Chapter 155 (Four in One)
Although the false start of the athlete in this event seems very sudden, for sprint enthusiasts, it is completely normal for athletes to false start during the competition.
In fact, it is not only the cases where athletes falsely start and commit violations, but it is also not uncommon for athletes to be unable to participate or finish the race for some reason.
Just like in the World Championships 100-meter sprint preliminaries two days ago, two athletes chose to withdraw due to personal health reasons, and in the men's 200-meter sprint preliminaries, the actual number of athletes did not reach 56. In the seventh group of the preliminaries, a athlete from Panama also chose to withdraw for some reason.
Even in important events like the World Championships, there are often players who have to choose to withdraw from the competition. It is not uncommon for players to commit fouls due to nervousness or simply wanting to "try their luck".
On the public screen of the Jigu Video live broadcast room, the bystanders who were watching the game were extremely nervous because of the situation in front of them, but the track and field fans were particularly calm. Most of them were discussing Su Yu's reaction at the start.
[0.141 seconds, a bit slow...]
[Come to think of it, I never thought that one day I would be so Versailles as to say to a runner whose reaction time from the start was 0.141 seconds, "Your reaction is a bit slow."]
[Emperor Yu, you are not going to let me win! No way, no way? ! 】
【In front, this is the 200m preliminaries of the World Championships. Yu Di knows what's going on. He won't let the opponent down in this kind of competition. 】
[+1 in front, Yu Di's condition today, I think it's just that he was too tired from the 100-meter race in the past two days. To be honest, anyone who takes part in a race of this intensity will be confused. After the two shots of the 100-meter race yesterday, Yu Di was able to start in 0.141 seconds today, which is already very strong. 】
[The second round is about to start. I hope Yudi can recover in the second round...]
***
On the Internet, track and field fans and netizens were still nervous, but on the starting track of Khalifa Stadium, Su Yu and the remaining seven athletes had once again squatted on their respective starting blocks at the starter's command of "on your marks".
At this time, in addition to the Bahamian talented young player Savis who has already retired, the remaining players on the field are the British star Fraser Gladman in the second lane, the Turkish star Mustafa Ayar in the third lane, the Nigerian player Samuel Clifford in the fourth lane, and Su Yu in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth lanes, as well as the Dutch player Damian Dillon, the Brazilian player Bruno Santos and the American player Daniel Patterson.
For the players still on the field, Savvis's withdrawal did not bring any impact to them. The reason for this is very cruel - because Savvis was originally the weakest among the 8 players on the field.
There were a total of 8 contestants in the field, and he was the only one whose score was stuck at 20.40 seconds, failing to truly enter the world of less than 20.40 seconds.
So even though Savis was forced to leave the field due to a false start, the pattern of players on the field remained basically unchanged - or rather, the only change was that Su Yu's personal best result in this group went from third from last to second from last because of Savis's retirement, achieving a historic setback.
_(:зゝ∠)_
Of course, on the surface, Savis's foul and exit seemed to have no effect on these players, but in fact, the players in this group seemed to be much more cautious about the next shot.
For these players, most of them have the strength to "theoretically advance to the semi-finals", so it would be a worse situation if they lose the qualification to advance due to a false start in the preliminaries.
It was precisely because of the warning that Savis had given them that they became alert to the upcoming second shooting contest and began to subconsciously suppress their reaction speed.
This subconscious control was also very obvious in their state of preparation - when the official starter on the scene began to shout the "ready" command, the experienced coach could see that many players on the field did not have a more obvious forward leaning movement when preparing.
In the waiting area for the players in the backcourt, Zhan Youming, who had finished warming up and came to the waiting area, raised his eyebrows with interest when he saw the live broadcast of the game on the TV mounted on the wall of the backcourt passage - this shot in the preliminary round was quite interesting.
Soon, when the starting gun sounded again, this time, even some track and field fans in front of the TV quickly discovered the problem - the reaction speed of this group of athletes at the start of this shot... didn't seem as fast as the first shot? !
In fact, it was more than just 'not that fast'. In fact, judging from the reaction data on the scene, it seemed as if more than half of the players in this game were distracted when they heard the gun.
