Chapter 98

The time interval between the start of the men's high jump qualifying round and the men's 200m semi-finals was not short, but because each single trial jump in the men's high jump qualifying round requires 1-3 minutes of trial jump preparation, trial jump time, and the total time taken by the crossbar referee to measure the height of the crossbar, and the athletes have 3 trial jump opportunities at the same height, even if several athletes chose to skip jumps at different heights during this process, the entire men's high jump Group A qualifying round still took nearly 2 hours.

In fact, the qualifying round for men's high jump Group A had not yet been completed when the men's 200m semi-finals started.

In the men's 200m semi-finals, the grouping was similar to that in the morning. Su Yu still appeared in the first group of the semi-finals, while Zhou Yuang was arranged in the third group of the semi-finals.

When Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming were introducing the groupings of Su Yu and Zhou Yuang in the live broadcast room of Jigu Video, the spectators who had just started to pay attention to the competition in the past two days could not help but become curious——

[Eh? Is there any shady manipulation in the grouping of this competition? How come the two players from the Chinese team can never compete in the same group? 】

[Yes, yes, this was the case in Group A and B of the men's long jump qualifying competition two days ago, as well as the men's 100m competition. It seems to be the same for today's men's high jump and men's 200m as well? 】

This question is actually a commonplace one. Every once in a while, newbies will ask it. Therefore, the track and field fans in the live broadcast room are now able to answer this question very fluently.

[It's actually a semi-dark box. The players are randomly grouped by computer, but this random selection has underlying rules. These underlying rules are hard-coded in the selection program. For example, if grouping is allowed, players from the same national team will not be assigned to the same competition group. There are also some default rules. For example, when players in the same group draw lanes, they will be given priority in the limited lanes based on their scores. For example, players with better scores in the preliminaries will have their semi-final lanes randomly selected from the generally recognized better lanes. 】

Only then did the spectators know about this semi-secret selection rule. But if you think about it, there is nothing wrong with it. After all, if the underlying grouping rules are not followed, some strong national players appearing in the same group may directly monopolize the qualifying spots.

In the live broadcast room, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming did not notice this problem. After introducing the grouping situation of this semi-final, they quickly began to introduce the players in the first group of the men's 200m semi-final who were about to compete.

It can be said that if the group that Su Yu was in in the morning preliminaries was the weakest group on average, then by tonight's men's 200m semi-final, the group that Su Yu was in had become a death group.

Originally in the men's 200m preliminaries in the morning, the players in Zhou Yuang's group were already very strong, but in the first group of the men's 200m semi-finals in the evening, the strength of the players was even more extreme than in the morning preliminaries.

When Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming were introducing the grouping of the semi-final, their expressions were quite solemn.

"In the next men's 200m semi-final, our athlete Su Yu will compete with seven other athletes, including Marcus Stewart from the United States, Yusuke Sasaki from Japan, Francois Vincent from France, Oliver Wells from the United Kingdom, Batur Alsreka from Poland, Oscar Bentström from Sweden and Bradley Miller from Bamaha!"

When this list was released, bystanders who were not aware of the situation might not have been able to react, but the track and field fans who had been worried about Su Yu's situation in the evening semi-final since the morning preliminaries were the first to turn pale.

[…Shit, what kind of devilish group is this? ! 】

In fact, after the morning preliminaries ended, track and field fans on the Track and Field Kingdom Forum compiled the results of the top three athletes in each preliminary group. They had already realized that tonight's men's 200m semi-final would not be easy.

It was only after the specific group list was released that these track and field fans realized that the actual situation was even more serious than they had expected.

In the semi-final group that Su Yu is in, there are three players who have the ability to break the 20.60 second barrier - and what exactly does it mean to be able to break the 20.60 second barrier?

As we all know, Zhan Youming, currently the top male 200m runner in China and also the top male 200m runner in Asia at this stage, has a PB of 20.18 seconds.

