Chapter 111
Not to mention Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming, even slightly more experienced track and field fans could see that Su Yu's forward speed seemed a bit slow today...
Many people's first subconscious reaction was "Is Su Yu not in a good condition today?"
But it didn't take long for Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming to realize that this was not the case - because Su Yu's overall rhythm on the field was very smooth, and it was visible to the naked eye that he was running very easily and comfortably. It didn't even look like he was competing, but simply training.
Neither Tian Ruhui nor Zhou Jiming knew that the thought in their minds turned out to be correct by accident.
Isn’t Su Yu’s preliminary match today just practice?
It’s just that others were practicing how to run faster, while Su Yu was practicing how to use limited physical energy to advance to the preliminaries.
Moreover, he was not the only one in the arena who had the same idea.
Including the other two outstanding players in this group of preliminaries, Yuki Kobayashi from Japan and Zhan Chunhan from the Taipei team, both of them were in very relaxed conditions during the preliminaries.
Of course, this does not mean that there are no players who go all out in the competition. It's just that there are only a few possibilities for players who go all out in the preliminaries. One is that they have not yet reached the ability to control their condition well. The second is that they are too excited before the game, that is, their competitive state is overflowing and they cannot suppress this mentality. The third is that their own strength makes it difficult for them to advance to the semi-finals, so they can only sprint all out in the preliminaries to compete for the opportunity to advance.
As for the other opponents in the same group as Su Yu and his team, most of them are in the third situation - their own strength is not enough to qualify for the promotion, and they can only go all out in the preliminaries to fight for the possibility of promotion.
After all, the other players in the same group with Su Yu are from Lebanon, North Korea, Brunei, Cambodia, Maldives and other countries. Among them, the only one who can barely compete with Su Yu in strength is the player from Lebanon, but this player's PB has not yet broken 20.80 seconds. Not to mention the rest of the players from North Korea and Brunei, their PBs are all below 21 seconds, and some of them even have PBs outside 21.50 seconds. It is really difficult to have much impact on the leading players Kobayashi Yuki, Zhan Chunhan and Su Yu.
Otherwise, why is it that the preliminary stage was basically stress-free for Su Yu, and was very suitable for him to adapt and learn to control his own abilities?
Su Yu did not miss this opportunity at all. He ran very relaxed throughout the entire race, and maybe even too relaxed at one point. He was briefly overtaken by the player from Lebanon when he was about to turn a corner. But when entering the last 80 meters of the straight stage, even though Su Yu was still in a relaxed state, the speed accumulated during the previous running process and the force from the elastic feedback of the ground still allowed him to have a short burst of speed in the later stage.
After seeing Su Yu overtake the Lebanese player again with almost no effort, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming found it difficult to say things like "our player Su Yu overtook and fought back with all his strength". Instead, they praised Su Yu for his increasingly mature mentality during the competition and for gradually showing the demeanor of a great general.
…
The people watching the game in the live broadcast room also looked as if they wanted to say something but were hesitant to do so. Especially when they heard Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming praising Su Yu's "general style", they fell into silence.
After all, he is a veteran and famous commentator, so he is good at praising.
Even this kind of massive letting of the players can be described as "a mature mentality for the game and the style of a great general."
What's the matter?
It turns out that our general style was gained by letting people go?
Well, as for these track and field fans and even the spectators, how did they know that Su Yu was letting the game go?
The thing is, even if we don’t mention that Su Yu’s reaction time at the start of this game was as slow as 0.147 seconds, just look at the final result of Su Yu and his team in this preliminaries and you will know -
2018 Jakarta Asian Games Men's 200m Dash Preliminary Group 3 Final Results -
First place: Zhan Chunhan (Chinese Taipei), 20.88 seconds (wind speed 0.2m/s), Q (directly qualified);
Second place: Yuki Kobayashi (Japan), 21.31 seconds (wind speed 0.2m/s), Q;
Third place: Su Yu (China), 21.38 seconds (wind speed 0.2m/s), Q;
Fourth place: …
:)
21.38 sec.
