Berlin Olympic Stadium.
"Jin Saito! What the hell are you doing!!! 21.38s??? What are you running? You're one second worse than your best this year. You shouldn't have run out even with your eyes closed. This result? Have you become a junior high school student?" A former coach of the track and field team was yelling at Saito Jin: "Where is your mental quality? Your mental quality to serve the Japanese track and field team where it goes?"
"If I had known that your mental quality was so poor, I would never have brought you out to compete!!!"
But actually...
Do you really think that the reason for such a poor performance is simply due to "mental quality"?
At this point, the Japanese team is not much different from what they used to do in China.
Poor performance is a problem with the athlete's own psychological quality. He scolds those whose psychological quality is not up to standard without even thinking about whether there are other problems.
Su Shen only said these few points in the interview.
The first is that Bolt is really fast. There is still a big gap between me and him now. 200 meters is not at the same level.
The second thing is that I am still a newbie in the 200m. I just came here to find out the feeling of the competition. I don’t have any specific expectations for the 200m.
The third is what Hu Kai said when he defeated Takahira Shinji last year. When we face the Japanese team, when we face the Asian team, whether it is 100 meters or 200 meters, it is no longer an era where we need to look up. Starting from this generation, the identity of Asia's track and field hegemon has been completely transferred from Japan.
Now we are the new overlord of Asian track and field.
Everyone is very excited. The Japanese 200-meter team has indeed been brilliant in the international arena. We were so suppressed that we couldn't hold our heads up. Now is the 200-meter team finally starting to turn around?
The Japanese media disagrees with this.
The Land Alliance grasped the key point and immediately spoke out to refute Su Shendao:
You'd better enter the 200-meter final first and then talk about it.
There seems to be nothing wrong with this, because it is true that the flower growers have not yet entered the 200-meter finals.
Although the influence of 200 meters is worse than that of 100 meters, it sounds like a desperate struggle, and the last trapped beast is still fighting, but if possible, their last extravagant hopes must be filled.
However, the 200 meters entered the final...
It's a bit too difficult.
Hukai didn't even have a chance, and Beiao just entered the semifinals. Can the fourth shot really be heard?
Su Shen actually didn't have any ideas, but after the rematch, this idea...
Suddenly it started to become clear.
Zhang Peimeng gave full play to his second shot in the afternoon rematch and finally grabbed a small q. His grouping was not good. Bolt's group was too strong. Fortunately, there were 4 small qs in the rematch. Three are promoted directly. As a result, he still managed to squeeze in in 20.55 seconds.
Bolt was present in this group, and his rhythm was somewhat problematic, resulting in unstable performance.
Su Shen decided early on that he would just use a small Q for the second shot, but he did not expect that he was lucky enough to be placed in the weakest group, that is, the second group. The top three in this group only needed to run 20.60+ is enough. Su Shen easily entered the top three in the group with a time of 20.67 seconds, and then also entered the semi-finals.
As for Zhou Bing, he still adopted the tactics of Xiao Q. Don't waste so much physical energy in the rematch.
Fight for another try in the semifinals.
In this way, the three flower growers have all entered the semi-finals, and their luck in the 200 meters this year is still good.
The grouping isn't particularly bad.
Even better.
Zhou Bing also entered the semi-finals with a score of 20.60+.
But in the semi-finals, the situation was different, and it was obviously much more intense.
In the current semi-finals, there are only two groups, and the top four in each group advance. It is so cruel, and there is no little Q to fight for you.
So whether the grouping is good or not really depends on the face.
The grouping is not good. You are on a team with strong people. Even though you have good strength and can get in, you are forced to stop moving forward.
The next night, when the semi-finals were divided into groups, Zhou Bing looked a little sad and said, "Xiao Tian, am I too unlucky? I'm actually in the second group?"
In the second group of the semi-finals, it seems that there is no Bolt, but because the strength is relatively average, it will be very tiring to run.
Wallace Spearmon, Jamaica's Steve Muslim, Charles Clark, and Turkey's super talented newcomer Ramil Guliyev are all guys who have scored above 20.20 this year. Zhou Bing's progress is indeed good, but compared with the results of these people, it is still far behind.
Even Ramil Guliyev, who was born in the 90s, is much younger than Zhou Bing this year and ninety months younger than Su Shen, but he can already run 10.08s in 100 meters and 200 meters. This year it even reached 20.04s. As one of the future white ten-breakers, Ramil Guliyev can indeed afford the status of this genius.
Too awesome.
