Chapter 199
When Su Yu successfully crossed the finish line, the cheers at the scene surged to the highest point like a wave!
"It was amazing!! This was such a fantastic semi-final!!!"
After seeing the top five players cross the line one after another, the Japanese official commentator on the scene could no longer contain his excitement and began to describe his feelings about the game in extremely exaggerated and passionate words.
"What a great semi-final! First up, of course, were Adam Gibson from Grenada and Jersin Robledo from Colombia, who both put in world-class performances in the first set of semi-finals tonight!"
“I guess they must have successfully broken the 44-second barrier in this semifinal! Such a result would be enough to win a medal even in the final!”
"If the schedule hadn't told me that what I just finished was just a semi-final of the Olympic men's 400m sprint, if someone had told me that this was the Olympic men's 400m sprint final, I would have been willing to believe that this was the 400m final!"
"But why? Who turned this men's 400-meter sprint semifinal into a battle comparable to the final?"
…
The official Japanese commentary style at the scene is always so imaginative, but this time few people spoke out to refute the speculation of the official Japanese commentator.
In fact, after the game ended and the large electronic screen at the scene began to replay the game, many people still could not understand how Su Yu had achieved the overtaking goal.
In other words, the audience could actually see the moment when Su Yu surpassed, but they really could not understand how Su Yu achieved the acceleration and surpassing state at that moment.
Just like Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming's definition of Su Yu's accelerated overtaking - 'teleportation', many viewers felt that it seemed like only a moment, Su Yu had opened up the distance between himself and his opponent from the lagging position.
Even Odell Fariña and Christopher, who were on the same field with Su Yu and were successfully surpassed by Su Yu in the previous game, still felt a little dazed when they looked at the images on the large electronic screen.
How is this done?
Of course they knew that Su Yu's first burst of acceleration was in the 200-meter stage, which happened to be the stage when the physical fitness and speed of every athlete present had reached the maximum, but Su Yu's acceleration level was far beyond the reach of the other opponents.
Odell and Christopher watched Su Yu's performance in the second 100-meter stage and the final 50-meter sprint on the electronic screen. Some of his 10-meter segments should have been the fastest in the entire field.
Odell looked at Su Yu's 'teleporting' speed performance on the large electronic screen, and the question in his mind was - he wondered if there would be an official analysis report on this 400m semi-final. If there was, he must see with his own eyes how many kilometers the maximum instantaneous speed of the little guy from the Chinese team reached!
In addition to Su Yu's speed performance that seemed like "teleportation", Odell and Christopher's biggest impression of this guy from the Chinese team was that every detail of his running process was incredibly stable.
Whether it is the dynamic shaping of his arm swing during the mid-run phase or most of the technical details during the hip extension process, this young guy has standards that are almost inconsistent with his age.
Of course, humans are not machines, and perhaps there are still some imperfect details in his running process, but Odell and Christopher were unable to see this "imperfect" part of Su Yu.
Perhaps only by slowing down the game video can we see where this guy's technical flaws lie - but this is already outrageous enough!
Among the players present at the scene, except Christopher and Odell, Adam Gibson and Jersin Robledo were also looking at the big screen and secretly feeling relieved in their hearts.
The players in this game performed too well, not just Su Yu, but also Christopher and Odell. If they had not made up their minds to sprint with all their strength from the beginning, it might be hard to say who would be the final winner of this semi-final.
…
At this time, in the Chinese athlete area seat, after Liu Qinlong overtook Su Yu in the last 50 meters, he was so excited that his knees went weak and he sat heavily on the seat in the audience seats.
On the side, Zheng Sheng was frightened when he saw Liu Qinlong's movement. After confirming that Liu Qinlong was just too excited and his legs were weak, he breathed a long sigh of relief, then grinned and looked at Liu Qinlong with amusement.
"Good old Liu, you are a little too timid, aren't you?"
Liu Qinlong sat in his seat, and after taking a long breath, he stared at Zheng Sheng speechlessly: "Oh, you are capable, you are arrogant! When the 200m preliminaries and semi-finals come tomorrow, I'll see if you can still laugh!"
