Olympic men's 110m hurdles final.
As soon as the gunshot sounded at the beginning of the game, the athletes rushed forward like arrows.
The athletes' starting reaction time was immediately displayed on the big screen at the scene. Among them, the one with the fastest starting reaction time is American player Ellis Meter. His starting reaction time is only 0.131 seconds.
"Young people are quick to respond." Dai Li sighed secretly.
At this time, the players on the field have begun to cross the first hurdle.
Among the 10 hurdles in the 110-meter hurdles, the first three hurdles are particularly important. Athletes must find their own rhythm during the first three hurdles, otherwise the subsequent competition will be greatly affected.
If you lose the rhythm in the first three hurdles, it is a big mistake for a hurdler. Those who can participate in the Olympic finals are all top professional athletes. Everyone has been tempered and tempered, and no one will make such a low-level mistake. Mistakes.
After the first three hurdles, each contestant fell into his own rhythm, and the real competition began.
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"Reed, Backus, they are almost neck and neck." The voice of the commentator from Brazil was full of passion like samba dancing.
In fact, there are three players in the leading position at this time. In addition to the Jamaican player Reed and the French player Backus, there is also the American player Meter. It's just that this is the first time for Met to participate in an international competition, and his name is a bit unfamiliar to the commentator. In such an exciting moment of the game, the commentator did not think of Met's name for a while.
In the sixth column, the gap between the athletes has become more obvious. Reed, Backus and Met are clearly ahead of the other players, and the champion should be born among the three of them.
In the seventh column, Jamaican player Reed took the lead and started to exert force. This kind of exertion is also a kind of rhythm interference for Backus and Mete.
It is precisely because of this exertion that in the eighth hurdle, Reed's leg-raising movement was obviously half a beat faster than Backus and Met. But this advantage was not enough to turn into a victory. When Li crossed the eighth hurdle and his feet landed on the ground, Backus's feet also landed at the same time.
Obviously, Backus is also starting to exert his strength and he is going to make the final sprint.
Reed has been paying attention to Backus's movements, and he has played against Backus many times. Reed has always felt that Barus is the biggest obstacle on his way to winning the championship. When Backus caught up, the persistence in Reed's eyes flashed.
"The championship must be mine!" Reid kept repeating this sentence in his heart.
Jamaica is a country that is very interested in sports, and when it comes to Jamaican athletes, what people naturally think of is sprinting. Reed, like many Jamaican athletes, was originally a sprinter and regarded the world's number one flying star Gittel as his idol.
But later, Reed switched to practicing the 110-meter hurdles event, which was not an event that Jamaica was good at. The Jamaicans had not won even a medal in this event before.
This change of career also put tremendous pressure on Reed. In Jamaica, sprinting is irreplaceable in sports. It is no exaggeration to say that the best athletes in Jamaica practice sprinting. If an athlete leaves sprinting and engages in other sports, it seems to be telling everyone that he is not good enough and capable enough to stay in the highly competitive sprinting sport, so he has to try other sports.
It's like on the battlefield, the best soldiers will stay in the trenches at the front to fight the enemy, while those with low combat capabilities can probably only do some logistics and other work. Of course, logistics work is also very important, but when war comes, most soldiers still hope to go into battle and kill the enemy instead of growing vegetables and raising pigs in the rear.
If Reed had been a 110-meter hurdler from the beginning, the situation would have been better, but Reed switched from sprinting to the 110-meter hurdles, which put him under more pressure from the outside world. There will always be people who feel that Reed is like a loser who left sprinting in despair and then came to a relatively less competitive 110-meter hurdles.
"Why didn't you continue to practice sprinting instead of switching to the 110-meter hurdles?" This is the question that Reid has heard the most, and he doesn't want to hear this kind of question. Maybe in Reid's view, this is not a question. A question, but a question. It is a question about his choice of 110-meter hurdles, and also a question about his ability.
Everything a loser does is wrong, and any decision a loser makes will be questioned.
