Chapter 56: 100m semi-finals
With South Africa's Devontel and Spain's Casado in the lead on the final stretch of the course, Ali was left behind and looked like the group winner was on the verge of being the second of them.
Devontel and Casado had done their best, they weren't looking at each other, and they weren't sure who was ahead of each other, because there was no point in determining who came first and who came next. At this time, their eyes are fixed on the end, and they only have the end in their eyes, and they all rush towards the end with the belief of victory in their hearts.
Suddenly, there was a huge cheer in the stadium, and the sound was like a landslide and a tsunami. The cheers were full of passionate excitement and sincere encouragement.
Although Devontel and Casado could not understand Chinese, they could feel that this voice was not given to them, and the two of them began to give in to each other after entering the straight, and began to compete for the first place, if this cheer was given to the two of them, they would not have remembered it now.
"The audience is cheering, what the hell is going on?" The two thought in unison.
Then, a figure suddenly appeared on the right and on the right, telling them why the audience was cheering.
"That's Zhang Guan! No wonder the cheers of the audience were so loud, it turned out that Zhang Guan caught up. Wait, isn't he competing in the Olympic B standard? Why didn't you fall behind, but chased me here? What the hell happened behind the scenes. Devontel didn't know how Zhang Guan had caught up, and by this time, the end was close at hand, and he didn't have the energy to think about it.
"It's just a B standard player, how can I lose to you!" There was a look of determination in DeVettel's eyes, as if he was determined to win the first place in the group.
But in the next second, Devontel suddenly found that Zhang Guan had overtaken him and ran ahead.
"Surpassed by Zhang Guan?" Detel's heart tightened, and he wanted to chase and try to overtake.
After another second, the distance between the two had not narrowed, but had widened a few points.
"How is it possible, how can Zhang Guan's speed be so much faster than mine!"
Detel's expression was full of shock, he looked at the finish line in front of him again, and instantly understood that it was impossible to catch up with Zhang Guan.
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"Starting the sprint, Zhang Guan accelerated, overtaking Igouid! Zhang Guan's speed is obviously faster than others, and he is about to catch up with Ali, catch up! Transcendence! Transcendence without suspense. Caught up again, tied with the leader, oh no, overtaken, already overtaken, first! Zhang Guan is now in the first place! It's too fast, Zhang Guan is too fast! Rush the line! First! First in the group! Congratulations to Zhang Guan, who crossed the line first in the group in the 1500m preliminaries! The commentator glanced at the results and continued: "Zhang Guan's final time was 3:32.87, which is 0.02 seconds faster than Ramz, who ranked first in the previous group!" He had a top result in the heats! ”
The audience at the scene suddenly fell into a boiling again, and in obvious contrast, almost all of the people in the athletes' preparation area did not look very good.
"Did you see it, 3:32.87, faster than Ramz just now. Didn't Zhang Guan participate in the Olympics with standard B? How can you run such a good result, and the B standard player won the first place in the group! But judging from this result, Zhang Guan has the strength to enter the finals. ”
"That's right, if you look at it according to this result, Zhang Guan will definitely be able to enter the finals. This result is more than three seconds faster than the Olympic A standard, and it seems that Zhang Guan has been hiding his strength before, and we underestimate him too much. ”
"Have you noticed the speed of Zhang Guan's final sprint, who of you can still sprint so fast in the final stage of the 1500m?"
At this moment, everyone fell silent. Zhang Guan's speed in the final sprint was beyond anyone's ability. This means that in the situation just now, if anyone is on the field, they will be surpassed by Zhang Guan.
"It's okay, it's just 3:32.87." Kiprop from Kenya has a slightly solemn expression, but his heart is still very relaxed.
"Among the athletes present, except for me and Ramz, there are still several people who can run under 3 minutes and 30 seconds, Zhang Guan's result, it may be easy to enter the finals, but if you want to win a medal, it is still far away!" Kiprop thought as he looked at Ramz.
"Ramz didn't show his real strength in the preliminaries, he is my biggest opponent on the road to gold!"
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After the men's 1500m heats, Zhang Guan did not return to the lounge, he waited directly on the sidelines, because he had to participate in the 100m semi-finals next.
There are a total of five groups in the semi-finals, and the top three players in each group and the other best players can advance to the semi-finals, so the competition is much more fierce in the preliminary round.
When arranging the schedule, the organizers took into account that Zhang Guan's participation in the 1500-meter preliminary race would consume a lot of physical strength, so Zhang Guan was arranged to play in the fifth group, which could give Zhang Guan more time to rest.
In the first group of the 100m semi-final, Trinidad and Tobago's Thompson and the United States' Tyson Gay both qualified, and Thompson ran a time of 9.99 seconds, which is also the first time to run under 10 seconds in the 100m race at this Olympic Games.
In the second group, Kim Collins successfully advanced as the second in the group, and the first place was still Trinidad and Tobago's player named Mark Burns. The Caribbean athletes at this year's Olympics have clearly performed very well, with three of the six places qualified in both groups coming from the Caribbean, and the Jamaica, a sprint powerhouse, is yet to make an appearance.
It is worth mentioning that there are two Asian players in this group. The 36-year-old Japanese veteran Nobuharu Asahara, who is at the bottom of the group and is destined to be eliminated, is ranked fourth, and whether he can advance can only be left to fate.
In the third group, Usain Bolt finally came on the court, and he easily ran a time of 9.92 seconds to advance to the first place in the group. Usain Bolt's result is obviously very good, under normal circumstances, as long as he runs within 10.05 seconds in the rematch, he can guarantee a place to advance, and Bolt's time of 9.92 seconds is undoubtedly the first place in the group.
In addition to Usain Bolt, Davis Parton and Portugal's Obikweru also qualified in this group.
In the fourth group of the semi-finals, another Jamaican star Powell appeared. Powell also finished first in the group, with Walter Dix, the last of the U.S. team, in second place. Bahamas' Atkins finished third in the group. The Caribbean continued to be strong, with six of the 12 players who made the first cut were from Caribbean countries.
Among the United States, the three players who have already qualified, in addition to Tyson Gay, also shows the strength of American track and field from the side, just like China's table tennis, any person can be successfully qualified.
After the semi-finals of the first four groups, Zhang Guan also appeared in the fifth group. (To be continued.) )