Chapter 382: The Great War Begins

"Suzu is about to face a serious challenge, and Jamaica USA has a super men's 100m lineup"

"The world record has been broken, can Su Zu achieve something in this Olympic Games"

"Crisis! The red lightning record has been broken, and the Olympic men's 100m will usher in the strongest challenge. ”

"The strongest sprint lineup in track and field history is coming, who is the first flyer?"

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“…… Since the rise of Suzu at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the Olympic Games, he has defeated many of the world's top sprinters, including Justin Gatlin, Asafa Powell, and Tyson Gaye, and achieved an unprecedented double champion in the men's 100m and 200m World Championships, and broke the world record four times from 2006 to 2007, and is already recognized as the world's No. 1 flyer.

In the 2007 Laureus Sports Award for Best Athlete, Suzu won the tennis king Roger Federer, 'Tiger' Tiger Woods, World Footballer of the Year Kaka, 'Flying Fish' Phelps and many other sports heavyweight athletes, and lifted the Cartier statue trophy.

But anyone who is interested in athletics and knows something about world athletics knows that the challenges Su Zu faces at this year's Olympics will not be easy.

His three arch-rivals, just-in-form Justin Gatlin, who has just returned, Asafa Powell broke the men's 60m world record, and Tyson Gay has been in fine form since his mentor was released from prison.

The challenge of the top three players is already menacing, however, it is now even more than that. At the New York Grand Prix on 31 May 2008, Jamaica's new generation of flyers, Usain Bolt, was born. In the men's 100m, he defeated Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay to not only win the Grand Prix, but also break the world record set by Suzu at the World Championships in Osaka last year.

Usain Bolt, the bronze medallist in the men's 200m at last year's World Championships in Osaka, turned his attention to the men's 100m after more than half a year of hard work, and has become one of the world's top sprinters with a stunning result.

A pre-race event that was originally hyped by the American media as the pinnacle of the country's two sprinters turned out to be known as the flyer of the young Jamaican athlete.

As we all know, after entering 2008, in order to prepare for the Olympic Games and participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, in addition to participating in this year's 'Good Luck Beijing' Track and Field Open, Su Zu has given up most of the domestic and foreign competitions to concentrate on preparation.

Su Zu ran 9.91 seconds in the semi-finals and 9.75 seconds in the men's 100m semi-finals and finals of the 'Good Luck Beijing' Athletics Open, but we still can't dispel our doubts in the face of the upcoming challenges.

At this moment, the eyes of the whole world have been focused on the imperial capital, focusing on the upcoming men's flyer battle, and a group of top sprinters led by Usain Bolt have also been training hard since arriving in the Olympic Village.

Of the five current fastest runners in the world, except for Justin Gatlin, who has an Olympic gold medal in the men's 100m, none of the other four have won an Olympic gold medal.

Who will be the fastest man in the world will have to wait for the Bird's Nest on August 16 to find out! ”

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With the 2008 Olympic Games officially kicking off, reports and online posts about the highlights of the Games have been spread everywhere.

But whether it is whether the "Dream Eight Team" with James, Wade, and Kobe Bryant can continue to be brilliant, or whether Phelps will continue the glory of the World Championships, or the wonderful performance of Chinese gymnastics and diving weightlifting, one of them, the men's 100-meter trapeze battle, has never been discussed from before the Olympic Games to as the competition approaches day by day.

Running, whether sprinting or long-distance running, has always been the most important event in athletics at the Olympic Games.

Since the day of the Olympic Games, running has been a central and important priority.

On the cliffs of Mount Erados in Greece, there is an inscription from the 8th century BC that is considered to be the earliest sports motto: If you want to be strong, run! If you want to get fit, go for a run! If you want to be smart, go for a run!

And the wonderful thing about this year's Olympics is that it has gathered the five fastest sprinters in the history of human athletics so far.

Whether it's Carl Lewis, a two-time Olympic champion in 1984 and 1988, or Linford Christie in Great Britain in 1992, or Donovan Bailey, the 100m champion in Atlanta in 1996 (the current Olympic record holder), or even Maurice Green in 2000.

The combined line-up of all their previous Olympic champions could not match the results of the top athletes of the 2008 Olympic Games.

