Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 342 Olympic Triple Crown

"Old Xie, what do you say? Are you going to let Jacobs take some positions later?"

After the warm-up was over, in order to activate Xie Zhenye, Wu Ziyi immediately began to have a strange qi.

"Damn it, don't disgust me, Wu Ziyi, believe it or not, run an 8.9 segment for you to see?"

"Ah Xinxinxin~"

Wu Ziyi is used to talking about Xie Zhenye, and Xie Zhenye is also used to being annoyed by yin and yang. The key is that every time he is teased, Xie Zhenye's performance will become better. It is really a bit metaphysical.

In the preliminaries, the Chinese team was the first in the group and the overall score, but Xie Zhenye made a little mistake in his performance.

Su Bingtian performed very well in the first baton, but Xie Zhenye started a little earlier, which caused him to slow down to take over the baton. As a result, he was pulled by Jacobs in the interval between 120 meters and 150 meters. .

There was a mistake in the handover, coupled with a certain gap in his own strength, Xie Zhenye's segment data in the preliminaries was fully 0.2 seconds slower than Jacobs.

However, the handover between Jacobs and Daluso was not very good, but the handover between Xie Zhenye and Tang Xingqiang was relatively perfect. The 0.3-second gap was recovered by 0.15 seconds only by the handover of two or three sticks. With Su Bingtian's strong performance on the first stick, the Chinese team actually led the Italian team by about 0.2 seconds when the second and third bats were handed over.

From the point of view of the personal strength of the players, this Italian team is actually not that strong. Lorenzo Pata, the first player, is only a little over 10 seconds. Not to mention the full play in the finals.

Jacobs' performance in the preliminaries is actually not that strong, at least compared to his 9m 80 level, there is still room for improvement, but Xie Zhenye really can't beat him if handover is not considered.

Tang Xingqiang and Daluso split [-]-[-], and Wu Ziyi crushed Totu in all directions, so the Italian team can't actually pose any threat to the Chinese team. The only unlucky team that can pose a threat on paper strength directly fell in the preliminaries , so the goal of the Chinese team this time is very obvious.

Lower limit: keep the Olympic gold medal,
Upper limit: Refresh the Asian record, or. The world record!

The world record is not impossible, but the requirements are absolutely strict, Xie Zhenye + Wu Ziyi ≈ Flat + Bolt, Su Bingtian > Carter, Tang Xingqiang < Blake.

This lineup must require everyone to be explosive and the three handovers to be flawless. Otherwise, not to mention the world record, even the Asian record of 37 seconds set by the Chinese team at the Doha World Championships will not be broken.

Saturday, October 8.

女4×100米的桂冠毫无悬念的被牙买加队所摘下，41秒02，比No.2的霉国队快了0.43秒，这是绝对的实力差距。

At 22:50 in the evening, Dongjing National Stadium ushered in a super popular track and field event - the men's 4×100m final.

The CCTV sports channel also ushered in the highest ratings peak tonight, and countless families turned on the TV before the game, just to witness this long-awaited moment tonight.

The Chinese men's 4×100m relay team has been very popular in recent years. Since breaking the Asian record in the Incheon Asian Games in 14, it has achieved breakthroughs every year (except 2018).

The silver medal in the Yanjing World Championships in 15, the silver medal in the Rio Olympics in 16, the gold medal in the London World Championships in 17, and the gold medal in the Doha World Championships in 19. This relay team composed of Wu Ziyi, Su Bingtian, and Xie Zhenye as the cornerstone has long been the goal of countless young people. Object of admiration and worship.

Now, they are once again attacking the pinnacle of the Olympics and winning the most precious gold medal. They are not only "legends", but also "great".

At the entrance of the Dongjing National Arena, the first team appeared on the camera screen. They were wearing sports vests with yellow as the base color. The four players entered in groups of two from both sides of the entrance. Narrative sync starts:
"Good audience friends, now is the men's 4×100m relay final, let's meet the eight participating teams—"

"The first team to play is Ghana. They are in the second lane, representing Africa on the final stage."

"The third team is the German team, Royce, Hartmann, Almas and Pepra. The overall strength is not strong. There is no player in the team who can run 3 meters under 10 seconds, but their cooperation is very good. good."