Earlier in the first shot of the competition, although Su Yu's reaction speed of 0.141 seconds was already the best in the group, the reaction speeds of the other players in the group except Savis were not slow either. The slowest one had a reaction speed of 0.173 seconds.
However, for this shot, except for Su Yu and the Dutch player Damien Dillon, who was ranked last and second to last with him, whose reaction speed was within 0.150 seconds, the reaction speeds of the other players were all above 0.173 seconds. Among them, the two slowest reaction speeds were Daniel from the American team and Samuel Clifford from Nigeria.
The reaction speeds of these two players in the second shot were so amazing that 0.215 seconds and 0.198 seconds respectively, so much so that when Zhou Jiming saw the data for the first time, he thought he might have seen something wrong.
In fact, in a high-level event like the World Championships, the widespread appearance of such starting reaction data in the same preliminary group is particularly bizarre.
Because Zhou Jiming was so shocked by this outrageous data on hearing gunshots, after reading the data, his first reaction was not even to report Su Yu's reaction time data, but to subconsciously introduce a sentence -
"The overall starting reaction speed of this group of runners is...relatively conservative."
In front of the TV, there were track and field fans who also understood the situation on the field. After hearing Zhou Jiming's words, they couldn't help but burst out laughing on the spot.
On the public screen barrage of the Jigu Video live broadcast room, although track and field fans knew that Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming, who were currently broadcasting live on the sports channel, could not see their complaints, they still interacted with Zhou Jiming on the public screen barrage.
——【Teacher Zhou, I don’t think the contestants’ reaction speed is too conservative, but your commentary is too ‘conservative’? 】
As he was speaking, the public screen was already filled with a lot of "Hahahaha".
In the live commentary room of the sports channel, Tian Ruhui, who was watching the situation on the field and commenting, was almost amused by his partner. But the next second, Tian Ruhui quickly adjusted his mood and introduced the situation on the field more attentively.
"This group of runners started in a relatively conservative manner, perhaps due to the false start by the young Bahamian runner, Savis, in the first gun. However, after the start, the Turkish star Mustafa Ayar in the third lane and the British star Fraser Gladman in the second lane both started to burst out with extremely strong speeds. Although Mustafa and Fraser only responded to the gun at the start with a speed of 0.174 and 0.187 seconds, it is clear that with the absolute strength of these two runners, they have every chance of successfully winning the two qualifying spots in this preliminary round."
As for the live broadcast room of Jigu Video, some people don’t know what the "absolute strength" of Mustafa and Fraser is?
The track and field fans in the live broadcast room quickly gave two numbers:
19.97 and 19.76.
These two numbers are the personal best results in the 200 meters of British athlete Fraser and Turkish athlete Mustafa.
***
At this moment in the competition, compared with the remaining players, Su Yu's reaction speed to the gun was still only 0.136 seconds, but compared with the American player Daniel who had the slowest reaction speed, he was already 0.079 seconds faster than Daniel.
Daniel Patterson from the United States has a personal best of 20.12 seconds so far. If you add a reaction speed difference of 0.079 seconds to the result of 20.12 seconds, it will be enough to drag Daniel's result to around 20.20 seconds.
In fact, the serious delay in reaction speed to the gun at the start of the race has a far greater impact on the athlete's performance than this.
At this time on the track, Daniel Patterson of the American team was originally in the not-so-ideal ninth lane. In addition, his own reaction speed was seriously delayed during the gun response phase. At the same time, he was in the outermost lane and could not observe the performance of his opponents.
For Daniel at this moment, his best choice should be to sprint with all his might, but he had a more obvious hesitation in the initial stage, so that when he made up his mind to start sprinting forward, his speed had already fallen into the last echelon.
There are many players in the competition who are in the same state as Daniel at this moment.
No one expected that a false start foul by the young Bahamian player Savis in the first shot would cause such a violent chain reaction to the remaining players on the field.
Among the 7 players on the field, except Mustafa and Fraser who are outstanding in strength and rich in competition experience, the only players who have maintained a stable state from beginning to end are Su Yu in the sixth lane and the Dutch player Damian in the seventh lane.
For Su Yu, although his condition in this game was better than the first one, he did not actually reach his best condition at the beginning of the game. He really gradually regained his condition during the game.
