Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 339 Super level semi-final

1 Xie Zhenye 19.97 Q
2 Eliyan Knighton 20.02 Q
3 Rasheed Dwyer 20.13
4 Oduduru 20.16
5 Joseph Paul Amoa 20.27
6 Femi Ogunode 20.34
7 Ethosa Faustin Daluso 20.43
8 Anaso Yobowana 20.88
Wind speed: (-0.2m/s)

There was a picture on the big screen at the scene that attracted Xie Zhenye's attention. It was a picture showing the speed of the players on the field. After entering the straight, the speed states of the players came one after another. Fast.

His top speed is 37.4 km/h, and there are two people ahead of him: Knighton 37.7 km/h, and Amoa is also 37.7 km/h.

Knighton and Amoya, although their top speeds were higher than their own, but one started to release water at the last 40 meters, and the other was not fast enough in the back, so they both lost to themselves.

After this battle, Xie Zhenye felt that he had completely recovered his peak form in 19, but this year's opponent was obviously stronger than Doha, and Xie Zhenye had no idea whether he could take the card. He only hoped that he could perform perfectly tomorrow, and killing one would be one!
Xie Zhenye did not leave the field directly. He made an appointment with Tang Xingqiang and Wu Ziyi to go out together after the race. Now he can see the red figure on the 200-meter starting area.

"Set—"

"boom--!"

"At the beginning of the game, Tang Xingqiang's ability is still slightly inferior in terms of starting. Aaron Brown in the 8th lane did not give Tang Xingqiang a chance to get closer."

"Lyles also played very well. The opponents Tang Xingqiang faced were indeed very strong."

"Tang Xingqiang should be in the fifth position after turning into the straight. Let's see if he can catch up again."

"Aaron Brown and Lyles are far ahead. Farnbuller is chasing hard and entering the final sprint stage. The three of them crossed the finish line at 19 seconds. I don't know who is the first. ?”

Tang Xingqiang shook his head helplessly. He had really tried his best. When he just entered the straight, he thought that he might be able to fight for the third place in the group, because Farnborough on the left was even one step behind him. lost.

But then he knew that he had taken it for granted. In the first half of the straight, he could barely keep parallel with Farnborough. In the second half, Farnborough caught up with the front Asian like a helium injector in an instant. Len Brown and Lyles.

"It's okay, it's great, let's run well in the relay and bring home a gold medal!" Xie Zhenye comforted him at the entrance of the athlete's passage.

Tang Xingqiang waved his hand, slumped on the ground and looked at the big screen. He wanted to see how much he ran with all his strength.

Wind speed: (-0.4m/s)

1 Aaron Brown 19.99 Q
2 Joseph Farnbler 19.99 Q
3 Noah Lyles 19.99
4 Jan Carlos Martinez 20.24
5 Tang Xingqiang 20.28 PB
“20秒28！汤兴强跑出了20秒28！又一次刷新了自己的个人最好成绩，并且成为了中国第三个突破20秒30的200米运动员，恭喜汤兴强！”

Wu Ziyi, who had just entered the field to prepare, also saw Tang Xingqiang's achievements, and felt happy for him from the bottom of his heart. This strong and restrained Fujian boy has experienced countless hardships and tests, and ushered in a new life.

At 20 seconds 28 (-0.4m/s), Tang Xingqiang filled a vacancy for China's 200-meter event, which is something to be very happy about.

China's men's 200-meter event is much weaker than the 100-meter event. The men's 100-meter event is generally in a ladder shape, from Wu Ziyi, Su Bingtian, to Xie Zhenye, Zhang Peimeng, and then to Cheng Guanfeng, Wu Zhiqiang, and Xu Zhouzheng. One or two players are present.

But the gap in the 200-meter event is too obvious. Wu Ziyi is the world's top, Xie Zhenye is the world's first-class, and then fell all the way to the bottom.