Judging from the courage they showed at the competition, they are about the same, so it's not up to either of them to judge the other's level.
But Zheng Sheng didn’t care—after all, he wasn’t the one whose legs were weak right now!
The staff sitting in the Chinese athlete zone were now cheering for Su Yu excitedly - just as Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming said, no matter what Su Yu's final result was, his current ranking was already the best ranking the Chinese team had ever achieved in the 400-meter sprint event at the Olympics!
Or in other words, from the moment Su Yu stood on the field of the men's 400m sprint semi-finals of the Olympics, Su Yu had already surpassed history!
And now...
Su Yu even maintains the first place ranking among the remaining players in the current stage of the semi-finals. In other words, Su Yu even has a chance to qualify for the 400-meter sprint final in one fell swoop? !
In the Chinese player zone, some staff members couldn't help but discuss excitedly:
"What do you think if Su Yu successfully qualified for the 400-meter sprint finals...?"
In the front, Zheng Sheng and Liu Qinlong also heard the discussion of the staff behind them.
The first thought that came to their minds at the same time was - if Su Yu really succeeded in qualifying for the 400-meter sprint finals...
That would clash with the 4*100m sprint relay schedule!
***
At the same time, in the audience, Guo Debiao and his friends, after dancing wildly in excitement for a while, also raised the same possibility.
——"Does our Yudi really have a chance to make it directly to the 400m finals?!"
Han Yiqing's mind was very clear. He also thought about the situation that Su Yu would face after successfully advancing to the 400-meter sprint final. According to the current schedule, the 400-meter sprint final was at 9 pm on August 5, and the men's 4*100-meter sprint relay preliminaries were at 11:30 am on August 5.
There seems to be a lot of time between the two games, and Su Yu has half a day to rest and adjust, but the Chinese team's relay is not strong. This season, Su Yu has joined the relay camp for the first time. The audience doesn't know whether the current men's 4*100m relay team is really as strong as they appear on paper.
In the Olympic relay race, if the four Chinese team members want to successfully advance to the relay final, they need to run within 38 seconds to have a chance.
However, this 4*100m relay team, which includes Zheng Tianxi, Feng Chuming, Zhan Youming and Su Yu as official players, has not yet achieved any real results. In the absence of Su Yu this season, Zheng Tianxi and his team have participated in some relay events in the United States together, such as the Florida Relays.
In these relay events, the Chinese team's season best results have not yet broken the 38-second mark.
Judging from this situation, if the Chinese team wants to successfully break through the siege and advance to the finals, in the 4*100m relay preliminaries, whether it is Zheng Tianxi, Feng Chuming, Su Yu or Zhan Youming, they will need to exert all their strength.
Under such a stressful competition, if Su Yu completely exploded in the relay stage, he might not perform very well in the 400m final in the evening.
…
Thinking of this, Han Yiqing was suddenly speechless - Su Yu's results in the competition had not come out yet, and he actually thought that it would be difficult for Su Yu to perform well in the 400-meter final.
Thinking of this, Han Yiqing was silent for two seconds. Suddenly, he heard a noise around the scene, and then Sui Feng beside him suddenly shouted -
“The results are out!”
***
“The results are out!!!”
In the live commentary room of the domestic sports channel, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming shouted in surprise after seeing the live screen switch to the results screen, and then turned their attention to the results interface. This sight shocked Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming again -
Final results of the first group of the men's 400m sprint semi-finals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
First place: Adam Gibson (Grenada), 43.86, SB (season best), Q (direct qualification);
Second place: Jersin Robledo (Colombia), 43.93, AR (Continental Record), Q;
Third place: Su Yu (China), 44.60 seconds, NR/WU18B (national record/world U18 best result);
Fourth place: Christopher Kerkum (Netherlands), 44.62, NR;
Fifth place: Odell Fariña (Trinidad and Tobago), 44.83 seconds;
6th place: …
When the results came out, domestic track and field fans couldn't help but swear.
