[Competition] Strive for the top

男子400米个人混合泳预赛结束,中国代表团的袁铮以4分03秒84的成绩打破了菲尔普斯在08年奥运会创下的世界纪录，并且以预赛No.1的成绩进入决赛,赛前备受期待的罗切特是No.2,No.3是巴西的佩雷拉,而菲尔普斯则发挥失常,惊险拿到了该项目决赛的最后一张门票！

Yuan Zheng's amazing performance put a lot of pressure on all the other contestants...

After bidding farewell to Lochte in the locker room, Yuan Zheng changed his clothes and rubbed his shoulders and returned to the stand where the Chinese delegation was. Apart from being relieved and satisfied, there is also a little bit of uneasiness... If one day I can no longer stand in this arena, what kind of eyes will You Le look at herself?Will you be disappointed?Will it be low?

He felt like he was stepping on a dangerous building. In order to satisfy his selfish desires and monopolize the eyes of pleasure, he had squeezed himself to the extreme, but now the injury on his shoulder was like a crumbling building, as if the next second would be Will be overturned generally...

On the way to You Le, Yuan Zheng was stopped several times, some gave him warm hugs, others gave him a hammer on his chest, finally Zhou Ming suddenly appeared and called him aside.Yuan Zheng turned around and looked at You Yue, smiled with the corner of his mouth curled up, and gave him a cheering look.

... There is still half an hour at most, and it's your turn to play!

You Le raised his chin, gave a thumbs up gesture, and showed a row of white and neat teeth.

... just wait and see!I will not lose you!

Yuan Zheng's personal 400 score made many people feel like floating clouds, even Zhou Ming was no exception.Zhou Ming was dizzy as if in a dream, his mood was both fanatical and calm, and his face was slightly ferocious. It could be seen that he was trying to suppress the boiling blood in his body, so he could only keep patting Yuan Zheng's shoulder and nodding for a long time. Just squeezed out a sentence: "Keep it well, keep it well..."

Yuan Zheng nodded, his fiery brain had cooled down a little in the previous time.Swimming this result is definitely beyond his expectations. It is the best result he has ever recorded, and it is still in the Olympics. Although it is not the final, it is a bit disappointing, but becoming the world record holder is definitely something he never dreamed of thing.And also broke the record in the medley event, which is incredible.

As a result, both the coach and the team members were in a state of confusion, so although the two talked occasionally, the atmosphere was always cold and they couldn't concentrate at all.

You Mingjie walked around from behind, pressed Yuan Zheng's head and rumpled his hair, and said with a smile, "Don't be careless, don't be proud, there are still more games to come."

Yuan Zheng looked at the face similar to You Le's, and his brain seemed to resume work at this moment. He nodded seriously and asked, "Where's Lele?"

"Going down to prepare for the competition...don't go, take a rest, you still have 200 butterfly preliminaries later."

Yuan Zheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

You Mingjie said again: "How is your physical strength? How about your shoulders? Do you think the next game will be okay?"

Yuan Zheng felt it carefully, nodded and said, "Well, half an hour should be fine."

"Where's the shoulder?"

"It's okay for now, if it doesn't work, I will apply for an injection."

"Okay." You Mingjie smiled in relief, rubbed Yuan Zheng's head again, and praised, "Boy, it's really good, do something unexpected."

Yuan Zheng pursed his lips and smiled subtly. Although he tried his best to hold back, he could still see the excitement in it. That's right, the world record!Such a big deal!Can you be unhappy?

Half an hour passed quickly, and You Le was making final preparations for the 200-meter free final in the locker room.He wears headphones and uses slow-paced music to block out all external sounds, adjust his mental state, and at the same time use some chest expansion exercises and squat exercises to move his body.

With the last few minutes left, You Le interlaced his hands behind his back, and then squatted down with his palms flat on the wall. The muscles and bones from his waist to his shoulders were pulled apart, emitting scalding heat and clear pain , making him want to confirm in a trance if Yuan Zheng was in such pain when he was swimming?What kind of concept is it that you can't fall asleep at night?Was there a moment when he couldn't lift his arm during the game... No, he could definitely lift it up, just like in that game, when he went all out in the water, that kind of fighting spirit, even if he thought about it seriously, It seems that a pair of wings have grown on the man's back, they are so beautiful, as if they can fly.

Why is it so strong?

You Le thought about it, but couldn't understand it.

Obviously the men in training are not much stronger than themselves, and they have the same strength, why are the men on the field so strong?Even the pain and disease on his body can't stop him from rushing to the front?Already two world records...

You Le lowered his head and thought hard, and there was a burning pain from the inside of the elbow to the tendons on the side of the waist, as if it was about to be torn apart, so uncomfortable that even his stomach was aching.However, even though Yuan Zheng finished the competition in the pain several times stronger than this, and even swam such a beautiful result, why can't he, who is in good condition, not be able to?Obviously possessing such strength, why would others worry about not even getting the bronze medal?Why?Why! ?

