Swimmer of Rebirth

In 1996, there were two main official swimming events in China: one was the National Swimming Championships held in the first half of the year, and the other was the National Swimming Championships held in the second half of the year.Since the world and intercontinental swimming competitions are usually scheduled to be held in the second half of the year, after participating in the world or intercontinental competitions, it is difficult for Chinese swimmers to perform well in the National Swimming Championships due to their physical strength. The performance in the competition has become the most important basis for measuring the highest level of China's top athletes. At the same time, because of the few Olympic qualification competitions, this year's championship can also be described as an undercurrent and fierce competition.

The 1996 China Swimming Championships will be held in Chengdu, Sichuan, where Liu Yang's natal family lived. A total of 30 teams and about 400 people participated in the competition.In order to allow players to adapt to the competition rhythm of the Atlanta Olympics, the Chinese Swimming Association changed the entire schedule of this championship into a "replica" of the Olympics, not only adding semi-finals, but also extending the competition date from the usual 5 days to 8 days.

Liu Yang learned the lesson of losing in the ranking competition, and entered the rest and adjustment period a week before the competition. He only conducts regular training according to Luo Xinhua's tasks every day to ensure that nothing goes wrong during the competition.

If you ask how much a person will change in half a year, then Liu Yang, who is 15 years old and 16 years old, has changed very little in terms of appearance and body shape. Of course, if he grows 0.03 meters taller and crosses the 1.80 mark, it will be counted. ...

However, it must be said that three major events occurred during this period.

[-]. After being tossed secretly by Liu Yangming, Ye Shuwen has accepted Yao Ye's existence, and the relationship between him and Yao Ye has finally entered the first stable period.

[-]. Luo Xinhua spent more than half a year getting familiar with the operation of the national team. Relying on his brother-in-law Yao Zhengguo, who is serving as the deputy director of the State Sports General Administration, he finally gained a firm foothold in the national team's coaching system and led his players into the new swimming pool used by first-line athletes. Gym training.

[-]. Xu Han finally officially returned to the team under the name of Luo Xinhua after a storm, and the four brothers reunited again.

Of course, the second point is that although Yao Zhengguo has been busy overtly and secretly, it does not rule out that Liu Yang and the others have excellent results, and they are well deserved to be included in the list of first-line athletes.

Liu Yang's short-distance freestyle performance is stable, and the 100-meter time has been maintained at about 50 seconds for a long time. Every time he is stimulated by the competition scene, he can enter within 50 seconds, which is considered to be among the top few in China.

Although the short-distance butterfly stroke is a little inferior, they are also included in the top 10 list together with Ye Shuwen. The most important thing is that they are still young, and their future is destined to shine, so the national team has to pay attention.

As for Zhang Weijia, perhaps because there were too many distracting thoughts in his head, his results were not very good. He barely entered the first line relying on his steady performance in backstroke and freestyle. It can only be played domestically.

And Xu Han, as the overlord of the short-distance butterfly in this group of domestic players and the runner-up of the 100-meter butterfly in the World Championships, even Yao Ye, the star athlete of the Chinese men's swimming team, can only temporarily avoid the edge and focus on the freestyle in the Olympic Games above.

Olympic individual confirmation list, men's group.

50m freestyle——Yao Ye, Wei Wen

100m freestyle - Yao Ye, Zhang Qiangli

200m freestyle - Yao Ye, Zhang Qiangli

400m freestyle - Lin Xiao, Tan Hao

1500m freestyle - Tan Hao, Lin Xiao

100m backstroke - Yao Ye, Huang Tao

200m backstroke——Huang Tao, Zhang Zhenjia

100m butterfly - Yao Ye, Xu Han

200m butterfly – Lin Ye, Xu Han

100m breaststroke——Liu Haitao, Wang Qiang

200m breaststroke——Tang Zheng, Wang Qiang

Men's Relay:

4X100 Freestyle Relay—Yao Ye, Wei Wen, Zhang Qiangli, Tan Hao

4X100 Medley Relay——Xu Han (butterfly), Huang Tao (back), Wang Qiang (frog), Yao Ye (self)

The day before the start of the championship match, Liu Yangzheng and Ye Shuwen were occupying one end of the sofa, lying lazily watching TV. Yao Ye pushed open the door and sat directly next to Liu Yang.

Ye Shuwen glanced calmly, shrank his legs a few inches, and locked his eyes on the TV program again.

"What's the matter?" Liu Yang sat up and patted the sofa where Yao Ye was resting on. After Yao Ye sat down, he leaned on Yao Ye's shoulder and said, "Let's talk."

Yao Ye pursed his lips and chuckled, pinching Liu Yang's face, "Tell me about the championship game."

