Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 182 Break the pattern
"The game started, Brommel's start. Wait for the Chinese player Su to come out, he is super fast! He got a huge lead in the first 60 meters! Gatlin fought hard to catch up, and finally caught up! Wonder Law--?!"

In the live broadcast room of the English commentary channel, although Michael Johnson did not stand up, he was still in disbelief at what had just happened on the live screen. He turned his head and looked at the track at the Havelange Stadium, and saw The Chinese player Su Bingtian was already kneeling down and shouting angrily.

The main commentator Tom asked the former 200m/400m legend: "9.92,! Johnson, did you think that this SU could run this score before the game?"

Michael Johnson shook his head: "To be honest, although I have heard of his name, I only know that he has run into 10 seconds. I don't know anything else. In China and Asia, all sprinters are blacked out. Before the game, the track and field circles in the country were discussing whether Uzi could challenge Bolt, or whether Gatlin could win back the two losses this year. But after this semi-final, the final The layout is completely different!"

"What's the difference?" Tom heard that Johnson was going to analyze the situation of the game, and he grasped this point and asked, "Do you think the second group of semi-finals just now will have a very big impact on the final?"

“是的，是的。”约翰逊开始分析：“首先第二组一共有5名选手跑进了10秒，苏炳天是9秒92，布罗梅尔是9秒95，第一组第3名的西比尼是9秒98。这意味着第三组的No.3必须跑到9秒95以内，才能通过递补进入决赛，9秒95，这会是田径史上竞争最激烈的一届世界大赛！”

"In addition, Gatlin and Blake were affected by Su Bingtian's rhythm. They didn't expect a Chinese other than Uzi to bring them so much pressure. Look at the replay, you will find that they played in the last 10 Mi barely slowed down a bit, and then you know, the break between the semis and the final was only about an hour!"

Tom quickly answered: "So this means that it will be difficult for Gatlin and Blake to recover before the final! Right?"

"Yes, 9 seconds 89 is already full play for this year's Gatlin. Although the rest time in the third group is shorter, Uzi is 20 years old this year. Even if the rest time is shorter, he can recover well. Faster, it will be very difficult for Gatling to get revenge."

Su Bingtian's super performance made the promotion situation of the entire semi-finals more serious. The threshold for advancing to the finals has been pulled to 9 seconds. The most benefited are of course Weicourt and Mette in the first group. They are 95 seconds each. A 9 seconds 95.They are the first group, and the rest time is nearly 9 hour and 97 minutes, while the second group is only 1 hour and 20 minutes, and the third group is only an exaggerated 1 minutes or so.

Wu Ziyi, who was waiting to enter the arena, noticed that De Grasse's eyes had changed. Originally, during the warm-up, De Grass joked that he only needed to follow Bolt and Wu Ziyi to enter the final. Now, because Su Bingtian raised the threshold for promotion At 9 seconds, can he still release the water?
Thinking of this, Wu Ziyi also started to have a headache. In the Rio 9-meter semi-finals in his previous life, De Grasse ran 92 seconds to advance to the final. Now that he is in this group, under the pressure of 9 seconds, he estimated I have to work hard.

That's nothing to say, it's about to debut, [Adrenaline] is on, this plug-in, what a beautiful thing~
Grandma, fight hard with me, right?Then come directly!
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Yang Jian: "The third group of the men's 2-meter semi-final will be held soon. Let's take a look at the players in this group: No. 95, Green from Antigua and Barbuda, a young player in [-]. "

"Standing next to him is a legendary veteran who is nearly 20 years older than him, who set a personal best of 40 seconds at the age of 9-Kim Collins!"

"The fourth track is Bahrain's naturalized player Andrew Fisher. Like Brown in the previous group, he was a Jamaican before."

"No. 5, Ghanaian general, and one of the representatives of the young generation of sprinters in the world - Andre de Grasse."

Before the host at the scene called out the name of the sixth contestant, there was already a wave of cheers at the scene, which shows the popularity of this contestant.

"Track 6, Jamaica Lightning -- Usain Bolt, this is the third time he has entered the Olympic [-]-meter semi-finals, and he is launching an impact on his legendary road of three triple crowns."

The same situation as before happened again. Before the players in track 7 were introduced, the audience in the stadium responded enthusiastically. Although it was not as good as Bolt, the momentum was still not small.

Liu Yi: "Road 7, the flying man of China—Wu Ziyi! This is the first time for Wu Ziyi to be on the stage of the Olympic Games. He is not yet 20 years old and he will launch an impact on the stage of his dreams. I believe that audiences all over China at this moment We all cheered for him in our hearts."

"The 8th track, Jikindu Uja from England, has also made very fast progress this year."

"On the 9th track, there is another native Asian player on the field, Ryota Yamagata from Neon."

Yang Jian: "The other players in this group are really unlucky. They are in the same group as Bolt, Wu Ziyi and De Grasse. As long as they don't make mistakes, they will probably take the top three."

Liu Yi: "The most important thing now is to run into 9 seconds. With Wu Ziyi's strength, there must be no problem. We must enter the final smoothly! Wu Ziyi, come on!"

“On your marks~”

The game was about to start, but the audience still didn't stop their restless hearts, and the noise in the stadium was still loud.

"Set—"

"Bang, bang!"

