Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 203 Bahamas Relay Race

On April 4, the Chinese track and field men's and women's relay team boarded the plane and started the journey of the new season.

However, their first destination is not the Bahamas, but Florida. Randy has already signed up Xie Zhenye for the Claremont Spring Track and Field Invitational, and is going to test the effect of his winter training.

The game was held on April 4th, and Wu Ziyi and others all watched the game.

Although it was just a low-level track and field invitational competition in spring, Wu Ziyi still saw a lot of familiar faces. Most of the participants in this competition were sprinters from Central and North America. Their common feature is that they did not break through After 10 seconds.

Among them, Wu Ziyi's most familiar face is the black guy with a big mouth who danced the middle two dance when the host introduced him. He was the future sprint dancer Nuo who had introduced himself to his friends at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games. Ya Lyles.

The wind in several group matches was very strong. Lyles finally got his wish and danced. His score was 9 seconds 95 (+4.3m/s). Xie Zhenye also ran well, 9 seconds 91 (+4.1m/s) /s).

After converting the wind speed, the hard power of this shot is about 10 seconds. Randy is quite satisfied with this result. After all, being able to run such a result at the beginning of the season shows that Xie Zhenye is in good condition.

Xie Zhenye was very excited after running, and kept buzzing beside Wu Ziyi and Su Bingtian.

"Is this what it feels like to run into 10 seconds? It's so cool~"

"Tiantian heard that you vomited when you ran under 10 seconds for the first time? Why didn't I feel it?"

"To shut up--!!"

"Oh"

"Hey, tell me, when will I be able to run under 10 seconds at a legal wind speed? I feel like I'm in really good shape now."

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On April 4, the men's and women's relay teams arrived in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas.

The World Athletics Relay is the youngest event in the IAAF. The first session was held in 2014. In 2015, Wu Ziyi participated in the second session. At that time, he won the bronze medal behind the United States and Jamaica.

Afterwards, the event was reorganized and became a biennial event. In 2, the third and last event was held in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas.The World Relay Race is not attractive enough, there are not enough viewers to buy tickets, and the live broadcast and advertising revenue are extremely low. The Nassau government has given up applying for the right to host the next one.

You can see the clues from the hotels arranged for this conference. The Chinese team stayed in the world-famous Atlantis Hotel in 15. Although this year’s hotel is good, you can tell the difference between the two hotels just by looking at Xie Zhenye’s scarf up:

今年的世界接力大赛依旧分成两天举行，时间为4月23日、4月24日，中国队第一天的项目是男子4×100米和女子4×200米。

Originally, Yuan Guoqiang wanted to send the main players to play in the preliminaries, but seeing the athletes sent by each team before the game, Yuan Guoqiang felt that he could be sure, so he sent a combination of Mo Youxie, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, and Zhang Peimeng.

Wu Ziyi had no objection, because in his opinion this combination was indeed good enough to enter the final, so he pulled Tang Xingqiang, Liang Jinsen and Wu Zhiqiang to watch the match.

The opponents in this group are the Netherlands, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica and the hosts Bahamas.

If the Chinese team were assigned to this group in 15, then Yuan Guoqiang would definitely not go directly to Wu Ziyi. After all, Trinidad and Tobago still has Richard Thompson, and Jamaica needless to say .

But the players sent by Jamaica this time are as follows: Everton Clark, Bailey Cole, Javon Mintz, Yohan Blake. To be honest, the overall strength of this lineup is no better than that sent by Yuan Guoqiang. 4 players are strong, and Jamaica's relay skills are definitely not as good as the Chinese team.

Without Ashmead, without Asafa Powell, and without Usain Bolt, the Chinese team is not afraid of the Jamaican team with this lineup.

Tang Xingqiang looked at the four players who were running a test run in the stadium, his eyes were full of expectation, because he knew that after the Chinese team entered the final, he would take the third baton from Su Bingtian.

"Ayi, how much do you think Lao Xie and the others can run in the preliminaries? They should be able to enter the finals, right?"

Wu Ziyi put his right hand on Tang Xingqiang's shoulder, and said calmly: "Don't worry, I will definitely enter the finals. If I play well, I should be able to approach 38 seconds. If I don't play well, it will be 38 seconds 3-38 seconds 5."

Liang Jinsen interjected: "38 seconds 5? Can this enter the final? How can Jamaica also run under 38 seconds?"

Wu Ziyi shook his head: "Their lineup is not good. Whether they can run past Xie Zhenye is a question. It would be great if they can reach the final. Sigh, the era of Jamaican men's sprinting has come to an end."

“On your marks~”

"Hey, stop talking, watch the game, watch the game"

The lineup of Mo Youtai, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, and Zhang Peimeng is still relatively old. Although Su Bingtian started to practice the first club at Randy's suggestion, he still did not fall behind in the third club practice. Mo Youtai also kept practicing the first club , so there should be no problem with this lineup.

"Set—"

"boom--!"

After the gunshot, the players started one after another. Mo Youxie's first bat was not bad, and he was not too far behind the other players. Xie Zhenye received the bat very smoothly.

The second best Xie Zhenye will face several strong opponents, Bailey Cole from Jamaica, Daniel Bailey from Antigua and Barbuda, and Martina from the Netherlands.

The peak strength of the three of them is naturally stronger than Xie Zhenye, but Martina and Daniel Bailey are already relatively old, and their level is declining. Their 16-meter level in [-] is not better than Xie Zhenye.

Although Bailey Cole is only 1 year older than Xie Zhenye, and his personal top ten results are all within 10 seconds, he has not run under 16 seconds in 10. Even if he can perform better than Xie Zhenye today, Xie Zhenye The succession between Mo Youxiong and Su Bingtian can also make up for that slight disadvantage.

However, the facts have proved that Xie Zhenye's current level is quite good. Wu Ziyi can see clearly that he is constantly pulling away from Bailey Cole. Obviously Xie Zhenye is in a better state.

The baton was successfully handed over to Su Bingtian. If you don't look at the data, Su Bingtian's performance this time does have the inner flavor of "full moon scimitar". After all, among the third best players, his personal best is the strongest of.

After receiving the baton, he quickly widened the gap with Jamaica's third batter, Javon Mintz, and then gradually narrowed the distance to the Netherlands' third batter, Solomon Bockari, before taking the baton. Completed the overtake, the visual effect is very good!
The Chinese team was actually the first team to complete the whole process!Zhang Pei accelerated quickly, gritted his teeth and ran towards the finish line. Behind him were the Dutch and Australian teams? !

Wu Ziyi took a closer look, the good guy Javon Mintz and Blake made a mistake in handing over the baton, and Blake didn't receive the baton.

Zhang Peimeng's performance is very good. Although his current personal strength has fallen to a certain level, his running ability on the way is still good. Hensley Paulina, the fourth batter of the Dutch team, did not catch up with him. Zhang Peimeng looked back at the 80-meter mark, and finally chose to slow down and pass the finish line.

38秒59，中国队小组第一；荷兰队38秒71小组第二；澳大利亚队39秒09排在了第三。

Jamaica, Antilla and Barbuda all made mistakes and missed the finish, while the hosts, the Bahamas, fouled out.

之后中国女子4×200米的队员们表现也不错，陶宇佳、周雁冰、田雯、韦咏丽以1分39秒99的成绩递补进入了决赛。

　Finally got in touch with the ban, it's time to go to work tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)