Of course, the staff did not dare to neglect any athletes who might enter the Olympic Games. After listening to Gu Kun's request, they very politely provided him with the materials he needed.
Gu Kun glanced at it casually: "Well, there are two formal test opportunities before dinner. The 50 meters and 100 meters are both here. I will take the opportunity to test again."
Coach Chen heard what he said so lightly, and quickly persuaded him with concern: "There is still time, you just sprinted today and you need to recover your strength."
"It doesn't matter. This kind of short-distance sprint can't be recovered after resting for an hour or two? It's not 1,500 meters." Gu Kun didn't care.
"That's okay," Professor Chen didn't want to interrupt Gu Kun's rhythm, so he waved his hand, "Physical therapist, this way!"
Gu Kun felt that he didn't need it, but he didn't say anything to stop it.
Anyway, he has money. After swimming, he asked the physiotherapist to massage and relax his muscles.
They can press it if they want.
After the physical therapist started working, Coach Chen stood aside and temporarily helped Gu Kun fill out the registration form, registering for all types of freestyle from short distance to long distance.
He felt that he must have dug a big gold mine, and it became prosperous this time.
Finally, he handed all the forms to Gu Kun, who was humming in comfort with his eyes closed, and asked him to sign in person.
After Gu Kun took it, he took a look and said nothing more. He signed it first and then talked about it.
Coach Chen just told him that the final registration deadline is the day after tomorrow.
Therefore, if you perform well today and tomorrow and are convincing, it will still be too late if you hope to add more projects later.
The butterfly stroke is rather awkward. He has never practiced it and doesn't use it on a daily basis. He probably won't be able to do it anymore.
But backstroke and breaststroke are what he uses every day as a sailor, and he has swam for decades in his two lifetimes. Now that his physical fitness and speed are compromised, he is very promising as long as he plays.
Gu Kun was still very pragmatic when learning swimming, and would not learn it just for the sake of showing off and getting results. Nowadays, competition is just an incidental extension of pragmatism.
After the physical therapist pressed down on Gu Kun for 20 minutes, other members of the Jiaotong University team also completed the first phase of warm-up exercises one after another.
They saw that Coach Chen was busy running the procedures there, and there had been some small commotion in the testing pool, so they came over to watch.
"Classmate, did someone place an A bid just now?" Luo Haili and another girl from the Jiaotong University team grabbed a girl from another school who was also wearing standard deadstock water by the pool and asked in a low voice.
"No, it's just practice, not a formal test, so the results don't count. But that classmate is really good. I heard that he even met the Olympic A standard. He has already signed up for the official test before dinner." was asked.
The girl answered casually.
Then she subconsciously saw the logo on Luo Haili's swimsuits and blurted out, "Hey, aren't you also from Jiaotong University? That person seems to be your classmate. You are really weird. You don't even know the strength of your teammates."
The other boys in the Jiaotong brigade, who originally stood aside and listened quietly without saying a word, were slightly startled when they heard the words.
Wang Bi first felt worried, and subconsciously asked Lu Lu, who was traveling with him: "Didn't you say that he just has strong endurance? Why is he so good at sprint events? This is unscientific!"
But just after asking, Wang Bi realized that he was a bit unworthy, and rounded off his words with a smile: "Hey, I really should congratulate Mr. Gu. Everyone should give him a toast tonight. He got an A for the country."
Win glory."
In fact, it doesn't matter whether he brings glory to the country or not. The key is that Gu Kun has no conflict of interest with other team members since he won the A-level.
Gu Kun entered directly and did not have to "divide the number lines according to rankings" with other bidders vying for the B bid, which would not cause the denominator to become larger and the competition to become fiercer.
The atmosphere suddenly became more harmonious again. Everyone gathered around Gu Kun, and even their cheers and compliments became more sincere than before.
Captain Qin Ke nodded grandly and said proudly: "Our Jiaotong University has saved another B mark for the country! Xiao Gu, this is all your credit."
"Brother Qin, thank you." Gu Kun chatted with the other party for a few words and learned that Qin Ke was practicing the 200-meter breaststroke and was very hopeful of hitting the A mark.
Qin Ke also signed up for the 100-meter event, but the 100-meter event is not his best, and he may only be able to compete for the B mark.
In an event like the World Universiade, in the swimming category, it would be pretty good to have 20 or 30 athletes from all over China (swimming has more than 30 sub-categories in total and can produce more than 30 gold medals).
Therefore, no matter how good the top universities are, historically they will not qualify more than 5 players. As for those universities at the bottom of the rankings, they basically give up treatment completely.
Coach Chen's target for this year is to achieve two, and even if he completes the task given by the school, he will receive a bonus. If he exceeds two, he will be extra heavily rewarded by the school.
I almost had enough rest, and towards evening, several rounds of formal tests for the day also kicked off.
"Come on, Xiao Gu!" Qin Ke patted Gu Kun on the shoulder.
"Come on, classmate Gu!" Luo Haili and another female team member also shouted sincerely.
"Relax, it's enough to perform at your previous level, you can do it." Coach Chen gave Gu Kun a final squeeze on his shoulders, and pulled his arm, swinging it twice at a wide angle to ensure that the shoulder joint
Let go completely.
Just after taking care of it, a notification came from the loudspeaker in the stadium: "50-meter freestyle, the sixth round of test competition, athletes are preparing."
Gu Kun relaxed his shoulders and elbows and stood on the starting platform with his whole body relaxed, eager to try. He was still on the eighth track on the edge.
