Among the three groups in the 110-meter hurdles semi-finals, the strength gap is not as big as that in the sprint semi-finals.
After this random grouping, the strength of the athletes in each group of the 110-meter hurdles seems to be relatively evenly matched. At least the top athletes in the 110-meter hurdles, such as Cui Luoheng, Vladimir, Fabregas, etc., were not crammed into the same group.
In the first group of the semi-finals, where Cui Luoheng is located, the strongest players are Cui Luoheng, Spanish star Clough and Jamaican star Tanui. The remaining players are still slightly lacking in competitiveness in the finals.
Among these three players, the strongest on paper is still Tanui from Jamaica. Both Clough and Cui Luoheng have not yet achieved results that break the 13-second mark.
But judging from their competitive state, both Tanui and Klav were very wary of Cui Luoheng.
This Olympic Games is definitely not the first time that Kraf and Tanui have met Cui Luoheng in the past year, but so far, their winning rate against Cui Luoheng in the past year is almost zero.
This young Chinese athlete is like a majestic lion. He regards the 110-meter hurdles track as his territory. In this territory, he has an endless desire to fight, leaving other opponents around him with nothing but sighing at his back.
From the moment he came on the field, Cui Luoheng seemed to have no intention of paying attention to his opponents. He just squatted down and adjusted his starting blocks, then put his hands on his hips and paced slowly on the spot. His gaze was always focused on the key direction of the 110-meter hurdles track - that was the goal he needed to achieve today, and he had to achieve it as quickly as possible!
The cameras on the scene were scanning the players one by one. In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were also routinely introducing the players on the field.
At this time at the starting point of the track, the first group of athletes in the 110-meter hurdles semi-finals were already ready in their respective positions.
Thanks to his excellent performance in the preliminaries and good luck, Cui Luoheng was randomly assigned to the fifth lane in the middle advantageous track. On his two sides, one on the left and the other on the right, were Tanui and Clough.
Further away, there are Italian player Bilarelli and French player Lepvost, who have competed with Cui Luoheng before.
However, judging from the momentum alone, except for Cui Luoheng, Tanui and Kraf, the remaining players showed a little nervousness on their faces and seemed to be at a disadvantage.
"It is still the pre-match preparation time. Our player Cui Luoheng is in very good shape. He is calmly preparing for the first group of the semi-finals which will start soon."
"Not bad." Li Sen looked at Cui Luoheng on the track. Although he knew that Cui Luoheng's strength should not be a big problem for him to squeeze into the finals, he still said a little nervously: "Cui Luoheng's strength is definitely not a problem, but now this is only the semi-finals. The key is to hope that Cui Luoheng will not make any mistakes in the semi-finals and run a result that can advance to the finals!"
“From responding to the gun to the first three hurdle positions at the start, as long as he can keep himself stable, he will definitely perform well!”
This made the audience, who had been listening to the commentators hoping that the players would sprint with all their might, a little confused, but if they thought about it carefully, they could understand the reason - as long as Cui Luoheng could run a result within 13.30 seconds, he would be able to advance to the finals, and in the past two years, Cui Luoheng's results have rarely fallen outside 13.30 seconds.
At a time like this, instead of fighting too hard, if something unexpected happens, wouldn't it be a waste of time?
So when Li Sen told Cui Luoheng to "keep calm" in his words, he actually just hoped that Cui Luoheng could keep his qualification for the finals.
On the public screen of the sports channel's live broadcast room, the audience found it a little funny after they realized what was going on.
[Hey, this sentence 'Just run a result that can advance to the finals' is really full of spirituality. 】
【? Tanui and Clave next door were so angry that they almost cried after hearing this. 】
Although the audience was laughing, most of them actually felt proud after hearing such commentary - usually when watching other events and players, they basically treat the semi-final stage as the last game, but today when watching Cui Luoheng's semi-final, most people felt very relieved, knowing that Cui Luoheng was basically guaranteed to advance to the finals.
I suddenly felt this crushing pleasure in the 110-meter hurdles event. It has been many years since I last experienced this.
With this feeling, the audience had another kind of "sweet trouble" in their hearts - Li Sen was right, now is the Olympic semi-final, Cui Luoheng had better stabilize his condition and keep a result that can directly advance to the finals... But, someone in the track and field kingdom had suggested that Cui Luoheng might be able to advance to the finals by ranking first in the group in both the preliminaries and semi-finals... If this is really possible...
