Swimmer of Rebirth

It took about two and a half hours to take off from Beijing Capital Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu Airport. Liu Yang and the others arrived in Chengdu at exactly 12:[-] noon. Because they had eaten on the plane before, the team leader led them directly to the organizer’s Here comes the bus.

As soon as they got in the car, Ye Shuwen pushed Yao Ye aside, murmured with Liu Yang, and pointed to the scenery outside the car window, expressing excitement.

They have been in the national team for more than a year. Although they have returned home during the period, they seldom detour to the provincial swimming team for a walk, so this time they returned to their parents’ home because of the competition, which made them more emotional.

Ye Shuwen pouted and said, "I miss Sichuan food..."

Liu Yang smashed his mouth and said, "Spicy~ The food of the national team is not for people at all, and the mouth will fade out like a bird."

Ye Shuwen looked yearning, "Let Wang Yaxin treat us to hot pot tonight."

Liu Yang nodded in agreement, "Nonsense, he's a landlord now, if he doesn't treat you, just beat him up."

"You have higher allowances than Wang Yaxin now, and you still want to blackmail him?"

The sudden voice came out, it was absolutely unexpected.

Liu Yang and Ye Shuwen looked up in horror, and they saw Xu Han poking his head out of the back chair, with a rare faint smile on his face.

"Brother Xu, haven't you been back for more than two years?" Liu Yang raised his eyebrows and smiled teasingly, "What's the matter? I miss you so much?"

Xu Han pursed his lips, and rubbed Liu Yang's head with his hands, "You guys have only been in the provincial team for two years, and Zhang Weijia and I have been there for nearly four years."

Liu Yang nodded, "Didn't you think of coming to see it during the holiday?"

"My home is in Mianyang. Every time I go back, I have to take a direct flight. It's inconvenient to come here." Xu Han turned his head and looked at the scenery outside the window, with deep nostalgia in his eyes. The country is an athlete participating in the Olympic Games, but here is still his root, and the mellow local flavor still makes him nostalgic.

A group of 60 people and two buses arrived at the hotel near the swimming pool half an hour later. Because it was a domestic competition, the national team came here in time, and there will be preliminaries the next day, that is to say, only gave them half a day's rest.

Everyone has no objection to this point. First, there is no need to adjust the time difference like going abroad. Second, the preliminaries are not the time for them to do their best. Eight days of competition are enough for them to restore their best form.

Therefore, when these players wearing the red and yellow uniforms unique to the national team got out of the car and walked through the lobby in front of the provincial team players who checked in early, they received almost [-]% of the attention.

It was the first time for Liu Yang and Ye Shuwen, who were caught in the team, to participate in a large-scale domestic competition with the team. Looking at the curious or awe-inspiring eyes around them, they were full of arrogance for a while, and they could only put on a straight face and pretend to be calm when they were excited.

Yao Ye looked funny, raised his hand to put Liu Yang's shoulder, pinched the tip of Liu Yang's chin and shook it, with a smile in his eyes, whispered two words, "Small sample!"

After the check-in procedures were completed, the competition organizer informed them that they could have lunch, but most of the team members expressed that they wanted to rest. After the coach asked everyone to make their own decisions, they hurriedly went through the entry procedures.

There was a little bit of fun when assigning rooms. Normally, Liu Yang and Ye Shuwen would be placed in the same room as roommates. Unfortunately, Ye Shuwen couldn't stand the fierce gazes of Liu Yang and Yao Ye. Xu Han's arms began to shake, shed tears of sorrow and begged Xu Han duplicity, Xu Han had no choice but to accept.

After Liu Yang and Yao Ye entered the room, they locked the door, took off their clothes, and fell asleep on the same bed.

Liu Yang woke up naturally after four o'clock in the afternoon and wanted to get up to pack his luggage. Yao Ye hugged him back and rubbed his nose and chin on the back of Liu Yang's neck for a long time before letting go.

Liu Yang is tidying up here, while Yao Ye is lying on the bed and looking at him, his eyes seem to be electrified, and his body is numb, Liu Yang is extremely uncomfortable, and he is so vicious that he just turns over and throws himself on the bed. After tossing and tossing for a while, he finally restrained himself on the verge of a fire escape.

Such repeated tiring and crookedness didn't stop until before going out. Liu Yang thought about living together for the next eight days, but he didn't dare to do it during the competition, so his head began to hurt faintly.

The word hotel seems to have a charming color, which makes people's emotions high and their self-control becomes weak.

During dinner, Liu Yang asked Luo Xinhua for leave, and went to the provincial team to slaughter Wang Yaxin.

I haven't seen him for more than a year. Wang Yaxin has changed a lot. He is a lot taller and his skin is darker.

Several people satisfied their hunger at the restaurant near the provincial team, laughing and making noise until 9:[-] o'clock.

Because the time of the championship game was changed from five days to eight days, the whole schedule was very easy. The preliminaries took three days, and the players spent much more time lying in bed and sleeping than on the field.

Especially Liu Yang, when he gave up the rest of the competitions to focus on the 100-meter freestyle, he spent most of his time wandering back and forth between the room and the swimming pool, doing nothing.