As the second shot of the race was fired, he focused on the race and started running with all his strength. After the race started, with his quick steps step by step, amid the cheers that rekindled at the scene, he reintegrated the "tightness" he had regained before the race into his own state, and completely got rid of the somewhat loose state before the race.
In addition to the cheers from the audience, Damian from the Netherlands in lane 7 also provided Su Yu with great help from his outstanding performance in this game.
Just like players in the arena are often easily inspired to perform at their best because of strong opponents, in the second shot of the preliminary round, Damian almost broke out the best performance of his career.
It is precisely because of this that the game is now gradually showing a polarized performance.
Among them, the players in the best condition are still Fraser and Mustafa in the second and third lanes. These two players are capable of running 200 meters within 20 seconds. After a brief delay in the reaction phase after the start, they immediately showed hurricane-like speed and began to sweep the field.
Su Yu and Damian in the sixth and seventh lanes seemed to be evenly matched in the cornering stage, but as the cornering stage ended and they entered the straight section of the 200-meter sprint, those in the Chinese athlete zone who were familiar with Su Yu's competition rhythm couldn't help but stop cheering.
Zheng Sheng clenched his fists, looked at the direction of the field, and whispered silently - "Here it comes!"
What's coming?
"Here it comes! The absolute territory belonging to Su Yu!"
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, even though Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming had seen the situation before them many times, when they saw Su Yu's performance again in the preliminaries of the World Championships, they still couldn't help but burst into exclamations of admiration -
On the track, Damian, who originally had a body position advantage in the transition from the curve to the straight, felt a figure rushing up to his left and overtaking him in a state that he was completely unable to stop after the curve merged into the straight.
In just a moment, the order between the two people was reversed.
In the audience seats, many spectators who came to watch the game were shocked by this overly exciting change and stood up at this moment.
“Oh my god…!”
"what happened?!"
"Why did the runner in lane 6 suddenly become so fast?!"
Even the coaching teams of other national teams who were also in the audience found it difficult to see what changes had taken place in Su Yu on the field at this moment.
Some people thought that Su Yu should be a player with stronger explosive power in the later stages, but even so, it was hard for them to imagine that there was a player who could burst out with such a confusing speed in the later stages.
However, in the Jamaican team's spectator seats, Romario, who came specially to watch Su Yu's 200-meter performance, suddenly understood something at this moment - this is the amazing late-stage explosive power of Su Yu in the 100-meter sprint.
However, compared with the 100-meter event, Su Yu's speed burst in the 200-meter event was later. Perhaps because the 'accumulation time' was longer, Su Yu's speed burst effect on the 200-meter straight was more obvious, which directly caused Su Yu's wonderful effect of 'teleportation' in the final straight burst stage of the 200-meter event.
When Romario reviewed Su Yu's speed performance when he surpassed him in the 100m preliminaries, he suddenly realized that the potential of this talented player of the Chinese team in the latter part of the 100m may not have been fully tapped.
***
In the live commentary room of the domestic sports channel, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming felt relieved after Su Yu entered the straight stage and broke out smoothly.
At this time, there were only 40 meters left in the race. In front of Su Yu, Fraser from the British team and Mustafa from Turkey were still competing for the final victory. However, it was obvious that at the final stage of the finish line, Fraser and Mustafa had actually slowed down about 10 meters away from the finish line.
After Fraser and Mustafa crossed the line one after another, Su Yu crossed the finish line of this race with the same absolute leading posture. The one who crossed the line after Su Yu was Damian, a player from the Netherlands.
It can be said that for many people, this was a game that exceeded their expectations. After all, in terms of basic strength, in this preliminaries, in addition to Fraser and Mustafa, there was also a Nigerian athlete, Samuel, whose personal best in history reached 19.73 seconds.
And this result of 19.73 seconds is not only Samuel's personal best in history, but also Samuel's personal best this season.
In other words, Samuel achieved the good result of 19.73 seconds this season.
Before this preliminary round, many people thought that Samuel would be a strong contender for a medal in this World Championships. No one expected that Samuel would be defeated in the preliminary round.
