King of Sports 189 The Finale 4

In the last 5 meters, the two were almost on par with each other. Because of the splash back from the freestyle stroke, it was completely unclear which of the two was leading.

4 metres to go 

3 metres to go 

2 metres to go 

1 metre to go 

The commentator looked dumbstruck.

The audience on the sideline looked dumbstruck

"Tang Yan won! He touched the wall ahead of Magnussen! The Chinese team won second!" When the swimmers finally touched the wall, the guest commentator jumped up and shouted excitedly.

"Wait, look at the results, look at the results!" The main commentator excitedly jumped up at this, but because of the waves, he didn't see who was first to touch the wall at the last moment.

"It's Tang Yan, Tang Yan touched the wall second! We won silver! Hahaha! Silver!" The guest commentator seemed to have seen clearly and shouted back directly.

The main commentator didn't answer, and looked over at the jumbo screen.

The audience at the scene also flicked over their gazes to the jumbo screen.

Only the time on the display could explain the situation.

First lane, 3 minutes 35 seconds 78.

Second lane, 3 minutes 32 seconds 56.

Third lane, 3 minutes 30 seconds 99.

Fourth lane, 3 minutes 32 seconds 06.

...

0.5 seconds!

Magnussen led Tang Yan by 0.5 seconds to touch the wall first.

"Impossible! Dammit that's impossible" The guest commentator said shocked after seeing the jumbo screen.

After starting behind nearly 8 meters, Tang Yan performed an incredible scene, he not only reversed the Chinese team's position to get a medal, but also almost clinched a silver medal!

But in the end, he couldn't quite grasp it. 

But they still managed to secure a bronze medal, from no expectations to grasping a medal, this was more than enough. 

Tang Yan in the pool was panting fiercely, he had used his 9 kick frequency for the first 25 meters and the final 50 meters without holding anything back. His body was straining and screaming in pain from the exertion.

An eight-meter chase, from sixth to third, he had pulled off.

An incredible reversal.

It was unknown how many spectators had cried at this scene.

In front of the TV screen, it was unknown how many viewers were choked with excitement.

After such a sprint, he was absolutely shattered but this was already the last race of the World Championships, he had nothing to hold back.

Fortunately, he succeeded in the end and won a medal, even though it wasn't silver he was more than pleased with a bronze medal.

Plus there was always next time!

Above the pool, his three teammates were cheering wildly. They not only witnessed the miraculous scene pulled off by Tang Yan, but also got to participate in creating such an opportunity as teammates.

The Chinese team was in sharp contrast to the Australian and American swimmers. The other swimmers were slightly stunned, especially the American team, including Phelps. 

Australia's Magnussen, who was still in the pool, stared blankly at the jumbo display before heaving a sigh of relief.

He had never thought that he might be overtaken by Tang Yan, if he was to be overtaken he figured it would be by the German team or that he might accidentally lose to the Japanese team, but he never thought that Tang Yan could catch up at the last moment.

He knew he had barely scraped by for silver but seeing it so plainly.... 0.5 seconds. 

So close!

He wiped his forehead, his only thought at this time was to watch the video playback after.

...

Tang Yan was pulled out of the pool by Xu Jiayu and Shi Yang. After he stepped ashore, the entire scene fell into chaos.

"Tang Yan!"

"Tang Yan!"

"Tang Yan!"

More than 10,000 people at the scene chanted Tang Yan's name in unison.

Absolutely electrifying was the only way to describe it, Tang Yan felt a thrilling shiver run through him as he looked around.

Even the pain from his aching body faded into the background.

"Congratulations." Phelps separated from his group and took the initiative to come over to Tang Yan.

Tang Yan smiled and thanked him.

"I'll  be waiting for you at the London Olympics, hopefully we can compete again." Phelps said.

"I'll be looking forward to it. Maybe we'll even meet in an individual event" Tang Yan replied with a smile.

After this World Championship, he wanted to start a new stroke, so he could potentially end up facing Phelps in individual events as well as team events.

"Congratulations." The swimmers from the German team also came over.

Not only the German team, but the Canadian and British team, also came over.

Even the Japanese team's Kojima Kitashima came over at this time, after giving a standard 90-degree bow to the swimmers of the Chinese team he said: "I think I need to apologize to you. You are truly a worthy opponent. "

"No harm done, we accept your apology." Tang Yan wasn't a sage by any means but since Kousuke Kitashima could apologize so frankly, he felt no need to nurse a grudge

"Thank you." Kojima Kitashima replied, giving Tang Yan another bow before heading off.

"Damn everyone is being so polite." Li Xiang said with a smile.

"That's because we beat them. If we lost, who do you think would apologize to you? They would be the first hopping on the bandwagon to laugh at us." Shi Yang said disdainfully.

"Okay, leave it be, we should pay tribute to the audience." Tang Yan interrupted the two. 

"Wait a sec." Xu Jiayu suddenly said before he ran to the stands.

After a while, someone threw two flags down.

When he caught the two flags, Xu Jiayu rushed back and said, "Here, let's make a lap around the stands with these."

Tang Yan didn't expect Xu Jiayu to think of this all of a sudden, but he nodded with a smile, and then took a flag.

Tang Yan and Xu Jiayu were a group, Li Xiang and Shi Yang were another. Each pair took a flag and began to do a lap around the pool.

This move sent the crowd into excited cheers and whistles.

Many quickly took out their phones to take pictures and videos of this scene.

Chapter end