[Oh shit!] 】
[I was shocked, what was going on? Among the top four players in this group, one directly broke the continental record, one broke the world WU18B (with the Chinese national record), and one broke the national record? ! 】
[The value of this...really shocked me. Are the players in this group so strong? ! 】
[Oh my god, just looking at the paper results of the groups, it seems that the third group in the semi-finals is the strongest? ? ? 】
[My friend in front, if our track and field competitions really only look at the results on paper, then what is the point of having competitions? 】
The public screen of the live broadcast room of Jigu Video was filled with shocked comments from track and field fans and passers-by watching the Olympic Games.
There is no way, this is just the semi-finals of this group, and the contestants’ final results and performances are really too amazing.
At this time, in the live commentary room of the sports channel, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming also spoke in shock -
"Tonight's men's 400m sprint semi-final was unprecedentedly fierce. In this group of competitions, the top two players successfully broke the 44-second mark. Adam created his season best, which is also his best performance in the past two seasons. The 43.93 seconds of Jersin Roboledo from Colombia broke the South American men's 400m sprint record in one fell swoop!"
"Here, we can review the results of the men's 400-meter sprint in the last Olympic Games. In the Rio Olympics, Zachary Briggs of the American team, who won the bronze medal, achieved a time of 43.85 seconds."
“It can be said that the performances of Adam Gibson and Jersin Robledo today have indeed reached the level expected in an Olympic final.”
"And our Chinese team player Su Yu also broke his own limits again in this semi-final!"
"44.60 seconds! A new Chinese men's 400m sprint record, and also a new world U18 best result for the men's 400m sprint!"
Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming were both a little dazed when they saw Su Yu's result.
In their memories, the Chinese team's 400-meter sprint record used to be at 45.50 seconds. At this number, the Chinese team's 400-meter sprint has experienced ups and downs for 30 years.
Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming still remember the feeling of disappointment they felt every time they commented on the 400-meter events in China.
With the emergence of Su Yu, the era when no Chinese athlete could run under 46 seconds has passed. Relying on his own abilities, Su Yu has led the Chinese team to break new records in the 400 meters time and time again.
From 45.39 in the Asian Championships final to 45.32 in the World Championships qualifiers, to 45.03, 44.96, 44.81, 44.79...
Every step Su Yu takes is driving China's 400-meter sprint performance forward in great strides!
And now, this 17-year-old boy has brought the Chinese team's 400-meter sprint record to 44.60 seconds!
Compared with the previous national record of 45.50 seconds, Su Yu, with his own efforts, improved the Chinese team's men's 400-meter sprint record by a full 0.9 seconds!
Even though Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming watched Su Yu grow up, they still found it incredible when they thought about it now.
In the live commentary room of Jigu Video, many Olympic spectators listened to the sighs of Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming and realized that before Su Yu, the Chinese team's 400-meter sprint had been stagnant for as long as thirty years.
Track and field fans who are familiar with the Chinese team's 400-meter situation were even more moved when they listened to Tian Ruhui and the others' explanation:
[Friends, don't mention it. In fact, the situation of the Chinese team was not only like this in the past. In fact, in the current 400-meter race of the Chinese team, don't just look at Su Yu, just look at the other players, the situation is actually not much different from the past. 】
[Yes, currently, there is only one athlete in China who can run under 45.50 seconds, and that is Su Yu... Let alone running under 45.50 seconds, there are not many athletes in China who can run under 46 seconds. This is only because Su Yu motivated the athletes in the 400-meter event to achieve this result. 】
[That's right, compared to 100 meters and 200 meters, Su Yu is the real pillar in the domestic 400-meter sprint. After he was removed, there are really not many people in the domestic 400-meter sprint. This is a bit like the situation when Zhan Youming first emerged in the 200-meter event, but the situation in the 200-meter event was much stronger than that in the 400-meter event. 】
[In short, Su Yu really turned the tide for the 400-meter sprint single-handedly, especially the interview after the Asian Championships, which directly revealed the reality of the 400-meter event. This made the country start to face up to the situation of the 400-meter event and re-led the internal competition and improvement of the current 400-meter runners...]
