"Third? Third place?"
When Li Junhao heard this, he thought Zhang Ziyi was joking with him.
Qiu Wen scratched his head and grinned, and Guo Dun also had a surprised smile on his face. It was obvious that this news was a pleasant surprise for them.
In the original ranking, the United States team was the first to cross the finish line, followed by Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and then the Chinese team, which was one step ahead of Belgium.
After crossing the finish line, the members of the American team still looked very relaxed. The four players smiled and high-fived each other as a celebration of their victory.
Before they could finish celebrating, they received a reminder from the referee team nearby - the American team committed a foul in throwing the baton and their results were disqualified.
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Almost all the audience watching the live broadcast could see the physical greetings popping up over the heads of the American team. They had no idea at all at which stage their team had committed a foul. Barnes, the first runner of the American team, spread out his hands and kept asking "what" in a very puzzled voice?
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen also laughed after seeing the reaction of the American team.
"Oh, what should I say about this American player?" Shao Min paused, as if to organize his words, and then said: "We all know that the United States has the strength to compete with Jamaica in the sprint event. The American team members are strong in individual single events, there is no doubt about that, but the tacit cooperation of the American team has always been their shortcoming."
"We often see that the US team relies on strong individual strength and poor baton-passing tacit understanding to perform fast and slow on the track. This is because the US team's relay players do not have enough training in baton-passing. However, the reason for the lack of training is also partly due to the US team's selection mechanism. The US team usually decides on the final roster when the competition is approaching. As a result, the players have less time to train with each other, and it is normal for them to lack tacit understanding."
After all, it was a live broadcast, and Shao Minyi's remarks saved the reputation of the American team. However, the American team's various relay races where their results were cancelled due to fouls have become a long-lasting joke in the track and field circle.
Take the old story of the American team mentioned by Shao Minyi and Li Sen during the competition. They said that the American team had not won any place in world-class competitions for n consecutive years because of relay fouls.
This matter may be fine if it lasts for one or two years, but the US team has had this problem for more than ten years. Anyway, from the domestic perspective, it is difficult to understand why the US team has had this problem for so many years.
Although passing the baton requires tacit cooperation and certain technical requirements, this technology is nothing to the United States. It is clearly a problem that can be solved, but it has remained unchanged for many years.
Some people explained that the American team wanted to be the best in the world, so they were under a lot of pressure and the players were nervous. However, the passing of the baton has affected the results of so many world champions of the American team that this explanation is hard to convince others.
In short, if you are a track and field fan and watch a few world-class competitions, you will be able to appreciate the US team's poor baton passing or dropping from time to time, which is also a kind of legend.
Although the American team did not know where they committed the foul, after seeing the penalty video provided by the referee team, they could only accept the result helplessly.
The on-site broadcast announced that the American team had committed a foul, and the Chinese team's results officially advanced to the top three after the American team committed a foul.
In the audience, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were both confused. They looked at each other, and then they suddenly turned to look at Su Bai.
"Is this... the third place?"
Su Bai nodded: "Yes."
Looking at Su Bai's calm appearance, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were silent for a moment, and also looked like they didn't know what to say.
Su Bai pointed in the direction of the track and said, "In today's competition, the first and third runners of the British team made mistakes to varying degrees. The first runner's body shook when he started, and the second and third runners made mistakes when passing the baton. These two runners are the fastest core players in the British team. Their mistakes directly affected the final result of the British team."
"The first two runners of Belgium were not in good condition today. Or maybe the first runner of Belgium was affected by the explosive speed of the first runner of the United States, Barnes. So after the start, Guernard performed rather poorly in the subsequent stages of the first run and did not show the speed he should have."
"The Japanese team was probably affected by the men's 4x100m baton drop yesterday. When running, they seemed to be paying extra attention to controlling their emotions, which suppressed the speed brought by their excitement. At the same time, they were obviously more cautious when passing the baton than before. Although it was still smooth, it can be seen that the speed was slowed down when passing the baton."
Under the gaze of Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan, Su Bai pointed at each team present and made an analysis. After listening to Su Bai's analysis, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan looked at each other in a trance - as if it was natural for the Chinese team to win the third place in this game.
First of all, although the Jamaican and American teams did not perform at their best, the performances of their players were still good, and other teams had no chance of surpassing them.
