Chapter 192: The First Round of the Relay Race

(Cat flutter Chinese)

“…… Good evening everyone, welcome to the Olympics and know the highlights in advance. Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test Today August 27th, tomorrow is the weekend, you can stay up late together to see what exciting events are not to be missed tonight. ”

"First of all, the track and field events, at 1:10 a.m. and 2 a.m., the men's 4×100m relay preliminaries, Chinese sprinters Su Zu, Chen Jian, Yang Guangzong and Shen Yunbao will compete with 15 relay teams from all over the world to compete for the final place. This is also the first time that Chinese athletes have participated in the men's 4×100m relay event in the Olympic Games. At 2:35 a.m. was yesterday's men's 200m medal ceremony, and Suzu won a valuable silver medal in the men's 200m at the Athens Olympics. At 2:30 a.m. is the final of the men's 110m hurdles, and Liu Yangyu will participate in the final championship competition. At 2:50 a.m., the women's 10,000-meter run final, my country's long-distance runner Xing Huina participated in the final...... In addition, in the boxing event, in the semifinals of the men's light flyweight 48kg division, Akira Wrinkle will face Cuba's Bartletani...... "At six or seven o'clock in the evening on August 27 in China, many spectators who watched the highlights of today's Olympics have already set their alarm clocks and fallen asleep early.

Especially because today is Friday, the previous events were in the middle of the night, many office workers were not unable to watch the game all night, and today just caught up with one of the most intense events, which was to buy a lot of people also drink melon seeds and so on, call friends, and take place for tonight's game.

In the streets and alleys of various cities, many barbecue stall owners are also keenly aware of tonight's business opportunities, and from the evening onwards, they have brought out the TV broadcast on the spot, fixed on the CCTV 5 Sports Channel, and the volume is turned up to the maximum, constantly attracting pedestrians.

…… The men's 4×100m relay is a team event for sprinting, and has always been regarded as a reflection of a country's sprinting ability, and has received no less attention than important sprint races such as the men's 100m and 200m.

Moreover, because the relay race is a team race, the competition is more intense than the individual event, and when the athletes run through the field one after another, the enthusiasm of all spectators can be completely ignited almost instantly.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stipulated that the relay teams from the 16 countries and regions with the best performance in the world from January 2003 to August 9, 2004 will be invited to participate in the Olympic relay race.

The competition is divided into two rounds, the first is the preliminary round and the second round is the final. The 16 relay teams were divided into two groups for the preliminary round, with the top three teams in each group advancing directly, and the remaining two relay teams with the best results were replaced, for a total of eight teams to compete in the finals.

The preliminary round of Group 1 starts at 8:10 a.m. Athens time, and the preliminary round of Group 2 starts at 9:10 a.m. Athens time.

In the runway of the Olympic Stadium, as the first group of preliminaries, which was the highlight of tonight's opening, was already highly anticipated.

The eight teams in the first group are Poland, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, China, Germany, Australia, Canada and Russia.

The second group of eight teams is the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Jamaica, Italy, Japan, Ghana and France.

“…… Okay audience, what will be carried out soon is the men's 4×100m relay preliminaries, which is also a very good-looking relay race, relay teams from 16 countries in the world, especially the first time that the Chinese men's relay team participated, this is the first round of the first group of relay races that will start soon...... "At 1 o'clock in the morning Beijing time, the picture in the CCTV 5 channel has been switched to the open Olympic Stadium, and most of the stadiums in the long shot of the picture are almost included, and the seats of 70,000 people are full. As soon as I turned on the TV, the atmosphere of the scene came directly to the surface.

Below the TV screen, a floating frame of the Olympic rings marked world record and Olympic record were 37.40 seconds set by the U.S. relay team of Carl Lewis, Michael Marsh, Dennis Mitchell and Roy Burrell at Barcelona 1992.

This record has stood for 12 years now, and it shows no signs of being surpassed.

"Poland in the first lane, Nigeria in the second lane, Trinidad and Tobago in the third lane, China in the fourth lane, Germany in the fifth lane, Russia in the sixth lane, Australia in the seventh lane, and Canada in the eighth lane." The camera zooms in from afar, from overlooking the entire Olympic Stadium to the top of the curve of the runway.

At the same time, with the sound of Yang Jian, the on-site commentator, the relay record suspension frame of the Olympic Games disappeared, and the eight teams with the national flag as the first column appeared.