In fact, at the beginning of this race, although Samuel's reaction speed was also slow, he was just as quick in catching up in the early stages.
But Samuel is almost the exact opposite of Su Yu. His speed in the latter part of the race is often weak, and when the race enters the straight section in the latter part of the race, his speed is likely to drop drastically.
All of Samuel's outstanding achievements were based on his stable performance in the later stages, but unfortunately, in this game, he not only suppressed his reaction speed to the gunshot, but also stabbed himself in the vital spot, and he was unable to control his speed in the later stages.
In the end, Samuel, whose personal best of the season was 19.73 seconds, which was also the best personal record in this game, only ranked fifth in the group.
This group ranking has basically meant that they have no chance of qualifying for the semi-finals in the men's 200m preliminary round, which has a total of 7 preliminary rounds.
***
In the commentary room of the domestic sports channel, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming cheered with excitement and joy after seeing Su Yu successfully cross the finish line as the third in the group.
"pretty!"
Tian Ruhui praised loudly: "Congratulations to Su Yu! Our young sprinter Su Yu, after successfully entering the finals of the 100-meter sprint at the World Championships, has also successfully entered the semi-finals of the men's 200-meter sprint today!"
Zhou Jiming also smiled and said: "So far, Su Yu is the only sprinter in our country who has participated in the 100m, 200m and 400m events of the World Championships at the same time. Of course, he is also the only one in our country who can advance to the semi-finals of the World Championships in both the 100m and 200m events!"
"Congratulations to Su Yu! Congratulations to the Chinese team!"
As Zhou Jiming said this, he and his good partner Tian Ruhui also laughed.
***
At the Khalifa Stadium, when the preliminaries of this group ended, the Chinese team's staff looked in Su Yu's direction and almost immediately rushed to the scene and ran straight to Su Yu's side.
There was no way. In the previous two days of competition, especially yesterday's 100-meter semi-finals and finals, Su Yu fell to his knees on the track when he crossed the finish line.
Because of Su Yu's special situation, the coaching staff repeatedly instructed the staff to rush forward to check on Su Yu's condition immediately after the game, so as not to let Su Yu get injured or other unexpected situations after the game.
Therefore, the staff rushed onto the field immediately after the race ended, but surprisingly, although Su Yu still looked unhappy after crossing the finish line, he did not kneel on the ground. Instead, he bent over, supported his knees with his hands, and gasped for breath.
It can be seen that Su Yu consumed a lot of physical energy in this preliminary round, but it was definitely not to the extent that he needed help from others.
When the staff saw this scene, they were stunned for a moment.
The first reaction that came to my mind was: how come Su Yu’s performance in the competition is getting better and better?
However, this thought was fleeting, and he quickly went forward to support Su Yu and learned about Su Yu's current condition.
"fine."
Facing the familiar staff, Su Yu nodded to them, telling them not to worry.
In today's preliminaries, although he ran very fiercely in the second half, this "fierceness" was not entirely dependent on his strength and physical fitness, but also came from the skills throughout the running process and the elastic feedback force from the track.
Because there was enough speed accumulation process, and even though his state gradually tightened later, his overall state today was indeed more "relaxed", so Su Yu did not feel how intense his physical energy consumption was in this game.
Of course, the "relaxation" of the overall state may also lead to a decline in the final results.
As for his performance in this game, Su Yu rarely knew how to judge it.
Fortunately, the referee team on site was very quick and did not give him too much time to worry.
After the players took a short break for more than a minute, the electronic screen at the scene flashed, switching from the replay of the exciting scenes of this game to the final results of this event -
2019 Qatar Doha World Athletics Championships Men's 200m Sprint Preliminary Group 2 Final Results -
First place: Fraser Gladman (Britain), 20.05 seconds (wind speed +0.5m/s), Q (direct qualification);
Second place: Mustafa Ayal (Türkiye), 20.10 seconds (wind speed +0.5m/s), Q;
Third place: Su Yu (China), 20.35 seconds (wind speed +0.5m/s), Q;
4th place: Damien Dillon (Netherlands), 20.40 seconds…
Fifth place…
After seeing his final result on the electronic screen, Su Yu was stunned.
It’s not that the result is bad, but that the result is too good.
