Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 227 Semifinals ([-]) "Slippery Autumn" Gatlin 【Subscription】

The live broadcast time of the London-London World Championships is relatively dark for most viewers in China. The schedule time of popular events is basically in the local London-London evening, so that Chinese viewers have to stay up late to watch the live broadcast.

男子百米半决赛的比赛时间是8月5日晚19点05，伦-敦时间要比燕京时间晚8个小时，对应的燕京时间就是凌晨2点05了。还好是国内的周日，让有工作的田径迷们不至于耽误第二天的工作。

The men's 19-meter semi-finals hadn't started yet. It stands to reason that the current live broadcast should show the shot put event of the women's decathlon that started at [-]:[-], but for the sake of ratings, the camera was pulled to the waiting room.

Although he hadn't played yet, the photographer just shot the camera on the face of Wu Ziyi, who was actually tying his shoelaces, and it caused a burst of cheers in the London Bowl.Wu Ziyi has long been used to being slapped in the face, so he stood up with a natural expression, fist bumped with Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Bolt and others in turn, and began to wait for admission.

In Guilin, a city in southwestern China, Cheng Guanfeng was at the house of Wu Ziyi's uncle and aunt, staying up late with the adults to watch the live broadcast.

Before the competition started, Wang Guimei brought coffee for everyone, but Cheng Guanfeng did not have points. He just won the Guangxi Youth Athletics Championships last week, and was recruited into the Guangxi Athletics Team just like Wu Ziyi back then. Let Cheng Guanfeng develop a habit of not touching sensitive food and drinks anymore, so Wang Guimei cut a plate of fruit for Cheng Guanfeng alone.

"Come on, Ah Feng, eat some fruit~"

"Thank you godmother!" Cheng Guanfeng thanked, and took the fruit plate from Wang Guimei.

As soon as Wang Guimei sat down, she saw that many athletes in the waiting room were wearing down jackets, so she asked Cheng Guanfeng, "Ah Feng, why do they still wear down jackets in summer?"

Cheng Guanfeng had a big piece of watermelon in his mouth, and wanted to swallow it to answer Wang Guimei's question, but he heard a live introduction from a CCTV reporter on the TV. A girl who makes people feel sweet and lovely.

"Okay, what we are seeing now is the picture of the men's [-]-meter semi-final waiting room. Some viewers may have noticed that many athletes here are wearing thick thermal clothing or even down jackets. In fact, this is because the athletes There will be a warm-up before the game, and London-London is relatively cold at night, in order to maintain the state of their bodies and not let the muscles cool down, the athletes will wear their own thermal clothing."

"Now, Wu Ziyi is ready to go~ Let us wish Wu Ziyi and the subsequent players Su Bingtian and Xie Zhenye a wonderful performance in the semi-finals, and strive to make it to the final without missing a beat. Come on! Next, we will leave Teacher Yang Jian~"

In the live broadcast, the 8 contestants in the first group of the men's 8m semi-final are ready behind the starting blocks. The host and the commentators of the TV stations began to introduce the [-] contestants to the audience in turn.

Yang Jian: "Okay, thank you Huang Bingbing for bringing us the scene in the waiting room. Next, let's turn our attention to the stadium. The players have come to their tracks and started preparations. At the same time, welcome to the Guangzhou Asian Games The men's [-]-meter champion - Lao Yi, came to the commentary booth of our CCTV Sports Channel, and came to complete the live broadcast with me tonight, and said hello to everyone."

Lao Yi: "Hello, Mr. Yang Jian, and hello to everyone in the audience. I am Lao Yi. I am very glad to come to the scene to explain with Mr. Yang Jian today."

Yang Jian: "Many of our viewers know that Lao Yi has been following Wu Ziyi since 15 as his exclusive trainer, and he came to the commentary stand today with the permission of the field management center and the coaching team. In fact, I would like to ask, if you come to explain to me today, will it have any impact on Wu Ziyi?"

Lao Yi: "No, no, because our team is very professional. Since before the winter training in 15, the Field Management Center has created a compound coaching team with Coach Randy as the core. It is mainly responsible for Wu Ziyi, Su Bingtian and Xie Zhenye. Waiting for someone's training. Although I am Ah Yi's exclusive training partner, in fact, leaving him for a short time does not have any impact on him, because there are several colleagues in the team who can take my place."

Yang Jian: "Then we can rest assured! Having said that, have you set any goals for the three boys of our Chinese team before the World Championships?"

Lao Yi: "Actually, it's not very important whether we set goals or not. The important thing is whether our athletes can perform at their best. Judging from the training results these days, they all have the ability or the opportunity to achieve it. own goals."

Yang Jian: "You're still playing tricks! Then I'll ask directly, what are the goals of the three of them? Can you tell me this?"

Lao Yi: "Oh, it's hard for me to explain this once. Teacher Yang Jian, you are here. First of all, I think everyone knows the goal of Ah Yi, and our team is also very clear. This time he set a goal for himself. His goal is to win the gold medal in the World Championships. Anyway, his original words are [If you win a silver medal, you lose]! For Bing Tian, ​​he hopes that he can perform well and try his best to break through his achievements in the World Championships And Xiao Xie, he actually said in the interview yesterday that he will strive to run under 10 seconds today and enter the final."