With this result, Su Yu let his PB go so far that the gap between him and his PB is almost 1 second!
If you don't say he is letting the game go, who would believe it? !
Although the players in other groups slacked off, they seldom did so to such an extreme extent. The basic results were all within 21.15 seconds. There was also a preliminary group which was regarded as the death group of the men's 200m. The top five players all achieved results within 21.15 seconds. If there were no accidents, at least two of the remaining players in the preliminary stage would qualify in that group.
Only the group that Su Yu was in was probably because the other players were too uncompetitive. Zhan Chunhan, Kobayashi Yuki and Su Yu were all running slowly. The only Lebanese player who had a chance to give Su Yu a slight advantage had average form and performance in the preliminaries.
When all these conditions are combined together, the final result is embarrassing.
After the results of all the members of this group came out, Su Yu, who ranked second and third, came to first and second in the overall ranking of the preliminary stage - of course, counting backwards.
As soon as the results came out, the onlookers on the live broadcast room of Jigu Video fell silent.
[Friends, who said that Su Yu will go all out in the preliminaries? 】
[…Fuck, the kid has grown up and learned bad things. Is this the first time that Su Yu has let the opponent win so blatantly in a competition? 】
[To be honest, in this way, Su Yu's physical energy consumption in the preliminary stage will indeed be less, right? In fact, you see, the other contestants didn’t do very well in the preliminary rounds? 】
That being said, didn’t Su Yu say that he would try his best to complete the tasks assigned to him by the coach in the game?
Not only the spectators were curious, Liu Yu was also very curious, so Liu Yu simply stopped Su Yu in the live interview after the preliminaries and asked this question -
Liu Yu: "Xiaoyu Xiaoyu, do you think you have completed the tasks and goals assigned to you by the coach in the preliminaries?"
Su Yu hesitated for a moment and replied, "It can be considered completed, but the control is not very good yet."
After all, he originally intended to 'relax a little', but 21.38 seconds was still a bit too much. Fortunately, the opponents in his group were not too strong, which allowed him to have a larger room for error. If he was facing a group with stronger opponents, and he could not control the scale of his 'relaxation' well, then he would most likely fail in the preliminaries due to excessive relaxation.
Therefore, athletes need sufficient experience in the contraction and release in the preliminaries and semi-finals. Pei Dingshan allowed him to adjust his contraction and release ability in the Asian Games, which was indeed a "bold" performance.
For example, at this moment Zheng Sheng also saw that Su Yu's performance in the preliminaries was to seek adjustments in self-control, so he looked at Pei Dingshan helplessly - these two people, one dares to say, and the other dares to do!
Although Liu Yu did not react that quickly, after hearing Su Yu's answer, he quickly understood that the "competition task" that Pei Dingshan gave to Su Yu was not a task in the traditional sense in most cases, but a "task" similar to controlling physical energy consumption.
Therefore, after seeing Su Yu say "It's not a good finish" with a slightly distressed look on his face, Liu Yu immediately smiled bitterly, but still encouraged Su Yu seriously: "It's okay, let's keep working hard in the semi-finals!"
Su Yu nodded seriously and thanked Liu Yu.
All the audience: "..."
puff.
Not to mention the audience, even Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming who were also watching the live interview couldn't help laughing. They really wanted to ask Liu Yu - Liu Ji, do you want to listen for yourself, is what you are saying human language?
Keep working hard in the semi-finals. Do you mean to encourage Su Yu to continue letting go in the semi-finals?
Even in the group "Su Yu and his friends" that Su Yu belonged to, Zhou Yuan, Ye Minghao, Jiang Yuan and Jiang Ruohui were all laughing at this moment.