20.35 seconds, this result is close to his personal best of 20.32 seconds, but in the Asian Championships final where he ran 20.32 seconds, his starting reaction speed was 0.123 seconds. In today's game, his early stage was definitely more relaxed than it was then.
The reaction time of 0.136 seconds at the start was definitely not an outstanding performance for him. In this game, he gradually entered the final state during the race, and there was also interference from the 100-meter events in the previous two days.
In Su Yu's subconscious mind, he originally thought that his result in this game would be around 20.50 seconds, which was a data that was more in line with his mental estimate of his own condition.
He originally thought that he would be able to successfully advance to the finals with the third place in the group. The main reason was that the other players were affected by Savvis in the first shot, and he became the lucky one who picked up the leak.
Unexpectedly, his final result would be 20.35 seconds.
……why is that?
Perhaps the confusion on Su Yu's face was too obvious, so the Chinese team staff member who came on the court to support him subconsciously asked him: "Xiao Yu, what's wrong?"
Su Yu pursed her lips and shook her head.
——He couldn’t say that he was doubting why his grades were so good?
Therefore, after shaking his head, Su Yu didn't say much, but just said that it was time to leave.
As expected, the two saw the two Chinese reporters Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong again in the press interview area in the exit passage. When the two reporters saw Su Yu, they waved to Su Yu happily.
"Xiaoyu is here!"
"Xiao Yu, congratulations! Congratulations on advancing to the men's 200m semi-finals!"
Facing the smiling Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong, Su Yu felt a little embarrassed today, but his condition was fine today and there were no other games tonight, so he accepted the interview request from Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong.
Liu Yu looked at Su Yu and asked with a smile, "Xiao Yu, we all know that you participated in the men's 100-meter sprint at the World Championships yesterday and the day before yesterday. Many people thought that the first three-gun race would have a significant impact on your condition, but in today's race, you still ran a result of 20.35 seconds, which is close to your personal best."
"So can you tell me? The previous two days of competition didn't seem to have any effect on your condition?"
Su Yu was a little embarrassed when he heard Liu Yu's first question go straight to the point. After thinking about it, he said seriously: "...It actually caused a certain impact, especially after the two games last night. My state was repeatedly pulled between being too tense and too relaxed."
"Since I woke up this morning, the coaching staff and I have tried to adjust my condition repeatedly, but to be honest, my condition was not particularly good before the game started."
Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong were both a little surprised after hearing Su Yu's answer.
However, when they thought about Su Yu's reaction speeds in two consecutive shots, both at 0.141 seconds and 0.136 seconds, Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong quickly believed Su Yu's statement.
After all, there was no need for Su Yu to lie to them, and Su Yu's 'starting reaction state detection method' was simply too clear.
Compared with Su Yu's reaction speed of 0.117 seconds in yesterday's 100m final, the two data of 0.141 and 0.136 are very telling.
But that's the problem.
"So..." Lin Weixiong asked tentatively: "Xiaoyu, in this preliminaries, you actually ran a good result of 20.35 seconds even though you were in less than ideal condition?!"
When Lin Weixiong asked this question, he felt like slapping himself in the face - what a stupid question!
But he thought that not only him, but also the majority of track and field fans would be curious and excited about this issue.
When Su Yu was asked this question by Lin Weixiong, he was silent for two seconds, and finally answered with a tangled look on his face: "...Is it so?"
After hearing Su Yu's answer, the Chinese team staff member who had just rushed over to support Su Yu finally understood why Su Yu had such a complicated look on his face when he saw the result of 20.35 seconds.
…
So Su Yu was shocked at that time. How could he run a result of 20.35 seconds when his condition was so bad? !
The Chinese team staff who were standing by waiting for Su Yu to be interviewed were feeling this strong Versailles atmosphere for the first time. However, after Su Yu said "Versailles" seriously, the Chinese team staff also became excited.
good!
Great job!
Think about it, when Su Yu is in a 'bad' condition, he can still run 20.35 seconds. So when he is in better condition... let alone anything else, 20.30 seconds should be within reach, right? ? ?
However, just as the staff was daydreaming, Su Yu burst the "dream bubble" in their minds.