Hey, anyway, should we advance to the finals as a normal person or as the first in the group?
This is really annoying!
In short, it is fortunate that Tanui, Clough and others on the field did not know that some of the audience had such thoughts in their minds, otherwise perhaps they would have exploded with anger in the semi-finals and finally achieved an unexpected result?
No matter what everyone was thinking, the short preparation time on the field was over quickly.
After the starting signal was sounded on the radio, the audience in the stands quieted down. The first group of the 110-meter hurdles semi-finals was about to begin!
"Xiao Cui, he's going to be okay, right?"
In the audience, Jiang Wentao was mumbling to himself because he was nervous, and then he asked himself and answered: "There will definitely be no problem!"
"Everyone, take your positions."
A cold and inorganic voice sounded over the radio. On the track, eight runners had already squatted on their starting blocks, supported themselves with their hands, and quickly prepared to start.
"preparation."
With a brief sound of "ready", all the athletes quickly raised their hips and got into preparation for the start.
Then—“Bang!”
The starting gun sounds!
In just a moment, the game on the field officially kicked off!
“The game begins!”
Shao Minyi and others spoke at the moment the gun went off. Although they were very confident before the game that Cui Luoheng would definitely make it to the semi-finals, when the game started, their hearts were still filled with tension.
Watching Cui Luoheng suddenly push the starting blocks and rush forward the moment the gun went off, his unstoppable momentum was simply terrifying.
Obviously, although many people think that Cui Luoheng only needs to keep his qualification for the finals and does not need to run an amazing result in the semi-finals, Cui Luoheng himself does not think so.
Just from the starting stage, one can feel how determined Cui Luoheng is to win this game and the result of "first place".
0.121 seconds - when this reaction time to the gun is displayed on the screen, it can be seen how excellent Cui Luoheng's condition is in this game.
In excellent condition, full of fighting desire and undisputed strength.
Under such circumstances, Cui Luoheng was just like the image that opponents such as Tanui and Clough had portrayed for him in their minds. He was like a lion on the track, moving forward fearlessly and unstoppable.
It should be said that at the starting stage, Kraf and Tanui were in excellent condition. Their starting reaction times were 0.129 and 0.133 respectively, which are also very excellent starting reaction time data. Even in the starting burst stage of the two, and even in the pre-hurdle stage before the first hurdle, Tanui and Kraf did not lag behind Cui Luoheng.
However, having had many experiences competing against Cui Luoheng in the past year, they knew that if they could not snipe Cui Luoheng in the first four hurdles, then the answer to this game would basically be decided.
Cui Luoheng is a player who explodes in the middle and late stages of the 110-meter hurdles track. His fastest hurdle speed usually occurs at his eighth hurdle, which is a very late data. In the first half, except for the stage from the first to the third hurdles, Cui Luoheng's speed was still slightly slow. After he completely entered his best rhythm from the fourth hurdle, his speed became faster and faster, so fast that people had the illusion that they could not catch up.
Both Tanui and Kraf had tried to catch up with Cui Luoheng's rhythm after the fourth hurdle, but the result of unconsciously chasing this rhythm was that they fell into Cui Luoheng's rhythm and lost control of their original technical movements, habits and rhythm.
Cui Luoheng on the field today has long since grown from a young player who was overly sensitive and affected by his opponents many years ago to the king of the field who can still firmly grasp his own state in his mind even if he spreads his perception ability to the surroundings!
Step, step, step.
From stepping off the ground with his legs in front of the hurdle, to swinging his legs over the hurdle, pressing his body down to fly over the hurdle, and stepping off his legs to whip over the hurdle... Cui Luoheng is now able to exquisitely control every detail of his movements on the field, while allowing himself to cross each hurdle at a nearly limit-bound altitude, seemingly with great risk.
The weaknesses in his first three hurdles, which had been analysed by opponents such as Tanui and Clough, have in fact been greatly improved.
Cui Luoheng on the track, his every move and the rhythm between the hurdles that seemed to be completely under his control, made all the spectators involuntarily feel a pleasing sense of viewing in the tense atmosphere.
So awesome!
Many viewers instinctively admired in their hearts.
Even though the entire race lasted only a short ten seconds, anyone could see the advantage Cui Luoheng had in this race - from the start, even when Kraf and Tanui had not fallen behind Cui Luoheng, the figure on the fifth track had already given people a feeling of 'who else but me'.