The other seven lanes were also filled with contestants, one of whom was Gu Kun's alumnus, senior Wang Bi.
Wang Bi also applied for the short-distance freestyle sprint event, but he was not in this pool during the warm-up, so he did not compete with Gu Kun just now. At this time, Wang Bi was assigned to the third track, which was quite far away from Gu Kun.
Far.
While standing by the starting platform, Wang Bi heard the players next to him talking about Gu Kun's performance, which really put him under a lot of psychological pressure.
As the whistle of the game sounded, everyone collected their minds in advance, concentrated their attention, and immediately jumped into the water.
"Wo Ri, does that guy in the eighth lane have such a strong jumping ability? Look at him when he entered the water, he was already seven or eight meters away from the edge of the pool. No wonder the 50-meter sprint is so powerful."
Many college students who came to watch the scene were pointing and commenting by the pool.
This time is different from the first time, because everyone knows that Gu Kun is awesome, and they must find some way to find some excuse for Gu Kun's awesomeness, so as to comfort their hearts.
Sprint swimmers generally have very good jumping ability. Normal standing long jumps can easily jump more than three meters, while fish jumping into the water is based on the position of the arms entering the water, plus body length and arm length, normal flat diving can be done
Water entry distance of more than five meters.
When jumping into the water during competition, there is a height difference between the take-off platform and this height is enough for athletes to jump more than one meter. Therefore, world-class sprinters can put their hands into the water at a distance of six meters from the pool wall.
seven meters.
Unfortunately, there was no video playback during the competition, and there was no eagle eye, so bystanders could only observe visually. But just by visual inspection, they also noticed that Gu Kun was at least one meter further than others when he entered the water.
20 seconds is very short, it’s over in a few blinks.
When the results were displayed on the electronic screen, the onlookers started talking again:
"23 seconds 12! 0.9 seconds faster than the A mark of 24 seconds 04 at next year's Atlanta Olympics! More than two seconds faster than the A mark this time!"
"Wori, it seems that he is a little faster than when he swam casually just now. I guess this guy hasn't tried his best, right? Why doesn't he try harder and hit the national record of 22.87 seconds? Look at him getting angry when he pulled over.
I’m not even breathing much.”
"0.3 seconds is not that easy to improve, but it may be that this time is not considered a regular competition and cannot produce a valid record."
Wang Bi, who was in the third lane, also looked at his score with a bitter expression: 86 in 25 seconds.
It was a full 0.7 seconds away from the Universiade's A mark of 25 seconds and 20 seconds, but it was slightly better than the B mark of 26 seconds and 10 seconds. It finally passed the B mark.
When he looked at Gu Kun, Gu Kun nodded slightly to him, which was regarded as congratulations among alumni. However, Gu Kun did not say more words to avoid irritating him.
A person who has exceeded the A mark of the Olympics and a person who has the B mark of the Universiade say "we are happy and happy", no matter how you look at it, it will easily be over-interpreted.
It is better if the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.
Luo Haili on the sidelines also noticed some subtle changes in the morale of other teammates.
This change is not jealousy, but pure self-destruction based on the theory that training is useless.
She knew she couldn't let it go, so she walked up to Gu Kun, and not only complimented her, but also asked for advice: "Xiao Gu, do you have any tips? I see you never participate in training..."
Of course Gu Kun knew what answer Luo Haili wanted to get, so he gave her a very considerate answer: "I am a person who often goes to sea, and I have been practicing swimming for more than ten years. I just don't practice it in the swimming pool very much."
"It turns out that she worked hard secretly in a place where we couldn't see, and the results are indeed the result of practice." Luo Haili felt like she had found a treasure, and immediately relayed Gu Kun's "experience" to her teammates to boost everyone's morale.
As a result, both those from our own school and those from other schools began to use hindsight and analyze the reasons why Gu Kun could win.
Some people say that he just has amazing jumping ability, his legs are so long, and the muscle fibers in his legs are slender. This is a gift.
Some people say it's because of hard training and devilish training, and others say it's just because of his big hands and feet and his amazing efficiency in paddling.
However, these analyzes are destined to be constantly broken and iterated.
Because in just half an hour, Gu Kun would use another result to prove that what they said was not entirely correct.
"Gu Kun's jumping ability must be much better than that of other swimmers! So he took advantage of the 50-meter sprint! When the advantage of diving is diluted in long-distance competitions, it will not be so obvious!"
A Tsinghua head coach on the sidelines encouraged his students in this way, and he spoke with certainty.
But not long after he finished speaking, a new round of trials for the 100 meters began, and Gu Kun entered the competition again.
"48 seconds 66! Another Olympic A standard! The Olympic A standard is only 50 seconds!"
"No! This is not just a matter of the Olympic A standard. Last year's Hiroshima Asian Games gold medal was only 48.83 seconds, right? This is a result that exceeds the Asian Games gold medal!"
In one afternoon, I easily obtained two qualifications.
A group of Tsinghua players on the sidelines who had just been boosted in morale looked at their coach blankly and seemed to be saying silently: Coach, didn't you analyze the factors that make Gu Kun so awesome? Didn't you say that he just relies on his strength?
Is it possible to win with a 50-meter jump?
How to explain this?
"This...this...it seems that there is too little data on Gu Kun's strength. The current analysis is a bit premature. It is better to wait until the trials are completed this week before drawing a conclusion..." The coaches from other schools gave up giving advice one after another.