“…… Yusse Both, Yechin, Yechin...... Rush the line! In 9.85 seconds, Ye Qin and Yusse Bot crossed the line almost at the same time, both of them obviously put some in the end, but they still ran within 9.90 seconds, and their strength can be seen to be obviously a notch higher than other players!

…… Okay, the final results are out! Yusse Bot 9.85 seconds and Ye Qin 9.86 seconds are really amazing performances, such results were already in the final at the last Olympic Games, but in this group of semi-finals, the two were able to run easily when they obviously had reservations. Both advanced to the semifinals tonight at 22:30......"

With the end of the semifinals of the first group of men's 100 meters, Mu Jiang's voice entered thousands of households through TV transmission in the commentary seats in the on-site media area.

After just a few replay clips, many viewers who were waiting in front of the TV suddenly noticed that the picture on the TV was switched, and Ye Qin's figure appeared in the mixed channel area.

In the picture, the reporter of the CCTV channel did not appear, only saw a microphone with the CCTV logo, but Ye Qin's slightly panting appearance appeared in thousands of households for the first time.

"Ye Qin, it seems that you are running more easily in this game than in the preliminaries and semi-finals?"

Many viewers who are familiar with track and field competitions already know who it is as soon as the reporter opens his mouth when he interviews the CCTV channel! Dong Na! In 2004, Liu Yangyu won the Olympic Games before and after the interviews.

"Probably because I haven't participated in the race for too long, I may still be a little nervous in the preliminaries, and I didn't play particularly well in the starting reaction and acceleration in the first half of the race. After running the preliminaries, I gradually began to let go, and after the restart, it was obviously much better. The final has just been released! ”

Standing in front of the camera, Ye Qin looked at the reporter Dong Na and the camera in front of him, and understood that this was a live broadcast, and what he could see would be thousands of viewers in front of the TV, and waved slightly, looking calm.

"9.86 seconds, do you think this result is still satisfactory? Hit the line almost at the same time as Yusse Both, who is slightly faster than you in a thousand seconds! ”

"Almost! This result is actually quite good in the 100m event, and the last Olympic champion is about the same result. Ye Qin smiled, he had heard that this reporter didn't know much about the track and field sprint competition, so he explained it simply.

"Being a little slower than Usse Bot in the semi-finals, will it affect your final?" Dong Na asked again with the microphone, and when a question came out, many viewers in front of the TV couldn't help frowning slightly.

Ye Qin smiled calmly: "It won't have an impact." I didn't try to run with all my might and the other side was the same, so if we have a final, we should be better than that. And the goal of the semi-finals is mainly to qualify for the final. ”

"It's okay to make it to the finals, right?"

"Yes, the goal is the final! Now that the goal has been achieved, it's all about the finals! ”

"Okay, then we won't delay your time any longer!" Dong Na saw the gesture of the director next to her, and knew that time had taken up a lot, so she immediately stopped the interview, and then added, "Ye Qin, I wish you a smooth game!" ”

"Thank you!"

After a brief interview after the game, Ye Qin quickly left the mixed aisle area and returned to the field arranged by the team to begin physiotherapy and rest.

Two hours is not a long time, and for athletes who have just finished the men's 100m, it would be beneficial for the final to have a better rest.

After Ye Qin was interviewed, at this time, on the men's 100-meter track at the Bird's Nest Stadium, the eight athletes in the second group of the men's 100-meter semifinals were already standing in front of the starting line.

First lane, Martial Mbanchok, France;

the second, Samuel Francis, Cartel;

Third Lane, Davis Patton, USA;

fourth, Kurandi-Martina, Netherlands Antilles;

Fifth Path, Asafarville, Jamaica;

Sixth lane, Richard Thompson, Trinidad and Tobago;

Way 7, Francis Obiqueru, Portugal;

Eighth Way, Jason Gaby, USA;

The lineup of the second group of players in the men's 100m semifinals is also no worse than the first group.

While the current men's 100m runner-up and runner-up are in the previous group, third and fourth Asafarville and Jason Gaby are both in the second group.

In addition to the other rookie athletes who performed well in 2008, and the previous veterans, the entire team lineup is still very luxurious.

It's the pinnacle of the World Championships, and almost all of the athletes who have made it this far have been the best in sprinting events in their respective countries and continents.

Among the eight runners, except for the French runner in the first lane with a personal best of 10.06 seconds, the other seven runners all reached the PB mark within the 10-second mark.

On the on-site media commentary seat, Mu Jiang had already shifted his attention from the previous Ye Qin game to the second group of semi-finals, accompanied by the live camera, his commentary voice sounded at the same time:

The highlight of the second semi-final was the showdown between Asafavil and Jason Gaby, who started competing in the men's 100m in the second half of 2006 and has improved by leaps and bounds in the 100m, and is already a challenger for Asafaville. If both men make it to the final, the men's 100m final will reach a new level, surpassing any previous competition. ”

At this time, in front of the men's 100-meter starting line, in the eighth lane, Jason Gaby's face was obviously not particularly good, and sweat continued to appear on his forehead.

