In terms of judging people's abilities, those stupid college students were of course far inferior to Gu Kun.
Gu Kun didn't need to have a deep chat with everyone. He could tell who was friendly and who was indifferent just by looking at everyone's expressions.
He didn't take it seriously, because he knew that his appearance method of "never participating in school team training and only airborne during the tryouts" would be looked down upon by others.
And most people here may not meet again in the future.
It's enough to get things done first.
At this moment, everyone had just finished their lunch break and were about to go to the stadium for training. Now that Gu Kun was here, he followed him after chatting for a while.
The Workers' Sports Swimming Pool is not far away, and it only takes a few minutes to walk there. Along the way, Coach Chen took out a bunch of registration forms and materials:
"Xiao Gu, the event you want to participate in, please fill in the registration information first - I remember that you performed very well in the endurance swimming and your explosive power is not bad. Maybe you can challenge it in both long and short distances. You can also warm up first after a while.
Check it out before making a final decision. The deadline for registration is the day after tomorrow.”
Unlike the students, Coach Chen was still very polite to Gu Kun.
The main reason is that Coach Chen also heard that Gu Kun donated 30 graphics computers to Haiyuan and that he was a rich man. He also knew that Gu Kun had a relationship with the vice president in charge of international students. Of course, he would not treat Gu Kun harshly.
But the other ordinary team members did not benefit from Gu Kun, and they usually kept their ears to the outside.
A senior was walking behind. Hearing this exchange, he couldn't help but whisper to his teammates: "Isn't that true? He didn't even decide what project to apply for? So crazy? Xiao Lu, this person's surname is Gu
Are you really that awesome?"
"Brother Wang, stop talking. At that time, my skills were not as good as others, but I was not a professional in freestyle swimming. It was the coach who forced me to practice with him. He called it defeating without strength." A sophomore classmate next to him sighed and replied.
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It turns out that this senior student known as "Brother Wang" is one of the main players of the school team, named Wang Bi.
And the sophomore named Lu Lu was the guy who was captured by Coach Chen to swim with Gu Kun during Gu Kun's entrance exam last year. In the last 800 meters of the total distance, Gu Kun surpassed him by a full circle.
Gu Kun actually didn't have any ill intentions at the time.
It was Lu Lu who couldn't bear it. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. The more he took a step back, the more he thought about it. He always felt that Gu Kun was deliberately trying to humiliate him by surpassing him.
However, Gu Kun and the other teammates on the school team had no grievances, so after the other team members heard this discussion, some people immediately stood up and tried to maintain the unity of the team.
"Wang Bi Lu Lu, what are you muttering about? We are all teammates, and now is the time to unite and win glory for the school. If you swim well, everyone can qualify, and there is no internal competition and only one can be ranked. Don't say weird things these days!
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The person who said this was a 1.8-meter-tall girl named Luo Haili. She was also a special sports student and majored in finance.
She is not very beautiful, but her legs are exaggeratedly long. It is obviously because of these legs that God rewarded her with swimming talent.
However, her persuasion did not convince Wang Bi. The other party just lowered his voice more and more, looking around and complaining: "That is, no matter whether someone is strong or not, they can't apply for the women's event."
"You...what do you mean? I'm not advising you for my own sake!" Luo Haili was a little embarrassed, stamped her feet and stopped defending.
Seeing the trend of internal strife, the team leader Qin Ke, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke to suppress it: "Stop saying a few words! What Xiaoli said is right. If everyone works hard and reaches the A mark, we will definitely qualify."
Well, there’s nothing to complain about!”
As soon as Qin Ke said this, Wang Bi could only shut up.
This starts with the qualifying selection criteria for the World University Games racing events.
Whether it's swimming or running and hurdles, the organizing committee will first draw two hard bars, one is called the a mark, and the other is called the b mark.
The A mark must be relatively high. The organizing committee has evaluated that the number of people in the world who can swim over the A mark will not exceed the total number of participants scheduled.
So as long as you can swim above the A standard in the past two years in any formal setting where your results can be recognized internationally, you will qualify directly.
After the A bidders are admitted, the organizing committee will look at the difference between the number of bidders A and the expected total number of participants, and then make a second selection from bidders B.
For example, assume that there are eight groups in the competition, and 64 people participate. Among college students around the world, 40 people have passed the A mark, and 120 people have passed the B mark.
Then when deciding on the entry list, first subtract 40 from 64, all A bidders will qualify, and then 120 B bidders will compete for 24 places.
At this time, B bids are selected according to the proportion of each country. For example, if China accounts for 30 of the 120 B bids, the ratio is one quarter, then Huaxia can be pre-divided into four out of the 24 participating places.
1/2. Then the 30 Chinese B bidders will grab those 6 to qualify.
At this time, FINA doesn't care about "whether the seventh place in China's B standard is better than the last one in Japan who successfully qualified in B standard", and there is no need to be so detailed. Because it is a qualifier, there is no need
Make cross-country comparisons in advance.
Those with a b mark have little hope of eventually winning the medal, and most of them will be accompanying them, which will not affect the selection of the strongest talents.
