"Guide Lin, the athletes' situation looks pretty good. Xiao Zhu's three games today have come to an end. I just don't know tomorrow..."

On the afternoon of August 18, Bird's Nest Stadium.

In the stands, Yuan Guohua, the coach of the Chinese team, who had watched the first group match of the men's 200m rematch, was worried.

It was already 20:10 pm, and the first group of the men's 200m rematch was over.

There were 4 groups of 32 players participating in the 200m semi-finals, with the top three in each group plus the last four best results, a total of 16 people advanced to the next round. The three Chinese players in the morning preliminaries successfully advanced. The rematch was grouped in the first, second and fourth groups respectively.

Zhu Kun, who started the first group of the rematch, started at 20:05, was not at all stage frightened when facing famous players such as Jamaican swimmer Bolt, Sean Crawford, the top 200-meter king of the United States, and St. Kitts player Kim Collins.

After being left by his opponent for a long distance from the first 100 meters, he always maintained his own rhythm and ran the entire 200 meters mainly with me according to the most economical and efficient efficiency. In the end, he won the third place in the group with a time of 20.42 seconds.

Before the game, Zhu Kun, who played three games a day, was undoubtedly the most worried athlete of the entire delegation. His successful advancement also made all the Chinese delegation members watching the game in the stands breathe a sigh of relief. However, as soon as they thought of the two semi-finals with less than two hours apart tomorrow, they couldn't help but feel a little gloomy.

Two games like this are relatively important matches together. Almost never happened to Chinese athletes before.

When it comes to the double-event competition, it is not uncommon for top athletes. It is not uncommon for 100 meters and 200 meters, or 200 meters or 400 meters. There are also many people who win high rankings and even medals in the same competition.

There were few such a combination of athletes in China before, just because they had been working hard to break through themselves and their special technologies after fully accepting the new training concept.

But this is definitely not an ordinary case. It develops as young athletes lay the foundation and gradually grow up from childhood. In the future, the part-time activities of the new group of athletes will definitely become more and more common.

This time, Zhu Kun's 200-meter and 400-meter events were arranged to enter the Olympics. On the one hand, the strength was achieved, and more consideration was to allow young athletes to experience the rhythm control of the lower-level competition.

"It should be fine. For young athletes, they have no pressure to achieve results yet. They have time to steadily adapt to growth. Starting next year, well, it should be the second half of this year. Xiao Zhao will also officially run 200 meters in both races. And Zhang Meng and Liang Hong, the same will be true in the future..."

Lin Mu waved his hand indifferently. After all, it was the fact that China's sprint has the foundation to develop comprehensively. One or two top athletes led a group of outstanding athletes. They sought to grow between competition and motivation to further strengthen their foundation.

Zhu Kun is only the first one. Lin Mu considered it before the game. He would not even use encyclopedia to restore his strength to the athletes until he had to. He should let him feel it truly.

"There are still some problems with the schedule of this game!"

Yuan Guohua shook his head and continued.

"It's okay, this situation was normal before. Moreover, it's a good result to have such an intermittent arrangement!"

He could hear the unfinished meaning in Yuan Guohua's words, and Lin Mu just smiled.

After the first Olympic Committee's schedule guidance, the intention was to compete on the same day as the 200m semi-finals and the 400m semi-finals. Such a schedule was very rare before, mainly because there were many athletes who had both 200 and 400. The top group of people who won both gold in the same competition were, such as Michael Johnson, who was known as the king of sprinters.

Because of the similarities between 200 meters and 400 meters curves, straights, and rhythm controls, there are indeed many similarities. However, the current international players have changed a lot. Due to the continuous improvement of technology and physical fitness, top sprinters are more likely to accelerate the 200-meter starting speed and towards the direction of 100 meters.

There are not many athletes in the international arena now, and there are even fewer excellent ones. Therefore, after the intention comes out, countries will not respond much. However, such a schedule is not very friendly to Zhu Kun.

As the second person in the 200-meter and 400-meter events in China, Zhu Kun has such troubles, so the track and field team naturally has to communicate with the Center and the General Administration. After communicating with the Yanjing Olympic Organizing Committee, the General Administration put forward opinions to the International Olympic Committee.

After several twists and turns, the semi-finals of the 200m race were advanced by an hour.

To be honest, this result is still not satisfactory. But there is no way. In terms of influence, both the Chinese Olympic Committee and the players are slightly worse. Being able to have such an hour ahead of schedule is already the result of the host Yanjing Olympic Organizing Committee's efforts to ease.

Such a situation naturally made many people in the center and the team feel a little uncomfortable. After all, there was a precedent for athletes to deliberately change the competition time and facilitate their performance.

Lin Mu didn't want to think too much about some things. He said that the truth was that the distance was too high and the level was too far. As one of the emerging sprint powers, China had its foundation and was still slightly deficient. But he believed that from the end of this Olympics, China would be completely different.

"well!"

Yuan Guohua no longer struggled with this issue. The fact is already like this. Fortunately, in the team's plan and intention, Zhu Kun is not a seed to win the card. At present, he does not have such a great reputation to make the Chinese people have too high hopes. At least there is enough fault tolerance. The pressure on athletes is relatively small.

