Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 287 Brussels (Fourth War Coleman)

At 8:31 on the evening of August 19, Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.

As a city located at 50°51' north latitude, a round of sunset is still hanging in the sky of Brussels, but the spotlights of the stadium have already been turned on.

Baudouin Stadium, formerly known as Heythel Stadium, has hosted the Champions League final five times. The Heythel tragedy occurred in the UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool and Juventus on May 5, 1985. Since then, the stadium has never been held again. Over a football game.

The stadium was rebuilt in 1995. The stadium includes a standard track and field track and a football field with a capacity of 50000 people. It used to be the home field of the Belgian national football team for a while, but it was no longer used as a football field after 2008. .

This legendary stadium soon found its new owners - the Belgian Athletics Federation and the IAAF. After renovations, it became the venue for the Brussels leg of the IAAF Golden League, which became the Diamond League in 2010. Every year, many track and field competitions, concerts and commemorative activities fixed on May 5 will be held in this stadium.

Gong Lijiao sat comfortably in the auditorium and watched the game with her team. After half an hour of warm-up competition, the Diamond League event finally started. For some reason, the results of the first Diamond event today were not very good. ideal.

第一个径赛项目女子400米，在巴哈马名将肖奈·米勒-尤博去参加女子200米的情况下，巴林小将纳赛尔的夺冠成绩仅为49秒33，距离WL48秒97和MR48秒83都还有一定距离。

Then the scene of the women's shot put competition, which had been completed yesterday, was played on the big screen. Gong Lijiao won the championship with a score of 19 meters and defended the Diamond Award.

As the first diamond award winner born in Brussels, and also the annual women's shot put champion + WL for two consecutive years, the organizer immediately gave her a nearly 10-second shot to show that she was watching the match in the auditorium tribute.

Then there was a wave of small climax in the stadium. Kenya's Chepkochi ran 3000 minutes 8 seconds in the women's 55-meter obstacle, breaking the competition record and creating the third record in history!
Another good news for the women's long jump. After winning the annual triple jump championship in Zurich the day before, Colombia's Ibagun won the long jump diamond award with a score of 6 meters!

As the sun set, one diamond project after another came to an end, and one annual champion after another was announced, the atmosphere in the stadium gradually heated up, and finally reached a new climax after Wu Ziyi and others entered the stadium.

At 20:48, Wu Ziyi wore thermal clothing and stepped on the track of the Baudouin Stadium in Brussels. This was the moment that everyone was looking forward to.

He took off his thermal clothing, took out a small tape measure and began to measure the distance to the footboard, then looked up and swept around the auditorium.Due to the sudden news of Wu Ziyi's participation in the Brussels Finals, there were relatively few Chinese audiences at the scene, only a small number of overseas Chinese and overseas students.

But the absence of family support does not mean that Wu Ziyi's popularity is weak. There are not a few European audiences holding banners and support boards with Wu Ziyi's cartoon image or name. When Wu Ziyi waved to them, the shouts they responded to It even overshadowed the men's high jump next door.

Apart from Wu Ziyi, other players are very popular. Coleman, Ronnie Baker, and Yohan Blake also have a lot of fans, and their fans are also trying their best to cheer for their favorite players.

Compared with Wu Ziyi's sunny interaction with the audience, Coleman is making his own preparations with a blank face. He can't be as enthusiastic as Wu Ziyi, especially since his record in this year's indoor season has made him more restrained.

First, at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, he lost to Su Bingtian in the 60-meter field that he was best at, and then he not only lost to Wu Ziyi in the Eugene Diamond League, but also inferior to Ronnie Baker.

In the Diamond League Rome station, he only ran 10 seconds and ranked fourth. Then he chose to rest from his injuries, but because he missed the US Championships, he was jokingly called a "coward" and "deserter".

After his comeback, he ushered in the star-studded Diamond League Paris station. Although he ran a time of 9 seconds, he still couldn't escape failure.London was still defeated at 79 seconds. Only in Rabat and Birmingham where Wu Ziyi was not present could he regain the feeling of victory.

Now he is standing on the track of Baudouin Stadium again, he firmly believes that 9 seconds is not his finish line, and he wants to challenge Wu Ziyi again!
"Pei Meng, you are Wu Ziyi's big brother, and you are also one of the coaches of the men's relay team in the Asian Games. You should be very clear about Wu Ziyi's situation. Regarding this matchup, I would like you to analyze it for the audience. He What are the odds of winning?"

In the live broadcast room of CCTV Sports Channel, next to Yang Jian sat Zhang Peimeng, the former top [-]-meter player in China.

In fact, he was not invited to this game, and even Yang Jian didn't want to comment, because from the schedule of the Asian Games, Wu Ziyi obviously couldn't make it to the finals.

CCTV also learned of the news that Wu Ziyi was going to compete after he flew to Brussels to post a bib, so he temporarily recruited Zhang Peimeng, who is at home, to explain the competition with Yang Jian.

"In terms of this, in fact, in terms of pure strength, Ayi is not afraid of Coleman at all. After all, Ayi has already run a super time of 9 seconds in Jakarta, second only to Bolt. But at the same time, Cole Mann has been resting for two weeks, and he is waiting for work in Brussels, and Ah Yi arrived in Brussels non-stop, so the result of this game is hard to say."

Zhang Peimeng's answer was very cautious, which made Yang Jian's heart flutter slightly. Even Zhang Peimeng thought so. The difficulty of seeing Wu Ziyi win this time is definitely higher than that of Paris and London.

Wu Ziyi participated in a total of 4 diamond league men's 100m races this year, of which Eugene is a non-diamond event, so his points are 32 points.Although Coleman lost three times to Wu Ziyi, he has participated in more diamond leagues than Wu Ziyi, with a total of 34 points.

Ronnie Baker also has 30 points. The gap between the three is not that big, but the points in the Diamond League finals are doubled. If Coleman wins the championship, he will directly become the annual champion.

The conditions for Ronnie Baker to win the Diamond Award are the most demanding. He must win the championship + Coleman ≤ third place.

Wu Ziyi's situation is slightly better. As long as he can win the championship in Brussels, even if Coleman won the runner-up and Wu Ziyi also accumulated 46 points, according to the principle of comparing the results of the finals with the same score, he can also win the Diamond Award.

If Wu Ziyi can be given enough time to adjust his state, how can Coleman be his opponent with his running time of 9 seconds in Jakarta?But now everything is starting to be full of suspense again.

"Then we can only see Wu Ziyi's adjustment now."

Yang Jian sighed quietly, praying silently for Wu Ziyi in his heart.

Today's game is Wu Ziyi's most difficult game since the Rio Olympics. Before coming to Brussels, Wu Ziyi had just experienced the test of 7 shots in Jakarta. After 4 hours of adjustment time, it is time to start the warm-up before the game.

Coleman and Ronnie Baker are not ordinary people. Regardless of whether Wu Ziyi appears or not, they are the top sprinters in the world at this point in time.

Despite the intensive schedule and the fast road, Wu Ziyi's physical condition has inevitably declined to a certain extent despite the support of [adrenaline].

But it is this kind of scene that can arouse Wu Ziyi's inner fighting spirit even more!
The blood rushing in his body seemed to be cheering for this duel, his spirit was extremely excited, and a raging flame seemed to be burning all over his body, which was naturally produced when his body faced a strong enemy.

Wu Ziyi is not sure whether he can hit 9 seconds again in this race. In his heart, he even hopes that Coleman or Ronnie Baker can beat him, so that he can gain more motivation to pursue his limit.

Let's fight!

(End of this chapter)