Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 315 Semifinals

"China Central Television, welcome everyone to watch the live broadcast of the 2019 Doha World Athletics Championships. I am the commentator Yang Jian, and Zhang Peimeng and I will still comment for you today."

"The men's 200-meter world record and the world championship record are 2009 seconds set by Usain Bolt of Jamaica at the 19 World Championships in Berlin. Wu Ziyi successfully surpassed Bolt in the men's 19-meter final two days ago. Te’s original world record of 9 seconds has been improved by 58 seconds, and now sports people and audiences all over the world are paying attention to him, expecting him to create miracles again.”

"Another legendary player of the last century——Michael Johnson is right next to us in the NBC commentary booth. NBC TV likes to invite him to commentate during the World Championships and the Olympics. Michael Johnson was in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The 19 seconds created in the world is still No.32 in the history of men's 200 meters in personal history."

"Before the game, I asked him [Are you ready to be surpassed by a young man?], and he replied [I have been ready for a long time, but it should not be today], a very humorous answer, which shows that he is also very optimistic about Wu Ziyi Set a new record in tomorrow's final"

多哈时间9月30日20：50，燕京时间10月1日01：50，男子200米半决赛正式开始。

Xie Zhenye was in the first group, Lyles was in the second group, and Wu Ziyi was in the third group.

The Mold Country team still has a lot of gains this time, but it is not satisfactory in the most popular men's 100 meters and 200 meters events.And compared to the men's 100 meters with a silver medal in the account and a third runner-up, the other two athletes except Lyles in the men's 200 meters event failed in the preliminaries.

Bedrenac was injured in the final of the U.S. Championships, but due to the level of other players and the world ranking is not high enough, so Bedrenac still won the World Championships, but his injury has not healed, He only ran 21 seconds in the preliminaries, and was out last in the fourth group.

Coleman is the runner-up of the men's 200 meters in the US Championships, and his strength is actually world-class. However, he and Lyles focus on 100 meters and 200 meters, so he gave up his place to a man named Rodney Rowe ( Rodney ROWE) young man.Although he was not at the bottom, his score was only 20 seconds, and he was not even eligible to participate in the make-up.

Noah Lyles, now the only seedling in the men's 200-meter event, is indeed a bit shabby compared to the three in Jamaica and the two in China/England/Canada.

As time passed, the eight players in the first group all completed the pre-match starting block adjustment and trial run on their respective tracks, and returned to their positions.

No. 9 is Munia of South Africa, ranked 18th in the world; No. 8 is Rashid Dwyer of Jamaica, No. 26 in the world; No. 7, Jerem Richards, No. 7 in the world No. 6; No. 6 is Xie Zhenye, currently ranked No. 5 in the world; No. 18, Adam Gemili of England, No. 4 in the world; No. 3 is Amir Guliyev of Turkey, London World Championships The second runner-up in the world, ranked No. 3 in the world; No. 2 Wilson abstained, and Ukrainian player Smerik No. [-].

As time went by, after the referees confirmed that the eight contestants were ready, the starter fired the first shot in the men's 200 semi-final.

Xie Zhenye, who was in the 6th track, started a little slowly and was not prominent in the corner. He was overtaken by Adam Jimili in the 100th track at 5 meters, and Guliyev was overtaken at 110 meters.

But after several years of training by Randy and the experience accumulated in these years, Xie Zhenye was not in a hurry at this time. He released his reserved strength after 120 meters and began to gradually catch up with the two ahead.

根据国际田联的规则，男子200米的决赛分组将由选手的排名来决定，三个小组的头名按照成绩高低瓜分5、6、7三个道次，三个小组的No.2抽签分配4、8、9道，两个递补选手抽检分配2、3道。

The two passes 2 and 3 are the ones that 200-meter athletes do not want to encounter, because the angle is too small, and the cost of these two passes is much higher than other passes, so Xie Zhenye definitely does not want to be assigned here in the final. on two runways.