Now he is only eighteen or nineteen years old and is already on the verge of forming a good fighting force on the world stage.
The 200m time of 20.04s was something that even Hu Kai had never touched before, so it was far behind.
How can this compare?
No matter how you look at the top four, their future is bleak.
Zhou Bing was desperate.
I finally made it to the semifinals, and I still have some physical fitness. Why is it so difficult?
There is no way to survive at all.
"Ah Tian, is there any way I can save him?" Zhou Bing said pitifully.
Water vapor almost came out of my eyes.
It is a pity that Su Shen is not a real magician and cannot be omniscient and omnipotent. Faced with this kind of grouping, he can only shake his head and say: "Brothers, please wish for your own blessings."
"Ah? Is it hopeless?" Zhou Bing complained loudly: "I am too miserable."
"My dream of the finals, when will it come true?"
"I want to go to the finals stage and rub the pie, ah, it's Tai Chi."
"Run well and achieve your best result." Zhao Haohuan said: "Luck is also a kind of strength. I tell you that you often don't wash your face before going to bed. You deserve to have a dark face."
"Gou Huan! Why are you saying such sarcastic words! We are no longer good brothers!" Zhou Bing was furious, turned around and said, "Don't you see that I am feeling sad?"
"How about a little compassion."
"You don't need sympathy, you need to wash your face, otherwise your face will be dark and unhygienic." Zhao Haohuan said angrily.
Zhou Bing was so angry that his whole cheek almost bulged out.
"Okay, okay, don't overtake us." Yuan Guoqiang came over and shouted stop, then looked at Su Shen and said: "Xiao Tian, you and Pei Meng are in the first group, is there any hope?"
In fact, it’s just a question.
After all, the second group is not weak, and the first group looks even more scary, right?
At least Usain Bolt will secure a spot.
That's one less person.
In addition, there are Sean Crawford, the 200-meter champion of the Athens Olympics, and Alonso Edward, a young Bahamian player who suddenly exploded this year and is about the same size as Su Shen. These people are not to be touched. Especially this Alonso Edouard, this year is really a miracle boy, he keeps emerging. Not only did the 100 meters open 10.10 seconds, but his 200 meters also soared to 20 seconds. The key is that he was still 20.90+ in the 200 meters last year. Level, this improvement is really big.
Coupled with France's David Arlert and Germany's young Robert Harting, who was born in the 1990s, these people are better than Su Shen and others in PB and SB.
Antigua and Barbuda's famous player Brandon Christian, although this year's state is not as heroic as last year, he still has 20.20SB here. These are opponents who seem to have no way of touching him.
It's equally difficult to advance, and it's no easier than Zhou Bing's side.
Therefore, Yuan Guoqiang just asked casually, without thinking about how many opportunities there would be.
After all, this is 200 meters, not 100 meters.
Su Shen is the world's top super flyer in the 100m, but in the 200m... he is still a serious rookie.
Pure newbie.
"Opportunity? Well, there should still be some." Su Shen touched his chin and said.
"Oh, there's a chance...huh? What did you say?" Yuan Guoqiang looked at Su Shen, and suddenly the power seemed to be cut off, and then the signal was connected again, and said: "Xiao Tian, what did you say? You said? We , isn’t there no chance? Right?”
"Yes." Su Shen nodded.
"This is 200 meters." Yuan Guoqiang said.
"Yes, I know this is 200 meters." Su Shen said: "Isn't the 100 meters race finished long ago?"
"Then, then...how can we win?" Yuan Guoqiang said "that" for a long time before speaking out. In his opinion, this group should not have any chance.
There are four or five people whose strength exceeds 20.20+. How can they outrun this?
The gap is too big, okay?
It might not even work if Hu Kai is still there.
What's more, it's Su Shen and Zhang Peimeng.
"There is definitely no chance for the top three." Su Shen looked at the group list and said in a neither fast nor slow voice: "But for the fourth, there may be some hope."
"Fourth? But Bolt, Crawford, Alonso Edward and Brandon Christian are all too strong. Did you count the wrong one, Xiao Tian?" Zhang Quan also said Asked, because no matter how you calculate it, there are four people here, which is already enough.
"It depends on people." Su Shen didn't say much here, because he couldn't say it. He already knew that some people were not in such good condition.
Insufficient experience in competitions and the inability to perform at a high level. For example, Jin Saito of the Japanese team lost one second of his performance. That is an extremely typical example.
But no matter how you look at these people, they are not at the level of Saito Hitoshi of the Japanese team.
