Driven by Li Cheng's gold medal effect, the Huaguo Swimming Team was in full swing in the next competition, and achieved excellent results in individual competitions. In the individual competition, there are 24 events for men and women each. The women's team won three silvers and four bronzes in hardware, and the men's team won four golds, five silvers and three bronzes. Among them, Zhou Jian got the best result. In the two long-distance freestyles, he won one gold each. Yi Yin, he was handsome and rich at home. When the news of his championship was broadcast, his personal social account increased by more than 100,000 fans overnight.
Out of curiosity, Li Cheng downloaded the social software and took a look. Huo, Zhou Jian's comment area is like a large chicken farm. Some people lick their chests, some lick their abdominal muscles, and some call their husbands in front of his winning photo. …
And chicken... Cough, someone asked, since Zhou Jian and Li Cheng are teammates, can Li Cheng also open a social account, everyone is very curious about this omega captain, and they want to be friends with him.
Li Cheng thought to himself, do you think I don't use the Internet? Now there is a famous saying on the Internet - "Since we are already friends, let's make out and make out~"
Li Cheng didn't dare to open a social account, for fear of being caught and making out.
The last two days of the competition were arranged as team events, and the mixed 4x100 relay is an emerging competition. Before that, the mixed relay was all the same gender, and it was only two years ago that this new event made its appearance in the world-class competition.
And this time, it was on the stage of the World Secondary School Games.
There are actually no tactics in relay medley, as long as you send the fastest person in each stroke. In addition, the handover of the baton is the most prone to problems. Sometimes the players are in a hurry, and the previous player has not yet touched the wall. A competitor takes off, which will result in a foul and all results canceled.
The organizing committee only stipulated that two men and two women will be sent to the competition, and did not require the order of the four, which added uncertainty to the competition.
According to the information currently available, most countries choose two male players to play in front to determine their dominant position. After careful consideration, Coach Yu adopted the principle of Tian Ji's horse racing, mixing and matching women, men and men, and Li Cheng's freestyle as the finale.
"In this way, will you be under too much pressure?" On the phone, Xiao Yiheng asked with concern.
Li Cheng smiled, completely optimist: "It's okay! Motivation can only be achieved with pressure. Isn't it said in a superhero movie that with great ability comes great responsibility. I'm the captain. Who will be the finale if I don't?"
Xiao Yiheng laughed: "Yes, you are the superhero of all of us."
Li Cheng asked Xiao Yiheng what he was busy with recently. Xiao Yiheng said that half of the three-week Huamei winter camp has passed. In the last week, the teacher will leave time for everyone to prepare the works. After the work is completed, the Huamei professors will conduct the work. In the double-blind selection, 15 out of 50 students will be eligible for admission.
Li Cheng couldn't help smacking his tongue: "Fifty to fifteen? Damn, if you swipe so much in one go, the men's team draft is not as strict as yours."
Xiao Yiheng: "do you have no confidence in me?"
"How is that possible!" Li Cheng said loudly, "Don't say fifty into fifteen, even if fifty into ten, fifty into five, fifty into one, you can definitely make it!"
In fact, Li Cheng doesn't know anything about art. He has never even entered an art gallery. All his knowledge of oil painting comes from art textbooks... However, he has 10,000% confidence in Xiao Yiheng, and he believes that everyone who has seen Xiao Yiheng's works People will be shocked by the emotions expressed in his paintings.
If Xiao Yiheng fails to walk in the end, it must be... it must be... there must be a shady secret!
Li Cheng asked Xiao Yiheng what he painted. Xiao Yiheng didn't say anything outright, but said, "What's the point of listening to me? When you come back, you can see for yourself."
Li Cheng: "But I still have a team competition to finish. After the competition, we have to attend the closing ceremony, and then fly back to China together..."
"Isn't that just right? I haven't finished painting my work. When you come back, the painting will be finished."
Li Cheng was tickled by Xiao Yiheng's words. He really hoped that time would pass faster. He couldn't wait to go back to China and throw himself into the arms of his boyfriend!
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However, even if he was in a hurry, the upcoming game was the most pressing thing.
He has to get rid of distractions and work hard to get on the podium.
