As the second group of athletes in the 200m semi-finals left the field, the third group soon appeared on the track.

The strongest of these groups is undoubtedly in the fourth lane, the 100m champion Justin Gatlin at the Athens Olympics, and Jamaica's rising sprinter Asafa Powell, both of whom were born in '82.

At this time, Asafa Powell's strength may be slightly weaker than Justin Gatlin, but there will never be a big gap, and they themselves are a top sprinter in their own right. It's just that in sprint competition, in many cases, in addition to personal strength, when facing the competition of masters of the same level, you also need to have a very good state.

Asafa Powell started the 100-meter heats at the Olympics and went all the way to the final, also running the 10-second mark.

Soon, the rematch of the third group ended, and the final ranking was basically expected by everyone.

In first place was Justin Gatlin, who clocked 20.03 seconds in the 200m, the 100m champion who once again proved his worth in the 200m.

In second place is Asafa Powell, 20.23 seconds, and his strength in the sprint event is undoubted.

The third was a white runner, Sebastian Ernst from Germany. In a few years' time, a compatriot with the same name will take to the game, and the '84-born sprinter set a career-best time of 20.36 seconds in this rematch. This is the third place in the German 200m, behind the other two sprinters of Germany, Tobias Unger and Frank Emmelmann.

At 20:25 in the evening, the last group of athletes in the men's 200-meter semi-finals of this Olympic Games took the field.

When Su Zu crossed the corridor and entered the stadium, he felt a completely different atmosphere from the morning.

His group, Greece's Panayotis Salis, was greeted with applause from almost the audience, and the home crowd once again gave their other 200m athlete the warmest support.

It's an Olympic arena where athletes will be supported by the local crowd when they are able to take to the track, and the ban on last Olympic champion Kentrice has made the rest of the crowd focus on the remaining two 200m athletes.

In the frenzied Olympic Stadium, Suzu looked across the arena and heard someone shouting his name, which was completely incomparable to the tens of thousands of Greek spectators, but it also set off a small wave.

"Thank you!"

Su Zu waved his hand high and waved to the area where the red flag was fluttering, and after the bronze medal of 100 meters, more and more people knew him. In the hot weather of the morning, even in the preliminaries, these loveliest people were supporting him.

In a foreign country, in the Olympic arena, every moment, every step, there are people behind you to cheer, for an athlete, there will be no better moment!

Never walked alone, there were always teammates and opponents in the struggle;

has never traveled alone, and there are hundreds of millions of Chinese people behind him;

No matter what arena you are in, no matter how many strong opponents you are around,

When you look up, there's always a red flag waving, and there's always someone who travels thousands of miles just to see you cross the finish line.

I don't know their individual names, but every step of the way is carried with their expectations and dreams!

Competing in the Olympics is our glory!

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In bursts of enthusiastic cheers like torrential rain and thunder, the radio voice of the host of the conference to introduce the athletes sounded, English and Greek bilingual was transmitted to every corner of the Olympic Stadium, and on the big screen of the scene, the list of players in the fourth group of the semi-finals appeared in the eyes of the audience.

First Course, Panagiotis Saris, Greece;

Second Way, Darren Campbell, UK;

Third Way, Francis Obiqueru, Portugal;

Fourth, Suzu, China;

Fifth Way, Stefan Buckland, Mauritius;

Sixth Lane, Juan Pedro Toledo, Mexico;

Seventh, Jesuma Saidiner, Gambia;

Eighth Road, Grandi Hubedo Sosa, Brazil;

Among the eight runners, Su Zu is in the fourth lane, and the third lane is the old acquaintance Obi Keviru, and other cloud cave rocks such as Stefan Buckland, from 100 meters to 200 meters, some are also familiar.

On the field, Obi Keviru's brows furrowed high, and his gaze fell on the fourth Dao Suzu in front of him on the right, and his expression was extremely solemn.

He will not forget that in the 100-meter final the night before, it was because of Su Zu's first run that he lost his qualification for the final after the second run.

Of course, in the final analysis, the reason is that he himself rushed.

As a seasoned professional athlete, he still knows this, and he is also a person who is used to pressing the gun to grab the starting advantage.

However, no matter who misses the most important Olympic 100-meter final, there is always a pimple in his heart.

Even if he Obikoviru does not anger Suzu, the Portuguese officials who have spent a lot of effort to naturalize him behind him, and the Portuguese people who expect him to be able to achieve something in the Olympic arena, I am afraid it will be difficult to let go.

Su Zu stood in front of the start of the fourth lane, moving his wrists and ankles, beating his thigh muscles, and constantly adjusting his state.

Naturally, he didn't know that Obi Keviru had listed him as the number one competitor, this was the Olympic arena, whether it was a gun or a rush, it was in line with sportsmanship and the rules of the competition, so that's it.

Standing on the Olympic stage, I am only for my dreams, my country, my compatriots.

Su Zu slowly adjusted his breathing, and his whole attention was detached from the noisy sound of the scene, calming down and focusing on the game in front of him.

Large-scale events are extremely testing and training an athlete's mentality, he was still a little unstable when he ran the 100 meters at the Olympics, but when it came to the 200 meters, he was getting calmer and calmer. There is no major event like the Olympic Games to train an athlete's mentality.

“On your marks”

With the sound of the starter's command, all the athletes began to walk on the starting gear.

Su Zu is in the position of the fourth lane, he is the first group in the preliminaries, and it is natural to arrange it in this lane. The 200-meter corner starts, and the fourth lane is the dominant lane, so you can determine your position well in the race.

It will not be like the first lane of Yang Guangzong in the last two races, the athletes who face all the passes can only chase desperately, and unlike in the eighth lane, the starting position is too far ahead, and they can't understand the distance of others, so they can only run at full speed with their heads bored, and once they are caught up in the corner, they will be behind.

