Although it was dark, the Central Television was still busy, and most of the staff's energy was spent on reports related to the Athens Olympics.
Director Xu, who is responsible for the broadcast arrangements of the event, does not stay in the office, but sits in the front-line broadcast room.
A staff member trotted over, handed a piece of information to Director Xu, and said at the same time: "Director, this is the track and field results that were just sent. Chinese athlete Zhang Guan successfully entered the second round of the 100-meter dash. "
Director Xu quickly read the event briefing, and then said: "If I remember correctly, this should be the first time that Chinese athletes have entered the second round of the 100-meter dash in the Olympic Games. It is not easy! Go check it out, what is the second round competition? It’s time to do it.”
"Director, do we want to live broadcast the second round?" the staff asked.
"If you can live broadcast, try to live broadcast. Athletes travel all the way to Athens to participate in the Olympics. It may only be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Now that they can make breakthroughs in track and field events, it would be too much if they don't even have a chance to show their faces in front of a national audience. What a pity." Director Xu said.
"Director Xu, we have found out that the second round of the men's 100-meter dash starts at 0:40 in the morning."
"That's the prime time in Athens time." Director Xu immediately opened the live broadcast schedule in his hand and found this time period.
"Fortunately, by early morning, today's badminton and table tennis competitions have ended, and there is only one Chinese athlete participating in the women's weightlifting competition over 75 kilograms." Director Xu lowered his head and thought for a moment before speaking. Said: "Let's arrange the second round of the men's 100-meter race to be broadcast live in one program. At that time, the zero o'clock news will just be broadcast, so the commentator can prepare in advance."
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At 19:40 on August 21, Athens time, the second round of the Olympic men's 100-meter dash officially began.
The second round is divided into five groups. The top three in each group advance to the next round. Among the athletes who did not get the top three, the athlete with the best performance can also advance, which means there will be a total of 16 athletes. Can advance to the semi-finals.
Compared with the first round of preliminary rounds, the players in the rematch will be of a higher level, it will be more difficult to advance, and the competition will inevitably be more exciting and fierce.
In the rematch, even championship-level players must start taking it seriously. The prediction given by experts before the game is that if you can run within 10.10 seconds, you will basically be sure to enter the semi-finals. If you can run within 10.15 seconds, you have a greater hope of entering the semi-finals. If you can't even run 10.15 seconds, you will be able to enter the semi-finals. If you want to enter the semi-finals, you can only rely on character and luck. For non-black players, the rematch can be seen as an insurmountable hurdle. In competitions at the Olympic level, white and yellow people often stop competing in the rematch. The semi-finals are usually all black players.
On the track, the first group was competing, while Zhang Guan was in the distance, waiting for the second group to appear, while also watching the first group of players.
I saw a black runner running in front, far ahead.
"It's the Portuguese Francis Obikeweru! It's really fast!" Zhang Guandao took a breath of air, feeling tremendous pressure for the first time at this moment.
"Obi Kweru, he would have been the 100m runner-up in this Athens Olympics, and he was only 0.01 seconds slower than Gatlin. Although Gatlin did not make a sprint in the final, which affected the time a little. Now. It seems that Obikwelu is indeed a very strong player.”
Later, Zhang Guan discovered that Japanese player Shingo Suetsugu, who was ranked second in Asia, had been left behind by four black players.
"In the semi-finals, it is indeed a world dominated by black people." Zhang Guan watched as Obikewelu crossed the finish line first, and then the scoreboard showed a time of 9.93 seconds. British player Lewis Francis and Jamaican player Dwight Thomas took second and third place respectively. Japanese player Shingo Suetsugu only finished fifth and was definitely eliminated.
"This is the world's top strength! This is just a rematch. I only ran 9.93 seconds, but I can do it, and I will be faster than this. But Obikweru obviously has reservations. His The real strength must also be faster. This is just Obikwelu, don't forget there is Gatling, his speed will be a few points faster than Obikwelu! It seems that I was too optimistic before, this The Olympic championship is not that easy to win." Thinking of this, Zhang Guan felt a little heavy.
Before this, Zhang Guan always believed that with systematic help, he would definitely win the Olympic 100-meter championship. And so far, Zhang Guan has never encountered an opponent in the competitions he has participated in. But now, several powerful opponents suddenly appeared, making Zhang Guan feel a sense of crisis.
"Nervous! Yes, that's the feeling. I haven't been this nervous for a long time." Zhang Guan took a deep breath. He looked at the finish line, and the nervousness in his heart gradually turned into anticipation and excitement.
"This time, I'm going to let go and run. I want to see how powerful championship-level players are!"
Afterwards, Zhang Guan strode into the arena.