在汤兴强今年跑出20秒33之前, 中国男子200米历史上排名第三的是张培猛和别舸, 成绩都是20秒39。

Zhang Peimeng ran because he was stimulated by Wu Ziyi, and he had to improve his cornering skills when he had to switch to the first leg. Without Wu Ziyi, Zhang Peimeng's 1-meter time would only be 200 seconds at most.

And Bie Ge. Except for this gun at 20 seconds, the other scores were all at 39 seconds, and the thickness of the results was obviously insufficient.

20 seconds 28 is already enough to rank third in the history of Chinese men's 200, but it is still a bit weak compared to the Neon country, because this result can only be ranked tenth in the history of the Neon country, which just squeezed out Yusuke Omae's 20 seconds 29.

In the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 110-meter hurdles of the Chinese men's sprint, the top combat power has opened up the neon country by more than one grade, but as far as the 200-meter event is concerned, it still lacks historical thickness.

However, post-00 athletes are growing very fast. Yan Haibin, Sui Gaofei and others have performed very well, and the future is still very worth looking forward to.

Noah Lyles was a little confused. He observed the positions of other players at 150 meters. At that time, only Aaron Brown was close to him. The other opponents were at least three positions away from him.

And he didn't start releasing water until the last 20 meters. He never imagined that the big guy Farnborough could overtake him at the last moment.

The same time is 19 seconds, but the thousandth position is different, but he can only enter the substitute seat in third place.

It was sent, it was sent, and Lyles knew that he had played himself badly.

19 seconds 99 is not enough to make it to the finals, but the substitute promotion means that he can only be assigned to the second or third lane. No matter which of these two lanes is, it is bad news for Lyles.

I am afraid that the release of water this time is to let go of the medal QAQ
Just when Lyles was crying and repenting, the third group of the semi-finals will start immediately, and the camera has turned to De Grasse in the ninth lane.

Yang Jian: "Track 9, the famous Canadian Andre de Grasse, the bronze medalist of the Doha World Championships, this year's best time is 19 seconds."

"Track 8, Maswanjani from South Africa, a young player born in 01."

"Track 7, champion of the Rio Olympic Games, champion of the London World Championships and Doha World Championships, Chinese trapeze -- Wu Ziyi!"

"The 6th track, Bednarek, this is one of the three 200-meter masters in the country, the runner-up in the national trials, and his personal best time is 19 seconds."

"Track 5, this is Jerem Richards from Trinidad and Tobago, with a preliminary score of 20 seconds."

"Track 4, this is the famous Turkish player Amir Guliyev. Guliyev's state this year is much worse than in 19, especially in this death group. It is even more difficult to qualify."

"The third track is Madsenwa from Swaziland, and the second track is Robin van der Benden from Belgium."

"We just said that this group is the death group, just like the previous [-]-meter semi-finals, because some famous players put more water in the preliminaries, resulting in a lower ranking in the preliminaries, and in the semi-finals, they will compete with the top-ranked players. The famous generals have been assembled into a group."

"De Grasse in the 9th track, he ranked third in the third group of the preliminaries. As a result, he was assigned to the same group as Wu Ziyi and Bednarek. When I communicated with Wu Ziyi before the game, he said that because of the number of passes in the final It is very important, no one wants to be assigned to the 2nd or 3rd lane, so he probably will have a big fight with De Grasse and Bednarek in advance.”

Yang Jian is right. If possible, no athlete wants to be assigned to the inside lane in the final, but one of him, Brother Dao and Bednarek is destined to enter the bench, so he will at least have to win in this game. Take out [-]% of your skill, you can't take it lightly.

In fact, even if he is assigned to 2 or 3, he is confident that he can beat his opponents to win the championship, but what he pursues is not only the Olympic gold medal, but the excellence beyond the gold medal.

It's the number before all 200-meter athletes—19.19!