"Oh." Liu Yang nodded, pretending to be listening attentively.

"You know, right? The list of several activities about the Olympic Games."

"I know, Coach Luo told me."

"I calculated your results in the past two days, and it's not impossible. Your 50-self and 100-self results are far behind Wei Wen and Zhang Qiangli's. As long as you seize the opportunity of this competition, you may be able to squeeze out one."

"Yao Ye..." Liu Yang squinted at Yao Ye.

"Ah."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Yao Ye was amused, raised his hand and rubbed Liu Yang's head, "Are you okay?"

Liu Yang raised his brows, and sneered at Yao Ye's disapproval, "Having this idea, your normal freestyle time is only 49 seconds, and you can probably reach 48 seconds in the competition. I'm just one second shorter than you."

"Come on, don't call yourself a layman. How many players have been training for several years can't be faster than a second. You can be satisfied. If it is as easy as you say, the world record will be broken every day."

"This is different. The world record is the limit of human beings, but there is still a lot of room for improvement above the limit."

"Liu Yang... I'm very sad, you are just a wolf cub, what's the matter? When you grow up, you want to swallow me as a werewolf?" Yao Ye frowned, showing a frustrated look, but an arc was drawn at the corner of his mouth The eyes locked on Liu Yang's face were as gentle as water.

Ye Shuwen glanced at them, and said, "You just know? You're a wolf in sheep's clothing, how dare you call it a sheep (Yang)?"

Yao Ye looked at Ye Shuwen with his head and sighed, "Yangyang, you have poisoned this child too much, be careful not to rebound and hurt yourself."

Liu Yang nodded in agreement.

Ye Shuwen cut it out, "Dog boy!" He concentrated on watching TV.

Liu Yang grinned, and slapped Ye Shuwen's leg, in exchange for the other party's glaring, that is to say, it was comfortable to be self-deprecating.

"Actually, you can't say that. People's eyes are always looking forward, looking for a target, walking over, and then changing another one. I said, Young Master Yao, please be satisfied. I haven’t changed it, what’s the dissatisfaction?”

Yao Ye rubbed his chin and nodded. He was always satisfied with being the one Liu Yang chased after. Compared to others being locked in by Liu Yang's eyes, he would rather hang on to such a soul forever.

After being silent for a while, Liu Yang suddenly held Yao Ye's hand and raised it in front of him. His fingertips ran across Yao Ye's palm to let it spread out and straighten. Then he bent Yao Ye's index finger and said, "Wei Wen is 50 meters away. The current best score in freestyle is 22'67." He curled his middle finger, "You are 22'16." Finally, he curled his ring finger, "I am 22'96, 0.07 seconds behind you, and 0.03 seconds behind Wei Wen, which means the time it takes to blink an eye It is possible to overtake, but in the same way, the distance of the 50-meter freestyle is too short, explosive power is everything, and it is actually the most difficult event to improve in the case of not retaining all effort, so..."

Liu Yang spread Yao Ye's palm and bent his index finger again, "Let's not consider whether I can win the 200 meters because of the problem of stamina. I can only walk on the 100 meters freestyle. Zhang Qiangli's best result is 49'21, you are 48'64, I am 49'61, the gap with you is too far, I can ignore it for the time being, but Zhang Qiangli has a chance, so I have been thinking these two days, whether to be strategic Give up the 50-meter freestyle and focus on the 100-meter freestyle. Similarly, in the butterfly stroke, you and Brother Xu are on top. The possibility of me qualifying for the competition is very small, so should I also give up the butterfly stroke at the same time? "Speaking of this, Liu Yang raised his head and looked at Yao Ye, with confusion in his eyes and a troubled look.

"It's all for nothing..." Yao Ye looked at the bent index finger, frowned and sighed, feeling embarrassed for a while.

After pondering for a while, Yao Ye said, "Have you discussed it with my uncle? What did he say?"

Liu Yang smiled wryly, "Coach Luo is also in a difficult situation. He hasn't made a decision for the past two days, but you know Coach Luo. He actually hopes that I can train for another year and officially enter the international swimming world at the Short Course World Championships next year. As for It’s good to be included in the qualification list for this year’s Olympics, but if I don’t, I won’t force it. I guess his final decision still requires me to participate in every competition.”

"Yeah." Yao Ye nodded noncommittally, "Then what do you think?"

"Yao Ye..." Liu Yang glanced at him helplessly, "If I can make my own decision, I won't be in such a difficult situation. Tell me your opinion."

Yao Ye rubbed his chin in thought, "Do you have to participate in the Olympics?"

