All-round Athlete

Chapter 55 Promotion and Elimination

In China, TV stations did not broadcast the 100-meter dash. Because at the same time as this game, the table tennis women's singles event was in the semi-finals, and the national player Zhang Yining faced South Korea's "world's number one chipper" Kim Kyung-e. Needless to say, the status and popularity of table tennis in China, compared with a track and field preliminary match, the TV station naturally chooses to broadcast the table tennis game.

The Japanese TV station broadcast the Olympic 100-meter sprint group match live.

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

Shingo Suezue, who played in the first group, has successfully advanced, Hirohiro Tsuchie of the fifth group is still pending, and Nobuharu Asahara of the sixth group, as a veteran, is also quite expected by the Japanese audience.

On the TV screen, Asahara Shinji and the Polish Lucas Zila were running side by side, and the commentator was also passionately explaining the game.

"Asahara Xuanzhi and Qi La are in no particular order, Chaoyuan-kun, come on! Come on! They rushed to the line! They crossed the line almost at the same time, oh, no! It is Asahara-kun who is leading. It must be Asahara-kun in front!"

Following the voice of the commentator, the shot of crossing the line just now appeared on the palace test screen again. Although the gap between Chaoyuan Xuanzhi and Qi La is not that big, if you look closely with the naked eye, you can still tell that Chaoyuan Xuanzhi crossed the finish line first of.

"Congratulations to Asahara-kun, he won the second place and successfully entered the second round of the semi-finals. His score was 10.33 seconds! Poland's Lukas Zilla ranked third with a gap of 0.02 seconds. And Ben The first place in the group was Zhang Guan from China, and his time was... 9.96 seconds! A new Asian record was born!"

The commentator's voice suddenly became excited: "9.96 seconds, this is the best result in the group stage, and it is also a new Asian record! The previous Asian record was 9.98 seconds, which was also created by Zhang Guan. Today, he will This result has been improved by 0.02 seconds! According to the data in my hand, this is the third time he has run under 10 seconds this year! He is the well-deserved No. 1 flying man in Asia!"

At this time, the cameras of the Olympic Games broadcaster were also aimed at Zhang Guan, and the time of 9.96 seconds was marked at the bottom of the screen as a new Asian record.

The news of breaking the Asian record flashed on the big screen in the stadium, and there was a short burst of applause. Although the Europeans were not interested in the Asian record, any new record is worthy of respect, and the audience still gave some Encouraging applause.

"Why did you break the Asian record again!" Director Yu looked a little dazed, as if he had forgotten to celebrate.

Last year in the Philippines, Zhang Guan broke the Asian record, and Director Yu was so excited that he didn’t fall asleep for several days; at the National Athletics Grand Prix half a month ago, Zhang Guan broke the Asian record again, and Director Yu was also happy all night. Close your eyes; and today, Director Yu suddenly found that he seemed not as excited as before.

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

"9.96, a new Asian record. It's a pity, this is the Olympic Games, but the time of 9.96 seconds won't even win a medal." Director Yu laughed at himself and thought to himself: "I'm too greedy, I can Entering the second round and breaking the Asian record is already good, how dare you expect a medal!"

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Since the domestic TV stations did not broadcast the game, the TV station's reporters stationed in Athens were always on the scene. Just as Zhang Guan entered the rest area, the reporters ran over.

"Zhang Guan, first of all congratulations on entering the second round and completing a historic breakthrough. How do you feel 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 created by yourself. Are you satisfied with this result!" The reporter continued to ask.

"After all, the opponents in the first round were not very strong. There is no need to run too fast."

"So you still have reservations?" The reporter asked in surprise. The reporter felt that with the level of Chinese athletes, the first game must be an unreserved effort, not to mention the Asian record of 9.96 seconds. Might be a grade with reservations.

Zhang Guan nodded: "Of course, after all, there is still one more game to come, so you have to save some energy for the first game."

