The teams in the finals were already well known to many viewers who were waiting for the competition in front of the TV. Many viewers had seen the list of preliminary results rankings compiled on Weibo on the Internet, and had also seen the preliminary results form and the call. Only then did a new group of viewers flock to the live broadcast of the finals on the evening of July 31.
In the editing and editing room of the sports channel, someone is comparing the online live broadcast data of tonight's track and field events with that of other events in real time. In previous Olympic live broadcasts, track and field events were often at a disadvantage. In this year's competition, however, there was a completely different performance.
"The attention paid to track and field competitions is really different nowadays than it used to be." A staff member of a sports channel casually sighed, and many people around him smiled and nodded in agreement.
While chatting and laughing, everyone turned their attention to the live broadcast of the current Olympic track and field competition.
On the field, all eight finalist teams have appeared. The first runners of each team have already completed various preparatory actions such as adjusting the starting blocks at their starting positions. Since the Chinese team ranked only seventh in the preliminaries, their lane order in the final was a bit bad, being the second lane, the innermost.
"The lanes of this final are not very friendly to the Chinese team's players, because in the innermost and outermost lanes, the athletes need to pay more attention to control their bodies when turning, which will definitely have a certain impact on the athletes' speed..." Shao Minyi was introducing the situation on the field at this time.
"Especially since our players are already at a disadvantage, this round is even more difficult for the Chinese players..."
In the preliminaries, the Chinese team ran a NR of 3 minutes 15.09 seconds, which seemed to be better than the Canadian team's 3 minutes 15.99 seconds, but in fact, the Canadian team's best result was even higher than the Chinese team's NR.
It can be said that if we only look at the team's best results, the Chinese team is already the bottom team in the finals.
Of course, the team's best result does not represent the team's current status. The actual results of the competition still depend on the performance of each team on the field. However... the original performance data was at the bottom, and the team was in an unfavorable lane...
This situation is bound to make people even more worried.
After introducing the situation, Shao Minyi felt that it was inappropriate to talk about it now, so he added: "In fact, it is a miracle that the Chinese team can enter the finals in this game. In the subsequent games, I just hope that the players of the Chinese team can fully exert their strength and show their strength and style. This is enough!"
"Yes." Li Sen also confirmed: "In fact, if we look at the scene at this moment, just look at the first runners of each team. They are all experienced 400m champions from various countries. Their individual 400m scores are all within 45 seconds, or even within 44 seconds. From the comparison of the individual scores of each player, the fact that the Chinese team can stand on this field... Just like Lao Shao said, it is already a miracle."
On the field, Zhang Jiale, who was at the starting line of the second lane, felt a little dazed when he looked at the first runners on the tracks in front of him on the right.
Speaking of which, his career is truly legendary - after all, apart from him, there are probably few players in China who can directly compete in the Olympics after participating in an international competition for the first time, right?
There is a traditional habit in the national team for the cultivation of talents. For example, if they are optimistic about a certain player, they will put pressure on him and let him participate in more competitions, especially international competitions, as much as possible, to prevent him from being affected by nervousness when he really competes in major competitions.
Like him...
Zhang Jiale looked up at the first runners of each team, and then suddenly changed from a trance state to a strange state of excitement.
He seemed to continue his eagerness for new games after yesterday's game.
Look!
There are so many awesome guys in this arena!
The next time, he wants to compete with these big guys again, but he doesn’t know when that will be... In such an arena, it is not shameful for him to lose to these big guys, and he can also feel the feeling of competing against these big guys on the same stage!
As Zhang Jiale thought about these things, the excitement in his heart became even more intense.
In the commentary room of the sports channel live broadcast, Shao Minyi and Li Sen started from lane 9 and introduced the first runners of each team one by one. Now it was finally Zhang Jiale's turn. They originally thought that Zhang Jiale might be very nervous, but when they saw him smiling and greeting the camera lens, they felt that Zhang Jiale's psychological quality was really good.
"As for the player Zhang Jiale, although this is his first international competition, his mental state seems to be pretty good, whether it was yesterday's preliminaries or today's finals..." Shao Min secretly cheered in her heart when she saw Zhang Jiale greet the camera and then immediately wait for the game.
"Anyway, let's look forward to this final together!"
As the words fell, the lights on the field were adjusted. The setting of the Olympic finals was similar to that of the World Championships, and both used the latest technology to add visual effects to the field. Now that the lights were dimmed, only the light strips on the track were lit, drawing everyone's attention to the track.
"Everyone, take your positions."
The starter's voice sounded during the broadcast.
"preparation."
"Bang!"
With the crisp sound of a gunshot, the competition officially begins!
From the moment the gun went off, the eight first runners on the track all started instantly, and the explosion from extreme stillness to extreme movement took only a brief moment.