He frowned seriously and said, "In the beginning of the game, I was quite 'relaxed'. I regained my form as the game progressed. Throughout the game, I felt that I was relatively relaxed. At the end of the game, I didn't think too much about the problem. I just relaxed and sprinted."
"This state of play is not consistent with my usual state. I personally guess this may be a more favorable state for me to develop, but this is definitely not my normal state at the moment."
Both Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong understood what Su Yu meant - for him at the moment, today's game state would be difficult to replicate, and this state was an unexpected outburst.
Although such an answer is a bit regrettable for Liu Yu and others, it doesn’t matter. After all, Su Yu is only 16 years old this year. For Su Yu, there is plenty of time and opportunities for trial and error and adjustment.
It will take another three to five years from now until his body gradually develops to its optimal condition. With such a long time, plus Su Yu's outstanding talent, what new condition can't he find?
Liu Yu and the others quickly switched to the next question: "Xiaoyu, how do you feel about the result of today's game?"
The question switched back to the 'process' that Su Yu was familiar with, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Very good, very unexpected, and very happy."
Liu Yu asked with a smile: "So what do you think about tomorrow's men's 200m semi-final?"
Su Yu said seriously: "I hope I can perform well in tomorrow's game..."
Before Su Yu finished speaking, the Chinese team staff member next to him subconsciously said, "The condition is getting better and better."
Su Yu: “…”
Staff: “…”
Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong: “…Poof!”
Hahahaha!
Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong really couldn't help but burst out laughing.
There was no way. You could tell by looking at Su Yu's slightly red ears that what the staff member said was what Su Yu was about to say.
The staff member also apologized awkwardly: "Ahem, Xiaoyu, Liuji, Linji, I'm sorry... I just watched too many interviews during my normal time..."
As for who is doing the interview?
Of course it was Su Yu’s interview.
After Su Yu topped the hot search list, the number of Su Yu's fans skyrocketed. In the following months, Su Yu had been competing in overseas competitions, some of which were unpopular events that even Jigu Video could not broadcast.
Since these fans couldn't watch their idols' games offline, they had no choice but to start digging up various related videos of Su Yu in the past.
Among these unearthed related videos, the largest number is about Su Yu's games, and the second largest number is the various interview videos left by Liu Yu and others for Su Yu.
Su Yu's fans are really patient and have actually watched all of Su Yu's interviews from his debut to the present.
I quickly spotted the problem as I watched - in these interview videos, there seems to be a sentence that appears particularly frequently?
_(:зゝ∠)_
That’s right - I hope my condition in the next games will get better and better and each performance will be better than the last.
The sentences of this sentence may be changed over and over again, but the core idea remains this sentence.
After Su Yu's fans found out about this, some big editors in the circle soon started to use the video footage of Su Yu being interviewed and edited it into various "Su Yu Dirty Talk RAP".
On a certain barrage website that Su Yu didn't know about, several of Su Yu's raps have been viewed millions of times, and in every rap there is a line - the next game will be better and better.
:)
Although Su Yu didn't know about this, Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong knew about it.
Now this staff member's subconscious reaction - it's hard to say whether he is watching a serious interview or a collection of dirty rap.
After the staff member apologized frantically, he shut his mouth tightly, making sure not to say anything he shouldn't.
On the side, Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong asked Su Yuxian the last question.
"Xiao Yu, regarding tomorrow's schedule, we all know that in addition to the men's 200-meter sprint semifinals, the men's 400-meter sprint qualifying round will also be held tomorrow night."
"This should be the first time that you have encountered two events overlapping in the World Championships. For you, will this bring you extra pressure?"
Liu Yu and the others originally thought that Su Yu would still be a little troubled. For example, yesterday's 100-meter individual event still had a certain impact on Su Yu's condition.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this question, Su Yu answered with a firm "No".
Liu Yu subconsciously asked: "Why?"
Su Yu said seriously: "Tomorrow's 400-meter sprint qualifying competition is not too stressful or difficult for me. Although it will consume some extra energy, it may also help me get better at the 200-meter race tomorrow."
Liu Yu and the others were a little surprised after hearing Su Yu's answer - Oh my goodness, Su Xiaoyu, are you going to run tomorrow's 400m qualifying race as a warm-up race? !