For former Chinese athletes, one or two excellent ones occasionally appear in a event, and countless people will naturally force a tight hoop. The athletes are fighting for various competitions and honors with the tight hoop. The result is long-term high-intensity and overload training and competitions.

This is not uncommon for being tired, injured, and disabled. Especially after the promotion and commercial factors are mixed in, such as Xiao Qi, the decathlon, and Liu Xiang.

Thinking of Liu Xiang, Yuan Guohua couldn't help but ask: "Guideline Lin, Director Luo and others didn't come this afternoon, is it because of Lao Sun?"

"Yeah~"

When talking to Yuan Guohua, Lin Mu did not hide it and nodded gently: "Before the press conference in the afternoon, Director Luo, Director Feng and us communicated with Lao Sun, and Liu Xiang still wanted to fight for it again. After all, the Olympic Games at the doorstep are indeed of great significance."

The afternoon press conference was held as scheduled. As the person in charge of the core sprinting project, one press conference was basically Lin Mu's one-man show. Journalists from various countries asked a lot of questions about sprinting, even later relays. Lin Mu answered all the answers one by one. However, Lin Mu was originally going to ask the Liu Xiang question, but Lin Mu did not raise it in the end.

He can't make decisions for others, even if he can represent the entire track and field team or even the field management center, he can't reject some obsessions in the athletes' hearts.

To be honest, I would like to announce my injury, even ambush in advance, saying that I might withdraw from the competition, etc. Now, the problem is no longer big. At most, some media and audiences who are clamoring for a few words. As long as the center and the delegation understand it, it is not the key to the athletes.

But it can't stand the persistence of athletes and coaches. To put it bluntly, it is for national honor, collective honor, and no one can spare themselves. In the final analysis, it is still pushing all kinds of mentalities such as personal honor, pride, competitive spirit, and unyielding.

At least Lin Mu knew that on the day of his previous life, Liu Xiang didn't even run for the preliminary round. Because whether he ran or not did not prevent Liu Xiang from being the number one in track and field events. As for now, the reason and situation are compared, the situation is clear at a glance.

"Stop thinking about others, watch the game first."

Lin Mu shook his head. Anyway, if it were his athletes, he would never give the other party a chance to struggle psychologically. This is not that he has a strong desire to control himself and ignores the wishes of the athletes. He must consider all aspects of the athletes. He cannot ruin the future for one or two honors and face battles, after all, they are still young.

"Old Yuan, when you go back tonight, you can communicate with Lao Lu. Zhang Meng will be included in the relay selection sequence this time. As the head coach, he will be in charge of relay cooperation with Liu Ren in the future and be more responsible for relay cooperation!"

Looking at the players in the second group of the 200-meter rematch that was already preparing to start the competition, Lin Mu gave an order to Yuan Guohua.

Yuan Guohua understood and nodded and agreed. It was time to prepare for the relay team's new and old inheritance.

And Zhang Meng is just the first one...

While the two were talking, Zhang Meng, the protagonist who was arranged, didn't know at this time. Of course, if he knew, he would definitely be very happy. Compared with his former senior brother Hu Ke, his development has been much better. He has always been looking forward to such a day.

But at this moment, he had no time to think about these things. He was excited and excited, and his blood was boiling, just waiting for the beginning of the second Olympic Games in his life.

Standing in front of the starting line of the track, he felt the enthusiasm of tens of thousands of compatriots in the audience. At 200 meters, he was not the protagonist of China. But at least at this moment, the cheers and shouts of the audience were just for him. This was an inspiration he had never gained in previous competitions.

He knew that compared to Brother Yang and Brother Zhao, the audience did not expect much from him, but it did not prevent him from working hard for the only expectations. He is also a member of the Chinese track and field team, and he is willing to do his best to defend this honor and pride.

According to his strength, he must also work hard in this group. Because the eight players in the second group of the rematch are luxurious in their overall lineup. It can be imagined that the competition will definitely be very fierce.

Zimbabwean star Dezgay, American player Walter Dicks, Jamaican player Christopher Williams, even British player Christian Malcolm and Mauritius veteran Stefan Buckland, etc. These athletes are all absolute strength players, old or new.

Although there are no top 200-meter players, they are also among the most powerful players in the world. For Zhang Meng, it is really stressful to advance.

The game started after a few commands and a gunshot, and the game ended after more than 20 seconds.

As a result, the competition in this group is indeed fierce, and all the athletes who can win the game have good efficiency.

Zhang Meng, who had big strides, high frequency, and nonchalantly ignored the starting speed, ran a good first half. Compared with the players in the same group, he was not at a disadvantage in absolute speed. It was just because of the slight difference in overall physical fitness and speed resistance, he was unable to grasp the situation in the next few dozen meters.

The final ranking was settled, Zimbabwean player Dezgay won the first place in the group with a time of 20.23, the second place was 20.27, the third place was 20.28, and the fourth place was 20.32. Although Zhang Meng ran a personal best of 20.36, he was only ranked fifth. This made Zhang Meng feel a little regretful while happily breaking through himself.