Reed doesn't want to be a loser in the eyes of others. He wants to break other people's doubts about him, so he needs this Olympic gold medal. He wants to use this Olympic gold medal to prove to the world that the path he chose to take in the 110-meter hurdles is the right one. correct.
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In the ninth hurdle, French player Backus caught up with Reid.
"I have been waiting for this gold medal for eight years, and I will not give it up!" Backus showed a determined expression.
Among the eight contestants in the Olympic finals, Backus can definitely be regarded as a veteran, and this veteran's experience is indeed much richer than other contestants.
In his youth, Backus was hailed as a rising star in the 110-meter hurdles and was also regarded as the hope of the 110-meter hurdles project in France and even Europe. Even Backus himself feels that his future must be bright.
However, when Backus truly entered the international arena, he found that the opponent he faced was so powerful. Not only world record holder Lin Feixiang, but several American players are also better than him.
At that time, Backus was constantly comforting himself. He was still young and still had a lot of room for growth. He would continue to improve. It was only a matter of time before he became a world champion, world championship champion, or Olympic gold medal.
The two years when Lin Feixiang was injured were also the two years when Backus rose. He ran under 13 seconds several times. For the men's 110-meter hurdles, this was a world championship-level result, and Backus also won I have won several IAAF Grand Prix championships. It's just that the grand prix events like this are far less valuable than the World Track and Field Championships or the Olympic Games. But what is certain is that Backus has entered his peak period.
But luck was not on Backus's side. At that World Athletics Championships, Backus, who had just reached his peak, encountered Lin Feixiang, who had returned from injury. Facing the world record holder, his strength With such a gap, Bacchus was defeated without any suspense.
Of course, Backus didn't know that all of this was caused by the head coach of the US team, Li Dai. Without Li Dai to help Lin Feixiang recover, Lin Feixiang would not have made a successful comeback and once again dominated the 110-meter hurdles event. .
When Lin Feixiang retired, Backus was still among the top athletes in the world, but American athletes still maintained strong competitiveness. Although the strength of American athletes is far inferior to that of Lin Feixiang, there is not a big gap between them and Backus. More importantly, the number of American athletes is sufficient. In some important competitions, the American team can always win. Send out two or three athletes who are at least as good as Backus.
Just imagine, every time he competes, Backus has to face several opponents with similar strength to himself. As long as the opponent's condition is slightly better, or his own condition is slightly worse, then Backus will not win the championship. , there are even times when Backus is in very good shape, but the American players are in better shape, and the championship cannot fall to Backus.
This is actually a very bad game experience, just like throwing dice to compare the size. The more people participate, the lower the chance of a single person winning. If two people play, if one of them throws three sixes, he is almost guaranteed to win. But if two hundred people play, there will always be a few or a dozen of the remaining 199 people who are lucky enough to throw three. six.
If two people grab a piece of pie, all they have to do is knock their opponent down, and the whole piece of pie is yours. If ten people grab the piece of pie at the same time, even if they are not lucky enough, they can tuck a few sesame seeds off with their fingernails.
This is what Bacchus encounters every time. There is no obvious strength gap between him and his opponents, and there are more than one opponents with no strength gap. This lowers Bacchus' chances of winning the championship and makes Bacchus win the championship. Kusi always missed the gold medal in the competition.
In this way, year after year, as he grows older, Backus is about to enter his thirties. For a sprinter, his career is about to enter the later stage.
Many media people think that Backus is really unlucky, and some people think that Backus should choose to retire and then work as a coach. But Backus is still persisting. He has not given up. He is still training and working hard to maintain his competitive state.
Backus also knows that this Olympics may be his last chance. If he waits until four years later, his competitive status will inevitably decline seriously, and he will not be able to continue to stand on the stage of the Olympic finals.
Age is always an athlete's biggest enemy, and it is also an enemy that can never be defeated, so Backus must seize this last opportunity in today's game.
"In my career, when I was young and my strength was not high enough, I was always suppressed by Lin Feixiang. He is the world record holder. I can't beat him because my skills are inferior to others. I have nothing to say!"
