I am waiting for you in Rio

On August 8, the Beijing Olympic Games officially opened. On the 8th, the swimming competition kicked off at the Water Cube.

The preliminaries of the 400m freestyle were arranged on the evening of the 9th. This is Park Shin-jung's main event. He advanced to the final with the third place in the preliminaries.Zhang Lin also successfully entered the final, and Yang Yang also applied for this item, but was eliminated in the preliminaries.

At 10:10 am on the 21th, the 400-meter freestyle final began.In addition to Park Xinzhong and Zhang Lin, Hackett, Van der Kay, Mellori, Larsen Johnson and other world famous players also participated in this competition.

Park Shinjoong was 1.8 meters tall at this time, still not dominant.Moreover, 08 and 09 were the era when high-tech swimsuits became popular. Almost all swimmers from all over the world wore one-piece sharkskin swimsuits, and some even had sleeves, wrapping them all the way to their wrists.This kind of swimsuit can increase the buoyancy of the human body in the water, create a streamlined body shape and reduce drag.Someone once calculated that this kind of swimsuit can improve the performance of athletes by about 2%.

But as far as Park Shin-jung is concerned, he is very uncomfortable wearing this one-piece swimsuit, because he mainly uses the trapezius muscle on his back when swimming, and the structural design of the one-piece swimsuit just restricts the development of this muscle group. Activity.So at the Beijing Olympics, Park Shin Joong still wore a half-length swimsuit when most of the athletes wore one-piece sharkskin swimsuits.

Regarding the lane arrangements for the 400-meter final, they are Hackett's second lane, Park Shinjoong's third lane, Larsen Jansen's fourth lane, Zhang Lin's fifth lane, and Van der Kay's seventh lane.At the beginning of the race, Hackett was in the lead, while Park Shin-joong and Zhang Lin were in second and third respectively.In terms of take-off reaction time, Park Shin Joong is the fastest at 0.69 seconds.Zhang Lin took a little longer than him, but only 0.74 seconds.

Hackett, Pu Xinzhong and Zhang Lin followed one another until at 150 meters, Park Xinzhong exerted his strength and began to overtake.He quickly passed Hackett for the lead.At this time, Zhang Lin was a little behind, and Larsen Johnson in the fourth lane also caught up.As the distance got longer and longer, Park Shinjoong's advantage became more and more obvious, but Hackett fell further and further behind.

In the last 50 meters, Zhang Lin started to sprint, and the Chinese audience cheered like a tsunami overwhelmed everything.In this last leg, Zhang Lin overtook Larson Jenson, and the gap with Park Shinjoong gradually narrowed.Finally, when the time came to touch the wall, Park Shin-jung won the championship with a time of 3:41.Zhang Lin was runner-up with a score of 86:3.American star Larson Jenson won No.42.

At this moment, the audience was boiling, and the Chinese men's swimming finally achieved a breakthrough of zero Olympic medals!This was unthinkable before, and Zhang Lin's coaches cheered and hugged each other.Park Shin-jung's parents and sister were also in the stands, and they were so excited that tears filled their eyes.Park Shin Joong is very calm, although he is also happy, but never cry during the game, no matter win or lose.Someone once asked him what he asked, and he said there were no tears.

Park Shin Joong's gold medal is of great significance. It is the first time since the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics that an Asian athlete has won a gold medal in freestyle in 76 years. It is also the first Olympic swimming gold medal (and medal) in Korean history.In this competition, Piao Xinzhong and Zhang Lin won a gold medal and a silver medal, creating a place for Asians in the world freestyle event. They are the pioneers of freestyle in Asia.

Of course, Yang Yang also watched the game, and he also yelled when others shouted, cheering for the two of them.Later, when the awards were presented, when the low and dignified "Patriotic Anthem" was played, and when the Korean Taeji flag was raised, Yang Yang experienced a transformation in his heart at this moment.

In the past, he trained hard just to be able to participate in the Olympics and defeat Park Shin-jung.He has always been a simple child, and he has never thought of anything deep in his mind.But at this moment, his thinking changed. He wanted to raise the five-star red flag in the swimming pool one day, and let the March of the Volunteers echo over the swimming pool.He has always been simple and determined. Once he has established a goal, he will do his best to achieve it.From this moment on, he is not only chasing idols, but also fighting for national honor.

It's a pity that this noble feeling of winning glory for the country didn't last long.After the awards were presented and the three winners walked around the field, Zhang Lin once walked in front by herself, and he didn't notice that the reporters wanted to take pictures.So Pu Xinzhong called out softly with a very standard Chinese pronunciation: "Zhang Lin." Zhang Lin then returned, Pu Xinzhong put his arms around his waist, and American Larson Jenson stood beside him. Journalists take pictures.When Yang Yang saw this scene, he thought in his heart, I must swim well, and I will take pictures with my arms around you in the future!

On the morning of August 8th, the 12m freestyle final.Both Zhang Lin and Yang Yang were eliminated in the previous preliminaries. Only Asian player Park Shinjoong entered the final, and his opponents included Phelps and Van der Kay.From the beginning of the race, Phelps led the way, and Park Shin-joong hovered in the third and fourth place until the last moment, he surpassed Van der Kay and won the silver medal.The gold medalist was Phelps, who broke the record with a time of 200:1.

