An hour after the men's 100m semi-finals, the Moscow Organizing Committee announced the grouping for tomorrow morning's semi-finals.

After everyone saw the grouping of the semi-finals, they actually had a feeling of "spicy eyes". Because the distribution of the two groups is really ...... It's weird.

Group B features not only the new and old sprinters of Feng Quan and Usain Bolt, but also Gatlin (fourth in London) and Ryan Bailey (sixth in London) of the United States, Richard Thompson (eighth in London) of Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaican veteran Nesta Carter, who set a personal best of 9.79 seconds in Doha in the Diamond League this season.

With the exception of John Blake, who was placed in Group A, and Tyson Gaye, who was sent off for running in the rematch, four of the top six finishers in the 100m at last year's London Olympics were all grouped in Group B.

In addition, before the start of this World Championships, six of the top eight athletes in the men's 100-meter event were placed in Group B according to the odds offered by major European bookmakers for the men's 100m event.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Group B competition in the semi-finals can be called a "staged in advance" 100-meter flyer showdown.

If that's all it takes, I don't know what kind of considerations, the organizing committee actually divided the other two Chinese players, Sun Bingtian and Zheng Peimeng, into Group B.

After learning about the grouping of the semifinals, Liu Jianjun, the youngest member of the men's sprint coaching staff, was the first to complain: "Hey, are these Russian woolly bears determined to get along with us?" Today's rematch is already a veritable 'group of death', how can this return to the semi-finals be even worse? ”

Director Jia of the jumping group continued: "I really don't understand what these old hairs think, if you just want to increase the highlights of the semi-finals, so as to more fully attract the attention of the audience, it is enough to put Daquan and Bolt in a group." ”

"Judging from the current grouping situation, regardless of whether the organizing committee did it deliberately or not, they did do something deliberately aimed at our Chinese athletes." A physiotherapist who came with the team said with some excitement.

"Okay, it's not just you who think the Russians are deliberately targeting Chinese athletes. The senior leaders of our delegation expressed their dissatisfaction to the organizing committee as soon as they learned about the grouping. Long Fei, head of the sprint coach of the national track and field team, said in a deep voice.

"What is the response of the organizing committee?" Liu Jianjun asked.

"Hehe, the Russians say that the current grouping is evenly distributed according to the athletes' results in the rematch, from the highest to the lowest." Long Fei replied.

However, this explanation seems a little unreasonable, right? According to the Russians' explanation, Usain Bolt and Gatlin, who are in the top two in the semi-finals, don't seem to be in Group B? Jia asked.

Long Fei sighed and said, "Hey, that's what Coach Feng said when he negotiated with the organizing committee. Unfortunately, the organizing committee only said, 'It is possible that the staff made a mistake in sorting out the data, but the grouping situation has already been announced, so it cannot be changed at all.'" ”

"Is this a special scoundrel!?" Liu Jianjun said indignantly.

"That's right, even if the organizing committee makes it clear that we can't do anything, after all, in the competition rules formulated by the IAAF, there is no recusal clause between athletes from the same country, not to mention that this is still someone else's territory?" Jia Gui said helplessly.

"Forget it, let's not talk about that for now." Long Fei waved his hand and said: "In the final analysis, the sprint event is not like the long-distance event, maybe you can use some tactical means to get a better ranking, only with absolute strength is the key factor in the victory." Even if Sun Bingtian and Zheng Peimeng are not in the same group as Daquan, I am afraid that they are not very sure that they will be able to break into the finals. ”

Picking up the teacup on the table, Long Fei took a sip and continued: "Although the overall strength of our country's men's sprinting event has indeed improved a lot in recent years, in fact, the only athlete with the world's top strength is Feng Quanquan. Even though Sun Bingtian and Zheng Peimeng have been continuously improving, they still have a clear gap with the athletes at the top. Yes, the competition in Group A is indeed fierce, but if Xiao Sun and Xiao Zheng's strength is even slightly different from Feng Quan, there is great hope for them to advance to the finals. ”

"Long Dao, what you said is indeed right. However, even if there is not much suspense about entering the finals with Feng Quan's strength, if he wants to successfully get a place in the finals in the fiercely competitive Group A, it will inevitably make Feng Quan consume more physical strength, which will affect his competitive state in the finals! Liu Jianjun said with some concern.

"Xiao Liu, I can't say that your worries are unreasonable, but in fact, the competition itself is fair to every athlete. Athletes from other countries will also have to exert more energy if they want to make it to the finals. So, in the finals, everyone will be standing at the same starting point again. ”

"Hey, but Daquan is different from them! Don't forget, since the Bundesliga in May, he has barely had any breaks to play in various competitions. After a pause, Liu Jianjun continued: "If it's just like this, forget it, after all, Daquan's current strength is obviously higher than others, even if the competitive state is not at the peak, it is not something that others can easily defeat." But Daquan not only participated in the 100-meter event, but also participated in the decathlon and 400-meter events, which were very physically demanding. What's more, the current Usain Bolt seems to be back to his peak form a few years ago, and it will be even more difficult for Daquan to defeat him. ”

Hearing this, Long Fei sighed and said, "Of course I know what you said. But the facts are in front of us, what can we do? The only thing we can do now is to find a way to help Feng Quan recover his strength as much as possible and improve his competitive condition, so that he can play as much as possible in the game. ”

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After successfully obtaining the ticket to the semi-finals, Feng Quan returned to his hotel with El Carris.

Since he had already learned from the system about the "side effects" of using skills every day, he returned to the hotel and fell asleep on the comfortable bed after a simple wash.

