The whistle sounded, and four mermaids jumped into the water, splashing shallow waves.
The athletes worked very hard and started recovery training on the second day after staying in Berlin.
After all, Cheng Tianfang was the ambassador to Germany. He had a lot of work to do and a lot of high-level Nazis to make friends with, so he didn't come to hang out with the Olympic delegation anymore.
"come on! Come on!"
Zhang Leyi and Yu Peichen were very passionate. It was just an ordinary restorative training test, and they stood in the audience and shouted.
There are seven swimmers coming to participate in the Olympic Games, 3 men and 4 women. At this moment, four female swimmers are conducting tests.
Soon, the four mermaids swam the entire course one after another, with Yang Xiuqiong touching the board first, followed by Liu Guizhen, but the difference in results was not big.
The coach pressed the stopwatch continuously and announced the results: "Yang Xiuqiong, 1 minute 24 seconds 3; Liu Guizhen, 1 minute 24 seconds 8; Chen Huanqiong, 1 minute 25 seconds; Liang Yongxian, 1 minute 25 seconds 2."
"It's much worse than usual!"
"I've been on the boat for a month and I was floating when we docked. I'm still not feeling well now."
"Fortunately, I came early. Otherwise, if I had to participate in the competition as soon as I arrived in Germany, I would not even be able to enter the semi-finals."
"..."
The four female team members were chattering non-stop, with a bit of worry on their faces. They were under great mental pressure, especially Yang Xiuqiong. If they failed to achieve good results in the Olympics, they would definitely be criticized by public opinion when they returned home.
Historically, Yang Xiuqiong returned to China without any achievements. A certain magazine even published a cartoon called "The Fashion of Eggs", which showed Yang Xiuqiong holding a big duck egg and sitting by the swimming pool in a daze.
In the eyes of the Chinese people, if athletes cannot win medals, it is a shame for the whole of China.
Especially players who have high hopes will attract criticism. As the saying goes: with deep love comes deep responsibility.
The swimming events at this time were divided into relatively broad categories, including breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle. Freestyle is truly a "free swimming". As long as you don't use breaststroke and backstroke, you can swim any way you want.
By the way, this year's competition has new regulations that allow the use of butterfly stroke technology in breaststroke competitions, which is equivalent to equating butterfly stroke with breaststroke. In the next 20 years, breaststroke competitions were actually the butterfly stroke competitions of later generations, because butterfly stroke speed is faster
Fast, few athletes use breaststroke technique.
Zhou Hexuan watched all the men's and women's swimming tests and couldn't help but call the coach over and ask: "Coach Yang, is there any limit on diving distance in current swimming competitions?"
The head swimming coach of the Chinese Olympic team is Yang Xiuqiong’s father Yang Nanzhu. He asked confusedly: “What is the swimming distance limit?”
"What is the maximum distance an athlete can swim after entering the water?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Yang Nanzhu said confusedly: "No, you can swim for as long as you want. Is there any problem with that?"
A smile appeared on Zhou Hexuan's face and he said: "Coach Yang, I think we can let the athletes extend the swimming time as much as possible after entering the water, maybe it can improve the competition performance."
"Will it?" Yang Nanzhu was doubtful.
In fact, not only Yang Nanzhu, but also swimming coaches around the world have not yet realized the benefits of diving.
Take Pankratov, the "King of Butterfly Swimming", for example. He dived into the water during the competition, and when he emerged from the water, he was already at the opposite side of the pool. How do you ask other swimmers to play? So, the rules of swimming competitions
It can only be modified, restricting athletes to only dive 15 meters after entering the water.
That was back in the 1990s.
At this time, the 1930s were even more terrifying, and you could dive all the way. For example, in breaststroke, as long as you used the breaststroke posture, you would be considered qualified if you dived and swam over, and then dived and swam back again, because there were no corresponding restrictions.
It was not until the New China in the 1950s when Mu Xiangxiong broke swimming world records one after another that the swimming rules were changed for the first time. Formal swimming was not allowed during the entire competition, but temporary swimming by swinging the lower limbs after entering the water was allowed.
The advantage of Asians is flexibility, but the disadvantage is short stature, and diving can perfectly exploit their strengths and overcome their weaknesses.
Although Yang Nanzhu did not agree with Zhou Hexuan's bizarre idea, he still let the athletes try it and ordered them to swim as long as they could.
Then, everyone was dumbfounded...
The best way to swim is breaststroke, and everyone subconsciously uses the breaststroke posture. After four round trips (100 meters) in the swimming pool, the male athlete Ji Zhengliang was the fastest, taking 1 minute, 13 seconds and 7 seconds; among the female athletes, Yang Xiuqiong was the fastest,
It took 1 minute 16 seconds 9.
At this time, the world record for the men's 100-meter breaststroke was 1 minute and 13 seconds, and Ji Zhengliang was already close to the world record. As a woman, Yang Xiuqiong was less than 4 seconds away from the men's world record, and was more than 2 seconds behind the existing women's record.
This is the result of the athletes being in poor condition and not used to diving for the time being.
Once the athletes recover and adapt to diving operations, it is estimated that all of them will be able to break the world record.
"This, this, this..." Coach Yang Nanzhu was trembling as he spoke, confused, "Can this be done? It's totally unreasonable."
Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile: "Does the International Swimming Federation stipulate that swimming is not allowed?"
"No." Yang Nanzhu shook his head repeatedly.
"That's fine. If there are no regulations, it means acquiescence." Zhou Hexuan said.
Yang Nanzhu couldn't accept it and said: "But this is cheating."
Zhou Hexuan laughed out loud with joy: "Since you can cheat reasonably, who the hell still follows the rules?"
"That's true." Yang Nanzhu scratched his head and laughed. While he was happy, he felt that his outlook on life was shattered.
At the Olympic Games a few months later, the Chinese swimming team was absolutely stunning and made referees, coaches and athletes from all countries scream in pain.
Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said: "Coach Yang, this kind of competition must be kept secret. No information can be disclosed before the game."
"That's for sure." Yang Nanzhu said solemnly.
"Also," Zhou Hexuan added, "with the strength of our men's swimmers, it would be difficult for them to enter the semi-finals under normal circumstances. Only by using deep swimming from the beginning can they possibly win medals. However, if they use deep swimming in the preliminary round,
It is bound to attract the attention of other countries and follow suit."
Yang Nanzhu said: "From the preliminary round to the final, it only takes two or three days. There should be no threat to foreigners practicing their guns and learning to swim before the battle."
"You still need to be vigilant." Zhou Hexuan warned.
Yang Nanzhu thought for a while and suddenly laughed: "We can allow the athletes to maintain their strength as much as possible in the preliminary and semi-finals, and then use their full strength in the finals. Even, you don't have to win the championship in the preliminary and semi-finals, you only need to get into the next round.
Just qualify for the competition.”
Zhou Hexuan laughed loudly: "Coach Yang, Coach Yang, you are worse."
Everyone present laughed. According to Zhou Hexuan’s cheating method in diving, the Chinese team won the gold medal in this Olympics.
It is estimated that after the Olympic Games, the rules of swimming competitions will change accordingly.
