They promised to win the swimming championship, but what's with this "Grand Slam" thi

Chapter 16 The Glorious Tradition of the Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team!

"Please introduce yourselves first, highlighting your strengths and best achievements!"

Head coach Zhang Yadong, along with a group of coaches from the Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team, stood there and spoke to Wu Jin and the others.

Just by standing there, he exudes a powerful aura.

After all, they were all familiar faces to Wu Jin, definitely world champion coaches.

The Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team truly lives up to its reputation as a champion team. Zhu Zhigen, Lou Xia, Xu Guoyi, Bai Ziyue... and most importantly, several of them are currently athletes and will become champion coaches in the future.

For example, Pan Zhanle's coach Zheng Kunliang, Yu Yiting's coach Cai Li... are still only team members from Zhejiang Province.

The lineup is truly impressive, with several coaches having previously served as national team head coaches. This level of experience alone is something that not everyone can achieve.

"Li Xinqiang, 15 years old, specializes in the 200-meter freestyle, personal best: 1 minute 52.31 seconds!"

The newcomer was introducing himself.

Wu Jin and Sun Yang also started signing in. This is a long-standing tradition of the Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team. Every newcomer needs to be introduced to everyone so that they can get a general idea of ​​their background, and also so that... the older ones can bully the younger ones later.

Several veteran team members were already holding back their laughter as they took on the challenge.

Seeing all those newcomers so full of themselves, and imagining how they wouldn't be able to laugh later, the scene was just... indescribable!

Because everyone present, including the coach, went through the same process!

This is a glorious tradition passed down from generation to generation of swimmers in Zhejiang Province.

"Great!"

"Much better than those brats back then!"

Zhang Yadong glanced at Wu Jin and the others, then shouted, "Next, assign coaches!"

He looked at the list in his hand: "50-meter freestyle, Wu Jin!"

"To!"

Wu Jin immediately looked up, and Zhang Yadong pointed to a round-faced middle-aged man next to him: "Coach Xu, you go with him!"

"Ok!"

Wu Jin's expression lit up; he realized that the coach he could think of was probably him.

Xu Guoyi!
He is a swimming coach in Zhejiang Province specializing in short-distance swimming. Several Olympic champions, including Ye Shiwen, Xu Jiayu, and Luo Xuejuan, were trained by him.

Sadly, he died young.

With Wu Jin following him, it's essentially like having two coaches.

Because the female coach next to him, Lou Xia, is his wife. The two are a rare husband-and-wife team in the swimming world. One focuses on the movements and the other teaches the techniques. They work together very well, and both are national-level coaches with strong teaching abilities.

Xu Guoyi even won the Laureus World Coach of the Year award.

If he hadn't gotten cancer, he could definitely have become the head of the national swimming team in the future!

A strong contender for the national swimming championship.

"In this life, we need to get Old Xu to the hospital for a checkup sooner!"

He will die of brain cancer in the future. Ye Shiwen's fluctuating grades are actually related to his illness, although it is also due to unstable development.

"400m freestyle, Sun Yang, you and Coach Zhu Zhigen!"

Sun Yang is indeed the same as he was in his previous life.

Zhu Zhigen is a senior coach for middle and long distances in the team, and several of his students are top domestic 400-meter runners.

Before long, all the newcomers had been assigned, and everyone had "chosen" their preferred coach.

"All right!"

"Next up is your first lesson as you join the team!"

"Wu Jin!"

Zhang Yadong called Wu Jin's name again. Wu Jin didn't know what to do, but she still subconsciously looked at Zhang Yadong.

He had already seen the joking expressions on the faces of several veteran team members.

Reason told him that nothing good was likely to come next.

"You have 5 minutes to warm up!"

Zhang Yadong spoke to Wu Jin, then glanced at two of the veteran team members: "Cai Li, Wang Haibo!"

"I rely on!"

Wu Jin already knew what was going to happen.

Damn it! Let's play a game with other good mobile gamers in the same 50-meter range and see the difference between us.

It's important to know that while the Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team hasn't yet reached the point where it will be a league-leading force in the country, it is definitely among the top swimming provincial teams in China.

Especially Cai Li, his 50-meter freestyle is at a championship level even in Asia.

He may not rank among the top in the world, but few in Asia can rival him.

He just won two gold and one silver medals at the National Games, and next year he will win the gold medal in the 50m freestyle at the National Championships. He is also expected to win the gold and bronze medals at the Asian Championships and the Doha Asian Games. He is definitely one of the top three 50m freestyle runners in China.

Moreover, he is only 16 years old this year!
The decade from 15 to 25 years old is the peak of a swimmer's career; anything is possible during this time.

As for the other Wang Haibo and Wu Jin, all we know is that he is very strong in short-distance breaststroke, and I estimate that he is also good in 50-meter freestyle. The main thing is that both of them were selected for the Athens Olympics and are Olympic athletes.

I'm about to go swimming with these two people. Isn't that just asking for trouble?

Wu Jin could already foresee the outcome.

"Go all out!"

"You all just reported your best times. If there's a big difference later, you've all done your 5000-meter warm-up, right?"

Wu Jin: "..."

Sun Yang: "..."

The group of newcomers: "..."

The so-called 5000-meter warm-up is simply swimming 5000 meters back and forth in a pool, which is comparable to a marathon in track and field.

"let's start!"

"5-minute countdown!"

Zhang Yadong had already pressed the stopwatch, and Sun Yang was already chuckling to himself.

It seemed that Wu Jin's behavior made him very happy.

However, if he knew that his opponent was Yu Cheng, the current Asian number one 400-meter freestyle runner, I wonder if he would still be able to smile.

The two little girls learning to swim the breaststroke were, of course, the most pitiful.

Their opponent is Luo Xuejuan, the world's number one breaststroke swimmer. In other words, they are swimming against the number one swimmer. The key is that with so many coaches watching, Luo Xuejuan is unlikely to hold back.

If you let it go even a little bit, you'll be the one who dies.

Therefore, this so-called glorious tradition of the Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team of bullying the weak is actually no different from a formal competition.

And it was the finals, no less.

The five-minute warm-up ended quickly, and Wu Jin arrived at the starting platform by the pool as if she were going to her execution.

Standing next to him were 16-year-old Cai Li and veteran Wang Haibo, who looked to be in his twenties.

Cai Li had no expression; athletes of this age only had the desire to win and the coach's orders in their eyes. Wang Haibo, on the other hand, smiled at Wu Jin and said, "Don't feel pressured, just sprint as hard as you usually do!"

"The coaches just want to see your true level and your performance on the day!"

"Ok!"

Wu Jin was under no pressure at all; she couldn't even swim as well as him, so what pressure could she possibly feel?

"Listen to the pronunciation!"

"Get ready!"

Zhang Yadong blew his whistle, and the three swimmers who were the only ones in the Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team training for the 50-meter freestyle lined up, ready to start.

"good!"

"Wu Jin's basic skills are quite good!"

Xu Guoyi spoke to his wife Lou Xia beside him; the two of them were clearly the most interested in this competition.

Because the three people in front of him were all his disciples.

drop--

At that moment, the sound rang out, and Wu Jin suddenly leaped into the pool, while Cai Li, who was beside her, had already entered the water.

This reaction upon entering the water is on a completely different level from Wu Jin's.

Wang Haibo, who was next to him, was also faster.

Xu Guoyi, watching from the shore, smiled slightly.

(End of this chapter)