But at the same time, Zhan Youming is also the only active male 200m athlete in my country who has broken the 20.60 second barrier.

The second-ranked domestic athlete in the men's 200m sprint after Zhan Youming is Gao Yansong, but Gao Yansong's PB to date is still maintained at 20.62. After the previous Asian Games trials, Gao Yansong and Su Yu were both listed on the candidate list for the men's 200m.

The reason why Su Yu is still on the waiting list is that he lacks experience in international competitions, while the reason why Gao Yansong is on the waiting list is that he has never been able to break his own best historical record.

Therefore, the period from the announcement of the Asian Games candidate list to the announcement of the Asian Games official list is also an opportunity for Gao Yansong and Su Yu to increase their chances of being selected for the official list.

Now, with the gold medal in the men's 100m at the World Youth Championships and his performance in the men's 200m preliminaries this morning, Su Yu can be said to have accumulated enough chips for himself.

During this period, Gao Yansong has also been participating in competitions outside, but unfortunately, up to now, Gao Yansong has not been able to break through the shackles that bind him. His personal best historical result still remains at 20.62 seconds, and he has not made any progress.

This one point alone is enough to show how difficult it is to break the 20.60 second barrier.

Currently, domestic 200m champions such as Gao Yansong, Zhang Lei and Li Qingci are still blocked at this level. Even in Japan, where the overall strength of sprinting is stronger than that of China, there are only four athletes who have broken the 20.60 mark this season.

——Yusuke Sasaki, who is in the same group with Su Yu at the moment, is one of them.

Apart from Yusuke Sasaki, Marcus Stewart and Oliver Wells, the remaining four opponents are not easy to deal with.

Although their results in the preliminary round may not necessarily exceed Su Yu's performance, their results in the preliminary round do not represent their personal limit.

[…This is outrageous. In this group, all members opened it in 21 seconds, and 6 of them opened it in 20.90 seconds. 】

[As soon as this list came out, I felt my heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys all start to hurt. Help...]

[I was wrong. During the preliminaries in the morning, I was still thinking that Su Yu had good luck and this grouping was just amazing. Now I know that the happiness I felt in the preliminaries in the morning has to be returned in the semifinals. Isn’t the density of top players in this grouping a bit too high? ? 】

[…I am really tired. Actually, it is understandable. After all, as we said in the preliminaries this morning, the average strength of this year's 200m runners has increased again. And the overall average level of those who can advance to the semifinals is originally higher than that of the preliminaries. There are only three groups in the semifinals, so it is normal that the competition in each group is difficult... The only abnormal thing is that there are really too many TOPs in this group. 】

"Three athletes who can break the 20.60 second barrier..."

In the audience, Wang Yangming's face turned green when he saw the grouping situation.

Zhong Wen and his classmates were waving banners and flags to Su Yu, while someone was using Jigu Video to listen to the commentary of Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming and read the comments to understand the situation.

After listening to the slightly solemn commentary of Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming in the live broadcast room of Jigu Video, Zhong Wen couldn't help but ask his brother: "Brother, does our academic god have a chance to make it to the finals?"

Wang Yangming was wearing a mask of pain at this moment: "Yes."

Zhong Wen's eyes lit up after hearing this answer: "Huh? Really? That's good!"

Wang Yangming glanced at him and said, "Yes, there is. The competition hasn't started yet. Of course, everyone has a chance to advance to the finals. Su Yu has a chance, and so do the rest of the contestants."

When Zhong Wen heard his cousin's sarcastic answer, he immediately understood what he meant: "Is it dangerous?"

After Wang Yangming was beheaded by the "devil brothers" Su Yu and Jiang Yuan at the S City leg of the National Track and Field Grand Prix last year, he watched all of Su Yu and Jiang Yuan's matches in China one after another, and even did not miss the World Youth Championships overseas this time.

