Chapter 256 The final is coming

The evening competition attracted more spectators and reporters. After the morning competition, domestic media exaggerated the performance of the Chinese team. Even many ordinary citizens who had no special preference for sports competitions began to care about the future of the Chinese swimming team in the subsequent competitions, and foreign media also paid more attention to the Chinese team, which suddenly became extremely "arrogant".

Since the competitions held in the evening were semi-finals and finals of each event in the morning, the overall level of the contestants has improved a lot, and the intensity of competition competition is also unparalleled in the morning preliminaries. Perhaps influenced by Li Tian’s bold remarks before the game, many Chinese players who played the competition were particularly hard, and good results were endless. Among them, Wu Peng even "brushed" the Asian records of the men's 100-meter butterfly and 400-meter medley, with 51 seconds and 41 seconds respectively.

The outstanding result of 4 minutes, 13 seconds, 77 kicked the two Japanese players off the Asian record and successfully reached the finals of these two events. In the final, he will challenge the dominant figure of these two events - Michael Phelps. Of course, among the Chinese team members, there are also those who cannot bear huge pressure, which gives some foreign media that have long disliked the Chinese team a chance to attack, and also adds a little more worry to the Chinese audience.

"We will have an opportunity to change China's swimming history in a while. I hope that after the competition, we will not leave any regrets in our hearts. Let us do our best to fight him again!" The four members of the Chinese men's freestyle relay team held the right hands tightly together.

"Chen, it seems that you will fight hard later, so we have to be careful!" At this time, Roland Schumann came over with his three teammates. With the recommendation of Chen Zuo and Roland, the players on both sides nodded and said hello to each other.

"Then you really have to be careful. My brothers will definitely exert their true strength later, which is definitely something that cannot be underestimated." Chen Zuo hugged Li Tian's shoulder and smiled at Roland and everyone else.

"We are already very clear about this. This time the Chinese team is very strong. You have very outstanding players." Roland's words did not mean at all. With Li Tian's 48.37 seconds of qualifying, it was enough to make him enter the ranks of the world's top players. Zhang Lin reached the final in the men's 200m freestyle event, which also showed his outstanding personal strength. Although Chen Zuo and Huang Shaohua's level is slightly weaker, they have the strength to approach the 49-second mark. The team composed of these four people can indeed compete with world-class strong teams. Until now, only American players who have always been blindly arrogant can't see this reality clearly.

"Tsk! A strong team can be a strong team by bragging a few words. You can say a few big words in front of the media. You Chinese team is still far from that. Our American team is the strongest in the world swimming world. We will use facts to let you know what a real strong team is!" Roland finished his words, and an annoying voice sounded behind everyone. The person who spoke was Mel, a young player of the American team, followed by three other teammates, all of whom were looking at the Chinese team and South Africa team with unfriendly eyes.

"Hmph, the American team is the strongest? I don't know! Didn't you lose to us in 2000? In 2004, you lost to South Africa again. It's too early to call it first now. You haven't asked our Australian team whether we agree!" Another team came to this side, and the leader was Ian Thorpe, the soul of the Australian swimming team. As the number one enemy of the American team in the world swimming world, the Australian team has competed very fiercely with the American team in various international competitions in the past decade, but every time the Australian team fell a little bit, which made the Australian team members very dissatisfied. The two sides of the fight naturally became mortal enemies. Of course, the Australian team would not miss the opportunity to attack the American team. "Friendship first, competition second" is so ridiculous when it comes to their respective honors and interests.

"You..." Mel turned around angrily and prepared to scold the visitor, but after encountering Thorp's cold gaze, he had to hold most of the rest in his stomach. Currently, he is not of the same level as Thorp's world swimming superstar. He is far from qualified to shout in front of Thorp.

"Hehe! What's wrong? Everyone is gathering here. We won't have to privately agree on the seats of the competition while we are away from the Netherlands. Then we won't agree!" It was the gathering of wind and clouds that the Dutch generals wearing orange traditional team uniforms also appeared together. This two-meter giant with loud voices is Hoganband, the king of the men's 100-meter freestyle. Although the Dutch team's results in the preliminary round are not as good as those of the United States and Australia, they are still full of strong confidence in his eyes. As the soul of a team, as long as he does not give up, his teammates will follow him firmly.

