Local time in Athens,

August 25 at 22:40 pm,

Athens Olympic Complex

As the men's 110-meter hurdles on the field were all over, the award ceremony for the men's 1500-meter competition began to be prepared on the spot. In another 10 minutes, the semi-finals of the men's 200-meter competition will be staged. Taking advantage of the gap time, the competition commentators of most countries also began to enter the rhythm of the competition in advance.

With the comments from some viewers and netizens who came from the director, the commentator of China CCTV also took advantage of this post to introduce some topics that everyone is interested in.

"In yesterday's 200m preliminaries and rematch, many viewers may not have watched it, and some situations may not be well understood... In yesterday's preliminaries, Zhu Kun, a young young player in my country, entered the rematch with fourth place in the group and ranked 31st in total, while Chinese player Yang Zuyao easily won the first place in the group with absolute strength to advance to the rematch...

In the rematch, both players performed well, successfully won the top three in the group and advanced to the semi-finals. Especially Zhu Kun, who appeared in the second group, learned from his lack of experience in the preliminary round and ran a 20.48 seconds, which is also his best result in this event...

Regardless of whether or not, such a result is worth remembering this 18-year-old young player. Last year's Five Cities Conference, his personal result when he won the men's 200m championship exceeded 21 seconds for the first time. Since then, his results have continued to improve. He won a precious silver medal in this year's World Youth Championship with a score of 20.55 seconds. At the same time, this result also reached the Olympic 200m A standard...

Now in the Olympic arena, he has once again set a new personal best, running into the 20-second 50 mark for the first time. You must know that for a young athlete, it is already a rare thing to be able to run into his best form in a world-class competition. We have reason to believe that Zhu Kun is another athlete in China who is slowly entering the top ranks after Zhao Lin and Shen Huan. Just like his senior brothers, in the future, break through himself in the world competition, break through the limit and move to a higher stage..."

Yang Jian and Han Qiao joined in and introduced the specific information of athletes in the 200-meter race to the people in front of the TV, especially Zhu Kun. This is not only an athlete's business, but also reflects the current situation of China's sprint.

The fact is that we are not the illusory scene supported by one or two talented athletes. Athletes who have achieved some honors are entering the peak, and younger newcomers are already rising. This is something to be excited about for everyone who cares about the country and the national sports.

"After a moment, the men's 200m semi-finals are about to begin, and two outstanding sprinters in our country will attack the finals, and you may see a rare first time later. The 16 players in the semi-finals are divided into two groups, and the two Chinese players will appear among the eight people in the first group at the same time. This is the first time we have seen two Chinese players competing in the same field on the sprint track of the World Championships..."

After the two people analyzed and introduced one after another, eight athletes in the first group of the men's 200m semi-finals had already begun to appear. With the sound of commentary, as the camera moved, the audience saw through the screen that two gorgeous reds appeared in the arena on the track of the semi-finals.

"The world-recognized sprinting powers, the United States and Jamaica, entered the semi-finals from the previous 100-meter and 400-meter events. It is not difficult to see from the list of final players. There are three people in the 100-meter United States, two people in Jamaica, and three people in the 400-meter United States and Jamaica. The second-level United Kingdom and Germany are also about one to two people. As for China, two people in the 100-meter finals, one person won the silver medal. Although it is only one person in the 400-meter, we broke through the siege of the two countries and won the gold medal historically.

Now we are two of the 16 people in the semi-finals. On the world, many people can enter the semi-finals of the competition, and only a few of them have won the top three in the finals. We have counted all the competitions in recent times and confirmed the argument of responding to the strong country in the short-term. The United States and Jamaica are the first to be ranked, and now there may be another China..."

It was already late at night in China at this time. People who can continue to watch the competition now have to say that they all have a special love, perhaps for sports and track and field, or perhaps for the country only.

Many viewers knew the situation, but a large number of viewers actually didn't understand it very well. With the introduction of the commentary, they gradually realized that it seemed that China's sprint event had really achieved remarkable results in inadvertently.

Even laymen know that the United States is recognized as the overlord of track and field events, and now it seems that China has the ability to challenge. This makes them feel the heat flowing all over their bodies, stimulating their emotions to rise.

With the commentary, the athletes participating in the men's 200m semifinals on the field were already slowly walking on the track.