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American player Sean Crawford, who is about to appear, takes off his upper body jacket.
"Sean, are you going to play?" Justin Gatlin came from the side and joked with a wicked smile: "Be careful not to capsize in the gutter..."
"Are you talking about O'Badley Thompson? I know that 'Nerve Knife' ran a time of 9.69 seconds, but that was at super wind speed. Even if he was in good condition, it couldn't be me. opponent." Crawford said confidently.
"I'm not talking about Thompson, but the Chinese athlete. His score was first in the preliminary round." Gatlin said.
"Hahaha, Justin, are you kidding? How can a Chinese pose a threat to me? 9.96 seconds, for an Asian, should be an incredible high level! But for me, this result, It's just the level of daily training. When I compete, I will let this Chinese know what real speed is!"
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The athletes were already standing at the starting line, but three minutes passed and the referee still did not give a notice to prepare to start.
"What's wrong? Why do you give me such a long time to prepare?" Zhang Guan looked at the referee in surprise and found that the referee was talking on the walkie-talkie.
"Did you be so busy chatting that you forgot to tell the athletes to get ready to start?" Zhang Guan thought to himself.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the audience, followed by cheers.
"Huh? What happened? Why did the audience suddenly scream?" Zhang Guan looked towards the auditorium, but because of the distance, Zhang Guan didn't know why the audience was cheering, but one thing is for sure, these people are not cheering for him. . In this case, I am afraid that I can’t even hear the sound of the starting gun clearly, so I can only wait for the 100-meter race.
"Pah, pah, pah, pah..."
In the field, the sound of applause gradually began, but this was not the kind of chaotic applause, but applause with a unified frequency. The applause became louder and louder, and the frequency became faster and faster, just like the drumbeat of warriors before charging when two armies are facing each other. There was a strong fighting spirit, and it was about to explode.
"This scene seems familiar. It reminds me of her!" Zhang Guan suddenly remembered a person, and then he looked sharply towards the pole vaulting venue in the distance. Sure enough, he saw a figure with black hair tied into braids. In my mind, I am holding a long pole in my hand and preparing to start.
"It's really her, Isinbayeva!"
Jelena Isinbayeva, the veritable queen of pole vaulting, has broken the pole vaulting world record 28 times in her career, and is now and will be the monopoly of the women's pole vaulting event in the future.
Although Isinbayeva is only 22 years old at the Athens Olympics, she has been famous for many years, especially in Europe, where she is very famous.
In the sports world, athletes with good grades will naturally receive attention, and so will beautiful beauties. And athletes with good grades and good looks will naturally receive huge attention. Although in Zhang Guan's opinion, Isinbayeva is not beautiful, but according to European aesthetics, Isinbayeva is definitely a beauty. Especially in Greece, Isinbayeva's black hair and big eyes are completely a manifestation of classical beauty in the eyes of Greeks, and therefore Isinbayeva has huge popularity in Greece.
Everyone in the stadium was cheering for Isinbayeva, especially some crazy men, who made ear-splitting roars. This made it impossible for the second group of the men's 100-meter race to proceed normally, and the athletes could only wait. The game ended with Isinbayeva.
The audience's applause became more and more uniform, and the frequency became faster and faster. Tens of thousands of people applauded in the same rhythm, which brought not only encouragement, but also shock.
Zhang Guan closed his eyes and felt everything carefully. Although the applause was not given to Zhang Guan, it still made his blood boil. A picture vaguely appeared in his mind. One general challenged with a knife, and the other general rushed out on horseback. Both sides beat the drums loudly, and the two generals entangled each other. Fighting together, the sound of killing is loud!
"This is the game, this is the game I want! Passion, excitement!" Zhang Guan opened his eyes fiercely, and he could feel that the hormones in his body began to violently agitate, and every cell was jubilant. He once again I smelled excitement.
At the same time, in the system, Zhang Guan's competitive status suddenly began to rise, reaching 67 points.
In the pole vault, Isinbayeva waved to the audience to signal everyone to quiet down. Then she raised the pole, ran up, poled, took off, climbed over, and landed in one go, completing the competition perfectly.
There were deafening cheers in the stadium. Although this was only a qualifying round for women's pole vault, and they only needed to jump 4.40 meters to enter the final, it did not affect Guan Zhong's cheers for Isinbayeva at all.
When the cheers died down, the referee signaled the athletes to get ready to start.
"What a great applause, what a great cheer. It makes people feel excited and makes people's blood boil! It's a pity that it's not for me. But one day, I will also have such applause and cheers!" Zhang Guan worked hard to adjust. He was breathing heavily, but the feeling of excitement in his heart was hard to erase.
Next, he stepped onto the starting block for his second Olympic race.
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