Chapter 345: Crazy Sprint

At 9:55 a.m. on August 15, eight athletes participating in the men's 400-meter final followed the staff to the starting point.

As is customary, the on-site narrator will introduce the personal information of the contestants in turn:

"The first track is the Pavel Maslak ...... from the Czech Republic"

"Track 2, Saudi athlete Maslassi ......"

As the competitors in the first two tracks were newcomers to the World Championships for the first time, the response from the crowd was not very enthusiastic, only those from the same country cheered them on.

"Track 3, American Jeremy Variner ......"

Although the American family is no longer the hero, with former superstar Michael Johnson retiring and Jeremy Variner dominating the 400m event for many years, he is clearly more popular than the two athletes before him when he smiles and waves to the crowd in the stands around him.

Immediately afterwards, the on-site commentator shouted in an almost crazy voice: "The fourth track, the super king of international athletics, the style of Chinese athletes - all." ”

The next moment, the enthusiasm of the audience also boiled with the almost crazy voice of the on-site commentator. More than half of the spectators in the stands cheered and screamed wildly for the wind, and the rest of the spectators who were sitting on the scene also gave him warm applause.

At this moment, Feng Quan couldn't help but feel a wonderful feeling in his heart, as if he was no longer him at this time, but a king who ruled the world, and was receiving the worship of his people. In fact, for today's Fengquan, he is indeed the well-deserved king of today's athletics.

Later, when the live commentator introduced Merritt and Killarney James, who were in the fifth and sixth tracks, although the response from the audience was also rarely enthusiastic, it was still a little inferior in terms of scale.

"Humph! The hateful Chinese, only the time before the start of the game can still make you arrogant for a while. "Merritt and Killarney-James had a rare heartbreak in their hearts.

By the time the commentators introduced South Africa's Van Niekerk and Brazil's Henriquez on the last two tracks, the audience's reaction was once again flat.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, with the starting gun in the hand sounded on the spot, the men's 400-meter final officially began.

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Although Feng Quan advanced to the 400m final as the first place in the semifinals, in fact, except for Feng Quan, no one was optimistic that he would win the final championship. Even the most fanciful of all, El Caris, thinks he will "have a chance to hit the podium".

Feng Quan's 43.95 seconds in the semifinals was really good, but it was obviously unrealistic to attack the championship with such a result. What's more, as long as anyone who has a certain understanding of track and field knows that in the 400m event, those top athletes who have the strength to challenge for the final championship will save a certain amount of strength before the start of the final, and then explode in the final.

Because of this, it is often difficult to achieve a time of less than 44 seconds in a race before the final. Because only those athletes who are not absolutely sure of advancing to the finals will do their best to get a place in the finals before the finals begin. Obviously, Feng Quan, who participated in the 400m individual event for the first time, performed in the semi-finals in the eyes of outsiders as "having done his best", so almost no one thought that he had the strength to challenge for the championship.

However, as the game progressed, almost everyone who followed the game gradually showed a look of shock on their faces.

At the end of the first corner, Brazil's Henriquez on track 8 barely took the lead thanks to his "track advantage". However, when the first Straight stage was three-quarters of the way through, Killarney James and LaSean Merritt on tracks 6 and 5 overtook the Brazilians.

Just five metres later, Feng Quan, who was on track 4, also overtook Henriques to move into third place.

When the first half of the race is over, the vast majority of people who follow the race already have in their minds who can make it to the podium, but there is still a certain amount of suspense about the final ranking of the top three.

However, in the eyes of others, the third place is "certain" Fengquan, after all, 43.95 seconds in the semi-finals is already the "limit" of the Chinese, and if you want to win the king in the final, you must have the strength of 43.70 seconds. What's more, Feng Quan, who has participated in many competitions in a row, will inevitably be slightly inferior to the semifinals at this time. So, which one is in better shape, Merritt or James, then the final championship will be won.

However, as the race progressed, instead of being gradually widened by Merritt and James, who were in the lead, the wind was in third place as everyone expected, but overtook James after the end of the second corner.

Immediately afterwards, the fans of Feng Quan at the scene and waiting in front of the TV and computer were all a little shocked by Feng Quan's "weird" performance.

Some netizens who watched the game through the Internet quickly tapped on the keyboard and made their comments through the barrage.

"Damn, what are you doing here? Although this is the final straight stage, he can't speed up as soon as he comes up, right? This...... How far is this from the finish line? ”

"Even if you are not very far behind Merritt now, what can you do if you start sprinting now?"

"yes, even if you can't overtake Merritt in front of you, it's good to finish second in the 400 meters. Don't rush too fiercely in front, and in the end, if you are overtaken by the people behind you because of your physical strength, you will lose more than you gain......"

"The crow's mouth upstairs, if the wind god is really overtaken in the end, I will pee on your door, do you believe it or not?"

However, Feng Quan did not give this netizen a chance to "pee".

Just when he was about 50 meters away from the final finish, Feng Quan, who used the [Instant Acceleration] skill after entering the last straight, finally formed a parallel with Merritt.

Although Merritt is well aware that he is far from a match for wind in terms of absolute speed, he still has a title in his heart at the moment.

"Humph! Even if you're faster than me, your fitness won't be able to sustain that speed until the end. ”

However, just as Merritt was already thinking about what kind of celebration he would use after winning the championship for a while, he was shocked to find that the wind on his left side did not show the slightest sign of slowing down, but was running faster than him.

"Blame! How is this possible? As early as shortly after entering the final straight stage, Merritt had looked back to observe Feng Quan's situation, so Feng Quan's move to "sprint" in advance when he entered the straight, of course, the American had already seen it, so he decided that Feng Quan would inevitably be physically exhausted in the final stage.

Unfortunately, instead of being exhausted in the final stages, Feng Quanquan made another sprint less than 40 meters from the finish line......