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Chapter 21 100 meters!
Ding!
[Great! Thanks to your persistent core training, your swimming experience has increased by 1!]

……

"You only rewarded me with 1 experience point, what's so great about that?"

"So stingy!"

As Wu Jin listened to the reward notifications from the system in her mind, she complained while training.

He had originally planned to reach level 10 in [Basic Acceleration] by the time of the championship, but the rewards from his training and competition experience had been decreasing over the past few days.

Now, it's only 1-2 o'clock.

All I can say is that Wu Jin had overestimated the system's capabilities.

Even with the new training plan that Xu Guoyi had just set up for him, the reward was still only 1 or 2 points.

Last night, he finally managed to upgrade the [Basic Acceleration] skill to level 9 after accumulating six days' worth of progress, gaining a nine-second time boost.

It will be difficult to accumulate 100 experience points from now on.

However, Wu Jin did improve a lot in the first half of the race with the level 9 initial acceleration, and could basically maintain a speed of 25 meters after getting up to speed; he just tested it in the water, and sure enough, he could achieve a speed of less than 24 seconds.

That is indeed a significant improvement.

But... it's a bit difficult for Cai Li, the team's top freestyle runner in the 50-meter dash.

This guy seems to have accelerated his progress these past few days because of his advancements.

In the past, when he didn't perform well, he would swim a time of 23.50 or 23.70 seconds. Now, he's always just over 23 seconds. It's just that he occasionally has a breakout performance, but in reality, his 50-meter freestyle time has stabilized in the 23.10-second range.

That's a full 0.4 seconds faster than his previous time of 23.50 seconds!
Despite Wu Jin's significant improvement over the past two weeks, he hasn't been able to outswim him even once.

This thing is also quite stable.

Pressure can indeed be transformed into motivation, especially for Cai Licai, who is only 16 years old, a time when he can give it his all.

Unlike Wang Haibo, who is 22 years old and has the will but not the strength to strive for more, maintaining his current performance is already quite an achievement.

"Judging from this, it's not certain that we'll reach level 10 before the championship..."

It took Wu Jin a full 6 days to go from level 8 to level 9.

It takes at least a week, or even longer, to go from level 9 to level 10.

Today is April 8, 2003, just one week before the start of the National Swimming Championships.

"Looks like I can only participate in the competition at level 9!"

"I wonder what that skill, which can only be activated by participating in a competition, is?"

Wu Jin glanced at the virtual panel that appeared in front of her.

The tasks above are exceptionally clear.

[Main Quest]: Participate in official competitions to acquire relevant skills.

[Advanced Quest] (Not yet unlocked, please complete the class quest first).

[Advanced Mission] (Not yet unlocked, please activate the advanced mission first).

……

Everything will be revealed once the competition begins.

clap clap clap!
After the athletes finished their daily tests, Zhang Yadong stood by the pool and clapped his hands.

This gesture means to gather. After more than half a month, the newcomers are all aware of some of the head coach's behaviors.

"I have a few things to tell you!"

"The championship is in a week, and everyone has already submitted their individual event registrations!"

"but--"

Looking at the young athletes in front of him, Zhang Yadong said, "Swimming competitions are not just about individual events; team events are also very important, and they symbolize the overall improvement of a region's swimming strength!"

"Our team has always believed in the principle of 'winner takes all.' If you have the ability, you can participate in team events. This year's championship has a total of 8 team events, namely the men's and women's 4x100m and 200m freestyle relays and individual medley, especially the 4x200m individual medley relay, which is not an Olympic event!"

"Each event should have 8 members in principle, four starters and four substitutes. Anyone who wants to participate can sign up with the coach in charge!"

"However, I have to set aside an hour every day to practice relays!"

"Understand?"

Zhang Yadong addressed the crowd, and everyone shouted in unison, "We understand!"

"Yes, that's it!"

"You can also talk to the team members and do some ideological work!"

