Chapter 256: Let's Play
Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
On the field, the women's 5,000-meter run is in full swing.
Feng Shuyong stood on the edge of the arena, fine beads of sweat on his forehead. The noise and fiery atmosphere of the scene made him have nowhere to vent his anxious emotions at this time.
"Steady, steady! Xing Huina, don't be disrupted by the rhythm! ”
"Sun Yingjie, Sun Yingjie, pay attention to the card position! Don't let them get out of the way. ”
Feng Shuyong made a trumpet shape with both hands and shouted loudly at the players who had just passed in front of him.
He didn't come from a long-distance running background, but he was also a long-distance running coach back then, and looking at the situation on the field at this time, he couldn't help it!
"Lao Feng, calm down, they won't be able to hear!"
After Feng Shuyong shouted at the top of his voice, Yuan Guohua, who had been beside him, hurriedly pulled the corner of his clothes.
Two uniformed IAAF staff members on the sidelines of the arena looked beyond him after seeing Feng Shuyong shouting.
"Alas!"
Feng Shuyong slapped his thigh, sighed to himself, and ignored several staff members of the Athletics Federation.
This is the penultimate event of the Chinese team in this World Championships, in front of the women's 400m hurdles, Wang Xiaoxiao finally only won the fifth place, and missed the medal.
Now on the field is the women's 5000m race, which he has high hopes for, which is the event with the best chance of winning medals, and two of China's best long-distance runners are on the field.
It is now the penultimate round, but the situation of the two women of the Chinese team is very bad.
From the very beginning of the match, the Ethiopian team led by defending champion Di Dibaba kept the Chinese team at bay, and the four Ethiopian players occupied the front and outer lanes, tightly surrounding Xing Huina in the middle.
The Ethiopian army led by defending champion Di Baba has always bitten the two female players of the Chinese team.
This kind of trapping tactic is to completely control Xing Huina's running rhythm, as last year's Olympic women's 10,000m champion, she is the biggest threat to the entire Ethiopian army.
Faced with this situation, Sun Yingjie, who began to lag behind, had to overtake from the back at 800 meters and lead the first group.
4,000 meters have passed, and now Sun Yingjie's physical strength has fallen into a trough, seriously insufficient, unable to stabilize the rhythm of the lead, and began to gradually fall behind.
Now the situation facing the Chinese team is extremely dangerous, and this scene was also played out in the women's 10,000m just a week ago.
The four Ethiopians faced two Chinese players, and the advantage was too great when the strength was close.
Long-distance running is different from sprinting, which is divided into tracks and competes for speed.
There is a rhythm here, there is a physical distribution, there is a speed distribution, there is a pressing, there is a card position, etc., all of them are athletes with a close level, and any slight gap, even if it is a corner position, is squeezed out and runs for dozens of meters, which will cause a lack of physical fitness in the final sprint.
Feng Shuyong's eyes were locked on the five players of the first legion on the runway, Sun Yingjie had fallen to the fifth position, which was the first place in the second legion, but the distance between him and the first legion had been more than ten meters, and it was very difficult to catch up at this time.
And after Sun Yingjie fell, Xing Huina, who had been trapped, could only surpass from the outside and maintain his rhythm as a leader.
The jingling bell rang, and the final lap arrived.
In an instant, Feng Shuyong's whole person became nervous.
"It's not good, Xing Hui has no physical strength."
Xing Huina, who was in the leading position, at the moment when the bell rang, the four Ethiopian players suddenly made a force, and all of them stuck in front of Xing Huina.
Ethiopia's Di Baba was in the sprint, while the other three Ethiopians were firmly in the inside of the front, making it almost impossible for the other riders to get a chance to get through.
And Xing Huina had been forced by someone before, and his rhythm was already chaotic, and he consumed a lot of physical strength. Even if Sun Yingjie led the rhythm later, it could not be completely recovered.
On the field, defending champion Di Baba was in the driver's seat.
"Break, break, break!"
At this time, whether it is watching the game live or staying in front of the TV, the audience is silently reading.