But after thinking about it this way, Liu Yu and the others felt that there seemed to be nothing wrong with Su Yu's idea.
The reason is simple - just look at the previous 100m and 200m qualifying competitions.
Tomorrow's 400-meter sprint qualifying round will be of the same standard, with a total of 32 contestants in four groups. The first place in each group will directly qualify, and the vacant places will be filled among the remaining contestants based on their rankings.
For example, in the men's 100m sprint, a total of 8 athletes finally qualified for the 100m group stage, 10 for the 200m, and about 9 for the 400m tomorrow.
In the 100m qualifying round, some of the athletes who finally advanced even had scores around 10.60 seconds, and the situation was similar for the 200m.
In this case, Su Yu, whose 400m PB is 45.39, will probably run more relaxed in tomorrow's qualifying round, but as long as his result is around 45.80, he should be able to advance to the 400m group competition the day after tomorrow.
So for Su Yu, instead of asking him this question, it would be better to ask him what kind of result he wants to achieve in the 200m semi-final tomorrow.
When Liu Yu thought of this, he naturally asked the question.
But this time, Su Yu's answer was equally straightforward, but he simply answered "I don't know".
However, after answering 'I don't know', Su Yu still added: "I hope to challenge my limits, how far can I challenge it... I hope the sooner the better."
After getting Su Yu's answer, Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong finally smiled with satisfaction.
"Thank you, thank you, Xiaoyu, for cooperating with the interview. We also wish you a better and more ideal result in the men's 200m sprint semi-final tomorrow!"
Su Yu, Liu Yu, and Lin Weixiong thanked each other and were about to leave when Lin Xiongwei and the others suddenly said, "Xiao Zhan's game has begun!"
Su Yu subconsciously looked towards the large electronic screen not far away. Sure enough, during the time they were interviewing, the third and fourth groups of the men's 200m preliminaries had already ended, and Zhan Youming also appeared in the fifth group of the preliminaries.
In this preliminary group, including Zhan Youming himself, there are a total of 4 players who broke the 20-second mark in the 200 meters, and two of them have PBs that are higher than Zhan Youming's 19.90.
However, Zhan Youming on the court still looked in very good condition. When the commentator on the scene introduced his name, he smiled and waved at the camera, patted his left chest, and made a thumbs-up gesture.
This is obviously a declaration of confidence to the camera.
After he made this move, the audience at the scene also cooperated excitedly and screamed.
After all the contestants were introduced, they quickly squatted on their respective starting blocks at the command of the official starter.
Through the large electronic screen at the scene, Su Yu could see that Zhan Youming was in indeed a very full and outstanding condition. He looked serious, but there was even a smile of anticipation at the corners of his mouth.
Su Yu could see that Zhan Youming was determined to win this preliminary match.
This is easy to understand - since last season's Asian Games, Zhan Youming's condition has been on the rise.
Compared with Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming in the 100-meter sprint, Zhan Youming is a younger athlete. He is only 26 years old this year. For a sprinter, he still has a few years of golden time in his career, and his results are likely to be even better.
Zhan Youming had previously told Su Yu without reservation that he hoped he could become the first athlete to win medals for the Chinese team in the men's 200m sprint at the World Championships and the Olympics!
He has great ambitions, but he also has the talent and strength to match.
Therefore, from last season to now, Zhan Youming has been training and competing very actively, hoping to achieve a goal in the World Championships through continuous training and status adjustment.
As a player whose dream is to win a medal at the World Championships, how could Zhan Youming allow himself to have problems in the preliminaries?
At this time, many people in the arena were nervous and worried about Zhan Youming, but Su Yu looked at the large electronic screen on the scene and saw the expectation and eagerness in Zhan Youming's eyes...
After seeing these, Su Yu was sure that this game would definitely not be an obstacle for Zhan Youming!
With this thought in mind, Su Yu looked seriously in the direction of the large electronic screen.
Soon, the starter's new command "Ready" was heard at the scene, followed by a "bang" and the starting gun sounded - the race began!
On the court, just as Zhan Youming was looking forward to this game, he shot out from the starting blocks like a bullet after the game started.
