King Of Sports Chapter 127 Shock To The System

Ye s.h.i.+wen's mistake was just another episode of the test trials.

Tang Yan became more low-key, although he qualified for each event his times were just over the A grade criteria for the National Champions.h.i.+ps.

The most dazzling person at this trial was Sun Yang. His events were the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m. All of which he came in first for.

This kind of outstanding performance sent Shen Qing into a frenzy. 

After this test trial, Tang Yan's teammates's views of him completely changed.

As for Shen Qing, he took on Tang Yan, as a short-range swimmer with strong explosive power. 

Now they had a swimming dream team. 

After harnessing and sharpening this dream team in an intense month of training, the Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team officially embarked on the road to the National Champions.h.i.+ps.

A total of 47 men and women in the Zhejiang Province reached the A grade criteria for the Champions.h.i.+ps. They had the most dazzling team of all the provinces.

Shen Qing was determined to dominate this Champions.h.i.+p and cement their position as the best province.

This time the Champions.h.i.+p was held in Jiangcheng.

Jiangcheng was the capital of the Hubei Province and one of the core cities in the west. It was adjacent to the Yangtze River.

The Yangtze River and its largest tributary the Han River pa.s.sed through the city.

The swimming scene here was very strong, which is why the Champions.h.i.+p was held here.

The relay races and freestyle swimming events would be held towards the end of the champions.h.i.+p.

The first event for the Zhejiang Team was the preliminaries for the men's 200m backstroke.

The Jiangcheng Swimming Center that could accommodate more than 3,000 people was full with spectators.

Tang Yan was on the sidelines with the rest of the team.

For the 200m backstroke, the Zhejiang Province had the famous domestic swimmer Xu Jiayu, although only 16 years old, in the National Champions.h.i.+ps last year he picked up the 200m backstroke gold medal, his potential was huge.

Sure enough, after the start of the race, he led all the way and achieved a time of 2 minutes 2 seconds 54, he won in his group and also reached the B grade criteria for the World Champions.h.i.+ps.

If two other swimmers didn't achieve the A grade criteria he would be awarded the seat for the World Champions.h.i.+ps in advance.

Xu Jiayu made a great start for the provincial team. In the other morning events of the first day of compet.i.tion, they showed unprecedented dominance and repeatedly grabbed the top positions of various swimming styles.

However, sometimes a good start didn't mean a good ending. In the finals held in the evening, things went awry and even Xu Jiayu failed to take gold in the 200m backstroke.

In the end, he got a silver medal whilst the others failed to even grab a medal.

This performance led to a burst of anger from Shen Qing, but also attracted a series of teasing from the other provincial teams.

The kings of the preliminaries, jesters of the finals, these ridiculous names spread between the teams.

The most dazzling team of the first match day was the Shanghai Team. Their number of partic.i.p.ants was second only to those of the Zhejiang Team.

But not only did they win gold in the men's 200m backstroke and b.u.t.terfly stroke but in the women's events one of their swimmers, Faye Wong broke the national record and became the most dazzling star of the day.

After the end of the first day, Shen Qing called everyone to the locker room and let them know loud and clear what he thought of the performance so far.

It even attracted the attention of the other provincial teams.

Older members took it on the chin and adjusted their focus but a large amount of the younger swimmers had their mental state fluctuate greatly. In the next day's compet.i.tion, several female swimmers didn't even make it into their respective finals.

Shen Qing was by the side, shaking his head in frustration.

Fortunately, Ye s.h.i.+wen performed well. In the preliminaries of the 200-meter medley, she scored a time of 2 minutes, 13 seconds 20.

Winning her group, she even reached the A grade standard, her seat to the Shanghai World Champions.h.i.+ps were obtained in advance.

Ye s.h.i.+wen performed well and her win greatly uplifted the dark and gloomy atmosphere that was beginning to set over the team but sadly it also earned her some cold gazes.

The most eye-catching event though was undoubtedly the 4X100m freestyle preliminaries.

The 100m relay race was among the most popular races of track and field events and the 100m swimming relay race was the same.

Shen Qing placed a lot of trust in Tang Yan. Although he was a newcomer, he was placed in the lineup and arranged to be in second place.

This was Tang Yan's first official swimming appearance.

Before the race, the swimmers were introduced.

When well-known swimmers such as Zhang Lin were introduced, there was a burst of excited cheering but when Tang Yan was introduced, the audience in the stands and even those at home in front of the TV were stunned.

The audience was shocked and puzzled, and even the on-site commentators couldn't help but make a comment.

"Yes folks this is the same Tang Yan. Two time archery gold medalist and boxing champion, Tang Yan. As for how he's appeared on the lineup for the Zhejiang Province, your guess is as good as mine?"

"This is truly surprising. When I saw the lineup of swimmers for the Zhejiang Team, I thought it was just someone with the same forename and the same surname. I didn't expect it to be him."

"It's crazy. This is already the third sport he's partic.i.p.ating in. In the previous two sporting events, he went on to win medals and even created history. Will swimming be the third sport he will conquer?"

"Find out right after the....break!"