Trinidad and Tobago was the only team that had a chance to overtake the two teams ahead, but in the fourth leg, there were some flaws in the baton passing of Trinidad and Tobago's team. As a result of wasting time, their fourth runner could not compete with the Jamaican runner in speed and ultimately lost the chance to overtake and suppress the Jamaican team.
The Belgian team, which should have been very strong, was affected by Barnes of the American team in the first leg. The gap they fell behind in the first leg was too large, and the conditions of the next three runners were not good enough to make a comeback.
Relatively speaking, the ratio was almost about to surpass that of the Chinese team in the fourth leg, which was already a reflection of the strong strength of their players.
The British team also had poor results due to the condition of its players, but as for the South African and Japanese teams, the Chinese team was able to defeat them in terms of strength.
In general, the Chinese team was in very good shape in this game. Under normal circumstances, it would have been no problem for them to beat South Africa and Japan, and compete with the British team to get a mid-table ranking. However, in this game where the Chinese team performed bravely, the Belgian team, which should have been very strong, was affected by the American team and suffered a setback.
This is what happened to the Chinese team. They went from a possible fifth place to fourth place, ahead of the Belgian team. Then, because of the American team's baton throwing foul, they took the third place.
Are you saying there's a problem with this?
That’s really no problem!
But this situation was indeed beyond everyone's expectations.
Jiang Wentao looked at the court, then turned to look at Su Bai: "Xiaobai, you didn't predict this, did you?"
Su Bai shook his head: "Of course not. My prediction is a reasonable prediction based on the data. Today's situation is indeed possible, but I only speculate that Belgium's Guenard may have been affected by Barnes at the start. As for the British team's poor performance today, it was actually beyond my expectations."
Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao looked at Su Bai's calm statement, but they really didn't realize how unexpected the phrase "beyond my expectations" was.
Jiang Wentao shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about this. It's you... We just watched the same game. The details you noticed... Oh, you really can't help but admit that you are old!"
Pei Jinan heard this and laughed and complained: "Okay, even when we were as young as Xiaobai, you could watch the game live and see so many details at once?"
Listening to the conversation between Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao, Su Bai paused, then smiled slightly without saying anything.
This kind of dynamic observation is one of the detailed assessment items of the coach's ability in the system. It is a skill that has only now been roughly trained through constantly watching the games provided in the system and repeatedly reviewing the replays, coupled with his memory.
This ability, like his super data memory and application ability, is something that cannot be taught. After all, the training method is very simple, which is to watch live games and various videos repeatedly to improve one's game reading ability.
As a coach, this is actually a basic ability, but the degree of proficiency in this ability varies from coach to coach.
While they were chatting, the referee team on site finally compiled the final rankings and results of each team, and the final rankings of the eight teams also appeared on the big screen.
First place: Jamaica (2 minutes 59.97 seconds), wl (the world's best result of the current season);
2nd place: Trinidad and Tobago (3:00.89), SB;
Third place: China (3 minutes 01 seconds 32), nr (national record);
Fourth place: Belgium (3 minutes 01 seconds 41), sb;
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Eighth place: United States team, dq (disqualified from the competition).
After the Chinese men's 4x400m relay team officially won third place, domestic track and field fans were already celebrating, and after the official results were announced, track and field fans were even more delighted.
Less than a month has passed since the last Asian Championships, and the men's 4x400m sprint relay team has once again broken the national record for this event!
This realization made countless track and field fans so happy that they almost lost their minds in excitement.
The sports channel's online live broadcast room was filled with a Chinese New Year atmosphere, with the barrage of comments filled with joyful greetings and various "Ahhhh" and "Hahahaha".
[Hahahaha, oh my God, I really didn't expect that we would get the third place in the 4x400m World Relay Championships? ? 】
[To be honest, I feel like I'm dreaming. Oh no, I just asked my wife to pinch my thigh and it hurts. It looks like I'm still awake, but why does it feel like a dream? 】
[When the results were announced just now, I almost got killed by my wife because of my scream of "Fuck!", but she was just as happy as I was. Tsk, it's just that she keeps calling Xiao Qiu "baby", which makes me feel scared...]
[……?] Brothers in front, are you celebrating the victory of the Chinese team or showing your love? 】
In the live broadcast of the sports channel, Shao Min and Li Sen were of course celebrating this brilliant achievement.
