On August 19, there was no men's basketball game on this day, but the eight teams that were about to participate in the knockout rounds were insisting on daily training to prepare for the knockout rounds the next day.
Zhang Guan will participate in three events today, namely the men's 200m semi-finals, the men's 400m semi-finals and the men's 1500m finals. The competitions of these three events are all held in the evening, and the earliest start time of the men's 200-meter semi-finals has already reached 9:30 in the evening.
The men's 200-meter race has reached the semi-final stage, and the remaining athletes are all strong players, and many of them are athletes who specialize in 200 meters, such as Spearman from the United States, Dezguei from Zimbabwe, and the Netherlands. Martina from Leeds, they are all athletes specializing in the 200 meters.
There are also some athletes whose main event is the 200-meter dash. The two favorites to win the championship, Bolt of Jamaica and Sean Crawford of the United States, are both athletes whose main event is the 200-meter dash.
According to the predictions of experts before the game, as today's sports events become more and more specialized, athletes whose main event is the 100-meter dash and also the 200-meter dash will basically not be able to enter the Olympics. Final.
Of course Zhang Guan is an exception. Zhang Guan, who showed amazing performance in the long jump yesterday, has been regarded as the favorite to win the 200-meter dash again. The most popular player in the 200-meter sprint event in the previous Olympic Games was naturally Bolt. This was not because Bolt was better than Zhang Guan, but because people generally doubted Zhang Guan's competitive status.
But since Zhang Guan jumped 9 meters in the long jump final yesterday, all doubts have disappeared. If Zhang Guan was not in good condition, how could he possibly jump 9 meters, which is beyond the human limit
The amazing performance in the long jump also made everyone have more expectations for Zhang Guan in the middle and short sprint events, especially the sprint event, which is Zhang Guan's "old profession". The domestic audience obviously expects Zhang Guan to Won a gold medal in the sprint event.
A total of 16 contestants participated in the 200-meter semi-finals, so they were divided into two groups. The top three in each group plus the other two with the best results can advance to the finals, so Zhang Guan must have no pressure to advance. .
This time Zhang Guan was placed in the first group. In the same group with him were Martina from the Netherlands Antilles, Dez Gay from Zimbabwe, Dicks from the United States, and Williams from Jamaica. , these players are more likely to advance to the finals, but the other players in the same group are somewhat lacking in strength and are expected to stop in the semi-finals.
Although this was the semi-finals, when Zhang Guan came on the stage, the audience still gave them the warmest applause, and Zhang Guan did not disappoint them. He took the lead after the gunshot sounded.
"Zhang Guan, he is very fast, he is already in the lead! He is about to enter the straight track, and Zhang Guan's lead is obvious! Okay, Zhang Guan will enter the straight track first!"
On the field, Zhang Guan was the first to run into the straight track area, and then started sprinting. In terms of straight line sprinting, Zhang Guan, as a 100-meter runner, is obviously much better than these professional 200-meter runners, and the gap between them is also getting bigger.
On the sidelines of the field, several players who were about to appear in the next group felt tremendous pressure.
"Zhang Guan is still so fast. Someone actually said that he was in bad shape before! He broke the world record in the 100-meter dash and the long jump. How could he be in bad shape? Maybe tomorrow, I will lose again. Give it to him!" Crawford, the defending Olympic 200m champion, thought silently.
For Crawford, he had been defeated by Zhang Guan many times in the past few years. Especially after Zhang Guan broke the 200-meter world record, Crawford had no desire to defeat Zhang Guan. Desire, he has habitually lost to Zhang Guan.
Spielman, who was standing next to Crawford, was not as strong as Crawford, and he didn't have much hope of becoming an Olympic champion.
Only one person, facing Zhang Guan in such an explosive state, still had a strong fighting spirit in his eyes.
That's Bolt!
At this time, Bolt clenched his fists tightly, and his arms even trembled uncontrollably. And in his mind came the scene two years ago when Zhang Guan broke the 200-meter world record.
"As expected, Zhang Guan, who was in his strongest form, is back! The scene when you broke the 200-meter world record is still fresh in my memory. Your time of breaking the world record at that time was probably 19.30 seconds, but now I can run Faster than this! I will be faster than you." Bolt couldn't hold himself back, and he was even more looking forward to the final.
On the field, Zhang Guan crossed the finish line as the first in the group without any doubt. The second place in the group was won by Martina of the Netherlands Antilles, and the famous Zimbabwean Dez Gay won the third place in the group. The fourth place American Dix can only wait for the semi-finals to get additional points. Two places.
In the subsequent second group competition, Bolt easily qualified as the first in the group, and two American players, Crawford and Spearman, finished second and third respectively. The two players with the best results were then selected, and Dix and Kim Collins became the two lucky ones.
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After the 200-meter semi-finals, the semi-finals of the 400-meter dash will be held immediately, and Zhang Guan still has to appear.
A total of 24 contestants participated in the 400-meter semi-finals. The competition was divided into three groups. 16 contestants had to be eliminated in the 24-to-8 contest. This is obviously more intense than the 16-to-8 contest in the 200 meters. The promotion rule for the 400 meters is that the top two in each group and the two with the best additional results can advance to the finals.
In the first group of games, American star Varina and Bahamas player Brown won first and second place respectively and successfully advanced. And apart from the two of them, there is indeed no third strong player in this group.
In the second group, the French star De Jong easily won the first place, and the American young player Merritt won the second place. This is the result that everyone guessed before the game.
Zhang Guan appeared in the third group, which was also the most intense group. In addition to Zhang Guan, there are also British star Ronnie, Swedish star Weisman and American player Neville. There must be a clear gap between these three people and Zhang Guan, so when Zhang Guan books the next promotion place in advance, these three people have to compete for another promotion place.
The competition in this group was indeed extremely fierce. Zhang Guan was of course first in the group, while British star Ronnie took second place. However, Swede Weisman and American Neville were also lucky. With the two additional best results, they also advanced to the 400-meter final the day after tomorrow.
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Athletes' lounge.
The coach glanced at Ramzi worriedly, and then looked at his watch.
"The time is coming, it's time for us to play." The coach said.
Ramzi stood up suddenly: "It's finally my turn, I can't wait!"
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(End of chapter)