"Track 4, this is Team Canada, the medal contenders. First Aaron Brown, second Jerome Blake, third Brenton Rodney, fourth our very Familiar Andre de Grasse."

"Next up is Jamaica, they're in lane five. Javon Minzi, Julian Ford, Yohan Blake and Obir Sevilla."

"Row 6 is a very strong England team. [-]st Jikindu Uja, [-]nd Gianne Hughes, [-]th Richard Keelty, [-]th Mitchell Bray G. The English team is very worthy of our attention. Their three [-]-meter runners were all sent off for starting fouls. Many experts speculated before that they were trying to protect the relay, and they might make a big move later.”

"The seventh track is the Chinese team we have been waiting for for a long time. It is still the track arrangement we are familiar with. Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Tang Xingqiang, and Wu Ziyi. The four boys did a Qigong movement of the Monkey King in Dragon Ball. This should be suggested by Su Bingtian Yes, because his favorite animated character is Monkey King from Dragon Ball.”

"The 8th track is the Italian team. Their strength is not weak either. The first player is Pat, the second player is Jacobs, the third player is Daluso, and the fourth player is Philippe Totu. Looking at the Italian team as a whole He also has the strength to compete for medals."

"The 9th lane is the host Neon team. The first player is Tada Shuhei, the second player is Ryota Yamagata, the third player is Kiryu Shohide, and the fourth player is Koike Yuki."

“奥运会男子4×100米接力的纪录是牙买加队在2012年伦敦奥运会上创造的36秒84，这个成绩同样也是世界纪录，目前来看中国队其实是有机会接近这个成绩的，毕竟多哈世锦赛上中国队跑出过37秒02的超级成绩。”

"But even if it is the world championship record of 37 seconds and the second best result in world history, it is 02 seconds away from 36 seconds. I personally think that what the boys of the Chinese team want now is not to hit the world record, but to be stable. Take down this Olympic gold medal."

"The Jamaica team is no longer strong. The English team and the Canadian team have not defeated the Chinese team in the World Series in recent years. The team with the strongest average personal strength has been eliminated early. The Chinese team only needs to complete the handover smoothly. Gold medals are easy to get."

Wu Ziyi really thought about the world record. He now holds the men's 100-meter and 200-meter world record + Olympic record. If he can surpass the Jamaican team's 36 seconds, his historical status will be even higher.

The basis of historical status is achievement + honor, just like Justin Gatlin, who is at the bottom of the PB among the 9-meter five tigers, has 74 seconds, but apart from Bolt, their other historical status cannot surpass Karl. lewis.

卡尔·刘易斯光是百米奥运会2金、世锦赛3银，就让他的历史地位无比稳固，更别说跳远项目奥运会4金、世锦赛1金2银，200米项目奥运会1金1银、世锦赛1铜。这些单项荣誉叠加起来，也就是博尔特的单项成绩太过逆天，否则田径历史No.1的荣誉依旧会归属卡尔·刘易斯。

Wu Ziyi already has achievements, what is missing now is honor.

100米奥运会1金、世锦赛2金1银，200米奥运会2金、世锦赛2金1银，所以这块奥运会接力金牌，吴子义是势在必行。

Standing in the starting area of ​​the fourth runner, Wu Ziyi measured his steps step by step. His starting step was closer to the starting line than other fourth runners. This is because compared with De Grasse and Totu, his Acceleration ability is stronger.If the pace is farther and the start is earlier, when Wu Ziyi adds up his speed, Tang Xingqiang may not be able to catch up with him, so he will have to slow down to take over, which will waste a lot of time.

Track 7 is very close to the auditorium. In the previous competitions, Wu Ziyi and Bolt would interact with the audience after the pace and test run, but now he wants to interact but no one responds.

Wu Ziyi will look at the big screen from time to time, and if he sees that the camera will switch to himself, he will respond with a small movement at will.

There were no cheers and applause from the audience, but various media greeted him with long guns and short guns.

As the most anticipated athlete in the Beijing Winter Olympics, his every move is completed under the eyes of the world. A random movement or an interview may become a tool for the media to earn traffic.