"We really didn't dare to think of this result before the game. Lao Li and I actually discussed it quietly before the game and thought that the best condition today would probably be fifth or sixth place, but... I didn't expect it!"
Shao Minyi's words "I didn't expect it" were the absolute truth, which completely exceeded his and Li Sen's original expectations.
At this point, he made a joke: "I wonder if our 'prediction king' coach Su Baisu thought of this result before the game?"
Just as he finished speaking, a camera happened to cut to the Chinese audience seats. Su Bai was also sitting in the audience seats, talking with Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan from time to time.
This coincidental scene made the audience watching the live broadcast in front of the TV smile knowingly. Su Bai, who was talking to Pei Jinan, seemed to notice that he was being filmed and happened to glance in the direction of the camera.
[Ahhhhhh, qvq’s penetrating gaze pierces my heart…]
[Wow, Xiaobai Xiaobai, you are so cute...! 】
[Ah, Xiaobai is looking at me. Xiaobai, can you please tell me if I have the potential to join the national team? 】
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The public screen of the sports channel's online live broadcast room, which had originally had a unified style and was celebrating or discussing the Chinese team's performance, suddenly burst into a series of screams after Su Bai accidentally glanced back, leaving the men in the room confused.
Su Bai at the scene certainly had no idea that he had been cueed by Shao Min and teased by the fans in the live broadcast room. He frowned slightly as he watched Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen, who were being led off the stage by the staff and were about to appear again.
He was talking with Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan about the men's and women's mixed 4x400m final that was about to begin.
From the men's 4x400m final to the men's and women's mixed 4x400m final, the start times of these two competitions were 18:37 and 18:53.
The 16 minutes from 18:37 to 18:53 include the time required for the athletes of each team to make their collective appearance in today's final, the athletes' individual preparation time, about 3-4 minutes of competition time, and the time for the athletes to wait for the results on the field before leaving.
Generally speaking, for Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen, it was just about going on stage - competing - waiting for the results - leaving the stage - going back on stage - preparing for the competition...
During this period, the two of them had no rest time except for stopping... and from the end of the game to their exit and then their reappearance, their physical condition was very likely to have withdrawn from the previous high-intensity game state, but they did not have time to warm up again.
"…This time is really unfavorable!"
Pei Jinan looked at Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen who had already left the stage and sighed deeply.
Jiang Wentao was more open-minded: "It's okay. The men's 4x400m has already achieved such a good result. Even if the mixed 4x400m result is not good, the General Administration of Sport has nothing to complain about. The practical difficulties at the competition site are here. In this game, we just need to strive to finish smoothly, even if we are eighth, we will have the qualification for the Tokyo Olympics."
The qualification for the Olympics is for the top eight teams in this competition, and among these top eight, the players in the Group B finals will not be counted even if their results are better than those of the final group.
So just like Jiang Wentao said, just finish the race steadily.
For example, the US team cancelled their results, and their qualification for the Tokyo Olympics was given to the previous men's 4x400m Group B champion Italy.
Su Bai did not object to Jiang Wentao's statement.
In the two consecutive days of competition, the physical energy consumed by Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen was visible to the naked eye. In such a high-intensity competition, they were able to maintain an excellent competitive state for many games in a row. This performance is already good enough.
The same is true for the women's team. Chen Yada and Lin Yao have broken through their own limits in several games. However, breaking through their own limits also means that their bodies cannot adapt to this state for the time being and they need to consume more physical energy.
Although Su Bai had considered talking to the players about the issue of physical energy distribution after the game, he could not say that their choice was wrong now - sometimes, the reckless desire to break through the limits can create unexpected miracles.
For example, today's bronze medal in the men's 4x400m relay.
When the mixed men's and women's 4x400m team took the stage again, Shao Minyi and Li Sen also introduced the Chinese team's fatigue and hard work so far in the live broadcast.
"During the two days of competition, our 400-meter relay team, both the men's and women's players, have made great efforts for the competition. Their performance on the field, in the live broadcast of the past two days, I believe everyone has witnessed it."
"Now, after the Chinese team won the men's 4x400m bronze medal in the final, the next event is the mixed 4x400m race. This is definitely a big test of our athletes' physical fitness and willpower."
