Run Out of My Life

Athens Olympic Stadium, also known as Spiridzon Luis Stadium, is named after the first modern Olympic marathon gold medalist, Greek Spirizon. louis.

The stadium was first used in 1982 at the 13th European Championships in Athletics. After Athens successfully bid to host the 2004 Summer Olympics, it was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava to renovate the Olympic Stadium and use it as the main stadium of the Olympic Sports Center for the current Olympic Games.

The entire stadium has a delicate glass ceiling, the audience seats are divided into two floors, there are nearly 70,000 audience seats, more than 400 media seats and more than a dozen VIP box.

The men's 100-meter competition at the Olympic Games will be held at the Olympic Stadium.

The first two rounds of preliminaries and semi-finals will be held on the morning and evening of August 21, and the semi-finals and finals of the last two rounds will be held on the evening of August 22. After each game, the time interval is relatively sufficient, the athletes can get the news, and the event arrangement is more reasonable.

As for the short interval between the semi-finals and the finals, usually about two hours, this is the general practice of the Olympic Games, in order to ensure the tension of the 100-meter race and the TV broadcast designed for effect.

At 10:35 am, the first round of the men's 100m preliminaries officially started. The whole preliminaries were divided into ten preliminaries, with a total of 86 athletes participating. 4 of these groups are 8 athletes in 8 lanes, and another 6 groups have a 9th lane with the most edge added.

When the first group of the preliminaries appeared at the Olympic Stadium, the audience of nearly 70,000 began to burst into enthusiastic cheers, and everyone was looking forward to it. The start of the men's 100m race.

Affected by international terrorism, in order to further strengthen the security work, the organizing committee used more than 45,000 security staff. But at the opening ceremony of the Olympics, less than half of all 5.2 million tickets were sold. In the first few days of the event, many of the stands were filled with plenty of space.

Until the start of the track and field competition, the number of spectators at the Olympic Stadium increased. By the start of today's most eye-catching men's 100-meter sprint competition, the entire venue was more than 70,000 The venues are all full.

Just as Coubertin founded the modern Olympics and agreed on the project setting, someone said:

All life is lifeless, unless there is sports;

All sports are spiritual, unless there is an Olympics;

All Olympics lack foundation, unless there is track and field;

All athletics is lack of passion, unless there is a hundred meters.

…

"Chen Jian is here."

On the side of the outer ring of the Olympic track and field track, several head coaches of the track and field team's sprint event, wearing work badges, stared nervously at the starting line of the 100-meter track forward.

At this time in the entire stadium, although not many people really pay attention to the performance of the Chinese players, there are some. In addition to the coaches below the auditorium, there are a lot of athletes in the auditorium, such as shooting teams and windsurfing kayakers who have finished the competition. There are also many local overseas Chinese and even international students in other regions. Government officials, media workers, etc.

From the 1980s and 1990s to the present, there have been very few Chinese players on the men's 100-meter track. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, no one reached the A standard, and This year, four years later, we have two A-markers competing.

"Chen Jian is in the first group of the preliminaries and Su Zu is in the fifth group of the preliminaries. From the level of team members, Chen Jian's group is lower , but it is also very dangerous. The first group suffers, and the order also suffers."

Yuan Guohua looked at the arrangement of the athletes in each group in his hand, and then looked at the competition scene, as if he wanted to match the names on the form in his hand with the athletes on the schedule.

"As long as you run into the top three, you can enter the semi-finals!" Mai Shaoqiang clenched his hem tightly with both hands and pursed his lips, showing his inner dissatisfaction at the moment calm.

Chen Jian's pass is the ninth pass, a marginal pass that is not good at all. Chen Jian's points ranking in the IAAF is not high, even if He has won several national championships, but in the eyes of the Olympic Organizing Committee and the IAAF, he is still an unknown junior, and it is impossible to be arranged in the ninth track.

However, this is 100 meters, all straight, and the ninth track is only affected by being closer to the audience. As long as you can run to the top three, you will be able to advance smoothly.

In the ten preliminaries of the men's 100 meters, as long as the athletes from each preliminary group run out of the top three results in the group, they can successfully advance to the semi-finals. The rest will be sorted by the results of the preliminaries, and the top 10 athletes will be selected. A total of 40 players will enter the semi-finals.

Generally, in such a large-scale competition, if the preliminary group is the first group, in most cases, only the top three results will have a chance to advance. The athletes in the first group of the preliminaries entered the state relatively slowly, and the level of running out was relatively low. If they were not in the top three, they would have a very slim chance of entering the next round of semi-finals according to the latter results.

Of course, if the team is very strong, the athletes are in good shape, and the masters are gathered, that is another matter.

As the head coach, Mai Shaoqiang has high hopes for Chen Jian, and he does not expect to reach the finals or the semi-finals of the semi-finals. The second shot rang out, and he was satisfied.

Li Zhizhong's expression is also a little nervous, his face is expressionless, although it is not Su Zu's turn to play, but like Mai Shaoqiang, he is also holding a heart .

The ability of Chinese athletes to stand on the Olympic 100-meter track is already a huge improvement, and Su Zu bears more pressure than Chen Jian. The first person in sprinting, both the media and the public have great expectations for Su Zu's trip to the Olympics.

This kind of round-by-round preliminaries is not like a football league where there is a home and away game. The player has only one chance. He lost his qualifications for the next round of promotion. At that time, it was useless to talk about any level of strength. To lose is to lose!

Because some expectations cannot be lived up to.

Chen Jian stood in front of the starting line, feeling slightly dizzy, and the sound of his heart pounding was stronger than ever.

"What a great audience!"

Chen Jian put his hands on his waist, took a long deep breath, raised his head and looked around the arena, closing his eyes slightly.

Standing on this highest arena, on the highest platform, countless scenes from my youth seemed to suddenly emerge.

I entered Doumen Junior Sports School at the age of eleven, entered the track and field team of Guangdong Institute of Physical Education at the age of fourteen, and entered the national team at the age of twenty-two. , all the way up and down.

Two national championship titles in 2000 and 2001, left Achilles tendon strain before the 2001 Ninth Games, entered the national team in 2002 The Asian Games in Busan, the 2003 Asian Championships, training and games seemed to pass through my mind in an instant.

There is the joy of being a champion, the loneliness of being injured, and the pain and helplessness of being surpassed.

But, it's finally here.

"There shouldn't be live TV, right?"

Chen Jian suddenly had an irrelevant idea in his mind. In fact, after so many years of competition, he also knew that there must be CCTV live broadcast and commentary at the conference site. However, it will not be for the 100m preliminaries, it may be other events. The preliminaries usually don't appear on TV, at least they have to have a chance in the semifinals.

Probably, among us, maybe Su Zu has a chance.

Another long exhalation sound, Chen Jian knew that he was nervous.

When I stood on the ninth track in the first group of the preliminaries, the distracting thoughts in my mind couldn't help jumping out.

Have been in so many competitions, and never have my hands and feet seemed to be shaking like this one.

"Calm! Calm! Look at the finish line and don't think about anything!"

Heavy and long breathing, Chen Jian reassured the agitated emotions in his heart over and over again, and the international common password on the field sounded.

"Onyourmarks."