[Yes, so Su Yu's current position in the 400-meter sprint is absolutely irreplaceable. Not all domestic sprint enthusiasts are fans of Su Yu, but domestic 400-meter sprint enthusiasts are definitely all die-hard fans of Su Yu. 】
Watching the emotional speeches of these track and field fans in the live broadcast room, many spectators who only come to watch major competitions during the Olympics finally understood the importance of Su Yu to the domestic 400-meter sprint event.
At the same time, as Su Yu's results were announced, the official Weibo account of the national track and field team also released an announcement of Su Yu's results as soon as possible.
Official Weibo of the National Track and Field Team: [#Tokyo Olympic Track and Field Schedule#, #Su Yu 400m 44.60#, #Su Yu refreshes the 400m national record#, #Su Yu refreshes the 400m WU18B again# In the first group of the Tokyo Olympic Track and Field men's 400m sprint semi-finals that just ended, our young Chinese athlete Su Yu once again refreshed the Chinese men's 400m sprint record and the world men's 400m sprint U18 best result with a time of 44.60. At the same time, Su Yu's current result ranks first among the remaining players in the semi-finals and he still has a chance to advance to the finals! ! 】
Following the release of the official Weibo account of the National Track and Field Team, the domestic sports-related media matrix immediately reposted and commented on it. Hot searches related to Su Yu once again landed in the top ten of the hot search list. Some spectators who had not had time to watch the game or did not go to watch the game also saw these hot searches and news about Su Yu as soon as possible.
[Wow, didn’t yesterday’s 100m final just break the world U20 record? Today's 400 meters broke the record again? ! 】
[My whole family was shocked for 100 years. Is this Su Yu some kind of humanoid record-breaker? 】
[(狗头) It is reasonable to doubt whether Su Yu has any KPI for breaking records, otherwise it is difficult to understand the frequency of record breaking! 】
[The KPI above made me laugh to death, the DNA of workers has been moved, but our Yudi can't have such a KPI, hahahahaha! 】
[hhhhh, speaking of which, I remember that after Su Yu refreshed the 100m WU20R yesterday, INS was full of the wailing of those overseas U20 sprinters. Is there any big guy who can take a look at the status of those overseas 400m U18 players after Su Yu refreshed his 400m WU18B today? 】
What status?
:)
Thank you for the invitation. I am autistic and don’t want to face this cruel world.
The more happily these domestic spectators laughed, the more miserably these foreign 400m U18 athletes cried.
Uh, what? Are you talking about the domestic U18 players?
_(:зゝ∠)_
Well, generally speaking, domestic U18 players are not at the stage where they need to consider this issue for the time being.
Anyway, someone opened INS on the Internet and searched it, and sure enough, those 400-meter U18 athletes were howling again.
Someone even took a screenshot of Su Yu sitting on the ground, gasping for breath with a pale face after crossing the finish line in the 400-meter sprint semi-final, and then drew a crown, devil horns and bat wings on his head - the weak Su redefined the terrifying devil king.
When someone brought this picture back to China from the Internet, both track and field fans and bystanders couldn't help but burst out laughing.
The face of Su Yu in the picture is really pale, and he really looks like he is about to suffocate. As a result, this weak little Yu, who looks extremely fragile, breaks various U20 and U18 records every minute.
It's outrageous, but combined with Su Yu's past performance, there is a strange rationality in the outrageousness.
***
At this time in the stadium, after Su Yu crossed the finish line, the staff of the Chinese team quickly rushed to Su Yu's side carrying Su Yu's sports bag, water bottle and other things.
However, Su Yu did rush a little too hard in today's 400 meters. He waved to the staff, indicating that he would sit for a while. Then he sat there and breathed for a while under the worried gaze of the staff. After he felt his strength gradually returning, he stood up again with the help of the staff.
