Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 296 Roman Night
On May 5, Wu Ziyi and others flew to the training base of the national track and field team in the suburbs of Paris. They will use this base as the center to participate in competitions in various places in Europe.

Rome, Italy, is the venue for his second race in the 2019 season. Wu Ziyi flew here after two days of jet lag in Paris. He will participate in the 200-meter event in the Diamond League Rome station.

At 6:6 on the evening of June 20th, it was already dark, and the Rome Olympic Stadium ushered in the penultimate track event tonight.

Wu Ziyi stood with his hands on his hips in a daze at the starting area of ​​the sixth track. Usually, he would interact with the audience and fans before the game started, but tonight he was unusually silent. He was a little absent-minded from the moment he entered the stadium. Because of tonight's opponent.

The player assigned to the 9th track tonight is Jeremy Richards of Trinidad and Tobago, with a personal best of 19 seconds and a season best of 97 seconds.
The 8th track is an old acquaintance, Ramir Guliyev of Turkey. He ushered in a wave of explosion last year, especially at the European Athletics Championships held in Berlin with a time of 19 seconds, which refreshed Turkey in one fell swoop. National record.

Wu Ziyi is on the 7th track.

The sixth track is Noah Lyles. Like Wu Ziyi, today's game is also his first 6-meter race of the season.

The fifth track is Michael Norman, American-Japanese mixed race.His mother, Saito Shenjiang, is the record holder of the neon women's 5-meter junior high school student. She was severely injured by the neon coach in high school and ruined her track and field career, so she went to the bad country in college.

诺曼和科尔利很像，目前200米与400米都突破了20秒/44秒，200米的PB目前是19秒84，同时他也是近两年在200米项目上对莱尔斯威胁最大的霉国运动员。

The fourth track is the current 4-meter record holder in Italy - Philip Totu. As a 200-meter special athlete, his 20-meter is actually not bad, with a PB of 24 seconds. This competition is obviously for the World Championships. Task.

When the on-site host read Totu's name, the cheers and cheers erupted at the scene were no weaker than that of Wu Ziyi, which shows how popular this handsome white guy is in Italy.

第3道是厄瓜多尔的昆诺内兹，个人最好成绩为19秒93，赛季最好成绩为20秒19。

The second track is Colombian player Bernardo Baloyes, with a personal best time of 2 seconds. It is strange to say that Colombia and Ecuador are neighbors, and now these two players just happen to be in the adjacent track.

The first track is an athlete with a large tattoo on his chest and shoulders, and a shaved head. The beard around his chin and lips is very neatly trimmed.Although he is also an Italian athlete, it seems that the Italian audience does not treat him as enthusiastically as Totu, and the cheers are obviously much weaker, which shows that his popularity and strength are not high.

The athlete's chest is pasted with his name-JACOBS, and his full name is Lamont Marcel Jacobs.

Wu Ziyi's silence tonight comes from him. Perhaps to the athletes and audience present, Jacobs is just a nobody, but to Wu Ziyi he is a fog.

Because before August 2021, 8, no one would think that the Olympic men's 1-meter gold medal would be taken away by an Italian. Although Coleman was suspended, although Brommel became Borommel, the outside world did not He cared too much about this Italian, and Su Bingtian was even more vocal about winning the championship than him.

But it was this little-known guy who only broke through 10 seconds two months before the Olympics, and became the king of men's [-] meters in the Winter Beijing Olympics.

Wu Ziyi knows very little about him, Lyles, Coleman, Corley, Brommel, Bednarek, Norman, DeGrasse... these athletes Wu Ziyi has more or less collected their However, Wu Ziyi never took the initiative to learn about Jacobs.

Today, did we finally meet on the field?
"On your marks"

The starter's order interrupted Wu Ziyi's thoughts, allowing him to return to reality from his memories. It is not a good thing to have obstacles in his heart. Wu Ziyi knew that he was a bit stuck.

Now Jacobs is just a coward. Leaving aside the 200 meters, if we only talk about the 30 meters, Wu Ziyi can easily abuse him even if he puts [-] meters.

"Calm down, Wu Ziyi! Your goal is Usain Bolt. Today your opponents are Lyles and Norman. Who cares about Jacobs, let him eat the exhaust at the back of the team!"

Wu Ziyi let out a long breath, jumped on the spot, let his body get excited again, and was the last one to step onto the starting block.

The distracting thoughts in my mind were gradually put down, and now I was thinking about how to get myself into a good game state, and my body began to be like a tightly compressed spring, just waiting for the gunshot to burst out all the energy I had accumulated for a long time.

After his feet were firmly on the starting block, Wu Ziyi straightened up and looked at the live broadcast camera aimed at him. Feeling that the stadium was still a bit noisy, he put his right index finger on his lips and pressed his hands down to remind the audience to keep quiet .

When Wu Ziyi buried his head and lowered his head, the two eyes staring at him retracted.

Noah Lyles adjusted the gold chain his mother gave him, and then fastened the buttons on his chest, leaning over and bowing his head.

Michael Norman supported his headband with both hands, and adjusted its position slightly to make his mind more comfortable.

On the lawn next to the starting area, the starter waited for his colleagues to confirm that all the competitors were ready, and raised the starting gun in his hand:

"Set—!"

"boom--!!"

