The starting gunshot sounded again, and Zhang Guan and Powell rushed out of the starting line at the same time. Judging from the starting reaction, there was almost no gap between the two, and no one took advantage.
Next, Zhang Guan and Powell kept pace with each other and competed very anxiously with each other. Especially after 40 meters, the two were already ahead of the other athletes. And this is exactly what everyone wants to see. The two fastest people in the world compete on the same field, neck and neck. They are fighting and competing, and then the winner will be decided in a few seconds.
"Zhang! Zhang! Zhang!"
"Powell! Powell! Powell!"
The audience shouted the names of the two people, and the entire audience, men, women, old and young, fell into a frenzy. The crazy shouts around them made Sharapova feel uncomfortable. She had never expected that a top track and field event would be like this.
On the tennis court, the audience will also cheer, but it is more of a gentleman-like applause, and after a ball is over, the audience is often quiet while the tennis player is receiving the serve. But the 100-meter dash is different. The entire race lasts less than ten seconds, but the excitement brought by these ten seconds is enough to make a weak person's hormones explode instantly. For the audience of the 100-meter dash, they need to shout, need Catharsis requires an exciting and exaggerated performance to relieve the tension in the heart.
Then, Sharapova focused her attention on the track. The schedule was nearly halfway, and Zhang Guan and Powell were still at the same level. At this moment, Sharapova also felt nervous and exciting. She didn't have to join in and compete voluntarily. Among the shouting ranks.
"Zhang Guan! Powell! Powell! Zhang Guan!" The more neutral commentators in front of the TV didn't know whose name to call at first, because it seemed that it was really difficult to tell the winner between the two.
But the commentator of the domestic CCTV is different. His explanation is obviously biased. Even though it is late at night in China, the commentator is as excited as a miner who has discovered a gold mine.
"Zhang Guan's start is very good! He is accelerating, come on! Okay, he has surpassed other athletes! And Powell too! They are competing for first place, but Zhang Guan is slightly ahead! Zhang Guan has the advantage!" The commentator said into the microphone shouted.
In the director's room, the originally sleepy director was shocked to wake up by the commentator's passionate explanation. He raised his head and looked at the screen. It was clear that Zhang Guan and Powell were running closely together. How could the commentator tell that Zhang Guan was ahead? Already? What does "and Powell too" mean? The bias of this explanation is too obvious. But then the director shook his head. If he doesn't favor his own compatriots, why should he favor those big, old and black athletes
The commentator in the studio was completely unaware of this. He sincerely hoped that Zhang Guanneng would win, and he indeed brought his emotions into the game.
"Come on! Pass! Pass!" The commentator puffed up his chest with great enthusiasm, and his arms began to wave unconsciously. For a person who relies on his mouth to eat, this is really rare.
The commentator's explanation was very exciting and passionate, and the atmosphere on the field was very hot and tense. Although the athletes had just run 50 meters, the coaches of the two teams seemed to feel that several hours had passed.
The media has been hyping up the competition for the "world's No. 1 flyer". Athletes are under tremendous pressure, and coaches are also under tremendous pressure. Powell's coach Sue Rebo may be better off, because Powell is a challenger after all. The winner is inherently the weaker party, so it is natural to be happy when winning, but it is also normal to lose. But the pressure on Director Yu is much greater than that of Suereb. He knows that this is the biggest challenge Zhang Guan has faced in his career, and it is also the biggest challenge he has faced in his career as a vocational teacher. Director Yu guessed Zhang Guan may lose this game, and Director Yu also knows that Powell is unlikely to break the world record in this game. As long as Powell does not break the world record, Zhang Guan will still be the world record holder.
Director Yu does not want Zhang Guan to lose. Zhang Guan rose too quickly and too young. Since Zhang Guan debuted, he has never lost. In every game, whether it is the preliminary round, semi-finals or finals, Zhang Guan is the first. First, Zhang Guan has been going so smoothly along the way. Director Yu is worried that Zhang Guan will not be able to bear the blow of failure.
"Come on! Zhang Guan, you are the strongest!" A shout sounded from beside Director Yu. It was Liu Feiren's voice, but Director Yu could feel that Liu Feiren was not only cheering, but there was something more in that voice. With a kind of trust in Zhang Guan!
"Trust!" Director Yu suddenly realized that he had thought wrong! In the past two years, Zhang Guan has never failed. He has won first place in all competitions he participated in. In this case, why worry about him and why not choose to trust him!
"I believe in you, and I should believe in you! Even if you are still lagging behind at the last second, I should believe in you! You will definitely be able to defeat Powell! I believe in you!" Director Yu suddenly felt much more relaxed, and then he also shouted stand up.
In the next moment, something finally happened on the track.