Zhou Yuang: [No, I'm laughing so hard that my stomach hurts... Friends, how about we change the bet for the semi-finals? For example, let's bet on to what extent Su Xiaoyu will let the game go in the semi-finals? 】
Jiang Ruohui: [It’s so funny. In this interview, Xiaoyu seems to be seriously worrying about how he should complete the task, right? 】
Ye Minghao: [^^ Very cute. 】
Jiang Yuan: [^^]
Zhou Yuang: […Okay, you two squinty-eyed twins, do you want to bet or not? 】
Jiang Ruohui: [(gif of Xiaoyu thinking) But in the semi-finals, if we want to qualify for the finals, Xiaoyu shouldn’t let us down, right? 】
Jiang Yuan: [^^ Not necessarily. If Xiaoyu wants to maintain enough energy and condition for the finals, he should be more restrained in the semi-finals. Coach Pei should also ask this of him. 】
Ye Minghao: [I agree.] 】
Jiang Ruohui: [Eh? So we can still gamble? How much to bet? 】
Zhou Yuang: [Come on, come on, I’ll go first! I'll try to get 20.90 seconds! 】
Jiang Ruohui: [Then I’ll try 20.85 seconds? 】
Jiang Yuan: [20.70 seconds]
Ye Minghao: [^^Ah, you guys have taken all the good numbers, so I’ll just bet on 20.65 seconds. 】
Zhou Yuang: [Wait! Didn’t everyone say that Su Xiaoyu would restrain himself in the semi-finals? Yuanzi, Ye Zi, one of you managed 20.70 seconds and the other one managed 20.65 seconds. Does this mean Su Yu is 'restrained'? ! (Su Yu shocked gif)]
Su Yu: [……]
After Su Yu returned to the backcourt lounge and picked up his phone, he saw the people in the group talking nonsense. He pursed his lips and sent a series of messages in the group: [Don’t you all need training? 】
Zhou Yuang: [The coach is not here! 】
Jiang Ruohui: [The team organized us to watch the Asian Games sprint events together! Today's training task is relatively light! 】
Ye Minghao: 【^^With Huizi. 】
Jiang Yuan: [^^The coach is not here either. 】
Su Yu: [……]
In fact, for people like Zhou Yuang and Jiang Yuan, the absence of their coach does not mean that they do not need to train. It's just that their World Youth Championships have ended, and the National Athletics Grand Prix this year has ended early in order to select Asian Games athletes for this year's Asian Games.
Jiang Yuan, Zhou Yuang, Ye Minghao and Jiang Ruohui actually went to L Province to participate in a short jump group competition during Su Yu's Asian Games training. Jiang Yuan and Zhou Yuang took two or three days off from the Asian Games training to participate in the competition, and both of them achieved good results.
Now, for them, the next most important event is probably the National Championships at the end of September. Su Yu will then represent the S Province Sports Team together with Jiang Yuan and Zhou Yuang.
But relatively speaking, since all their important competitions this season have come to an end, there is actually no big problem, so it is inevitable that they will be more relaxed in training - at least they will definitely find some time to watch the Asian Games.
Su Yu silently watched the crazy words in the group and decided to ignore these bad friends.
In fact, he was still a little hesitant about the situation in the semi-finals. After all, if possible, he still hoped that he could advance to the finals smoothly.
Perhaps because he noticed Su Yu's hesitation, Zhan Youming specifically asked Su Yu what was wrong. After hearing Su Yu's hesitation, Zhan Youming also laughed.
"Su Xiaoyu, this is because you lack experience, right? Who says there are only two forms of competitive state: letting it go or going all out? Taking the game seriously is what a player needs to do. When you are unsure, you don't need to think, 'I am going to let it go in the game.' You just need to focus on the game and don't exhaust yourself too much during the game."
As Zhan Youming said this, he touched his chin and said, "Tsk, it seems a bit abstract to say this."
Su Yu saw that Zhan Youming seemed to want to start "gesturing hard" to him, and when he heard Zhan Youming say this, he suddenly realized something.
Yes, being relaxed during the game does not mean having the thought "I am letting off", but rather facing the game with a relaxed attitude.
