After a summer vacation, a classmate became an Olympic champion?

Chapter 16 The competition officially begins!

At 2:30 a.m. on the 27th, Beijing time, CCTV director's hall.

Because it was early in the morning and the preliminaries, CCTV did not have a famous commentator, but a new host named Niu Yinhao; but his partner was Zhao Jing, the two-time World Swimming Championships backstroke champion.

"Congratulations to the Chinese women's swimming team for advancing to tomorrow's women's 100m freestyle relay final with a good third place!"

"The final will start at 8:30 Paris time, which is 2:30 tomorrow morning in the capital!"

"Because there is a 6-hour time difference between Paris and the capital!"

Niu Yinhao smiled slightly and watched the TV broadcast. The men's 100m freestyle relay preliminaries were already on the big screen: "Okay, let's calm down our excitement and watch the next men's 100m freestyle relay preliminaries!"

"The Chinese team is in the second group. The first thing we see is the eight teams in the first group. They are the United States, Australia..."

"The United States and Australia have been the long-term rulers of this event!"

"They have rich competition experience and top international players. The champion of this event in the last Tokyo Olympics was Australia, and the United States won the silver medal. In the previous sessions, including Rio and the Imperial Capital, except for the last-minute reversal by France in London in 2012, the United States has always been the champion team of this event!"

"In the 14 Olympic Games, the US team won 10 gold medals!"

"Definitely the dominant strength in this event!"

"..."

Zhao Jing was talking about the resumes of the eight participating teams.

At this time, the starting gun sounded.

The eight teams suddenly rushed out like swordfish.

"The game begins!"

"Coach Zhao, I see that Australia and the United States did not send out their full lineup of players from these eight teams!"

"Yes, in order to ensure the final ranking, many strong swimming teams will use substitutes to win the finals. Looking around the world, there should be only a few countries that can be so confident!"

"Okay, the United States and Australia have established an absolute advantage!"

"Even with substitutes, their strength is still terrifying!"

In the end, without any surprises, Australia ranked first in the group with a score of 3 minutes 12 seconds 25.

The United States team was only 0.36 seconds behind, ranking second in the group with 3 minutes 12 seconds 61.

Ranked third is Canada, with 3 minutes 12 seconds 77, and the gap with the United States is also very small; but after the fourth place, there is an extremely large gap, directly 2 seconds away.

"The strongest teams in this group should be the United States, Australia and Canada, but Canada is full of main players!"

"Let's take a look at the second group. The second group Huaxia team is about to appear!"

"After this game, the final list of finalists will beWill come out——Huh?"

Zhao Jing looked at the starting list of the Chinese team with some surprise, raised his head and looked at the big screen, the eight teams of the second group appeared collectively, and walked out of the player channel one by one; the four-member team of China wore white down jackets and red swimsuits, and walked out with their limbs and bodies moving.

There was indeed a figure that was relatively unfamiliar to Zhao Jing.

"Our Chinese team sent out a substitute lineup this time!"

"The list I got shows that the first starter of our first qualifying match this time is Chen Shu, a 13-year-old swimmer from Suzhou; Chen Shu only qualified for the Olympics two months ago. He won the 50-meter freestyle championship with a good score of 21.33 in the championship!"

"He is also the youngest swimmer participating in the Paris Olympics this time. Let's cheer for him!"

"Oh? A 13-year-old young player? ”

Niu Yinhao was also shocked. Is the Chinese Swimming Team so bold this time?

Send a 13-year-old kid to the stage?

He carefully looked at the starting list and information given by the director before he dared to confirm this fact.

“Yes, he is just 13 years old. However, our Chinese Swimming Team has always had a fine tradition of old and new players. It is not without precedent for 13-year-olds to participate in the Olympics!”

“And the second and third runners are still the familiar Wang Haoyu and Chen Juner. They were the starters of this event in the last Tokyo Olympics. At the same time, in the Zhejiang Asian Games last year, the two of them, together with Pan Zhanle and Hong Jinquan of the Zhejiang team, created a new Asian record of 3 minutes 10.88 seconds and won the championship of the Asian Games!”

“So in this event, we definitely have the possibility of hitting the medal!”

“The fourth runner is the one who just broke the world record in the 100-meter freestyle—Pan! Zhan! Le! ”

The camera also gave a close-up of Pan Zhanle at this time. Zhao Jing watched him walk towards the starting platform and hurriedly said: "Of course, the starting lineup can be adjusted at any time. We see that Pan Zhanle seems to be swimming the first leg. Is this going to hit the record again?"

"It seems so. Pan Zhanle is now the first leg. The first leg of the 100-meter freestyle relay can be counted into the freestyle 100-meter result just like the individual competition!"

"Let's wait and see what kind of result Pan Zhanle can achieve this time?"

Beep——

The competition prompt sound of the second group of the preliminaries sounded, and Pan Zhanle stood in front of the starting platform in the third lane, stretching his body.

The second and fourth lanes are the two most powerful competitors in this group-Italy and Britain.

"We are in the third lane!"

"The game is about to start, let's cheer for Pan Zhanle! ”

Beep!

With a sound, the second group of the 4*100m freestyle men's relay preliminaries officially started.

“0.49!”

“MyMy god, Pan Zhanle is in great shape, his reaction time after entering the water is 0.49 seconds! ”

“This is a world-class reaction speed, ranking first among all the players!”

“Oh, Pan Zhanle is out of the water. He is the last one to swim out of the water, but he has confirmed his advantage; he is in great shape, he is the first one after he comes out of the water, Pan Zhanle! !”

“Pan Zhanle is in the lead, and he is still widening the gap between himself and the second Italian player. My god, he is getting faster and faster!”

