Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 216 Lost?

At 6:8 on June 21th, the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

"Next is the long-awaited men's 200m race. 11 days ago, Uzi ran a super time of 2.4 seconds under the condition of +9m/s. Tom, as an Uzi loyal fan, what do you think he can achieve in this race?"

"Let's put it this way, Jimmy. The men's 200-meter race record in the Diamond League Rome station is 19 seconds, you know what I mean?"

"Whoa~ So you mean he's going to break the tournament record right away?"

"Hahahaha, this is obvious. You must know that this year's men's 200-meter world best time was run by him, 19 seconds. His state this year is really good, or he has maintained it since his debut. Playing at a high level, he never disappoints!"

"OK, thank you Tom for your analysis. The men's 200-meter race is about to start. Let's look forward to the red lightning that pierces the night sky in Rome—"

While Tom Hanks was bragging about Wu Ziyi in the commentary booth, the nine athletes who participated in the men's 200m event today were all ready on their respective tracks.

Today's Rome station is the fourth stop of this year's Diamond League series, and it is also the fourth game that Wu Ziyi participated in. According to the plan made by Randy for Wu Ziyi, after today's competition, he will go to Stockholm to participate in the men's 100-meter competition. Will return home to participate in relay training.

Generally speaking, the men's 200-meter event is not as popular as the men's [-]-meter event, but because of Wu Ziyi's participation, the Rome Olympic Stadium is still full of spectators at this moment.

The 9 players standing on the track are:
Lane 9, Netherlands - Qiu Randi Martina;

Track 8, Panama - Alonso Edwards;
The 7th track, Italy - Philip Tortu;
Track 6, University of Ghana - Andre de Grasse;
Road 5, France - Christophe Lemaitre;
Road 4, China——Wu Ziyi;

No. 3, Ghana University - Aaron Brown;

The second track, the country of mildew - Amir Weber;

Track 1, Jamaica - Julian Ford.

Except for Philip Tortu, whom Wu Ziyi had never met, everyone else was Wu Ziyi's old opponent. Each of the other seven players had competed with Wu Ziyi at least twice.

“On your marks~”

The starter's order came from the small speaker, and the camera focused on Wu Ziyi without a doubt. Wu Ziyi made a gesture of "silence" to the camera, and the lively stadium fell silent in an instant.

"Set—"

"boom--!!"

The gunshots rang out, and the nine contestants started instantly. The Rome Olympic Stadium, which had just quieted down, was awakened by the gunfire. corner.

"The race begins! Uzi's state is still so fiery! Full of explosive start and acceleration, he caught up with Lemaitre within 50 meters, and he will overwhelm all opponents at the corner!"

The noise in the stadium was repeated one after another. In the eyes of the audience, Wu Ziyi still maintained a super high level of competition. If he followed his previous performance, he would be able to gain a lot of leads before entering the straight.

Sure enough, after passing Lemaitre, he continued to accelerate, and outsiders were approached and overtaken by him one by one.

60 meters, 80 meters, more than two-thirds of the curve has been completed, and Wu Ziyi seems to have evened De Grasse. If there is no accident, in the last 30 meters, he will leave the other players far behind.

"Unrivaled cornering ability! Uzi has already caught up with De Grasse, I believe he will overtake it soon, turn into a straight, and then his advantage will become more and more obvious, he. Wanderfark?! "

"Woo——"

Waves of exclamations and sighs came from all directions of the stadium, and all the spectators saw a scene that they couldn't believe: at the moment when Wu Ziyi was about to enter the straight, Wu Ziyi slowed down, and the other players walked one by one. surpassed him.

For the audience at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, this is an unacceptable thing, especially the local audience in Italy. They waited so hard for Wu Ziyi to participate in the Rome station, and they saw this?
"Damn! What the hell happened? Why didn't he run away? Was he just walking?!"

"Oh my gosh, is he hurt?"

"Who wants to see this? I took leave of absence to fly over from Norway to watch the game, and that's it?"

Under the puzzled eyes of [-] spectators, Wu Ziyi ran across the finish line like a walk. At this time, the results of the contestants had already begun to be displayed on the big screen:
1 De Grasse 20.01 SB
2 Lemaitre 20.29 SB
3 Amir Weber 20.33 SB
9 Wu Ziyi 29.47
"Hey! What happened?" De Grasse, who was holding flowers in his hand, greeted Wu Ziyi and asked suspiciously.

"I don't know too well, I just suddenly feel uncomfortable in my ankle. You know, the Diamond League is not important to me. In order not to get injured, I seek stability."

The media reporters who had been squatting for a long time also rushed over at this moment, and they kept taking pictures around Wu Ziyi's De Grasse.

Although De Grasse won the championship, more shots were undoubtedly focused on Wu Ziyi. They dared not slack off for a moment, hoping to capture even a little bit of lost and annoyed expression on Wu Ziyi's face.

If it can be photographed, the sales and ratings will definitely skyrocket.

But they are destined to be disappointed.

Wu Ziyi was not stupid, he took the initiative to slow down and let go of the game before entering the straight, and he didn't lose because of carelessness or lack of strength.As far as his own feelings are concerned, if he insists on persevering, he should be able to win the championship, just like Maurice Green once, even if he was injured, he resisted to cross the line.

But it is really unnecessary. After all, this is just a Diamond League, not the Asian Games, not the World Championships, and not the Olympics. He has no intention of competing for this year's Diamond League championship. The game is no big deal.

After simply saying hello to the players, Wu Ziyi walked out of the arena, followed by the reporters behind him.

"Uzi, can you tell us why we gave up this game in the middle?"

"Did you choose to give up because De Grasse put a lot of pressure on you today?"

"A well-known critic in the country said that you took a new type of stimulant that cannot be detected. Do you have any comments on this comment?"

The questions became more and more outrageous, and Wu Ziyi's originally stable heart became a little irritated by these questions. He frowned and squeezed away the reporter who was clearly fishing, and walked directly into the athlete's tunnel.

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Seeing Wu Ziyi's performance in the game, Li Wen led the team to wait outside the passage early, and immediately went up to meet Wu Ziyi when she came out: "What's wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable somewhere?"

Wu Ziyi waved his hand: "I did feel a little strange when I was running. I still have to wait for the inspection to confirm the details, sister Wen. You can contact Coach Randy. I want to give up the Stockholm station and go back to China to rest."

"Okay, I'll call Randy now, Lao Yi, come and help me!"

"Don't help, don't need to help, you will be photographed by the reporter when you help, and you will think that I have been injured, and the news will become more and more chaotic." Wu Ziyi refused Lao Yi's support, and under the protection of the team Walk to the parking lot.

　Thanks to Dark Horse Yangyang, PC Master, Yuan Xi, Yuxie cc, Book Friends 2018459, Feng Shenjing for their monthly tickets~
　　
　
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