Su Yu suddenly realized that the reason why he was in a state of "letting go" during the preliminary round was because he was subconsciously thinking about "letting go", but in fact, what Pei Dingshan and Zhan Youming told him was to "relax."
Thinking of this, Su Yu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the group he was in during the preliminaries was not very stressful, which allowed him to advance to the semi-finals even if he made some mistakes.
When it came to the semi-final stage, although it was not easy to qualify for the semi-finals of the Asian Games, it was not completely hopeless for him - the real difficulty was still the task given to him by Pei Dingshan.
——How to successfully advance to the final stage in a relatively relaxed situation?
Of course, Su Yu, who had come to his senses, also understood that this "relative relaxation" did not mean that he had to remain relaxed, but rather flexibly adjust his own state according to the situation of the opponents in the group.
For example, if the strength and status of the opponents in this group are relatively ordinary, your own state can be more relaxed. However, if the opponent is stronger, this "relaxed" state must of course be slightly adjusted.
It can be said that for Su Yu, these are "courses and studies" that he has never been exposed to. After all, in the past year or so, he has been growing rapidly in great strides. In this process of rapid growth, he lacks the opportunity to "relax".
This "slowing down" pace allows Su Yu to review his learning and growth over the past year, and to feel more of the details of his abilities other than simple techniques and data that he usually ignores because of his immersion in the game.
With this thought in mind, Su Yu's original worries about tonight's men's 200m semi-final were reduced a lot.
***
It should be said that regardless of whether Su Yu had any flaws in his execution of the "relaxed" tactics in the morning's preliminary round, under this level of relaxation, the game did become like normal daily training, and the consumption of Su Yu's physical strength and state immediately became negligible.
Especially with Su Yu's extraordinary physical recovery ability, it was almost time for lunch but Su Yu felt that he had almost recovered, as if he had not even finished the preliminary race in the morning.
Zheng Sheng also noticed Su Yu's state. Not long ago, he was complaining about Pei Dingshan and Su Yu, saying "one dares to speak and the other dares to listen". But now, after seeing that Su Yu seemed to be in no state to compete in the national competition, he couldn't help but marvel in his heart.
This Su Yu...
Everyone thinks that he is not physically fit, but probably because Su Yu's strength is indeed so strong that it is easy for people to ignore his age. If Su Yu were to grow up a few years older and his basic physical conditions were improved, his recovery ability, coupled with the subtle control and adjustment of his own condition in the preliminaries and semi-finals, would be enough.
By then, let alone 100 meters and 200 meters, even if the 4*100m relay is added, it is likely that it will not have much impact on Su Yu's physical fitness and condition - after all, it has been verified during the World Youth Championships. Even with Su Yu's current physical condition, it should not be a big problem for him to complete the two individual events of four days and six guns.
With this physical strength...
Somehow, Zheng Sheng suddenly thought of Liu Qinlong, who still misses Su Yu even now - considering that Su Yu can run 200 meters in a relaxed state without any pressure, is... 400 meters really possible?
This thought flashed through Zheng Sheng's mind, but he didn't dare to think about it too much.
After all, compared with 100 meters and 200 meters, the 400 meters has much higher requirements on the athlete's physical and technical conditions such as rhythm control ability and speed endurance.
China really lacks good 400m athletes right now, and in fact lacks good 400m coaches even more. Even Liu Qinlong cannot say how good his coaching ability is in the 400m event.
Although the current focus of the national team is still on improving the strength of 100 meters and 200 meters, it does not mean that they do not want to care about 400 meters at all. It is just that from an objective point of view, the country does lack the soil and seedlings for 400 meters.
In Zheng Sheng's mind, various situations related to the 400 meters gathered in his mind and finally turned into a long sigh.
As a coach, he understands Liu Qinlong's current anxiety and pressure very well. After all, there are a total of 48 events in this Asian Games, and only the men's 400m and 5000m events were not registered. It's not that there are no candidates for the 5000m. The situation in the 5000m is that the candidates' results were not ideal, but the results improved later. It's just that it was too late to register for the supplementary enrollment, and he was ultimately not registered.