After walking to his own path, Zhu Kun simply moved his body, and his eyes couldn't help but look at the two people on the middle path, four lanes, the only player in the preliminaries who ran into 20 seconds, the absolute strength. Five lanes...

Zhu Kun looked at Yang Zuyao who was moving his wrists and ankles, and felt a sense of complexity.

He has always been looking forward to competing with Brother Yang in the world, but in fact he knows that it may take some time. Generally speaking, athletes from the same country will not meet in the group before the semi-finals in the world competition. But in fact, he didn't expect it to be so soon. In each of them's first Olympics, the two were actually divided into the same group in the semi-finals.

He felt very touched, and he felt that he was not mentally prepared to welcome all this. Of course, meeting in the semi-finals is not a strange thing. The American players who entered the semi-finals were also two in the second group, and Germany was also two in the second group. The reason can only be blamed for not being able to enter the top two in the group.

There are a total of 16 athletes in the semi-finals and are divided into two group competitions. Generally speaking, the first and second groups in the rematch will be allocated to different groups as much as possible, and the rest of the places will be randomly assigned to two groups, which will also increase competitiveness and fairness. Especially in this Olympics, just like the 100 meters, the rules for promotion in the 200 meters semi-finals are also the top four in the group.

"Run well, whether to advance or not, you have to show your own level. I don't have the strength of Brother Yang now, but I also have to work hard to catch up..."

Zhu Kun slowly restrained his emotions and adjusted his pre-match state. He had a personal best score of 20.48 seconds in the rematch. In his own feeling, he might not have reached the limit, but he knew that among all the players entering the semi-finals, he was not far ahead.

For example, Brother Yang, those Americans, and even the old Namibians, etc., all have absolute strength gaps. When we reach this point, we can only do our best to show our level.

"Come on! I'm still young, I'm just participating in the Olympics for the first time! You are much luckier than the previous youth championship that the coach mentioned yesterday!"

He also paid attention to Zhu Kun. Seeing that everything seemed to be stable, Yang Zuyao was very pleased and silently encouraged Zhu Kun in his heart.

“Uh~”

But his thoughts pounded, and Yang Zuyao was suddenly a little stunned. It seemed that the coach's poison was getting deeper and deeper.

It seems that they are not old, and they are all participating in the Olympics for the first time, including their coaches. From what point on, we all take it for granted? Is it because of confidence in strength or because of a change in mentality?

Even last year, he could not imagine that he could encourage his teammates in a peaceful mood on the Olympics. If we really compare that Jamaican boy, wouldn’t we be lucky?

Then keep this luck forever. The coach has taken one step ahead and told us that as long as we continue to work hard and strive, everything is possible. We must keep up and not fall behind. On the road to China's future, we must pursue our steps!

The players on the track were adjusting their states, and at this time, the audience who were watching the game outside the stadium became more and more intense and their emotions were getting higher and higher.

Especially the Chinese spectators in the stands, starting from the start of the 21st sprint event, they have been brewing step by step until now, and the lineup for watching the game is constantly expanding. Chinese people living in Europe, Chinese people stationed abroad, and athletes from other events in the delegation are constantly pouring towards the Olympic Stadium.

In the men's sprint event at the Olympics, China finally has its own position, towards the world, to show the style of our Chinese sports athletes to all those who are prejudiced and arrogant towards China!

People cannot be sure if there is still next time, or have to wait for many years? But at least they are in the stadium, listening to the hosts in the stadium introducing athletes and Chinese athletes, the exciting suffix of honor and the solemn and admirable tone. They deeply feel this honor, just for this and honor, and it is worth their bet on more enthusiasm.

“…The first one comes from…”

"oh!"

"oh!"

“#@*!”

Amidst the cheers after cheers, information about all the athletes in the first group of the men's 200m semi-finals appeared on the big screen on the scene.

First, Christian Malcolm, UK;

Second, Frank Fredericks, Namibia;

The third route, Francis Obicvelu, Portugal;

Fourth, Sean Crawford, United States;

The fifth way, Yang Zuyao, China;

Sixth Road, Christopher Williams, Jamaica;

The seventh way, Zhu Kun, China;

The eighth road, Jarucinsky, Poland;

...

Accompanied by the introduction and the scenes of the transition from time to time, the athletes cooperated to complete the last interaction before the race, and then the eight athletes began their final warm-up adjustments on their own tracks.