Beside Su Yu, whether it was Adam Gibson, Jersin Robledo, or Christopher, Odell... In short, when these players on the field saw Su Yu's condition, they all showed a very strange look on their faces.
This guy from the Chinese team...he's such a freak!
But regardless of whether he was a freak or not, the players present all deeply recognized Su Yu's strength. After seeing Su Yu stand up, Odell, Christopher, Jersin, Adam... these players who wanted to throw Su Yu eight feet away during the competition, now took the initiative to step forward and hug Su Yu.
For competitive sports, strength is your best pass. When your opponents see your strength, their admiration and attention for you will naturally be reflected in their attitudes.
A player with top strength/potential, no matter where he is or whether he speaks the same language, when he appears, he is the most dazzling presence on the field, attracting countless opponents and attention.
Although Su Yu is autistic, he has adapted well to his opponents. After all, there are some language barriers between them. Of course, some players gradually become chatterboxes after getting familiar with each other, such as Jamaica's 100-meter youngster Romario Ferguson, who is a typical representative of them.
As Su Yu thought this, he hugged all the contestants on the scene, and then followed the guidance of the staff to the backcourt lounge.
On the way to the backcourt locker room, he passed by the on-site press pit again. Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong were already waiting for him there.
"Xiaoyu!!"
Liu Yu and the others excitedly waved at Su Yu, then said with a smile: "Congratulations, Xiao Yu! Another record-breaking achievement!!"
These days, when Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong were at the scene, they were most excited when participating in the squat sprint competition. Previously, China's Zheng Tianxi, Feng Chuming and Su Yu advanced to the semi-finals at the same time, and Su Yu and Zheng Tianxi both advanced to the finals. The two even created amazing results in the 100-meter sprint competition.
Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong originally thought that the previous 100-meter sprint battle was enough to excite them for a long time, but in today's 400-meter semi-final, Su Yu actually set a new record again!
Although the live competition is still going on and the second group of semi-final players have already appeared on the stage, the person in charge of the Olympic live broadcast of the sports channel directly contacted Liu Yu and others and urgently approved a 3-minute live broadcast connection, which was stuck before the second group of semi-finals officially started.
Now the second group of semi-final players are coming on stage. They still have a few minutes to adjust the starting blocks and relax before the competition officially begins. After hearing what Liu Yu said, Su Yu did not refuse.
Liu Yu quickly connected to the live broadcast and quickly introduced the current situation to the audience in front of the TV, and then congratulated Su Yu again during the live broadcast.
"Xiao Yu, in today's pre-match interview, we all saw you say that you hope to get a 'good result' in today's race. Do you think that the current result of 44.60 seconds meets the standard of a 'good result' in your mind?"
When Su Yu heard this question, he was stunned for a moment.
He did say this before the game, but at that time he hadn't really thought about what kind of "good results" he wanted to achieve.
This is what Su Yu thought, and he also said it bluntly: "In fact, I didn't have a very clear goal for the results before the competition. At that time, I just hoped to perform well in the semi-finals."
At this point, he paused and pondered: "As for 'good results'..." Su Yu looked at the camera with a slightly strange expression: "...I think that a result of 44.60 seconds should be enough to meet the standard of 'good results' no matter how high my requirements for myself are, right?"
puff.
After seeing the hesitant expression on Su Yu's face, Liu Yu couldn't help but laugh.
The reason why I ask this question is mainly because Su Yu often uses "good results" as his outlook and expectation for the competition results before the game. As his results in the competition are getting better and better, every time he starts to say "I hope to have a good result", some track and field fans will start to make fun of it and say - I get it, I get it, this means he intends to set a record in this game.
But Su Yu himself didn't know this joke, so he looked confused at this moment.
After seeing Su Yu's confused look, Liu Yu smiled again and said to him, "Xiao Yu, the individual event you participated in at the Olympics this time is the best among track and field athletes. At the same time, up to the semi-finals of the 400-meter sprint, you have already run five full guns in three days. Such a high-intensity schedule is a huge test of your physical fitness and condition."
