August 11, Sunday, sunny.
Knowing that there would be a swimming competition (preliminary) today and that her niece Xiaoqi would also participate, Su Simei specially found someone to take over her shift and prepared to go and cheer for Xiaoqi in the morning.
Xiaoqi was not in any mood for the competition at first, but her aunt was even more nervous than her. She came to cook early in the morning, worried that she would have to go to the bathroom all the time, so she didn't even make porridge in the morning. She just drank hot milk and hot steamed buns with pickles.
My aunt even dressed up specially, wearing her most colorful floral dress, and said she wanted to cheer for Xiaoqi.
The floral dress my aunt is wearing is really floral. In fact, if she loses 50 pounds and wears this floral dress with a smiling face, she might look like a model on a promotional poster. But with her current weight, it’s hard to describe how she looks in this floral dress. But as long as she is happy, that’s all that matters.
Xiaoqi wore light shorts and a T-shirt because she would mainly be wearing a swimsuit at that time, which would be easy to change into.
We arrived at the stadium early in the morning. As expected, there were a lot of people because of the competition. The parking lot in front of the stadium and both sides of the road were full of cars. There was also a huge red arch-shaped promotional balloon blowing in front of the entrance.
There are also red propaganda banners.
"I wish the 16th Jingnan Province Swimming Trials a complete success."
There were a bunch of other banners next to it, all from various sponsors, including Li's Special Sachets, Old Street Crayfish...
"It's quite lively. I heard from Coach Wu that I thought it was just a small internal competition. I didn't expect there would be so many people." Su Simei sighed.
Xiaoqi was also quite surprised, because the coach said it was very simple and she thought it was just a small competition.
At this moment, I saw buses parked in front of the gymnasium, and people got off one after another. They were all wearing uniform clothes. Looking at my own sportswear, it seemed very informal.
Xiaoqi didn't stay at the door for long and decided to go in first.
I changed into a new swimsuit, took a shower, and hung my goggles around my neck. My aunt didn't change her clothes and was very helpful in helping me get my things.
Xiaoqi went out wrapped in a bath towel. Her aunt helped her get water and carried her bag. She felt it was good to have someone accompany her. It was not very convenient to go alone. There were many people today and the coach was busy.
When we walked into the swimming pool, there were indeed a lot of people there. The swimming pool was not open to the public today.
So the people who came here should be the participants in the preliminaries and their friends and family? Coaches?
Xiaoqi brought her aunt in with the card that the coach gave her in advance.
Coach Wu was among a group of coaches. Before Xiao Qi noticed the coach, he was discovered by the coach and called over.
"Stretch first. Today is the preliminaries, which are relatively simple. However, athletes from various cities are here, so there are more people and it will take a while. I saw that your schedule is around 9 o'clock, so remember to keep warm." Coach Wu explained carefully.
There were other players beside the coach.
Xiaoqi didn’t know them very well, so he just smiled and said hello.
There were indeed a lot of people coming. The two buses that we just saw outside also came in. They were wearing swimsuits underneath their neat team uniforms, which were from the same series, so they were easy to recognize.
When the all-female team appeared in the swimming pool wearing the same swimsuits, the picture was still very beautiful. The swimmers gave the impression of having good figures, the tight swimsuits were very smooth, and their legs were also quite long. The only flaw was probably that they used their arms a lot when swimming, so their arm muscles seemed a little developed, and their shoulders seemed a little strong, lacking the soft beauty and adding a sense of strength.
Xiao Qi took a look and continued stretching in the corner where he usually trained.
There is a mirror next to her, so she can see herself stretching, and her movements are standard.
She was pleasantly surprised to find that the learning efficiency buff could not only be used in studying, but also in exercise.
Stretching makes you more efficient and focused, and you won’t be distracted or relaxed so easily.
The girl in the mirror is tall and has lost a lot of weight. She is now 165 cm tall and weighs less than 100 kg. She eats a lot at every meal, with at least two bowls of rice and a bowl of soup as the base, and also some snacks or something.
Her body proportions are good, and her shoulders don't look particularly muscular. This may be because she hasn't been swimming for long, or it may be because she also runs for exercise.
It was already eight o'clock when we arrived at the venue. Because it was the preliminary round, it was a little chaotic, there were too many people, and the venue was a bit crowded.
Xiao Qi was stretching every part of her body in a corner. She still had plenty of time. Her aunt went for a stroll nearby, took some photos with her phone, and came over excitedly saying, "I took a photo of that swimming champion, Li Enya. She's a very beautiful girl. There were so many people around her. I had a hard time squeezing in."
Xiaoqi took a look and found that the photo taken by his aunt was a bit blurry because there were too many people. However, he could see a little girl in the middle. She didn't look very old and was also stretching. But there was an assistant or coach next to her, holding water and looking very attentive.
After a while, loud music started to sound in the swimming pool, the March of the Volunteers. Maybe the volume was not controlled well at the beginning, and the sound was so piercing that it hurt my eardrums. After a while, it gradually became a bit more comfortable.
Then someone came to clean up the competition venue. People from each city cleaned up different areas, and Xiaoqi also arrived at her Sanhua team.
Because she was new and didn't know everyone well, she saw that most of the members of the Sanhua team were from sports schools and they were all together. One of the more mature ones took the initiative to greet her.
"You are Coach Wu's student, right? I'm Zeng Tingting."
"Hello." Xiao Qi stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other person, and found that the other person's hand was soft but quite strong.
The feeling of swimming all year round.
"Coach Wu said you're very good, but you've only been swimming for a short time, so today's experience is the main focus, so don't be nervous."
"Yeah." Xiao Qi was not nervous at all. She is much more confident now than before.
With the sound of the race starting, everyone stopped chatting and focused on watching the track and listening to the broadcast.
Soon Xiao Qi heard his name being called and went to prepare.
Coach Wu was responsible for maintaining order on the scene today, so he could only find an opportunity to speak when Xiaoqi was about to go on stage.
"Don't be nervous, just play to your normal level."
The swimming lane is a regular 50-meter race. The event is the women's 200-meter freestyle. The top three will be determined based on individual results, and the team results will also be calculated.
This is also the reason why the Sanhua team was dissatisfied with Wu Peirong for inserting her new student in. They were worried that she would drag them down. They had no idea about the first place. It was said that the last champion Li Enya had been spotted by the national team, and she only came to participate in this competition because she was from Jingnan Province.
When he actually got to the competition venue, Xiaoqi finally felt a little nervous.
The swimming lane where athletes usually swim is equipped with a diving platform. When the whistle blows, the athletes stand on the diving platform and prepare.
The fat aunt on the opposite side was waving a red flag in her hand, which she had taken from someone unknown. She could only recognize it because it was big.
Xiaoqi calmed down. She usually had good grades, but she performed poorly in the college entrance examination. This was actually a big blow to her. She was very worried about making mistakes in the exam, so participating in the swimming competition was also an opportunity to train herself. Don't be nervous, she said to herself.
As soon as the electric whistle connected to the electric timing board sounded, she jumped into the water and started swimming, following her usual pace, without looking at anyone around her, and focusing on herself. Every time she practiced, she tried to do better than the last time. Because she had not practiced for a long time, she felt that there was still a lot of room for improvement.
Go back and forth four times and return to the original position.
Xiao Qi didn't care about others, he just wanted to go faster and faster, watching the number of steps on the interface increase rapidly.
After the competition, there were cheers of varying degrees. The specific results were not immediately announced, but Xiaoqi saw that she was the first one to arrive in the group, so she didn't know how she compared to the other groups.
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