The evening competition begins with the women's pole vault final.
As Dai Li expected before the game, although the American players tried their best, and Dai Li's balance of form brought the American players two bursts of form, they only got one bronze medal.
Russia's pole vault queen has dominated this event for ten years. She is undoubtedly an S+ level athlete. Although she is 32 years old this year, she still maintains an excellent condition. As long as she appears on the court, there will be no suspense about the gold medal.
In the subsequent men's hammer throw final, no one from the U.S. team advanced and could only become spectators. The women's 5000 final that followed became a stage for Kenyans and Ethiopians to compete. Other countries had no chance to compete for medals.
In this event, the American athlete's score today was 15 minutes and 08 seconds, while the Kenyan athlete was able to run within 14 minutes and 30 seconds. The 5,000-meter race was a full 40 seconds behind. This is a completely different level. American athletes are so far behind, and it is even more impossible for athletes from other countries to catch up with the African long-distance running duo.
After the women's 5000 meters, the eighth competition day of track and field has produced five gold medals, including the gold medals in the two race walking events in the morning, while the US team only won one bronze medal, which looks much worse than the previous few days. .
Next up are the last two events of the day, the women's 4x100m and the men's 4x100m. The two superpowers in sprinting, the United States and Jamaica, are going head-to-head again.
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Fraser, the head coach of the Jamaican team, is still very confident in his female disciples.
In the previous two sprint events of 100 meters and 200 meters, the Jamaican team failed in the men's event, and the gold medals were won by Alexander and Ford of the US team respectively. However, in the women's event, the two female trapeze athletes of the Jamaican team However, he showed a dominant level and successfully won all the gold and silver medals in the two events. Therefore, in this Olympic Games, the performance of the Jamaican women's team is better than that of the men's team.
Moreover, the two female flying women of the Jamaican team are indeed superior in terms of strength. They are currently the top two in the world rankings, while the players of the American team are ranked third and fourth. However, they were affected by the doping scandal. None of the third or fourth ranked players from the United States came to compete.
After all, the relay race is a team sport of four people. The fastest player of the American team did not come, but all the strong players of the Jamaican team were present. Under the circumstances, the advantage of the Jamaican team became more obvious.
The Jamaican team has won the gold medal in the 4x100m relay in two consecutive Olympic Games. This also proves that Coach Fraser is very good at relay training. With Fraser's ability, he can completely make the Jamaican team The two female trapeze artists demonstrated the strength of "one plus one is greater than two".
Fraser is determined to win this gold medal in the women's 4x100m relay race. He also knows that the Jamaican team has the advantage and can win the championship as long as they don't make mistakes. Therefore, before the game, Fraser's tactical arrangement is also Focusing on stability, we would rather lose a little time when handing over the baton than make unforced errors.
The contestants stood on the track. There were eight participating teams with a total of 32 people, making the track very lively.
Fraser looked at the American team, but his expression suddenly solidified.
"What's going on? How come it's Halena Bob who appears in the third pole? Am I right?" Frazier couldn't help but ask the assistant next to him.
The assistant took out his mobile phone, checked the athlete's registration information, carefully checked the photo and athlete's number on the registration information, and then gave Fraser a clear reply: "Coach, you read that right, the third best It’s indeed Halena Bob.”
"Didn't Halena run the first leg in the previous preliminary round? The data we have shows that she is the weakest member of the American team. She has rough skills and lacks competition experience. How can such a player be the third leg? Heavy responsibility! What does that Chinese coach think?" Frazier couldn't help but look at Dai Li. At this time, Li Dai was staring at the track expressionlessly, which made Frazier even more puzzled.
"What kind of evil is this Dai Li holding in his stomach?" Frazier was full of vigilance.
In fact, Dai Li felt very guilty at this time. This was the first time he used the prophecy box, and he didn't know what the results of this "signing" would be. What's more, according to Dai Li's professional judgment, let him Halena ran the third leg, which was a very wrong decision.
Dai Li is panicking inside now, but as the head coach of the US team, he can only forcefully show a calm look to reassure the troops.