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The four most promising teams gathered together, and each was full of confidence and no one was convinced. The atmosphere at the scene suddenly began to become tense. It was not until a staff member of the organizing committee came over and notified the team participating in the men's 4X100m relay final to be prepared.

"Let's go and prepare first. Even if it's so scattered here, it doesn't make any sense. If you team Americans have the ability, just let them come over!" Roland also had no good feelings for the team Americans' arrogance. After a cold look at the team members of the team, he left with his teammates. Since someone has taken the lead, Australia and the Netherlands have also left one after another. They have to make some arrangements before the start of the game. Obviously, the three teams that left regarded defeating the team Americans as one of their goals.

"Li Tian, ​​I warn you not to make Ilena's idea in the future, otherwise I will definitely let you go back on your word." After the American team members left, Mel walked up to Li Tian alone and warned in a deep voice. In the past few days, the news of Li Tian and Yilena's love affair has made him, the childhood sweetheart of Yilena, always unwilling to accept it.

"I said, do you Americans like to interfere with others? Li Tian and whether they interact with Yilena is his own business. Why should you obstruct them?" Zhang Lin's English was very good, and she said before Li Tian.

"I am Ilena's boyfriend, and we have known each other for more than ten years. Do you think I am qualified to manage it?" Mel glared.

"Is that right? But why did I hear that Miss Ilena still has no boyfriend yet? And even if you are her boyfriend, so what if Li Tian can't pursue her fairly? But you don't have to think about it and know the result. In terms of talent and learning, we Li Tian is a top student at the Cologne Sports Academy and a recognized genius player in the world field; in terms of appearance, you can't compare, which is more than one or two levels. In terms of popularity, Li Tian won four World Youth Championship titles at the age of 16, and even his popularity in the swimming world is definitely no worse than you; in terms of wealth, Li Tian is holding a commercial contract worth tens of millions in his hand. I think as long as he is a normal woman, he should know what choice to make!" Huang Shaohua said unwillingly, adding fuel to the fire, and his words made Mel's fingers tremble.

"Xiaotian, didn't Miss Yilena ask you to have dinner together after this World Championship? She also said that you would be her tour guide when visiting Shanghai, right?" Chen Zuo saw Huang Shaohua's intention and cooperated actively.

"That's the case!" Li Tian was not stupid either. He knew that his teammates did this just to disrupt Mel's emotions, make him anxious and irritable, and thus disrupt the rhythm of the US team's game. Besides, what Chen Zuo said was true, and Li Tian was not a lie.

"You...you..." The anger in Mel's eyes seemed to be about to burst out. If he could still treat the finals that were about to come with a normal mind, Li Tian would be the first to believe it. Under Mel's glare, the Chinese team members left him only four casual backs.

"Dear spectators, the most exciting moment of the competition tonight is coming soon. The eight teams entering the men's 4X100m freestyle relay final have made final preparations. The Chinese team entered the final with the fifth place in the preliminary round, and this is also the first time that the Chinese swimming team has entered the World Championship final in the event... The Chinese team was assigned to the second lane. On their left is the last Olympic champion, the world record holder of the event, and the strong contender for the final champion. On their right is one of the strong teams of the past, the Russian team, but the current Russian team is already going downhill and has been surpassed by the Chinese team in the preliminary round..." Since the Chinese team walked out of the players' rest area, the audience at the scene has not calmed down for a moment. The shouts, applause, and tapping sounds gathered into a stirring melody that echoed over the field.

"The first player of the Chinese team is still veteran Chen Zuo. His expression looks very relaxed. His outstanding performance in the morning preliminaries gave the Chinese players great confidence." Under the gaze of 15,000 spectators in the audience, Chen Zuo firmly walked onto the starting stage. In the next game, the encouragement of the audience on the scene will become the strongest backing for the Chinese team to move forward.

At this time, the American team, located in the fourth lane, was their newcomer, Mel. He will take on the heavy responsibility of starting the US team, but from his resentful eyes, we can see that his heart is not calm at this moment, especially when Chen Zuo gave him a strange smile, it made him secretly grit his teeth. It was because of his unbalanced mentality that the fate of the US team in this game was doomed.
Chapter completed!