At 19:45 on August 10, the eight teams participating in the Olympic men's 4 x 100 meter relay preliminaries, the first group competition, came to the track of the London Olympic Stadium. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Immediately afterwards, the host of the scene began to introduce the lanes of each team and some simple information about the participating athletes.

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Inside the BBC live room.

As the information about the teams was being introduced at the Olympic Stadium in London at this time, the host Ralph Dimo took this opportunity to say: "First of all, please talk about the two guests who want to talk about their respective prospects for our British team in today's 4-to-100m heats. ”

Graeme Hunter nodded and took the lead and said: "Our boys from the British Empire, although they were assigned to the first track, but after the 'humiliating' men's 100-meter semi-final five days ago, these four boys must have held their breath. I'm sure they'll make it to tomorrow's final. ”

Although Derek Raymond likes to "" Graeme Hunter most of the time. However, because this time Ralph Dimo raised the issue of his own country, he finally stood on the same side as his "enemy".

"That's right. I also agree with Mr. Hunt. Perhaps, with the current strength of our boys, it will be difficult to get on the podium, but there is still some certainty of breaking into tomorrow's final. ”

In fact, the British, as the host, did their homework in the 4x100m relay preliminaries.

On the surface, it seems a bit undesirable to put the British team in the same group as the Jamaican team, which is known as the "kingdom of sprinting", as well as the strong teams of Canada and the Netherlands.

But in fact, in the first group, in addition to the overall strength of the Jamaican team's 4 players, which is significantly higher than the other 7 teams, only the Canadian team and the Dutch team are on par with the British team. Among the other four teams, the difference in strength between athletes is still relatively obvious.

"What a rarity!" Ralph Dimo gave Derek Raymond a meaningful look and said with a smile. "Raymond finally agrees with Hunter this time."

Clearly, Ralph Dimo didn't seem to be so relieved that he and Graeme Hunter had each lost €1,000 to Derek Raymond after the decathlon a day earlier.

"Hehe, don't you think it's normal for our boys from the British team to qualify for tomorrow's final?" Derek Raymond asked rhetorically.

Ralph Dimo glanced at Derek Raymond and said, "Of course it's a normal thing." After all, the strength of the boys in the British team is indeed stronger than the strength of the teams from those Asian, African and Latin American countries. ”

"In that case, it is normal that I agree with Mr. Hunt."

In fact, if it weren't for Derek Raymond's popularity in the UK, and the BBC had "said hello" to him long before the start of the Olympic Games, inviting him to be the guest of the track and field broadcast of the Olympic Games, Ralph Dimo would have not wanted to see Derek Raymond in the show he hosted.

So, Ralph Dimo, who was reluctant to continue to fight with Derek Raymond, saw that the big screen in the live broadcast room showed that the Dutch team had begun to introduce the sixth track, so he threw out a new topic.

"I think the competition will start in a while, so how about you make a prediction about which four teams in this group will advance to tomorrow's finals?"

"There is no doubt that Jamaica will undoubtedly secure the top spot in this group. And the remaining three places to qualify for the finals, I think will be between our British team, Canada, the Netherlands and Brazil. After a slight pause, Graeme Hunter continued: "Of course, our British team and our Canadian team will have a better chance of qualifying. ”

"I also think that Jamaica will have no suspense to finish first in this group. But ......" Derek Raymond continued, glancing at Graeme Hunter: "In the battle for the remaining three promotion places, I think that in addition to our British team, as well as Canada, the Netherlands and Brazil, the Chinese team from Asia also has the possibility of advancing to tomorrow's final. ”

As soon as Derek Raymond finished speaking, Ralph Dimo and Graeme Hunter let out a "disdainful" laugh almost at the same time.

"Haha, Derek, you're not kidding, are you!?" Ralph Dimo said dismissively.

And Graeme Hunt, who also "lost" 1,000 euros yesterday, said sarcastically. "Hi Derek, have you recently received an offer to coach from Asia?"

After listening to the words of the two of them, Derek Raymond's mood did not change much, but said lightly: "The Chinese team may indeed be inferior to several other teams in terms of overall strength." But these Asians have advantages that we European and American athletes do not have. ”

"What advantages?" Graeme Hunter asked with a puzzled expression.

"It's how flexible they are and how well they work together when handing over the baton." Derek Raymond said calmly. "At the Beijing Olympics four years ago, the Chinese team had reached the final for the first time. Their close neighbours, Japan, finished third on the podium at that Olympics. In addition, the most important point is that the Chinese team participating in the 4x100m preliminaries has just taken away the title of 'king of sprinting' from Bolt five days ago. ”

After hearing the name Feng Quan, Graeme Hunter's brows suddenly furrowed, and he secretly said in his heart: "Could it be that this Chinese kid is the real monster!?" ”

However, in the next moment, Graeme Hunt felt that he had finally found a reason to "refute" Derek Raymond.

"Indeed, that Chinese kid is very strong personally. But let's not forget that it has been less than 24 hours since the decathlon ended yesterday. So I think it's going to be very difficult for him to adjust himself to his best in today's game. In this way, his combat power is no different from several other members of the Chinese team. ”

"Hehe, I don't think so." Derek Raymond said with a smile. "The day before yesterday, after the first day of the decathlon, Mr. Hunt had doubts about whether Feng Quan could continue to be in good shape, right? But the result? The Chinese boy almost broke the 9,000-point mark in yesterday's game. So, I think he will probably bring China to tomorrow's final again. ”

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"Bang!" With a gunshot in the hands of the referee, the first group of the London Olympics 4 x 100 meter relay preliminaries finally began...... (To be continued.) )