He is now really full of expectations for the two young players, Su Yu and Jiang Yuan.

But as the saying goes, "care too much leads to confusion." At this moment, he was looking at Su Yu on the field, hoping that Su Yu could continue to move forward towards the finals. At the same time, he knew rationally that Su Yu was facing a nightmare-level death group.

Wang Yangming listened to his cousin's question. Of course, he also noticed that his cousin's classmates and even the parents present were secretly listening. He could only wipe his face helplessly and said, "Let me tell you this - Marcus, Oliver and Sasaki Yusuke, if there are no accidents, will basically monopolize the top three rankings."

"But this is the 200m semi-final - you know what I mean? In the morning preliminaries, 24 out of 40 athletes were able to advance to the semi-finals, but now in the semi-finals, only 8 out of 24 athletes can advance to the finals."

"There are three semi-final groups, each with only two direct qualifying spots. Then, among the remaining players in the three groups who have not qualified, the top two players in the overall ranking will be qualified to advance to the finals."

"To put it bluntly, with Marcus's three players, if nothing unexpected happens, not only will they monopolize two direct promotion spots, but they will also have to take up a replacement spot for the remaining one."

"That is to say, in the best case scenario, Su Yu can finish fourth in the group and get the second place among the remaining players. Then he will almost certainly qualify for the 200m final."

Zhong Wen: “…”

After listening to his cousin's explanation, Zhong Wen couldn't help but remain silent for two seconds: "... Isn't this too tortuous?"

Wang Yangming sighed silently: "Who said it wasn't true?"

The main reason is that the group that Su Yu is in is too competitive. Of course, this does not mean that other groups are not competitive, but the pressure situation in other groups is indeed much less than that of the group that Su Yu is in.

Zhong Wen looked at the direction of the stadium at the moment - the 8 contestants in this group have already appeared on the field, and their academic god has also arrived at the field and adjusted the angle and position of his starting block.

Zhong Wen, like his brother, looked worried and asked, "Brother, fourth place in the group is too dangerous. Do you think third place is possible? Even if we have to fight for the qualification to be promoted, we should at least fight for a safer one, right?"

Wang Yangming sighed speechlessly: "Brother, do you think this is something we can decide?"

Zhong Wen: “…”

Wang Yangming pointed in the direction of the competition field and said, "For today's competition field, Zhan Youming is fine, but if Gao Yansong were to participate in the competition, he might not be able to guarantee that he would get the direct promotion position in the top two."

Zhong Wen and his friends are now paying more attention to the match between Su Yu and Jiang Yuan, so they are of course familiar with Gao Yansong.

Wang Yangming didn't stop there, pointing at the stadium and continuing: "Except for the three from Marcus, do you think the rest are easy to deal with? The remaining Vincent from France and Alsreka from Poland are not easy to deal with. Su Yu had already run three 100-meter shots at high intensity before today. Some people in the track and field kingdom have analyzed that Su Yu's reaction time of 0.133s this morning was not due to his relaxed state, but his physical exhaustion."

"If I really don't have the energy to do it, I don't know if I can even get fourth place in the group..."

Hearing his brother say this, Zhong Wen looked at the sad expression on his brother's face, then looked at the position of their academic god on the field, and finally his face fell.

In this game, isn't it too difficult for them to learn from the gods?

***

On the court, Su Yu didn't know that the audience had already made so many speculations about his condition before the game even started.

For him, he already knew it after receiving the official group list at noon, and understood that tonight's semi-final would definitely be an unprecedented battle of adversity for him.

It will be a very difficult game for him.

But at the same time, this sense of adversity in the face of powerful enemies and difficulties also brought him a more excited spirit and an exceptionally rational state.

This has always been his instinct. When faced with increasingly difficult problems, his mind will become calmer and clearer, allowing him to explore the best solution to the problem from the smallest details.

This habit of studying and researching in the past has been retained even though he has become a sprinter now.