In the audience seats, the cheers from the audience also began to burn and explode like boiling oil, and the entire Olympic Stadium was filled with almost tangible waves of excitement that made people blurry and confused.
On the track, Zhang Jiale's spirit re-immersed himself deeply in his mind from the moment he started. In his mind, the "sense of rhythm" that Su Bai once emphasized to him once again rang in his mind.
The rhythm of each 100-meter segment, the short time of each 10-meter segment, the speed of 4 consecutive 100-meter segments, the number of steps and stride length in each rhythm...
The so-called "rhythm" is certainly not as simple as the beat of clapping. While Su Bai was instilling the concept of rhythm in him, he also sorted out for him the body control and everything else he must do under different rhythms.
In Su Bai's teaching, the contents were detailed to the time when his left and right feet landed and the time when they were in the air. Su Bai used a special method to make him memorize these in the simplest "rhythm" in his mind, and eventually even allowed him to quickly adjust his movement state after thinking of the corresponding rhythm.
Step by step…
Step, step, step.
Zhang Jiale's speed is certainly not outstanding among all the top players on the field, and because he is in the second lane on the innermost side, he has the last starting position among all the players. From a visual point of view, ordinary spectators cannot see his speed at all at this stage.
"good!"
In the audience, Su Bai watched Zhang Jiale's performance on the field, then his eyes lit up slightly, and he lowered his head to write something in the notebook in his hand.
Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao were still sitting next to him today. As veteran track and field athletes, they could certainly see how Zhang Jiale was doing on the field.
Looking at Zhang Jiale's steady and smooth rhythm, the two nodded slightly, but the final had already begun, and their eyes were closely following Zhang Jiale's figure on the field, and they had no energy to say anything else.
"Zhang Jiale is in great shape!" Li Sen stared at the court nervously. "His rhythm is very steady, and he is not much behind the top players on the court. This is a very good performance!"
Li Sen even felt that Zhang Jiale's speed seemed to be slightly faster than the first runner of the Canadian team in the ninth lane, the Belgian team in the third and eighth lanes, and the Polish team, but this thought only flashed through Li Sen's mind for a moment and he did not say it out loud.
Although the first runners of each team are not the strongest in their teams, they are all world-class 400m champions, while Zhang Jiale is a newcomer who has never participated in any international competitions except the Olympics (?)...
Even with the experience of Li Sen and Shao Min, they dare not say that Zhang Jiale can run as fast as the fifth place in the first leg...
Li Sen and Shao Minyi looked at each other, neither of them was sure, but after Shao Minyi thought for a moment, he said, "Zhang Jiale is in very good shape right now. Compared with the three players in the third, eighth and ninth lanes, the speed of the Chinese team's Zhang Jiale is not only not behind, but he is even slightly ahead!"
In the audience seats, the audience relied on their own observations, and although the results might not be accurate, they could certainly feel that the Chinese team members were not slow!
After yesterday's preliminaries, when it was confirmed that the Chinese team would make it to the finals, many Chinese spectators who were originally in Japan bought the transferred tickets through various channels. At this time, they were in the audience seats, supporting a few scattered red seas for the Chinese team. At the same time, they were also excitedly cheering for the players on the field with all their might.
"China team! Come on!"
"Come on, Chinese team!!! Come on, Zhang Jiale!!!"
Even in this Olympic arena where the sound waves seem to be able to condense into substance, the cheers from the Chinese audience still penetrate the sound waves and hit the ears of the athletes on the track.
On the track, Zhang Jiale was constantly reviewing his every rhythm and step in his mind, and in front of him, what he saw was that the distance between him and the first runner of the Belgian team in front of him seemed to be gradually closing!
The feeling of getting closer and closer to the player in front of him was simply too wonderful - although Zhang Jiale knew that this was because he was in the innermost lane, and as the race progressed, the distance between him and the other players at the starting position would gradually be narrowed, but even so, watching the distance between himself and the player in front of him getting closer still made his whole body feel more powerful.
because……
This at least shows that when he faced these international powerhouses, his speed was not completely outpaced by them!
When entering the second bend, perhaps because there were so many Chinese spectators in this area, Zhang Jiale only heard waves of cheers in Chinese coming towards him. The passionate shouts were almost like a huge wave, sweeping over his body and pushing him forward frantically.
quick!
He can be faster!
Chase the first runner of the Belgian team in front and then overtake him!
The rhythm in Zhang Jiale's mind was getting faster and faster with the excited thoughts in his heart. This fast rhythm had exceeded the rhythm standard that Su Bai had set for him. He could feel the heaviness and soreness in his body due to the accumulation of lactic acid, and the pain in his throat caused by the faster rhythm and drastic changes in breathing.
But his mind was excited, and this feeling of excitement suppressed the clamor of his body. He gritted his teeth, controlled his body movements, and then started a crazy attack in the final straight sprint section!
