Because Feng Quan had just broken the world record before, he won the championship of the decathlon event. Therefore, Merritt thinks that the body must be very tired in today's wind. Therefore, Merritt believes that even if he can't keep up with Feng Quan's rhythm now, there is a high chance that Feng Quan will be physically exhausted in the last twenty or thirty meters.

In addition, even if you can't defeat Feng Quan in the semifinals, you can still defeat Feng Quan who is "physically tired" by doing your best in the finals.

At the same time as he made a wishful thinking in his heart, a subtle sneer appeared on the corner of Merritt's mouth.

"Humph! Let me see which of us can have the last laugh......"

However, the course of the game did not develop as Merritt envisioned the script.

That's right, after the wind entered the final 50 meters, the pace of running was indeed slower than before. However, it was only a slight decrease in the tempo of the previous stage, and not due to the lack of energy due to the lack of follow-up, as Merritt had expected.

In fact, not only Feng Quan, but also the other seven athletes, including Merritt, also experienced a certain drop in speed when they entered the final 50 meters due to the decline in physical strength.

In fact, this is also a very normal phenomenon, even the former 400m king Michael Johnson slowed down in the final stages of the race and was unable to maintain a pace throughout the race.

And, to Merritt's surprise, the wind didn't suffer at the last moment. On the contrary, when he was less than 40 meters away from the finish line, he suddenly increased his running rhythm.

After seeing Fengquan's sudden speed, Merritt's eyes widened in shock. "What!? This guy still has the stamina to accelerate before the finish line?! Moreover, today is only a semi-final, as long as it is enough to secure a top-four finish, why should he speed up? What a strange guy! ”

Of course, Feng Quan didn't care about his place in the semi-finals, but wanted to break the Asian record in the 400m event again. After all, every time he breaks a record, he gets at least 1 skill point (1 for the national record, 2 for the Asian record, 3 for the world record).

In fact, it is very difficult for today's Feng Quan to obtain skill points by completing tasks set by the system. So in the case that "as long as you break the record", there are skill points to be gained, of course, he will not let go of any opportunity.

Although Merritt is still heading towards the finish line, after seeing Feng Quan's "unexpected" performance, it still affects his running rhythm to a greater or lesser extent. Luckily, the veteran was experienced enough to quickly get his running rhythm back on track.

But even so, Killarney James, who is very close to Merritt, still took advantage of the opportunity of the American's brief "chaos" in the running rhythm to suddenly increase his running rhythm, and has the potential to overtake Merritt to occupy the "second place" in this group.

However, because it was a long time before the finish line at this time, coupled with Killarney James' sudden acceleration, his physical exertion accelerated. Therefore, until the moment he crossed the finish line, the Grenadan guy was still unable to overtake Merritt in front of him in the end.

In the end, when Feng Quan won the first place in group B with a time of 43.95 seconds, Merritt and Killarney James, the "sworn enemies", followed closely behind to win the second and third places in the group, thus getting a ticket to the final tomorrow.

In addition to Feng Quan, Merritt and Killarney James, who finished in the top three of Group B, South African teenager Van Niekerk, who participated in the World Championships for the first time, unexpectedly defeated the other four 400m stars to get the last place to qualify for the final.

However, Feng Quan was not surprised that Van Niekerk was able to "upset" and advance to the final. That's right, Van Niekerk, who is participating in the World Series for the first time, is indeed an unknown junior in the eyes of most people.

But for Feng Quan, who is a "traverser", this is not the case. Because Feng Quan knows very well that the 400m champion at the 2015 Beijing Track and Field World Championships is none other than South African athlete Van Niekerk.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Van Niekerk had already known about his existence, Feng Quan would have been ready to say goodbye to athletics and devote himself to his favorite football field after breaking the world record in the decathlon. After all, Feng Quan, who holds both the 100m and the decathlon world records, is already a well-deserved "king of track and field".

And it is precisely because Van Niekerk became the world's first "all-round speed king" in 2015 (10 seconds in the 100 meters, 20 seconds in the 20 meters, and 44 seconds in the 400 meters) that Feng Quanbao has the goal of continuing to stay in the athletics arena. Moreover, Feng Quan, who has the big killer of the system, in addition to wanting to become the "all-round speed king", is also ready to take all the world records in these three events into his arms, so as to become the "real king of sprinting".

Because of this, when most people still don't know who Van Niekerk is, Feng Quan has already listed him as another big rival besides Bolt.

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Although Feng Quan won the first place in the group, it means that he will lose the pre-match bet, so that he can "work" for the opponent for free for a month. However, when El Karis saw that Feng Quan crossed the finish line first with a clear advantage, he still waved his fist excitedly.

Even if there is no slogan in the American dictionary such as "dedication to sports", as a world-renowned track and field coach, as long as his "disciples" can continue to break through in terms of performance, El Karis does not care about the loss of money.

What's more, even if El Karis loses the bet with Feng Quan, he doesn't have much to lose. Because, the old man of the United States who participated in this World Championships, in addition to the identity of Fengquan's full-time coach, also hung the title of coach of the Chinese track and field team.

Although, El Karis is only responsible for the training of Feng Quan and Sun Mingyue on weekdays. But since he is the "coach of the Chinese track and field team", in addition to paying a certain salary, the athletics management center will also give him certain additional rewards according to the achievements of the athletes he leads. For example, Feng Quan's breaking of the Asian record, and Sun Mingyue, who participated in the competition for the first time, reached the women's 100m semi-finals, which will allow El Karis to get a certain amount of prize money.

"Wind, tomorrow's final, will you give me a bigger surprise?"

Therefore, even though Feng Quan's excellent performance cost him 17,000 euros, El-Karis, who was sitting in the stands of the Luzhniki Stadium at this time, still had a big smile on his face......

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PS: World Championships Men's 400m Final List:

(1) Jeremy Variner (USA)

(2) Maslassi (Saudi Arabia)

(3) Pavel Maslak (Czech Republic)

(4) Henriques (Brazil)

(5) Fengquan (China)

(6) Merritt (USA)

(7) Killarney James (Grenada)

(8) Van Niekerk (South Africa)