The reason why captain Qin Ke's words just now calmed Wang Bi was because Qin Ke was the strongest in the school. He had a greater chance of directly winning a spot marked A, so he always thought about it.
If we are consistent with the outside world, everyone is doing well.
Just like those top students who always advise the bad students around them before the college entrance examination: "The college entrance examination is to compare with people in the whole province, why bother worrying about the ranking of the school in the class?"
Except for him, the other team members all know their own weight, and most of them are competing for the B target. It is inevitable that they will not be as impressive as Qin Ke.
In just a few minutes, all living beings met along the way.
Gu Kun walked with the coach and didn't say anything along the way, but with just a few words that reached his ears, he had a rough idea of who among his teammates had a close friendship and who had no future.
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When they arrived at the swimming pool, Coach Chen arranged for the others to warm up freely first, and then specially took Gu Kun for one-on-one guidance.
Coach Chen obviously had great expectations for him and said sincerely: "First swim a few hundred meters slowly to warm up, and then test the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle sprints. Your endurance should be fine."
, just to find out where the limit of sprint is.
Oh, one more thing to remind you. You should know that there is no 800-meter freestyle in the Universiade, only 400 and 1500 meters. In the next few days, I will teach you about the rhythm of physical distribution. You must do a good job in swimming 1500 meters.
preparation."
When Gu Kun was originally recruited, he relied on the 800-meter freestyle test, so now that time is tight, Coach Chen will not let him continue to practice endurance training, otherwise he will be too physically exhausted and will not recover by the time of the official selection, which will be funny.
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"I understand, but is there someone to swim with me? I'm afraid I won't be able to grasp the rhythm of training." Gu Kun was still worried about cheating and being seen as a problem.
But Coach Chen didn’t understand: “What kind of accompaniment do you need for a 50- to 100-meter sprint? Just sprint with all your strength, don’t hold back!”
Gu Kun insisted on making excuses for a while, but Coach Chen had no choice but to take him to a special short-distance test pool, and then pointed to the two beams on both sides of the pool and a red pole across the pool between the beams.
There are also pulleys between the beams.
Coach Chen explained: "Did you see that pole? That red pole is rhythmic. The speed at which it returns above the swimming pool is the uniform speed of standard A in this Universiade. If you can swim in front of this red pole, you will
It has directly reached the A mark. It doesn’t matter if you can’t swim, try your best to catch up with it. However, if you apply to use this pool during daily training, the organizer will charge additional equipment fees..."
"Money is not an issue. Of course I should pay for it myself and not ask the school to reimburse it." Gu Kun said openly. With the subject matter, it was easy for him to make a move.
He did a brief warm-up, and Coach Chen signed the order on the other side. When the number of people in training reached eight, the training officially began.
Following a whistle, Gu Kun steadily jumped into the water half a beat slower than the others. However, as soon as he entered the water, the small gap when he took off was quickly counterattacked.
"Holy shit! What kind of monster is that in the eighth lane next to me? Is there going to be another person who exceeds the A standard in training today?"
People swimming in the seventh and sixth lanes next to Gu Kun all felt a wave of water pressure coming from the side and in front, slowing down their speed.
That feeling is like the illusion of being slapped in the face by the water sprayed by the speedboat while surfing.
Especially the recent Seventh Level Trainer, who was originally shaking his head left and right to breathe in a good rhythm, but after only swimming 30 meters, when he turned his face in the direction of Gu Kun to breathe, he was hit by a wave that was fanned by Gu Kun.
It actually made the seventh player almost take a sip of water, and the rhythm of breathing was interrupted.
How dare you go swimming and get turbo boost!
"Wori! Crossed the line 3 meters ahead of the A mark? This... is nearly two seconds faster than the selection standard!"
You must know that the 50-meter sprint is very fast. The world record is only 21 to 22 seconds, while the A standard of the World Universiade is about 25 seconds and the A standard of the Olympic Games is about 24 seconds.
Therefore, Gu Kun exceeded the A mark by one or two seconds, which means that his result not only directly qualified him for the World Universiade, but also directly qualified for next year's Atlanta Olympics.
Coach Chen was dumbfounded as he watched by the pool: Gu Kun, could he perform so horribly with someone taking the lead?
During the summer vacation last year, it seemed that the person who led the rhythm was too weak, which was why he didn't perform well!
Coach Chen calmed down a little, and then rushed excitedly to the staff of the organizing committee responsible for the selection: "Comrade, with the results in the training pool just now, can you be directly shortlisted? A-level! It's not just the A-level for the Universiade.
I think it even has an Olympic standard!"
The staff member he called over was not at the scene at the time. After taking a look, he could only spread his hands and said businesslikely: "What you just applied for is training hours. Our timing and other surveys are not standardized. That
Results don't count. You should let him do it again during the official test match."
"It doesn't matter, let's do it again - by the way, can I have a schedule of the test matches for these days? I think I'm in good shape, and I might want to apply for a few more events. Check the schedule so I can stagger the time."
Gu Kun got up from the water, wiped his hair, walked to Coach Chen nonchalantly, and chatted directly with the staff.