"Some track and field fans said on the Internet that if you can run 45.50+ seconds in the 400m semi-finals, you should be given a nickname... Do you know what nickname the track and field fans gave you?"
Su Yu: “…”
Su Yu was completely unprepared when he heard Liu Yu's interview question. He had never expected Liu Yu to ask this question suddenly. In an instant, Zhou Yuang's devilish "hahahaha" in the group the day before and the title of "Iron Devil" began to echo in his mind.
Help, who is he, where is he, why did he accept this live interview just now...
Su Yu was almost frozen in place, looking at Liu Yu. Under Liu Yu's kind smile, Su Yu struggled for ten seconds, and finally closed his eyes, ready to die, and said, "...I don't want to know!"
Liu Yu:? ? ?
Liu Yu didn't expect Su Yu to give such an answer. After he saw the red color on the tips of Su Yu's ears, he suddenly realized that the child was embarrassed.
After realizing this possibility, Liu Yu really couldn't help but laugh, but his professional ethics made him restrain himself, but a smile could not be avoided on his face and in his voice.
Because it was a live broadcast that was temporarily inserted, Liu Yu had actually been paying attention to the actual situation of the game on the spot. Seeing that the second game of the semi-finals was about to begin, Liu Yu finally asked Su Yu what he expected if he could make it to the finals.
Su Yu, who had just been tapping his toes because of the 'Iron Man Devil' joke, answered subconsciously: "If possible, I hope to perform well and get a... decent result."
He almost instinctively said the sentence "good results". At the last moment, Su Yu finally made an emergency turn, and after saying goodbye to the live audience, he ran towards the backcourt locker room in an almost "fleeing" posture.
Liu Yu looked at Su Yu's "fleeing" posture and was about to wave to Su Yu and tell him to tell him in advance if there were any types of questions he didn't want to answer. However, before he could even speak, Su Yu disappeared into the exit passage to the backstage.
Looking at Su Yu's disappearing back, Liu Yu couldn't help laughing.
At the same time, the Olympic spectators who were originally just watching a post-match interview with Su Yu on the Internet were now laughing out loud.
[I'm dying of laughter, what's going on!] It turns out that our Emperor Yu is still such an autistic person! 】
[It's so prosperous and hot, it's over, I laughed so hard that my stomach hurts. In fact, the sprint leader of the track and field team has always been a black hole in interviews. The only one who is better is probably Zhan Youming. However, although Yudi was autistic before, he mainly played the role of "muddling through" when accepting interviews.
Previously, there was a collection of Yu Di's famous interview scenes on the Zimu website, and someone also summarized Yu Di's "core outline of interviews". Facing different interview questions, there is a universal response formula... and interviews that really go beyond the formula can sometimes be very explosive - a specific example is the famous scene where he really doesn't know what to say, so he quickly reviews the performance of each opponent after the game and analyzes it.
In short, before this, everyone knew that Yu Di was autistic and was a black hole for interviews, but no one had ever discovered that Yu Di...】
So cute.
cough.
Yes, they were calling him Emperor Yu, but when they saw Su Yu looking like a cat with its fur standing on end, many people couldn't help but be touched by his cuteness.
To put it in a comment on the public screen - [Ah ... 】
Although many people responded on the public screen with "Hey, so bold!" How could you be so disrespectful to our Emperor? ', but privately they quickly found the recording of the interview on the Internet and played it over and over again, saying "hehehe" while playing it.
Su Yu, who had already escaped from the interview scene to the backstage lounge at the speed of light, felt sick whenever he thought of the social death scene just now.
When Pei Dingshan and Liu Qinlong rushed to the backcourt locker room, what they saw was Su Yu's autistic appearance.
Liu Qinlong was shocked to see Su Yu like this. He thought Su Yu was being autistic because he didn't advance to the finals. However, the staff nearby secretly conveyed the situation of the live online interview to them.
Liu Qinlong: Phew.