In the preliminaries and semi-finals on the fourth day, Li Cheng led the three players to easily qualify, with almost no setbacks.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the finals, which was the only team match in this competition. If it was won, it would represent a great deal of significance. For this match, all members of the Huaguo Swimming Team who did not compete all appeared on the scene to watch the match.
What surprised Li Cheng most was that he actually met many Chinese compatriots with black hair and black eyes in the audience!
They are all local Chinese, and the day of the competition is not a rest day, but they asked for leave and arrived at the scene to cheer for the Hua National Swimming Team.
When Li Cheng participated in the competition before, he looked around and saw that there were all foreign spectators in the stands, but today, hundreds of compatriots gathered together, wearing uniform red T-shirts, holding banners in their hands and waving the national flag. A sea of red!
Seeing this scene, Li Cheng was in a surging mood, as if there was endless power rushing through his blood.
The other members of the same team are very excited. In today's final, they must win medals, not only for themselves, but also for these shouting compatriots.
"Come on, everyone stretch out your hands." Before the start of the game, Li Cheng asked everyone to stretch their hands together.
Four hands overlapped, and Coach Yu finally put his hands on the backs of their hands, shaking his five hands up and down, shouting in unison, "We are the champions!"
Soon, a sweet female voice came from the broadcast in the lounge, reminding everyone that the game is about to start. Athletes please line up as soon as possible and enter the arena one by one.
Accompanied by brisk music, forty contestants from ten countries walked out of the lounge and appeared in front of the audience.
The moment the Huaguo team appeared, the Huaguo compatriots in the stands immediately stood up and applauded. They shouted the names of the players, and the loudest name among them was "Li Cheng".
"Captain, you have so many fans." One team member said enviously.
Li Cheng was very proud: "When you win the gold medal, you will have so many fans!"
The deputy referee informed the players to get ready as soon as possible, and the game would start in two minutes.
In this final, the Hua Guo team and the Australian team lined up on the adjacent track again.
The tactics of the Huaguo team are women and men, two A, one B and one O. The Australian national team is male, female, and male, and the four are all alphas, which poses a considerable threat to the Chinese national team.
"Okay, don't look at those yellow monkeys!" Alexander, the captain of the Australian national team, shouted in a rough voice, "Lina, don't you understand me?! What's so good about that omega? Yes, do you want to mate with him that much?"
Lina is a breaststroke player sent by the Australian national team this time. She is a bit introverted and is only 16 years old this year. She did well, taking the bronze medal in the women's breaststroke.
However, even if she won the medal, it still won't get a little respect from Alexander.
Lina admitted that she was really curious about the captain of the Hua Guo team. Li Cheng is an omega, and an omega actually defeated Alexander and broke the competition record. How amazing is this? She just couldn't help but secretly glanced at Li Cheng a few more times, and was discovered by Alexander, and she scolded her like this in front of other teammates...
After all, she was a girl, and when the captain used such foul language to abuse her, her face flushed.
However, Alexander's bad temper was well-known in the team, and no one dared to resist him. Lina could only hide her grievance, and she lowered her head to prevent Alexander from seeing the tears in her eyes.
"Listen to me," Alexander threatened, "this game is very important, and no one can hold back! If any of you dare not swim with all your strength, I will definitely make them unable to become alphas for the rest of their lives!"
Lena shuddered heavily, her calf trembling in fear... No, she can't have stage fright, if she can't show her full strength in a game for a while, she is likely to be beaten by Alexander...
Recalling several members of the team who inexplicably quit the team because of a conflict with Alexander, Lina didn't dare to think about it any further.
The commotion among the Australian national team reached the ears of the Chinese national team.
Unlike the nervousness of the Australian National Swimming Team, the atmosphere of the Chinese National Swimming Team was relaxed and happy.
A team member asked Li Cheng: "Captain, what are they talking about, how did I hear your name?"
Li Cheng shrugged: "I don't know dog language, how can I know what he barked."
The first stroke is the backstroke, which starts in the pool, not on the starting block.
All ten players jumped into the pool, Li Cheng took a cursory look, only three of the ten players were female players, and most of the teams gave the first ball to the male players.