The reporter was stunned for a moment, thinking that this kid would probably talk big again, but he still said: "Then I wish you a smooth promotion in the next competition!"

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The game is still going on, and the seventh group that will be played next 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-name players in this group, namely Jamaican trapeze Asa Powell and British star Jason Gardner.

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

Now Powell is not the strongest sprinter in the world, but in the future, he will dominate the entire 100-meter sprint event. From 2005 to the rise of Bolt in the 2008 Capital Olympics, Powell broke two world records in four years, won dozens of 100-meter championships, and countless honors. If it wasn't for Bolt's sudden birth, Powell might still dominate the 100-meter race for several years.

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

This group of games did not appear upset, Powell easily won the first, the British player Jason - Gardner won the second. The results of the top four players were all within 10.30 seconds, and even the fifth place ran in 10.32 seconds, so they had a great chance to enter the next round.

In the next eighth group competition, the defending champion of the Olympic men's 100-meter event, Maurice Green, is about to debut.

Morris Green was the last American player to play.

Having said that, Morris Green is not the highest 100-meter runner in the United States. The highest sprinter in the United States is Tim Montgomery, the world record holder. Montgomery has won multiple world championships since 2001. He broke the world record, and has been stabilizing Morris Green in recent years. However, Montgomery's girlfriend has recently been involved in a doping scandal, and he has not passed the Olympic qualifiers in the United States. And Montgomery's girlfriend is the "Queen of Track and Field" Marion Jones.

In the same group as Morris Green, Jamaican player Dwight Thomas, but in the Athens Olympics, the Jamaicans were not as dominant as they were four years later, and their strength in the 100-meter sprint was obviously not as good as that of the Americans.

This group of games also did not come out unpopular, the defending champion Maurice Green qualified first in the group, and Jamaican Dwight Thomas second. It is worth mentioning that a sprinter from Hong Kong, China also appeared in this group, but it is a pity that he only achieved a time of 10.70 seconds.

There are no well-known athletes in the ninth group of the preliminaries. Before the start of the match, it was considered to be a group with the third-to-last strength, but the level of the athletes in the ninth group was the last. The first place in this group only ran 10.39 seconds. If this time was placed in other groups, they would not even be able to enter the top five. Kazakhstan, who came in third, was lucky enough to enter the second round with a time of 10.43 seconds.

In the last group of competitions, Kim Collins, the 100-meter champion of the Paris World Championships last year, appeared. Kim Collins ranked third in the world last year. Although his ranking has dropped this year, he is still considered to be a player who has the strength to compete for medals.

In the competition, Kim Collins really lived up to expectations and won the first place in the group, and the strength of this group of athletes is also very strong, with five players running within 10.30 seconds.

The first round of the preliminary round of the men's 100-meter sprint at the Athens Olympic Games has officially ended. In addition to the top three in the group, the top ten of other athletes can also enter the next round. Among them, the time of tenth place is 10.34 seconds, which is similar to what everyone predicted before the game.

After the game, the athletes who failed to enter the second round of the rematch can leave, and the athletes who entered the second round of the rematch will continue to wait, because in a few hours, the second round of the 100-meter sprint rematch will be held.

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

Chen Jian's Olympic games are over. Now that he thinks about it, he feels a little regretful. If he could have been faster just now, he might be able to enter the second round. At this moment, he suddenly had an urge to cry. For him, it was very difficult to get into the Olympic A standard. Four years later, when he was older, he would not be able to achieve the A standard again, so This will be the only Olympic Games in his career, he doesn't want his Olympic Games to end like this, he is not reconciled.

Zhang Guan not far away looked at Chen Jian, Zhang Guan wanted to go up 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 to disturb Chen Jian.

Indeed, in this situation, it might be the best way for Chen Jian to be quiet.

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

"Since I have embarked on this road, let me be the one who reaches the final destination!" Zhang Guan thought silently.

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