Swimmer of Rebirth

Since all the final events of the Youth Games are expected to be completed within one day, the schedule of the day's competition is tight. The order of the final is arranged according to the length of the stroke and the size of the group. The competitions between Liu Yang and Ye Shuwen are arranged in the front, and Liu Yang is very Unfortunately, he was ranked in the first men's competition after the women's 100-meter freestyle.

After Liu Yang and Ye Shuwen arrived at the location early, they went directly into the water to warm up. After swimming in the pool for only about 10 minutes, the audience in the stands grew more and more. There were also reporters from newspapers and TV stations holding notebooks , with a serious face, the atmosphere of the entire competition scene was very enthusiastic, but it added a lot of pressure to the athletes who were about to compete.

Liu Yang swam a few laps in the water, not only did not move his body, but became more and more stiff. Finally, he just gritted his teeth and got out of the water to rest and warm up on land.

In the back, Liu Yang saw Ye Shuwen who didn't know when the water came up. While trembling slightly, he grinned, his eyes flickering with excitement, but his smile towards Liu Yang was like being pressed by a finger. Raised up at the corner of the mouth, the far-fetched smile made the whole person convey a feeling of unreliability.

Liu Yang thought about his current nervousness and was not in the mood to make fun of him, so he got up in a muffled voice.

The two stood next to each other, started to do their own thing, then helped each other shoulders, and no one spoke. Liu Yang kept ordering himself to relax, but it backfired. Whenever he thought of the next game, he wanted to run to the toilet nervously.

There were more and more people in the lounge. After the finalists of the Women's Group B entered the field, Liu Yang saw Wei Wen.

Wei Wen was still wearing the eye-catching red and yellow sportswear, with a blue towel on his shoulders, and a bag in one hand, and walked in unsteadily. When he swept his eyes, he saw Liu Yang, A friendly nod and a smile.

Liu Yang nodded in return.

Wei Wen began to change clothes in an orderly manner, took off his pants, and wore swimming trunks directly underneath, and kept his loose top, which just covered his buttocks.

Wei Wen turned around, put his hands on the wall, his feet were shoulder-width apart, and pressed down one by one, each time reaching [-] degrees, then leaned sideways and pressed one shoulder, repeated this for a few minutes, and then I started to squat down to relax the leg muscles, inhale when squatting down, and exhale when getting up, the cheeks are bulging and it seems that I can hear the sound of breathing.

All these warm-up exercises were done in a calm and earnest manner. It can be seen that he is cautious about the final and a little relaxed about winning.

Liu Yang paid attention to him for a long time, and he didn't know if he was infected by his relaxed expression, and he also relaxed slightly before he knew it.

Leaning gently against the wall, Liu Yang took a deep breath and let it out long.

Tell yourself, don't be anxious, don't be anxious, don't be nervous, don't be afraid, don't be too concerned about the ranking, you are still young, as long as you find the right direction of development, and keep working hard, there will be a day when you will realize your ideal.

However, the next second...

Liu Yang's eyes narrowed slightly, with a flash of cold light.

Another voice sounded in my heart, don't be anxious, don't be anxious, don't be nervous, don't be afraid, swim well, work hard, surpass this person named Wei Wen, stand at the highest point that can be reached, and then you can see more Only then can we set foot on a new palace, and this rebirth will not be wasted.

The two voices kept fighting in his heart. On the one hand, they made him move step by step like water, and on the other hand, they urged him not to stop passionately. The contradictory voices made him confused, but soon, Liu Yang found himself in it. need something.

The staff outside called the athletes participating in the 100-meter self-finals to prepare.

Liu Yang stood up, looked at Wei Wen and quickly moved away.

The two have serious faces. From this moment on, they will be rivals.

Ye Shuwen came over and squeezed his shoulder and said, "Come on!"

Liu Yang turned to look at him, his eyes were bright and transparent, and he nodded solemnly, "Okay, let's work together."

Two clenched fists touched in the air, like an oath.