He could clearly simulate the next game in his mind - would he definitely fail in the next game?

Actually, not necessarily.

It is true that in this upcoming semi-final, if he wants to achieve a better ranking, he will have to rely more on the 'opponent's mistakes'.

As for whether the 'opponent's mistake' would occur during the game, this was completely out of his control.

This is obviously a somewhat bad situation.

Su Yu did not like the situation where his victory or defeat depended entirely on the performance of his opponent. If possible, he was unwilling to choose the possibility of relying on "luck". He would rather make up for the "luck" share through his own efforts.

Unfortunately, facing the current game, he does not have the ability to crush his opponent with his own strength.

On the court, Su Yu was thinking about the situation while looking at the field in front of him - since he had no ability to control whether his opponent would make mistakes in this game, he should focus all his attention on himself.

When there is a large gap in strength between him and his opponents, all he can do is to make himself perform as well as possible in the game to avoid further widening the gap in strength between him and his opponents.

It was with this belief that Su Yu stood in his seventh position and calmly waited for the start of the game.

***

"Oh, he's done!"

At the backcourt player entrance channel, the players who were about to appear were discussing the game on the field.

"He made a completely wrong choice. He consumed too much energy in the preliminaries this morning. After four consecutive high-intensity matches, he encountered a death group like this. No matter how strong he is, he can't deal with his opponents in this game."

These players were discussing the death group semi-final that was about to begin on the field. Most of them were glad that they had avoided the pit of the death group. As for the discussion of Su Yu, it became a simple side topic - after the preliminaries in the morning, they were wary and concerned about Su Yu's performance, because they might meet Su Yu in the semi-finals.

And as for now?

——May God bless him.

***

At this time in the stadium, Su Yu was in the seventh lane. Behind him on the left, in the sixth lane was the British athlete Oliver Wells, who ran 20.61 seconds in the preliminaries. The other athlete in the lane next to Oliver was the Japanese youth athlete Yusuke Sasaki.

Yusuke Sasaki is a talented athlete with a 200m PB of 20.54 seconds. He is 19 years old this year. The reason why the Japanese media did not compare him with Su Yu is purely because there is a certain gap between their ages and performance. Even the Japanese media are not interested in discussing two athletes with a 4-year age difference together.

Marcus from the United States is in lane 4, next to Yusuke Sasaki.

At the same time, in the third lane behind Marcus on the left was Batur from Poland, and in front of Su Yu on the right was Bradley from the Bahamas.

François from France and Oscar from Sweden were in the second and ninth lanes respectively, occupying the innermost and outermost lanes of the field.

At this moment, as the pre-match preparations of each player were completed one after another, the atmosphere between the players on the field became gradually tense and solemn.

Obviously, the importance of this game is not only for Su Yu - for every contestant who can come to the World Youth Championship, or for every contestant who can advance to the semi-finals, advancing to the finals is what they desire!

Especially for many players on the field, the World Youth Championship is held every two years. For many players, this World Youth Championship in Tampere, Finland is their last world-class event in the U20 stage.

When this game is over, what awaits them will be the more brutal adult competition.

There is no one who does not want to leave a deep enough mark in his or her youth. Even for this, they will go all out in this game.

The tense atmosphere had unknowingly spread across the stadium.

Even Marcus, Oliver, and Yusuke Sasaki did not dare to relax at all for this game - after all, in this game, there were only two places that could directly advance to the finals. Su Yu would hate to have his fate controlled by his opponent's performance, and Marcus and others naturally would not be willing to lag behind their opponents and advance at this time.

Time passed by bit by bit in such a tight situation. When the official starter on the scene gave the command of "on your marks", the sense of urgency of the game reached its highest point at this moment.

The eight athletes on the field quickly walked around to their starting blocks, bent down with their hands on the ground, stretched their limbs, and then stepped their feet one after another on the starting block pedals.