Including Bucklan behind Zhang Meng, the top six of the eight players ran within 20.40 seconds, which is indeed stronger than the first group. In such a group, it is indeed not easy to advance directly. If you fail to advance directly, Zhang Meng can only hope to squeeze into the semi-finals with 4 subsidy results.

Zhang Meng left the court without delay, gathered his coach and teammates, and watched the next game with expectations and trepidation.

Zhang Meng's coach Lu Qing was inevitably a little nervous at this moment.

Associate professor from Huaqing, he was a top coach in a scholar. In a few years, he has fully integrated into the national team through two athletes, Hu Ke and Zhang Meng.

Whether a coach is excellent can be reflected in many aspects, but the most practical thing is naturally the results of the athletes he leads. Whether Zhang Meng's performance is good or bad determines him to a great extent.

He was a little apart a few years ago, but because of the Universiade in 2005, he completely defeated his only academic reserve. Since he officially integrated, he also hoped to seek more development.

Huaxia was successful in the Universiade that year. Not only did it lead the gold medal list, but Huaxia achieved many breakthroughs in the sprint event. However, for him, it was obviously a bit of a weakness.

His first outstanding disciple, Hu Ke, won the runner-up in the 100-meter competition and had a good result. But the championship was Jiang Bing, who achieved the dark horse miracle. It was also from that time that he discovered many shortcomings. With a more modest attitude, he brought Hu Ke and Zhang Meng to the side of the relay team.

He also hopes to continuously broaden his horizons, discover and improve his level of self and athletes. Hu Ke and Zhang Meng's level has improved rapidly, but due to his disadvantages in age and further potential development, the national team, which is already full of talents, has no position for Hu Ke.

Last year, Hu Ke completely gave up and he went back to Huaqing with regrets. Zhang Meng became the only athlete he personally led.

Zhang Meng's progress did not disappoint him, and he succeeded in competing for the Olympic quota, which finally made Lu Qing breathe a sigh of relief. After the Olympics began, he waited for Zhang Meng's game with anticipation.

When he entered the rematch, he felt a little relieved. According to his personal plan and overall plan, Zhang Meng had already achieved his set goals. But who doesn’t want his grades to be better?

Zhang Meng's competition just ended and his grades were very good. Although he did not achieve the best results in the usual test, he also achieved his best results in the official competition. Considering the direction of young athletes, it is rare to be able to perform stably.

But because of the good grades, I broke through my personal best grade, 20 seconds 36 is not a low grade. If it is eliminated, it would be a pity.

In the current situation, Zhang Meng is fifth in the group. The fourth place in the first group that has ended has only 20 seconds 43, which can be ruled out. There are two groups behind. The fourth place in the two groups cannot be as high as two more than 20 seconds 36. According to the situation in previous years, it seems that there is a lot of hope, but it has not really ended, so who dares to be sure.

The Chinese athletes and coaches were very concerned about Zhang Meng's situation. With their attention, the third group of the rematch was over, and the Chinese delegation was applauding.

They were not celebrating who won the promotion quota, and the overall results of the third group of players were not ideal, but it was also a good thing for Zhang Meng.

The first place in the group was won by Antigua and Barbuda player Christian with 20.26 seconds, the second-place American player Spearman won second in 20.31 seconds, while the third and fourth places only had 20.42 seconds and 20.47 seconds. Even Zhang Meng's sixth place in the group was inferior, which made Zhang Meng's prospects for promotion become very ideal.

In the last group, as long as the sixth place scored no more than 20 seconds 36, Zhang Meng will successfully squeeze into the semi-finals.

In the vigorous atmosphere of the arena, the fourth group players in the 200m rematch came on tonight.

When Yang Zuyao stood on the track and field stadium, the audience received warm applause.

There are many big names in the competition at night, but for Chinese audiences, Yang Zuyao is the biggest big name. This is China's top 200-meter player and their favorite player.

Although he has never won the Olympic gold medal or broken the world record. However, his honor in the World Championships and his identity as the absolute main player in the relay are there, and Yang Zuyao's calm and sunny attitude is stable and stable, but constantly improving, which has made him love countless Chinese track and field fans. Many Chinese people who have always paid attention to track and field affectionately call Yang Zuyao "leader" and "captain Yang".

"Oh! Oh! Oh!"

"Come on Huaxia!"

"Long live China!"

“…”

The fourth group competition ended in a jubilant atmosphere. Yang Zuyao did not lose all expectations and easily won the first place in the group with a time of 20.18 seconds. At the same time, this result was also the first among all the players in the rematch.

More importantly, the fourth place in this group failed to surpass Zhang Meng. Zhang Meng finally squeezed into the four substitute personnel and advanced to the semi-finals.

The men's 200m rematch ended, whether it was Zhu Kun in three games a day, Yang Zuyao, or even Zhang Meng who advanced at the last moment. The three Chinese players successfully completed all the competitions on August 18.

All of this is a further proof of China's identity as a powerful country in a sprint. Countless Chinese audiences are passionate and excited!
Chapter completed!