This is where there is no hope.
"Is it really possible? If we can win and enter the top four, it will be a huge breakthrough in the history of our country's 200 meters." Having said that, it is obvious that you can feel that Yuan Guoqiang and the others do not have too high expectations. hope. They are almost "superstitious" about Su Shen in the 100 meters. As long as Su Shen doesn't say that he wants to beat Bolt, they basically won't say anything and will even believe it.
But this is 200 meters. Su Shen's honor and achievements are very weak, and it is normal to not achieve the same effect.
After all, trust is often based on strength and honor. If you want to be completely trustworthy, it is really difficult to do something that seems impossible.
But after Su Shen saw that he was in the first group, his mind became... alive.
Of course, this does not mean that it is determined that he will enter the 200-meter final.
Because even if there is no problem in the grouping, if he wants to enter, he still has to run a score that exceeds the current PB limit.
if not.
It's still a little bit awkward.
OW's top competition is coming later. Even if you want to play tricks and know a lot of "prophetic information", you must first have this ability. Otherwise, even if you have the information, it will be of little use.
Failure to do so means nothing.
…
China Sports Channel.
"Hello, viewers, this is Tianchao Sports Channel. It is now 12:30 a.m. Beijing time, and the men's 200-meter semi-finals are about to begin. I am Yang Jian."
"I'm Hu Kai."
"I am Li Tao."
"Our athletes have all entered the semi-finals. This is a gratifying achievement. I hope they can continue their efforts and show better style today." After Yang Jian finished his opening remarks, he said: "The men's 200 meters is about to begin. The first group match of the semi-finals.”
"The first group of players includes the great Black Lightning Usain Bolt."
"Panamanian talent Alonso Edouard."
"Chinese players Zhang Peimeng and Su Shen."
"Shaun Crawford, the 200m champion of the Athens Olympics."
“Antigua and Barbuda star Brandon Christian.”
"David Arlert of France and Robert Harting, a young man born in the 1990s in Germany."
"These eight people will fight for four places in the finals." Yang Jian said: "Two professional big guys, I don't know what you think of this game. What are the chances of Su Shen and Zhang Peimeng winning?"
"I think it's a bit suspenseful." Hu Kai just smiled. To be honest, he didn't have any big expectations for this scene.
Because the difference in strength is too obvious.
In the face of the absolute disparity in strength, no matter how much you speak in plain language, it will be useless.
Respecting facts is also a major feature of the Su Shen system.
Don't engage in some vain "chicken blood".
"It's basically difficult to advance." Li Tao also told the truth what he thought, saying: "The pressure in this game is too great. For Su Shen and Zhang Peimeng to reach this point can be considered a personal success, especially for Su God, in the 200m, we broke through to the semifinals for the first time, which is already very good. Don’t put extra pressure on the athletes that they shouldn’t bear. In the 200m, they still lack the strength to enter the finals.”
"In this group of athletes who can run 20.20+, there are more than four SB athletes. Su Shen and Zhang Peimeng are indeed still close. Why are you so embarrassed to admit that they are indeed poor and still need to work hard."
"If you were here, Hukai, there might be some hope."
"I'm afraid it's difficult." Hu Kai said with a wry smile: "My PB is 20.29s, and if I have to run 100 meters, I usually can't slow down. I don't have enough physical fitness to face 200 meters. This is also As you can see, the reason why my 200-meter performance was worse than usual in the Olympics and World Championships is that after running 100 meters, my body was exhausted and I no longer had the ability to run another 200 meters. "
"What Hu Kai said is very realistic, because having to run so many guns is a huge test for athletes' physical fitness and physical endurance." Li Tao agreed: "Similar to someone like Usain Bolt, that is Rare among the rare, generally speaking, running 100 meters to the limit will have some impact on the next 200 meters. Chinese athletes now separate the 100 meters and 200 meters, which is actually a good way."
"At least I can go all out in the competition without having to allocate physical energy and worry about physical endurance."
"We can see that in this world championships, Su Shen, the sprint team's only one person, is responsible for the event. At present, he is the only one who has the ability to do all this."
"But 200 meters... is not Su Shen's strength. Everyone should just do their best."
What Li Tao and the others said was obvious, they were not very optimistic about it, or they just didn't expect it to go in.
Because I really don’t know how to get in.
But what they don't know is.
More than twenty seconds later.
The 200-meter history of the flower grower.
will be rewritten accordingly.
(End of chapter)