In the audience, even the Japanese audiences screamed and cheered excitedly after seeing Cui Luoheng's performance.
“Ahhhhh, come on!!! Cui-kun!!!”
“This is so powerful…Keep going!!! Keep going!!”
Perhaps because Japan is China's close neighbor, the Japanese audiences were the first to feel the surge in China's athletics strength in recent years. The Japanese team's declaration of "revenge" is still vivid in their minds, but later on, the gap in strength between Japan's sprinters and Chinese athletes has become increasingly larger.
The Japanese may have an instinctive admiration for the strong. As China's strength in sprinting and 110-meter hurdles has become stronger and stronger, while they are constantly catching up, they also have an instinctive sense of pursuit for Chinese athletes.
In today's game, the performance of these Japanese spectators was particularly obvious - perhaps it was because Cui Luoheng's performance on the field was so strong that all the spectators on the scene could not remain calm.
On the track, Cui Luoheng, just as many spectators had truly hoped in their hearts, gradually demonstrated his advantage in the final victory starting from the fifth hurdle.
The fifth column, the sixth column, the seventh column...
Tanui and Klav were in a constant stalemate on the track, but Cui Luoheng in front of them never left them any possibility or space to catch up.
In the end, Cui Luoheng was the first to cross the finish line of the race with an irrefutable attitude.
In the first group of the 110-meter hurdles semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, the winner was Cui Luoheng of the Chinese team!
"Great job!! Great job, Xiao Cui!"
Shao Minyi and Li Sen were slightly nervous before the start of the game, then worried for a moment after the start of the game, and then Cui Luoheng completely gained an absolute advantage at the fifth hurdle.
Finally, watching Cui Luoheng easily crush his opponent and cross the finish line, both of them cheered happily!
marvelous!
"The last time I saw this kind of absolute strength of Chinese 110-meter hurdlers crushing the world in a world-class competition was more than a decade ago."
Shao Min couldn't help but say this again, and then laughed and said, "But obviously, in the coming days, I think we will definitely have the opportunity to watch such scenes over and over again until we are satisfied!"
Li Sen also smiled: "Congratulations to Cui Luoheng, congratulations to the Chinese team! Congratulations to the Chinese team for once again having a player enter the final of the 110-meter hurdles event at the Olympics after a lapse of 12 years!" After a pause, Li Sen added: "I am a little scared now. If Cui Luoheng could have heard my commentary before the game, and if he really chose a safe running method, then what we saw in the game just now would not be as exciting as it was just now!"
"Once again, congratulations to Cui Luoheng for winning first place in the first group of the semi-finals and successfully advancing to the finals!"
In the audience, Jiang Wentao, who was a little nervous before the game started, now had a bright face like a sunflower. While clapping with satisfaction, he kept muttering: "Oh, I said Xiao Cui would have no problem!"
During the short wait at the scene, the results of the first group of the 110-meter hurdles semi-finals soon appeared on the big screen at the scene, and the audience at the scene and in front of the TV gasped after seeing the results.
Final results of the first group of the Tokyo Olympics 110m hurdles semi-finals:
First place: Cui Luoheng (China), 13.04 seconds (pb), wind speed +0.8m/s;
Second place: Clave (Spain), 13.16 seconds, wind speed +0.8m/s;
Third place: Tanui (Jamaica), 13.17 seconds, wind speed +0.8m/s;
Fourth place: Lepvost (France), 13.31 seconds, wind speed +0.8m/s;
Fifth place: …
"13.04 seconds!!!" Shao Minyi exclaimed: "Congratulations to Cui Luoheng, he successfully broke his personal best in the 110-meter hurdles in this game!"
In fact, it is not only Cui Luoheng's 13.04 that is admirable. However, compared with the results of other players, Cui Luoheng's result, which is almost enough to win the World Championships or the Olympics, actually appeared in the first group of the Olympic semi-finals. Such a result is amazing.
Isn’t it the same with Clough and Tanui’s achievements?
Taking the 2016 Rio Olympics as an example, the results of 13.16 and 13.17 were enough for them to win medals in the finals. However, in today's competition, because of Cui Luoheng's presence, although they had warned themselves in their hearts in advance, after seeing the final data, they all understood that in this game, they were still led by Cui Luoheng.