There was basically no objection. All the players sent by the national team entered the semi-finals, and the 4th and 5th track of each individual event fell into the hands of the national team players.

Liu Yang did not try his best in the 100-meter freestyle preliminaries, and still easily won the fifth track in the first round of the semi-finals. The fourth track in the second round was his mistake, so he had to deal with it carefully.

On the morning of the fourth day, when Liu Yang woke up from the bed, Yao Ye was startled awake. He stared at Liu Yang's face for a while, wrapped his arms around his waist and hugged him tightly, and whispered, " Don't worry, it's just the semi-finals, you'll be fine in the finals."

Liu Yang turned his head and stared at Yao Ye, "Which eye of yours sees me nervous? It's not what I said. If I can't make it to the finals in domestic competitions, what right do I have to worry about the Olympic list?"

Yao Ye smiled sleepily with the corners of his mouth curled up, and kissed the furry cat in his arms comfortingly, "Got it, good boy, let's sleep for a while, it's still not dawn."

Liu Yang pursed his lips, knowing what Yao Ye's subtext was, are you still nervous?I woke up before dawn, so nervous that I couldn't fall asleep, right?

To be honest, Liu Yang really doesn’t feel nervous. After all, there is nothing to be nervous about in the event where he has a 99% chance of entering the final, but he can’t stand the pressure. The 100m this time is directly related to whether he can enter the Olympic list Qualifications, this kind of desperate behavior of wanting to rely on a single project is extremely dangerous.

Moreover, Zhang Qiangli is not an ordinary opponent. He is 23 years old and has a height of 1.86. He has learned swimming at the age of 6 for 17 years. He won the gold medal in the 14-meter freestyle at the age of 1990. In 16, at the age of 100, he won the gold medal in the 1991-meter freestyle and the bronze medal in the 17-meter freestyle at the Tokyo World Championships. Later, he participated in the 200 Barcelona Olympic Games, No. 100 in the 1992-meter freestyle. No.100 in the 4-meter freestyle. In the 200 Tokyo Asian Games, he won the 2-meter bronze medal and the 1994-meter silver medal. In the 100 Canadian World Championships, he won the 200-meter No.1995 and 200-meter No.5. It seems that there is a bit of fatigue of a veteran, regardless of whether a starved camel is bigger than a horse, but the fulfillment list of this swimming career is brilliant and staggering.

Leaving aside whether Liu Yang can win against Zhang Qiangli, first of all, it depends on the attitude of the sports committee. Is it willing to use a veteran who has played a stable game and has rich experience?Or are you willing to appoint him, a young player who has just emerged in the past year?

In fact, Liu Yang knows that it is far-fetched for him to qualify for the Olympics only by one championship result. In nature, the sun rises and the sun sets, the tide rises and ebbs, and naturally there will be volcanoes erupting for a short time, so it is reasonable for the sports committee not to choose him in the end.

Liu Yang stared wide-eyed at the ceiling wondering if he should not focus all his goals on the final and try his best to surpass Zhang Qiangli in the semi-final. As the saying goes, once is a miracle, twice is luck, three times... three times ...

Liu Yang's eyes widened sharply, and a basin of cold water was poured down...

Two semi-finals and finals... the third chance, but he wasted the preliminaries!

Liu Yang pushed Yao Ye with cold sweat.

Yao Ye closed his eyes and hummed.

"Hey!? Let me ask you something." Liu Yang said nervously.

Yao Ye's eyes opened a little, and he hummed again.

"Is the relay list for 4X100 still undecided?"

Yao Ye closed his eyes and thought for a while, then murmured, "I should be sure, didn't we all sign up before the game? And we still need to practice and run in, what's the matter? Do you want to participate?"

"Forget it, no." Liu Yang grinned forcedly, took Yao Ye's head and kissed him on the forehead, and closed his eyes.

He thought, maybe it will be more troublesome in the future, but at such a sensitive moment, it is better not to put pressure on Yao Ye.

It's a pity that Young Master Yao was no longer sleepy after being tossed repeatedly by Liu Yang, so he said in a hoarse voice, "If you want to go, just talk to the coach, it is not impossible to make temporary adjustments before the game, I remember your name is on the waiting list , not a big problem."

Liu Yang's eyes widened suddenly, and he said excitedly, "Really?"

Yao Ye grinned, stroking Liu Yang's eyelashes with his fingers, savoring the tingling sensation of soft hairs brushing against his skin, and said, "I, Wei Wen, Tan Hao, Zhang Qiangli, which one do you want to kick?"

Liu Yang said without thinking, "Of course it's Tan Hao!"

Yao Ye nodded in satisfaction, "You still have a conscience, you didn't think about kicking me. To be honest, do you remember the last time you asked when you could form a team relay with me? Sometimes I just think about it, thinking about it I am also looking forward to it, and I will help you talk to the coach and Tan Hao later to see if it will work."

Liu Yang originally wanted to nod his head and agree immediately, but suddenly remembered something, and said uncertainly, "Yao Ye, this is the lineup for the Olympics, can you change it casually?"