"Jason, I'm afraid your injury won't make you any good gains in this Olympics, you should think about the long term, miss an Olympic game, not all."

Feeling the dull ache in the tendons in his legs, Jason Gaby thought of what coach Lance Brauman had spoken to him before he came on the pitch.

In yesterday's preliminaries and semifinals, his performance was not bad, with 10.22 seconds in the preliminaries and 10.09 seconds in the semifinals, both of which were the first and second in the group.

But after two games from yesterday, he feels terrible today.

His injury began at this year's Olympic Trials (National Championships), where he ran 9.68 seconds in the men's 100m with wind assistance, setting a current best time for mankind in the men's 100m.

But in the 200m preliminaries of the later trials, he ran into problems.

Probably because he ran too hard in the first 100-meter event, and when he participated in the 200-meter event again, he could not finish the race, so he injured his tendon.

In the period that followed, even as he recovered, the tendon injury did not completely improve, and even more fatally, the tendon injury, a month or two before the Olympics, seriously interfered with his training plan.

At this moment, Jason Gaby even thought of what he had said in a joke with the media before, that he would win four gold medals at the 2008 Olympics, in the men's 100m, men's 200m, men's 4×100m relay and men's 400m, but now it seems that the biggest possibility is that he will win nothing.

"No matter what, go all out!"

With the game just around the corner, some of the chaotic thoughts that flashed through Jason Gaby's mind didn't last long, and he quickly dismissed them from his mind.

His tendons have not recovered very well, and injuries have disrupted his training schedule, and his coach has even suggested that he can withdraw from the Games.

On the Internet in the United States, many people at this Olympics are discussing the injuries of the two men at this Olympics. One is Jason Gaby and the other is Liu Yangyu from China.

Both are strong contenders for gold medals at the Games, but unfortunately both suffered major injuries in May and June.

In a major event like the Olympics, an injury can be a frustrating thing for any athlete.

Now his injury is not completely healed, but he can already let go and run!

As long as he is at the starting line, he Jason Gaby is a man who will never back down.

……

In the second group of the same semifinals, Asafavir was breathing slightly at the moment.

As the men's 100m race progressed round by round, in the third round, Asafavil felt that he was already a little nervous.

He didn't know where this emotion suddenly came from, but when he raised his head, he felt the gaze of the audience and the constantly flickering magnesium lights.

It was at this point that the heart seemed to be beating uncontrollably and rapidly.

"Asafavir doesn't have a strong champion heart yet!"

"He doesn't have the strength to do his best in the final!"

"He's a cowardly man at heart, and despite his unparalleled talent, the pressure of the tournament will crush him first."

……

Voices seemed to linger in my ears.

Those are the words of various newspapers, online magazines and other media that mocked him after his failure at the World Championships in '07, and even some people said that he was injured in '05 and missed the World Championships in Helsinki, which also said that his heart was too fragile and he did not dare to fight Jax Thelin head-on despite breaking the world record.

In addition, senior peers, such as Morris Green and Michael Johnson, have spoken publicly in the media on several occasions about how disappointed his performance was.

Asafavir is very unwilling!

2008 was a rough year for him, with injuries from the start of the season and then again and again, and he believes he would have been able to face any challenge if the Olympics had started in 2006.

That year, he won almost all of the men's 100m events!

"Steady, Asafah!"

A silent remark seemed to be silently in his heart, and Asafavir took a deep breath.

Among the eight players on the field, except for one or two who are slightly counted as fresh faces, the other players are basically old faces that he is familiar with.

"Don't think it's the Olympics, it's a Grand Prix, an ordinary race, and I'm going to face those people from start to finish! You've beaten them all! ”

“On your marks!”

The familiar pre-game settling sounds, and the cacophony in the Bird's Nest Stadium quiets down a little.

“…… Now that the players are in place, let's take a look at the performance of the second group of the men's 100m semi-final, Asafavil and Jason Gaby, in what is also the pinnacle of the showdown and battle before the final......"

Mu Jiang's voice lowered a lot in due course, but before the gunshots rang out, he still made a brief comment.

“SET！”

The first eight runners at the starting line went from squatting to keep their bodies still to squatting and starting in a squatting style.

The movements are neat and consistent, giving a kind of beauty of strength to countless viewers on the scene and in front of the TV.

Syllable!

A crisp electronic starting gun rang out inside the Bird's Nest stadium.

In the quiet arena, it suddenly boiled like a fryer.

The sound of cheering hula sounded from all directions in an instant.

Almost as soon as the shots rang out, Asafavil was already rushing out of the starting line.

His starting reaction was not very fast, with 0.161 seconds at the bottom of the group, while the rest of the runners were basically between 0.140 and 0.150, and Andris's Kurandi Martina had a starting reaction of 0.138 seconds.

But after his feet left the starting gear, Asafavil picked up the fastest pace.

The powerful pedaling, and the extremely full touch of the soles of his feet and the ground, made his strong and powerful body full of strong momentum to run forward.