"Sometimes, the value of a team performance is higher than that of an individual performance!"

Zhang Yadong then spoke to the coach before waving goodbye and adjourning the meeting.

"Wu Jin, do you want to participate?" Xu Guoyi asked, seeing Wu Jin's indifferent attitude.

"I?"

Wu Jin pointed to herself, shaking her head vigorously like a rattle-drum: "I'm not participating..."

What a joke! These eight relay events have absolutely nothing to do with him, and none of them are his forte.

Mixed relay, that's the 100m and 200m expert in all four swimming styles: backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle.

The freestyle relay is even more exclusive, only for freestyle swimmers who excel in the 100 or 200 meters.

He's only a 50-meter freestyle runner, so he's clearly not qualified.

But Xu Guoyi clearly didn't think so.

"Try it!"

"Let's test the 100-meter distance together in a bit!"

Xu Guoyi spoke to Wu Jin.

To be honest, these days I've only seen Wu Jin's 50-meter time improve, but I haven't really tested his 100-meter time much.

Generally speaking, a 50-meter sprinter is also very good at the 100-meter sprint.

It's just that it has an extra 50-meter underwater turn and an extra 50-meter length.

Of course, athletes who excel in the 100-meter freestyle also train in the 50-meter and 200-meter events, making them even stronger than athletes who only run the 50-meter event.

Just like Pan Zhanle in the future, he has excellent scores in 50, 100 and 200.

Many Olympic champions in the 50m freestyle may not necessarily make it to the finals in the 100m freestyle.

"No way..."

Wu Jin knows his own limitations; he's really not good at the 100-meter dash.

At least, not now.

It's not that the system acceleration time is insufficient; that's only one aspect. The biggest problem is his physical fitness, endurance, and the impact of development on his movements.

He can still sprint for 50 meters, but 50 meters more would really kill him.

But Xu Guoyi obviously wouldn't listen to him, and directly made him, Cai Li, Wang Haibo and a few others compete against Sun Yang and Wu Peng.

吴朋的100、200米自成绩都不弱，未来他能在第十届全运会上拿4金2银六枚奖牌，其中自由泳和蝶泳都拿到了冠军，整个队里擅长100、200的其实有很多。

drop!
As the starting gun fired, Wu Jin gave it her all in this team's 100-meter freestyle competition.

As expected, Wu Peng won first place, and Cai Li came in second.

This guy is good at everything from 50 to 200.

Sun Yang and Wu Jin unsurprisingly ranked last and second to last.

"strangeness!"

"Is there such a big difference between 50 and 100?"

Wu Jin's 100-meter freestyle performance was so bad that Xu Guoyi could hardly bear to watch it; it was beyond just poor.

Very bad.

Compared to his 50-meter freestyle time, it's like comparing heaven and earth.

This 100-meter freestyle only barely meets the national level three standard.

Turning around underwater is even worse.

"My physical fitness is completely insufficient!"

"Too thin!"

Xu Guoyi's wife, Lou Xia, said from the side, "He relies purely on talent for the 50-meter dash. His explosive power can give him the speed to sprint ahead, but his endurance can only allow him to last 50 meters at most!"

"It's because he's too young. He should be much better in a few years when his physical condition improves!"

"You must get plenty of nutrition during puberty!"

"Let him do 50 meters first..."

Xu Guoyi pursed his lips. He had originally planned to have Wu Jin try to reach 100 and 200 like Cai Li, but now it seemed that it was indeed too early.

12岁的50米游进24秒内本就是百年一遇，这要是100和200还擅长，那还得了？！
"The expectations are indeed a bit too high for him!"

"Who told him to give me the illusion of a genius descending upon us these past few days?"

Xu Guoyi was smiling there.

This is actually a microcosm of many coaches.

When you finally encounter a genius, of course you hope he is as genius as possible... But in this world, there are often only one-skill superstars, and very few all-around kings!
(End of this chapter)