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Shi Ming Bo, the assistant coach of the swimming team, stared blankly at Chen Shu walking towards the locker room.
He then took a picture of Chen Shu's last attempt at the 200-meter freestyle.
1 minute 45.90 seconds!
It was 0.03 seconds faster than his best 200-meter freestyle time at noon before going to sleep.
Moreover, Chen Shu swam 4 or 5 times, and all the times were around 1 minute 46 seconds.
He was as steady as an old dog!!!
This kind of stability made Shi Ming Bo send Chen Shu's every recorded result to Cui Deng Rong.
Coaches Zheng Kun Liang and Cui Deng Rong had already gone to the competition venue.
Because there were still 6 competitions in the evening.
And three finals and three semifinals.
Among them, the women's 100-meter butterfly and 100-meter breaststroke were gold-medal contenders.
Zhang Yu Fei and Qin Hai Yang could launch a strong attack on the gold medal.
The two were very excited after watching the men's 4*100-meter relay yesterday.
After changing his clothes, Chen Shu rushed towards the dormitory of the Olympic Village skateboarding team.
Yes, he had two dormitories.
However, unlike the swimming team's main force of dozens of people staying in the Olympic Village.
The skateboarding team, including Chen Shu and the team leader, only had 9 people.
There were five athletes.
Chen Shu was the only male skateboarder.
The other four were all girls.
And the youngest, Zheng Hao Hao, was only 11 years old.
Cui Chen Xi was also young, one year older than Chen Shu, at 14 years old.
The reason why they were so young was because skateboarding is a sport that heavily relies on age.
If they were too young, they wouldn't be able to perform high-difficulty maneuvers; if they were too old, their joints would be set, and it would be difficult to perform some maneuvers, especially some super-high-difficulty techniques.
Therefore, between 12 and 18 years old is the ideal age for skateboarding competitions.
Moreover, those who were taller and heavier wouldn't be able to perform many skateboarding tricks.
Only those with the right height, weight, and age could perform them.
There were only two skateboarding events at the Paris Olympics.
They were street and park bowl.
Chen Shu played street.
It was to complete a high-difficulty trick on a straight lever or a set of stairs, the harder and more stable the trick, the higher the score.
While park bowl was much simpler.
It was to perform various stunts with the skateboard and person in a semi-circular bowl, the more difficult the stunt, the higher the score.
There were still big differences between the two.
The former, street, focused on quality, with only one chance to challenge each round.
While the latter, park bowl, focused on quantity, you could complete many tricks and have the judges score them. It was about the harmony between person and board.
Street was more about a technique where the person and the skateboard were separated.
"No one?"
Chen Shu searched the skateboarding dormitory and couldn't find anyone.
Zheng Hao Hao should have been there, because she was the only Chinese athlete participating in the park bowl event.
This would be much later, more than a week away.
While the other three female players, including Cui Chen Xi, were all street skaters.
"Oh, the women's street competition is today!"
Chen Shu remembered and quickly sent a WeChat message to Liu Jun Zhu, the leader of the skateboarding team: "Team leader Liu, I'm Chen Shu, where are you guys?"
"Competition venue, Place de la Concorde, Paris!"
"Find a volunteer, send me a message when you get there, I'll come out to pick you up!"
"Okay!"
Chen Shu quickly left the Olympic Village and found a Chinese volunteer.
He arranged for a car to take Chen Shu to the skateboarding competition venue - Place de la Concorde, Paris.
This was the largest square in France, built in the 18th century by King Louis XV.
It was originally built to show the world his supreme royal power, and was named "Place Louis XV".
During the French Revolution, it was also known as "Revolution Square" and was used by the French people as a stage to display the destruction of royal power.
In 1795, it was renamed "Place de la Concorde".
During the Paris Olympics, in addition to skateboarding, breakdancing, 3x3 basketball, etc., were also held here.
The entire square is octagonal, with a huge Egyptian obelisk in the center, donated by the Egyptian governor to Charles V.
And there are 8 statues around the square, representing the 8 major cities of France.
The street skateboarding event was held under one of the statues.
When Chen Shu arrived, the women's street final was about to start.
"Team leader Liu!"
Chen Shu, wearing his skateboarding uniform, greeted Liu Jun Zhu, who came to pick him up.
