Domestically, television stations did not broadcast the 100-meter sprint. Because at the same time as this game, the table tennis women's singles event is in the semifinals, and the national player Zhang Yining will face South Korea's "world No. 1 chipper" Kim Kyung-e. Needless to say, the status and popularity of table tennis in China are compared with a preliminary track and field competition, and the TV station naturally chooses to broadcast the table tennis competition.

Japanese television broadcasted the group stage of the Olympic 100-meter dash live.

The atmosphere of track and field in Japan has always been relatively strong, and this time the three athletes of the Japanese team have great hopes of making it to the next round, so Nippon TV chose to broadcast the group stage of the 100-meter sprint.

Shingo Suesue, who appeared in the first group, has successfully qualified, Kanhiro Toe in the fifth group is in a pending state, and Nobuji Asahara, who is a veteran, is also quite expected by the Japanese audience.

On the TV screen, Nobuharu Asahara, and Pole Lucas Zira are neck and neck, while the commentator is also impassionedly commentating on the game.

"Asahara-chanji and Qira are in no particular order, Asahara-kun, come on! Come on! It's happening! Almost at the same time to cross the line, oh no! It was Asahara-kun who took the lead. It must be Asahara-kun in front! ”

With the voice of the commentator's eye, the shot of crossing the line just now appeared on the temple test screen again, although the gap between Asahara's Xuanji and Zira is not large, but if you look carefully with the naked eye, you can still tell that Asahara's Xuanji crossed the finish line first.

"Congratulations to Asahara-kun, who finished second and made it to the second round of the semi-finals with a time of 10.33 seconds! Poland's Lukas Zila was third with a 0.02-second gap. The first place in this group is China's Zhang Guan, whose result is ...... 9.96 seconds! A new Asian record has been born! ”

The commentator's voice suddenly became excited: "9.96 seconds, this is the best result in the group stage so far, and it is also a new Asian record!" The previous Asian record of 9.98 seconds was also set by Zhang Guan, and today, he improved this time by 0.02 seconds! According to the information in my possession, this is the third time this year that he has run under 10 seconds! He is well-deserved as Asia's No. 1 flyer! ”

At this time, the cameras of the Olympic broadcasters were also focused on Zhang Guan, and the score of 9.96 seconds was also marked at the bottom of the screen as a new Asian record.

The message of breaking the Asian record flashed on the big screen inside the stadium and there was a brief round of applause, and while the Europeans were not interested in the Asian record, any new record was worthy of respect, and the crowd gave some encouraging applause.

"How did you break the Asian record again!" Yu Gui's expression was a little dazed, as if he had forgotten to celebrate.

When he was in the Philippines last year, Zhang Guan broke the Asian record, and Yu Gui was excited and didn't sleep for several days; At the National Track and Field Grand Prix half a month ago, Zhang Guan broke the Asian record again, and Yu Gui was also happy and didn't close his eyes all night; And today, Director Yu suddenly found that he didn't seem to be as excited as before.

The next moment, Director Yu suddenly understood why he didn't feel that excitement.

"9.96, a new Asian record, but unfortunately, this is the Olympics, and I can't even win a medal with a time of 9.96 seconds." Director Yu smiled self-deprecatingly, and secretly thought to himself: "I'm too greedy, it's good to be able to enter the second round and break the Asian record, how dare I expect a medal!" ”

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Since the domestic TV station did not broadcast the game, the TV station's reporter in Athens was always on the scene, and as soon as Zhang Guan entered the rest area, the reporter ran over.

"Zhang Guan, first of all, congratulations on making it to the second round and completing a historic breakthrough. How are you feeling right now? ”

"It feels pretty good." Zhang Guan said with a smile.

"The time of 9.96 seconds has once again set a new Asian record set by yourself, so you are still satisfied with this result!" The reporter then asked.

"After all, the opponent in the first round was not very strong. There's no need to run too fast. ”

"So you have any reservations?" The reporter asked with some surprise, the reporter felt that with the level of Chinese athletes, the first race must be unreservedly and go all out, not to mention the Asian record of 9.96 seconds, how to say that it is impossible to have a reserved result.

Zhang Guan nodded: "Of course, after all, there is still one game in the future, so I have to spare some strength in the first game." ”

The reporter was stunned, and said that this kid would say big things nine times out of ten, but he still said: "Then I also wish you a smooth promotion in the next competition!" ”

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The game continues, and the next seventh group can be called the strongest group in the group stage, and it is also the group that has attracted the most attention. There are two big names in this group, Jamaican flyer Asa Powell and British star Jason Gardner.