Before 2005, the world men's 100m record was held by Morris Green at 9.79 seconds, and the five top athletes in this race, except for Suzu and Usain Bolt, who have already run 9.70 seconds, the rest of Powell, Gay, and Gatlin are all top runners who have run under 9.79 seconds many times.

In other words, regardless of the field and performance, any person who appears in the other Olympics will be the undisputed champion seed.

And this year's session gathered as many as five.

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Imperial Normal University, home to the U.S. Olympic team.

The wealthy U.S. Olympic team did not choose the Olympic Village officially provided by the Imperial Capital Olympic Games as its residence, but spent $500,000 to rent some stadiums and accommodation buildings of the Imperial Capital Normal University, and independently established its own Olympic base camp in the Imperial Capital.

Since July 20, the stadium of Beijing Normal University and Qiu Jiduan Gymnasium have been closed to students and other people.

Even the faculty and staff of the school need to present relevant documents to enter the campus of Beijing Normal University. At the same time, Beijing Normal University divides the campus into a closed area and a warning area, and the training and accommodation area of the US delegation is a closed area, and the personnel of the university are not allowed to enter.

In addition, the U.S. delegation has hired more than 600 security guards to be responsible for the security of the perimeter of the Beijing Normal University Stadium and Qiu Jiduan Stadium. After the U.S. delegation is officially stationed, they will also bring a considerable number of bodyguards from the United States.

The U.S. Olympic Committee will contribute $500,000 to lease sports facilities and venues for six weeks, including two standard 400-meter track and field fields, a swimming and diving hall, and an entertainment center and conference space.

At this time, in the track and field field of the 400-meter standard track of the Beijing Normal University Stadium, a series of fast figures continued to sweep over the runway.

Tyson Gay leaned over in the relay area, watched Justin Gatlin's rapidly approaching figure, and suddenly started his steps.

Smack!

The moment Justin Gatlin, who had run more than 100 meters straight, was quickly handing over the baton in his hand, Tyson Gay's figure had already started, and the two missed each other.

The baton also fell to the ground in an instant.

Tyson Gay, who had slowed down after trotting a few steps, looked back at Justin Gatling and shook his head, "Justin, you're slowing down too early!" ”

"No, Tyson." Justin Gatlin puffed out his chest and said with a disgruntled expression, "It's you who didn't calculate my position. Just like the World Championships in '05, you didn't calculate Scott's position and started the race, which cost me the opportunity to participate in the men's 4×100m final of the World Championships. ”

"Hey, Justin, what do you mean by that?" Tyson Gay frowned, "Are you settling old scores with me?"

At the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Tyson Gay was just starting his career. In the men's 4×100m relay heats, he ran the first heats with Maddy Beale, Leonard Scott and Morris Green.

And Gatlin, the men's 100-meter champion at the Athens Olympics, was only ready to run the relay final because he had already participated in the 1200-meter race before. At that time, the U.S. men's 4×100m relay team was the strongest of all the participating teams, but unfortunately, in the first round of preliminaries, Tyson Gay and Leonard Scott made a mistake in handing over the baton, which made the U.S. team out of the event.

This has always been a matter of concern to Gatlin, who lost to Suzu in the 1200m at the World Championships in Helsinki and only won silver. The event that is most likely to win the gold medal was disqualified by the mistakes of his teammates.

On the track and field, several other relay team members, Rodney Maddy, Davis Barton and Walter Dix, all glanced in the direction where they were, but did not come forward to dissuade them.

American sprinters are all professional athletes, and the men's 4×100m relay at the Olympics is temporarily called up for training for a period of time, and there is usually not too much intersection. Like Tyson Gay and Spearmon at the '05 World Championships in Helsinki who were bullied by veteran athletes such as Morris Green, Gatlin was exempt from bullying, but he would not interfere with it.

Similarly, seeing the conflict between Guy and Gatling, they basically don't want to be involved.

"I'm not going through old accounts." Justin Gatlin gasped for two breaths and seemed to realize that he had gone too far, and his tone soothed, "Tyson, I just wanted to tell you that we can't afford to make mistakes. ”

"I see what you mean, Justin." Tyson Gay also nodded solemnly, "We can't afford to make mistakes." ”

This year's men's 100m, 200m and 4×100m relay formats have been laid out in front of their eyes, and in the men's 1200m event, although both have absolute confidence and desire to win, they are well aware that the challenge will not be easy.