40 meters left, 30 meters
"At the beginning of the race, Xie Zhenye started the corner relatively smoothly. What he needs to do is not to lag behind his opponent too much in the corner."

"Turning into the straight, Jimili is currently in the first place, and Guliyev is slightly ahead of Xie Zhenye."

"Xie Zhenye, work hard in the later stage! Overtake Guliyev, keep the rhythm, Xie Zhenye! Can you catch up with Jimili?"

"20 seconds 03, almost, Xie Zhenye's final sprint is still a bit stiff, he didn't press the line, but the second place in the group is also very good, as long as he can advance to the final, he will have a chance to adjust."

Zhang Peimeng: "Xie Zhenye suddenly reminded me of the situation in the World Championships in Moscow in 13 when I didn't press the line and was killed by Lemaitre. Although Xie Zhenye advanced to the final, we still need to pay attention to this aspect, because it may be poor. Then a little bit, you can get better grades.”

Yang Jian and Zhang Peimeng in the commentary were asking questions for Xie Zhenye, but Xie Zhenye himself was very happy. In fact, he caught up with Jimmy in the last 10 meters, and the normal line pressure would definitely kill him.

But Xie Zhenye had his own considerations.

5, 6, and 7 are very good passes, but Xie Zhenye prefers 8 and 9. In the past few years, because of his low world ranking, he was often ranked 8th and 9th when he participated in some grand prix competitions and diamond leagues Dao, over time he got used to it instead.

谢震叶现在就是在赌，赌自己中了那2/3的几率，抽签分到8、9而不是第4道，而且就算分到第4道也完全能够接受，至少比2、3道要好。

In the second group, under the full pursuit of Quinonez, Lyles ran almost 19% of the state. He ranked first in the group at 85 seconds. Kunnonez came second in the group at 19 seconds. Len Brown entered the bench in 95 seconds.

When Wu Ziyi stood on the sixth track, the audience cheered everywhere. Although it was not the final, some spectators waved the five-star red flag, as if Wu Ziyi had already won the championship.

After defending the men's 100-meter champion at the World Championships and breaking the world record, the audience's expectation for Wu Ziyi is to create a new men's 200-meter record. Perhaps in this sprint era known as the "New Era", Wu Ziyi is the world track and field hero The brightest star.

Stepping on the starting block, Wu Ziyi breathed easily to adjust his state, beside him were Kyle Greo and De Grasse, and further inside were Janne Hughes and Yohan Blake.

Brother Dao has recovered well this year, but Wu Ziyi feels that he has not recovered to his best condition. At least in the 200 meters, his current level is not as good as it was during the Rio Olympics in 16.

"Snapped--!"

After the gunshots rang out, Wu Ziyi quickly demonstrated his powerful cornering ability and caught up with Kyle Greo in the seventh lane at 40 meters.

After 80 meters, Wu Ziyi has come to the first place, completely occupying the lead.

Turning into the straight, Blake, Janne Hughes, and Tamil Burnett are neck and neck, while Wu Ziyi, who is far ahead, has opened up a gap of at least three heights.

After 120 meters, Wu Ziyi began to release the water gradually, looking around constantly, waiting for De Grasse to catch up with a playful smile.The two almost reproduced the scene where De Grasse met Bolt in the semi-finals in 16, laughing and swinging across the finish line.

In the end, Wu Ziyi's 20 seconds and De Grasse's 05 seconds advanced to the final as the first and second place in the group respectively.

No.3凯尔·格雷奥的成绩是20秒24，他的成绩没有超过亚伦·布朗和古利耶夫，所以无缘决赛，布雷克在最后50米掉速极其严重仅跑出20秒37排在第6。

As a result, the top eight players in the men's 200m finals were officially announced: Lyles, Adam Jimili, Wu Ziyi, Kunnonez, Xie Zhenye, Degrasse, Guliyev, and Aaron Brown.

(End of this chapter)