Someone came over and patted his shoulder lightly. When he looked up, it was Yuan Zheng.Looking at the man in front of him with a smile on his mouth, who was looking at him with doting eyes, for some reason, You Le felt his nose sour and his eyes hot.

He was pulled up and looked at Yuan Zheng steadily: "Why are you here?" Yuan Zheng raised his hand to help him fix the earphones, and his deep and mellow voice passed through the music and fell on the eardrums, "Come and see you, and I have a preliminaries in a little while."

"right."

"Okay, go to the door and wait, it will be soon."

"Ah."

"Lele, come on."

You Le covered Yuan Zheng's hand holding her arm, and nodded: "Well, okay... Brother Xiao Zheng, why are you swimming so well?"

Yuan Zheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Because I want to swim well."

"?"

Yuan Zheng was silent for two seconds, took off the earphone on his side, and said, "I'm desperate."

"..." You Le's eyes flickered, then he lowered his head and put on the earphones, said "um", turned and walked out.

He understood it, understood it thoroughly, as if he didn't know when, he always seemed to preserve his energy in a planned way during the game, just like the semi-finals, he would only sprint in the final stage.But is this really correct?Maybe it's true, but is it really for everyone?Or, can it really be planned so just right?

Swimming skills have developed too much and are too complicated today. Perhaps these are the experiences of those who have experienced it, but it does not mean that it is suitable for everyone.With a special way of kicking, I have never been able to surpass my predecessors. Perhaps it is because I was dazzled by those skills that I forgot that the essence of sports competition is to squeeze the potential and fight on the field without reservation!

You Le walked to the end of the passage, he stood at the door, took a deep breath, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were clear, like the pool of water outside, reflecting sparkling light.

The women's 400m individual medley preliminaries ended after 4 minutes. The contestants walked into the locker room from another passageway. The staff nervously wiped the water stains on the starting platform, and the clothes in the boxes were also delivered one by one. Into the locker room.

After a 3-minute interval, after getting ready, the men's 200m freestyle finalists entered the arena!

You Le was the third to enter the arena, and received enthusiastic applause as soon as he came out. The finals are always attracting attention. The atmosphere just standing in the arena is different. The incoming pressure turned into waves hitting his face, and in a blink of an eye it turned into countless hands tearing at him, making him feel dizzy involuntarily.

You Le withdrew his gaze from looking around, steadied his breathing, and made the final preparations before the game.

Put on the swimming cap and goggles, take off your underwear, do three or four squats, plus continuous chest expansion exercises, jump up, shake your arms...the same thing, proceeding in an orderly manner.

Olympics... He admits that he is really nervous, but at the same time, his determination to win is even more urgent!

I can no longer be overwhelmed by Frederick and Cierro Jr. Compared to last year, I should have grown up, right?Should be able to swim better results, right?Go all out, go all out, go all out, go all out...

Keeping hinting to himself, You Le took off the earphones, threw the mobile phone into the clothes basket by his feet, and then looked forward, at the side of the black swimming goggles, at the lens of the blue pool water, at the solid wall That's his goal!

shoot out!Like a bullet!Indomitable!Go all out!

"Beep!" Everyone took their positions.

You Le stepped onto the diving platform, turned his neck and shoulders twice at the end, took a big gulp of the slightly warm and damp air, and then spit it out with puffed cheeks.

"Beep!" Ready.

He bent down, stepped on the starting pedal with his right foot, bent his left leg, clasped his fingers on the edge of the platform, the muscles of his body began to tense, and smooth and tight lines emerged. Compared with other players, his body was thinner. This moment contained great power, and the smell of gunpowder spread, waiting for the final moment.

"Beep!" Let's go!

You Le kicked his legs, stretched his hands forward in mid-air, leaped over the water surface like a bullet, the undulating water surface reflected his figure like a mirror, and then only heard the sound of "哗啦" exploded, the mirror surface shattered, people Already shot into the water!

Response time, 0.59.

Very good reaction time, the reaction zone of a normal person needs more than one second, and the professional athlete requires it to be within 0.80 seconds, but the reaction within 0.60 is considered to be very fast!

What can a gap of 0.20 seconds do?

For fun, he can kick twice, and twice is a gap of 0.3 meters!

So, once out of the water, the entertainment comes first!

You Mingjie's eyes lit up, and his brows beamed with joy.

What a beautiful getaway!

The second place is Cierro Jr. in the fourth lane, and the French star Frederick is only 0.1 seconds behind, temporarily in the third place.

The water waves in the swimming pool rolled up, and white water splashed.