Liu Yang took out the swimming goggles that Yao Ye had given him, put them on, and fitted them around the eye sockets, as if looking at Yao Ye's back. In an instant, the pride of wanting to fight in the hail of bullets surged from the bottom of his heart.

He raised his head and looked at the ceiling of the swimming pool. The glare of the light was blocked by dark swimming goggles, and he could look directly at it gently. He closed his eyes, recalled the moment when his mind was peaceful, took a deep breath, and opened his eyes again. At that time, he already carried an indomitable momentum.

Work hard and strive for the top.

It's that simple.

Luo Xinhua sat on the coach's bench, propped his chin with one hand, switched his gaze between Liu Yang and Wei Wen, and smiled playfully.

Two young children, standing among a group of opponents who are 1 or even 2 years older than them, can't see the tension, and the warm-up movements are smooth and natural, like a little beast walking in its own field, which makes people uncomfortable Suddenly, his eyes rested on them.

After coaching for so many years, his subordinates have led batch after batch of players, such as Zhang Weijia who is as positive and cheerful as Zhang Weijia, and Xu Han who is as hardworking as Xu Han and keeps moving forward. There are many more. The children who were sent away by him, came and went, but could be seen through at a glance, but Liu Yang...he had never paid attention to this before, until Yao Ye's recommendation, under his constant attention, this child seemed to be It is changing all the time, constantly evolving towards the good side, no one gives advice, but can find the nearest route, it is a rare team member full of spirituality.

This child, no matter whether he wins or loses next, he thought, his eyes have been attracted, and he wants to cultivate this precious sapling carefully, looking forward to the moment when the branches stretch out, the leaves are green, and it grows into a towering tree.

"Beep—" the game whistle sounded.

Liu Yang stepped onto the platform with strides.

No.8, the furthest lane.

And standing fourth in the middle is Wei Wen.

Relax your shoulders and legs, and use small frequency movements to loosen muscle tension.

Liu Yang told himself, wait a little longer, it's not time to explode yet.

Adjust your heart rate and breathing to maintain a steady state.

"Beep beep—" Prepare.

Liu Yang bent down, from back to shoulders, waist to legs, gradually tightened, so tight that he could almost feel the contours of his own muscles.

Raising his head and staring at the constantly rippling pool water in front of him, Liu Yang licked his dry lips and suddenly felt a sense of excitement.

Want to jump in, wrap your hot skin in icy-cold water, feel the water glide over your skin, and... have a good swim.

"Bang!" The gun was fired.

With a fierce force on his legs, he shot into the pool water.

In an instant, 8 beautiful ice crystal water flowers bloomed in the small swimming pool.

Yao Ye has been repeatedly emphasizing to Liu Yang that you should let go of your brain during the game, don't be nervous, use your body to experience it, and you will naturally understand what is called water sensation.

Yes, Liu Yang felt the sensation of water, but it didn't mean he emptied his brain. He was still thinking, simply thinking, during this kind of intense exercise.

The outstretched hand stretches infinitely, the hooked hand pushes back in a sinuous manner, and his legs push away the liquid like a whip. He is just thinking about standardizing the most basic movements of freestyle swimming.

This is an adventure. He is using the atmosphere of the game to practice his own ideas, whether he can continue to maintain the standardization of movements under the pressure of the game, and whether he can feel the flow of water deliberately.

Of course, a series of thoughts are just in the blink of an eye, and he feels it.

Under the tremendous pressure and during the intense exercise, he did clearly feel the buoyancy of the water and the tiny currents formed when it brushed against the skin.

There is no jerky feeling, no feeling of effort, just like nature.

Yao Ye sat on the stand, his tightly clenched fists loosened, and his straight back softened. He leaned on the chair, his eyes were still watching the people swimming in the water, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. .

At this time, he just wanted to say, very good, Liu Yang, you performed really well.

You stand out from the 50 finalists in the first 8 meters and are on par with Wei Wen. As long as you continue like this and break out the explosive power you are most proud of in the last 50 meters, then your efforts so far will be rewarded handsomely s return.

Roll over.

The speed at which the arms were waving suddenly accelerated again.

