At the end of the first group of the 200m semi-finals, almost everyone who knew anything about the men's 200m event was surprised when Sean Crawford's results appeared on the big screen at the Olympic Stadium.

19.95 seconds!

The 200m gold medal at the last Sydney Olympics, Greek athlete Kentris, only ran 20.03 seconds in the final.

And Sean Crawford, now in the rematch, ran an astonishing time of 19.95 seconds.

Compared to the 100 meters, which can run into the 10-second mark, there are only five or six athletes with this ability in this Olympic Games.

And the 200m, at least for now, apart from Shaun Crawford, only the best Frankie Fredericks has ever run in under 20 seconds. He and Shaun Crawford were both in the first group of the semifinals, finishing second with a time of 20.20 seconds.

As for the other runners, looking at all the all-time bests, almost none of the 200 meters have been able to score 20 seconds.

Shaun Crawford advanced to the semi-finals in the first group of the semi-finals with a time of 19.95 seconds, declaring his absolute strength in the 200m event, which is almost unimaginable for the pressure on the other athletes behind him.

With the results of the first group of semi-finalists, eight athletes from the second group of semi-finalists appeared in the starting area on the track and field field.

As the athletes appeared on the field, the information of the athletes in the second group of the semi-finals was also listed on the big screen on the big screen.

First, Yang Guangzong, China

The second lane, Makotori Column, Italy

The third way, Anastasias Gausius, Greece

Fourth Way, Bernard Williams, USA

Fifth Path, Malik, Algeria

Sixth lane, Masingigran, Poland

Seventh Road, Dirheimki, Germany

Eighth Road, Brian Zingai, Zimbabwe.

When the information of the second group of athletes in the semi-finals appeared on the big screen at the scene, several coaches of the Chinese sprint coaching staff on the sidelines, Yu Liwei, Li Zhizhong and others were analyzing the athletes in the 200-meter semi-finals.

"Yang Guangzong's group is the most advantageous."

Yuan Guohua kept flipping through the list of the four groups of semi-finalists, sighed lightly, and spoke.

"But it's still very difficult to get to the semi-finals, and there are no weak players in the Olympics."

Yu Liwei frowned, worried, in the sprint event of the Olympic Games, it is extremely rare for a Chinese athlete to be able to break into the semi-finals, but with the bronze medal in the 100-meter event of Su Zu, Zhuyu is in front, and there is a little more expectation for the results of other sprinters.

The strongest player in Yang Guangzong's group is the American star Bernard Williams, who was the second runner of the American men's 4100m relay team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and his personal best time in the 200m was 20.01 seconds set in Brussels in 2001.

Poland's Marcindigeran was the group leader in the morning heats, and although he was white, he was already strong in the 200m. He was the champion and runner-up of the European Youth Championships in 2001 and 2003.

At this time, with the introduction of the athletes by the on-site host, the audience at the Olympic Stadium suddenly erupted in an earth-shattering cheer, almost deafening, and the voices of several coaches on the coaching staff talking were muffled.

"It's Anastasia Osgosse." Li Zhizhong raised his head and looked at the arena, and roughly transliterated the names in his hand and said, many of the names of these athletes from Europe and the United States are long and twisty, and few people can read them correctly.

When the host of the conference introduced the Greek athlete, the many Greek spectators at the scene were almost completely ignited and cheered violently.

"I hope Yang Guangzong can play well, overall, the strength of his group of players, except for Bernard Williams, the other players are relatively weak, if they play well, they should have a chance to enter the semifinals of the next round. Otherwise, the pressure on Su Zu would be too great. ”

Li Zhizhong sighed silently, after Su Zu won the bronze medal in the 100 meters, the attention to him at home and abroad has continued to rise, and it can be seen from the increasing number of Chinese spectators at the scene that Su Zu is already standing on the cusp at this time, and the pressure on his back is getting bigger and bigger.

Yang Guangzong stood on the starting line of the first lane, and since it was the first lane, he was the most backward and could observe all the other runners.

When he knew that the players in the same group of the competition, he was indeed a little lucky, and the level of athletes in his group was indeed much lower than that of other groups.

In the first group of the semi-finals, Sean Crawford and Frankie Fredericks were in the first group, in the third group there were 100m champion Justin Gatlin and Jamaican rookie Asafa Powell in the 5th place in the 100m, not to mention Suzu, Obikviru and Stefan Buckland in the fourth group, all of whom were athletes who could run in the 200m at the level of 20.20 and 20.30 seconds.

