Chapter 25: Two Madmen
It's game on!
Powell got off to a good start, with a reaction time of just 0.142 seconds, while his compatriot Dwight Thomas got off to a very poor start, with a reaction time of over 0.18 seconds.
Zhang's start of 0.159 seconds was slower than Kim Collins, Jason Gardner and Obikwiru, while defending champion Maurice Green had a similar start of 0.158 seconds.
The athlete begins to accelerate.
After the start, Green found that Zhang Guan was neck and neck with him, which was obviously unacceptable to Green, so he began to accelerate with all his might, hoping to gain the lead and leave Zhang Guan behind.
At the same time, Kim Collins also began to work hard, the opponents are very strong, and if he doesn't work hard, he will definitely be eliminated.
Another sprinter who went all out was Briton Jason Gardner. He is also a track and field star, but he is 31 years old this year, his strength has begun to decline, and he is not dominant in this group at his current level, and Britain is the only survivor of the 100-meter sprint, and he will fight hard to reach the final for the sake of Britain's face.
The performances of Collins and Gardner immediately put Powell under pressure, and coupled with the Portuguese Obikviru who was chasing closely, Powell made an instant judgment that he had to go faster, otherwise he was likely to be eliminated.
Obi Keviru squinted his eyes, glanced at the other athletes, and said secretly in his heart: "It's only in the semifinals, why did you raise the speed so high as soon as you came up, Powell spent so much energy in the semifinals, how to run in the final?" I can't be like Powell, as long as I can hold my position and make it to the final. ”
The next moment, the two figures caught up with Obikviru at the same time.
"What's going on? Two at once! This is the semi-finals! Obi Keviru was stunned, these two people had surpassed Obi Keviru.
"It's Maurice Green! He also ran so fast! The other is that Chinese! Is he as fast as Morris Green? ”
Obi Keviru was shocked, he was not sure that he could defeat Green, and naturally he was not sure that he could defeat Zhang Guan, who was as fast as Green, and in an instant, he fell from second place to fourth place, and was already on the verge of elimination.
"What? How does this semi-final run feel like a final! What's wrong with one by one? Is it bloody to beat the chicken! If I don't hurry up, I'm going to be eliminated. "Obi Keviru also showed his housekeeping skills.
On the sidelines, Crawford and Gatlin, who were watching the game, were very happy, and this is what they wanted. Judging from the current situation, the semifinals will definitely consume a lot of Maurice Green's energy, and Green has fallen into a disadvantage before the finals have even begun.
Forty metres later, Ghana's Mills and another Jamaican player, Thomas, were clearly out of line, but the competition was even fiercer. Kim Collins and Jason Gardner are desperately chasing Obikwiru, and the gap between them is not huge, and at the forefront are Powell, Green and Zhang Guan, and it is difficult to tell the difference between the three with the naked eye.
Although Morris Green's EQ is not high, but his sports IQ is not lacking at all, he has found that Zhang Guan's speed is not worse than his own, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner before the finish line if he continues to fight so hard.
"I'm a world champion! There's no way I'm going to lose to him! The anger in Green's heart had faded away, replaced by a desire for victory.
"Crazy! Two madmen! It's only the semi-finals, so why work so hard! Won't you run the finals? It's just a run, what's there to fight for in a semi-final? Powell, caught between the two, kept cursing in his heart.
Powell secretly looked behind and found that the fourth-place Portuguese Obikviru had fallen behind a lot, but he just suppressed Collins and Gardner, and then Powell realized that Obikviru had begun to regain his strength.
"Anyway, the top four will advance to the next round, so I'll save my strength and don't fight with two crazy people. One will work hard in the final is the right way. Powell thought of this, and his speed gradually slowed down. And with Powell's speed, Zhang Guan and Green instantly surpassed Powell and took the lead.
Originally, the three of them were neck and neck, but with Powell falling behind, the enthusiasm on the field was instantly ignited.
The audience who are willing to run to the scene to watch the game is still knowledgeable, and in the first group of the previous semi-finals, the athletes obviously did not do their best, and the negative game state of coping obviously could not conquer the audience's appetite. In the second group of the semi-finals, there are at least two athletes desperately competing for the first place, and they are the two strongest in this group.
A wonderful showdown is what the audience is looking forward to. Since the athletes do not spare their physical strength, the audience will not spare their cheers and applause.
Seventy meters later, the two still haven't opened up a single gap.
Zhang Guan could clearly feel the pressure brought to him by Green, and he even faintly felt that he might fall behind at any time in this competition. Zhang Guan can feel that Green's strength may be a little stronger than his current self.
"That's talent!" Zhang Guan sighed secretly in his heart.
For professional athletes, talent is far more important than hard work. Someone who can become a professional athlete, everyone works hard enough, everyone sweats enough on the training ground, but not everyone has strong enough talent.
Maurice Green is clearly the most talented athlete in the world right now, and he has unparalleled talent.