At the starting point of the curve, the nine players suddenly kicked off from the starting block like arrows off the string.

The atmosphere in the stadium quickly heated up, and every spectator began to shout for the athletes they supported. In this cheering atmosphere, the three contestants in lanes 5, 6, and 7 started from the start. Start at breakneck speed and gradually gain the lead.

Noah Lyles once again felt the familiar extreme cornering acceleration ability. After a winter of training, he thought that his cornering ability had improved compared to last year, but when he raised his head, he was still caught by the right The figure on the side who was approaching the extreme was frightened.

"Uzi—!"

"Uzi—!"

In the Olympic Stadium in Rome, even the Italians who originally supported Totu and Jacobs were conquered by the figure in the seventh lane at this moment.

Shouts were pumped out from the mouths of the [-] spectators in the stadium, gathering in the entire Olympic Stadium into a monstrous wave, stirring in the night sky of Rome.

40 meters, surpassing Guliyev; 50 meters, surpassing Jeremy Richards; before halfway through the curve, Wu Ziyi has already gained an absolute lead!
The rapid arm swing, the stride far beyond ordinary people, especially the footsteps that are completely close to the runway line, the ultimate curve acceleration ability and curve tangent ability, make people have to exclaim.

At 80 meters, Wu Ziyi has turned his head completely sideways, and his eyes are on the finish line after the straight.

At 110 meters, about to enter the straight, Wu Ziyi glanced to the left again. Lyles and Norman were engaged in a tug-of-war, and Norman had the upper hand.

With just a glance, Wu Ziyi turned his attention back to himself. The final straight part must be completed perfectly.

Wu Ziyi, who was in the front, had no distractions, while Lyles, who was following Norman, was full of bitterness.

I didn't expect to be affected by that monster again. Although it was the first 200-meter race this year, Lyles really didn't expect the process of the race to be like this.

That Norman, who was suppressed by him for a whole year last year, is now ahead of him, and has a full position, which is unacceptable to Lyles.

"Calm down, Lyles, it doesn't matter if the curve is affected, there is still a chance on the straight, trust your back-end ability!"

Noah Lyles has always been confident in his back-end speed endurance ability, which is also his nirvana when facing many opponents. In many games, he can rely on his stronger speed endurance ability in the last 50 meters Achieving a go-ahead, except for the person who is now more than three positions ahead of him.

Entering the straight, the position between the players is easier to judge.

130 meters, 140 meters, 150 meters
Three-quarters of the 200-meter race has been completed, and Wu Ziyi, who has been cheered by the audience, is completely in the lead. He is now more than three meters ahead of Norman, who is in second place.

Entering this stage, the speed of the athletes has been declining. Among opponents with smaller gaps, those with stronger speed resistance will have a better chance of winning.

Lyles is getting closer to Norman bit by bit, the last 40 meters, 30 meters, 20 meters.
"Entering the straight, Uzi is still widening the gap, and Norman and Lyles behind are catching up with all their strength!"

"Lyles, keep narrowing the gap, he may be able to catch up with Norman, but Uzi - has already ended the game!"

"19 seconds 64! Ladies and gentlemen, let us welcome the new record of the Rome Diamond League with the warmest applause! It is also the new world best result!"

Wu Ziyi slowed down slowly after crossing the finish line. The first shot of the 2019 meters in the 200 season started in 19 seconds, which made him have no doubts about his physical condition, because he put nearly 64 meters distance.

In the case of ensuring an absolute advantage, Wu Ziyi still chose to let go, easily ended the game and won the championship.

"Congratulations, Uzi!"

At some point, Lyles followed Wu Ziyi, snatched the champion's bouquet of flowers from the staff, and handed it to Wu Ziyi.

"You're still so active, Lyles!" Wu Ziyi smiled helplessly, took the flowers and hugged him.

After embracing Wu Ziyi, the active Lyles turned around and found Norman, and patted him on the back with a smile on his face. It seemed that he was not depressed at all because of losing to Norman.

On the big screen at this time, the results of the 9 contestants in this competition were refreshed one by one:

Wind speed: (+0.7m/s)

1 Wu Ziyi 19.64 WL/MR/SB
2 Michael Norman 19.70 PB
3 Noah Lyles 19.72 SB
4 Alex Quinonez 20.17 SB
5 Ramil Guliyev 20.35
6 Philip Totu 20.36 SB
7 Jeremy Richards 20.42
8 Bernardo Baloyes 20.51
9 Lamont Marcel Jacobs 20.56 PB
At this time, most of the reporters followed Wu Ziyi to the timer to take pictures. Lyles and Norman also had many followers, and the popular Italian player Totu also had many local reporters. It seemed that no one noticed the refreshing PB at the bottom. bald.

The Diamond League is a gathering place for the world's track and field masters. In every race, there will always be players who break various records, such as world records, tournament records, season world best results, and personal best results.
But there are very few athletes who set a new personal best time of 200 seconds in the men's 20 meters. You must know that the Diamond League is a world-wide event second only to the Olympics and the World Championships. Like Jacobs Under the circumstances, everyone will only think that the organizers pulled it out to make up the numbers.

There were more than 7 people in the stadium, but apart from Wu Ziyi, no one knew how the bald man in the corner rejoicing to refresh his PB would grow in the future, including himself.

(End of this chapter)