As long as there are two people in each group, it will be difficult for other athletes to compete for a third place in the semi-finals.

And the rematch of his group, at present, the strongest is Bodner Williams of the United States, who he has also heard of. The level of other athletes is relatively lower, it should be said that it is on par with him Yang Guangzong, and they are all at the same level.

Yang Guangzong usually giggles, but also has a clear understanding of his level, his best result this season, is in the preliminaries run 20.59 seconds, if you can maintain this level, or a little breakthrough, maybe this semi-final has a chance to advance to the next round.

A heavy breath came from Yang Guangzong's mouth and nose, and he stood in front of the starting block, constantly jumping lightly to keep his body in the best shape possible.

"There are a lot more spectators tonight than during the day, but the same Chinese spectators seem to be coming more than before."

Yang Guangzong glanced around, observing the audience seats in the entire arena, and the red five-star red flag could still be found in the various fluttering banners.

"They're here to watch Suzu play."

Yang Guangzong somehow had such a thought in his heart, thinking about it, the first Chinese to finish third in the men's 100m event, how attractive it was.

With his 200m event, it is natural that there will be a large number of spectators who are watching the Olympics in Athens.

However, Yang Guangzong has no jealousy in his heart, and his goal for himself in this Olympics is to qualify for the semifinals, and this time, it has been completed.

In another time and place, without Su Zu's presence, he would have been the only Chinese athlete to reach the semi-finals of the Olympic sprint event and hear a second gunshot.

And this time......

Yang Guangzong looked at the crooked runway, and a trace of heat gradually surged in his eyes.

When you get to the Olympics, you naturally have to run as fast as you can, and how far you can go. But standing in front of the starting line, amid the cheers of countless spectators, Yang Guangzong felt that he had a new reason.

"If you can advance to the semifinals, will there be less pressure on Su Zu's side?"

He silently calculated in his heart, for him, the final of the 200-meter event at the Olympic Games is not to think about it, it is a competitor of another level, even if he is not willing to admit defeat, but he also understands that if he can't run within 20.40 seconds, it is almost impossible to advance to the final. And his personal best time is 20.59 seconds, a difference of nearly 02 seconds, and it is impossible to run the explosive species.

If you can't advance to the final finals, it's just the semifinals of the semifinals, which are almost the same in a sense, and it is difficult for the audience to remember even the second and third places, let alone the results of the semifinals in the semifinals.

But at the scene of the competition, the meaning of being able to qualify for the semi-finals is completely different, this is the competition for the athlete's individual rankings, and the other is to create more opportunities for teammates to some extent.

In the long-distance running or marathon ultra-long-distance running of track and field events, there is a special position to play the role of the leader, also called the pacemaker, commonly known as the rabbit.

In the general public marathon, these runners can be many athletes with long-distance running ability.

In the Olympic Games, the role of these frontrunners is their teammates, and almost all of them are the top experienced people in the team, in order for their teammates to achieve better results, and sacrifice their own competitions.

Yang Guangzong naturally understands that sprinting is not a long-distance run, and he can't be a leader, but as long as he can take one more step forward, then he can also squeeze out a semi-final place, and it can also cause pressure on other runners.

will not carry all the pressure on one person, just like he lamented today that Dashi failed to qualify for the rematch of the 110-meter hurdles, if there is only one person left in the end of a project, the attention and pressure on his back are superimposed several times.

For example, Su Zu faced the siege of three top American sprinters in the final of the men's 100m event, one jumped on the starting line with eight athletes, and all three were Americans, and there would be a huge sense of pressure for all other athletes.

"Do what I can to reach the semi-finals, for whatever reason!"

When Yang Guangzong thought of this, a smile appeared on his face, this was the pressure on himself, and there was also an indescribable sense of pride in his chest.

Teammate? Rival?

Since when have we stopped fighting alone?

In the men's 200-meter sprint event before 2003, from the Asian Games to the Asian Championships, to the East Asian Games and other competitions, preliminaries to the finals, he was the only one on the lonely track to face the layers of encirclement and suppression of athletes from all over the world.

And now, in this Olympic stadium, on the top track and field stage, whether it is Yang Guangzong or Chen Jian, he is no longer alone.

Someone is ahead of you, and we will be with you all the way!

“nyourmarks”

A password sounded to take each place, and Yang Guangzong stepped onto the starting gear with a firm expression.