“On your marks~”

In the 200-meter starting area, eight athletes completed the final pre-match preparations. After the starter gave the order to take their positions, they stepped onto the starting block in unison.

Wu Ziyi patted his cheeks to keep himself focused. This match may be the highest-level and most competitive 200-meter semi-final in the history of the Olympic Games and World Championships.

From the live footage, the referees and the contestants are watching intently from both sides. The eight athletes have kept still. At this time, the only one "moving" in the footage is Duplantis who is running and sprinting on the pole vault field. .

"Set—"

Duplantis completed the run-up, and the pole in his hand was precisely poked into the bucket. With the sharp bending of the pole, the strong driving force pushed Duplantis to climb all the way in the air, and finally passed the cross pole .

"boom--!"

The sound of the electronic starting gun and the sound of Duplantis hitting the sponge bag fell at the same time.

The eight runners on the curve started to start one after another, and their strong kicks and stretches pushed their bodies to enter the acceleration running stage.

For most 200-meter special athletes, it is very irrational to exert force suddenly in the first half of the curve. Although the acceleration phase must be smoothly connected, after entering 80 meters, wait until the track gradually becomes straight and then gradually Acceleration is undoubtedly the best choice.

But there was a different kind among them, pedaling powerfully and accelerating unreasonably, as if telling them: Roll up, roll up for me!

30 meters, 40 meters, 50 meters.
Maswanjani feels that he has done a very good job of accelerating his future, at least he is constantly approaching De Grasse, and he hopes that he can equalize De Grasse after 80 meters, so that he may still get Slight lead.

But soon there was a sound of breaking wind on the left, and the sound of powerful footsteps was getting closer. After a casual glance, Maswanjani found that the big devil had tied himself.

It's only 50 meters, brother, the curve is not halfway through yet, can you show me some face?

At 50 meters, before the curve was halfway through, Wu Ziyi in the seventh lane appeared in an "unreasonable" position.

From Van der Benden in the 2nd track to Bednarek in the 6th track, their current positions are not much different from their starting conditions, which shows that their performance in this interval is about equal between.

And Maswanjani in the 8th track can continue to catch up with De Grasse, the world's top 50-meter runner, in the first 200 meters, which shows that his running style is more forward-looking, and it is indeed the case.

马斯万贾尼的100米和200米实力相当均衡，01年的他100米PB是10秒04，200米PB是20秒10，两个项目的同期成绩几乎都是1：2的比例，所以他的跑法也更倾向于前程型。

But it's a pity that he has a pervert with stronger cornering ability in his inner lane.

"The race is on! Wu Ziyi's curve start and curve acceleration are the best in the world. He quickly caught up with the outsider Maswanjani. This young guy may be very surprised. I hope he will not be led by Wu Ziyi Out of rhythm."

60 meters, 70 meters, 80 meters.
After entering the 60-meter line, the gap gradually becomes obvious, especially at the 80-meter line, where the gap between players has an accurate measurement standard.

Without Wu Ziyi, Maswanjani's corner acceleration is undoubtedly a success. He is the first player to step on the 80-meter line besides Wu Ziyi, followed by Bednarek in the 6th track and the 9th track Degrasse.

Starting from Jeremy Richards in the 5th lane, the more players in the inner lane, the more they are behind, especially Van der Benden in the 2nd lane. He still needs a full step to step on the 80-meter line.

And Wu Ziyi has already crossed the 80-meter line by two steps!
100 meters, 110 meters...

"Wu Ziyi took the lead from the corner into the straight, and behind him were Maswanjani, De Grasse and Bednarek."

Maswanjani's corner performance is indeed very good. Facing the two world's top 200-meter athletes, De Grasse and Bednarek, it is not easy for him to be half a body ahead.

After them, from Jeremy Richards in the 5th lane to Van der Benden in the 2nd lane, whoever is in the inner lane among these four players will be more behind. trapezoidal.