“on    your    marks!”

In less than a minute, the last pre-match adjustment time was given to them, and the command sounded at their own meetings.

Yang Zuyao patted his thighs lightly, jumped on the spot again, took a breath, leaned over and squatted on the starting machine. The other seven athletes, like him, were ready for the start, and the event was about to break out.

"Crash, relax, accumulate strength, and let your body completely enter a state of waiting..."

“Set!”

Before the starting position of the curve, the referees checked the players' starting preparations again, and after confirming that they were correct, they sent out a signal, followed by a preparatory command.

"Bang!"

While all the athletes rushed out almost instantly, a crisp gunshot followed the stadium, and the enthusiastic shouts of the audience rang out again in the stadium.

"The competition begins!"

In the media area, commentators from various countries also shouted passionately, and through the camera and through rapid speech descriptions, the situation on the scene was brought to all parts of the world.

"Five paths, Yang Zuyao's starting reaction was very good, his acceleration was very steady, now he... Zhu Kun from the 7th path also ran very well. From the preliminaries to now, he has been running better than another game, and at this time..."

On the track,

The distance of thirty meters has passed, and the players have basically raised their bodies and entered the rapid acceleration stage. After the start, whether it is Fredericks, who has the best starting reaction this time, or Crawford, who has unexpectedly ranked last in the starting reaction, they have stabilized their rhythm at this time.

In the five paths, Yang Zuyao was also running steadily at his own pace, focusing on accelerating. This time the start was neither good nor bad. For him now, even if he occasionally started abnormally, it would not have much impact, let alone his normal performance now.

Stable swings your arms and steps, accumulating explosive power, and your tall body tilts at a wonderful angle and gallops on the curve.

The acceleration of the curve start and acceleration has always been his strong point for Yang Zuyao, especially after absorbing the feeling of the curve run by some junior brothers. The things that were still a little hard and deliberate in the past have been gradually integrated.

His current curved running looks graceful and efficient. But he was a little regretful at this moment!

After all, a lot of time wasted. Although he gained a lot, he made him clearer about the direction of each step of integration. But at this stage, many things that should be integrated are not sufficient!

Step by step, he can fully accumulate speed and strength, and he can only maximize the release speed after he fully starts. But now he feels that the curve of his acceleration is a little worse.

Although he runs smoothly now, he can feel that the power he has accumulated to explode, at least according to his actual situation, he still has room for explosion.

Running on a curve is never that simple. The so-called curve skills and acceleration techniques are the ability to fully utilize every acceleration power in the body without deliberate coordination without any intention. However, he is unable to fully utilize his physical potential.

Always step by step to advance to a higher level, so that the feeling of controlling every point of strength can be clearer until you can truly integrate to the peak at a certain moment. This is the training direction arranged by the coach for them. Including him, Zhao Lin and all the other relay teams are.

Since last year's Asian Championships, he and Zhao Lin have been walking in this direction. And now for so long, until he was struggling with the previous period, they have done very smoothly. Every bit of improvement in quality will be digested in a very short time, and then they will act to run normally. But later...

"Try it..."

As soon as he had some thoughts of fighting for the limit, Yang Zuyao rejected it in another thought.

"Run in the direction of normal integration. It's not the World Championships now. For me like that, the results will not change much!"

After understanding the coach's training philosophy more and more, Yang Zuyao saw it clearly. During the World Championships, he fought for strength and the limit scores and broke through himself. That was because his strength and quality were not enough. If he broke out desperately and regardless of the consequences, he would naturally be effective. But the situation is completely different now. At least at this stage, he does not lack strength and quality, and he lacks the means to perfectly exert his strength.

"Accelerate, accelerate, push forward a little bit..."

After emptied his mind, Yang Zuyao ran harder!

Forty meters, fifty meters, sixty meters...

As the distance was almost seventy meters, amid the cheers of tens of thousands of audiences, all the contestants were rushing forward in a hurry, stepping wildly.

Several players in the middle lane who were more concerned before the game almost kept the distance after the start, including Crawford, who had originally started the slowest, also brought their positions back on track.

But in the end, there are some gaps in strength. Except for three, four or five, the other players gradually showed their disadvantages.

One and two paths, including the Jamaicans of the six paths, and Zhu Kun of the seven paths, their forward extension effects are slowly changing.
Chapter completed!