Next to Dai Li, Downey acted like he was hesitant to speak several times, but every time he swallowed the words as soon as they reached his lips.
Downey was also full of doubts about this temporary change of formation. He also knew that Halena, the weakest player, should not play such an important position as the third battalion, so he wanted to ask Dai Li why he did it. With such an arrangement, what secret weapon is hidden behind it
But Downey knew that whenever he questioned Dai Li, Dai Li would always act confident and determined to win, as if to tell Downey that he would always stand on the side of the truth. But every time, the results showed that Zhitai was indeed standing with Dai Li, while Downey felt like he was being slapped in the face.
Donnie didn't want to see Dai Li's stinky expression anymore, nor did he want to be slapped in the face again, so he simply stopped asking.
In addition to Li Dai, Halena Bob, who was involved in this change of formation, was also very panicked.
Previously, whether in practice or in the preliminary competition of the 4x100m in the Olympic Games, Halena was the athlete responsible for the first leg. Running the first leg is the least difficult and puts the least pressure on the athletes, so the young Halena did not feel nervous.
But today, Halena was assigned to the most important third leg, and it was also the most important competition in the world, the Olympic finals. This immediately caught Halena off guard.
It’s not that Halena doesn’t know how to take over the baton, it’s just that in the training of the past few days, there has been no training on taking over the baton. The gap between the training and the before training is still very big, at least on the psychological level, without training, Athletes may feel guilty to some extent.
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In the athletes' lounge of the Maracana Stadium, athletes participating in the men's 4x100m event are preparing for the game. At this time, the TV hanging on the wall of the lounge also showed the live broadcast of the game.
"Coach Li has changed his formation!" Alexander pointed to the TV screen and continued: "Hareena Bob is going to run the third leg. I read that right."
"It's really Halena, why would Coach Li give her the important third shot?" Sean Ford also looked confused.
For the men's team, Sean Forde is the player responsible for running the third leg, which also shows Dai Li's trust in Forde. In fact, Ford's long and short legs are the best choice for running corners. In the curve area, no one can be faster than Ford. After all, except for Ford, no top athlete in the world has long or short legs.
It is precisely because Ford is responsible for running the third leg, so he understands the importance of the third leg very well. In Ford's view, it is obvious that Halena, who is young, has poor skills and lacks experience, is allowed to run the third leg. It's an extremely wrong decision.
Alexander frowned slightly and said, "If a player is injured and a temporary replacement comes on the field, it is understandable to adjust the player's position. But now there is no replacement of personnel, and the four contestants are still on the field. Adjusting the position is really confusing to me.”
"There must be a reason for Coach Li's decision. We can't figure it out because we are not good enough to understand Coach Li's strategy." Ford looked pleased and continued: "Maybe Only after the game starts and the baton is in Halena's hand can we understand Coach Li's intention of changing the formation."
"That makes sense." Alexander nodded with deep approval: "The strategy specified by Coach Li is indeed not something that the two of us can understand..."
The two sang together and praised Li Dai again. Several players next to them, especially athletes from other countries, looked at each other with expressions of bewilderment after hearing the conversation between the two.
These two people are both Olympic champions. One is the gold medal winner in the men's 100 meters, and the other is the gold medal winner in the men's 200 meters. These two people can be said to be the strongest athletes in the world, but they are actually in If you say that your level is not good enough to understand Dai Li's strategy, wouldn't everyone else become scum with negative IQs
Only the other two contestants from the American team had more normal expressions. They have known for a long time that both Alexander and Ford were athletes trained by Dai Li himself. These two people have long been fans of Dai Li. As long as it is related to Dai Li, these two people cannot be praised too much. .
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The referee signaled the first athlete to stand on the starting line. After everyone was ready, a gunshot sounded and the women's 4x100m race officially began.
In the first leg, everyone started smoothly. The starting reaction time of the American team players was 0.151 seconds, and the starting reaction time of the Jamaican players was 0.160 seconds. It was obvious that the Jamaican players implemented Coach Fraser’s strategy and took advantage of their strength. When it comes to excellence, stability is the main priority, so I don’t choose a very extreme start.