Liu Qinlong really couldn't help but laughed, but he quickly restrained his smile, coughed dryly and pretended nothing had happened.
Pei Dingshan's eyes were filled with smiles at this moment. After walking to Su Yu's side, he raised his hand and rubbed Su Yu's head. Su Yu, who was immersed in autism, stiffened for a moment, and the hair on his body almost exploded again. Then, after feeling the familiar breath around him, he looked up at Pei Dingshan, and saw Pei Dingshan rubbing his head with a smile on his face.
Su Yu looked a little angry and embarrassed at this moment, with red ears, he slapped Pei Dingshan's hand away.
Pei Dingshan couldn't hold back the smile on his face when he saw the look on Su Yu's face, and then he got a fierce glare from Su Yu.
Looking at the ferocious child in front of him, Pei Dingshan confirmed that Su Yu was in good condition at the moment - after all, Su Yu had made sufficient physical reserves and training preparations before the Olympics, and his own recovery ability was outstanding. After a day's rest during the day, although the 400 meters tonight was indeed a considerable consumption, after his emotions and state were mobilized, the consumption in this competition did not actually exceed Su Yu's ability limit.
After confirming that there was no problem with Su Yu's condition, Pei Dingshan still rushed Su Yu to the small room in the liquid nitrogen cryotherapy chamber next door and asked him to quickly start preparing for post-match adjustment and recovery work.
While Su Yu was being rushed to make post-match recovery adjustments, the second game of the semi-finals had just ended.
When we were discussing the three groups in the semi-finals, someone mentioned that in this Olympic men's 400m sprint semi-final, the second group had relatively weaker athletes.
However, many people still did not expect that the gap in strength between the contestants would be so huge.
In the second group of the semi-finals that just ended, the top-ranked American athlete, last season's Olympic bronze medalist Zachary Briggs, ran 44.42 seconds, while the second-ranked Jamaican star Elvado Carpenter only ran 44.90 seconds.
As for the third-placed Australian player in the group, his score was over 45 seconds, totally out of the running for the final spot.
Many viewers who don't often watch the game were shocked.
[Are the players in this group so weak? 】
And track and field fans were quick to answer.
[In fact, he is not weak. The first of this group is the bronze medalist of the 400m in the last Olympics. He is also the bronze medalist of the men's 400m sprint in last year's World Championships. 】
[Yes, in fact, the second place in this group, Elvado Carpenter, is definitely not weak either. His 400m PB is also 43.88 seconds. It's just that Zachary and Elvado are too strong in this group. It is difficult for the other players to pose a threat to them. So neither Zachary nor Elvado need to be too afraid of their opponents and run more relaxed. 】
This is the fact. For Zachary and Elvado, in this group of semi-finals, they did not need to consume too much energy to qualify.
This is also their advantage in grouping.
However, the situation was different in the third group of the semi-finals. In the third group of the semi-finals, there were the 'Mongod' Amon Kenoshi from Botswana, the dark horse gold medalist of last year's World Championships, Askel Robibson from the Bahamas, and the former world 400m sprint U18 record holder Elliott Williams from the United States. This directly led to the fact that the competition in this group of semi-finals would not be less intense than that in the first group of the semi-finals.
This is the final fact.
In the semi-finals of this group, Asker, who ranked first, also broke the 44-second mark. The remaining second-placed Elliott and third-placed Amon Kenoshi scored 44.51 and 44.57 respectively.
When Amon Kenoshi's time of 44.57 appeared in the third group of the semi-finals, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming in the live commentary room of the domestic sports channel were both startled, but then they both breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that the fourth-ranked Jamaican player only scored 44.73.
At this point, Tian Ruhui could finally announce loudly: "Dear audience! The three groups of the men's 400-meter sprint semi-finals have all ended! Our young athlete Su Yu ranked second among the remaining semi-finalists with a time of 44.60 seconds, and successfully won the last spot in the men's 400-meter sprint finals!!"
"Let us congratulate Su Yu together!!!"
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