But the situation is different in the men's 400 meters. There is really no one in the men's 400 meters.
It’s not that there is absolutely no one, but even if we send athletes to participate, it is basically impossible to advance to the finals. As for this Asian Games, the director of the Athletics Administration Center said in an interview before the competition that the goal is to enter the top eight in all events.
If you were to send athletes to participate in the 400m event, could your athletes make it to the top eight?
No one in the team dared to ask this question, but Liu Qinlong didn't dare to answer it!
Whenever Zheng Sheng thought of the situation in the 400-meter event, he couldn't help but remember that before Zhan Youming got up, they were always in a state of panic in the 200-meter event.
Thinking of this, Zheng Sheng couldn't help but sigh inwardly, and then thought - maybe during this year's winter training, I should ask Coach Xiao Pei if there is any plan to arrange 400-meter training for Su Yu?
***
Su Yu didn't know that Zheng Sheng was already planning on his 400-meter race. In the relaxed state in the morning, after lunch and a nap at noon, Su Yu felt that his condition had not only recovered to 80% like usual, but was almost "fully recovered".
In other words, this morning's preliminaries had almost no effect on his physical strength and condition. It was even more like giving him a chance to "warm up", giving him a chance to stretch his muscles during the competition day?
Thinking of this, Su Yu suddenly felt that he might have let up too much in the 200-meter preliminaries in the morning, but if he maintained this state, the loss to his physical strength and condition would indeed be minimized.
The only problem is that he needs to control the degree of this 'relaxed state' more perfectly.
Thinking of this, Su Yu looked up at Pei Dingshan.
Pei Dingshan: "What's wrong?"
Su Yu thought about it and asked, "Coach, can I increase the intensity of my split time training during this winter training?"
When Pei Dingshan heard Su Yu's question, he smiled and said, "Of course."
Interest is the best teacher - this statement is also applicable in the training of athletes.
For example, some athletes simply regard training as hardship, but they only want to achieve good results. In this case, how can they truly and deeply understand the key points of training and technology?
Especially in track and field training, there is often nothing fancy about it. It relies on various strength, explosiveness and endurance training to improve physical fitness, while delving into technical details bit by bit.
Some coaches are not incompetent, but the players they lead lack understanding of these technical details and feel that adjustments that are too detailed are meaningless.
Some players are not without talent, but they just rely on their talent and do things recklessly, disdain the coach's guidance, and think it is meaningless to dwell on technical details.
In short, the bigger the circle, the more players there are. Pei Dingshan was born into a sports family, and there are many relatives in his family who are engaged in professional sports. He grew up listening to all kinds of outrageous stories, like Fang Linsen in the youth group of the S Province Sports Team. To be honest, if you look across the country, there have been players who are even more outrageous than Fang Linsen.
Therefore, compared with these players, Su Yu, who is talented, willing to study and learn, willing to devote himself in training, and can perform beyond his level in the competition, appears even more precious.
Pei Dingshan did not tell Su Yu the thoughts that flashed through his mind, but asked him if he was confident about the semi-final in the evening.
Su Yu thought about it, but didn't say whether he was sure or not, but said: "I will try my best."
Seeing Su Yu's serious look, Pei Dingshan smiled and said, "Okay."
***
Because Su Yu still had the men's 200m semi-final mission in the evening, his dinner time was a little earlier than usual. However, he did not eat any food that would put a heavy burden on his body. Instead, he simply ate something to replenish his body's energy and then stopped eating dinner.
Shortly after dinner, Su Yu followed the national team bus to the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium again.
Compared with the morning, the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Stadium was much more lively in the evening. Starting at 6:35, the finals of the women's pole vault and men's 110-meter hurdles were held.
There is also the men's high jump qualifying round at 6:40. Sun Yuhang and Zhang Xujian will represent the Chinese team in groups A and B of the qualifying round respectively, while the men's 200m semi-final will start the first group at 7:15.