Liu Yang obviously felt his lungs were heating up, his arms were sore, and his brain went blank due to the lack of oxygen from strenuous exercise.

There is no way to think, but to swim desperately.

His blank mind made it impossible for him to think about where he was now, and he couldn't regulate his actions anymore, and he didn't even have time to feel fear and disappointment.

Years of continuous swimming training took effect at this moment. The brain's strike revived the memory of the body. The movement of the arm strokes became more perfect at this moment. The whole body seemed to melt into the water, so smooth that it almost made people groan. .

The pen in Luo Xinhua's hand slipped unknowingly, lying on the notebook, turned it around a few times, and stopped shaking.

He stared wide-eyed.

The scene was terrible.

Wei Wen took the lead all the way at the age of 13, until now it has almost surpassed the distance of the No. arm.

This kind of age gap and speed gap is often seen in the preliminaries, but he rarely sees it in the finals. After all, athletes who can step into this level, their performance gap is not too big, but , The performance of these two people today completely surprised him.

After 50 meters, Liu Yang felt that his lungs were starting to burn, the air was not enough, and his arms were sore and swollen.

But none of these can stop him from wanting to win.

Just as I thought, do my best!

Really burn yourself in this game.

25 meters...

10 meters...

5 meters...

Fingers hit the shore!

The moment he hit the shore, his first reaction was to wait and see where he swam out.

There were still people approaching behind him, and Wei Wen had already hit the shore. The two looked at each other and saw the strong sense of competition on each other's faces.

Amidst the intense panting, Liu Yang caught sight of Luo Xinhua clapping on the coach's bench, Wang Yaxin's jumping in the audience, and Yao Ye's high thumbs up.

Is... did you win?

He asked himself, somewhat in disbelief.

Of course, Liu Yang was a little disappointed in the end.

The champion of Men's Group B of the Youth Games, Wei Wen, 56'88, the record holder of the Youth Games in this age group, once again refreshed the record he held in the previous session.

The runner-up of Men's Group B of the Youth Games, Liu Yang, 56'97, broke the record of the last Youth Games of this age group.

Youth Games Men's Group B runner-up...

Standing on the podium, Liu Yang sighed infinitely, 0.09 second gap, one arm?Or the distance of a palm?Ahhh~~~~~

Swallowing tears and annoyance on one side, and smiling excitedly on the other side, the runner-up in the Men's Group B of the Youth Games broke the previous record, and the gap with the national team members is only 0.09 seconds~~~

What a delightful world this is...

Pain and pleasure, that's all.

The excitement of knowing his ranking lasted for a long time. When he entered the auditorium and sat on the chair, Liu Yang could still feel the slight trembling from his tense muscles. He was so excited that he couldn't help himself, so... shivering.

Wang Yaxin was bouncing around, smiling like he had won the ranking, and finally couldn't help but hugged Liu Yang tightly, and said sincerely: "Yangyang, you're doing great, that's great."

Liu Yang put his hands on his head, like comforting an overexcited puppy, patted him lightly, looked around with a smile on his face, and the big brothers and sisters of the provincial team who came to participate in the competition generously sent him off. Bless him, and some even gave him a thumbs up.

Finally, the excitement in my heart calmed down, and the beating of the heart was strong and powerful, no longer uncontrollable.

No.2, the No.2 in the men's group B, the No.2 in the ten thousand people, the delicious fruit with a little regret, still so delicious that it makes people speechless.

Yao Ye stretched out his arm and hooked his neck, pulling Liu Yang into his arms.

Liu Yang looked up at him.

With a knife-like chin, pursed lips, and a pair of clear black and white eyes, filled with tenderness, he opened and closed his lips and said, "Very good, really good."

Liu Yang blinked and grinned brilliantly, making the person who hugged him lose their minds for a moment.A kind of coquettish tone came out of his mouth, "It's the coach who taught me well."

Yao Ye raised his eyebrows and squinted at him, "It's not bad, don't forget the well digger when you drink water."

"This is the virtue of the descendants of China, and it will be remembered in the next life."

Yao Ye grinned and pinched his face before letting him go.