When the contestants were ready, the official starter quickly gave the command "Ready", followed by the sound of the starting gun "Bang" -

“The game begins!!!”

In the live commentary room of Jigu Video, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming only felt that they heard the sound of the official starter's starting gun at this moment, and they were even more nervous than the players on the field.

But no matter how nervous they are, it does not affect their current commentary instincts.

Zhou Jiming immediately looked at the on-site feedback of the contestants' starting reaction time data. Among this series of reaction time data, Su Yu's reaction time data of 0.121s from the seventh lane was once again far ahead!

"Very good! Su Yu is in good shape tonight!"

After confirming Su Yu's starting reaction time results, Zhou Jiming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

There was no way. Before this, although he and Tian Ruhui both judged Su Yu's condition in the morning that Su Yu was relatively relaxed, in fact, Su Yu's final result in the morning race was 20.83 seconds - which was almost the same as his 200-meter PB of 20.79 seconds.

A 15-year-old teenager who was generally recognized to not have outstanding physical fitness, after two consecutive days of high-intensity competition, his starting reaction time in the preliminary stage of the third day of the competition lagged behind his average data, but the final result was almost close to his personal best in history.

Is it more likely that this situation occurred because his overall performance was relatively relaxed during the preliminary round? Or was it that he was actually not in good shape and therefore gave a reaction time of 0.133s, and it was more likely that the result in the latter part was due to his all-out effort?

After the morning's race, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming faced questions from track and field enthusiasts. Even though they both still felt that Su Yu's performance in the morning was indeed relaxed, they both inevitably developed an uncertain self-doubt when faced with the latter seemingly more reasonable possibility.

This self-doubt tormented them all night, but finally at this moment, after seeing with their own eyes Su Yu's condition in the semi-finals, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

——At this time they can be sure that in the morning preliminaries, Su Yu was indeed in a relatively relaxed state, because at this moment in the semi-finals, Su Yu's state at this moment was the true meaning of "going all out".

Even just through the live broadcast screen in front of them, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming could feel Su Yu's determination and hard work on the field at this moment.

Su Yu was in the seventh lane. Although his lane was considered a golden lane, Oliver Wells from the UK was an absolute 'madman' in the sixth lane to his left. Whether in the preliminaries in the morning or in the semi-finals at this moment, Oliver showed an indomitable momentum and did not seem to care about tomorrow's final at all. He just wanted to win today's semi-final.

Oliver from the British team has strong speed and cornering abilities. Perhaps his starting burst is not as good as Marcus', but after entering the corner, the British player does not seem to have any intention of slowing down in the corner!

"Amazing control!! Oliver Wells was like a bullet thrown out of an arc on the 200-meter curve, dangerous and sharp! His control on the curve is amazing!"

As a player capable of breaking 20.60 seconds, even if Su Yu in lane seven had a stronger reaction speed to the gun, it was destined to be difficult for Su Yu to stop Oliver Wells from approaching and overtaking him.

For ordinary players, the pressure of being tied by the players in the inner lane during the cornering stage of the semi-finals might be enough to overwhelm the players in the outer lane.

But for Su Yu, it is not the case.

The strong sense of oppression made his mind particularly clear at this moment. He knew clearly that all he had to do was to show his best condition and rhythm - control.

Truly good results may not come from unrestrained release and venting, but may come from just the right control and rhythm.

Perfect self-control, errors approaching zero, and better distribution of physical strength and speed.

Only by doing these to the best of his ability can he retain a glimmer of hope for victory in this semi-final.

One step, two steps, three steps...

Every step Su Yu took on the curve was steady and clear, and every swing of his arms and touch of the ground on the curve allowed him to exert his maximum speed as much as possible.

At this moment, the control of the body and the use of speed have been almost perfectly integrated.

If it weren't for the astonishing speed of Oliver Wells in his inner lane on the curve, perhaps someone would have noticed that Su Yu in the seventh lane, compared with his 200-meter result, was already running much faster than he should have.