In the first three or four steps, Asafavil did not necessarily seize the advantage instantly because of the starting reaction, but after just ten meters, Asafavil had already jumped his position to first.

With a fast cadence and perfect stride, it runs like a chariot galloping forward, full of the beauty of speed and power.

On the other hand, Richard Thompson and Kurandi Martina are also giving their all, and their speed has improved rapidly.

Both of them are sprinters of the new generation in the past two years, and they are not much different in age from Ye Qin, Yusse Bote, etc., and they are at the peak age of a sprinter.

From the start, the two followed Asafavil closely and continued to increase their speed.

Asafavil is getting faster and faster, and although he doesn't seem to be as light on his feet as he once was, his strength still puts him in first place in this semi-final group.

In front of the TV, many viewers who were watching the second semi-final of the men's 100m heard Mu Jiang's voice at this time: "...... The game begins...... Asafavil had a great start and Jason Gaby got off to an equally good start, with Asafavil leading and Thompson and Martina close behind...... Asafavir, Asafarville ......"

The performance of this moment made many viewers who originally paid attention to the eighth Jason Gaby suddenly find that Mu Jiang's attention seemed to be completely focused on Asafavil.

Rush the line!

On the live TV screen, the figures of eight players speeding by quickly flashed away.

The first to cross the finish line was undoubtedly Asafavir, who was the creator in the yellow sprint jersey, and he still showed his strength in the men's 100m in this group of men's 100m races.

The time frame on the chronograph board next to the finish line is 9.91 seconds.

The moment Jason Gaby crossed the finish line, his face was frustrated and unwilling, and he looked up at the big screen on the scene, as if waiting for the final result to appear.

In this group of semi-finals, his performance was very unsatisfactory.

On the one hand, it is due to the impact of tendon and groin injuries, and on the other hand, he has not been able to have a systematic and better preparation plan after the injury.

Although he had already expected it before the game, he felt okay when he ran the preliminaries and the rematch, but he didn't expect this to happen in the semi-finals.

The feeling of looking at many opponents who were not as good as you in the past, completely surpassing him, made him feel that this moment was really terrible.

But he doesn't want to leave the ring yet, he wants to wait for the final results.

The men's 100m semi-finals are two groups, with the top four from each group advancing to the final.

His performance in this group was not particularly good, but because it was the eighth pass, he didn't want to leave until the results came out on the big screen.

After a few seconds, Jason Gaby looked up and saw the results on the timing board, and his heart was suddenly dead.

The first place was Asafavir's 9.91 seconds, and Asafavil did not perform particularly well in the men's 100m semifinals, but still won the first place in the group.

Richard Thompson and Kurandi Martina, who were right behind Asafavil, finished second and third in 9.93 and 9.94 seconds, respectively......

That fourth place......

One of the most critical places to advance is-

Davis Barton!

4. Third lane, Davis Barton, 10.03 seconds;

5. Eighth lane, Jason Gaby, 10.05 seconds;

The moment this set of results came out, Jason Gaby instantly lowered his head, and he felt that the corners of his eyes seemed to be a little moist and hot.

Not an athlete, not an athlete like him, hardly many people will know how much he has prepared for this year's Olympics.

From facing Jax Thelin at the beginning of his career in athletics, to only facing Assafavir, then last year's Yechin's meteoric rise and this year's Yusse Both's appearance.

His entire career hasn't been particularly smooth, but he's faced one formidable opponent after another.

He's been in excellent form since the start of the year, and he's so good that he'll be confident of challenging them when he starts facing Yusse Bot and Yechin.

Just now......

He was already an adult of twenty-five or sixteen years old, but at this moment, he felt extremely bitter in his heart.

After waiting for so long and preparing for so long, this is the end of his men's 100-meter journey.

For a sprinter, the end of the individual event at this Olympics is undoubtedly much less likely to be there next time.

Four years later, he is almost 30 years old, and it is not yet known whether he will be able to maintain his physical condition by then, as well as various factors such as injuries.

It's really unwilling!

"Jason, you've done a great job!"

At the moment when Jason Gaby lowered his head, he suddenly felt someone next to him come over and gently pat him on the shoulder.

It was Francis Obikviru, silver medallist in the men's 100m at Athens 2004, but the semi-finals of the men's 100m didn't stop there. His time was 10.10 seconds, which was behind Jason Gaby.

Near the finish line, Asafavil, who won the first place in the group with a time of 9.91 seconds, also had no joy on his face, and his expression was very solemn.

Especially at the moment when I saw Jason Gaby turn his head away, a strong feeling of physical injury came over me.

At this moment, he even thought that maybe he and Jason Gaby were eliminated in the semi-finals as a good option.

Two hours later, the final was coming, and he felt his emotions start to tense again!

In the face of other opponents, he may have confidence, but Ye Qin and Yusse Both, both of whom have broken his world record, their strength, Asafavir knows very well, he is not too sure!

And this Olympics is an important battle for him to prove that he has the ability to compete after last year's World Championships!