“…… Nigeria was in the second lane and his first shot was Olusos Fasanwa, a young athlete born in '84 who started with a quick start. The second batter was Hena Emerdolu, the third was Alan Egerboule, and the fourth was Texy Alli. In the third lane, Trinidad and Tobago's first batter was Nacan Alexander, who was also an athlete with a relatively fast start...... "The audience in front of the TV began to focus on the relay race of this group as the camera moved and Yang Jian's introduction, and finally, after the third track, the camera turned to the Chinese athletes in red sprint suits.

"Fourth, the Chinese team." When Yang Jian introduced this, he almost unconsciously raised his tone, and an indescribable sense of pride seemed to erupt.

"The first stick is Chen Jian, he ran into the men's 100-meter semi-finals in this Olympic Games in history, the second stick is Yang Guangzong, the third stick is Shen Yunbao, the fourth stick is Su Zu, as the fastest athlete in the team, the holder of the Asian record and the national record, Su Zu was arranged in the last sprint, so that he can give full play to his speed advantage, let us silently wish the Chinese team the best performance in the relay race. On the fifth ...... field, when the camera focuses on the athletes on the first pole in front of the starting line, the other runners are carefully measuring their steps on the track.

Athletes of each class measure the approximate stride length with each other on the divider of the track with their foot lengths, and then apply pre-prepared tape to the track so that they can see the position of the stride point more clearly.

The most important and ideal aspect of 4x100m is that both sides are still or reach their maximum speed when they are handed over in pairs in the baton receiving section.

This is like the ideal state in physics, it is difficult to say that it is really achieved, at least not every time it is guaranteed, and it can only be approached by a large amount of training over a long period of time.

Here it is necessary to constantly measure the step point between the two pairs, and constantly run in, one and two, two and three, three and four, which is also one of the tasks that the professional relay team must do.

Like Su Zu, he basically has to measure the step point now, and when Shen Yunbao enters the step point area, he starts to start and accelerate quickly, not only to evaluate his own speed, but also to take into account Shen Yunbao's speed.

Only when he and Shen Yunbao reach the highest speed can it be considered a perfect baton. In 2004, the world record for the 4×100m was 37.40 seconds, while Michael Johnson's 400m record was 43.18 seconds.

As you can see, it's the same 400m, but the 4×100m record is much faster than the 400m record.

The most direct reason is that in addition to the first baton has a starting acceleration process counted in the time, the other second, third and fourth sticks are completed in the relay area, when the baton is handed over, the athlete is directly in the highest speed state, so he can run far more than a person's 400-meter record.

Su Zu started experimentally twice according to the position of the step point, and probably grasped the distance of the pace before slowly stopping.

"Brother Su Zu, come on!"

"China, we will win!" In the audience at the scene, in the corner where Su Zu handed over the baton into the straight area, several shouts came from the side, and even the buzzing noise of the scene did not cover him up.

Su Zu turned around and looked back to see a family of four, one older and one young, with the national flag on their faces, waving flags in their hands, shouting and cheering.

"I will!" Su Zu beckoned and said silently in his heart. No matter where you play, no matter when you are, there are always people behind you to support you.

Before the "onyormarks" starting line, the referee's voice through a megaphone to signal the athlete to be in position sounds.

Su Zu was in the position of the fourth baton, quickly collected his mood, stood in the calculated relay starting area, and waited for the arrival of the last baton.

Syllable! The starting gun rang out!

"Game on!" Yang Jian shouted suddenly, and the audience in front of the TV and at the scene suddenly erupted in fierce cheers.

Although the 60,000 or 70,000 Greek spectators booed in yesterday's 200m final, the men's 4×100m race today did not show any bad again.

Greece was not among the 16 teams, but as one of the top events of the Olympic Games, most of them were cheering.

"Chen Jian's starting speed is very good, he is accelerating rapidly, and the baton must be stable and not make mistakes." In Yang Jian's quick explanation, there were already cheers on the field.

The fourth Chen Jian's voice swept quickly across the track, because of the number of stretches, he corresponded to the most comparable players in five, six, seven, eighty, four passes, at this time he had only one thought in his mind, to catch up with them, and close the distance with them, so that he could quickly gain an advantage.

As a sprinter who can break into the semi-finals of the 100-meter event, the best 100-meter time is within 10.20 seconds, he is not weak compared with the first runner in the same group, and even has a big advantage.