It wasn't until a phone call from El Karis at about 7 p.m. that Feng Quan was pulled back from his sleep to the real world. Immediately afterwards, the sleepy-eyed Feng Quan learned about the grouping of the semifinals from the mouth of the old man in the United States.

Feng Quan, who learned the news, was not as worried as several coaches of the national team because of the sinister situation of the grouping. After all, for Feng Quan, whose goal is only the champion, no matter what kind of opponent he encounters in the same group, as long as he defeats him, it will be over. As for his two "hard-working" teammates...... I'm afraid I'll have to ask for more blessings.

However, Feng Quan, who originally thought that as long as he raised his [physical condition] to the highest state before the start of the final, he could easily crush his opponent to win the championship, and after seeing the strong strength shown by Bolt in the rematch, he had to admit that he had to be more prepared if he wanted to secure victory in the final.

Thinking of this, Feng Quan immediately entered the system. After entering the attribute interface, Feng Quan saw that his current [physical function] was in a "good" state. Although this kind of physical state can ensure that he can play normally in the game, it is extremely difficult to defeat Bolt, who is currently in "explosive form".

So, in order to ensure victory, Feng Quan quickly entered the [System Mall], and then reluctantly spent two skill points and purchased two bottles of [Status Recovery Potion] to increase his "physical state value" to the full value of 100.

Under normal circumstances, when Feng Quan's "physical state value" reaches more than 91 points, that is, when [physical function] is in an "excellent" state, his six physical attributes of speed, strength, endurance, reaction, flexibility, and explosiveness can all get a 5% increase. And when his "physical state value" reaches the full value of 100, then the increase of the 6 major attributes can also get an additional 1 point increase, which is a 6% increase.

With Feng Quan's current strength, under the condition that his physical attributes have not increased and he does not use any skills, his 100-meter score can probably be maintained at about 10 seconds, and even if there are some small mistakes, he can basically control the score within 10 seconds and 15 seconds.

Now, when Feng Quan's "physical state value" reaches the full value of 100, even if he does not use any skills in the game, he can already compete with the "explosive" Usain Bolt with only 6% increase in physical attributes.

Feng Quan, who had completed the "pre-game preparations", was just about to walk out of the room to have dinner, but his mobile phone suddenly remembered.

Seeing that the caller displayed on the mobile phone screen was Zhou Zhilin, the accountant of the "Wind Team", Feng Quan's face was suddenly full of pride.

After pressing the answer button, Feng Quan said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, is there any good news to tell me?" ”

Zhou Zhilin said with some excitement: "That's right, because you won the men's 400-meter championship, so the 600,000 euros you asked me to bet on the three bookmakers of William Hill, Ladbrokes, and BET365 can probably get about five million euros after deducting taxes and fees." ”

"Haha, five million euros? That's a lot. As he spoke, the smile on Feng Quan's face became a little brighter.

"To be honest, Daquan, I really admire you more and more now. When you told me a few days ago when you were still in China, that you were going to bet on this matter with European bookmakers, I was really worried about you. Speaking of this, Zhou Zhilin actually had a feeling of fear.

"Although you are indeed rich now, 600,000 euros is not a small amount. If you had asked me to bet on the decathlon or the 100-meter dash, I probably wouldn't have been too worried. But what I didn't expect was that the event you asked me to bet on turned out to be the 400m, which was your first event. ”

"Hehe, since you are gambling, of course, you have to choose the project with the greatest benefits as the betting target! My odds for the decathlon are less than 1 to 2, what do you think I am playing? So of course I'm going to choose the 400 meters with an average odds of more than 1 to 10. After a slight pause, Feng Quan continued: "As for the 100-meter event, I really wasn't interested in it before, but now...... I'm really interested. ”

Since arriving in Moscow, Feng Quan has been paying attention to the odds of winning the events he participated in through the Internet every night before going to bed.

Just before the start of the World Championships, several of Europe's largest bookmakers offered the average winning odds for Feng Quan and Usain Bolt in the men's 100m event, which were about 1.75 to 1 and 2.2 to 1 respectively.

As Feng Quan participates in various competitions, major European bookmakers are also constantly adjusting the odds of the two to win the championship according to the competitive state he showed in the competition. After the preliminary round of the men's 100m event, the odds of Feng Quan and Usain Bolt were also adjusted to 1 to 2.

Immediately afterwards, when Feng Quan "unexpectedly" won the 400-meter crown, Feng Quan's odds for winning the 100-meter event were adjusted to 1 to 1.8, and Bolt's odds were adjusted to 1 to 2.

When Usain Bolt ran an astonishing 9.53 seconds in the 100-meter semi-final due to the wind speed, his odds for winning the championship were immediately adjusted to 1 to 1.65, and Feng Quan's odds for winning the championship have "risen" to the level of 1 to 2.3. At this point, it is obvious that several major European bookmakers are significantly more optimistic about Bolt's prospects of winning the championship.

"I've just looked at the information released by the bookmaker, and your latest odds to win the title have been adjusted to 2.65 to 1, so I don't think it's a good time to bet. Because ......"

Before Zhou Zhilin could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Feng Quan: "Do you want to say that it is difficult to defeat Bolt in my current competitive state, and it will be a waste of money to invest again?" ”

"Uh...... Sort of. Zhou Zhilin, who was "exposed", said with some embarrassment.

Hearing this, Feng Quan laughed and said, "Brother Zhou, do you know, what I appreciate most about you is your honesty." It is precisely because you are more honest than most other accountants that I have you on my team. ”

"Although your words make me feel a little out of place compared to other peers, I still want to thank you for the compliment." Zhou Zhilin smiled.

"Brother Zhou, you have to continue to pay attention to the trends of the European bookmakers in the past two days, once my odds to win the championship exceed 1 to 3.5, you must bet without hesitation......"