"Zhang Jiale...! Zhang Jiale is speeding up and sprinting! He has surpassed the first runner from Belgium and the first runner from Canada!"
"Sixth place!!!" Shao Minyi's voice was full of hoarseness and excitement: "Zhang Jiale is now very close to the first place of the Polish team. Judging from the lanes of the two teams, Zhang Jiale is very likely to be in the lead as well!!"
"The baton will be passed on soon..."
"Pass the baton! Chinese team, fifth place!!!"
Shao Minyi and Li Sen's eyes were full of amazement. This was another result that they had never thought of before the game. Zhang Jiale was able to lead the Chinese team to fifth place in the first leg!
I should say...
Is Zhang Jiale worthy of being the 400-meter athlete chosen by Su Bai?
On the public screen of the sports channel's online live broadcast room, the audience was shouting "Oh my God" crazily again.
[Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!] ! What the hell? ! Fifth place? ! ! ! 】
[Ahhh, fuck, Lele is awesome. If anyone says again that there is some shady business behind Lele's entry into the national team, I will be the first to kill him! ! ! 】
[Oh shit, is Zhang Jiale so powerful? I really didn’t know him before, this speed and rhythm are amazing! ! ! 】
[Damn, the camera just scanned the baton handover area and Lele fell down...]
Just as netizens on the Internet were screaming excitedly because of the Chinese team's baton passing position, on the field, after using up his last bit of strength to pass the baton steadily to Chen Yada, Zhang Jiale didn't even have the strength to take two more steps forward. He fell directly to his knees on the track, supporting himself with his hands on the ground, gasping for breath and unable to get up.
After the baton passing was completed for all eight teams, the staff beside the track quickly came to the track, helped Zhang Jiale up, and moved him to a position beside the track to rest and adjust.
"Zhang Jiale, the first runner, laid a very good starting point for the Chinese team, but the next three runs are still very dangerous for the Chinese team!"
Li Sen's voice had suppressed the excitement brought by the first-run result, and his voice was serious with a sense of tension and anticipation.
Currently, the strongest scores in the second leg come from the United States and Bahrain. The second and third female 400m runners of the United States team, as well as Nasser of the Bahrain team, all have results within 50 seconds. Among the remaining players tonight, except for Lin Yao, the worst 400m player has a PB of 51.57 seconds.
Compared with yesterday's preliminaries, today's teams have made further progress in the average scores of their players.
In yesterday’s match, Lin Yao was able to keep herself from falling behind, so what about today?
Li Sen and Shao Minyi... and millions of viewers in front of the TV, all of them were watching the second runner-up race in front of them, and they were all worried about the condition of Lin Yao, the third runner-up who would run later.
On the track, Chen Yada was also sprinting with all her might. Unlike the day before when the Chinese team had firmly maintained the second place, today on the track, the Chinese team was in the second half of the race. After taking over the baton and turning, Chen Yada took advantage of her position on the second track and quickly moved into the innermost lane after passing the merging line. The second runner of the Belgian team lagged behind slightly and was temporarily stuck behind Chen Yada.
The second runners from Poland and Canada who cut into the inner lane from the eighth and ninth lanes did not cut directly into the innermost lane, but got stuck in the second lane. Obviously, they were all looking for opportunities to overtake Chen Yada.
On the track, although there was a certain distance between Chen Yada and several players behind and on the right, this distance was not enough to give her enough advantage.
It can be said that the four teams in the second half of the competition are in a very close competition with each other, and their positions may change at any time.
If we keep this pace and pass the baton to the third baton...
With Lin Yao's speed, it is very likely that she will not only fail to maintain the fifth place, but may even fall further behind...!
At this time, Lin Yao was already standing in the baton passing area. She had seen that Chen Yada and others were in a stalemate with each other. Looking at the scene behind her, Lin Yao clenched her hands slightly, and there was visible tension on her face.
Chen Yada, who was in the second leg, had already reached the final sprint stage. In the final sprint stage, Chen Yada gritted her teeth and increased her speed even further, desperately putting some distance between herself and the runners behind her - she had to create a little more space for Lin Yao!
The heavy limbs and the loss of physical strength could not shake her will. When the baton was passed to Lin Yao, Chen Yadan shouted loudly from the back - "Lin Yao, come on!!!"
Lin Yao, come on! !
From the moment she took over the baton, Lin Yao's mind buzzed. How could she not see that Chen Yada's accelerated sprint at the last moment was to give her more space and reduce her pressure.
Among the four members of the mixed men's and women's relay team, she is actually the only one with the least number of tasks to participate in this Olympics. Chen Yada still has her own women's 400m preliminaries on the 3rd... She has the ability to make it to the semifinals! But she totally disregarded her own physical strength. In the last stage just now, in order to reduce her pressure, she sprinted at full capacity...!
