America's Road to Fame

Chapter 386 The first show in the international competition
The time soon came to July 7th. On this day, it was William Chen's first show at the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, and he was looking forward to it.

Today's competition starts at 100 o'clock in the morning. The first is the preliminaries of the women's 200-meter backstroke, followed by the preliminaries of the men's [-]-meter freestyle that Chen William needs to participate in.

William Chen was relaxing in the lounge and didn't have much communication with other people. After all, unlike him, the others are professional athletes, many of whom are world famous players. If it was on other occasions, they might be very happy to meet and talk to William Chen. A few words, but in this kind of competition in their field, William Chen became an outsider.

It is estimated that most people still have doubts about William Chen's strength, thinking that he just relies on his own influence to come here to gain a sense of presence. Maybe swimming is better than ordinary people, but with their professional Athletes, and among the top swimmers in the world, it must be incomparable.

Soon, the preliminaries of the women's 100-meter backstroke were completed, and the results of the preliminaries came out. American swimmer Coughlin won the first place in the preliminaries with a time of 59 seconds.

Next came the men's 200-meter freestyle preliminaries. The preliminaries were divided into 8 groups, and William Chen was in the third group. Their group included Lochte, a famous swimmer from the United States who had doubts about his ability. .

The current world record for the 200-meter freestyle is 2009:1 set by German player Paul Biedermann in Rome in 42. In the Rome Championships that year, Biederman beat Phelps won the championship and broke Phelps' previous world record of 00:1.

In training, Chen Weilian's best time in the 200-meter freestyle was 1 minute and 40 seconds, and in the recent training, when he tried his best, he never broke 1 minute and 41 seconds, so he Breaking the world record is not difficult.

But now it is only the preliminaries, Chen William only needs to ensure that the group is the first, enough to enter the semi-finals, because there will be 15 players entering the semi-finals, and Chen William's group still has the top player Lochte, so he decided to temporarily To stay strong, you only need to surpass Lochte and get the first place in the group.

After the first two groups finished, it was Chen William's turn to start.

Interestingly, in the previous two groups, there is the current world record holder, the German player Biedermann, but his time is only 1:46, which is far from his world record.

And his result is also the best result in the two groups that have finished the competition so far.But this is also normal. In 2009, when Biederman set the world record in the 200-meter freestyle, he was only 23 years old. At this time, he was at the peak of his competitive state. Now, he is 25 years old. Growth, as well as the troubles of physical injuries, economic decline is also very normal.

Just like Phelps, when he won 8 gold medals in the Yanjing Olympics and reached the peak of his sports career, he was also 23 years old.But as he grows older, he is now 26 years old. In the past few years, although he is still a strong contender for the championship, he still needs to hold on to his advantageous events, and he can no longer be said to be in so many events. They're all dominating.

But what is interesting is that William Chen is also 23 years old now. If it is said that this age is the period when swimmers are most likely to achieve results, then today, he will make a good appearance.

When William Chen walked to the pool in swimming trunks to prepare, there was a burst of cheers immediately on the field, especially many female spectators, when they saw William Chen's handsome face, coupled with his swim Athletes are all better, and after having ornamental muscles, they can't help but exclaim.

All of a sudden, William Chen heard many voices shouting his name, and even he, who has good hearing, could hear "husband" mixed in with Chinese...

Originally, Ivanta also wanted to watch Chen William's game today, but their daughter Chen Yiran was too young to be separated from her mother, and they didn't want her daughter to be exposed to the flash light too early, so she could only I watched Chen William's game through the broadcast at home.

However, Paris came to the scene and avoided the embarrassing scene where Ivanta and Paris appeared at the same time.

The arrival of Paris naturally attracted the attention of the TV broadcast directors. When they introduced Chen William before, they gave Paris a lot of close-ups in a tacit understanding.

The shout of "husband" just now was definitely not from Ivanta or Paris. William Chen was a little helpless for a while. He didn't expect to meet the "wife fan" among his female fans when he came to participate in the swimming competition. ".

He didn't give him too much time to sigh. Soon, all the players in this group completed their preparations. The swimming pool is 50 meters long, so to complete the 200-meter distance, he needs to swim two back and forth.

As the starting sound sounded, all the players entered the water and began to swim with all their strength.

William Chen was very relaxed at this time. During the swimming process, he still had enough energy to observe the position at this time. I don't know if it was a coincidence. He was beside the famous American general Lochte. William Chen felt that he was swimming. The speed is not slow, and he was overtaken by Lochte when he was stunned.

When the 50 meters passed and started the return journey, Lochte was a head ahead of William Chen. William Chen was not in a hurry, so he bit Lochte tightly, because he had already discovered that Lochte was in the middle of this group. In the leading position, if you want to get the first place in the group, you just need to bite his speed and surpass him in the end.

At this time, from the perspective of the spectators and the TV broadcast, this group of races, 100 meters back and forth, Lochte on the 4th track is leading, and Chen William on the 5th track is close behind, no matter the audience It was still the commentary, and everyone started to get excited, but Paris was anxious, but her heart was confused, because she had never seen any swimming competitions before, so she could only use her eyes to lock on William Chen's track, but also It's unclear where he is now.

If Lochte's performance is within everyone's expectations, then Chen William can follow closely behind and maintain the second place in the group, which will surprise many people, and after 150 meters, see William Chen still didn't relax, he followed Lochte closely, and the gap between the two kept narrowing, and it was even hard to tell who was in the lead. Many female audiences at the scene began to cheer for William Chen loudly.

After all, compared to the normal performance of famous players, the counterattack of "amateur" players like William Chen is what everyone likes to see the most, not to mention that there are many female fans of William Chen among them.

In the last 50 meters, William Chen felt that the timing was almost up and started to exert strength.But at this time, Lochte could also feel that the people on the track next to him were keeping pace with him, and he tried his best to accelerate.

As the two approached the finish line, everyone's mood became tense, and the commentary on the TV was emotional. It was hard to tell who was leading in the end, and one of them was a very topical super rich man. It really made people wonder about the final result. .

Finally, William Chen's arm touched the finish line, and then other players also completed the race one after another.

On the screen of the competition site and on the TV, after slowing down the scene of finally reaching the finish line, the result was displayed.

本组的No.1，是陈威廉，成绩是1分44秒56；No.2是罗切特，成绩是1分46秒34。

William Chen's result was 1 seconds faster than Lochte's, which is close to 88 seconds, which is considered a huge disparity in strength.

And the results of the two are currently ranked in the top two of this qualifier...

When William Chen came out of the water, his muscles became more distinct because of the exercise just now, which feasted the eyes of those female audiences. Many of them even regretted not bringing binoculars. They decided that they must watch the replay of this game when they go home. And in the scene where William Chen appeared, slow down and enjoy it.

William Chen's achievement also stunned everyone. The audience cheered and applauded him, shouting his name and celebrating.

After all, he is an "amateur" super rich, and his current results have crushed Lochte, who had doubts about his strength before, and Biederman, the current world record holder. This is really unbelievable Things, because this is his first appearance in international competition!
(End of this chapter)