In other words, it wasn't that no one noticed Su Yu's behavior at this moment.

At this moment, in the Chinese player area seat in the live audience, under the nervous gaze of the surrounding Chinese players and coaches, only Pei Dingshan's face had an expression of extraordinary confidence and calmness.

Even after seeing Su Yu's performance on the curve, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and his hands clapped gently - this was the only applause of affirmation for Su Yu in the audience at this moment, as if at this moment, he had already foreseen Su Yu's final performance and results in this game.

On the field, the second person to notice that Su Yu seemed to be in good condition was the twelve middle school students who had focused their attention on Su Yu from beginning to end.

"Damn! Brother, look at the academic god!!!"

Zhong Wen noticed something wrong from Su Yu's performance in the middle of the curve. He knew that the British player Oliver in the sixth lane had surpassed their god of studies. Their god of studies looked as if he had lost to his opponent, but at the same time, when no one seemed to notice, their god of studies seemed to have approached Bradley, the Bahamian player in the eighth lane!

No!

Not as if! The game is really about to be tied! ! !

Wang Yangming's sight was also completely fixed on Su Yu at this moment. In fact, he noticed Su Yu's situation on the field earlier than Zhong Wen, but the disbelief at that moment made him a little dazed, so that after hearing Zhong Wen's shouting and looking at the situation on the field, his heart was already beating like a drum.

The next second, he didn't have time to respond to his cousin, but waved the flag in his hand vigorously and started shouting loudly towards the direction of the stadium -

"Su Yu!! Come on Su Yu! Go Su Yu! Go!"

After his cheers rang out, Zhong Wen and the others quickly remembered that they were still in the middle of a game. The cheers that were already quite strong became even louder at this moment. Zhong Wen and the others almost wished they could carry a loudspeaker with them, but now they could only rely on their flesh voices to shout at Su Yu on the field with all their might -

"God of Learning, charge!!!"

***

On the track, Bradley from the Bahamas had no idea that before the end of the turn, he would already be facing pressure from his opponent in the inner lane!

Bradley had a deep impression of Su Yu.

He knew that this was yesterday's men's 100m champion, and he also knew that in the morning's race, this young athlete from the Chinese team seemed to have prematurely consumed the energy he had just recovered with great difficulty.

At least, until he realized Su Yu was approaching him, Bradley did not take this opponent from the Chinese team too seriously. For Bradley, Su Yu's journey in the 200m event of the World Youth Championships should have ended in the 200m preliminaries in the morning.

So much so that when Bradley noticed Su Yu approaching him, the first reaction that flashed through his mind was "This is impossible!" '.

An incredible possibility that completely exceeded his expectations emerged.

As this possibility emerged, Bradley even began to doubt himself whether he had run very badly in the previous game.

At this moment, Bradley seemed to have forgotten that he was still excited about his gradual approach to his opponent in the ninth lane.

While Bradley's mentality was unbalanced, most of the audience's attention was focused on the confrontation between Marcus in the fourth lane and Yusuke Sasaki in the fifth lane. Marcus' start in this semi-final almost replicated his starting state in the morning preliminaries. His powerful explosive power and strong draw state in the starting explosive stage once again appeared in the semi-finals.

This unbridled explosive power at the start is a terrible sense of oppression for anyone. Even though Yusuke Sasaki knew that he should control his own rhythm, he still hesitated when Marcus, the crazy rhythm destroyer, approached him.

It was this moment of hesitation that allowed Marcus to officially overtake Yusuke Sasaki before the end of the curve.

On the field, many people subconsciously felt that the game at this moment seemed to be proceeding as everyone had expected, including those players in the backcourt channel who were originally waiting calmly to go on stage. They looked at the situation on the field and did not notice anything wrong for a moment.

In their opinion, this game would ultimately play out according to the "script" of Marcus and Oliver advancing directly, and Sasaki Yusuke advancing as the third place.