Zhang Guan continued to watch the next game through the TV in the rest area, and just for Powell, Zhang Guan would also choose to watch this game.

Powell isn't the best sprinter in the world right now, but in the future, he'll dominate the entire 100-meter sprint. From 2005 to the rise of Usain Bolt at the 2008 Capital Olympics, Powell broke the world record twice in four years, won dozens of championships in the 100-meter event, and won countless honors. If it weren't for Usain Bolt's appearance, Powell would have dominated the 100-meter race for several years.

At this time, Powell can only be regarded as a rising star, far from his best form, and has not shown absolute dominance, but even so, Powell is still the favorite to win the top five.

There were no upsets in this group, with Powell comfortably first and Britain's Jason Gardner second. The top four runners all ran under 10.30 seconds, and even the fifth runner ran 10.32 seconds and had a great chance of advancing to the next round.

Next up is Group 8, where defending Olympic champion Maurice Green in the men's 100m event is set to take to the action.

Maurice Green was the last American to make his debut.

Having said that, Morris Green is not the highest 100m runner in the United States, the highest sprinter in the United States is the world record holder Tim Montgomery, Montgomery has won multiple world championships since 2001, broke the world record in 2002 with a time of 9.78 seconds, and has been stable in the competition in recent years, but recently Montgomery's girlfriend has been involved in a drug scandal and has not passed the Olympic qualifiers in the United States. And Montgomery's girlfriend is the "Queen of Athletics" Marion Jones.

Maurice Green was joined by Jamaican's Dwight Thomas, but the Jamaicans were not as dominant as they were four years later in Athens and were significantly inferior to the Americans in the 100-meter dash.

There were no upsets either, with defending champion Maurice Green topping the group and Jamaican Dwight Thomas second. It is worth mentioning that sprinters from Hong Kong, China, also appeared in this group, but unfortunately only achieved a time of 10.70 seconds.

There were no well-known athletes in Group 9 of the preliminaries, and it was considered the third-lowest group before the start of the competition, but the athletes in Group 9 performed at the bottom of the game. The first place in this group only ran a time of 10.39 seconds, which is not even in the top five if it were placed in another group. Kazakhstan, who finished third, was lucky enough to enter the second round with a time of 10.43 seconds.

In the final group, Kim Collins, the 100m champion at last year's World Championships in Paris, took part. Kim Collins was ranked third in the world last year and is still considered a medal contender despite dropping in the rankings this year.

In the race, Kim Collins lived up to expectations and won the first place in the group, and the strength of this group of athletes was also very strong, with five athletes running under 10.30 seconds.

The first round of the men's 100-meter dash at the Athens Olympics has officially ended. In addition to the top three in the group, the top 10 athletes can also enter the next round, with a time of 10.34 seconds, which is similar to the pre-race prediction.

After the race, athletes who did not make it to the second round will be able to leave, and those who will make it to the second round will have to wait, because in a few hours, the second round of the 100-meter dash will be held.

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Jian Chen had already changed his clothes, and then put his competition clothes and spiked shoes in his bag. He put the white number on top, and he looked at his number, reluctant to zip up his travel bag for a long time.

Chen Jian's Olympics are over, and now that he thinks about it, he feels a little regretful, if he could have gone faster just now, maybe he could have entered the second round. At this moment, he suddenly had an urge to cry, for him, running into the Olympic A standard is already a very difficult thing, four years later he is old, it is impossible to make a A standard results, so this will be the only Olympics in his career, he doesn't want his Olympics to end like this, he is not reconciled.

Zhang Guan, who was not far away, looked at Jian Chen, Zhang Guan wanted to step forward to comfort him, but he didn't know how to do it.

Zhang Guan looked at Director Yu beside him, and Director Yu shook his head at Zhang Guan, then pointed to the distance, signaling Zhang Guan to go aside first and not disturb Jian Chen.

Indeed, in the current situation, it may be the best way to let Chen Jian calm himself.

Looking at Jian Chen's back, Zhang Guan once again felt the cruelty of competitive sports in his heart. In the Olympic Games, every athlete comes with a dream, but on the road of this dream, only a few people can reach the finish line, and the others are destined to be eliminated.

"Now that I've set foot on this path, let's go and be the one who reaches the end of the road!" Zhang Guan thought silently in his heart.

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