Zhang Guan knew that he didn't actually have any talent, and if he didn't have this system, without sprinting skills, his real speed would not be qualified to be an athlete at all, but this system is exactly the source of all his self-confidence.
"Anyway, I have a physical recovery potion, let's fight to the end today!" A hint of fierceness flashed in Zhang Guan's eyes, his speed did not slow down in the slightest, and he still sprinted forward with a desperate attitude.
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Yu Gui, who was watching from afar, clenched his fists, and although he was hoping that Zhang Guan could beat Morris Green, reason told him that this was only a semi-final and Zhang Guan should not have worked so hard.
"Slow down, slow down! Now that I've run out of stamina, what should I do in the finals? Slow down! Director Yu couldn't stop shouting in his heart, but Zhang Guan in the field was still sprinting with all his might.
Not far away, the coach of the American team was also anxious, Morris Green fought too hard, if he consumed too much in the semifinals, then the final will definitely not play too good speed.
"What is Green doing? It's just the semi-finals, if you lose, you lose, you can advance, the finals are the most important, how to run in the finals if your physical strength is exhausted? If you continue to run like this, this gold medal will be handed over! Fortunately, there are Crawford and Gatlin, and the gold medal is still from our American team. The coach of the American team suddenly turned his head to look at Crawford and Gatlin, only to find that the two had smug expressions on their faces.
"Huh? If Green falls behind, these two guys will benefit the most. It can't be these two guys! The U.S. coach frowned.
The coach is naturally aware of the fierce internal competition between the athletes of the American team, but the athletes of the American team are all big names, and the big-name athletes are also against the coach, so the coach does not interfere too much in the competition between the athletes. And Morris Green's arrogant personality is also very unlikable to the coach, and at this moment an inexplicable schadenfreude rises in the coach's heart.
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On the field, the athletes were close to the finish line, but Morris Green's heart began to struggle.
"This is the semi-final, there is no need to work hard, if you run like this, it will consume too much physical strength, and the final will be very disadvantageous in a while. Should I be a little slower and save some energy for the final? Maurice Green hesitated, but immediately dismissed the idea.
"No, I have laughed at Crawford before, laughing at him for not being able to outrun a Chinese, if I lose to this Chinese, then Crawford will definitely laugh at me, and then I will be disgraced!" This damn Chinese, how can you run so fast! ”
Green remembered the way Crawford brought the newspaper in the morning, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have been deceived, and Crawford did not send the newspaper to hit him, but to make himself and Zhang Guan fight hard, so that he could take advantage of the fisherman.
"Damn Crawford! But so what? I'm Maurice Green, I'm the best sprinter in the world, and I'm not going to lose! ”
With the finish line in sight, Green can't give up anymore, he's a world champion and he's going to maintain his dignity.
Maurice Green didn't give up.
Zhang Guan, naturally, will not give up.
Although Zhang Guan is not a world champion, he is an athlete, the end line is in sight, the competitor is beside him, of course he has to fight for the first position without hesitation, this is the dignity of an athlete!
The two continued to go neck and neck, both of them made the action of crossing the line at the same time, and both of them crossed the finish line at the same time!
"Rush the line!"
"Who crossed the line first?"
"Who's faster?"
The clock was stuck at 9.83 seconds. All eyes were on the big chronograph board.
"The first place is 9.83 seconds, who's that?" Director Yu looked at the scoreboard and shouted excitedly: "It's Zhang Guan, Zhang Guan is 9.83 seconds!" ”
At the same time, Director Ma next to him shouted in disappointment: "Green, 9.83 seconds!" ”
The next moment, the two realized at the same time that Zhang Guan and Green had made the same result, both 9.83 seconds!
There was also an uproar in the audience. Then everyone looked at the finish line expectantly, waiting for the final verdict of the referee.
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The first chapter is delivered, and the recommendation vote is requested.
By the way, before I started writing this book, I checked the information of this semi-final match, and all of them retained their strength and waited for the finals, so how can I write this? Is it written that when the other players did not do their best, our protagonist Zhang Guan did his best to qualify first in the group like a stupid hat? Obviously, it's impossible to write like that. So when the spinach plot was in place, the line of the semifinals was laid out, and the change of the favorites to win the championship was brought out by Zhang Guanmai himself, and then linked with Green's competitive personality to create a plot where two people fought to the end, and then this line was not over, and there was a continuation.
Passing the level is to think that every game written is unique, but writing a sprint project is not the same as writing football basketball, football 90 minutes basketball 48 minutes is not overtime, each unique game is easy, the 100-meter dash is only ten seconds, each game is unique and difficult, so many times you need to dig a pit layout in many chapters in advance, such as the spinach plot in front of it will also lead to other branches or important characters, I won't disclose the specifics, everyone will see it slowly.
Pass is better at this kind of long-term layout, and some foreshadowing may have a chain reaction, which can be regarded as a personal style. I think that no matter whether the plot is good or not, since it is written, it must be written carefully, and it must be worthy of the readers who read my book, even if a certain plot is not very satisfactory, but I have conceived and planned it with my heart, at least it is an explanation to myself.