This result seems excellent, but at most it can only guarantee them advancement to the finals.
And in the finals...
The physical energy and condition depletion today may have some bad effects on them in tomorrow's game.
Thinking of this, Tanui and Clave both patted their heads with a headache.
As for Cui Luoheng, he has run such terrible results for two consecutive days. Will he be in poor condition in tomorrow's final?
Kraf and Tanui glanced at Cui Luoheng, and finally turned their heads away in silence - forget it, don't compare them with such a pervert.
Domestic audiences have not yet considered tomorrow's final as something so 'far away'. When it was confirmed that Cui Luoheng advanced to the final as the first in the group, everyone was already howling with excitement.
The post on the Track and Field Kingdom forum that hoped Cui Luoheng would get first place in the preliminaries, semifinals and finals was pushed up again. Many people replied to the post with just one sentence - now all that’s left is first place in the finals!
It is still unknown how Cui Luoheng will perform in the final. At the competition site at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium in Japan, as the contestants in the first group of the semi-finals left the field, the contestants in the second group of the semi-finals could not help but turn their heads to look at the big screen after they came on stage to check on the crazy result of the first place contestant.
'What a lunatic! '
After Cui Luoheng ran 13.16 seconds in the preliminaries and earned the title of madman, his 13.04 seconds in the semifinals once again deepened the impression of him as a madman in the minds of other players.
When the second group of the semi-finals ended, the domestic audience was still celebrating for Cui Luoheng from the first group. However, when the audience saw the results of the second group of players, an uproar began to break out on the public screen of the sports channel's live broadcast room.
Final results of the second group of semi-finals:
First place: Van der Berg (South Africa), 13.1 seconds, wind speed +0.6m/s;
Second place: Jagger (USA), 13.27 seconds, wind speed +0.6m/s;
Third place: …
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It was also an Olympic-level semi-final, but the gap in results between the second group and the first group made many spectators stare with wide eyes.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen laughed.
“Some viewers may think that there is a big gap between the strength of the two groups of runners. In fact, as we said before the game, this 110m hurdles
In the competition, the strength gap between the athletes in the three semi-final groups is not too big. In the 110-meter hurdles event, we have repeatedly said that there are very few athletes who can run within 13.20 seconds. ”
"Take the data from last year, that is, 2019, as an example. In the outdoor season of 2019, there were only nine athletes worldwide who ran the 110-meter hurdles within 13.20 seconds. In the 100-meter sprint, there were 19 athletes who ran within 10 seconds. If we must make a comparison, there were nine athletes worldwide who ran the 100-meter within 9.95 seconds in 2019."
"So, in the 110m hurdles event, runners who can run in the 13.20 second range are already rarer than 100m sprinters who can break the 10-second barrier for the 100m."
"In today's semi-finals, the players in the first group of semi-finals really performed above their level, but the players in the second group of semi-finals actually also ran a good enough result."
Despite repeated explanations by Shao Minyi and Li Sen, many viewers were still amazed at the two sets of results they saw.
After the second group of competitions ended, the third group of contestants once again captured the hearts of Chinese audiences - Lu Mengfan appeared in this group.
After Lu Mengfan appeared on the stage, the domestic audience's original excitement had completely subsided.
In fact, although the strength of the players in the three groups is basically equal, among the players in the third group of the semi-finals, there is Vladimir from Russia, a killer who is much more ferocious than Cui Luoheng. In addition, Fabregas, who ranked second in the overall score of the preliminaries, is also participating in this group.
It can be said that if there are no accidents, Vladimir and Fabregas will definitely take the two places in the final.
So far, the top two among the remaining players are Tanui and Lepvorst from the first group, with scores of 13.17 and 13.31 respectively.
This means that if Lu Mengfan wants to enter the finals, he must at least finish third in his group, and his final personal result must be within 13.31 seconds.
However, so far, Lu Mengfan has only had one result below 13.31 seconds, which was the game in which he ran a PB of 13.26 seconds.
On the field, Lu Mengfan squatted on the starting blocks with a stern expression. The audience could see that Lu Mengfan was nervous and expectant at the moment - weren't they the same in front of the TV?
if……
What if two players from the Chinese team could advance to the 110m hurdles final at the same time?
With such expectations, everyone looked nervously towards the stadium, and then listened to the starting gun bang - the last race of the 110-meter hurdles semi-finals began!
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