Including Zhang Jiale, the first runner, and Li Junhao, the last runner...
They will have the men's 4x400m relay to do later, but in this arena, she is the one who puts in the least effort and is the biggest drag...
Whenever she thought of this, Lin Yao's mind couldn't completely calm down.
For her, this may be her last chance to participate in the Olympics, so what qualifications and reasons does she have for not giving it her all on the track? !
Just like I told myself yesterday - don’t leave any regrets on the track!
After the buzzing sound in her head, the determination and ferocity in Lin Yao's eyes became even more intense. She looked forward with an almost crazy persistence in her eyes!
She can't lose, and can't let the results brought by her teammates be ruined in her hands! !
Lin Yao's speed and condition were faster than ever before. She could feel that she had run at a speed and achieved results that she had never achieved before, but this was far from enough!
Behind and to her sides, she could feel that the third runners from Belgium and Poland were trying to overtake her, and the distance between them was getting closer and closer!
Can't!
Lin Yao's eyes were almost bleeding as she stared at the track ahead of her, while also trying hard to mobilize the last bit of her physical strength.
Hurry up!
She could definitely go faster!
When passing the second bend, just like all her teammates in front of her, thunderous cheers from the Chinese audience came towards her from the audience seats.
"Go China!!!"
"Come on, Yao sister!!!"
This roaring sound hit Lin Yao's brain, or perhaps, because the contestants behind her were very close to her, Lin Yao could also hear anxiety in the cheers.
"Lin Yao! Come on, hold on!!"
In the commentary booth, Shao Minyi's voice was also full of seriousness and tension. He could see that Lin Yao was trying very hard, but the speed of the players from other teams on the track and the distance between them and Lin Yao were frightening.
"come on!!!"
At this stage of the commentary, it is difficult to put aside the nervousness of facing their own national team and make an objective evaluation. The only words left in the voices of Shao Minyi and Li Sen were nervous and come on.
In the final sprint, Lin Yao gritted her teeth and tried her best, but she still couldn't get rid of the teams behind her. She could even see the third runner of the Polish team on her right out of the corner of her eye.
When passing the baton to the fourth runner Li Junhao, Lin Yao no longer had any strength left. She only had time to shout "Come on" to Li Junhao from behind.
The baton passing times for the third and fourth runners of the Polish and Belgian teams were very close to those of the Chinese team. Lin Yao knew that she had eliminated the advantage that Zhang Jiale had opened up in the first runner-up. The feeling of frustration and pressure made her eyes turn red in an instant, and tears filled her eyes. She stood on the track, clenched her fists, looked in the direction where Li Junhao was rushing out, gritted her teeth, her eyes red, until the staff shouted at her, she remembered to move to a position outside the track.
Chen Yadan was also resting here. She looked at Lin Yao, opened her arms and hugged her, then smiled and said, "You ran very well."
Lin Yao, who was trying hard to hold back her tears, burst into tears after hearing these words. She sobbed and hugged Chen Yadan, crying, "I'm sorry, Sister Dan, I can't distance myself from them..."
"I really want to do it...but I can't pull it open..." Lin Yao said while crying, Chen Yada just hugged her and patted her shoulder.
"It's okay. We still have Ah Hao in fourth place. Believe in your teammates, just like we believe that you can hold on to the fifth spot."
"Look, Ah Hao has distanced himself from them!"
Hearing Chen Yada's voice, Lin Yao turned her head and looked at the track nervously - Li Junhao... He was running like crazy on the track!
When the last baton was passed to Li Junhao, his explosive speed surprised the Belgian, Polish and Canadian players who were in the fourth baton.
They originally thought that by the fourth leg, the gap between them and the Chinese team was so close that they would definitely be able to overtake the Chinese players.
But now…
Li Junhao's speed was beyond their expectations. The Chinese player's running style seemed to be a controlled flow, but there was something
Slightly different...
It is this different feeling that makes the Chinese player in front of him run with the momentum and feeling of a beast, but he is able to perfectly integrate all of this with the control flow running style.
The fourth runners who originally thought they could catch up with Li Junhao discovered during the pursuit that the Chinese runner was much faster than them...
Are they in bad condition?
Or maybe... this Chinese player also has the ability to finish within 45 seconds? !
They didn’t know... they could only watch Li Junhao sprint forward.
The last 100 meters, 50 meters...
They kept trying to overtake, but were never able to overtake the fourth runner of the Chinese team in front of them. In the end... they could only watch as the fourth runner of the Chinese team crossed the finish line in fifth place.
When Li Junhao crossed the finish line, all the Chinese audiences in the audience seats, the commentary room of the sports channel, and the live broadcast on TV...all shouted excitedly at this moment!
Congratulations to the Chinese team - well done, Chinese team! !
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