In the last section of the straight track, South Africa's Deventer and Spain's Casado were in the lead. At this time, Ali was already behind them. It seemed that the first place in the group was about to be born among them.
Both Deventer and Casado have tried their best. They are not looking at each other, nor are they sure who is ahead of each other, because it is meaningless to confirm who is first and who is last. At this time, their eyes were fixed on the finish line, and there was only the finish line in their eyes. They all rushed towards the finish line with the belief that they would win.
Suddenly there was a huge cheer in the stadium, the sound was like a landslide or a tsunami. The cheers were full of passionate excitement and sincere encouragement.
Although Deventer and Casado couldn't understand Chinese, they could feel that the voice was not meant for them. The two of them started to fight each other and started competing for first place after entering the straight. If this The cheers were given to both of them, so they didn't think of it until now.
"The audience is cheering, what happened?" The two of them thought in unison.
Then, a figure suddenly appeared on the right and told them why the audience was cheering.
"That's Zhang Guan! No wonder the audience cheered so loudly. It turned out to be Zhang Guan who was catching up. Wait a minute, isn't he a B-level competitor in the Olympics? Why didn't he fall behind and catch up to me instead? What happened next? What happened?" Deventer didn't know how Zhang Guan caught up, and at this time, the end was close at hand, and he didn't have the energy to think about it.
"You're just a B-label player, how could I lose to you!" De Vitel had a determined look in his eyes, as if he was determined to win the first place in the group.
But the next second, Deventer suddenly discovered that Zhang Guan had surpassed him and was running ahead.
"Being surpassed by Zhang Guan?" Delter's heart tightened. He wanted to catch up and overtake.
After another second, the distance between the two did not shrink, but actually widened a bit.
"How is it possible? How could Zhang Guan be so much faster than me!"
Delter's expression was full of horror. He looked at the finish line in front of him again, and instantly understood that it was impossible to catch up with Zhang Guan.
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"Starting to sprint, Zhang Guan accelerated and surpassed Iguide! Zhang Guan was obviously faster than the others and was about to catch up with Ali. He has caught up! Overtaken! Overtaken without any suspense. He has caught up again, and is ahead. The players are tied, oh, no, it’s passed, it’s been passed, first! Zhang Guan is now first! It’s too fast, Zhang Guan is too fast! Crossing the line! First! First in the group! Congratulations Zhang Guan crossed the line first in the group in the 1500-meter preliminaries!" The commentator took a look at the results and then said: "Zhang Guan's final time was 3 minutes, 32 seconds and 87 seconds, which was better than Ramzi, who ranked first in the previous group. It’s 0.02 seconds faster! He created a best result in the preliminaries!”
The audience at the scene suddenly fell into excitement again. In obvious contrast, almost everyone in the athletes' preparation area looked unhappy.
"Have you seen it, 3 minutes, 32 seconds and 87, which is faster than Ramzi just now. Didn't Zhang Guan participate in the Olympics with the B standard? How could he run such a good result? The B standard player won the first place in the group One! But judging from this result, Zhang Guan has the strength to enter the finals."
"Yes, if we look at this result, Zhang Guan will definitely be able to enter the final. This result is more than three seconds faster than the Olympic A standard. It seems that Zhang Guan has been hiding his strength before. We are too underestimated. Him."
"Have you noticed Zhang Guan's final sprint speed? Which of you can sprint so fast in the final stage of 1,500 meters?"
At this moment, everyone fell into silence. The speed that Zhang Guan showed in the final sprint was something no one else could achieve. This means that in the situation just now, anyone on the court would be surpassed by Zhang Guan.
"Fortunately, it was only 3 minutes, 32 seconds and 87 seconds." Although Kiprop, from Kenya, looked a little solemn, he was still very relaxed inside.
"Except Ramzi and I, among the athletes present, there are still several people who can run under 3 minutes and 30 seconds. With Zhang Guan's score, it may be easy to enter the finals, but if you want to get As for medals, it's still far away!" Kiprop thought as he looked at Ramzi.
"Ramzi and Ben didn't show their true strength in the preliminaries. He is my biggest opponent on the road to winning the gold medal!"
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After the men's 1,500-meter preliminaries, Zhang Guan did not return to the lounge. He waited directly on the sidelines because he had to participate in the 100-meter rematch.
There are a total of five groups in the semi-finals. The top three players in each group and the other best players can advance to the semi-finals, so the competition is much more intense in the preliminary rounds.
When arranging the schedule, the organizers took into account that Zhang Guan would consume a lot of energy by participating in the 1500-meter preliminary round, so Zhang Guan was arranged to appear in the fifth group, which could give Zhang Guan more rest time.
In the first group of the 100-meter rematch, Trinidad and Tobago's Thompson and American Tyson Gay both advanced successfully. Thompson even ran a time of 9.99 seconds, which was also the first time in the 100-meter competition at this Olympics. A time under 10 seconds.
In the second group, Kim Collins advanced successfully as the second place in the group. The first place was still a player from Trinidad and Tobago named Mark Burns. Caribbean athletes obviously performed very well in this year's Olympic Games. Three of the six places advanced to the two groups of competitions are from the Caribbean, and the Jamaican, a major sprinting country, has not yet made an appearance.
It is worth mentioning that there are two Asian players in this group. The 36-year-old Japanese veteran Nobuharu Asahara ranks at the bottom of the group and is destined to be eliminated. Qatar's naturalized player Francis is ranked fourth. Whether he can advance can only be left to fate.
In the third group, Bolt finally appeared. He easily ran a time of 9.92 seconds and advanced to the first place in the group. Bolt's score is obviously very good. Under normal circumstances, as long as he runs within 10.05 seconds in the rematch, he can guarantee a promotion spot. Bolt's score of 9.92 seconds undoubtedly ranks first in the group.
In addition to Bolt, Davis Patton and Portuguese player Obikewelu also received promotion quotas in this group.
In the fourth group of the rematch, another famous Jamaican player, Powell, appeared. Powell also qualified first in the group, and Walter Dix, the last player on the American team, ranked second. Atkins of the Bahamas ranked third in the group. Players from the Caribbean region still maintain their strength. Six of the 12 players who advance first are from Caribbean countries.
Among the United States, there are three players who have qualified, except for Tyson Gay. This also shows the strength of American track and field from the side. It is like Chinese table tennis. Anyone who sends out can advance smoothly.
After the rematch of the first four groups, Zhang Guan also appeared in the fifth group.
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