Although there was almost no doubt that Feng Quan would win the 100-meter event from the first round of heats, many people did not expect that Feng Quan would be able to crush Usain Bolt and others, and also set a new world record with a time of 9.32 seconds.

Although it is not the first time that Feng Quan has broken the world record in the 100m event, because the previous two competitions were abroad, not many spectators in China were able to witness Feng Quan's glorious moments on the spot.

Although even if the World Championships are held in the capital, the audience who can witness Fengquan's miracle is very limited, at least many domestic viewers who love track and field can see Fengquan's heroic appearance for the first time through CCTV's broadcast.

When the new world record of 9.32 seconds set by Feng Quan was displayed on the big screen in the Bird's Nest Stadium, the audience and tens of millions of Chinese sitting in front of the TV and watching the game through the Internet immediately fell into a frenzy. Even at the moment when the capital's bid for the Olympics was successful, the Chinese people were not so excited at this moment.

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Because there was only one semi-final in the 400m on August 24, and the race was still played at 8 p.m., Feng Quan, who had nothing to do all day, had breakfast and sat in the stands of the Bird's Nest Stadium to cheer on his teammates.

Although the attendance rate of the Bird's Nest Stadium during the day was more than 50% due to Monday, when Feng Quan appeared in the stands, he was like a super magnet, instantly attracting the spectators in the adjacent stands to his side.

Although Feng Quan, who has always been approachable, was happy to comply with the audience's requests for autographs or group photos, after completing hundreds of signatures one after another, Feng Quan, whose wrists had begun to ache, had to leave the scene and return to the hotel to rest under the escort of more than a dozen prepared security personnel.

Although some spectators who failed to get Feng Quan's autograph in the stands in the morning expressed their dissatisfaction through their own social channels, and even some people with ulterior motives walked the rumors that Feng Quan played a big name, when Feng Quan appeared on the track of the 400-meter race at 8 o'clock in the evening, the vast majority of the audience still gave the warmest applause and cheers to him without any suspense.

With only one race today, Feng Quan didn't slow down in the last 50 meters as he did in the first round of the budget.

In the end, Feng Quan, who did not use any skills, still won the first place in the group and advanced to the 400m final with a time of 43.92 seconds.

In the next two semi-finals, American star Leshawn Merritt and South African teenager Ruud van Niekerk also advanced to the final in two days' time.

It is worth mentioning that Van Niekerk, who ran 43.76 seconds, not only set the best time in the semi-finals, but also worried many Chinese media and insiders about Feng Quan's 400-meter title defense.

Although these people knew that Feng Quan did not give his best in the semi-finals, Van Niekerk, who had set the best time in the semi-finals, also slowed down the pace of running after shaking the lead in the final 30 meters.

In the evening, the national track and field team's staff in charge of video analysis immediately analyzed Van Niekerk's race footage and concluded that "if the South African completes the final 30m in full sprint, his time will improve by 0.25 to 0.3 seconds".

Although Feng Quan set a personal best of 43.49 seconds at the World Championships in Moscow two years ago, Feng Quan, who has not participated in the 400-meter race since then, let alone surpass the time of that year, even if he wants to break the 43.60 second mark, it is a little difficult, right?

If Van Niekerk had indeed broken the 43.50 seconds mark in the final two days later, as video analysts had predicted, it would have been a reversal for Feng Quan's quest to defend his title.

Although many track and field enthusiasts think that Feng Quan, who has just broken the 100m world record, even if he can't break the 400m world record of 43.18 seconds, there is still a lot of hope to break his personal best.

However, within the national track and field team, the prospect of Feng Quan's defending 400m title is not optimistic.

In fact, there is some truth to the concerns within the track and field team.

Although the 400m is still a sprint event, it is actually between the sprint and the middle and long distances, which requires the athletes' physical fitness to be extremely demanding.

To become one of the world's top 400m athletes, you not only need to have a strong absolute speed, but also very high requirements for physical endurance and cornering technique. At the same time, the reasonable distribution of one's physical strength in the competition also determines whether the athlete can achieve excellent results.

Although Feng Quan's absolute speed is unmatched, and a large amount of cornering technical training in the past month has also significantly improved his cornering skills, but Feng Quan, who neglects endurance training, is likely to lose his rhythm under the strong impact of Van Niekerk in the final, and then there is a situation where he cannot reasonably distribute physical energy, and finally hand over the 400-meter championship to others.

For other people's worries, Feng Quan himself didn't care too much, after all, he still had a lot of hole cards to save for the finals before he could use them. Moreover, after nearly a month of intensive training in cornering techniques, Feng Quan not only has full confidence to set a new personal best, but is even ready to attack the world record of 43.18 seconds held by American star Michael Johnson.

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Although Feng Quan's advantage in winning the World Championships in Moscow two years ago was very obvious, Bolt's condition was not at his best, and even if he lost to Feng Quan in the final by nearly 3 meters, it did not cause much damage to Bolt's confidence.

In order to regain the throne of the "king of sprinting", Bolt has pushed off many business activities in the past year, and lost nearly one million dollars in revenue.

Although as he continues to grow older, it is difficult for Bolt to regain the glory of his prime. But he believes that with Feng Quan away from the track and field field for a long time, and he is still participating in commercial activities a month before the World Championships, he should have a good chance to beat Feng Quan after devoting himself to hard training for nearly a year.

However, the cruel reality is that Bolt, who ran the best time in the past three years in 9.65 seconds, lost a little worse than he did in two years.

As a result, the disastrous defeat in the 100m final took a toll on Bolt's confidence, so much so that in the 200m heats on 25 August, Bolt was almost eliminated from the race after a dysfunctional start.

Compared with Usain Bolt, Feng Quan, who has just broken the 100-meter world record, once again brought surprises to the Chinese audience.

Feng Quan, who was placed in the 5th course of the 3rd group of the 200m heats, took less than 7 seconds to overtake the three opponents in front of him at the start. By the time we entered the stage, the gap between Feng Quan and the second place was already 3 meters.

Although Feng Quan, who was far ahead, slowed down slightly in the final 10 meters, his time of 19.63 seconds once again broke the Asian record set more than two months ago.

Although Gatlin, who was placed in the last group, ran a good time of 19.65 seconds, including Gatlin himself, he did not think that he could prevent Feng Quan from winning the 200m championship.