Almost on par with each other.
Just the two words "almost" finally said it all.
From the live broadcast of the sports channel, it can be clearly seen that the distance between Zhang Ziyi and Mike Knight was very close, but when Mike Knight crossed the line, he was still half a body length faster than Zhang Ziyi.
The last half body length is the dividing line between fourth and fifth, which is where you hope to terminate early.
When Zhang Ziyi crossed the line, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were both silent for a few seconds, as if they were suddenly speechless because of the regrettable scene before them.
On the track, Zhang Ziyi and Mike Knight were in the adjacent eighth and ninth lanes, so when they crossed the line, they already had a clear judgment of each other's position.
Although McNight is only in fourth place, everyone has a good idea of the performance and strength of the players in each of the three groups in today's semi-finals.
——As long as you can get the top four places in the first group of the semi-finals, you will most likely qualify for the finals!
At this moment, although there was only half a body length difference between Mike Knight and Zhang Ziyi, it was a clear distance between hope and despair.
After crossing the finish line, Zhang Ziyi had already realized this. After he clearly realized the result, he could only cover his face with both hands. After a long silence, he sighed softly, let go of his hands, turned around, smiled and hugged McNight.
McNight was undoubtedly a surprise. In fact, in the past two or three years of competition, his performance has been up and down, and his results have not been very stable, especially when facing Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen from the Chinese team, his results and rankings often became unsatisfactory.
The only thing he was thankful for in tonight's game was that he was not on the same field with that terrible guy Qiu Wen.
Just like in sports like tennis, where two players always counteract each other, McNight feels that Qiu Wen from the Chinese team is the one who completely restrains himself on the court.
Whenever he plays with Qiu Wen, his condition, mentality, and even rhythm control often become involuntary.
For some reason, McNight was absolutely certain in his heart - if the person competing with him in the semi-finals just now was Qiu Wen, then the person who would make it to the semi-finals would definitely not be him.
No matter what, this semi-final is over.
In the audience, Su Bai was standing in front of his seat. He frowned and stared intently at Zhang Ziyi in the arena. In the end, he could only smile bitterly and sigh.
Pei Jinan was also standing next to Su Bai. He patted Su Bai on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. Although it's a pity, Ziyi's performance is already outstanding enough."
After listening to Pei Jinan's words, Su Bai finally shook his head.
As a coach who is too young, no matter how calm and composed he looks, he can't help but feel regret for the athletes he coaches.
He has devoted countless efforts in the past two years to the athletes in the national team's 400-meter sprint event, especially Zhang Ziyi. Ever since Zhang Ziyi followed him all the way for the Olympics with the determination to possibly suffer physical overload, his attention to Zhang Ziyi has indeed risen to the forefront among many athletes.
In the past two years, he knew best how much sweat and price Zhang Ziyi had paid for the Olympic Games and for the honor of the country.
It’s a pity that at this moment today, I still lack a little luck.
Or, in other words, in just two years, it is still not enough to catch up with the talent, hard work and strength of the top players.
After a brief silence, Su Bai regained control of his emotions.
As a coach, he must show determination, confidence and firmness. He must be the final pillar for the athletes to trust. Especially since he is too young, he must double his ability and determination to make the athletes and everyone around him have more confidence in him.
After a brief period of silence and regret, Su Bai once again became the talented coach that everyone could trust wholeheartedly.
He looked at Zhang Ziyi who was heading towards the stadium, and said, "Yes, although it is a pity, Ziyi's performance and results today were already outstanding enough."
After a pause, Su Bai smiled and added: "Although we failed to advance to the finals, we should be able to break the national record again."
only……
Su Bai didn't know whether it was a good thing for Zhang Ziyi to achieve a significant improvement in his performance in this game, colliding with the final reality that he failed to advance to the Olympic finals.
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Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao were both stunned when they heard Su Bai's words. They did not notice Su Bai's emotions when he said this. They just showed a hint of joy on their faces.
If it is really as Su Bai said, as long as there is this new national record, then even if Zhang Ziyi fails to advance to the finals, his results and performance will definitely not be criticized by anyone!