Yang Jian: "At the start of the game, someone made an early start. Is it Andrew Fisher? This Bahrain teenager who is naturalized from Jamaica has participated in the World Junior Championships and World Youth Championships and achieved good results. He accepted before the game. During the interview, he said [in Jamaica, I have no chance to represent Jamaica in the Olympics and World Championships], and Bahrain also hopes to naturalize strong athletes to improve its sports competitiveness.”

"It's a pity, but I hope that he and the previous Brown can maintain their mentality, not be discouraged, and improve themselves in the future Asian Championships and Asian Games to promote the development of Asian sprints."

Wu Ziyi felt that the audience was a little too enthusiastic. Although the gunfire in Rio was heard clearly, if the audience was not quiet enough before the gun was fired, it would affect the performance of the athletes.

"On your marks~", the second command issued.

Wu Ziyi and Bolt made a gesture of [silence] to the audience at the same time, signaling them to be quiet. Because the two are so popular, the atmosphere in the stadium has always been very hot, which is a great pressure on the players .

Seeing the actions of the two, the audience at the scene gradually stopped making noise. Although there were still voices coming out, it was not too noisy.

"Set—"

"boom--!!"

The starting gun fired, and the seven players on the field kicked off almost at the same time. Judging from the smooth movements and quick reactions, they were not affected by Fisher's early run at all.

In terms of starting, Kim Collins is still the fastest. His first three steps are extremely fast, and he takes eight steps quickly, while the other players are just taking the seventh step.

The start of Wu Ziyi and Bolt is completely a mirror image. In the first 10 meters, the landing point of each step and the frequency of each step are almost carved out of the same mold.

On the seventh step, Wu Ziyi and Bolt crossed the 10-meter line at the same time. When their eighth step was still in mid-air, Kim Collins had already stepped on the ninth step.

Kim Collins deserves to be a person who can create a personal best at the age of 40. Although his future can no longer compete with young people, his future performance is indeed very visual.

At 30 meters, Collins is completely in the lead. The second place is not Bolt, nor Wu Ziyi or De Grasse, but Green in the second lane. He is only less than half a body behind Collins. The two of them One position ahead of the other players.

Although Wu Ziyi's style is very similar to Bolt's, but Bolt is now in the late stage of his career, and his future ability has regressed very obviously, so at 30 meters, he is not surprisingly half behind De Grasse and Wu Ziyi position.

But no one will feel that Bolt is behind, which is the consensus of athletes and all audiences.

At 45 meters, Wu Ziyi and Bolt accelerated one after another. The amplitude of arm swing, stride length and stride frequency reached a perfect combination, and they began to approach their own extreme speed. Wu Ziyi's [speed] attribute of 94 allowed him to pull away within a distance of 15 meters. Degrass was half a body gap, and Bolt also evened Degrass.

Collins and Green are still half a body ahead of Wu Ziyi, but their advantage will soon disappear.

Before reaching 60 meters, Bolt and Wu Ziyi relied on their terrifying speed to tie with Collins.

At 60 meters, Bolt and Wu Ziyi surpassed Collins, and they began to look left and right together with a tacit understanding. First, they looked at each other tacitly, and then they smiled at each other.

Wu Ziyi turned his head to the right to see Wu Jia who was pulled away by one body, and Shanxian Liangtai who was nearly two bodies away, and knew that the game was stable.Bolt also turned his head to the left and saw De Grasse who was half a body behind him. De Grasse also looked at him. Bolt showed his iconic row of big white teeth to him.

Yang Jian: "The race is on! Collins still has the upper hand in terms of starting acceleration, and Wu Ziyi also did a good job. Bolt came out at 50 meters. He... began to look around again, looking at the two young people beside him. , which means that if you want to catch up with me, you need to run faster in the final."

Liu Yi: "At 9 seconds 86, Bolt released the water for nearly 20 meters. Wu Ziyi also played very well. He was second in the group, slightly ahead of De Grasse, and also released the water."

Yang Jian: "Yes, it seems that the final is worth watching. Bolt may be able to run 9 seconds if he exerts his full strength. I think Wu Ziyi can run 75 seconds?"

Liu Yi: "9 seconds 75 should not be possible, the rest time is too short, but 9 seconds 80 is definitely no problem, the group is second! Wu Ziyi became the first Chinese to break into the Olympic [-]-meter final since electronic timing ,Asian!"

Bolt and Wu Ziyi ranked first and second, and they could advance directly without looking at the results. The two said hello and walked to the athlete channel together.

In the athlete channel, Su Bingtian and Brommel were anxiously waiting for the results. They had a 9 and a 92. Both of them had a chance to advance to the final, depending on the performance of No.9 in Bolt's group.

But seeing Bolt running 9 seconds 86, Brommel's heart was cold, because De Grasse did not lag behind him too much
Su Bingtian and Wu Ziyi who came over hugged tightly. Wu Ziyi glanced at the blackberry and comforted Su Bingtian: "Brother Tian, ​​calm down, De Grasse is about the same as me, I guess I am about 9 seconds 90, you are 0.03 faster than him , You must have advanced."

Su Bingtian also felt that he had something to play, but he couldn't let go until he saw the results with his own eyes.

On-site host: "Gentlemen and ladies, let us look at the results of the third group of contestants on the big screen—"

1 Usain Bolt 9.86 Q
2 Wu Ziyi 9.90 Q
3 de Grasse 9.92
4 Jikindu-Uja 10.01
Wu Ziyi, advanced!

Su Bingtian, advanced!

(End of this chapter)