The 200-meter freestyle is a competition that does not require too much skill. Many people will choose to sprint for the first 50 meters, then ease their physical strength for the second 50 meters, and continue to accelerate for the last 100 meters. The main reason is to prevent Possible follow-up weakness.

But this time, perhaps because of the Olympic Games, everyone seems to have adopted the strategy of sprinting with all their strength, trying their best to squeeze their potential and win the only gold medal!

So, as soon as the game started, the atmosphere became fiery and intense.

The audience in the stands shouted, some were whistling, some were blowing horns, and more people were waving their national flags and shouting loudly!

The auditorium of the Chinese delegation also shouted, cheering for Youle, hoping that Youle can swim out a beautiful result and win the gold medal!

The hall was full of noises all day long, but the ears of Youyou were very calm, only the sound of water flow, and the sound of the bubbles that he spit out rolled and burst.

"Shhhh-"

"Gollum, Gollum—"

The world was once very quiet, the transparent underwater light seemed to be cut off, refracted everywhere, like another world, exceptionally quiet.

He did not choose the formal 200-meter swimming method, but used the 50-meter freestyle method, swimming head-first, until his lungs became painful due to lack of oxygen, and then he turned his body to take a breath.

A mouthful of hot air and pool water were sucked into the water, and the ear that was exposed above the water received the frenzied sound like the waves at the moment, and his sight saw the figure of little Cierro on the right.

The difference is not that big...

Play sent air into the trachea, and the exhaust gas from the lungs was spit out of the mouth together with the water, and the suffocation came again. After two strokes, he turned his head to inhale the air again, and the figure of little Cielo It came into view again.

"You have to surpass him! You have to surpass Little Cierro to get the gold medal!"

You Le told himself this, staring at the front, looking at the wall that was getting closer and closer, he simply gave up taking a breath, swam four times with his head covered, raised his hips, and turned his body forward, "Crack!" Countless transparent water splashes hit the wall, twisted and kicked out!

The first 50 meters, done!

Sandao's amusement is temporarily ahead!

After swimming out again, You Le secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

very good!I can feel that this turn is perfect, the legs are bent just right, and the strength of the forward kick is also great, fully taking advantage of the turn.

But... the lungs are a little sore.

Just now, in order to distance myself from Little Cierro, I was a little eager for success. I don’t know how the gap is now?

You Le came out of the water again, and when he took a breath, he could only see the players of the second level, but the gap between the players of the second level and him seemed to be a bit big, and he couldn't even see the figure when he looked at him head-on, which only showed that the gap between them was at least half position.

So, where is yourself?

You Le really wanted to breathe on the left side to see the gap between himself and Little Cielo, but he is not very good at breathing on the left side, so if there are some mistakes in order to prove that gap, even if it is 0.01 seconds slower, in such a situation Even in the competition, it may be fatal... So, don't worry about it, just concentrate on swimming well!

Amusement has always been ahead.Leading everyone from the moment he got out of the water.Moreover, when everyone habitually slowed down in the second 50 meters, only he was still impacting at the same speed.So the gap began to become obvious, and he was already an arm's length away from Cierro and Frederick at 75 meters.

Both Zhou Ming and You Mingjie stood up worried.Compared with the Chinese audience who didn't understand behind them, they obviously knew what this meant.

Represents the subsequent crisis.

Represents the inability to succeed.

It means that people may be overtaken one after another in the last tens of meters.

So, since you have adopted such a strategy, You Le, can you guarantee that you will be able to stick to it consistently?

Yuan Zheng, who was watching anxiously in the locker room, also had such doubts.

Yuan Zheng knew that You Le had understood what he meant, but understanding was one thing, and being able to do it was another.

The condition of a person's body is too complicated, and he himself is not sure what will happen to him under what circumstances.Sometimes, when the condition is good, you will not feel too tired after swimming 400 meters with all your strength, but sometimes, you will feel exhausted after swimming 100 meters.

So, now, Lele, how do you feel?

You Le himself doesn't know...

Maybe not too bad.

He really felt that his lungs were hurting like being burned by fire, but his body continued to rush forward as if he was out of control, so resolute, just like Yuan Zheng said, he was fighting for his life!

After swimming 100 meters, turn around!

The submerged swimming stage, which lasted nearly two seconds, was very painful for him, and he wished he could jump out of the water immediately and take a big gulp of fresh air.

Oxygen, I need oxygen!

The playful brain was clamoring like this, but the body was uncontrollable, as if it was used to it, it instinctively performed nearly seven or eight kicks underwater, and swam obliquely out of the water according to a fixed trajectory.

"Aha!" The moment he came out of the water, he couldn't wait to take a breath while swinging his arms.

Not enough, still not enough!

Take two strokes, and breathe again.

Repeatedly like this, but I still feel that I can't breathe enough, and the pain in my lungs begins to spread, sweeping away towards my whole body.

You Le really have a feeling of dying.