After all, with the qualifications and age of Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan, they both know that there is never a shortage of people in this world who are all talk and no action. These people only know how to use their mouths to make decisions. Even in a positive environment of public opinion, there will inevitably be these guys. Although the existence of such people cannot affect the overall situation, it is uncomfortable to see them always showing up to disgust people.
As long as Zhang Ziyi is really like what Su Bai said, even if he just lowered the national record from 44.76 to 44.75, it would be enough to shut these people up!
Just as Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were cheered up, the final results of the first group of the men's 400-meter sprint semi-finals were finally announced on the big screens on both sides of the stadium.
Final results of the first group of the Tokyo Olympic men's 400m sprint semi-finals:
First place: Morris (Grenada), 44.02 seconds, q (directly qualified);
Second place: Hernandez (USA), 44.19, q;
Third place: Le Clos (South Africa), 44.46 seconds;
Fourth place: Mike Knight (Bahrain), 44.56 seconds;
Fifth place: Zhang Ziyi (China), 44.59 seconds (nr national record);
6th place: …
…
In the audience, Jiang Wentao, Pei Jinan and many other staff and athletes of the Chinese team all seemed a little confused when they saw Zhang Ziyi's results for the first time. Many of them rubbed their eyes after seeing the results, thinking that they were dazzled.
At the key position of the competition venue, Zhang Ziyi was actually in the same state. He had already adjusted his mood and was just waiting to see the results before leaving.
Zhang Ziyi knew that he was in excellent shape today, and he could guess that he should have refreshed his PB again today, but he did not expect that in today's race, his PB would jump from 44.76 to 44.59!
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen had never expected this result. They had mentioned in the previous game commentary that Zhang Ziyi was in excellent shape tonight.
But they didn't expect that Zhang Ziyi's performance tonight would be so outstanding.
"44.59 seconds!!! Zhang Ziyi achieved an excellent time of 44.59 seconds in the men's 400m semi-finals tonight!!! Not only did he break the 44.70 second barrier, he even broke through 44.60 seconds!!!"
Shao Minyi's voice became hoarse with excitement at this moment: "Zhang Ziyi has never let us down. He is still the athlete who carries the Chinese men's 400-meter sprint flag on his shoulders and makes all Chinese track and field enthusiasts proud!"
"In the past three years, Zhang Ziyi has single-handedly pushed China's 400-meter sprint national record from 45.25 seconds to under 45 seconds. Now, China's 400-meter sprint national record has even entered the realm of under 44.60 seconds!"
"We can proudly say that this is definitely a world-class performance. In the men's 400-meter sprint, the Chinese team has already achieved world-class results with just Zhang Ziyi!"
"With this result tonight, Zhang Ziyi has raised the yellow race record for men's 400-meter sprint to a level that we could never have imagined in the past!"
"Higher, faster, stronger. Even though Zhang Ziyi didn't make it to the finals in tonight's semi-finals, the result he achieved is enough to make each of us feel proud and honored!"
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, the mood in the comments, which was originally a little depressed, quickly exploded the moment this result was seen.
All the sports fans in the live broadcast room were celebrating Zhang Ziyi's achievements like crazy.
[Ahhhh, Zhang Shuai you are so handsome! ! 】
[I can’t believe my eyes, 44.59 seconds? ! A new national record! ! ! 】
[Oh my god, three years ago Zhang Shuai’s PB was only 45.57 seconds, right? In 3 years, pb has increased by almost 1 second! ! ! 】
[I can’t believe how much Zhang Shuai has changed in the past three years...]
Everyone was cheering and celebrating Zhang Ziyi's achievement and new glory. Only Zhang Ziyi himself on the field was at a loss for a moment after seeing this result.
He originally thought that even if his grades improved, the improvement would not be particularly large. After all, at this stage, his grades were already close to their limit.
He didn't expect that his result would suddenly improve from 44.76 seconds to 44.59 seconds.
This was certainly exciting enough, but despite his excitement, he couldn't help feeling confused - even though he improved his results to an unprecedented 44.59 seconds, he still failed to make it to the Olympic finals.
The excitement of such a significant improvement in performance collided with the disappointment of not being able to advance even though the performance improved to such a level. Even a veteran like Zhang Ziyi, who usually had a calm mentality, felt a complex and indescribable emotion at this moment.