Unlike the previous World Youth Championships, there were only 32 participants in the men's 200m at the Asian Games, so after the preliminaries advanced, there were only 16 participants in the semi-finals.
The 16 semi-finalists will be divided into two groups, the first and second groups of the men's 200m semi-final. The top three players in the two groups will qualify directly, and the top two players in the remaining two groups will be able to qualify as substitutes.
In the morning, shortly after Su Yu's men's 200m preliminaries ended, the group list for the men's 200m semi-finals in the evening was announced.
Following the basic grouping principles of major competitions, he and his comrades are of course divided into two completely different groups. Zhan Youming will appear in the first group of the semi-finals, and he will appear in the second group of the semi-finals.
In these two semi-final groups, Su Yu's luck was pretty good. Although he met the Japanese star Yuki Kobayashi again in this semi-final group, as well as the Bahrain naturalized player Andrew Hames who was as strong as Zhan Youming, the only strong opponent among the other opponents was probably the South Korean star Choi Jae-woo.
This South Korean sprint star is the current holder of South Korea's men's 200m national record, with a time of 10.33 seconds for the 100m and 20.40 seconds for the 200m.
Even Choi Jae-woo has the ability to run 45.61 seconds in the men's 400 meters - although this result may not seem impressive in Asia, it is closer to China's men's 400 meter record than the result of Yuan Xinghua, a men's 400 meter champion who was previously banned in China.
It can be said that he is a versatile sprinter, but his strength in the 200-meter event is particularly outstanding.
Surrounded by Andrew Hames, Yuki Kobayashi and Choi Jae-woo, whose PBs are 20.18, 20.34 and 20.40 respectively, this is not an ideal grouping no matter who you ask - but whether it is ideal or not depends mainly on the comparison.
As long as you compare the players in the first group of the semi-finals, you will understand why the group that Su Yu is in can be called "lucky".
This is purely because Japan's No. 1 men's 200m runner Takagi Akechi, South Korea's rising rookie of the season Lee Jong-hyun, Qatar's naturalized athlete Travon Palmer, Chinese Taipei's Zhan Chunhan and China's men's 200m top runner Zhan Youming are all in this group.
It can be said that in the first group of the men's 200m semi-finals, the top five players all had PBs within 20.50 seconds - compared with this group, although the opponents in the second group of the semi-finals where Su Yu is located are not easy to deal with, in terms of the chance of advancing, they are indeed slightly better than the first group of the semi-finals.
However, after sorting out the group information about the men's 200m semi-finals later in his mind, Su Yu suddenly remembered the bet that Jiang Yuan, Zhou Yuang and others made in the group after the preliminaries ended in the morning.
...Looking at the data in that bet, it seems like no matter how you calculate it, Aungzi is going to lose again?
After mercilessly observing a ten-second silence for Zhou Yuang's wallet, Su Yu received a message from the Chinese team staff and went to the warm-up venue for the men's 200m semi-finals with Zhan Youming.
Compared with the preliminaries in the morning, the atmosphere of competition between the contestants was much more obvious in the semi-finals.
Especially in the first group of the men's 200m semi-final where Zhan Youming was, the athletes were staring at each other with a fierce attitude, and there was a momentum of "starting the war immediately".
The atmosphere in the second group of the semi-finals where Su Yu was located was much calmer, probably because he ran 21.38 seconds in the preliminaries this morning. Su Yu himself knew that although some viewers thought he was slacking off, some others thought he was "not acclimatized" to the Asian Games.
After all, there are not too many World Youth Championship players who continue to perform well in adult competitions. Some people think that although Su Yu performed well in the World Youth Championship, it is possible that his best form of the season has passed, so his performance in the Asian Games preliminaries was not satisfactory.
In short, probably because of his result of 21.38 seconds in the preliminaries, many people thought that even if he slacked off, he would not slacken so much at once. It was highly likely that Su Yu not only slacked off but also had average condition, which led to such an outrageous result - huh? What? Someone asked why you don't think Yuki Kobayashi is in bad shape since she only ran 21.31 seconds? That's another kind of double standard.