Exhaled softly, Su Zu leaned over and lowered his head in the sound of the password, his hands pressed on the starting line, his mind was clear, and all distracting thoughts were discharged from his mind. Ears pricked up, listening for the upcoming gunshots.

Syllable!

The starting gun goes off and the game begins!

Su Zu's feet suddenly kicked on the starting gear, and the whole person quickly rushed out.

After a lot of training and a series of tense races, from pressing the gun to rushing, he has become more and more experienced in reacting to the start.

Although the path of each athlete is different, and it is impossible to tell it with the naked eye, as soon as he runs out, Su Zu can be sure that his starting reaction speed this time is definitely not slow.

At 0.154 seconds, it's in the middle of the 100m, but in the 200m, that's the best starting reflex.

200-meter special athletes, if they do not have a 100-meter event, do a lot of starting training, generally speaking, the starting reaction speed will be slower.

The rest of the athletes had different reaction speeds, with the exception of Suzu, the fastest one was Brazil's Grandi Hubedo Sousa in lane eight, who also achieved a reaction speed of 0.159 seconds.

The slowest reaction time in the same group was Mexico's Juan Pedro Toledo, who had a reaction time of 0.276 seconds, which was completely hesitant at the start moment.

In this group, Francis Obikoviru's starting reaction time is 0.191 seconds, and since he ran out of the 100-meter race, he has been paying close attention to the starting speed in the 200-meter race, and he has been afraid of the well rope for ten years after being bitten by a snake.

As soon as the athletes rushed out of the starting gear, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became feverish.

Su Zu's quick start reaction had a slight advantage, but he didn't completely increase his speed to the extreme with a small and fast cadence.

Instead, it's following the left and right dividing lines of the curve, controlling the rhythm all the time. He has good speed and endurance, but he is not at the top of his game compared to many athletes in the 200m and 400m, so he needs more skill than the 100m.

In the 200-meter event, if you want to be able to run fast, run far, and look good in the final result, one aspect is to stabilize the rhythm of the first half of the race.

In another time and space, the reason why his family, who had no advantage in height, was able to run into the 10-second mark later was because he adjusted the pace of running.

Before he changed his left and right feet to adjust the rhythm, his first half of the race was amazing, reaching the extreme speed of ten or twenty meters, and it can be said that at this stage, there are few sprinters in the world who can catch up with him. But once he has passed twenty or thirty meters, the speed of the other athletes adds up, and it is difficult for him to gain an advantage. The premature outbreak of high speed exerts too much physical exertion, and it is difficult to continue to stabilize the high speed running on the way.

After changing the running method, his speed in the first half of the race is still amazing, but it is no longer as at the beginning, where all the power is exploded in an instant, but the distance of this increased speed has become longer, and he has more physical strength to support the speed of running on the way.

It was after that that Su Zu's family was able to break the national record from 10.16 seconds to 9.99 seconds in a few months to a year, becoming the first person in China to break the 10-second barrier.

Suzu's 200-meter run is similar to this, just like Carl Lewis said about sprinting, after starting, it's not about a fast cadence that will increase your speed in an instant, compared to this, a strong stride is more important.

You don't need to kick the throttle all the way down, you can control the cadence and the tempo of the acceleration.

This will allow you to stretch your instantaneous burst for a longer period of time, accelerate more fully, and peak your speed at the point of running in the middle of the run.

Running on a curve of about 110 meters, Su Zu in front of him tried his best to put himself in a fuller acceleration stage, his feet were in the dividing line on both sides of the curve, paying attention to the position and center of gravity, and controlling the size and arc of the left and right hand swing arms.

After fifty or sixty metres, his speed increased faster and faster, approaching the peak, gradually closing the distance between him and Mauritius' Stefan Buckland in lane 5 on the right.

Behind him, Obikviru also entered the fast midway running phase at this time, trying to shorten the distance with Suzu.

On the field, the players almost galloped like wild horses, and the rapid swinging arms and constantly changing steps formed a series of afterimages.

Curves into straights.

In the spectator on the sidelines, all the Chinese spectators and coaching staff, officials and staff of the delegation stretched their necks and waited for this key position.

As soon as you enter the straight, you can see at a glance where all the players are.

"Su Zu, Su Zu, come on!"

"Rush, Su Zu!"

"Su Zu, Su Zu ......"

The shouts that burst his throat vaguely came into his ears, and Su Zu couldn't really hear it, and he didn't have time to be distracted.

Almost as soon as the corners were crossed, all the spectators could tell that the first position was two, with Suzu and Obikviru going neck and neck, followed by Stefan Buckland and Juan Pedro Toledo.

At one hundred and fifty meters, Su Zu gradually distanced himself from other athletes by running at a higher speed, sprinting to the finish line at a distance ranging from a few to a few meters more than many athletes.

Obi Keviru grinned, his expression was hideous, a mouthful of white teeth was almost crushed, more than a hundred meters in front of the curve, the gap between him and Su Zu was not big, and even he had a certain lead. But after entering the straight, the physical energy he consumed prematurely gradually couldn't catch up, and from just entering the straight, the two of them were in a horizontal position, and gradually half a body, a position, began to lag behind.

In Su Zu's sight, there was only the end.

The last thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters......

There was no one behind him who could catch up.

Su Zu stretched out his arms and crossed the finish line with a wild shout, and in the last few meters, he was already staring at the timing board not far from the finish line.

20.09 seconds.

A new national record!

The rematch finished third overall, behind Sean Crawford's 19.95 seconds and Justin Gatlin's 20.03 seconds.