King of Sports 144 Persisten

Ning Xuantao had reached the limit of his own speed, let alone increasing his speed maintaining it was already very difficult, he could only watch Tang Yan pull away and a gap formed between them.

By the time they entered the last 5 meters, the audience had already stood up and were cheering for Tang Yan.

"Tang Yan is already under the Asian record! This will be his third time to break an Asian record in this championship!" The commentator roared with excitement.

In the last 5 meters, Tang Yan didn't slow down and rushed to touch the wall at full speed.

"21 seconds, 91, a new Asian record! Tang Yan has become the holder of the 50m Asian record!" As he touched the wall, the commentator had already shouted his results.

22 seconds, just like 48 seconds for the 100-meter freestyle, was a difficult hurdle to overcome, but Tang Yan broke these barriers one after another. After this championship, his name as the king of China's freestyle was solidified.

After seeing the results, Tang Yan shook his head.

"You're truly strong." Ning Xuantao touched the wall a second later and after seeing Tang Yan's results, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Our Tang Yan is now the king of freestyle." Lu Zhibin smiled and patted Tang Yan's shoulder.

After a few words from the others, they followed one another and went ashore.

"Tang Yan! Tang Yan!" When walking to shore, fans were already shouting Tang Yan's name by the fence.

Ye Shiwen was also loudly chanting his name from the sidelines and the icy image he had previously established collapsed instantly.

Tang Yan waved to the crowd and went directly beside Ye Shiwen and patted her head and said "little fool".

Ye Shiwen smiled back at him with a mischievous grin. 

The award ceremony for the 50m freestyle was performed and presenting the medal to Tang Yan was Song Yuyu, the president of the Chinese Swimming Association. His gaze towards Tang Yan was full of appreciation and he was close besides Tang Yan as the press took photos.

This was the case with competitive sports. Competition was very cruel and like everything that involved money it had a dark side but once you climbed up the rungs and became a A* athlete and one of the faces of the sport. There were many benefits to be gained. 

When the award ceremony was over and Tang Yan held up the gold medal, the audience gave a warm cheer.

Media reporters also filmed the scene, when the championships ended, the news reports on Tang Yan would once again be overwhelming as both the government and the association pushed him forward as the poster child.

Tang Yan took his medal and headed towards the locker room, waving to the crowd while walking.

Just then, he noticed a familiar figure.

Staring at him in a very inconspicuous position in the back row of the stands, was Zhuang Jiajie, the guy who resigned from his job and came asking to be his agent.

He had either been racing or training in recent months, which was why he had forgotten about him.

Seeing he had followed him all the way here, he likely hadn't given up and was still paying attention to him.

He remembered liking Zhuang Jiajie a lot. After all, he agreed not to harass him and stuck to it, not bothering him over the last few months.

After the 50m freestyle final, the other finals would follow. 

After changing his clothes, he went to watch the women's 100m medley relay.

As he came out, the race was already underway. 

Off the bat the Zhejiang Province was very strong and grabbed first place, but the second slot swimmer for the backstroke and the third slot for the breaststroke performed poorly and they fell from first to third, the last swimmer was Ye Shiwen.

Ye Shiwen specialized in medley swimming but her strongest stroke was freestyle. 

After getting into the water she started the crazy chase.

The average runner was paddling twice in one breath, but she was able to do four strokes in one breath by relying on her lung capacity, which greatly increased her speed.

With the cheers of the audience, she surpassed the swimmer in second place in the first 50 meters, and after turning, she quickly surpassed first place. When entering the last 20 meters, she was already pulling away.

In the end, Ye Shiwen performed an absolute reversal to help the Zhejiang Province win the gold medal.

After the race, Ye Shiwen was ecstatic. After accepting the audience's applause, she walked from the swimming pool to the entrance of the aisle and seeing Tang Yan she jump straight at him.

And Tang Yan was forced to catch her and hold her up.

After a few words, Ye Shiwen's emotions stabilized

After talking with her and her teammates for a while, Tang Yan headed back to the locker room to rest.

After the other finals were completed, the men's 100-meter medley relay final started immediately.

Tang Yan appeared with his teammates, and when he appeared again, the mood at the scene reached a new high.

"I'm looking forward to his breaststroke. I heard from a friend's friend that when Tang Yan was in the city team, he defeated a former freestyle swimmer of the provincial team with the butterfly stroke.

"What, beating the freestyle with the butterfly stroke?!"

"Yep, that's what I heard, so he clearly knows the other strokes fairly well and seeing that there are so many talents in the Zhejiang Province. But Shen Qin still arranged for him to swim the breaststroke. It seems that his breaststroke is definitely a force to be reckoned with!"

...

Tang Yan had just finished warming up, when the referee called:

"Swimmers come up!"

As the referee's instructions were issued, the backstroke swimmers of each team went up. Xu Jiayu was up for the Zhejiang province.

Chapter end