It was already very difficult and difficult to win against Suzu and Powell, and now there is Usain Bolt, the Jamaican who lost to Tyson Gay in the men's 200m last year, and the form he has shown this year has completely aroused the alarm of the two.

A tacit thought appeared in the minds of the two of them.

If, just to say, neither of them can win the single 1200m event, then the best chance can only be the men's 4×100m relay.

In this year's 4×100m relay, the U.S. team, despite having two of the fastest sprinters in U.S. track and field history, is not necessarily better than Jamaica with Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt.

This was the worst-case scenario, and it was an unspeakable thought, but both of them had to think about it.

The allure of an Olympic gold medal is too great for an athlete, and in another time and space, Tyson Gay is thinking about the Winter Olympics in the latter stages of his career in order to win an Olympic medal. And Justin Gatlin has never won a gold medal in the 4×100m relay.

"I thought, we should do it again."

Justin Gatlin picked up the baton that had fallen to the ground and spoke.

The U.S. 4×100m relay team was formed after the trials, the training time was too short, the technology was rough, from the 04 Olympic Games to the 05 World Championships, the loss in this event came from the lack of understanding and training between the athletes, and the lack of tacit understanding.

"Then go ahead."

Tyson Gay grinned and smiled, "The '05 World Championships in Helsinki was my fault and I don't want us to make another mistake like this." ”

Justin Gatlin slapped the baton in his hand and smiled at Tyson Gay.

The Olympic athletics competition is imminent, and time is running out for them!

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The track and field competition for the 2008 Olympic Games began on August 15, and the Bird's Nest National Stadium was officially opened on this day after the grand opening ceremony.

From August 15th to August 24th, the Bird's Nest National Stadium will welcome all kinds of track and field masters participating in the Olympic Games, fighting bravely in the Bird's Nest Stadium to compete for medals.

On the morning of August 15, the stands of the Bird's Nest National Stadium were full.

Although there were almost no heavyweight finals on the first morning of the track and field event, it still attracted a large number of spectators from all over the country.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the first track and field event in the stadium was the women's heptathlon 100m hurdles preliminaries, which lasted for half an hour.

After that, there is the qualification round for the men's shot put, but this is a field event, and the track race does not affect it.

At 9:45 a.m., after the women's heptathlon 100m hurdles, the track was cleared and the men's 100m heats began.

The men's 100m will be held on August 15 and August 16, with the preliminaries starting at 9:45 a.m. on August 15 and the rematch starting at 7:45 p.m. on August 15. Semi-finals at 20:05 on August 16, and finals at 22:30 on August 16.

The qualification period for the men's 100m at the 2008 Olympic Games is from 1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008, during which each NOC will have three quota places (10.28 seconds) for the A category, and one quota place for the B category (10.28 seconds) for athletes who do not have an A standard.

Similar to the 2004 Athens Olympics, the men's 100m had more than 80 participants and were divided into 10 preliminary groups.

Prior to the start of the 2008 Olympic Games, the men's 100m world record was 9.68 seconds set by Usain Bolt at Icahn Stadium in New York, USA, on May 31 this year. The Olympic record was 9.84 seconds set by Canada's Vano Bailey at the Atlanta Olympics in the United States on July 27, 1996.

Since the start of this Olympic Games, almost everyone is in agreement. It's hard to know if the world record will be broken, but the Games record will definitely be broken.

At least five athletes in this Olympic Games have repeatedly run far more than 9.84 seconds, which is also the focus of attention in the current world sports world.

Suzu, Usain Bolt, Tyson Gaye, Justin Gatlin, Asafa Powell, any of the five athletes are real champions in other Olympic Games, with their best personal time of 9.75 seconds. And judging by this year's U.S., Jamaican trials and several Grand Prix, they are all in peak form.

This is also one of the biggest attractions of this Olympic Games.

The men's 100m pinnacle battle, which has never seen so many strong competitors in the history of track and field in the past, is the most glorious page in the history of human track and field sprinting.

And, judging from the age of each athlete, at least for the next 4-8 years, the men's 100m will be dominated by these people.

At 9:45 a.m. on August 15, the men's 100m preliminaries of the 2008 Olympic Games began. 8)