Tuesday, August 20th.
After a day of rest, the gymnasium should have been thoroughly cleaned, and the plaque at the door is brighter than usual.
Probably because the city leaders will also be coming to today's game.
Coach Wu was called to clean the place yesterday.
Just like in school, there is often a general cleaning, and the whole school is mobilized. The dust in the corners has to be wiped clean, and the lights that are usually not on have to be installed and lit again.
Xiaoqi was a little nervous, as he initially went there for the bonus.
The first prize is 15,000 yuan, which directly solves her tuition problem. Even if she doesn't get first place, the second place prize of 8,000 yuan is enough, and the third place prize of 5,000 yuan is not a small amount either.
However, after practicing swimming for so long, I feel that I was ignorant and fearless at that time and dared to think anything.
It’s not easy to get first place. She soaks in water every day and her body turns white. Now she is not sure whether she can win the prize.
Moreover, the contestant of this competition, Li Enya, ranked first in the preliminaries and is already a reserve member of the national team. She has a professional team of teachers around her, which is completely different from amateurs like herself. Although Coach Wu teaches well, she dare not say that she is better than Li Enya's coach.
It's like a wild ambition.
Usually Wu Peirong is carefree and full of expectations for Xiaoqi, but at today's meeting, she felt a little guilty. However, when she turned around and saw Xiaoqi warming up and stretching in the corner as usual with a calm face, she felt a sense of pride in her heart. This is the student she chose, and he will definitely be able to do it. Xiaoqi is still young, seventeen years old, the same age as Li Enya, and has unlimited possibilities.
An athlete's career is actually very short. She is only 26 years old, but she is already considered a veteran athlete.
Zeng Tingting of the Sanhua team is 19 years old and ranked fifth in the preliminaries. She is also a favorite to win the championship. The Sanhua team is quite famous in Lushan City, after all, it is a local team.
The second place in the preliminaries was a tall girl, Wang Songli, with broad shoulders and a standard swimmer's body. She was very strong and a veteran athlete with great explosive power.
The third one is Li Si, from Mengshi. He is tall, good-looking, has a lot of clothes, and is served by a large group of people. Mengshi is the most developed city in Jingnan Province, and ranks among the best in the country. It has relatively good conditions and is located on the coast.
The fourth place is Ouyang Yan, a double surname. He has very fair skin and looks a bit mixed-race, with a high nose bridge. Xiaoqi is quite curious about this person. He feels that he is very charming. Not good-looking in the traditional sense, but he gives people a very special feeling. He seems to have a cheerful personality. He is smiling in all the photos and has very neat teeth.
The sixth place belongs to Xiaoqi. When Xiaoqi was looking at other people's information, others were also looking at hers.
She felt that she was insignificant. Although she was a member of the Sanhua team, it was actually her first time participating in the competition and she had no experience.
But it is people like her who make people care.
Even Zeng Tingting from the Sanhua team looked at her information for a long time.
17 years old, graduated from high school, and started swimming officially for less than a month... This is the most ridiculous thing, but this is what is written on the information.
These materials were not available during the preliminaries. At that time, half of the people were eliminated and no one took it seriously. When it came to the official competition, senior leaders from the city and relevant leaders from the province would come, so naturally they had to make it look more presentable.
However, Xiaoqi only got this information today when he was about to compete. It included a booklet introducing the athletes, the resumes of the top six in the preliminaries, the competitions they had participated in, the rankings they had achieved, and so on.
She had never thought of doing this before, mainly because swimming was not like a martial arts competition where you had to fight against each other and find the weaknesses in your opponent's moves so that you could counter them. In fact, it was more like a competition between yourself.
During the race, each person has his own track, so they can't touch you.
She saw her own photo on it, a one-inch photo of herself wearing glasses. She was stunned and remembered that this was the photo her coach asked her to give to her before. She didn't expect it to be used here.
The person in this one-inch photo looks flat and stupid.
Looking at other people's information, Li Enya's is obviously a beauty photo, with big eyes and red lips. Although it is a one-inch photo, it looks good. The same goes for Li Si's. It feels like an artistic one-inch photo. The others are normal.
Today was not the weekend, and her aunt was not able to change shifts in the morning, so no one came with her. However, when she was warming up, she saw more and more people in the audience. When she saw the big banner and several light signs that read, "Come on, Xiaoqi...", she knew that Liang Jiajia and the others had arrived.
There were one or two older faces inside, and Ms. Liang was also there. I didn’t know who the others were.
There were a lot of people here today, so Xiao Qi just waved from a distance and didn't feel comfortable going over. When she saw the signboards and banners, she still felt a little embarrassed. Although no one knew her, she felt inexplicably nervous.
The organizers have made much better arrangements than the last preliminaries. It is barely orderly, the spectators are not allowed to run around, and the stadium is spacious.
But today Xiaoqi's coach was called up on site and needed to work, so Xiaoqi stayed in the Sanhua team's area.
Today's swimsuit is still black and red, with three small flowers on the chest.
With the experience from last time, you must bring a bath towel. You can put on a longer T-shirt over it and wear it before the game starts.
There were many cameras at the scene today, and people with signs on their chests and cameras on their backs were walking around taking pictures.
Xiaoqi saw that some reporters interviewed Li Enya specifically, as well as Li Si from Meng City. Zeng Tingting also accepted the interview, but the time was relatively short.
I was thinking that the reporter wouldn't interview me, but then the reporter came over with a microphone.
It is probably a pre-match interview. If the champion is revealed after the match, some pre-match and post-match comparisons can be made.
When the microphone was thrust at him, Xiao Qi was a little stunned.
But she looked young, with fair skin and her hair tied in a small bun. She had been swimming for so long and was tall and thin. Even in the camera, she looked good. The cameraman was very satisfied with the shot, at least it looked good on camera.
And his attitude is very generous, but he is a little serious, and for some reason it feels like he is taking a photo of his leader.
But the little girl looks pretty and serious, which gives her a cute contrast.
He answered the questions in a serious manner and didn't seem nervous at all.
Reporter: How do you feel about your condition? Are you confident about the competition?
Su Xiaoqi: I feel that I am in good condition and I am confident.
Reporter: Who do you think will win the championship?
Su Xiaoqi: I don’t know.
Reporter: What plans do you have for your future development?
Su Xiaoqi: Go to college.
reporter:……
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