The British runner had the fastest starting reaction, only 0.113 seconds. This was obviously not a start after hearing the gunshot, but a tactic of pressing the gun and almost jumping the gun.
The player responsible for the first leg is often not the strongest in the team. Most teams will let a weaker person run the first leg.
As for the US team, due to personnel adjustments, Halena, who was originally responsible for the first leg, ran the third leg, while the athletes in the third leg were changed to run the first leg. This actually gave the US team an advantage in the first leg. It's like the Tian Ji horse racing. Other countries have inferior horses in the first leg, while the American team has superior horses. The gap is quickly reflected. When the baton is handed over for the first time, the American team is already in the lead. Location.
"The U.S. team's handover of the baton is very smooth." Fraser, the head coach of the Jamaican team, has realized that the U.S. team's handover of the baton is faster than that of the Jamaican team.
"It seems that the Chinese coach knew that in terms of individual athlete strength, the American team was not as good as our Jamaican team, so they focused on practicing baton handover and wanted to save time through baton handover cooperation. This idea was good, but it was too naive. "A disdainful smile appeared on Fraser's face.
Although the Jamaican team is now lagging behind the American team, Fraser is not worried at all. The most powerful athletes of the Jamaican team are the third and fourth athletes, and they also won the women's 100m and 200m championship and runner-up in this Olympic Games. Two female trapeze artists. In the single event, they are the double insurance of the Jamaican team, and in the relay race, the two of them are still the double insurance of the Jamaican team.
According to Fraser's plan, if the two female trapeze women perform well, then they will show the strength of "one plus one is greater than two", and the Jamaican team can easily win the championship. If only one of them performs well, the Jamaican team can still win the championship by relying on its strength. Unless both players perform poorly and the United States performs well, Jamaica could lose the gold medal.
The smile on Frazier's face has not yet disappeared, and the second player is almost at the end of his journey.
In a 4x100-meter relay race, the second runner is the one who covers the shortest distance. Because athletes have to hand over the baton while running, they have to take a run-up in advance, and the handover area is set up at the intersection of the curve and the straight, so the athlete in charge of the curve has to run a slightly longer distance. Some people run a few more steps, and naturally some people run a few fewer steps. The second best runner is the one who runs a few fewer steps.
The main responsibility of the second leg is the short-distance sprint on the straight. In this leg, each team will not send their strongest players to participate, and because the running distance is relatively short, it is difficult to draw distance between the second leg players. Open a relatively large gap.
When the second leg was about to be completed, the American team benefited from the previous advantage and was still ranked first and in the lead.
But the U.S. team's third leg, Halena Bob, is an inferior horse, while the other teams are all strong players in the third leg, especially the Jamaican team, whose third leg is "double insurance" One of them is the best among the best horses.
The third player started his run-up and was about to hand over the baton, but Dai Li started to get nervous.
"It's Halena's turn in the third place. It seems that the lottery is not working out." Dai Li stared straight at the track and held his breath at the same time.
I saw the athletes entering the relay area, and the contestants were about to hand over the baton for the second time.
"Harena has never practiced baton taking before. I hope she can succeed."
Halena stretched out her hand, and the American team’s second baton directly put the baton into Halena’s hand, and Halena grabbed the baton.
"The baton was handed over successfully!" Dai Li let out a sigh of relief.
Halena caught the handover baton, and the hand holding the baton naturally returned from behind to the front. But the moment she pulled her arm back, the baton suddenly flew out of Halena's hand.
"The baton is out of hand!" Dai Li watched helplessly as the baton flew out of Halena's hand and flew forward along with the inertia.
Dai Li's expression was no longer calm. He had already foreseen the impending failure. It felt like putting dozens of layers of paper on his face and then pouring water on it to suffocate him.
"The stick dropped! What kind of bullshit is this?" Dai Li was already yelling loudly in his heart.