"Congratulations on advancing to the men's 200 semifinals!"

"Wow, it's like you didn't qualify, you're the champion seed now."

On the bus back to the Olympic Village, Su Zu and Yang Guangzong, who had just finished the morning 200-meter preliminaries, were smiling and chatting with Liu Yangyu.

The men's 110-meter hurdles event also started the first round of competition today on August 24, but the morning start time was one hour earlier than the men's 200-meter sprint, so the coaching staff arranged for Liu Yangyu to go to the Olympic Stadium in advance, and the time of Su Zu Yang Guangzong and the others was staggered.

If you go back, you don't have to separate again, the men's 110m hurdles only have one round of preliminaries today, and Liu Yangyu, who was divided into the third group of the preliminaries, easily advanced to the semifinals with a time of 13.27 seconds.

The men's 110m hurdles, as a straight short span event, has also attracted much attention. In terms of field arrangement, it is the same as the sprint event, and it is also a four-shot victory in the preliminaries, semi-finals, semi-finals, and finals.

However, in terms of time arrangement, it is more generous than the men's 100m and men's 200m events, and basically maintains the rhythm of one race a day.

The first round of the men's 110m hurdles will be held at 9:35 a.m. on August 24, the second round of semi-finals will be held at 22:15 on August 25, the semifinals will be held at 21:30 on August 26, and the final will be held at 21:30 on August 27.

"What about Dashi, has he advanced?"

On the bus, another domestic player who participated in the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries did not show up, so Yang Guangzong asked. During the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries, he and Su Zu were busy warming up and checking in, and they didn't see the whole process of the preliminaries.

"I should go back first."

Liu Yangyu shook his head and said uncertainly. Shi Dongpeng, who is also a short-span player who is also in love with each other, did not perform well in the fourth group of the preliminaries.

The 110m hurdles are six preliminaries, with the top four qualifying for the semi-finals and the remaining eight best finishes.

Shi Dongpeng's score was 13.68 seconds, sixth in the group, and the supplementary score ranked ninth, and was eliminated with a difference of 0.02 seconds, missing the second round of the rematch.

"It's a pity."

Yang Guangzong sighed, this is not an athlete's personal competition, but the Olympic arena to win glory for the country, can one more person enter the semi-finals and enter the semi-finals, one more chance and security.

The Chinese men's track and field sprint sprint sprint Olympic medal has only one bronze medal from Su Zu so far. Yang Guangzong is not sure about the 200 meters, but the 110 meters hurdles are indeed more promising.

He and Liu Yangyu are both from the magic capital, and their personal relationship is good, Liu Yangyu's performance has improved rapidly in the past two years, basically all the players in the 110-meter hurdles have been won by him, and he has ranked first in the IAAF's men's 110-meter hurdles points, and he is the absolute favorite to win the championship.

Several people sighed, chatted about some of the opponents in the recent competition, and while talking, the bus returned to the Olympic Village.

Still pressed for time, eating, resting, and warming up for a period of time in the evening, and then the masseur from the team medical team came over to give Su Zu and Yang Guangzong a pre-game massage to warm up.

At half past 18 in the evening, under the leadership of the coaching staff and relevant staff, Su Zu and Yang Guangzong returned to the Olympic Stadium again.

The men's 200m semi-finals in the evening will be at 8 p.m., and there will be a total of four groups in the semi-finals, with the top three in each group advancing directly, and the remaining four fastest athletes in each group to make up for it, with a total of 16 athletes participating in the semi-finals tomorrow night.

Su Zu was placed in the fourth group in the men's 200m semifinals, while Yang Guangzong was in the second group.

There are significantly more spectators at the Olympic Stadium at night than during the day, one is that the daytime temperature is higher on weekdays, while the temperature is relatively lower at night, and there are many competitions. From the men's decathlon to the women's pole vault final, to the women's 400m final and the men's 1500m final, there have been several gold medals in track and field events.

On the other hand, in the men's 200m event, after the Greek star Kentris was banned, there were still two Greek runners, Anastasias Gausis and Panagiotis Seris, broke into the semi-finals.

At this time, in a dormitory at the University of Arkansas in the distant United States, there are also people who are paying attention to the Olympic 200-meter event.

A bearded, well-proportioned young American sits motionless in front of the television as the men's 200m semi-final is broadcast.

At the time of the preliminaries, it was still early in the morning on the American side, and he was not in the habit of staying up late to watch the game, and now the time in Athens is 20 o'clock in the evening, and it is just noon on the American side.

Next to the young American, sat a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, who was still in good shape despite being middle-aged, and clearly showed signs of being an athlete.

"Tyson, you've missed a rare opportunity."

Lance Brauman leaned back in his chair and watched on the TV screen as the men's 200m semifinals began in the first group, and in lane four, it was Sean Crawford, whom they all knew well.

"Coach, it was the referee of the selection competition who judged unfairly, so I missed the opportunity to participate in this competition."

The black American with a mustache was very stylish and had a serious expression, but his voice was hoarse and delicate, and his tone contained indignation.

Due to his special physique, he usually drinks more water than other athletes in training and competition. And in this year's All-American Olympic Trials, the mineral water he prepared for himself before the competition was suddenly taken away by other athletes. As a result, he suffered leg cramps due to dehydration in the 200m race, and eventually missed the opportunity.

Lance Brauman shook his head and continued: "Tyson, this is competitive sports, and all your competitors will use all kinds of means to limit you. You're still an amateur athlete, and you don't have enough fame to support it for all the players and judges to look up to you. Your talent is so outstanding that you should consider becoming a full-fledged professional athlete. ”

"Coach, what about my college studies?" The young black American with a mustache was still a little suspicious, he entered high school and college through sports, but unlike other athletes, he chose sociology and marketing in addition to competition.

Many talented black American athletes don't care about their college studies, but after a full year of injury and illness in 2003, coupled with his family's athletes, he understands that an athlete's career is short, and it is necessary to have more knowledge to be able to get into college.

"Trust me, Tyson, you still have a lot of room for improvement. Your specialty is 200 meters, and there are not many people who can match you in 200 meters at your current level. And you have a lot of room for improvement in the 100m event. ”

Lance Brauman said bitterly, his disciple has amazing sprinting talent, he can be said to be no less than Justin Gatlin, who won the 100-meter gold medal for the United States again two days ago, but also because of the athlete's family background, his disciple has a great taboo about athletes' injuries, and is now unwilling to give up his college studies and become a professional sprinter.

"I'd like to think about it, Coach." The young black American hesitated, "I hope to be able to help the school win a few more championships in the NCAA next year." ”

"Think about it." Lance Brauman spoke again, "Like Veronica Campbell Brown, you and she have been training partners for a long time, you should know what it is like to be a professional sprinter, even if it is not as high as the NFL and MLB, and the top stars in the NBA, but it is far more than the average person." It's a cause worth working on. ”

The young black American was silent, Veronica Campbell Brown was the same age as him, a Jamaican female sprinter, both of whom were athletes led by Coach Lance Brauman. Veronica Campbell Brown won the silver medal in the women's 4×100m relay at the Olympics in 2000.

After four years of training, she has already competed in the Olympics as the women's 200m athlete of the Jamaican track and field team this year, and she has her women's 200m semi-finals this afternoon.

"If you can focus all your energy on sprinting, I'm sure you'll become the top sprinter on the planet."

Lance Brauman pointed to the TV as the first group of the men's 200m rematch was about to begin, "Sean Crawford, Justin Gatlin, and all of them, they won't be your opponents." ”