This was a leader from the General Administration of Sport.
But Liu Jun Zhu was very polite and enthusiastic: "Chen Shu, you're amazing, you've already got a gold medal?"
China's youngest Olympic champion!
For anyone else, Liu Jun Zhu wouldn't give him any good looks.
After all, the men's skateboarding competition would be in one day, and this guy just arrived.
But.....he won a gold medal for the swimming team, and it was a high-quality relay gold medal.
Just for that, Liu Jun Zhu wouldn't dare to say a word.
This kid could very well be the future leader of the swimming team.
If he made this kid unhappy, Liu Jun Zhu wouldn't be able to do anything.
"It was just luck, I relied on three good teammates, especially Pan Zhan Le!"
Chen Shu was being modest and walked towards the competition venue with Liu Jun Zhu.
How could Liu Jun Zhu not know how his skateboarding team members won the gold medal.
While walking, he said: "Little Chen, you're being modest, how did you swim, it was all over the news!"
"Your contribution to this gold medal is also very big!"
"Our skateboarders don't like this kind of modesty!"
The two arrived at the area of the Chinese skateboarding team.
In front of them was a street skateboarding competition venue designed specifically for this event.
Blue stairs and iron bars, pink stair platforms, skateboard ramps....it looked very refreshing.
Chen Shu's preliminary round tomorrow would also be held here.
The men's and women's competition venues were the same, but the scoring criteria for the moves were different.
The men's tricks were many times more difficult than the women's, and the viewing experience was completely different.
One of Chen Shu's moves could win the women's championship.
While a woman's championship move might not even qualify for the men's finals.
"Yu Zhi Dao, Cai Jiao Lian, Peter~~~"
Chen Shu greeted the three coaches of the skateboarding team.
Yu Wen Hao was the head coach.
Cai Xiao Lei was Chen Shu's coach in the national team.
While Petersson was a foreign coach, a specially hired expert.
Before he retired, he was a top 10 skateboarder in the world.
The three of them were young, in their 20s, which was the current situation of skateboarders.
Most of them retired in their 20s to become coaches.
Yu Wen Hao used to practice boxing, but he loved skateboarding in private.
Because of the new skateboarding gold medal at the previous Tokyo Olympics, China temporarily formed this national skateboarding team in 2019.
They couldn't find anyone to manage it, so they finally called Yu Wen Hao over.
While Cai Xiao Lei was a genuine skateboarder.
But his skills were also average, and Petersson, the strongest foreign coach here, was naturally more skilled.
The three of them didn't say anything when they saw Chen Shu.
He had a gold medal in hand, and that was the biggest advantage!!
"Chen Shu, after the women's competition, quickly get familiar with the venue, practice well!"
"Even though your trick skills are very strong, you haven't practiced for a few days, you've gotten rusty, right?"
Cai Xiao Lei said to Chen Shu, and Chen Shu didn't argue: "Got it, Coach Cai!"
"Yo, Cui Chen Xi has advanced to the finals?"
Chen Shu glanced at the athletes inside the training ground who were warming up for the final, and a small figure in a red outfit caught his eye.
But he couldn't find the other two teammates.
The strongest was actually Zeng Wen Hui, the 6th place in the street skateboarding event at the previous Tokyo Olympics.
However, she was getting older, sometimes she couldn't perform her tricks, and she could easily make mistakes and get low scores.
But not advancing to the finals was normal, after all, skateboarding is a very cruel and uncertain sport.
Unlike swimming, if you are strong, you are strong, for example, Pan Zhan Le, it was very stable for him to win medals.
Even if his condition and performance were not good, at most, the gold medal would become a bronze medal.
But in skateboarding, even the current world number one could fail to advance to the finals.
Because on an unsuitable venue, they could easily fall repeatedly.
No skateboarder can guarantee 100% completion of high-scoring moves.
Luck and the success rate of regular moves are crucial!
"Yeah, Little Cui is not bad, she's very steady!"
"It's a pity for Wen Hui, she made mistakes twice..."
Cai Xiao Lei shook his head: "Don't learn from her, she tried to challenge a high-difficulty move in the last round, but failed!"
"Just play steadily and focus on advancing to the finals!"
Cai Xiao Lei instructed, Chen Shu hummed in response and said nothing, because the women's street skateboarding final had begun.