In short, in this semi-final, the opponents in the same group with Su Yu, some like Andrew Hames and Kobayashi Yuki, had no doubts about their advancement, while others like Choi Jae-woo of South Korea, were wary but still did not take Su Yu seriously because of the situation in the morning's preliminaries.
Not only Choi Jae-woo from South Korea, but also the other four players in the same group did not pay too much attention to Su Yu who arrived at the warm-up site.
Su Yu has almost gotten used to being looked down upon by his opponents in the same group.
Whether it is due to his age or other reasons, as long as he appears in a new arena and meets new opponents, he will receive new neglect.
But it doesn't matter. After all, to gain the respect and attention of opponents, one does not rely on anything else but strength. When he has enough strength, he will be like Yuki Kobayashi. Even if he only runs 21.31 seconds in the preliminaries, no one will think that this is his poor performance, but simply think that Yuki Kobayashi did not perform at his best in the preliminaries.
***
The warm-up time passed quickly. After the first group of semi-finalists finished warming up and were ready, the Asian Games Organizing Committee staff on site in Jakarta began to guide the first group of semi-finalists to the competition site to prepare to start the first group of events.
Su Yu could see that Zhan Youming remained very relaxed when he left, and after noticing him, he waved at him to cheer him up.
Su Yu also waved in the direction of Zhan Youming and gave him the same blessing.
It can be said that although the group that Zhan Youming is in seems to be a complete death group, just like Andrew Hames is full of confidence in his advancement, Zhan Youming does not think that he will lose in the semi-finals.
On the contrary, even in such a death group, Zhan Youming is still confident that he can be the player who advances as the first in the group.
When the first group of players in the semi-finals entered the stadium, the second group of players in the men's 200m semi-finals, including Su Yu, also came to the waiting passage under the guidance of the staff. Here, through the large electronic screen on site, it can be seen that Zhan Youming and others are ready to start the competition.
Soon, the starter on the scene gave the commands of "on your marks" and "ready", and then with a "bang" the starting gun sounded, and the race began!
Just as many people expected, the first group of the men's 200m semi-finals was indeed a 'death group' competition that was close to the final, but Su Yu, who was standing in the waiting passage waiting to go on stage, could still feel that Zhan Youming on the field was not running at his full potential.
It's a very detailed feeling that's hard to describe.
Su Yu could feel that Zhan Youming was seriously participating in the competition, but he could also feel that Zhan Youming did not have that sense of urgency of "I must try my best to advance to the finals".
The feeling was very subtle, just like the complex feeling that Zhan Youming wanted to explain to him in the morning but was unable to put into words.
But looking at Zhan Youming's performance on the court at this moment, Su Yu felt that he had roughly grasped what this feeling was like.
Next, in this fierce battle of the men's 200 meters, there was no surprise in the final ranking. It was the five strongest players in the first group of the men's semi-finals. Among them, Zhan Youming successfully advanced to the final with the first place in the group with 20.39 seconds, while Takagi Akechi from Japan and Zhan Chunhan from the Chinese Taipei team qualified for direct promotion with 20.53 seconds and 20.63 seconds respectively.
In addition to these three people, the remaining two naturalized athletes from Qatar, Travon Palmer and South Korean rookie Wang Lee Jong-hyun ran 20.69 and 20.78 respectively.
That is to say, in the second group of the men's 200m semi-final, if Su Yu wants to advance to the final, there are only two ways - first, to defeat any opponent among Andrew Hames, Kobayashi Yuki or Choi Jae-woo, and successfully advance to the final with the top three results in the group; second, to get at least fourth place in the group and run a time of less than 20.78 seconds to win another substitute qualification.
While Su Yu was thinking this, the staff on the scene began to shout -
"The second group of runners in the men's 200m semi-finals, get ready to go!!!"
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