While the two were chatting, the eight athletes in the stadium were all ready behind the starting block, waiting for the introduction. The camera first pulled away from Wu Ziyi, and gave the eight athletes a long-range "family portrait", and then zoomed back to On the players in the second track, the on-site host and the commentators of each TV station also started to introduce along the camera.

Yang Jian: "Okay, now let's take a look at the 8 athletes in the first group of the men's semi-finals. The first is the 2nd track, which is the Jianqiao Asuka from Neon, his personal best and the best of the season The good results are the 10 seconds run in Neon China this year.”

"In the third track, the host player James Daluso has a personal best time of 3 seconds and a season best time of 9 seconds. The audience in England is very enthusiastic. Except for Bolt and Wu Ziyi, no one can compete with him. The London-London Bowl has such popularity."

"On the 4th track, Julian Ford from Jamaica, his personal best and best time of the season are both 6 seconds in the semi-finals of the Jamaica domestic trials in June."

"On track 5, Akani Sibini from South Africa has a personal best of 9 seconds and a season best of 89 seconds. Sibini ran 9 seconds in the semi-finals of the Rio Olympics last year but failed To be able to advance to the final, he came to London this year with the belief that he must enter the final, and he has a good relationship with Wu Ziyi, I hope he can achieve his goal today."

Before the on-site host began to introduce the sixth player, there was a burst of booing in the stadium, which showed how unpopular this player was with the English audience.

"On the 6th track, Justin Gatlin, a legendary player from the bad country, one of the [Five Tigers]! Gatlin's best time this year is only 9 seconds, but he qualified in this group with his strength It should be easy to qualify, it depends on whether he wants to compete with Wu Ziyi for the first place in this group. Every time Gatlin plays in the London-Bowl, he will get a lot of boos, starting from the London-London Olympics in 95, here Most viewers don't approve of him, but that tends to give Gatlin more motivation."

Justin Gatlin accepted the camera with a blank face. Since the Yanjing World Championships in 15, he has rarely "walked the show" in front of the camera or done his own signature [tearing] action, because he already knows that no matter what No matter how good the results I got, most of the audience still wouldn't like me.

Perhaps this is why he has expressed his love for China more than once. After all, the audience in China will always give him applause and cheers.

The camera moved again, the original boos stopped immediately, and the applause and cheers came like a wave, even surpassing James Daluso in the third track before.

Lao Yi: "The 7th track, he is the Asian record holder, and also the runner-up of the Rio Olympics. This year, he created the world's best time of 9 seconds, the Chinese trapeze -- Wu Ziyi!"

Wu Ziyi clenched a fist with one hand, and gestured with the other hand to make "a little progress every time", shaking his body according to his own rhythm, and suddenly remembered that there was a Han country player next to him, so he laughed without holding back.

Calm down, Wu Ziyi, you are now a famous sports player, so pay attention to your image.

"Track 8, Ben Youssef Meite from Côte d'Ivoire, with a season best time of 9 seconds."

"The 9th track, Jin Guorong from the cold country, Jin Guorong is also another famous player in the cold country after Ye Kuihua in recent years. His personal best and season's best results are both 10 seconds in the finals of the domestic trials. .”

Putting aside the grievances among the three East Asian countries, it can be seen that the track and field level of the three countries has indeed been improving in recent years. Needless to say, China, the three athletes from the 15 Yanjing World Championships and the 16 Rio Olympics Into the semi-finals.This year, the three players of the Neon team also made it to the semi-finals, which is much better than in 16 and 15.

Even Jin Guorong of the Cold Country Team made it to the semi-finals. This player Wu Ziyi has heard of it in his previous life. It is said that it is "a small outbreak every year". It is usually around 10 seconds 3, but every year there is a 10 seconds 20 or even Performance within 10 seconds and 10.

After the on-site host introduced Jin Guorong, the starter quickly gave the "On your marks" command, Wu Ziyi cleared his mind of distracting thoughts, and walked forward unhurriedly.

Today's London-London is cooler than yesterday, and it's just after 19 o'clock. The sun has not completely set in this high-latitude city at this time, but it can already be described as "cold". It didn't start until nearly 22 o'clock. In the final, the temperature will only be lower.

In this group, Wu Ziyi's main opponents are Sibney and Gatlin, but Sibney's performance in the multi-gun competition has not been very good, and he is not a contestant.Needless to say, Gatlin is a seasoned veteran. Before this year's World Championships, he didn't speak harshly to Wu Ziyi. He probably will maintain his state until the final.

(Yang Jian): "All the players have stepped forward and started to prepare, and the game will start soon. Wu Ziyi is on the seventh track, and his main opponents are all on his left side. The seventh track allows him to It’s good to observe the opponent’s position, and then make your own judgment.”

"Set—"

"boom--!"

The starting gun goes off!

"Game start!"