Yao Ye frowned slightly, and thought for a while, "It's a bit difficult, I will find a way, but if your results in today's semi-finals are relatively outstanding, you should still have a chance." She kissed her on the cheek and sat up, "I'm already awake, why don't you go out for a run?"

Liu Yang naturally nodded in agreement. There was no tension in the competition in recent days, and the whole person seemed to be a lot more lazy. In addition, there is no room for loss in today's competition. Naturally, everyone hopes to do their best.

100m from the preliminaries.

Yao Ye naturally won the first place, Wei Wen ranked second, Zhang Qiangli third, and Liu Yang fourth, so Wei Wen and Liu Yang finally met again in the domestic competition after four years.

I still remember that not long after Liu Yang was reborn, at the age of 12, he met Wei Wen, the record holder of the Men’s Group B 100-meter freestyle in the Youth Games, and they both broke the record of the Youth Games. Wen, only won the runner-up in this group.

It's not that Liu Yang is stingy and holds grudges, but the feeling of being overwhelmed by manpower is really uncomfortable, especially the age gap between Wei Wen and him is not too big and he has already won a gold medal in the Asian Games, which really makes him a little jealous .

Because of Yao Ye's existence on weekdays, his relationship with Wei Wen is not bad, and irrational thoughts such as enmity and resentment are mostly suppressed in the back of his mind.

As the saying goes, Wenwu is the first and Wuwu is the second. When it came to the competition, he was stimulated by the enthusiasm of this kind of competition consciousness, and those fancy intestines in Liu Yang's stomach became active again, and he secretly pumped up his energy and wanted to swim in the 100-meter freestyle. He surpassed Wei Wen in the world and avenged the 0.09 seconds of that year.

The national team players who had a game that morning strolled leisurely to the swimming pool after eating.

The time was neither too early nor too late, just in line with the warm-up time requirements. The team leader asked Yao Ye to take five players who were about to compete to the warm-up pool to warm up, and Liu Yang naturally followed.

Several people were divided into two swimming lanes, one for Liu Yang, Yao Ye, and Wei Wen, and one for the remaining three, including Zhang Qiangli. Yao Ye got into the water first, followed by Wei Wen, and then Liu Yang.

The thoughts in Liu Yang's heart were rather despicable. Occasionally, when he got close to Wei Wen when he saw his feet bouncing back and forth under the water, he wanted to use his strength to overtake them and enjoy the pleasure of conquering, but when he thought about it, he couldn't help it. I don't think it's interesting, how about exceeding it?Everyone didn't use their best efforts, so why should we be complacent?

The game officially started at 8:[-].

In the semi-finals of the first women's 50-meter freestyle competition, there were 16 people, a total of two games. There is no doubt that all the female players of the national team entered the final.

The competition over there had just started, and Yao Ye, Wei Wen, and Tan Hao got out of the water and prepared to participate in the next men's 50-meter freestyle competition.

Liu Yang originally planned to continue swimming in the water, but Yao Ye shook his head veiledly at him, dragged him to the shore, and said as he walked, "Activate on the shore for a while, and soak in the pool for a few minutes before the game. Speaking from experience."

Liu Yang blinked and nodded. Seeing Yao Ye turned to leave, he grabbed his wrist and said to the other party's puzzled eyes, "Although I know you have no problem entering the finals, I still want to say cheers."

Yao Ye grinned and rubbed Liu Yang's head, "It's the same for you, concentrate on it, don't think about it, it's not good to think too much."

"En." Liu Yang pursed his lips and nodded heavily.

After Yao Ye finished the game, as soon as he entered the locker room, he saw Liu Yang with his butt up and his shoulders pressed. His feet were wider than his shoulders, his legs were stretched straight, and his hands were propped on the wall to press down. His upper body was bent in a beautiful arc, healthy The wheat-colored skin seems to be shimmering with fine luster, delicate and tight, especially the hips wrapped in black swimming trunks are undulating up and down...

This looks like...

Yao Ye's eyes flickered, and he suddenly scanned the people in the locker room viciously, feeling agitated.

After finishing the round, Liu Yang happened to see Yao Ye coming in, so he smiled and said, "Congratulations, are you tired?"

"It's only 50 meters, it's okay." Yao Ye raised a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, walked to Liu Yang's side in a low spirit, leaned against the wall with his shoulders in his arms, "Why are you staying here? It's 100 meters away. There is a little time, why didn't you wait in the stands?"

Liu Yang blinked, and said seriously, "Didn't you tell me to warm up while I was waiting?"

Yao Ye raised his eyebrows and thought for a while, it seemed that there was such a thing, and he forgot for some reason.

Yao Ye simply wiped off the water on his body, and started warm-up exercises with Liu Yang in the locker room, talking in bits and pieces. It wasn't until half an hour later that Wei Wen came in and didn't know about the game. About to start.

Liu Yang's Olympic qualification battle!

The second head-to-head confrontation between Wei Wen and Liu Yang!

It finally kicked off on the fourth day! !