"No matter what the final result of this game is, I can say in advance that all the Chinese 400m players are great!"
In the live broadcast room and in front of the TV, the audience naturally knew clearly that it was just as Shao Minyi and Li Sen said, the performance of the Chinese team's players in the past two days had been good enough.
In the upcoming mixed men's and women's 4x400m final, no matter what, they will support their national team with an encouraging heart!
Soon, all eight teams participating in the men's and women's mixed 4x400m finals have entered the arena. These eight teams are from the United States, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Poland, Brazil, Kenya and China.
The U.S. men's and women's lineups were completely different from their men's 4x400m and women's 4x400m lineups, while Canada, Germany, Poland, Brazil and Kenya did not make the men's 4x400m relay final. Although there was a men's 4x400m Group B final, at least there was more rest time in between.
Overall, the most tired players on the field right now should be Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, and the two male players from the Belgian team.
Before the start of the game, while still in the player channel, Chen Yada and Lin Yao told Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen not to work too hard. They would rest for more than an hour and they would try harder this time so as not to let the Chinese team's results look too bad.
After hearing what Chen Yada said, Zhang Ziyi smiled gently and said, "This is our common team. As long as we still have a little strength left, we will not give up."
Qiu Wen was not very good at saying these words. He just laughed carelessly after hearing what Zhang Ziyi said: "Hey, Sister Dan, don't worry, I think I can run another ten rounds!"
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Hearing this, Lin Yao glanced at Qiu Wen. Looking at this idiot, she felt really bad.
Before the start of this game, whether it was Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, Chen Yada or Lin Yao, they all knew that this mixed 4x400m final would be too difficult for them. However, despite this, they still stepped onto the field with a determination to fight with all their might.
From the sound of the gunshot, Zhang Ziyi's reaction speed of 0.183 seconds showed that he was physically exhausted, but even so, he did not retreat at all in this arena.
He tried hard to take his steps, one step at a time. Although the fatigue emanating from his body was constantly pulling at his hands and feet, he still gritted his teeth and forged ahead with all his strength despite the fatigue surging from his body.
From Zhang Ziyi in the first runner-up to Lin Yao in the second runner-up, and then to Chen Yada and Qiu Wen.
They always gritted their teeth, gave their all on the track and did the best they promised.
When the baton was passed to the fourth runner Qiu Wen, the Chinese team was in sixth place - even in such a tired state, the first three runners still did not let the team fall to last place.
The seventh-placed German team was already very close to the Chinese team. After taking over the baton, Qiu Wen ignored the German and Belgian teams behind him and started chasing forward with all his might.
The Chinese team, which was in sixth place, already had a gap of about three or four meters between them and the nearest team in front, the Brazilian team. In the last lap, the team was so exhausted that it was difficult to reverse the gap.
However, in Qiu Wen's mind, he didn't care whether the situation could be reversed or not.
Anyway... let’s fight first!
In the audience, hundreds of Chinese audiences had already shouted themselves hoarse, but at this moment, they were still shouting loudly regardless of their hoarseness.
【come on! ! ! Come on China! ! ! 】
[Come on, Qiu Wen, come on!] ! ! 】
This was the case at the scene, and it was also the case for Shao Minyi and Li Sen in the live broadcast room of the sports channel. It was also the case for all the viewers who were watching the game in front of the live screen.
come on!
No matter what the final result is...you are the best!
In the spotlight, in the last 100 meters of the race, Qiu Wen was less than 1 meter away from the Brazilian player in front of him. However, this last 1 meter was so difficult to surpass...
In the last 50 meters, 30 meters... Qiu Wen and the fourth runner of the Brazilian team were constantly in a tug of war. Even with Qiu Wen's endurance talent, at this stage, he could only rely on his willpower to fight the fatigue in his body.
Closer, closer...
When the two arrived at the final finish line, the distance between Qiu Wen and the fourth runner of the Brazilian team could no longer be judged by the naked eye. At the final moment, the two crossed the finish line almost at the same time!
"Good job!" In the audience, Jiang Wentao waved his hands excitedly.
No matter what the final result is, fifth or sixth, it is no longer important. The spirit of fearlessness and pursuit of limits shown by the national team's 400-meter relay team in this game is a strong guarantee for the continued progress of this event!
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