At the moment of the gunshot, the eight runners who were originally in the starting position on the starting block suddenly kicked off the starting block, "Swipe—" and made uniform stretching and arm swing movements. The contestants struggled like hungry tigers rushing for food Jump forward.

The London-London Bowl, which was originally quiet, instantly became noisy, with overwhelming cheers and cheers filling every corner of the stadium.

These audiences who come from all over the world have great enthusiasm for this competitive sports event that represents the ultimate speed of human beings, and only the jewel of the men's [-]m track and field event can inspire people's unlimited love for sports to the greatest extent. enthusiasm.

At the moment of the gunshot, Wu Ziyi started to start almost instinctively. Day after day of listening to the gun training and cooperation has been upgraded to a [reaction] attribute of 93, so that he can always get a weak lead in the starting reaction .

0.132 seconds, leading a little each time.

Stretching, swinging arms, connecting three points and one line, golden four steps, "Puff puff puff puff puff puff --" and stepping out, Wu Ziyi's right foot has completely crossed the ten-meter line.

The other contestants, like Wu Ziyi, started very quickly after the gunshot, seven or eight steps, and the contestants stepped near the ten-meter line one after another. At this time, the gap between the contestants began to be revealed.

Among the eight players on the field, Wu Ziyi and Wu Jia had the longest strides. Wu Ziyi's seventh step completely crossed the ten-meter line, while Wu Jia's seventh step was just on the ten-meter line.Although his stride is long, his stride frequency is not fast. When his left leg was just raised, the eighth step of Sibney and Gatlin was about to hit the ground.

Undoubtedly, in the first ten meters, Gatlin and Sibney took a slight lead, while Wu Ziyi and Wu Jia fell behind slightly, but this "lag behind" may be reversed at any time later.

After 20 meters, the players raised their heads one after another, and began to end their low-center-of-gravity acceleration phase, preparing to run on the way.

At 30 meters, the players completely shifted their center of gravity to the midpoint of their bodies, and began to show their running skills on the way.

At this time, the gap between the players was even more obvious. Sibney and Wu Ziyi were in the first echelon, and they sandwiched Gatlin in the middle, leading him by a full body.Uja and Jianqiao Asuka performed well in their future acceleration. Although they lagged behind Wu Ziyi and Sibney, they surpassed Gatlin and Julian Ford and were in the second echelon.Gatlin and Julian Ford are in the third echelon, while Meite and Jin Guorong hang far at the end.

40 meters, 50 meters.
Wu Ziyi's speed has been fully increased. Although he has not yet reached the extreme speed state, he directly reproduced the scene of the group match when he entered the high-speed stage on the way.He gradually got rid of the crowd, and he was half a body ahead of Sibney who was second.

Gatlin did not do well in the first 30 meters. Although he intentionally wanted to maintain his physical strength in the semi-finals, the two young people beside him seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood. How could he show weakness?
Acceleration, acceleration, extreme sending and pawing, at a distance of 20 meters, Gatlin instantly caught up with Uja and Jianqiao Asuka who were ahead of him, and began to chase Sibini and Wu Ziyi.

60 meters!Wu Ziyi began to look towards his left hand, constantly observing the positions of Sibney, Gatlin and others, so as to judge whether he needed to release water and when to release water.

(Yang Jian): "The competition has begun! The players' starts are relatively consistent, and they are in a state of going hand in hand for the time being."

"Wu Ziyi's acceleration is very good, the first 30 meters and Sibney are in the lead, Gatling is slightly behind!"

"Wu Ziyi speeds up! He is completely in the lead, Sibney and Gatlin are chasing, Wu Ziyi began to keep watching the positions of other players."

"In the last 30 meters, Wu Ziyi started to slow down, Gatling also caught up, and the final sprint—!"

"Wu Ziyi still showed his absolute strength, first in the group, 9 seconds 95. The gap between Sibney and Gatlin is very close. We need to watch the replays to judge who is second."

After Wu Ziyi crossed the finish line, he also looked at the replay on the big screen. He shook his head when he saw Gatlin's performance. Through replaying Wu Ziyi, it can be seen that Gatlin still has some reservations.

It's really like the old fritters, it's not slippery!

After three sets of replays from different angles, the results of the contestants began to be displayed on the big screen:

Wind speed: (-0.5m/s)

1 China - Wu Ziyi 9.95 Q
2 Moldy Country - Justin Gatlin 10.03 Q
3 South Africa - Akani-Sibini 10.03
4 Côte d'Ivoire - Ben Youssef Meite 10.08
5 Jamaica - Julian Ford 10.10
6 England - James Daluso 10.19
7 Neon - Jianqiao Bird 10.22
8 Cold Country - Jin Guorong 10.31
Although Wu Ziyi does not know the results of other people on the original timeline, Wu Ziyi still has an impression of the results of Gatlin and Sibney. The 10 is definitely influenced by him. If he did not appear, That's definitely not the case with Gatlin and Sibney.

The threshold for the men's [-]-meter final in the Yanjing World Championships and the Rio Olympics has been affected by me, and it seems that this year is no exception.

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