration came from Zhang Lin's mouth. Although he was not a short-distance event in freestyle, he knew how difficult it was to be able to swim such a result as a college athlete. At last year's "10th Games", Yunnan player Zhao Lifeng also swam such a result when he won the silver medal in this event.

In foreign countries, the meaning of college athletes is very different from that in China. They are real college students and are amateur players who only start systematic professional training after entering university. Most of the so-called college athletes in China are professional athletes, who become professional athletes first, or even world champions before entering university for further studies. Their usual time is more focused on training, and learning cultural knowledge is only placed in a subordinate position. As far as Zhang Lin knows, in some developed countries like Germany, there are serious regulations on the training volume of college athletes per week, generally not more than 20 hours, and the players' cultural scores are required to pass or above before participating in the competition. This requires these college athletes to improve the training effect as much as possible in their limited time and energy. This is much more difficult than professional athletes to achieve good results. Zhang Lin not only praised Jack's outstanding strength, but also expressed his admiration for Germany's outstanding campus sports talents' ability to cultivate.
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