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Chapter 58 This reward is too good to pass up!

Ding!
[Congratulations, host! You achieved first place in your fourth heat of the 50m freestyle at the 10th World Swimming Championships in Barcelona! You are rewarded with 200 experience points!]

Ding!
[Congratulations, host, for breaking your own record of 22.98 seconds! You have been awarded 700 experience points!]

Ding!
【恭喜宿主打破蒋丞稷在1996年7月25日亚特兰大奥运会上创造的22秒33国家纪录、亚洲纪录，奖励经验共3000点！】

Ding!
【恭喜宿主打破荷兰游泳运动员霍根班德在1993年8月13日青奥会上创造的22秒40男子50米自由泳世界少年纪录，奖励经验1000点！】

Ding!
[Congratulations, host, you have achieved the qualification of a world-class athlete in the men's 50-meter freestyle with a time of 22.70 seconds. Reward: 2000 experience points!]

……

There are a total of 7 rewards, some of which are duplicates, but there are far fewer than in the championship.

But no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat.

Wu Jin was heartbroken to lose the national youth record award!
It seems that this record-breaking reward can only be claimed a maximum of 3 times!
After the competition, Wu Jin immediately claimed all the rewards.

Experience points: 6900.

It's like becoming rich overnight!
Wu Jin's swim in the group stage was incredibly cost-effective, earning 7200 experience points, which is far more than she would have gained in the entire championship.

All I can say is that international competitions are still the best option; the "experience level" is definitely different!
"Now I can accelerate for the entire 50 meters!"

"We can improve our sprint time by a few more seconds!"

With that in mind, Wu Jin directly upgraded the intermediate acceleration to level 6, and the acceleration time became 22 seconds.

That's about right, that's his 50-meter freestyle time.

A few extra seconds can be completely made up for by sprinting.

"Put the next 4900 points into the sprint!"

Wu Jin has accumulated nearly several hundred experience points in the past two months of training, plus the remaining ones, totaling just over 6000 experience points, enough to level up to lv7.

That's right, level up to 6 directly!
Wu Jin didn't hesitate at all!

The main issue is that he hasn't started training for the 100m yet. He will adjust his swimming style after this World Championships. It is estimated that by then, his long-distance endurance will improve, and he will start training for the 100m freestyle.

Adding too much acceleration time now is pointless; it's better to maximize the result and swim the 50m freestyle well at this World Championships.

Sprinting is currently the most cost-effective skill for improving performance.

Therefore, Wu Jin directly added all 6000 points to this skill.

He felt that if he could have a 22-second boost in sprinting, Popov and Thorpe would be no match for him.

Breaking the world record for the 50-meter freestyle would probably be a piece of cake.

Unfortunately, the time gained from sprinting is too short to compare with acceleration.

Intermediate Sprint Lv1 only adds 1.2 seconds!
It was over in a few shivers.

"Shouldn't we see some changes after leveling up to level 6 this time?"

【加速】：中级lv6（5000/6000），可获得22秒的游泳速度加持，额外水系亲和增加10%！

【冲刺】：中级lv7（6000/7000），可获得2.4秒的游泳冲刺加持，额外水系亲和增加10%！

22 seconds + 2.4 seconds!
enough!
……

Wu Jin looked at the sprint, which was even higher than the acceleration level, and was quite pleased.

The level 6 sprint grants a 1.2-second boost, more than double the previous level 1 intermediate acceleration time; this greatly reduces the probability of him being killed in the final moments.

Two seconds is definitely a very impressive time.

It's worth noting that for an adult athlete, a 50-meter sprint takes only a few seconds.

"Now, we should have a better chance of advancing to the semifinals!"

Wu Jin felt that her time of 22.30 seconds should be enough to advance to the semifinals, unless all 16 players in the group stage had an off day.

But the probability is about the same as winning the lottery.

Securing a place in the group stage is enough; Wu Jin is ready to aim for a new high in the afternoon's semi-finals.

The current world junior record for the 50 meters was also set by Pieter Hoogenband, and Wu Jin would love to try it!
A world record of 21.64 seconds is probably unlikely, but 22.15 seconds... is still something we can try to break.

What if... what if I accidentally broke it?
Thinking this, Wu Jin put away the system panel. He had already seen Wu Peng and the others rushing towards him.

The way he acted was almost like he was going to eat him alive.

"Brother, come here, let me get some good luck and wish me to break my personal best soon!"

"They've broken all the Asian records!"

"My god, you've been holding back a big surprise all month!"

"Quick, let me rub against you!"

Wu Peng and Wang Haibo made a move to pick up Wu Jin and toss her into the air, but Wu Jin quickly said, "Brothers, brothers, I might have a competition this afternoon..."

"What's the point of comparing? Let's just throw it away first!"

"Hahaha!"

The male team members have clearly been severely reprimanded these past few days, and the major media outlets have been criticizing them daily, so they are under a lot of pressure.

At this moment, Wu Jin's two records can be considered a release for himself.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

They tossed Wu Jin up and down in unison, leaving her feeling dizzy.

Several members of the key women's team were taking pictures with a point-and-shoot camera, some of them smiling.

The coaches who rushed over were also quite pleased to see this scene; in fact, the entire swimming team, especially the men's team, had been under a lot of pressure these past few days.

The news article in Sports Weekly caused a great uproar in China. The better the women's team's performance, the more controversy and criticism it will attract from the public, regardless of factors such as the athletes' hard training.