"Of course, if possible, I would like to go, not as an alternate player or accompanying staff member, but as a formal player." Because of Ye Shuwen's existence, Liu Yang said very cryptically, but he knew that Yao Ye would definitely can understand.

Yao Ye smiled slightly, squeezed the tip of Liu Yang's chin, and said, "Since you have already made up your mind, then go ahead and do it. It shouldn't be a big problem if my uncle said it. Isn't there a national championship in the second half of this year?" Sai? Just give him a military order."

Liu Yang nodded.

These days of confusion finally allowed Yao Ye to help make a decision. Although he cannot guarantee that the answer after the choice will be the best, but since he has made a choice, then go on with peace of mind, don't be confused and bewildered, and go straight Moving on to the Olympics.

On the plane at 9:7 the next morning, Liu Yang and Ye Shuwen had packed their luggage the night before and stayed in bed until [-]:[-].

Perhaps because of the too many competitions they participated in recently, Liu Yang and Ye Shuwen were in a stable mood. They brushed their teeth, washed their faces, and ate their meals in an orderly manner. They assembled at the gate of the National Swimming Training Base on time at 8 o'clock.

There are a total of 5 coaches and 4 instructors accompanying the team for this championship. Luo Xinhua has been in Chengdu for 10 years, so he is naturally also in the accompanying coaching team.

The nature of the domestic championship game is slightly different from that of the National Games. The National Games are mainly competitions in various provinces and municipalities. Conversely, the championship game is the athlete's own personal honor game, which has the same meaning as the ranking game, so the national team has always adopted a voluntary registration method for the championship game.

About one-third of the previous national team members voluntarily signed up for the championship game, but most of the coaches encouraged the players to participate in the competition privately, so occasionally there were cases where all members signed up. On the contrary, the top 10 players in recent international competitions Star Sports doesn't care much about the championship game, it's dispensable.

It is a pity that this championship is related to the entry list for the Olympic Games held in Atlanta at the end of July. On the contrary, the strength of the contestants has never been stronger. The team members avoid the edge temporarily, so as not to make wedding dresses for others and affect the training mentality.

For example, one of Luo Xinhua's players, Zhang Weijia, voluntarily gave up the championship.

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Liu Yang counted secretly while waiting for the bus. A total of 53 national team members participated in this competition. Men and women were separated and shared equally. About 2~3 people participated in each event, that is to say, basically all of them participated in the competition. The champion and runner-up of the championship game can be confirmed before the game. After all, the people on the Olympic list are all real.

In fact, Liu Yang was still a little uneasy. The auras of the Yishui swimmers he had seen this time were not fake. Everyone talked and laughed on weekdays. In addition, the air pressure is not small.

The bus is driving steadily on the avenues of Beijing. Through the large glass windows, the outside is the ever-changing Beijing style. On both sides of the shade, high-rise buildings, cars are constantly flowing, and pedestrians on the sidewalk are either hurrying or walking leisurely. , a peaceful scene.

The hand on the side of the leg was grabbed by Yao Ye, his strong fingers slid across the palm of his hand, and then let go quickly.

Liu Yang was awakened, turned his head to look, there was a slight smile on the corner of Yao Ye's mouth, his black and white eyes were full of tenderness, and the twinkling stars seemed to comfort each one meticulously and intimately.

Liu Yang curled his lips and smiled, knowing that Yao Ye always understood his uneasiness, his quiet companionship and appropriate comfort all touched him so well.

We have been together for more than a year, although because of Yao Ye's refusal to have him, he and Yao Ye seldom make it to the last step, but this does not prevent them from constantly getting close to each other, and their feelings are slowly simmering Thick and thick.

This kind of life is what Liu Yang has always pursued. After the hard training, you can chat with your lover, have a heart-to-heart talk, and complain. When you are confused, someone who understands you can enlighten you. It has a pleasant aroma faintly like a cake.

Since Liu Yang entered the national team, the rapid improvement in his performance has nothing to do with his stable love life, and Yao Ye is naturally indispensable. He has hardly hesitated for his sake, and has helped him a lot in training and life. , sometimes, Liu Yang always felt that Yao Ye was stupid. If Liu Yang hadn't been a firm stand and had lived two lifetimes, if Yao Ye was really looking for a child of this age to fall in love, the sacrifice and How will the harvest be unequal?How hurtful is a teenager's ignorance?

However, Liu Yang couldn't imagine that if he hadn't lived two lifetimes and had such a precise grasp of his own life, how could Yao Ye be attracted to him.

No one is a fool, a beautiful appearance can only exchange for a temporary heartbeat, but the relationship between two people must be cared for carefully, love is the most honest thing in the world, if a single effort cannot get an equal return, then then Strong people will also get tired, and their feelings will fade away. From then on, the ends of the earth...