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Chapter 62 Deep Blue, add points!!

"Has the news not come out yet?"

Xu Wanqin was asking Wu Lisheng, who was refreshing the webpage, that the two of them would usually be asleep by now.

But their son's competition has been delayed until now, and the couple seems very excited about it.

"no!"

"They should have come out by now!"

"I checked the match time; it will definitely be over by 11:40!"

"50 meters is fast, even if it's just two sets!"

Wu Lisheng muttered to himself, while Xu Wanqin frowned and said, "What if we don't advance? Will we not make the news then?"

"It's possible..."

pat!

Wu Lisheng clicked the mouse again subconsciously.

The webpage refreshed again.

Swish!
The familiar interface looks a little different this time.

Two new titles popped up unexpectedly.

"coming!"

Wu Lisheng suddenly perked up, his eyes already fixed on the headline of the news article.

At 1:35 AM, this station will be broadcasting live the men's 50m freestyle final at the Barcelona World Swimming Championships!

Breaking two Asian records in one day, 12-year-old Wu Jin has qualified for the men's 50m freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships!

"It's in!!"

Wu Lisheng clenched his fist and waved it wildly, his whole body pounding with excitement.

"My son made it to the finals!"

"Another Asian record has been broken!!"

Wu Lisheng roared, and Xu Wanqin, who had already come over, slapped him on the shoulder when she heard this: "I know, keep it down, people will think you're screaming for a ghost in the middle of the night!!"

"Haha, I'm so happy! My son made it to the finals!"

"Aren't I allowed to celebrate?!"

Wu Lisheng laughed and clicked on the second webpage. Looking at the newly updated photo of Wu Jin sprinting in the semi-finals, his mouth stretched from ear to ear: "My son is so handsome!"

Xu Wanqin read the news word by word, and when she saw 22.01 seconds, she was deeply moved.

What was the score during the group stage?

How come my son is getting better and better in every game?

Could it really be the swimming prodigy that Coach Zhu Ying said is a once-in-a-lifetime talent?

Xu Wanqin's heart raced, but Wu Lisheng, who was next to her, noticed the small print at the bottom of the news article: "Wife, did you see that? Live broadcast!"

CCTV-5 will be broadcasting live!

Wu Lisheng simply picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.

The original schedule for today was to broadcast the women's 4x100m mixed relay live at around 4 a.m., but Wu Lisheng definitely won't be able to get up to watch it.

But if it's my son's match being broadcast live, well, even if I have to skip work tomorrow, I absolutely have to watch it!
Just kidding, if there were a camera, he'd be ready to film the whole match.

I'll bring it to the office tomorrow!

How many people in the entire country can achieve that in the World Championships final?
Especially for children of sons' age?

Wu Lisheng feels that his back is straight even in the early hours of the morning, and the lumbar and cervical discs he had when he was young seem to be less protruding!

"Oh right, I need to let Teacher Li know. He's still waiting for Yu Yu's semi-final results!"

Upon thinking of this, Wu Lisheng immediately took out his phone, ready to call Li Linqi, the computer teacher in the office.

Li Linqi has always enjoyed staying up late to watch football, but it's July, the transfer month, so there are no top five European leagues to watch. After Wu Lisheng called him, he wanted to know the results of the semi-finals, which made the kid suddenly like swimming.

Xu Wanqin, of course, also went to share the good news with her younger sisters.

***
Ding!
[Congratulations, host! You achieved second place in the 50m freestyle semifinals at the 10th World Swimming Championships in Barcelona. You are rewarded with 500 experience points!]

Ding!
[Congratulations, host, on breaking your own records of 22.30 seconds for national, Asian junior, Asian youth, Asian, and World Youth... A total of 1800 experience points are awarded!]

Ding!
【恭喜宿主打破荷兰游泳运动员霍根班德在1996年8月11日亚特兰大奥运会上创造的22秒15男子50米自由泳世界青年纪录，奖励经验2000点！】    ……

"Second place in the semifinals?"

"Is Hoogenband number one?"

Wu Jin frowned slightly.

He had just finished the test and was quite happy to hear the system notification in his mind.

Another 4300 experience points have been gained, enough to upgrade the intermediate sprint skill once again.

I just didn't expect that we would finish second in the semifinals.

22.01 seconds and still not enough to take the title of first place in the semifinals?
How much did Hogenband actually swim?
21 second 98!

When Wu Jin arrived at the backcourt and saw the final semi-final rankings, she couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Holy crap, this guy is amazing!
No wonder they are the biggest favorite to win the men's 50m freestyle!

This guy actually swam under 22 seconds in the semifinals, making him the only one among the 16 semifinalists to do so!
"Hogenband is in really good form!"

"He was only 0.24 seconds behind Popov in the 100-meter freestyle yesterday; the two of them reached the finish line almost at the same time!"

"He must have been holding his breath!"

"This 50-meter freestyle race is definitely a revenge match for both sides!"

One is that Popov snatched the gold medal in the 100m in Sydney, and the other is that Popov snatched it back in the 100m yesterday.

Xu Guoyi looked at the final list of finalists and couldn't help but sigh.

He had originally thought that Wu Jin's time of 22.01 seconds would be enough to secure first place in the semifinals and allow her to start in lane four in the finals; now it seems that 22.01 seconds is not even a sure thing!

This result would have been enough to win the championship in previous editions!
Indeed, there's always someone stronger than you!

There are about seven or eight people in the world who can run the 50 meters in under 22 seconds!
Nobody can say for sure whether he'll have a sudden burst of brilliance in the finals!
Just like Suarez dashed a time of 9.83 seconds in the Tokyo semifinals!
Almost all of the eight finalists had a chance to win; because apart from Wu Jin, six of them had all achieved a time of under 22 seconds.

Apart from Brett Hawke, the semifinals were really intense.

It's either a matter of getting treatment or pure luck!

With a time of 22.19 seconds, he ranked second in the second group of the semifinals, thus qualifying for the finals!

The other six all came from Wu Jin's group.

They truly deserve the name "Group of Death".

Thorpe, ranked eighth overall, barely made it into the finals and became the goalkeeper.

"The final is still very difficult!"

"On the left is Hogenband, and on the right is Popov!"

"We have to avoid getting locked out!"

Wu Jin was in lane 5, and the fourth was the first-placed Hoogenband, and the sixth was Popov. These two were also the two most likely to win the championship according to pre-race predictions!

If you're sandwiched between these two, you'll be gone if you're even a little slow to start.

Fortunately, Wu Jin's forte is setting off.

Otherwise, if he starts slowly, these two guys will trap him in the middle, creating a pincer attack from both sides; barring any unforeseen circumstances, these two should be the fastest in the final.

"set off!"

"When we set off, we must be the first to charge out!"

"Popov and Hogenband are incredibly fast in the half and the second half of the race. You're not as fast as them in the half half!"

"..."

Xu Guoyi was telling Wu Jin the points to note for the final match in one hour.

Wu Jin pursed her lips.

Is the halfway point slow?

Then make it even faster!
Anyway, I'll change my swimming style when I get back, so I might as well be willful for now.

"Deep Blue! Add some!"

Wu Jin activated the intermediate sprint skill. Seeing the green icon for level 7, he didn't hesitate at all and spent 3000 experience points to max it out!
Swish!
【冲刺】：中级lv10（9000/20000），可获得3秒的游泳冲刺加持，额外水系亲和增加10%！

Sprint! I've reached the highest level of intermediate lv10!

(End of this chapter)