“0.49!”
“My goodness, Pan Zhan Le is in excellent form. His reaction time upon entering the water is 0.49 seconds!”
“This is a world-class reaction speed, placing him first among all the athletes!”
“Oh, Pan Zhan Le is surfacing. He is the last one to come up.”
“But he has already secured his advantage!!”
“In fantastic form, he surfaces in first place. Pan Zhan Le!!”
“Pan Zhan Le is in the lead!”
“He is still extending his distance from the Italian athlete in second place!”
“My goodness, he's getting faster!”
“The lead is growing longer!”
“We can see the live broadcast showing his speed has reached 2.10 meters per second.”
“He is 0.02 meters faster than the Italian and British athletes beside him!”
“Pan Zhan Le is the first to turn. Let's see the results after 50 meters!”
Swoosh swoosh swoosh!
21.95 seconds!
Pan Zhan Le’s first leg took less than 22 seconds.
While the Italian athlete in second place just finished his underwater turn.
He is a full 0.75 seconds behind Pan Zhan Le!
“Crazy! A 0.75-second lead!”
“Pan Zhan Le is leading by 0.75 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle halfway point!”
“That's a huge disparity!”
“Pan Zhan Le is half a body length ahead of the Italian athlete in second place!”
“And, Pan Zhan Le is a strong finisher, he's still accelerating…”
“Can he break the world record? The line is right before him.”
The commentators are speechless.
Because Pan Zhan Le is swimming too fast!!
Even in the final 30-meter sprint, he continues to widen the gap with the second-place finisher.
A body length, then a half body length.
Slap!
When Pan Zhan Le finally reaches 100 meters, he has secured an absolute advantage of almost 2 body lengths for the Chinese team.
A terrifying distance of over 3 meters!!
The line symbolizing the world record on the big screen seems to have crossed the finish line with him.
“No way?”
“…”
Zhao Jing opens her mouth, and Niu Yin Hao quickly says, “Let's see how many seconds Pan Zhan Le took for this 100 meters. It seemed like he was on par with the world record just now!”
“I wonder if it's possible –”
“Ahhhh! 46.78 seconds!”
“46.78 seconds!”
“New world record!!!”
“New world record and new Olympic record for the men's 100-meter freestyle!”
“Pan Zhan Le! Pan Zhan Le has broken the world record for the 100-meter freestyle!”
Zhao Jing has practically shouted it out!
“Pan Zhan Le! Pan Zhan Le broke the world record he set himself back in February at the Doha World Championships with 46.80 seconds!”
“He's refreshed his personal best this year in just half a year!”
Zhao Jing is starting to lose her voice.
Niu Yin Hao quickly adds, “Of course, we can’t celebrate just yet.”
“Let's take a look at Wang Hao Yu, who’s on the second leg!”
“He is also a strong 100-meter freestyle swimmer for the Chinese national team, second only to Pan Zhan Le in terms of strength.”
“And today is Wang Hao Yu's birthday.”
“I wonder if he can achieve a good time on his birthday!”
“We are still leading.”
“Pan Zhan Le has created a great lead for Wang Hao Yu and Chen Jun Er on the third leg!”
“Now it mainly depends on our fourth-leg athlete.”
“Will young Chen Shu be able to withstand the pressure and maintain this lead until the end!”
But before the commentators finish their sentence, the second-leg Italian athlete has already caught up.
By the time Wang Hao Yu reaches the finish line, the advantage of over 3 meters created by Pan Zhan Le is down to less than 1 meter.
Then, the third-leg swimmer, Chen Jun Er, who is the slowest, as expected, gets overtaken by the Italian.
The British team currently in third place is also eyeing him.
“Freestyle relay is extremely cruel and intense, the third leg is crucial!”
“Chen Jun Er must hold on!”
“Maintaining a second-place lead will still qualify us for the finals!”
“Come on, China!”
“Hold on!!!”
Zhao Jing and Niu Yin Hao are shouting loudly.
In the end, Chen Jun Er completes his leg in third place.
The two commentators sigh slightly…
At this moment, Chen Shu, the fourth-leg swimmer, sees Chen Jun Er touch the wall and dives into the pool like a bullet.
“Now we are in third place, the Chinese youngster Chen Shu is the third one to jump into the pool!”
“Can he maintain this third place?”
Not just Zhao Jing and Niu Yin Hao have doubts…
All the swimming team members watching the live broadcast, all the Chinese viewers, and even the top officials of the swimming team are unsure.
After all, nobody knows anything about Chen Shu…
This is his first time participating in such a top-level international competition like the Olympics.
“…”
Cui Deng Rong is stunned when he sees Chen Jun Er in third place.
Huang Wei covers his face, unable to believe it.
The huge advantage created by Pan Zhan Le breaking the world record is being overtaken in the last two legs.
He was even overtaken one after another!!
“Wang Hao Yu is alright.”
“Chen Jun Er is not in good shape today!”
“Now we can only rely on a 13-year-old?”
Huang Wei watches Chen Shu falling further behind, seeing him about to be overtaken by the fourth-place Hungarian athlete.
But at this moment, the speed timer on the live broadcast screen suddenly jumps.
Chen Shu's speed suddenly increases.
“Here we go!”
Cui Deng Rong clenches his fists and roars excitedly.
“I just got the latest information!”
“Chen Shu is a strong finisher!!”
“He will get faster and faster after he starts pushing!”
“This is a very talented young swimmer!”
“He is the future of the Chinese swimming world!”
Before his words are finished… the Italian athlete, who was ahead of Chen Shu by a certain distance, is directly overtaken by him.
Second place!
“Come on!”
“Go, Chen Shu!”
“Little brother!”
“Kill it for us!”
The entire swimming team goes crazy at this moment.
The emotions they’ve held back for many days… explode at the moment Chen Shu sprints forward!!!
Everyone is roaring!!
Their eyes are bloodshot!!
And only a few seconds after their cheers… Duncan Scott, the first-place British athlete, world freestyle number two, Tokyo Olympics 200-meter freestyle silver medalist and relay champion, is already left behind by Chen Shu.
First place!!!
In 5 seconds, Chen Shu overtakes 2 opponents.
And these are the athletes who are ranked first and second.
“Yeah!”
“Holy crap!!!”
“Amazing!”
The entire Chinese swimming training camp's back field erupts.
“He's overtaken them!”
“So strong, Brother Shu!”
“Too strong!!”
“He overtook Duncan Scott!”
“First place!”
“…”
Countless people are roaring!!
Cui Deng Rong is also clenching his fists tightly and shaking them constantly.
Tears glimmer in his eyes.
He made the right bet!
Chen Shu has withstood the pressure, and before he even reached the 50-meter turn, he overtook two of the world's top athletes from Italy and Britain.
He achieved a phenomenal comeback and surpassed them!!
Next, there are 50 meters of empty lane waiting for him to reach with his supersonic speed!
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