After staring at the result for dozens of seconds, Zhang Ziyi finally let out a long sigh.
Victory is victory, failure is failure.
Even if he ran under 44 seconds today, the result cannot be changed as long as there are other winners ahead of him.
After taking a final look at the results on the big screen, Zhang Ziyi turned around to look at the huge stadium and the excited audience in the stands, then wiped his face, turned around and left this Olympic arena, which was destined to be the last men's 400m event in his career.
On Weibo, the Athletics Administration Center and the National Track and Field Team were the first to announce the news that Zhang Ziyi had once again broken the national record. At the same time, the two topics that became hot searches were #Zhang Ziyi suffered a bitter defeat in the 400m semi-finals# and #Zhang Ziyi significantly broke the 400m sprint national record#.
The popularity of these two topics increased one after the other, and because they were so close, many people who were not in the know were confused.
this……
How could the two topics of suffering a disastrous defeat and significantly breaking the national record be accomplished by the same person?
Many passers-by clicked on the relevant topics because of the contrast. After browsing through them all, they finally understood that the defeat was true, and it was also true that the national record was greatly refreshed.
For a long time, people only know that China's sprinting strength is not good enough, but where is the gap with the world's top strength? Most people won’t know this.
Zhang Ziyi's performance tonight made many people suddenly have a clear understanding of the distance between them.
In these two topics, a track and field fan did some popular science.
[#Zhang Ziyi suffered a bitter defeat in the 400m sprint#, #Zhang Ziyi significantly refreshed the national record for the 400m sprint#, the latest national record set by Zhang Ziyi in the competition is 44.59 seconds. Before that, his previous national record was 44.76 seconds. Qiu Wen, who is currently ranked second in the country in 400m strength, has a PB of 44.90 seconds.
To participate in the men's 400-meter sprint at the Tokyo Olympics, the qualifying score is 44.90 seconds. Only two Chinese athletes, Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen, have qualified for the 400-meter sprint at the Tokyo Olympics. Li Junhao, our country's third-ranked athlete in this event, has a PB of 45.07 seconds and has not yet broken the 45-second mark.
At the same time, in this competition, many countries including the United States, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, etc., all have full participation - please note that full participation does not mean that they only have 3 players who can reach the standard assessment score, but that their qualified players have reached the upper limit, and the current participants are all selected from the best.
Going back in time, two years ago, Zhang Ziyi broke China's men's 400-meter sprint record, which had remained untouched for 15 years, from 45.25 to 45.24.
In three years, his personal best in the 400-meter sprint improved by almost 1 second, which is an incredible result for a relatively mature athlete.
This result of nearly 1 second also pushed China's 400-meter sprint from an unknown status in Asia to the current era of the yellow race record holder.
In the past three years, Zhang Ziyi, or in other words, China's 400-meter sprint has improved rapidly enough. Zhang Ziyi's result tonight was also amazing enough.
As long as you have seen these past achievements, I believe you will agree with my argument - Chinese track and field is making great progress. Zhang Ziyi's performance tonight is enough to make people feel proud! 】
As more and more people clicked on this long popular science Weibo, more and more people saw it. In the end, it became a popular Weibo post with tens of thousands of retweets and appeared on the homepages of countless people.
It should be said that the original blogger's intention of popularizing science was not in vain. After reading it, many passers-by finally understood clearly each of the results and the significance of Zhang Ziyi's result tonight.
[I’m so depressed. I finally understand why Zhang Ziyi is so awesome]
【=口=The national track and field team has been quite popular in the past two years. I have always known that Zhang Ziyi is the captain of the national men's 400m team, but it was only today that I realized what Zhang Ziyi's strength and his achievements really mean. 】
[Zhang Shuai is worthy of being Zhang Shuai?] I have visited track and field forums and super topics out of curiosity before, and many people there highly praised Zhang Ziyi. At that time, I didn’t really understand what was so great about Zhang Shuai. Thanks to the original poster for the explanation. 】
While people on the Internet were discussing the significance of Zhang Ziyi's achievement, the second group of players in the men's 400-meter sprint semi-finals officially took to the stage to start the competition.
