Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 317 The Flag Bearer 【Subscription】

"Stand up, stand up."

The referee called to stop this preparation, as if pouring cold water on the blazing fire. The nervousness and anticipation of the audience had no place to release for a while, but they couldn't let it out and affect the field. The best athletes can only murmur *****ack, back please. "

Yang Jian: "Guliyev suddenly raised his hand to signal the referee. It seems that there is something wrong. Oh, it turned out to be tying his shoelaces!"

Zhang Peimeng: "This action may actually have some impact on other opponents, because you were tense before, but now you suddenly relax."

Yang Jian: "This is the experience of the veterans. Before the game, I will play tactics for you and interfere with you."

Wu Ziyi doesn't know if Guliyev is playing tactics, anyway, this action has no effect on him at all, unless 09 Bolt, 96 Johnson and 11 Blake stand with him on this track, otherwise no one will can affect his state of mind.

今天他的并不是场上的莱尔斯、德格拉斯或者是其他人，他的对手是自己，是排在自己身前的那五枪：2009的19秒19、2011的19秒26、2008的19秒30，以及1996和2012的19秒32。

What he pursues is not only to achieve the title defense, but to pursue excellence!

A referee gestured in front of Guliyev with a green card, which meant that his action just now complied with the regulations, and now all players have returned to their positions to be determined, and the game can restart.

“On your marks~”

The order to be in place was conveyed for the second time, and the camera was still aimed at Wu Ziyi. He made a take-off movement with a relaxed expression, and then walked forward.

Kneel, bend over, head down, and place your feet on the foot planks.

The hustle and bustle of the scene gradually quieted down, and the audience watching the live TV broadcast could even hear the sound of "sizzling——" from the air outlet running to the side.

The four referees kept observing from four angles, checking whether all the athletes were still and whether they had crossed the starting line, and raised their hands to signal the starter one by one after the inspection.

everything's ready!
The starter raised the starting gun in his hand and gave instructions:
"Set—"

On the eight-curved starting line, the eight runners raised their bodies unanimously after receiving instructions from the starter, and changed from the squatting preparation position to the starting position.

With both feet firmly on the running board, the tense muscles have already accumulated all the strength needed to start, just waiting for the gunshot to sound.

"Snapped--!!"

"Game start!"

The commentators of various TV stations in the media area shouted the first sentence quickly after the gunfire, reminding their audience that this exciting decisive battle has begun!

On the track, Wu Ziyi erupted the moment he heard the gunshot, and the powerful pedaling force suddenly pushed his whole body to eject from the starting block.

One step, two steps, three steps.
The powerful ground-grabbing force made Wu Ziyi's every step extremely solid. After stabilizing the first four steps, he began to gradually move closer to the inner road line in order to pursue a more extreme cutting angle.

吴子义非常喜欢在6~7道，这两个道次既不会像1~4道那样过弯而需要更多的体力，又不会8、9道那样过于“直”而无法完全发挥自己的离心加速能力。

Wu Ziyi and Blake are opposite in terms of leg strength. Blake's right leg is weaker than his left leg, so he needs a very strong right arm to assist in doing work and maintain his body's balance during running.

Wu Ziyi's right leg is stronger than his left leg. During the [-]-meter run, he learned the internal and external rotation characteristics of Bolt's knee and hip joints, and added extra lateral movement to maintain running balance.

But in the course of 200 meters, this is actually an advantage, because the curve automatically balances his body.As long as he has a good starting acceleration, he will be unstoppable after entering the high-speed stage of running on the way!
The footsteps of "Pu Pu Pu -" reached De Grasse's ears, and he knew that Wu Ziyi was catching up.

The laps of the two of them are adjacent, and his position is in the front. Because of the relationship between the number of forward reach, two athletes with similar strength will continue to "close" the distance. Generally speaking, the inner lane is closer to the outer lane.

But Wu Ziyi's "closer" came too early!He just raised his head, and he already heard and felt that Wu Ziyi was almost equal!
De Grasse couldn't help but think of the words Wu Ziyi said to him and Xie Zhenye before the introduction session:
"I will overtake you soon, don't fight with me, don't be affected by me, just run at your speed."

De Grasse knew that Wu Ziyi didn't look down on him, and he also clearly knew how big the gap was between himself and Wu Ziyi. The seven people on the field today were not in his sight. What he had to do was to pursue and surpass the previous ones. footsteps.

Ten meters, 20 meters, 30 meters
Wu Ziyi used his exaggerated stride frequency × stride length to surpass De Grasse in one fell swoop. I believe Xie Zhenye will not be able to hold on for too long, because he is also a latecomer, and he can't avoid being cornered with only two adjacent laps. Overtaking situation.