Fifty meters is only the half of the 100-meter race, but it is also the watershed between the top athletes and first-class athletes in the world. In the first fifty meters, the gap between top athletes and first-class athletes is not that big, but after fifty meters, Top athletes will gradually show their absolute superiority. But Zhang Guan and Powell are both the world's top athletes, and their competition has just begun at the 50-meter mark.
Powell enjoyed this feeling very much. He listened to the sound of air flying past his ears and felt the tremor caused by muscle contraction. He finally found the time when he ran 9.77 seconds in Athens a week ago. That feeling.
"Yes, this is the feeling! It's great! This is the feeling I need. This speed, this sense of rhythm, come on, let me go faster! Faster!" Powell kept encouraging himself in his heart. , although he only found this feeling when he was halfway through the race, he did not feel it was too late, because the contest between him and Zhang Guan had just begun.
Powell began to think freely in his mind: "At this speed, although I can't beat my own time, the final speed will definitely be around 9.80 seconds! I will definitely win this game! Zhang Guan, I beat you this time, but This is just the beginning, I will defeat again...what!"
One moment ago, Powell was cheering for having found his best form and imagining that he could defeat Zhang Guan.
The next moment, Zhang Guan slowly, slowly surpassed Powell.
In fact, this process is not slow at all. In the eyes of others, it only takes the blink of an eye. But in Powell's eyes, the entire process of transcendence is so long. He can even see clearly every time Zhang Guan waves his arms and every time he speaks. As he took steps and hit the ground every time, he seemed to hear the sound of spiked shoes on the track.
"How could this happen? He overtook me, how could he run so fast!" What remained in Powell's surprised pupils was Zhang Guan's back.
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"It's exceeded! It's been surpassed! It's been surpassed!" Director Yu suddenly roared, raising his clenched fists high, and the entire coaching bench was startled by him. But no one blames the coach. At this moment, he should behave like this. Any coach standing in the position of coaching will probably behave like this.
Not far away, Powell's coach Sue Reb opened his mouth half-open. He was sure that this was the fastest speed he had ever witnessed; he was sure that the current Powell would never be able to run at this speed; he had already Understand that Powell has no chance of winning this game.
"Is this the speed of the world's number one trapeze artist? It's terrifying!" Suereb had to admit that Zhang Guan's title as the world's number one trapeze artist was worthy of his name. Then the crazy roar of the instructor came to his ears, and then Suereb suddenly felt a little jealous of the guidance.
"It is probably the greatest honor for a coach to have a talented disciple! This bald man is so lucky..." Suereb sighed quietly, and he was ready to accept the reality of failure.
However, the game continues, and Powell has not given up. He is still working hard, even if these efforts now seem to be in vain.
There were still twenty meters left from the finish line, but the overall situation was decided. As long as Zhang Guan maintained his current speed, Powell obviously couldn't catch up. The audience in the stadium burst into even louder cheers than before. This time they were not cheering for the athletes, but paying tribute to the champion who was about to be born!
Sharapova has been infected by the surrounding atmosphere. Like other spectators, she stood up and shouted for Zhang Guan. Then, she watched Zhang Guan cross the line, and then joined the others in applauding the winner.
"This is track and field!" Sharapova exclaimed, which is completely different from tennis.
In tennis, the general capacity of tennis venues is between 3,000 and 6,000 people. In fact, 6,000 people is considered a large-scale tennis competition venue. The main tennis venues of the Olympic Games generally have a capacity of about 12,000 people. The center of the four Grand Slams The venue can accommodate about 15,000 spectators, of which the US Open has slightly more, and the other Wimbledon, French Open and Australian Open are similar.
But in track and field, there are far more spectators than in tennis. The average medium-sized stadium in Europe can accommodate 30,000 to 40,000 spectators, and slightly larger ones can accommodate 50,000 to 60,000 spectators. World-class venues such as the Bird's Nest can accommodate 100,000 spectators to watch the game at the same time. Just imagine, 50,000 to 60,000 spectators cheering and applauding at the same time. The warm atmosphere is completely different from that of 15,000 spectators.
Moreover, the 100-meter dash is about explosive power. Athletes will maximize the explosive power in their bodies in just ten seconds, and the audience will also give explosive cheers to the athletes in these ten seconds. As for tennis, a game may last for several hours, and the audience will also applaud for some good shots, but they will not be as crazy as the track and field audience.
Sharapova looked at the enthusiastic spectators around her. At this moment, she finally understood why some people would spend hundreds or even thousands of euros to buy a ticket to watch an athlete run for just 10 seconds. That kind of atmosphere, that kind of atmosphere. Such passion and catharsis can still be remembered for a long time after it is over.
"Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang..."
The audience in the stadium suddenly started shouting Zhang Guan's name. At first, only a few people were shouting, but soon it spread throughout the entire place. Tens of thousands of spectators in the stadium were shouting Zhang Guan's name in unison.
Sharapova didn't know why this happened, but then the DJ's loud shouts made her understand why.
"New world record!"
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