#头条创作挑战赛 ##夺冠2024#
Regretful! has come to the third day of competition, and the Chinese swimming team still has not opened the beard, and has no chance to usher in its first gold medal in the Paris Olympics! Xu Jiayu unfortunately won a silver medal again in the just-concluded men's 100m backstroke final with a time of 52.32 seconds.
In yesterday's semi-finals, two-time world champion Xu Jiayu played well, he ranked first with a time of 52.02 seconds, not only setting a record of the year, but also ahead of the second place Italy by as many as 0.56 seconds! They are the favourites to win today's race.
Today, Xu Jiayu is playing in lane 4, and his main competitors are: world record holder and Italy's Chekong in lane 5, Greece's Christo in lane 3, and United States' Murphy.
The starting gun sounded, and Xu Jiayu quickly rushed out! He held the lead in the first half of the race and took the lead in 24.88 seconds. In the second half, world record holder Chekong and United States star Murphy gradually caught up.
In the last 15 meters, the three of Chekong, Xu Jiayu and Murphy almost went hand in hand, and Xu Jiayu had no advantage. In the final sprint, Italy's Cuthole was more aggressive, and he eventually won the championship with a world best of 52.00 seconds.
Xu Jiayu won the second place in 52.32 seconds, and the bronze medal was won by United States veteran Murphy with a time of 52.39 seconds, 0.07 seconds behind Xu Jiayu. Xu Jiayu is 29 years old, can he still hold on until the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics in United States? At this moment, Xu Jiayu has a trace of regret in his eyes, and there is also a batch of confusion......