As the triple crown winner of the London World Championships and the Doha World Championships, and successfully won two individual gold medals in this Olympic Games, breaking the Olympic record in the 100 meters and breaking the world record in the 200 meters, track and field fans all over the world are looking forward to it now. I look forward to Wu Ziyi being able to create another miracle this evening.

There are a lot of analyzes before the game. Professionals from various countries have come up with various data to discuss the possibility of the Chinese team breaking the world record. The conclusion is that there is a great chance to break through 37 seconds, but they cannot break the world record. .

But many viewers who don't know much about track and field knowledge will ask again, miracles have always been from existence to non-existence. Before 9 seconds, didn't some experts predict that human beings would not be able to break through 69 seconds in the 100-meter event?
在迈克尔·约翰逊跑出19秒32之前，不是有专家预言人类在200米项目上无法跑进19秒50吗？
What if?
The reason why a miracle is a miracle is not to create the possible out of the impossible?
Nesta Carter, Michael Flatt, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, they're human, they're West African;
Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Tang Xingqiang, Wu Ziyi, they are people, they are East Asians.

The same human beings are all late Homo sapiens, what if?
After measuring the steps and finishing the test run, Wu Ziyi silently walked back to his relay zone, stood behind the pre-running line and waited patiently for the start of the race. His eyes scanned Su Xietang and the others back and forth. .

In the two world competitions, the Olympic Games and the World Championships, field events are purely based on individual strength. In track events, some middle and long-distance events will have "group battles", but it is the athletes' own strength that determines the outcome of the competition.

However, the two team events of 4×100m and 4×400m have never tested the strength of a single athlete, and tacit understanding is crucial for these two events.

The personal strength of the four players determines the upper limit of this project, but in order to play this upper limit, a very high degree of tacit understanding among the players must be required.

36 seconds 84, this is the limit of the 4×100-meter event for human beings, but from another perspective, it is not the real limit. The Jamaican team in the 2012 London Olympics can actually do better.

Perhaps in the future, Wu Ziyi's personal strength will decline, but he still has enough confidence in himself. As long as he does not suffer major injuries, whether it is Jacobs, Coleman after the lifting of the ban next year, or Cole Leigh was still a young Knighton, and he had the confidence to beat them all.

Just like Usain Bolt in the past, maybe you usually perform really well, but as long as my body is still "healthy", then when it comes to the stage of the World Series, I will still be the one standing at the top powerful.

As for the 4×100m project, he is now full of confidence, and he hopes that he will also be full of confidence in the future.

Now it is Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye and Tang Xingqiang. There may be changes in the future, but he believes that the Chinese track and field team will definitely cultivate more sprint talents, so that he can always be confident in the future.

Wu Ziyi believes that Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye and Tang Xingqiang who are standing with him on the field must also be full of confidence in themselves.

they,

we.

Gathering in the high and refreshing late autumn, slowly taste the cold wind returning from the north, survived the cold winter for nine days, ushered in the spring rain, everything is flourishing, fighting against the blazing sun in the hot summer, and shedding countless sweats, came to this place stage.

We train together, live together, soak in the hot spring together after the bitterness of the day, play with Xiao Tiantian together in rare holidays, sit and watch movies together, watch the sunrise and sunset together
This is the team, not the kind of glass brothers who can't fart when they get together, not like Jamaica who is obsessed with past glory, and different from the Neon team's swordsmanship.

They are real brothers, brothers thicker than blood please!
Wu Ziyi believes that his three brothers will hand over the baton symbolizing team spirit to him with the fastest speed and the most perfect handover.

"Set—!"

The starter's preparatory instructions sounded in the empty stadium, and the 24 athletes in the last three legs all looked towards the starting area of ​​the first leg without exception, and the 8 players in the first leg also raised their bodies , always ready to listen to the gun start.

Su Bingtian's body turned into a full moon bowstring the moment the preparation command sounded, and his bent arm accumulated powerful explosive power, waiting for the gunshot.

"boom--!!"

A slightly muffled gunshot sounded, and the smoke from the muzzle of the starting gun drifted slightly, and the "spectators" gathered in the stands on the side of the bend area immediately began to cheer for their team.