But, it won't die, right?Has anyone died swimming in a swimming pool?Um... no, why not?There was also a sudden death in the outdoor 10-kilometer swimming at the Shanghai World Championships last year.What's your name?What country?Can't remember.

"Aha!"

"Aha!"

"what……"

However, it doesn't matter, if you can't remember it, you can't remember it.You Le, why do you think there are some and none?This is the Olympic Games, the Olympic Games only come once every four years!You can swim up to three times if you play it all!And who can predict what will happen in the next two sessions?Now that you have such good conditions, such good physical fitness, and you are so young, if you don’t fight, when will you stay? ?

Play, come on!You fucking cheer me on!Legs fight!Raise your arms!If you are exhausted, you will fucking die in the swimming pool! !

"Shhhh-"

The race has reached the third 50 meters, which is the distance of 140 meters!

The ranking in the swimming lane has quietly changed.

Frederick overtook little Cierro and caught up.

Christine is next, and it seems likely that he will pass Cierro Jr. too.

And You Le's advantage at the beginning is quietly shortening, Frederick is most proud of the late sprint in full force, he is very likely to surpass You Le in the next game!

The French audience and the Chinese audience all stood up and shouted to cheer for their own country's players.

The anchors in the Chinese Olympic live broadcast room stared round their eyes and clenched their fists. Each word was like a bead on a rope, with tiny spittle sandwiched between them, and all of them were smashed out...

"...The speed of the game is a bit slow, Frederick caught up, did you exhaust too much energy in front?"

"The game was fierce. Youle and Frederick were separated by Cierro Jr. Cierro Jr. did not perform well today. The angle of the camera cannot determine who is No.1."

"Turn around! It's Yule, it's our country's Youyue! He is the first to complete 150, and this is his last turn! This turn is also very good, and he is still No.1!"

"It's the final sprint stage. All the players are sprinting, and so is Youyou. His arm swing speed has changed significantly compared to before, and his legs... oh, it's different from others, this last critical moment , His kick is still so special, I can't see the splash, I can't see the splash, all the energy is not in vain, he is very calm, I can see that although he started to sprint, he is indeed very calm!"

……calm!

No, You Le is not calm at all now!

His body seemed to be overwhelmed, and the pain was on the verge of collapse. If the severe pain hadn't been suppressed by the brain, if it wasn't for the ten years of hard-working training before today, his movements might have been out of shape. Maybe it's sunk to the bottom, or maybe it's holding the waterline like a loser and crying and gasping for air.Although that choice is definitely the best, at least he won't suffer so much anymore... But, no, of course not, he must persevere, there are only the last 50 meters left, and he must persevere no matter what.

No, not to persist, but to try to swim better!

accelerate……

Speed ​​up!

do not stop!

Don't throw in the towel!

Don't compromise your exhaustion!

Brother Xiaozheng, who suffers from shoulder pain, can last for 400 meters, why can't he even last for 200 meters?

Sure!Certainly possible!

Go!

The game has entered the final sprint stage!

All eyes fell on Frederick and You Yue.

When the two swam to 140 meters to 160 meters, the scene boiled up for a while, and Frederick almost achieved a lead!

However, that was just a near miss.

You Le once again confirmed his advantage at 170 meters, the waving arms, and the white waves rolling out like thick soup behind him, made him look like he was being pulled by a rope, and his speed was unparalleled.

The audience in China has already started cheering, with someone yelling "You Le I love you!"

The anchor in the Olympic live broadcast room shouted excitedly: "It's Yule, keep it up, the last 20 meters, only 20 meters, as long as this advantage is maintained, a new Olympic champion will be born! Maybe... Maybe we can look forward to Let’s see if he can break the world record for this event! He’s swimming so well, maybe we can really look forward to it! 10 meters away, and 10 meters to go! Come on, play, come on, play!”

I fuck you sir!

I'm fucking dying!

You Le wanted to cry when he swam for the first time, it was so uncomfortable, as if he had thrown himself in boiling water and was rolling.

But even so, he must persevere!Must stick to it too!

Only the last 10 meters left.

Just die, the last 10 meters, just suffocate yourself!

You Le seemed to be masturbating himself, he simply took a big breath at the end, and then buried his head in the water.

Paddle with the left arm.

Right arm paddling.

left arm...

right arm...

Four times, the three-meter noodle appeared!

Oh, thank God, the three-meter noodle is finally here!

You Le has never loved this thick black three-meter line so much!

Victory is just around the corner!

Paddle with the left arm.

The right arm... touches the wall!

The game is done!

You Le stared at gold stars, trying hard to restrain himself from sinking, cursing in his heart, your uncle!If I don't get a good score in the swim, tomorrow I will go to jump the Huangpu River!

He grabbed the edge of the stage indiscriminately, gasping for breath, turned his head to look at the big screen.