As for who is the fourth place?

These players also speculated that Su Yu might have a chance to get fourth in the group, but more people speculated that it might be one of the two players, François or Batur.

but……

"Oh my god?! What is going on?!"

After Marcus successfully surpassed Yusuke Sasaki, the contestants in the backcourt preparation channel finally had extra attention to other tracks on the field. After some of them noticed Su Yu's situation in the seventh lane, they almost exclaimed on the spot.

Why? !

This Su from the Chinese team...when did he come to this position? ! When exactly did he overtake the two players in lanes eight and nine? !

even……

"Oh my god...where is he now..."

"third!!!"

In the live commentary room of Jigu Video, Tian Ruhui excitedly shouted: "Su Yu is currently in third place!!! There is a chance, hold on!!!"

Originally, no matter how anyone guessed, Su Yu's best result was only fourth place, but at this time he had already surpassed his two opponents in the eighth and ninth lanes.

No, in fact, at this moment he was only behind Oliver in the sixth lane and Marcus in the fourth lane.

In the fifth lane, Yusuke Sasaki from Japan maintained his status for a short while after being overtaken by Marcus. However, in the stage of turning into the straight, Yusuke Sasaki made some unexpected mistakes. Batur in the third lane also seized the mistake of Yusuke Sasaki at this moment, and after entering the straight, he successfully overtook Sasaki, who was originally regarded by everyone as a quasi-qualifier.

On the field, everything changed as fast as a whirlwind.

The only thing that remained unchanged was Su Yu on the seventh lane, who was still sprinting with all his might.

Step, step, step.

When the race entered the final 50-meter sprint stage, Oliver in the front already had a clear advantage, while Marcus in the fourth lane followed closely behind, but relaxed his pace in the final stage.

Just as Marcus relaxed his pace a little, crazy screams broke out from the audience. The instinctive sense of danger made Marcus give up his last bit of slackness and try his best to cross the finish line at the last moment. It was also after Marcus crossed the finish line, almost just a breath later, that Marcus noticed from the corner of his eye that a player on his right had also crossed the finish line.

At this moment, Marcus Stewart looked at Su Yu on the seventh path with great shock.

Of course he knew this young Chinese player - the guy who made his teammate Christian Miller lose in the final.

And just now, if he had really slowed down his pace at the final moment of crossing the finish line, then the second direct qualifying spot in this group of semi-finals might not have belonged to him at this moment.

At this moment, even though he knew he had already secured the direct promotion spot, Marcus felt a chill on his back. The horror of narrowly escaping failure was sweeping over him at this clear moment of victory.

But when he looked at the young player of the Chinese team, he noticed that the guy who had just crossed the finish line in third place was now gasping for breath with a pale face and looked extremely weak.

Marcus: ...

For some reason, Marcus always felt that the scene before him seemed too familiar.

After thinking carefully, Marcus finally remembered that the guy from the Chinese team in front of him, this guy named Su Yu, seemed to have always made people doubt and misunderstand his physical fitness and strength because of his age of only 15 and his seemingly frail appearance.

For example, when this guy beat Christian in the 100m final, or when he crossed the finish line first in the group in the 200m preliminaries this morning...

Damn weak!

Marcus felt that his poor teammates, including himself, had probably been deceived by the weak and frail appearance of this guy from the Chinese team!

This guy, he is simply a cheating actor on the field!

Not far away, Su Yu noticed that someone seemed to be looking at him, so while panting, he looked at Marcus not far away with a little confusion.

And when he saw Su Yu looking at him with a puzzled expression, at this moment, Marcus once again thought - liar, this must be a liar!

At this moment, Marcus felt deeply that he must begin to seriously reflect on himself - at least, when it comes to the finals, he must not be fooled by this little liar from the Chinese team again!

For such guys, the highest level of vigilance must be given!