June 25, the last swimming day of the 19th Swimming World Championships, will determine seven swimming gold medals. Swimming is also the only battlefield for the United States and China to compete for the top spot of the gold medal, so this is also the decisive day of the battle for the top of the gold medal list of the China-US Swimming World Championships, and who will eventually occupy the top position in the swimming world championships will see this ultimate battle.
Let's look at the gold medal list first:
At present, the American team is at the top of the list with 15 gold medals, while the Chinese team, with only 5 gold medals, is in third place.
It seems that the American team is far ahead, and the Chinese team seems to have reached the dust, however, the Chinese team still has 13 diving events that have not started the competition, and the synchronized swimming on the 25th is basically certain to win another gold medal; And the United States team, only one women's water polo can win the gold medal later.
Therefore, if the American team wants to defeat the Chinese team, on June 25, it will win at least 3 gold medals, if it takes 2 golds, it will lose, and if it takes 4 golds, it will definitely win.
So let's take a look at how many gold medals can the U.S. team win in the swimming competition on June 25?
There are 7 swimming final events on the 25th, namely the men's 50m backstroke, the women's 50m breaststroke, the men's 1500m freestyle, the women's 50m freestyle, the women's 400m medley, the men's 4*100 medley relay, and the women's 4*100 medley relay. Here's a breakdown:
In the men's 50m backstroke, the RESS of the United States reached the final with the first semifinals, 0.3 seconds ahead of the second place, and it is estimated that he will win the gold medal;
In the women's 50m breaststroke, the American Lili Kim entered the final with the eighth place, although Li Li Li Jin is very strong, but in terms of her performance in this project, the American team should not win this gold medal;
In the men's 1500m freestyle, the American athlete entered the final with a third place, a difference of only about half a second, but the opponent was wellbrock, a German player who just won the gold medal in December last year, and the probability of the American team winning the gold medal was only about 20%;
In the women's 50m freestyle, the American athlete entered the final with a fourth place in the semifinals, nearly half a second behind, and the probability of winning the gold medal is less than 10%.
In the women's 400m medley, the American participants have the tokyo olympic silver medalist, but the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Yui Ohashi participated, and the probability of the American team winning this gold medal was only 40%;
Men's 4*100 medley relay, the American team is strong, and is also the gold medalist of the Tokyo Olympic Games, they are sure to win this gold medal;
The women's 4*100 medley relay, the hegemon of this event is the Australian team, the United States team has only a 30% chance of winning the championship.
Therefore, in 7 events, the American team is sure to get 2 gold medals, and the other 2 projects have the strength to compete for gold, and it depends on the competition to win a few gold medals.
If the U.S. team happens to win 3 gold medals, the athlete who will decide who can sit at the top of the gold medal list in China and the United States will be Xin Xin, a Chinese athlete participating in the open water competition.
If the Chinese team finally lost the top position, the blame is that swimming only won one gold medal, and the Sino-US swimming showdown day, in fact, there is no swimming thing. The downturn in swimming events caused the Chinese team to have 5 more gold medals in synchronized swimming, and the first place in the gold medal list was actually not stable.
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