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At the 2008 Capital Olympics, Japanese veteran Shinshi Takahira, who won the third place in the 4x100m relay event, suddenly felt tremendous pressure after seeing the boys of the Chinese team run a time of 37.96 seconds, thus breaking the Asian record held by the Japanese team.

Even if the overall strength of Asian track and field events can only be ranked at the bottom of the world, within the scope of Asia, the overall strength of Chinese track and field is still barely at the level of "Asian hegemon".

However, although the overall strength of Japanese track and field is slightly inferior to the Chinese team, the level of the Japanese team in sprinting events has always been at the leading level in Asia before Feng Quan debuted and the Qataris have not yet naturalized African athletes. It is precisely because of this that the Japanese track and field community has a trace of capital that dares to "shout" at Chinese track and field.

More than 10 years ago, Koji Ito, who was known as the "King of Asian Sprinting", almost never suffered defeat in any major Asian competition. At the same time, in the two 4x100m relay events, the Japanese team also firmly held the Asian record in their own hands.

Although in recent years, the Chinese team has emerged in sprint events, such as Sun Bingtian and Zheng Peimeng. But before Feng Quan participated in the 100-meter individual event, the Japanese track and field world never took Chinese sprinters into account.

It wasn't until Feng Quan's "sideways birth" that the Japanese track and field team really felt a sense of crisis. After being "preempted" by the Chinese to break the Asian record in the men's 100-meter event, the Asian record in the men's 4-by-100-meter relay event became the last "fig leaf" for the Japanese.

And today, after the only remaining "fig leaf" of the Japanese was torn off by the Chinese 4 x 100-meter relay team led by Feng Quan, all that was left for the Japanese was shock and panic.

However, what has to be admired is that when the Japanese veteran Shinshi Takahira, who is 4 years younger than him, led by Masashi Esatoguchi, who is 4 years younger than him, and two post-90s youngsters, Ryota Yamagata and Shota Iizuka, walked on the track of the London Olympic Stadium, the previous shock and panic disappeared.

Not only that, supported by the belief of "winning glory for the Yamato nation and wrestling with the Chinese", the four athletes of the Japanese team finally regained their confidence before the start of the 4 x 100 meter relay preliminaries and the second group competition.

"Bang!" With the sound of a starting gun in the referee's hand, the 4 x 100 meter relay preliminaries, the start of the second group of games finally began.

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Unlike the Jamaican team in the first group, which only hid Usain Bolt as an absolute main player in the preliminaries, the United States team, which is not inferior to the Jamaican team in terms of overall strength, actually hid Tyson Gay and Ryan Bailey at the same time.

Although Jeffrey Temples, a post-90s youngster, played extremely poorly at the start (0.25 seconds in the starting reaction time, ranking last), but with the overall strength of the other countries, after the third-bar Davez Parton ran more than 50 meters, he surpassed the Trinidad and Tobago team, which had the fastest starting reaction, and established a lead.

And the Trinidad and Tobago team, which was more than 50 meters ahead, was overtaken by the Americans, and even failed to maintain the second position until the end.

With the last 15 meters or so to go to the finish line, Trinidad and Tobago's Keston Bradman was overtaken by Japan's post-90s Shota Iizuka. Moreover, if it weren't for the poor performance of the French team's first three sticks, Kosten Brightman could even be overtaken by his opponent before the finish line.

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After American Justin Gatlin crossed the finish line second, Shota Iizuka, the fourth batter of the Japanese team, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I finally made it to the finals without dishonoring the Japanese people." Although at this time, Shota Iizuka was still wearing a lot of rough clothes because of the overly violent relationship in the final stage, but on his face that was still slightly childish, you can still clearly see the joy after advancing to the finals.

Not only that, but after the race, the other Japanese sprinters who came to the finish line to celebrate with Shota Iizuka also had happy smiles on their faces.

However, just moments later, when the results of the teams in the second group were displayed on the big screen at the Olympic Stadium in London, the smiles on the faces of the four Japanese athletes disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"38.07 seconds? It's only 38.07 seconds!? We are in such good shape today that we have only run such a result!? "Egriguchi Kuasaki obviously couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"Hey! After all, we still lost to the four guys of the Chinese team......" Ryota Yamagata shook his head helplessly.

"But we've done our best, huh? If it weren't for the Chinese team with that 'monster' joining, they would not have been able to defeat us at all! That guy called Feng Quan is too strong! Even Usain Bolt can't beat him, so what ...... can we have."

Before Shota Iizuka could finish speaking, he heard "Bang-!" With a crisp sound, Gao Ping Shenshi slapped him in the face.

"! How can you bow down to them and admit defeat before you have even gone head-to-head with them!? Gao Ping Shen shouted almost hysterically. I really didn't expect that there would be the idea of 'admitting defeat' in your head. Do you know? You don't deserve to be a Japanese at all! ”

"Senior Gao Ping, don't be so impulsive! We're still on the field! Jiang Likou Kuangshi hugged the emotional Gao Ping Shenshi tightly, and comforted: "Xiangtai, this child is still too young, you can forgive him!" ”

After that, Eriguchi Kuashi glanced at Ryota Yamagata again, and asked him to come over and hug the emotional Takahira Shinshi for him, and then he came to Shota Iizuka and scolded: "Shota, why don't you hurry up and apologize for what you just said!?" ”

Shota Iizuka, who was slapped in the face, already felt very wronged, but he didn't expect his friend Ezoriguchi Kuashi not only not to "stand on his side" at this time, but instead asked him to apologize to Takahira Shenshi who beat him.

So, at this moment, Shota Iizuka couldn't care about the strict backup etiquette of the Japanese, and said emotionally: "Did I say something wrong, Kuang Shijun?" Ryota played so well in the semi-finals of the 100m that he didn't make it to the final. And the guy called Feng Quan not only easily entered the final of the 100m event, but also defeated Jamaican Lightning Bolt. In the face of such an opponent, how can we defeat him!? ”

As soon as Shota Iizuka's words fell, Shinshi Takahira forcibly broke free from Ryota Yamagata and slapped Shota Iizuka in the face again.

"If you can't get that thought out of your head, then you won't be playing in tomorrow's final!"

With that, Shen Gao walked straight in the direction of the athletes' locker room under the eyes of athletes from other countries full of surprise......

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PS: London Olympics Men's 4 x 100m Relay Preliminaries, Top Four Results in Group 2:

(1) United States: 37.38 seconds;

(2) Japan: 38.07 seconds;

(3) Trinidad and Tobago: 38.10 seconds;

(4) France: 38.15 seconds. (To be continued.) )