“We saw the live broadcast showing that his speed reached 2 meters 10 per second, which is 0.02 meters faster than the Italian and British players next to him!”

“Pan Zhanle turned first, let’s take a look at the results after 50 meters! ”

Swish, swish, swish!

21.95 seconds!

Pan Zhanle’s run took less than 22 seconds; the second-place Italian player had just completed his underwater turn, 0.75 seconds slower than Pan Zhanle!

“Crazy! 0.75 seconds advantage!”

“In the halfway of the 100-meter freestyle, Pan Zhanle was 0.75 seconds ahead!”

“This is a huge gap!”

“Pan Zhanle was half a body length faster than the second-place Italian player!”

“Moreover, Pan Zhanle is a late runner, and he is still accelerating…”

“The world record line is in front of him, can he break it? ”

The commentator was at a loss for words, because Pan Zhanle swam so fast that even in the last 30 meters, he was still widening the gap with the second place.

One body length, one and a half body lengths.

Snap!

When Pan Zhanle finished swimming 100 meters, he gave the Chinese team an absolute advantage of almost 2 body lengths, a terrifying distance of more than 3 meters.

And the line of the world record seemed to have reached the finish line with him.

“…”

Zhao Jing opened his mouth, and Niu Yinhao beside him hurriedly said: “Let’s see how many seconds Pan Zhanle took for this 100 meters?”

“I don’t know if there is——”

“Ahhh! 46.78 seconds!”

“46.78 seconds!”

“A new world record, the world record for the 100-meter men’s freestyle, is also a new Olympic record! ”

Zhao Jing has already shouted directly!

“Pan Zhanle! Pan Zhanle broke the world record of 46.80 seconds set by himself at the Doha World Championships in February this year. In just half a year, he has once again refreshed this year’s personal best!”

Zhao Jing’s voice has cracked.

Niu Yinhao next to him immediately added: “Of course, now is not the time for us to be happy. Let’s take a look at Wang Haoyu, who is in the second place!”

“This is also a good player of our Chinese National Swimming Team in the 100-meter freestyle. His strength is second only to Pan Zhanle. And today is Wang Haoyu’s birthday. I wonder if he can swim a good result on his birthday!”

"We are still in the lead. Pan Zhanle has created a good lead for Wang Haoyu and Chen Juner, the third runner!"

"It depends on whether our fourth runner, the young player Chen Shu, can withstand the pressure and keep the lead until the end!"

But before the commentator finished speaking, the Italian runner in the second runner had already caught up.

When Wang Haoyu reached the finish line, the more than 3-meter advantage Pan Zhanle created for him was reduced to less than 1 meter; then Chen Juner, the slowest runner in the third runner, was overtaken by Italy as expected; the British team, which is currently ranked third, is also eyeing him.

"The freestyle relay is very cruel and intense, and the third leg is the most critical!"

"Chen Juner must hold on!"

"Maintaining the advantage of the second place will also qualify for the finals!"

"Come on, Huaxia team!"

"Hold on!"

Zhao Jing and Niu Yinhao shouted loudly, and finally Chen Juner finished the whole course in third place. The two commentators sighed slightly; at this time, Chen Shu, who was in the fourth leg, jumped into the water at the moment when he saw Chen Juner touch the shore.

"Now we are in third place, and Huaxia young player Chen Shu jumped into the pool third!"

"Can he hold on to this third place?"

Not only Zhao Jing and Niu Yinhao were skeptical, but all the swimming team members, Huaxia's national audience, and the swimming team's top management who were watching the live broadcast were unsure.

After all, no one knew what Chen Shu was like?

This is his first time to participate in the top international event like the Olympics.

“…”

When Cui Dengrong saw Chen Juner ranked third, he was a little confused.

Huang Wei also covered his face, a little bit unbelievable.

Pan Zhanle broke the huge advantage of setting the world record, but was caught up in the last two legs and was overtaken by others one after another.

“Wang Haoyu is okay, but Chen Juner is not in good shape today!”

“Now we can only rely on a 13-year-old kid?”

Huang Wei looked at Chen Shu, who was falling further and further behind, and saw that he was about to be caught up by the fourth-placed Hungarian player, but at this moment, the speed timing display on the live broadcast screen suddenly jumped down.

Chen Shu’s speed started to increase all of a sudden.

"Here it comes!"

Cui Dengrong clenched his fists and shouted excitedly: "Chen Shu is a late-stage player. He will get faster and faster after he exerts his strength!"

Before he finished speaking, the Italian player, who had originally opened up a certain gap with Chen Shu, was directly caught up by Chen Shu.

Second place!

"Come on!"

"Go, Chen Shu!"

"Little brother!"

"Kill him for me--"

The whole swimming team was a little crazy at this moment. The emotions that had been suppressed for many days burst to the peak when Chen Shu sprinted.

Everyone was screamingRoaring, eyes red.

Just a few seconds after their cheering, the first-placed British player, Duncan Scott, ranked second in the world freestyle, runner-up in the Tokyo Olympics 200m freestyle, and relay champion, was left behind by Chen Shu.

First!

In 5 seconds, Chen Shu surpassed two opponents in a row.

And they were the first and second-ranked players.

"Yeah!"

"Damn it!"

The entire backcourt of the Chinese swimming training ground was boiling.

"Overtaken!"

"Awesome!"

"Overtaken Duncan Scott!"

"First!"

Countless people roared wildly, and Cui Dengrong also clenched his fists and kept shaking them, with tears flashing in his eyes.

He made the right bet!

Chen Shu withstood the pressure and completed a flying reversal over two world-class athletes from Italy and Britain before turning at 50 meters.

Next, there were 50 meters in the lane where no one was ahead of him, waiting for him to approach at super speed!