Although temporarily surpassed by Maswanjani, De Grasse did not panic at all. He is in very good condition this year. He has scored a PB in the 100m final, and the 200m is not far away.

From the start, he didn't take Maswanjani seriously. Today's shot is destined to be a show for him, Wu Ziyi and Bednarek, and the rest of the players are destined to be just one of the accompanying runners.

Get into the straight and start pushing!
120 meters, in just ten meters, Bednarek's speed soared suddenly, and he surpassed Maswanjani in just four steps, and he came to the second position in an instant.

De Grasse did not explode instantly like Bednarek. He was used to relying on his speed endurance ability to finish tying and surpassing his opponent bit by bit after the straight. At this time, he was not at all because of Bednarek. A sudden burst of change of rhythm.

A high-end hunter should consider all possible situations from the beginning of the hunt, and use his tyrannical strength to respond to all changes without change!

"Puff puff puff-"

At 140 meters, De Grasse tied Maswanjani;

150 meters, De Grasse tied with Bednarek;

160 meters, 170 meters
When De Grasse crossed the 170-meter line, Wu Ziyi had only the last 15 meters left. At this time, he had accumulated a huge advantage and began to choose to slow down after observing the state of De Grasse and Bednarek.

Bednarek took a look at De Grasse after 160 meters. He didn't expect De Grasse to be so desperate, but he knew that he had to go hard. He didn't want to be divided into 2 or 3 in the final, although it may not be You can win, but you have to fight hard!
Bednarek gritted his teeth, trying to maintain his speed, but no matter how hard he exerted, he could only maintain the gap between him and De Grasse at half a body from the beginning to the end. Keep zooming in.

"Wu Ziyi's advantage is getting bigger and bigger, he has already left his opponents far behind!"

"De Grasse made great efforts in the later stage, and gradually overtook the second place. With 30 meters left, Bednarek also fought hard! The two chased after each other, and they sprinted with all their strength to get a better pass in the final !"

"19 seconds 65! Wu Ziyi slowed down and crossed the finish line. Behind him, De Grasse and Bednarek fought inextricably, but De Grasse should be slightly better. Let's see the specific results later."

De Grasse, who finished the race, really regretted that he shouldn't have put so much water in the morning. Neither Ogunode nor Guliyev was his opponent. He only needed to show [-]% of his skills. Easily run out of the group first in the preliminaries, so that they will never be assigned to the third group of the semi-finals.

Bednarek's face was full of bitterness. This feeling of knowing that he had to fight hard but being unable to fight was the worst feeling. Now he can only pray that his final round is the third instead of the second. If he was placed in the second lane, then Lyles would never give himself a chance.

Wu Ziyi gasped and walked towards the athlete's aisle. The 19 shot time consumed him a lot, and he needed to go back to rest as soon as possible.

The speed charts of the players were once again shown on the live broadcast screen. After seeing the data of the players, many viewers exclaimed.

Wu Ziyi is undoubtedly the number one in speed. After the intense consumption of the curve, his speed still reached an astonishing 41.5km/h.

The second fastest player is De Grasse, 39.2km/h;

The third is Bednarek, 38.3km/h.

In addition, there is only one player whose top speed has reached 37.0km/h, and that is Trinidad and Tobago's Jeremy Richards.

After the speed map, the final results of the eight contestants were also released:
1 Wu Ziyi 19.66 WL Q
2 Andre de Grasse 19.70 NR Q
3 Kenneth Bednarek 19.74 PB q
4 Jeremy Richards 20.10 SB
“吴子义19秒66，德格拉斯19秒70，贝德纳雷克19秒74。我们可以说这是一场比多哈世锦赛200米决赛，还要高水平的比赛，小组前三全部打开了19秒75！”

"Wu Ziyi definitely did not give full play, but De Grasse and Bednarek must have worked hard. One country records one personal best, but unfortunately, according to the rules, Bednarek The final can only be divided into inside lanes."

(End of this chapter)