"The game has begun! The first shot of the Chinese team is Su Bingtian, who started the machine. Su Bingtian's start did not disappoint us. His strong acceleration ability made him quickly lead other opponents!"

At the moment when the gunshot rang out, Su Bingtian stepped off the starting block suddenly, and soon revealed his unrivaled future ability.

If there is anyone in history who can compete with Su Bingtian in the first bat, perhaps only Coleman in 2019.

苏炳天的9秒81目前与雅各布斯一起并列历史第12位，他这一次的前60米分段为6秒33，虽然不及多哈世锦赛上的6秒29，但同样是历史级水平。

Under full play, Su Bingtian, who was able to run within 9 seconds, came to guard the first bat, which was almost a dimensionality reduction blow. Even Nesta Carter, whose PB was as high as 85 seconds, could not suppress him.

In the 4×100m event, due to the large amount of reach, it is generally difficult for ordinary audiences to see who has the upper hand, but Su Bingtian’s performance is completely outstanding. As long as his eyes are not blind, and he is not highly myopic without wearing glasses, he must be It can be seen that he has a huge advantage.

Among the remaining 7 players, only Jikindu Uja of England and Aaron Brown of Canada have a personal best time of less than 10 seconds. Uja's peak was in 2017, when he was only 10 seconds 10 s level.Aaron Brown was reluctant to break 10 twice, and he is a 200-meter special player. In the first leg, his advantages are cornering skills and back-end speed resistance.

In addition to Su Bingtian, there is another player whose performance is not good-Neon's Tada Shuhei.

I have to say that the neon runners in the single event and the neon runners in the relay are completely two kinds of people. Shuhei Tada, who only ran 10 seconds in the 22-meter preliminaries, now directly beats Pat of the Italian team in the 8th track. .

From the perspective of ordinary viewers, Pat of the Italian team is undoubtedly the worst one in the first round. He was pulled away by Tada Shuhei, who was in the "inner way", and he was pulled away by Tada Shuhei, who was in the "outsider way". Su Bingtian kept getting closer.

60 meters, 70 meters, 80 meters...

Su Bingtian set foot on the 80-meter second bat handover area. Xie Zhenye in front of him had already started four steps, and Jacobs on the 8th track had just started!
The position of the step rubber strip set by Jacobs is just in line with the 6-meter line of the sixth track, and Pat has just stepped on it.

The relay zone has arrived, and Su Bingtian clearly saw the process of Xie Zhenye turning around and starting to accelerate, and he was also approaching him step by step.

Getting closer and closer, when Xie Zhenye took the eighth step, Su Bingtian was already less than two bodies away from him.

"catch--!"

Su Bingtian ran very well in the first baton, and Xie Zhenye's start was just right, and there was no situation where he slowed down to take over the baton in the preliminaries.

Xie Zhenye was waiting for this moment. At the moment Su Bingtian shouted angrily, he quickly stretched out his left arm backward.

After two more steps, the baton was firmly pressed into Xie Zhenye's palm, swift, smooth, and precise, all of a sudden!

During the handover process, Xie Zhenye's speed did not drop at all, so there was no "sudden acceleration" effect after taking the baton, but in fact this is the ideal relay state.

At the moment the handover was completed, Xie Zhenye was already tied with Jacobs!
Jacobs ran four more steps before completing the handover. At this time, he had already been pulled half a body away by Xie Zhenye!
This is the number one in the world!
This scene is just like when Coleman in the 8th track beat Shuhei Tada in the 9th track at the Doha World Championships two years ago, Su Bingtian also crushed Pat.

However, Xie Zhenye is not Justin Gatlin, and Jacobs is not Baishi Huangliang. Whether Xie Zhenye can hold on to this advantage remains to be seen, but on another runway
"Su Bingtian is really too strong! Xie Zhenye is also very good at taking over the baton, and the advantage is very big! Eh? Ni~hong~ team—the bat is dropped!"

Tada Shuhei and Yamagata Ryota, these are the two neon [-]-meter players who are in the best condition this season. With Shiraishi Huangliang short-lived and Sani Brown suffering from injuries, Yamagata Ryota and Koike Yu Turtle took over the second and fourth rods.