In a blink of an eye, he arrived at the handover area, at this time, Yang Guangzong looked at Chen Jian's figure to his calculated position, and suddenly began to accelerate and run, his acceleration in the first half was slow, just in line with Chen Jian's maximum speed in the second half of the race.

"Pick it up!" A shout that could be heard even in the deafening noise, Yang Guangzong didn't stretch his head out when he ran to his calculated step position, and the baton was firmly grasped in his hand.

“…… The baton handover is perfect, now look at Yang Guangzong's speed, the second stick has the longest distance, Yang Guangzong is a 200-meter player, and what he is best at is long-distance running. As soon as he came out of the relay area, Yang Guangzong's speed almost reached the extreme, and the top athletes in this group were not without it, Nigeria and Poland were not weak, but they were only the fourth runners in the end, and the others were only in between.

And with the perfect handover of the baton between him and Chen Jian, he gained a slight advantage almost instantly, and gradually caught up with the German team in the fifth lane on the second straight road.

The straight enters the corner, and the two and three sticks start to handover. Shen Yunbao's heart pounded when the gun rang out in the game, he failed to run into the A standard in 1200, this is his first appearance in the Olympic Games, of course he doesn't want only this time.

"Gotta make it to the finals!" This is the goal that Shen Yunbao has set for himself, and after such a long time of running-in training, he also has a clear understanding of the strength of other teammates, as long as he doesn't make mistakes, he will definitely be able to.

These thoughts were tumbling in his mind, and with Yang Guangzong's suddenly approaching pace, he barely had time to think more.

When Yang Guangzong entered the step point position, he turned his head and suddenly began to accelerate. His acceleration distance is shorter than Yang Guangzong's, his cadence and stride length of Yang Guangzong have been strictly calculated, Yang Guangzong's height reaches 1.87 meters, and his stride in the final high-speed stage is extremely large, and his acceleration ability in the first half of the race is very strong.

When Shen Yunbao felt that his speed had increased to the fastest stage, there was a voice behind him that was not very clear

The shout of "catch" sounded, and he didn't want to stretch his hand back, and the baton was already firmly in his hand.

Accelerate, accelerate, accelerate! With a curve distance of more than 80 meters, Shen Yunbao ran almost like crazy, and for more than half a month, he could only see other people competing, and at this time, he finally had the opportunity to gallop on the field.

Every step, every second, he wants to boost his speed to the limit. Su Zu turned his head sideways and watched Shen Yunbao rushing towards him, his body, which had always remained still, suddenly erupted, and he accelerated and ran wildly with his head down.

One step, two steps, three steps...... When he ran to the distance of the eighth step, Su Zu barely had to listen to Shen Yunbao to see if he had the password to answer, and the countless cheering voices on the scene interfered so much that people's ears were buzzing.

He only needed to stretch his hand back, and the cooperation honed by countless tacit understandings reached the extreme, and the baton fell into his palm with one pick.

Su Zu relayed the baton together, and his speed was increased to the extreme stage of his fastest. Curves into straights.

All the spectators were boiling, this was the last baton contest, this was the absolute speed contest.

The first few lanes into the straight have been clearly shown in front of everyone, the first Chinese team, the second is the Nigerian team, Su Zu is half a body ahead of Nigeria's last batter Texy Ali, the gap is very small.

Behind the two of them was Poland, two positions behind. Yang Jian, who was in charge of the on-site commentary, was so excited that he was almost incoherent at this time, and it was hard to imagine that the first three lanes of the Chinese team were ahead of all the players in the other lanes with their extraordinary tacit understanding.

"The Chinese team is now ahead, Su Zu is in the first position, this is a hundred meters on the straight, no Gatling, no Green, no one can catch up with him......" A gust of wind blew through, the absolute strength of the 100-meter bronze medal and the 200-meter silver medal was fully revealed at this time, almost in the blink of an eye, Su Zu will be away from Nigeria's fourth baseman Tex, and continue to expand.

"Come on Su Zu, come on!" Many of the spectators watching the game in front of the TV stood up.

Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters...... Rush the line! With all three of them leading in the lead, it was almost impossible for Suzu to be overtaken by Nigeria's Texy Ali.

"38.09 seconds!!" Yang Jian's voice was high-pitched and thin,

"The Chinese team, with absolute strength, won the group and advanced to the final. 38.09 seconds! A new national record, a new Asian record! Su Zu, Shen Yunbao, Yang Guangzong, Chen Jian, the Chinese men's relay team, they once again created a new relay race results! Glory to China! Glory to Asia! "Cat flutter Chinese