After Cui Luoheng retired, only the third group of the 110-meter hurdles semi-finals had yet to go on. According to the results of the second group of the semi-finals, except for the top two athletes in the third group who advanced directly, the remaining athletes had to at least surpass the 13.39 score of the fifth place athlete in the second group to qualify for the finals.
Compared with the previous two groups, the third group of the semi-finals did not seem easy at all. In the end, the first two direct qualifying spots in the third group went to Spanish star Clough and South African star Van der Berg.
Jamaica's 110m hurdles star Tanui performed poorly in the semi-finals and made serious mistakes. He hit the hurdles continuously in the semi-finals and finally crashed directly into the hurdles, failing to finish the race.
It was also due to Tanui's serious mistake that other players on the field had a significant impact. The results of the third group of players in the semi-finals were not ideal. The first two players who advanced directly had scores of only 13.17 and 13.28. The third player's score was very close to the second, which was 13.30, just grabbing a substitute qualifying spot.
After this athlete successfully qualified for the substitute promotion, the fourth-place athlete in the third group of the semi-finals had a time of 13.52 seconds and had no hope of advancing.
At this point, the three groups of 110-meter hurdles semi-finals have ended. In the semi-finals of the first and third groups, except for the third group of players who won one supplementary qualifying spot, the remaining supplementary qualifying spots all fell on the players in the second group of the semi-finals.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were reviewing the situation of the third group of semi-finals while calculating which players had successfully advanced.
"In this 110m hurdles competition, unexpected situations occurred in both the preliminaries and semifinals. As an experienced veteran, Tanui suffered such a serious hit in his career. I hope Tanui was not seriously injured when he fell to the ground just now."
"The runners in the third group of the semi-finals were obviously affected by Tanui's fall, especially the French star Stuart who was next to Tanui. He also missed the next few hurdles and finally ran only 13.60 seconds. It was really a pity."
"Now that the results of the three groups of contestants have all been displayed, we can actually determine the final list of direct advancers through the current results table."
After Shao Minyi finished speaking, the final list of participants in the 110-meter hurdles appeared on the TV screen. They were Vladimir and Fabregas from the first group, McReady and Cui Luoheng from the second group, and Kraf and van der Berg from the third group. Among the remaining players, those who qualified as substitutes were Lepvorst and Kostaman from the second group and Cypriot player McVries from the third group.
Compared to Shao Minyi and Li Sen who seemed very serious because of their TV commentary, the discussion among track and field fans in the live broadcast room of the sports channel had already gone astray to a strange corner because of a name.
[Emmmm, I don’t know why, but I always feel that the name of a contestant and his ranking position look very familiar? 】
[Ahem, what a coincidence, I also seem to feel that there is someone who looks particularly familiar. 】
[Let me recall, who was the last player in the first group of preliminaries yesterday? 】
[Reply to the previous question. I know. I’ll answer it for you! Bahrain athlete - Costaman! 】
[What a coincidence, who is the last player to advance to the semi-finals today? 】
【=w=! Kostaman from Bahrain. 】
_(:3)∠)_
Hey, how come Kostaman advanced last again?
This really seems like good luck, right?
Although Kostaman was not well-known in China, his name has been associated with the word "koi" and has successfully become a hot topic after he advanced to the next round as the last in the preliminaries yesterday and again successfully advanced to the next round as the last in the semifinals today.
After the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries ended yesterday, there was originally a meme that said "Retweet this Kostaman, you can also be last in the group but successfully advance." Today, this meme has become more and more intense and has become "Retweet this Kostaman, you can also happily make it to the finals."
Of course, Kostaman's performance in this semi-final was actually remarkable, but the fact that he advanced as the last place in two consecutive games made the people who liked to make memes unable to stop.
After the 110-meter hurdles semi-final, Cui Luoheng quickly returned to the Chinese team's players' lounge. The Chinese team's masseurs and assistant coaches had already been waiting in the lounge. After Cui Luoheng came back, they immediately began to arrange his inter-match adjustments and assisted him with massage to restore his muscles and so on.
Su Bai was still in the audience and had not gone backstage, but he made a video call to the lounge and asked about Cui Luoheng's current condition.