This Neon team is actually not weak. Relying on Neon's unique extreme push-up handover technology after the upward pick improvement, they can actually play the same ability within 37 seconds and 60.

But the first and second players, Tada Hidehei and Yamagata Ryota, are both promising players, characterized by fast start and poor speed tolerance.

In the first-class level in Asia, Tada Shuhei's future is as strong as his future is weak. After 80 meters, his speed dropped again and again, and in front of him was Ryota Yamagata, who also started the machine for Neon.
In the preliminaries of the 2019 Yokohama World Relay World Championships, the mistakes of Koike Yuki and Kiryu Shohide can be attributed to the strict requirements of the push-up handover technique, and now the mistakes of Tada Hidehei and Yamagata Ryota can basically be attributed to chasing not on.

The baton in Hidehiro Tada's hands failed to touch Ryota Yamagata's hand from the moment it was handed out. This is not a technical problem, but the speed of the person in charge of handing over the baton has slowed down and cannot keep up, and the person who needs to take over the baton starts to move. Too early leads to too much speed.

The relay event that Nihong is proud of, the men's 4×100m relay who has the ability to compete for medals under the limit, slapped the faces of the people at the door of his house.

The race was in full swing, and Xie Zhenye, who was running extremely fast, felt the pressure again. At some point, Jacobs, who had been suppressed by half of his body, caught up with him again, and continued to overtake him.

This is a gap in personal strength. Xie Zhenye dared to say that if he and Jacobs soloed for 200 meters, he would definitely win, but in the 80-meter distance running with a stick, he really couldn't beat Jacobs. .

There is pressure, but Xie Zhenye is used to it. The mistake in the preliminaries was just an accident. After all, Jacobs came against him with the title of Olympic runner-up.

But is Xie Zhenye still facing many powerful enemies?

In the 2015 Yenching World Championships, his opponent was Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin in his heyday;
In the 2016 Rio Olympics, his opponent was Yohan Blake and Justin Gatlin, the third runner-up in the [-] meters;
In the 2017 London World Championships, his strongest opponent was the [-]m runner-up Justin Gatlin;
In the 2019 Doha World Championships, his opponents are Janne Hughes and Justin Gatlin.

Now that Janne Hughes is still there, it's nothing more than replacing Justin Gatlin with Jacobs. The more times he gets pulled out, the more he gets used to it.

In the 40 meters after the completion of the baton, Jacobs went from being half a body behind to being one body ahead, but he could no longer expand because Xie Zhenye did not waste his energy in the process of taking over the baton. His acceleration was smooth, and this time he—really held it!

Xie's swing had already started, and Jacobs couldn't make any more distance in the last 20 meters of entering the relay zone!
60 meters, 70 meters, 80 meters.
The relay zone came again. When Xie Zhenye crossed the 80-meter line, Jenny Hughes of the English team in the sixth lane still needed two steps to cross the position of the rubber strip set by himself. This also means that Su Bingtian stepped forward In the case of four steps, Richard Keelty has not yet started!

Jacobs has grown his mouth and nostrils and is breathing hard. The standard feeding posture and stable core make his facial expression almost unchanged. Unlike Xie Zhenye who is beside him wearing a pain mask, his facial expression does not change. Doesn't change with the distance you run.

But under this calm expression, there is a fiery heart hidden!
He has already won the runner-up in the [-]m in the Olympic Games. Although he is not as popular as Wu Ziyi, at least people have begun to discuss who is the second person in the [-]m in Wu Ziyi's era, Coleman or him.

Yes, although he shared the 9-meter silver medal with Su Bingtian, it is generally believed in the industry that if the third group of the semi-finals was not too introverted, Jacobs could at least run to 80 seconds. Nothing is impossible.

Jacobs himself is not sure who is stronger between him and Coleman, but he does not think he is weaker than Coleman, and he knows that he still has room for improvement, and Coleman, who is extremely promising, has experienced a suspension , it’s fine if you don’t regress.

To prove that he is not weaker than Coleman, or stronger than him, is not only more than achievements, but also more than honor.

He has already won an Olympic silver medal, and Coleman is a world championship silver medal, and now he desperately needs a relay medal to embellish his wall of honor.