Di Babba's physical rhythm was very good, and at this time he started to sprint with all his strength, and he was already dozens of meters ahead of the other competitors in an instant, and it was completely impossible to compete for the championship. But there is still a chance for the runner-up and third runner-up.
100 meters, 200 meters, 300 meters......
Xing Huina and Sun Yingjie only caught up with two of the four Ethiopian runners in the First Legion on the final lap. Di Babba, who was in first place, rushed to the finish line almost 100 meters ahead.
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“…… In the women's 400m hurdles final at 19 o'clock tonight, China's Wang Xiaoxiao finally finished fifth, unfortunately failed to win a medal, but this is already the best result of the Chinese team in this event.
In the women's 5000m final at 20:10, the two women, Xing Huina and Sun Yingjie, staged a 10,000-meter encounter again, and finally could not break through the blockade of the Ethiopian army, only finishing fourth and fifth.
And what will start is tonight's finale, the men's 4×100m relay final, tonight's relay final is also the last game of the Chinese team in this World Championships. The relay team of the Chinese team has attracted the attention of countless people since it emerged in the Asian Championships the year before last and won the relay gold medal at the Athens Olympics last year. So far, the men's 4×100m relay team is also at the forefront of the world, which is a huge leap forward in China's sprint events......"
In the early hours of the morning, the Chinese audience who stayed up late to watch the women's 400-meter hurdles final and the women's 5000-meter final of the Chinese team were focused on the last event, the men's 4×100m relay.
The men's 4×100m relay is the only Chinese sprint event that has won a gold medal on the Olympic stage, and it is a team event, which can be said to be the most important business card and national symbol of the current track and field team.
The domestic track and field events can suddenly heat up, relying on the men's relay, the men's 100-meter sprint in one or two years, and the men's hurdles. It is the rise of these projects, coupled with the imminent hype of the 08 Beijing Olympic Games, that has greatly mobilized the attention of the Chinese people.
Even though there have been many reports before that the relay team is in the stage of replacing the old and the new, and new players are being trained, after all, we still have Su Zu here, and we still entered the finals.
Perhaps, it is still possible!
Indoor warm-up track in the check-in area.
In the sound of footsteps, one figure after another jumped out.
The four members of the Chinese relay team are making the final preparations, and next to them, the relay athletes from several other countries have gone on to run a few laps to warm up, and some are silently starting to pack up their clothes and make pre-race preparations.
There is no exaggerated frolic that is too exaggerated, there is just the solemnity and tension before the approaching game.
Su Zu leaned over the runway, his right hand touched the ground, and next to him was the first baton of the Japanese relay team, Nobuhara Asahara, and the two glanced at each other without talking.
Su Zu lowered his head, silently counted two numbers in his heart, and suddenly started to run.
Puff puff puff footsteps sounded.
After running sixty or seventy meters on the track, Su Zu began to turn back to the starting line, where Wen Yongyi, Zhang Peimeng, and Dai Shengming had already finished their warm-ups, exhaling slightly, and watched Su Zu walk back.
Su Zu took a towel from the side and wiped the sweat slightly. Looking at the three young faces, each of them had a look of excitement and nervousness intertwined on their faces.
The finals are here!
More than half a year of training, just for today, for this game! The last game of the Chinese team!
Su Zu put on his long-sleeved jacket, although it was only ten minutes before the start of the game, and the weather was not as cool as before, Su Zu's long-term habit still made him pay attention to all kinds of small details.
"All ready?" Su Zu looked at a few people and smiled.
"Alright."
"Alright."
"No problem!"
Wen Yongyi, Zhang Peimeng, and Dai Shengming nodded and replied one by one.
There was nervousness in the eyes, but more excitement and excitement. Young and enthusiastic, countless dreams of a hundred turns, and now finally wearing the national team jersey and walking on the field.
Su Zu stretched out his right hand, palm facing down.
Immediately afterwards, Wen Yongyi, Zhang Peimeng, and Dai Shengming reached out and covered it.
"China!"
"Victory!"
"Let's play!"