You're no good if you don't win the championship. But now, at least a 12-year-old has broken the Asian record, which has given people some hope.

However, the pressure and future responsibilities brought about by such expectations actually have more serious consequences.

Domestic media, like future cyberbullying, will only have two extremes.

When things are good, they praise you to the heavens; when things are bad, they trample you to the bottom.

These are all factors that could ultimately break an athlete's spirit; just like Liu Xiang, Ning Zhetao, and others in the future.

Developmental challenges, psychological challenges, and public opinion challenges are the three hurdles that stand in the hearts of all swimmers.

Competitive sports are all about the present moment. Coaches and leaders certainly understand this, but someone always has to step up, someone always has to take the blame, someone always has to enjoy the attention, and someone always has to suffer cyberbullying.

These are all complex and contradictory!

"OK OK!"

"The game isn't over yet!"

Head coach Zhao Ge yelled at the noisy crowd, and only then did they help Wu Jin straighten her team uniform.

The scene was still quite hilarious.

"The group stage isn't over yet!"

"Wu Jin's performance should be enough to get her into the semifinals. She needs to maintain her form and prepare well for the afternoon's match!"

Zhao Ge glanced at Wu Jin with some relief.

The group once again arrived at the backstage area of ​​the Chinese swimming team.

The live broadcast on TV at that moment was the 50-meter freestyle competition in the tenth group. There were still five groups that hadn't started yet, and the later the competition went, the more skilled the competitors became.

"Your current ranking is second in all groups, only behind Brett Hawke from Australia!"

Zhao Ge said to Wu Jin, who was resting there, "Hawk was only 0.01 seconds faster than you!"

22 second 29!

"This is a veteran!"

"You're a finalist in the 50m freestyle, so your chances of making it to the semifinals are pretty good!"

Zhao Ge's statement was actually a conservative estimate.

Even if Hawke turned to ashes, Wu Jin would still recognize him. He did have some strength, but not much.

His best result in history was sixth place in the 50-meter freestyle at the Olympics.

However, he is best known to the Chinese people not for his 50-meter freestyle prowess, nor for being the coach of the future sprint champion, Cielo.

Yes, although they are both players now, this guy will retire in two years and go to coach Cielo.

Then he used the title of Olympic champion coach to swindle people every day. He was the coach of the opposing team when Cielo was involved in the doping scandal.

Before his rebirth, this guy's social media was almost flooded by Chinese netizens.

Pan Zhanle won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics with a one-body-length lead and by breaking the men's world record in the 100-meter freestyle; the silver medal went to Chalmers of Australia.

Hawke himself came forward and said, "Humans cannot win by a step in this project; it has exceeded the limits of human capabilities," and added, "If it looks too good to be true, it is probably fake."

The implication is that Pan Zhanle took performance-enhancing drugs, which in fact meant he broke his vow of decency.

This guy then became "famous overnight," but was eventually bombarded by netizens all over the world and had to slink away and delete the videos that were full of insults.

Later, Popovich also swam in under 47 seconds, and this guy claimed that white people could swim in that range. His double standards are so obvious, it's not like he's a jerk.

Wu Jin analyzed that the reason why this old guy broke down might be because Australians, even after taking performance-enhancing drugs, still couldn't swim as well as Chinese people. So, theoretically, you must have taken them too, and even more.

He's a pretty clown-like guy, and he's 28 years old now.

"Oh, it's in!"

"They've made it to the semifinals!"

After the second-to-last 50-meter freestyle race, Wu Jin had moved up to fourth place.

Ahead of him are Hawke, Julien Sico of France, and Jason Lezak of the United States, all of whom are renowned athletes.

Jason Lezak, in particular, is a future gold medalist in the men's 100m freestyle at the Beijing Olympics. After 14 heats, he is currently in first place with a time of 22.20 seconds.

This is certainly not his best result in this sport or his entire career of competitive swimming.

In fact, many top players deliberately slow down in order to conserve their strength during the group stage.

This is all for the purpose of fully preparing for the afternoon's semi-final and the evening's final.

As long as I make sure I advance, that's fine.

Wu Jin is ranked fourth. Although the most skilled contestants in the last group haven't competed yet, the worst they can do is rank 12th, so advancing is already a sure thing.

"Now we can properly prepare for the semifinals this afternoon!"

"If I could swim around 22.30 seconds again, I'd have a chance in the finals!"

Zhao Ge spoke with a smile, while Wu Jin watched the last group take the stage; the experts inside were simply dazzling.

Alexander Popov, Mark Foster, Peter Hogenband, Thorpe... it was practically a battle of flying fish.

In the end, Pieter Hogenband, the former world junior record holder, world youth record holder, double gold medalist in the 100m and 200m at the Sydney Olympics, and double world record breaker, had the last laugh.

22 second 05!

They ranked first among all groups, and they hadn't even gone all out yet.

Popov came in second, with a time of 22.09 seconds!

Thorpe is a king of middle and long distances, and this short distance was just for fun, but he still swam a time of 22.27 seconds.

Wu Jin's group stage result was finalized at ninth place after the last group of contestants finished competing.

Ninth place in the qualifiers, successfully advancing to the afternoon's semifinals!

At this point, all 16 semi-finalists for the afternoon have been determined. Apart from Wu Jin and a few others like Cielo, they are all world-renowned athletes, Olympic champions, and world record holders!
They will compete at 5:20 pm for the eight final spots that will lead to the championship!
(End of this chapter)