The female players of the Huaguo team sank into the pool, holding the take-off platform on the shore with both hands, and her voice trembled: "Oh my God, it's all men... Captain, what if I swim to the last place with this stick? "
Li Cheng squatted down and looked directly into her eyes: "You don't want to compare yourself with others, just compare yourself. You don't need to swim to the top, you just need to swim to the best."
With that said, he put on her swimming goggles and carefully adjusted the brim of her swimming cap.
Li Cheng's words seemed to have a magic power that made people involuntarily convinced. He is born with a kind of cohesion, and everyone will surround him and follow his command.
After listening to his words, the tension in the female players' hearts gradually faded. She is the first player, and the most important thing is stability. If they shrink back because they are afraid of the gender of the players, it will embarrass their captain.
Finally, the whistle sounded.
Ten contestants of different skin colors kicked off the pool wall at the same time. They were like fish flying in reverse, their upper bodies lifted off the water surface and quickly plunged into the water.
Swinging their arms alternately, they quickly swam towards the opposite bank!
The performance of Huaguo's female players was much better than expected. She ranked fifth among the ten players, not only surpassing the two female players in the same group, but also exceeding the level of performance, surpassing the three male players!
The fifty-meter swimming lane completed a turnaround in the blink of an eye. At the same time as she touched the wall, the male breaststroke swimmer immediately jumped into the water and quickly plunged into the water!
A few seconds ago, Australian breaststroker Lena had entered the water.
Li Cheng stretched out his hand to pull up his backstroke team member. The little girl started crying as soon as she got out of the water. She didn't know if she was tired or excited.
"Okay, okay." Li Cheng rubbed her head gently, "You are an alpha. You cry like this and make others laugh."
The little girl hugged Li Cheng's shoulder for a while, but Li Cheng was helpless: "Don't cry, your sister-in-law must be watching the live broadcast now, if he wants to see me holding you, he will definitely criticize me for occupying the little girl. It's cheap."
The little girl burst into laughter and asked him, "Captain, I always hear you say sister-in-law, sister-in-law, when will you introduce it to us?"
"I will see you." Li Cheng said, "When I win the championship this time, I will bring him out to show you!"
The competition in the swimming pool has reached a fever pitch. The second breaststroke is over. The male player of the Hua Guo team is also a champion.
The breaststroke touches the shore, and the butterfly stroke starts. On the third stick, nine out of ten countries are female players, and everyone is on a par. The female players from Huaguo tightly held the third place, and the first three chased very tightly, and the three arrived one after another. Click, turn around and swim towards the shore again!
Butterfly swimming is the most ornamental of the four swimming styles. From a distance, the contestants paddle with both hands at the same time, like butterflies swaying gracefully on the water, which is extremely pleasing to the eye.
Li Cheng stood on the starting platform and saw his teammates riding the wind and waves and running towards him. This feeling was indescribably refreshing and carefree.
At this moment, Alexander, who was standing on the starting platform beside him, suddenly sneered at him with contempt in his eyes.
Li Cheng gave him the same cold look. The two of them had deep grievances. They didn't need words, they just needed to look at each other.
Who is the champion and who is the loser, this game will tell them!
The Australian national team is indeed a veteran powerhouse. The third rod arrived first, and Alexander took off and set off. At the same time as he fell into the water, the butterfly swimmer of the Huaguo team also touched the shore!
Li Cheng slammed his feet on the jumping platform, his body stretched in mid-air like a crescent moon, and plunged into the water.
Although it was nearly half a second different from Alexander's departure time, Li Cheng was not worried. His advantage was in turning back. He had practiced no less than 10,000 times, and he had already formed a body memory, and the speed was enough to make up for it. It's half a second before departure!
Because this competition was only 100 meters long, Li Cheng showed his sprint speed from the very beginning. The high-speed camera overlooked the entire swimming pool from above, and saw the stunning honey-colored figure like a flying fish, sliding across the blue water and galloping forward!
Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters...
The turning point was just in front of him, Li Chengtuan turned around and slammed his feet against the pool wall—at this moment, he was the most favored mermaid prince in the ocean. The waves pushed him forward, and every inch of his muscle seemed to carry it. Enchanted.
Huge cheers erupted from the audience, and everyone witnessed the magic show with their own eyes. Li Cheng once again created a miracle. The moment he turned around, he actually made up the gap at the start and successfully caught up with Alexander!
