July 28th, sunny, breeze.
The Swimming World Championships has officially begun.
Sports channels are broadcasting, and the media are scrambling to report, heating up the competition.
The warm-up race is the women's 50-meter freestyle preliminaries. Competitors from over a dozen countries have fought their way through several rounds to earn their ticket to the World Championships, and now they are vying for a ticket to the Olympics, making the competition fierce.
The preliminaries consist of eight groups, each with eight people, and the top sixteen based on total performance will advance to the semifinals.
Swimming enthusiasts have been waiting early in front of the TV or computer, ready to watch the event.