At 8 pm on August 15th, the highlight of the swimming competition was the men's 7m freestyle final.Both Zhang Lin and Yang Yang advanced smoothly. Park Xinzhong was relatively weak in this category and failed to enter the final.

Just when all the contestants and audience were nervously looking forward to the final, an accident happened. Yang Yang couldn't find his swimsuit for the final.The coach was sweating profusely, and Yang Yang was about to cry, but there was nothing he could do, he couldn't find it anywhere.Later, Yang Yang recalled slowly, and realized that he was frizzy when he was about to leave the house, and he forgot his swimsuit.

This is how to do?Only an hour left to race.Go back and get it?It was already too late, because an hour seemed a long time, but Yang Yang's swimsuit was made of shark skin. It would take at least half an hour to wear this kind of swimsuit on his body, plus the round trip, the time was simply not enough.

Fortunately, Yang Yang brought a swimsuit worn during the preliminaries in his bag. Well, he forgot to take it out after wearing it.In the end, there was really no other way, so I had to put on this worn swimsuit again.Some people may think that it is not normal to wear a swimsuit twice?In fact, in a formal swimming competition, a swimsuit is generally only worn once, especially this kind of shark skin swimsuit, it will become loose after wearing it, and it will not fit the skin well, and it may catch water during the competition. thereby affecting performance.

Yang Yang participated in the 1500m final wearing this swimsuit.Because his performance in the preliminaries was relatively low, he was placed in the first lane, and Zhang Lin was in the sixth lane.Throughout the race, Yang Yang was always worried that his swimsuit would get wet, but fortunately this did not happen.In the end he won No.8 with a score of 15:05.Zhang Lin won No.12, and the champion was Tunisian Meloli.Although Yang Yang and Zhang Lin only won No.7 and No.7 in this competition, the two players of the Chinese team all entered the final, which is already a surprise.

On this evening, the entire schedule of the Olympic swimming competition ended, and everyone relaxed accordingly.But Yang Yang and the others still have to live in the Olympic Village, because the competitions of other sports have not been completed, and they have to wait to participate in the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games on August 8.And the coach told them not to run around and wander around the Olympic Village when they are free.Because now is the period of the Olympic Games, which is a once-in-a-century event. People from all over the country are running to Beijing, and there are huge crowds of people everywhere. The coach is afraid of accidents.

Fortunately, the Beijing Olympic Village is large enough. Apart from athletes’ apartments, there are various entertainment facilities, such as libraries, dance halls, basketball courts, gyms, tennis courts, and screening halls.So although you can't go out, you won't feel bored inside.In addition, there is also a shopping area in the Olympic Village, which covers a large area. There are a variety of Chinese specialty products and special products from various provinces. It is a place dedicated to providing souvenirs to foreign athletes.

On August 8, the afternoon of the second day after the swimming competition, Yang Yang took a nap. Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he played games in his room.At this time, he suddenly heard someone calling him outside, saying that someone was looking for him.Yang Yang came out with a bird's nest head that had just woken up. When he saw that it was Pu Xinzhong, he was stunned. He never thought it would be him.

"Hi!" It was Park Shinjoong who greeted first with a smile.

"Park! Why are you here?"

"goshopping, ok?" Pu Xinzhong said with a smile, pointing in the direction of the shopping area.

Although Yang Yang was always stupid, but at this time his mind was surprisingly bright, and he immediately understood what Park Xinzhong meant. He wanted to accompany him to go shopping.Then why is it still not OK?Yang Yang pulled Park Xinzhong to his room, told him to wait, and then rushed to the bathroom to wash up.Yang Yang's game page hadn't been closed yet, so Pu Xinzhong sat where he was just now and studied the game.

After the swimming competition yesterday, foreign swimmers were also waiting for the closing ceremony.Compared with the Chinese team, their management is stricter, because they are in a foreign country after all, if there is any accident, the trouble involved will be big.Park Xinzhong's family had already returned to China this morning, and he himself had nothing to worry about here. At this moment, he suddenly thought of Yang Yang, so he asked the coach for leave.

In fact, if he wants to buy things here, he can find someone with good English to accompany him, such as the translator in their team.But he didn't do that, because he could see that Yang Yang really liked him.Although he is an athlete, he is very sensitive and delicate emotionally. From a very young age, he can tell whether others treat him sincerely or falsely.And the stupid boy in front of him undoubtedly gave his sincere hands, which made Park Xinzhong very grateful and useful, feeling a little proud and happy.After all, he was not yet 19 years old at this time. After removing the halo of being a double champion in the World Championships and the Olympic Games, he is just an ordinary boy, and it is normal to have this kind of mentality.

So because of Yang Yang's sincerity, Park Xinzhong is willing to get along with him, and also has the desire to know him better.Besides, they usually don't have the chance to meet each other. After this Olympic Games, the next time they will meet again will be next year's World Championships in Rome, so we should cherish these few days.