His starting burst was very quick and powerful, and the frequency of his rapid alternating pushes on the ground during the starting burst quickly put him into the rhythm of a speed burst.
His forward speed opened and started almost instantly!
After his rapid burst of speed, he also maintained a high degree of self-control on the curve, and his body flashed across the curve on the track like an arc of lightning.
At this moment...his position in this game is...
“First place!!”
In the live commentary room of the sports channel, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming seemed particularly excited when they were explaining Zhan Youming's condition on the court.
There was no way, the scene before them made it hard for them not to feel excited.
In the preliminary round of the men's 200-meter sprint, Zhan Youming sprinted towards the best result with an extremely proactive attitude.
"The athlete currently in first place is our country's famous men's 200-meter sprinter, Zhan Youming!!"
"Zhan Youming is in a very advantageous state now! Zhan Youming, keep it up!"
“The last 50 meters!! Hold on, that’s it!!”
At this moment, the voices of Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming were so excited that they were a little hoarse.
In this men's 200-meter sprint preliminaries, Zhan Youming's state in competing for the first place in the preliminary group was completely different from Zheng Tianxi's state in competing for the first place in the men's 100-meter preliminaries the day before.
That day, Zheng Tianxi had to go all out to fight for the first place in order to boost the morale of the Chinese team due to Feng Chuming's performance in the first group of preliminaries.
But today, in the second group of the preliminaries, Su Yu has successfully qualified for the semi-finals with the third place in the group, and also achieved a good result of 20.35 seconds in the competition.
So for Zhan Youming, he has no psychological pressure in competing for the first place in the group in the men's 200m preliminaries. This is a pure pursuit of victory by an athlete!
In the track and field arena, athletes’ struggle for collective honor deserves respect, but fighting for pure victory is equally exciting!
Facing Zhan Youming's performance on the court, whether it was Tian Ruhui and others, or the audience in front of the TV or at the scene, everyone's hearts were surging with excitement at this moment.
At this moment, everyone was shouting loudly in their hearts—
【Zhan Youming! ! ! come on! ! 】
"Zhan Youming! Go! The last 20 meters!"
In the live commentary room of the sports channel, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming's voices were already filled with excitement. At this time, there was too little time left on the field, and they no longer had any extra time to introduce the situation on the field to the audience in the live broadcast room.
However, Zhan Youming’s performance and achievements on the field...need no introduction! !
So everyone could clearly see that on the field, Zhan Youming, with his indomitable momentum and an absolutely obvious lead of one body length, crossed the finish line as the first in the group without any surprise! !
After crossing the finish line, Zhan Youming did not stop. He ran all the way, happily raising his right hand high with a hearty and confident smile on his face. His fingers on his raised right hand were clenched into a fist, with only the index finger raised.
A gesture that represents victory and first place!
After seeing Zhan Youming's action, the audience at the scene also applauded and cheered for him enthusiastically.
Among them, there was an explosive and enthusiastic cheering in the direction of the Chinese players' seats.
Zheng Sheng looked at Zhan Youming's performance and said in annoyance, "Zhan Youming had to rush so hard in the preliminaries..."
But anyone with eyes and ears could see and hear the smiling expression on Zheng Sheng's face and the pride and happiness in his voice that could not be hidden.
Soon, the final result of this game came out.
With a time of 20.02 seconds, which almost broke the 20-second mark again, and ranking first in the group, Zhan Youming qualified for the men's 200m sprint semi-finals without any suspense.
In the interview area on the scene, Su Yu looked at the unrestrained appearance of Zhan Youming on the court, and a hint of longing also rose in his eyes.
Of course, Su Yu also longs for victory in the competition.
Now, every victory in the World Championships is also very wonderful...but...
Su Yu thought, he was indeed looking forward to this kind of complete victory more.
But I don’t know when he will be able to win a satisfying victory like Zhan Youming in a competition like the World Championships?
Looking at the direction of the stadium, Su Yu silently placed his right hand on his left chest - he could feel his heart beating, that vigorous and powerful force was also his desire for victory.
He thought he needed to work harder.
Work harder, and then keep moving forward towards becoming stronger...!
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