In the second group of the semi-finals, the strongest players were the young player Marcher from Trinidad and Tobago, the 400-meter sprinter Barnes from the United States, and the 400-meter sprinter Fraser from Jamaica.
These three people can be said to be the absolute contenders for the second qualifying spot in the semi-finals.
In this competition, the performances of these three athletes were all excellent. Just as people expected, the three athletes ran 44.34 seconds, 44.57 seconds and 44.60 seconds respectively.
But after seeing this result, all Chinese track and field fans fell into silence.
Marcher, who finished third in the semi-final, had a time of 44.60 seconds, which only put him at sixth place in the first group of the semi-finals.
The final results of the second group of contestants in the semi-finals more intuitively told people how outstanding Zhang Ziyi's performance was today.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen both sighed again.
"It's a pity that Ziyi got such a bad result today."
Shao Min took a look at the results of the second group, then shook his head and said, "If Zhang Ziyi had been placed in the second group in the semi-finals, he might have even been able to qualify directly. It can only be said that he lacked a little luck in this competition."
After sighing, Li Sen also expressed the same idea. In fact, Zhang Ziyi's performance in the first group and the final result made them unable to help but remember it.
Finally, amid everyone's sighs, the second group of players in the men's 400-meter sprint semi-finals also withdrew from the field, followed by the appearance of the third group of players in the semi-finals. The group that Qiu Wen was in was exactly the third group of the semi-finals tonight.
When Shao Minyi and Li Sen thought of this, they immediately adjusted their mindset, regained their spirits, cut off the previous topic, and turned the topic to Qiu Wen.
"Dear audience members! The last group of the men's 400-meter sprint semi-finals will be on stage soon, and our athlete Qiu Wen is in this group. He will sprint for the final 400-meter final qualification spot in this group. No matter what the result is, I hope he can also perform at his best in this game and not leave any regrets!"
As soon as Shao Minyi and Li Sen finished their words, the last eight athletes of the men's 400m sprint semi-finals also entered the stadium one after another from the athlete channel on site.
It can be said that compared with Zhang Ziyi's group before, or even compared with the second group of the semi-final just now, Qiu Wen's group has far fewer people whose names would make track and field fans tremble.
But this does not mean that the opponents in this group will be easy to deal with.
Tekau from Trinidad and Tobago, Jipuluto from Kenya, Ruka from the Czech Republic, McPherson from Jamaica...these are all formidable athletes whose personal bests are 44.50 seconds or even close to 44 seconds.
Especially McPherson and Tekao, the former had a pb of 43.94 seconds and the latter had a pb of 44.01 seconds.
Looking around, among these athletes, the one who ranks last in personal performance is undoubtedly Qiu Wen, whose PB is only 44.90 seconds.
This is really not very good news.
In front of the TV, the audience originally listened to the introduction of Shao Minyi and Li Sen, and mentioned that most of the players in this group were rising stars. Many viewers were delighted and wondered whether Qiu Wen would have a chance to advance in this game?
But after hearing what level of rising stars these guys were, the flames of hope that had been ignited in the hearts of the audience were instantly extinguished.
Tekawu 44.01, McPherson 43.94, Gippuluto 44.23...
If you compare PB with these guys, let alone Qiu Wen, even Zhang Shuai's 44.59 seconds will be useless!
On the public screen of the sports channel's online live broadcast room, there were track and field fans comforting ordinary viewers who felt they had lost hope again.
[Well, PB is PB, in the end it all depends on the final result! 】
[That’s right, in the previous match between Zhang Shuai and PB, PB was better than him, but there were also people whose final result was lower than his! 】
[Yes, yes, it depends on the contestants’ individual performance on the spot! 】
[Speaking of which, regarding personal performance on the spot... I feel that once Erha starts running, at least in terms of form, many players can't compare to him! 】
At the scene, the 8 final semi-finalists have all come to their respective starting blocks and are adjusting their respective starting block settings.
However, Qiu Wen, who had never experienced an imbalance before a game, seemed to be less active than before the game...
In the audience, Su Bai couldn't help but reveal a hint of worry in his eyes when he looked at Qiu Wen's status indicated by the system in front of him.
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