Chapter 232: The New History of the Chinese Men's 100m Olympics

A few minutes later, the athletes' bus arrived at the Bird's Nest, and Zhang Huasong, Hu Kai, Fang Jianrui, Ye Wenfei and others got off the bus and entered the Bird's Nest Athletes' Lounge. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

There were already more than a dozen foreign 100-meter sprinters and their coaching staff members who arrived first in the lounge, and when they saw Zhang Huasong come in, the lounge suddenly fell silent.

Obviously, Zhang Huasong's position as the king of the Blue Star 100m field, there is no need to speak, just standing there can make athletes in the same event can only look up.

As the clock ticked by, the rest of the athletes arrived in the lounge one after another, where they were preparing for the competition with the help of their respective coaching staff.

This is the world's top sports meeting every four years, and the opportunity is precious, except for a few top players such as Zhang Huasong, no one else is fully sure that they will be able to advance, and everyone must prepare carefully.

A total of 80 people participated in the men's 100m preliminaries of the Beiping Olympics, Zhang Huasong, Hu Kai, Bolt and others participated directly through the Olympic A standard, some through each country's only one Olympic B standard quota, and some did not meet the participation standard line, but participated through the International Olympic Committee.

The preliminaries are divided into two rounds, the first round starts at 9:45 and is divided into 10 groups, with the top three and the best 10 people in each group advancing to the second round, with a total of 8 minutes of time for each group to play and warm-up.

Zhang Huasong was divided into the 10th group and the last group to play.

This was deliberately arranged by the organizing committee, and the finale was played, and like Phelps, Phelps also played in the last group or preliminary round in each group stage.

At 9:45 a.m. on August 15, 2008, the first group of 8 men's 100-meter athletes left the lounge under the guidance of the staff and walked to the Bird's Nest field.

Even if it is just a preliminary race, the significance of the men's 100m in all human sports is extraordinary, and all the competitions of the men's 100m are broadcast live on TV stations in countless countries around the world.

Zhang Huasong and other athletes and coaches from other countries also watched the games outside through the live TV cameras in the lounge.

The top 10 athletes in the world are seeded evenly across 10 groups, with Jamaican phenom Usain Bolt seeded in the first group.

After the start of the game, under the attention of more than 90,000 people, Bolt easily won the first place in the group with a time of 10.20 seconds and directly advanced, receiving a lot of applause.

In the second group, Jamaican flyer Asafa Powell also ranked first in the group with a time of 10.16 seconds and easily advanced.

In the fifth group, Tyson Gay, a star and stripe national flyer, ranked first in the group with a time of 10.22 seconds and easily advanced.

It was not unexpectedly that these seeded players would finish first and easily advance to the next round, and they did not run under 10 seconds, and the audience only applauded symbolically, and the mood was not high.

It wasn't until the sixth group, after the Chinese player and glasses man Hu Kai appeared on the field, that the Chinese audience, which occupied the largest proportion of seats, suddenly boiled, and the calls of "glasses man come on" came and went, and the momentum was huge.

Before 2008, no one in the Chinese men's 100-meter dash had ever reached the second round of the Olympics.

Although Zhang Huasong is born now, let alone advance to the second round, it is very possible to win the championship. But if Hu Kai, who took the lead, can advance to the second round, it will also be a historic breakthrough and great news.

Therefore, whether it was the scene or in front of the TV, the Chinese audience clenched their fists and watched Hu Kai's performance on the field nervously.

In the Bird's Nest, on the 100-meter starting line, Hu Kai, who was in the second lane, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and thought about Zhang Huasong's words of comfort on the bus and Zhang Huasong's guidance on sprinting during the national team training, relaxed his mind, and was ready to fight hard!

Then, with a gunshot from the starter, Hu Kai rushed out with a reflex speed of 0.131 seconds in the top three. Then, Hu Kai took out all the energy in his body and sprinted desperately towards the finish line!

The level of athletes participating in the preliminaries is uneven, and some of them are licensed by the IOC to take care of the weak countries in sports, and their strength is not strong.

Therefore, in less than 30 meters, the top few have already stood out and are in the first group.

And Hu Kai's figure is in the first group, and the seeded player in the sixth group, the United States flyer Tyrone Edgar, is neck and neck.

Seeing Hu Kai's performance, the Chinese audience on the scene and watching the live broadcast became excited, and everyone cheered for Hu Kai loudly, hoping that he would get the top three and advance directly.

As the finish line drew closer, the mighty Tyrone Edgar gradually came out on top, crossing the finish line first with a time of 10.13 seconds and comfortably qualifying as group winners.

The three players who followed him, including Hu Kai, crossed the line almost at the same time, and everyone couldn't see who was the second and third to advance directly, and who was the fourth to compete for the best 10 places to advance.

In the nervous anticipation of the spectators, the big screen in the stadium played the detailed results of Group 6 of the first round of the men's 100m after everyone else crossed the finish line:

1st place, Tyrone Edgar, Mi Guo, lane 5, 10.13s;

second place, Hu Kai, Hua Guo, lane 2, 10.24 seconds;

third, Davis Parton, Stars and Stripes, lane 6, 10.25s;

fourth, Ronald Bonon, France, lane 7, 10.26s;

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As soon as the results came out, the CCTV commentator in the live TV broadcast suddenly shouted: "Second place, second place, Chinese athlete Hu Kai ran a time of 10.24 seconds to rank second and directly advance to the next round, this is the first time in the history of China's men's 100m Olympics that an athlete has advanced to the second round, let us congratulate Hu Kai, he has created a new history of the Chinese men's 100m Olympics!"

At the scene, after seeing that he was only 0.02 seconds ahead of the fourth place and ranked second and directly qualified, Hu Kai was also overjoyed!

For him, it is also a supreme honor to qualify for the Olympic Games and advance to the second round in the 100m preliminaries, creating a new history of the Chinese men's 100m Olympics.

Hu Kai rushed to the sidelines to celebrate warmly with his family and friends and the group of classmates from Shuimu University, and then returned to the lounge to celebrate with Fang Jianrui and other members of the coaching staff.

The audience at the scene and in front of the TV also felt both joy and surprise that Hu Kai ranked second in the group and directly advanced to the next round, and there were many discussions.

The score of 10.24 seconds is also a rare good result in Hu Kai's career.

Unexpectedly, he ran out of the most important Olympic competition.

Hu Kai can play extraordinarily and run such a good result. Then, for Zhang Huasong, who has always been stable, it is not a problem.

Everyone is looking forward to Zhang Huasong's Olympic debut!

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