The two tracks were closely juxtaposed, and the two players advanced side by side, scrambling for each other, and no one dared to relax a little.
There is only one thought in their minds - they must not lose to each other! !
The invisible yellow line of the record appeared again, and this time, the two players' superb performance left the record line far behind.
close... close... close! !
The finish line is just around the corner, and ten deputy referees have already stood at the finish line, waiting for the arrival of the passers-by.
Ten meters... Nine meters... Eight meters...
Three meters... two meters... one meter...
In the last stroke, Li Cheng's right fingertip suddenly touched the shore, and the sensor quickly captured the race schedule accurate to the millisecond, and uploaded it to the big screen above the arena as soon as possible.
The audience applauded. Countless cheers were superimposed together to form a monstrous sound.
Li Cheng got up from the water. He didn't bother to look at Alexander next to him. He quickly wiped the water off his face and turned to look at the big screen—
—On the screen, in front of the national flag of the Huaguo team, the logo of the champion appeared! ! !
Team China is the champion! !
However, before Li Cheng could laugh out loud, the expression on his face froze.
Because - in front of the Australian national team's flag, there is actually a championship logo? !
Li Cheng rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and carefully looked at the two numbers side by side.
Equal points.
the same second.
same milliseconds.
The Chinese national team and the Australian national team are actually tied for first place? ?
Li Cheng: "..."
Come on, what is this
Obviously won the championship, why are you so embarrassed? ?
Li Cheng scolded secretly, supported the pool wall with both hands, got up and jumped into the pool. The water on his body slid to the ground under the call of gravity. He glanced at Alexander who was in the swimming lane next to him, and saw that his face was dark, as if he could wring out stinky water.
Li Cheng secretly snorted.
This kind of garbage, who wants to be tied for the championship with him
I don't know if the podium is so small that it can squeeze eight people.
Although Li Cheng felt uncomfortable, his three teammates were going crazy with joy. They crowded around Li Cheng and turned into screaming chickens, making Li Cheng deaf.
Under their leadership, the corners of Li Cheng's originally tense lips also sped up.
Damn, he's a champion after all.
Damn, after all, it's 250,000.
No matter how many people he has standing on the podium, he just thinks Alexander is a dog, barking, barking, and winning, there is no need to struggle with money.
The four of them happily prepared to call it a day, and even thought about how to get the coach to invite everyone to have a good meal for a while.
But at this moment, an extremely loud quarrel came from the referee's bench on the side of the pool.
And in the quarrel, there are also very familiar Chinese...
Everyone was stunned and looked at the referee at the same time.
I don't know when, Alexander and his coach were already standing by the referee's bench, and coach Yu of the Huaguo team also stood beside him with an interpreter.
The two sides were red-faced, especially Coach Yu, who had always been indifferent to his anger and anger, but he pointed at Alexander with one hand and started to pat the table with the other.
Li Cheng's heart sank, thinking of Alexander's despicable behavior, and then thinking about the mutual protection behavior of snakes and rats of the Australian National Organizing Committee, a bad premonition arises spontaneously.
The players looked at each other, feeling that something was wrong.
At a critical moment, Li Cheng stood up: "You stand here and don't move. No matter who talks to you, don't answer. I'm the captain. I'll go and see."
After speaking, he quickly ran towards the referee's bench.
As soon as he arrived, he heard coach Yu's angry accusations: "You players can't do it, that's your problem, our players can do it, it's his ability! You don't think about your own problems, just accuse We cheat, you have no shame!"
When Li Cheng heard this, he quickly asked, "Coach, what happened?"
When coach Yu saw Li Cheng coming, he immediately pulled him to his side.
Coach Yu guarded him behind him, and looked at the referees and the two members of the Australian national team: "Li Cheng, this Alexander player reported you, saying that you used cheating when you turned against the wall, that's why you can do this. Catch up with him!"
Li Cheng: ""
Li Cheng immediately pulled over the translator: "You tell them for me - fuck shit!!!!"
The translator's expression froze: "This, this is not easy to translate... These words are too unsportsmanlike."
Li Cheng: "Sportsmanship is for people with sportsmanship, a gorilla who can swim. Does he know what sportsmanship is?"