"When my skills were mature and my form was stable, I always had to compete with many good American players. At that time, after all, I couldn't beat four with two fists. If I couldn't win the game, it was bad luck. I had nothing to say about it. explain!"
"But today, there is no Lin Feixiang, and there is no top American player. Why do you, a Jamaican, come to beat me! Why do you want to steal the championship from me!"
Backus looked at Reed from the corner of his eye. At this moment, he began to feel angry. This was not because he looked down on the Jamaicans, but because he was angry at himself for years of perseverance without achieving results!
"I want this gold medal, I want to prove myself, and I want to tell the world that over the years, I have the ability to win a world championship in a top competition!"
At this second, Bacchus' face was full of determination. He wanted to prove to everyone that his persistence for many years was correct.
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In the tenth hurdle, Ellis Mett was slightly behind Jamaican Reed and French player Backus.
Met is still very satisfied with his current results. He was eliminated in the first round of the domestic trials in the United States, and now he has the opportunity to stand on the Olympic medal podium. This result can really be celebrated with champagne.
Beside Met, Reed and Backus both began to accelerate, and the two of them were fighting inextricably for the final championship.
"Actually, the bronze medal is also a pretty good result!" Met thought of this and subconsciously looked at Reed and Backus.
At this second, he saw a special emotion in Reid's eyes. It was not just the desire for the Olympic championship, but a persistence towards the goal!
It was also at this second that he saw a special expression on Backus' face. It was not just a desire for the championship, but a decisive attitude!
Met suddenly felt that these two athletes exuded an aura, and this aura gave Met an inexplicable shock. This was the shock brought to him by Reed, and also the shock brought to him by Backus. His shock.
"Is this the Olympic final?" Met seemed to realize this at this moment. He finally felt the competitive feeling in the Olympic final.
Met recalled his previous competition experience. During the U.S. domestic Olympic trials, he was eliminated in the first round before he could even find the feeling of competition. At that time, he did not even feel that he had just participated in a competition. A very important official match.
In the first round of the Olympic Games, he performed very steadily and easily advanced. At that time, he was still in a state of confusion. He did not feel that the Olympic Games was any different from his usual practice.
But at this moment, when Mete felt the shock in the two seniors, he finally fully smelled the taste of the Olympics.
"I want to win! I want to get the championship!" This idea finally appeared in Mette's mind. This is not a desire for a championship, but a desire, the most primitive desire for victory in human beings.
I saw Mette lift his leg, cross the hurdle, and land on the ground. He crossed the last hurdle, and then rushed forward.
In this second, he caught up with Reed and Backus.
But Reed and Backus were still fighting. They never expected that a Meter suddenly came out from behind and surpassed the two of them.
"What's going on? Such a guy appears out of nowhere! He is faster than me!"
"I have been surpassed. Am I destined not to win this gold medal?"
Two thoughts popped into Reed's and Backus' minds at the same time.
The next second, Met stretched out his head and was the first to touch the finish line.
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In the coaching waiting area beside the field, Dai Li raised his arms high, celebrating his victory!
"We won!" Downey's voice sounded, and he rushed up to give Li Dai a hug.
However, Dai Li avoided Donnie's hug in disgust.
"You see, this is not a dull ax!" Li Dai said.
"Yes, you are right! You are Captain America, okay?" Downey was still excited, and he continued: "You once again proved to the world that your vision is correct!"
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"The championship is actually ours! The guy who was eliminated in the first round of the trials won the gold medal!" Williams rushed out of the bathroom without washing his hands and walked to the TV.
"Is it because of luck?" Williams murmured.
At this time, a score of 12 seconds 95 appeared on the TV screen. This was Meter's final score.
12.95 seconds is far from the world record and the Olympic record, but this is definitely a result that can only be achieved by a world-class athlete. According to Olympic standards, 12.95 seconds does not disgrace this Olympic gold medal.
And this also proves that Met won the championship not by luck, but by true strength.
"How could such an outstanding young man not even pass the first round of selection?"
"And that Li Dai, there were so many people participating in the selection, how did he choose him!"
Two questions appeared in Williams' mind at the same time.