After receiving Su Bai's call, Cui Luoheng pursed his lips and looked a little nervous - in the previous race, he made a little mistake at the start, would Xiaobai blame him?
Of course, Su Bai would not blame Cui Luoheng for this mistake. Given his current condition, he just made a small mistake at the start, which was normal. Although Cui Luoheng adapted quickly, his reaction speed at the start would still be affected to a certain extent in the final later.
Su Bai glanced at Cui Luoheng who seemed a little nervous, remembering that although he was tall and strong, he always acted like a spoiled child and said that he had poor psychological quality. As a result, he was indeed affected by his condition this time, so he didn't dare to say it out loud.
Su Bai glanced at Cui Luoheng with some amusement. He did not intend to make him nervous, but praised him: "You performed well in the game just now, especially in the second half. You were in very good shape."
Cui Luoheng in the video blinked and it seemed that his nervousness was relieved a little.
After praising him, Su Bai smiled and told him not to be too nervous and to stay in shape. He also gave him some instructions, asking him to be careful about the degree of warm-up in the final later.
The warm-up area at Doha Stadium does not use circulating cooling for the entire stadium like the competition venue, so there will be a certain temperature change from the warm-up area to the venue. The finals are different from the semi-finals. The venue will be cleared at the time of the finals, and only the finalists of a single event will be present in the entire venue. The introduction before the start of the game will also be longer. If you warm up too much in advance, it is very likely that when the real game starts, the body will be affected by the warm-up and cooling down, which will affect the actual game state.
Cui Luoheng on the other end of the video nodded seriously. After Su Bai had a brief conversation with the assistant coach and the masseur, he quickly hung up the video so as not to affect the preparations in the backcourt.
After the video was hung up, a hammer throw qualifying competition here has ended. After this game, all the field events on site tonight have ended. What remains are the 3000-meter group competition, the men's 800-meter final, the men's 400-meter final and the final 110-meter hurdles final.
Before calling Cui Luoheng to explain, Su Bai had also called to inquire about the situation at Zhang Ziyi's place.
As an athlete who will participate in the men's 400m final tonight, Zhang Ziyi's condition seems to be a little more relaxed than in the semi-final the day before yesterday. However, through the video call, Su Bai can also see that the relaxed state is only relative.
For Zhang Ziyi, the men's 400m semi-final the day before yesterday was indeed his peak form. At that time, he tried his best and used the momentum he had accumulated for a long time. All he wanted was to rush into the finals and hold on for a breath.
After he did it, the heaviest burden on his heart was lifted, and his long-accumulated peak state completely broke out in the semi-final the day before yesterday.
The 400-meter semi-final the day before yesterday was like a gamble for Zhang Ziyi. Although he won the bet, he had already spent too much energy and spirit on it.
Although everyone knows that true strength should be fully released in the finals, that only applies to the top players who have enough power to crush other players.
Like Zhang Ziyi, in a semi-final like the day before yesterday, all he could do was to try his best and fight for a glimmer of hope of advancing.
After that day, although he rested for nearly two days, Zhang Ziyi knew in his heart that he was still unable to gather the original desperate momentum in such a short time.
His current state is a bit between nervous excitement and relaxation. He is excited, but not excited enough.
"No matter what, just don't leave any regrets."
Su Bai said this to Zhang Ziyi with a smile before hanging up the video.
Zhang Ziyi also agreed with a smile.
Just as Su Bai said, his achievements in this World Championships will not disappoint anyone. In this final, all he has to do is not to leave any regrets for himself.
In the audience, Qiu Wen, Li Junhao and Guo Dun were also there at the moment. They came together to cheer for Zhang Ziyi. In Qiu Wen's words: This is the first time that someone from the Chinese team has made it to the final of the men's 400m sprint at the World Championships. How can we not cheer for him here?
Not only Li Junhao and Guo Dun were pulled over by him, but also Chen Yada and Lin Yao were watching the game together on the sidelines.
As the men's 3000m group competition and the men's 800m final were over, and the 400m final was about to begin, Qiu Wen took out a selfie stick from somewhere and pulled Li Junhao, Guo Dun, Chen Yada, Lin Yao and others to take a selfie together, saying that he would post it on Weibo to cheer for Zhang Ziyi.
Everyone: ...? Are you sure that Lao Zhang can really see this right now?
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