40 meters, 50 meters, 60 meters...

The eight contestants on the curve are all increasing their speed according to their own rhythm. Seven of them are the type who are used to saving energy on the curve and waiting for the straight to fully explode. The figure on the seventh track is completely It's an outlier!
Only athletes who are very confident in their acceleration ability in curves, top speed ability of 100 meters to 120 meters, and rear speed endurance ability dare to fully explode in curves, because the physical strength consumed by running the same distance in curves is There must be more than straight roads!
But he didn't care about it at all, and he was already completely ahead of the other players on the field at 60 meters, wildly showing the world his super ability that represents the limit of the contemporary era.

70 meters, 80 meters.
In the corner stage, if the strength of the players is not much different, the general audience may not be able to distinguish who is leading and who is behind, but there is a very good sign to distinguish the players from the bad at this place - the 80-meter line.

This is the starting point of the three-and-four-stick handover zone in the 4×100-meter relay competition. The person who steps on it first means that he has taken the lead in the first 80 meters of the curve.

But at this time, the difference in stature between the players on the field was very clear.

5、6、8、9道的四位选手差距非常小，吉米利、德格拉斯和谢震叶都是刚好踏到80米线，莱尔斯的脚下则距离80米线有二十公分左右的距离。

Next is Guliyev, who is about 80 centimeters away from the 80-meter line, while Aaron Brown and Kunnonez are both at least half a meter away from the [-]-meter line.

And Wu Ziyi has already crossed the 80-meter line by more than two steps!

The commentators of each TV station without exception set their sights on Wu Ziyi.

Yang Jian: "Wu Ziyi's start is still very fast. He quickly took the lead of other opponents. At only 80 meters away, he should have surpassed his opponent by five positions! Entering the straight is his world!"

Tom Hanks: "The gunshots sounded, and the whole world was paying attention to Uzi's performance. He did not let us down. He overtook the extreme corner, and he quickly took the lead!"

David Liszt: "With the screams of the audience, the game officially begins! Uzi, he told us who is the strongest man in this project with his absolute performance. Leaving other athletes far behind!"

With such a huge disparity in the game, whether it is BBC's Hanks or NBC's Liszt, they have already left their own Jimmy Li and Lyles behind.

Just like Bolt back then, when he gained an absolute lead, all the eyes of the audience would only focus on him alone!

90 meters, 100 meters, 110 meters turn into a straight road!
Lyles realized that he was lagging behind, which made him a little anxious. He knew that his strength might still be far behind that of Wu Ziyi, but with a PB of 19 seconds, he did not show his strength in this game at all. full strength.

Although he, like many other players on the field, is the type to go into the straights before fully exerting his strength, but now his situation is really a bit behind.

At 110 meters, the curve line and the straight line are about to overlap. Let alone chasing Wu Ziyi, Jimmy is half a body ahead of him.

He knew that his corner performance was very poor this time, and the idea of ​​refreshing the PB in the final before the game is probably going to fail. The only thing he can do now is to withstand the last 90 meters and keep it must belong to him. The silver medal!
Xie Zhenye felt that he had found the feeling of the shot in London two months ago, and it turned out that the heretics were more suitable for him!

For the first time, he has ambitions for medals instead of expectations. Expectations are usually an illusion when strength is insufficient, and ambition is a possibility of judging one's own strength during the course of action. Xie Zhenye feels that he really has a chance Fight it!
Come on, Brother Dao, let's touch each other!
De Grasse next to Xie Zhenye was very surprised. It doesn't matter that Wu Ziyi is so strong. He has seen it before. He didn't expect Xie Zhenye to be able to bite so tightly!

He has been suffering from hamstring injuries since the Rio Olympics. He aggravated his injury in the 2017 Diamond League match in Monaco, so that he missed the London World Championships.

After two years of recuperation, I did not expect that the current world sprint pattern has undergone such drastic changes.

Wu Ziyi has become the king of the new era. Behind him are the twin stars of the country, Coleman and Lyles. In the men's 200-meter event, Jimmy Li, Guliyev, and Kunnonez are one after another in the world. Express yourself on stage.

There is also Xie Zhenye who can't be shaken off by her side!
He is fighting for himself, but also for the motherland!

It has been 28 years since a Canadian athlete has won a medal in this event, and he and Aaron Brown came here with the heart of winning a medal back for Canada.