Coming to the Olympic Games, who didn't think that they could add medals?

The strength of the Chinese team is too strong, and they want to win the gold medal unless they make mistakes, but what about the other two medals?
In the World Championships in Doha, the Moldo team was very strong. If the Chinese team made a mistake at that time, the championship would definitely belong to the Moldo team.

But now that the Moldy Country team is out early in the preliminaries, which team will not have ambitions for this silver medal?

Jacobs wants the silver medal!

After yesterday's preliminaries, the coaches gathered the players and told them clearly-Italy needs this silver medal!
Their opponents are the English team and the Canadian team. They have almost the same type of configuration, and they are both strong sticks.

England's strongest stick is the second stick, just like their Italian team, but Jacobs is confident that he can beat Gianne Hughes, although he knows that Pat's strength is much worse than Uja's, and Daluso may not Can beat Kierty, but he believes that Totu must be better than Mitchell Blake!
Canada should be even weaker. Maybe Aaron Brown is much stronger than Pat, but he and Daluso will accumulate enough advantages for Totu, and De Grasse can't finish chasing the advantages!
"The handover of the second and third sticks, Tang Xingqiang—start!"

Tang Xingqiang activated it, and his attention was completely on Xie Zhenye. Although he saw Jacobs overtaking him strongly, Tang Xingqiang was not affected at all.

Tang Xingqiang drove forward without any scruples, and he believed that Xie Zhenye would be able to hand over the baton to himself smoothly.

"catch--!"

Xie Zhenye's shout suddenly sounded behind him, and Tang Xingqiang quickly stretched out his right hand backwards.

One step, two steps, three steps, four steps, pop!

The baton was firmly pressed in his palm, Tang Xingqiang held it tightly in his hand without any hesitation, and then quickly began to swing his arms.

Xie Zhenye's cheers and cheers came from behind him one after another, and his relay shout seemed to make Tang Xingqiang's footsteps a little happier.

The wind whizzed by my ears, and Tang Xingqiang, who was the first to complete the handover, ran in the first place.

Tang Xingqiang is thankful that his teammates are so strong. He still remembers that summer five years ago, when Tong Rina asked him after the game, "Is the start of 0.207 just for insurance?".

Although he won the runner-up at the time, this question immediately chilled his heart, because at that time his strength was far inferior to the three of Su, Xie and Wu. He was really nervous, that's why he started so slowly.

But not now, he will never let himself drag the team down!

"Very beautiful, Tang Xingqiang is in the first place! Tang Xingqiang accelerates, exert all your energy, and keep going forward!"

The third contestant is running fast, and it is about to enter the handover of the third and fourth clubs. The live broadcast camera quickly switches, and Wu Ziyi is on the center screen. He has squatted down slightly, ready to go Turn around and start running.

Tang Xingqiang did not waste the advantage in front of him, he was the first to rush into the relay zone, and Wu Ziyi quickly turned around and started running when he saw him stepping over the step mark.

"Puff puff puff-"

"catch--!!"

Wu Ziyi set the steps closer, and his stride was slightly longer, so when he took six steps, he heard Tang Xingqiang shouting from behind.

Wu Ziyi stretched out his hand, and in just two steps, he felt a warm round object pressing on his palm, without the slightest hesitation, he quickly grasped it tightly and pulled it over.

"Old Wu, rush——!!!"

Tang Xingqiang shouted these three words with a tearing voice, how could Wu Ziyi live up to this?

"The handover of three or four sticks, look at the red lightning Wu Ziyi - Wu Ziyi started, and after completing the handover, he was in the absolute lead."

"Wu Ziyi is now launching an impact on the limits of human beings, hitting the highest level in history! Just like Asafa Powell back then, he is rushing to the finish line with all his strength!"

"Thirty. 36 seconds! 91 seconds! This is the second time in human history to run below 37 seconds. Although it failed to break the world record, the team that created this result is already legendary enough. Let us congratulate the Chinese men's relay Team, they became Olympic champions!"

"Wu Ziyi, on the other hand, won three gold medals in one Olympic Games, achieving another triple crown!"

(End of this chapter)