Shortly after the men's 4x400m sprinters took the stage, the women's javelin finalists also arrived on the field to prepare for the final.
At the same time as the women's javelin finalists took to the stage, the Chinese track and field team's last two events, except for the marathon, had also all stepped onto the field.
"Unconsciously, the quadrennial Olympic schedule is coming to an end. I wonder if the men's 4x400m sprint relay team and the women's javelin Lin Weiran can bring new surprises to the Chinese team in this final competition?"
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen of course also saw the appearance of the women's javelin final group.
In the previous women's javelin qualifying competition, Lin Weiran advanced to the finals as the first in the group. Lin Weiran's condition this year can be said to be very stable and excellent. If she can continue to perform well in the finals, then in tonight's women's javelin final, she is fully expected to compete for medals, or even gold and silver medals.
The audience in the sports channel's online live broadcast room are also full of expectations at this moment -
[Ahhh, Lin Weiran, go for it! ! ! 】
[Come on relay team, come on Lin Weiran! I wish the relay team will advance easily tonight and Lin Weiran will win the gold and silver medals! 】
In the audience, Jiang Wentao and others looked a little nervous, but overall they were relaxed. Although the men's 4x400m sprint relay team faced strong opponents, the players in the team were very strong and they had never been nervous in major competitions.
Needless to say, Lin Weiran is one of the big sisters in the throwing group. She has been invited to the Diamond League every year in recent years. She is a world-class female javelin thrower. As long as she performs as expected, there will be no problem.
On the field, the first runners of the eight teams have all made their preparations. Zhang Ziyi has also squatted on his starting block, waiting for the final start time.
In the short time before the start of the game, Zhang Ziyi originally thought that he should concentrate fully and wait for the game command to sound, but he vaguely remembered in his mind that he once thought that if he stepped onto the Olympic arena, he might be so nervous that he would not know how to relax.
But now, he was clearly squatting on the starting blocks, waiting for the start of this preliminary round, but he was still able to maintain a relaxed yet appropriately tense state.
——This is exactly the state that is most suitable for exerting one's own strength during the competition.
Even when Zhang Jiale was feeling nervous because of the competition, they were still able to comfort him in a very calm and tolerant manner so that he would not bear too much pressure.
It was at this moment that Zhang Ziyi suddenly realized that China's men's 400-meter sprint event had grown to its current level without anyone noticing.
This thought only flashed through his mind. Soon, after the starter's voice sounded on the radio, Zhang Ziyi shook off the unnecessary thoughts in his mind and focused his attention on the track.
"The game is about to start!"
As Shao Minyi finished speaking, the starter also issued the final instructions for the start of the race through the on-site broadcast: "Get ready, everyone."
"Bang!"
When the gun went off, the scene, which had been so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, suddenly boiled over like an erupting volcano. The audience's cheers poured out almost at the same time, burning the atmosphere of the entire stadium to a blazing heat.
On the track, eight athletes moved at the moment the gun went off. Among them, the one with the fastest starting speed was McPherson of the Jamaican team. His performance in today's competition seemed to be to prove his strength again - just like the previous wrong lane foul was just an accident.
The second person in terms of starting reaction speed was the first runner Sora Akiyama from the Japanese team. Competing at home, the Japanese relay team members of course had to go all out and strive for the most perfect performance.
Zhang Ziyi's reaction speed at the start is also not slow, with a reaction time of 0.153 seconds ranking third. After the start, Zhang Ziyi's explosive power is also very strong. In the competition on the curve, he is not inferior to those black players with strong explosive power!
"Well, Zhang Shuai's start was very stable and her performance in the corners was also very good. This was a very good opening performance!"
There was obvious joy in Li Sen's voice. Zhang Ziyi's start on the track was indeed perfect, and he was not much inferior to McPherson in front of him.
Moreover, from the perspective of Shao Minyi and Li Sen, Zhang Ziyi's running today was a little bit conservative. As for why he was running a little bit conservatively?
Of course, that is preparing for tomorrow's final!
Shao Minyi and Li Sen glanced at each other in the live broadcast room, and both raised their eyebrows - has the national track and field team's 4x400m sprint relay reached the level where they can advance to the finals even if they hold back a little?
In the audience, Pei Jinan was actually a little worried. He had heard Su Bai explain today's preliminary plan to him - Su Bai asked Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen not to run too hard in today's game, and to save a little energy for tomorrow's final.
Pei Jinan was a little worried at the time. You know, in the men's 4x400m sprint relay in the last Olympics, the two teams that advanced to the finals had scores of 2 minutes 59.58 seconds and 3 minutes 00.43 seconds respectively. But the current PB of the Chinese men's 4x400m sprint relay is only 3 minutes 01.07 seconds. Even if the strength of all the members has improved now, can they really advance to the finals according to Su Bai's requirements?
Instead, Su Bai took out an analysis form and handed it to Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao. On it was the training analysis record of the men's relay team before the Olympics. From the multiple sets of analysis data before the Olympics, it can be seen that the men's relay team has been able to approach or refresh the previous relay team's PB in training, and from the personal data of several players in the team, it can be seen that these players are mostly competitive players, and their performance in actual competitions, especially in major competitions, is far better than their daily training data.
It can be said that the players in the men's 4x400m sprint relay are already very mature in terms of strength, technique and mentality. Su Bai believes that the current team members can try to "take a gamble".
Su Bai didn't say what he wanted to gamble on, but Pei Jinan and the others probably guessed what Su Bai was thinking.
Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao did not stop Su Bai's decision. Although they were still nervous, they also had expectations at the same time - maybe, maybe?
At this moment, everyone in the audience was watching the game in front of them nervously, watching Zhang Ziyi moving forward steadily and firmly on the field.
On the track, perhaps because Qiu Wen was not in this baton, the performances of each player were relatively stable. Even among these stable players, Zhang Ziyi's performance was also excellent. After entering the second straight, Zhang Ziyi was already in third place on the field. Only McPherson and Belgium's first runner Gunard surpassed Zhang Ziyi's position, while the first runner of Trinidad and Tobago was slightly behind Zhang Ziyi by half a body length, and was unable to overtake even in the final baton handover stage.
"good!"
In the audience, Pei Jinan was the first to shout "good job". Zhang Ziyi secured the third place for the Chinese team in the first leg, and then the baton was passed to Qiu Wen.
In this Olympic Games, Qiu Wen can be said to have achieved outstanding results. Not only did McPherson suffer a great loss at his hands, but also Te Kau and Machal of Trinidad and Tobago were completely defeated by Qiu Wen.
Even though he had just finished the men's 400m sprint final last night, his physical recovery ability is excellent, and now his condition has recovered by 70% to 80%. Coupled with his notoriety as the 'rhythm destroyer', it was almost visible to the naked eye that the second runner on the field had a bit of chaotic rhythm at the start.
Some of these people wanted to run faster in the starting phase and stay away from Qiu Wen, while others simply became PTSD when they saw Qiu Wen, causing their mentality to collapse as soon as they took over.
For example, after Marcher took over the baton, he wanted to overtake Qiu Wen quickly, so he ran a little too fast in the first corner. As a result, his rhythm was disrupted. Then he remembered that he should not disrupt his rhythm because of Qiu Wen, but in fact, at this stage his own rhythm had already been disrupted by the previous outburst.
On the seventh lane, Qiu Wen had no idea how his behavior had affected the players around him.
In this race, because Su Bai told him not to run so hard, he relaxed a little, and the result of this relaxation was that his rhythm seemed more free-spirited. He ran happily, and although he ran at his own will, his speed was not slow at all. After passing the first bend and entering the merging line, although Qiu Wen was in the outer lane of the seventh lane, his speed in cutting into the inner lane was not slow at all.
On the track, the players from other teams originally thought that after Qiu Wen cut into the inner lane, his rhythm would be restricted by the rhythm of the first Jamaican player and would not appear so chaotic. However, Qiu Wen may have felt uncomfortable running in the innermost lane due to the restricted rhythm, so he simply cut into the second lane.
Therefore, Qiu Wen, who was in the first place in the second lane, was running at his own pace with complete ease. The runners who had already merged into the innermost lane or the back of the second lane thought that Qiu Wen's pace would be restricted after merging lanes, but it turned out that the distance between them and Qiu Wen became closer, and they were affected more.
At this time, almost all the second runners on the field, except Qiu Wen, had a mental breakdown.
The Jamaican athlete Fraser, who was in the first place, simply didn't give up. He relied on his speed advantage and rushed to the front with all his strength to avoid being affected by Qiu Wen, which would not be worth the loss.
But with Qiu Wen's current strength, it is difficult for the players after Fraser to completely leave Qiu Wen behind like Fraser did.
After Fraser ran to the front, Qiu Wen seized the opportunity and cut into the innermost lane accurately.
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The players from other teams who were originally hesitating whether to sprint or not, when they saw Qiu Wen cutting into the inner lane so aggressively, many of them immediately glared and their faces turned pale.
This was clearly the Olympic men's 4x400m sprint relay preliminaries, a scene that should have made the audience feel extremely nervous. However, in the second leg, because of Qiu Wen, the rhythm of the stadium seemed extremely funny for a moment.
Even Shao Minyi and Li Sen in the commentary room, or Jiang Wentao and others in the audience, with their wide knowledge and experience, did not expect such a situation to occur on the court.
After hesitating for a while, Shao Minyi said, "Next, perhaps teams from all countries will conduct targeted defense and training against opponents like Qiu Wen."
When the game reached the third leg, the Chinese team had already moved into second place because of Qiu Wen's amazing performance. Zhang Jiale felt a little confused when he took over the baton, but no matter how confused he was, he would not allow the current advantage of the Chinese team to be completely lost in his own hands.
After fully committing himself to the game, even though Zhang Jiale was inferior to other opponents on the field, he still managed to keep the Chinese team in the third place in his batting order.
In the end, Li Junhao, who was in fourth place, fulfilled his promise as he said before the game. Although he fell behind slightly in the baton passing and the first bend between the third and fourth legs, he soon overtook Tekau, who was in third place, and successfully set the Chinese team's final result in third place.
When they saw Li Junhao successfully cross the finish line, Shao Minyi and Li Sen also excitedly announced in the live broadcast: "Congratulations to the athletes of the Chinese 4x400m sprint relay team. They successfully qualified for the 4x400m sprint relay final with the third place in the group!"
Not long after the results were announced, the official Weibo account of the national track and field team also released a new Weibo post:
The official Weibo account of the National Track and Field Team said: "In the men's 4x400 sprint relay competition at the Tokyo Olympics tonight, the Chinese 4x400m sprint relay team finished third in the relay group with a time of 3:00.19, and successfully advanced to the men's 4x400m sprint final. This result also broke the Chinese men's 4x400m sprint relay record! Let us congratulate them together! Let's cheer for them together!"
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