Standing on the track, all athletes have a heart to fight for themselves, others, and the motherland. They all want to win, don't they?
Although I haven't recovered to my peak condition, but if you want to fight, then fight!
Unprecedented belief erupted in De Grasse's heart. Relying on this belief, he kept holding hands with Xie Zhenye. For a while, Xie Zhenye slightly overtook, and for a while De Grasse overtook him again. The war between the two has entered a fierce stage!

130 meters, 140 meters, 150 meters
Three-quarters of the 200-meter race has been completed, and on the field, Wu Ziyi is still far ahead in the first place with an absolute advantage.

Wu Ziyi didn't have any thoughts of looking left and right. This was a shot that hit the limit, and any extra movements might make the previous efforts go to waste.

Entering the last 50 meters, his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and his steps had become very heavy, and he no longer had the previous frequency.

For him who is trying his best in the corner, the drop in stride frequency is inevitable at this stage, and the "loss" caused by the drop in stride frequency can only be compensated by increasing the stride length.

Every step is so heavy and every step is so difficult. On the road to the limit, you must be strong enough and tough enough.

From Atlanta, to Yanjing, from Berlin to Brussels, and then to London, one figure after another emerged in his mind, and he was getting closer and closer to the limit of his predecessors.

He pursued those great figures, and walked towards the end of the world step by step.

"Wu Ziyi is still trying his best to maintain his speed. He has rushed to the finish line with all his strength. Can he create a new world record?!"

"Look at the final score, the line - 1219 seconds 21! 19 seconds 21! Just a little bit, just 0.02 seconds away. Although he couldn't surpass the great Usain Bolt, he at least surpassed Michael Johnson and Yohan Blake wrote his legendary night under the sky of Doha!"

"Ayi won!"

"Damn! 19 seconds 21!"

In the auditorium, the members of the Chinese track and field team shouted excitedly after seeing Wu Ziyi crossing the finish line.

Although the members of the track and field team are very clear in their hearts, when Wu Ziyi set a new world record in the men's 200m, no one can stop him in the [-]m event. It is necessary to defend the title again. Can he hit the world? Records are the real suspense.

It's a pity that it's just a little bit short.

虽然超越了迈克尔·约翰逊的19秒32以及尤罕·布雷克的19秒26，但还是没能超越那个恐怖的19秒19。

But it was enough, and Wu Ziyi won the men's 200m World Championships again.

Two World Championships, four gold medals, and the most popular and heaviest men's 100-meter and 200-meter gold medals. Such honors made them even feel admiration in their hearts as athletes.

Wu Ziyi had already knelt on the runway, and opened his arms to welcome the warm cheers from all directions. Dozens of reporters in front of him squatted, kneeled, and lay down to take pictures of this picture recorded in the history of track and field from various angles.

The big screen in the stadium began to refresh the results of the players. Starting from Wu Ziyi, the results were released one after another.

1 China, Wu Ziyi - 19.22
Yang Jian: "19 seconds 22, although it has been corrected by 0.01 seconds, it still cannot conceal the greatness of this result. This is the second super result in the history of human 200-meter track and field, and this result belongs to the Chinese!"

2 Mildew Nation, Noah Lyles - 19.83
"Lyles is really very strong. When he didn't perform well in the corner, he completely withstood it in the back and won a silver medal for the Moldy Country Team in the World Championships."

3 Canada, André de Grasse - 19.88
"Canada's De Grasse won the third place. As expected, he is slightly better than Xie Zhenye. He won a men's 28 medal for Canada again after 200 years."

3 China, Xie Zhenye - 19.88
"Xie Zhenye is fourth. No, it's third! Xie Zhenye and De Grasse are tied for third! 19 seconds 88! Good job Xie Zhenye!"

Zhang Peimeng: "This is really unexpected. It is actually very difficult for such a tie to occur in the sprint event. After all, the final calculation of the score is to compare the thousandths. There may be more in the 200-meter event, but there is a tie in the [-]-meter event. And To tie for the bronze medal at the World Championships is really amazing!"

Xie Zhenye hugged De Grasse excitedly. Although the competition between the two was very fierce, they both won the bronze medal at this moment, which is a happy situation for everyone.

Before we had no choice but to be enemies, now we are half brothers!

Results continue to refresh:

5 Ecuador, Alex Quinonez - 19.98
6 England, Adam Gemilli - 20.03
7 Turkey, Amir Guliyev - 20.08
8 Canada, Aaron Brown - 20.10
After seeing Wu Ziyi's superb performance and Xie Zhenye tied for third place, Su Bingtian excitedly took a red flag and waved it vigorously.

Two events, two champions, two runners-up!

This is the declaration of Chinese sprint to the world. After Jamaica, the flag bearer of the world is China!
(End of this chapter)