Chapter 351: Change Creates "Miracles"

In the fourth group of the 100-meter semi-final, another Chinese athlete, Zheng Peimeng, came out. In this group, except for the American veteran Rodgers and the French white player Le Matri, the strength is obviously stronger than everyone else, and the strength of the other six athletes is almost all in the middle of the middle.

Therefore, with the top two players almost already "booked" in advance by Rodgers and Le Matri, the remaining six players who are in better shape and perform better in the competition will have a good chance of winning the "remaining" semi-final ticket.

Due to the previous three groups of competitions, Sun Bingtian and Feng have all successfully entered the semifinals, creating the best record of the Chinese track and field team in the men's 100m event at the World Championships. Therefore, if Zheng Peimeng can also get the top three in the group and advance to the semifinals, then the results of all three Chinese athletes entering the semifinals are enough to prove that the overall level of Chinese men's sprinting has been promoted from the top in Asia to the top in the world.

Although all the members of the Chinese track and field team are very much looking forward to the emergence of such a historic moment when all three Chinese athletes will break into the semifinals. However, in order to create a relatively relaxed preparation environment for the participating athletes, neither the senior management of the delegation nor the coaching team in charge of sprinting events in the team have been holding meetings to highlight the importance of the competition in the form of meetings every day, except for training time and meal time, as they did when they participated in major events in the past.

In fact, the reason for such a change is largely due to the private El-Karis of Fengquan. It was after Feng Quan recommended the old American man to join the Chinese track and field team that the Chinese coach really realized that instead of wasting time on all kinds of meaningless meetings, it is better for athletes to spend their precious time on training and competitions.

At the same time, how to keep athletes in a relatively stable state of mind during the competition is also a very important thing. Although many sports teams in China have long recognized the important impact of psychological adjustment on athletes' performance. However, the number of people engaged in psychological research in China is extremely limited, and the personnel who are familiar with the laws of the development of sports athletes and understand the changes in the psychological state of athletes in competition are even rarer. As a result, even if some sports teams hire specialized psychological counselors, in fact, the improvement of athletes' psychological adjustment ability is very limited.

But in any case, with the help of psychological counselors, the performance of athletes can be improved to a certain extent, whether it is the leaders of the sports circle or the coaches of various sports teams.

It is precisely for this reason that before participating in the Moscow World Championships, the Chinese track and field team specially hired several well-known experts in psychological counseling from several well-known universities in China to help athletes maintain a relatively stable mentality during the competition. However, due to the very limited number of experts, psychological counseling is a slow and meticulous job, and the athletes' free time is very limited except for training and competitions, so the team can only arrange some athletes in advantageous sports to receive guidance from experts.

Due to the rapid improvement of the overall strength of the Chinese men's sprint event in recent years, coupled with the emergence of Feng Quan, the BT guy, the men's sprint event has undoubtedly become the dominant event of the Chinese track and field team. Therefore, after the Chinese track and field delegation arrived in Moscow, Director Du, the leader of the Athletics Management Center, specially "assigned" Professor Xiao Zhengrong, the most authoritative psychologist who came with the team, to the men's sprint group.

Although Professor Xiao has only been "joining" the Chinese track and field team for a little more than a week, the results of his work are extremely obvious.

Before Feng Quan was born, the twin stars of Sun Bingtian and Zheng Peimeng undoubtedly firmly occupied the top two positions in domestic sprinting. Although there is a big gap between the two and the world's top existences such as Usain Bolt and Gatling in the whole world, they can definitely be among the world's top players.

However, whenever Sun Bingtian and Zheng Peimeng participate in world competitions such as the Olympics or the World Championships, their shortcomings in psychological adjustment will be reflected. For example, at last year's London Olympics, Sun Bingtian ran a time of 10.05 seconds in the first round of preliminaries, becoming the first Chinese person to qualify for the semifinals of the 100-meter event of the Olympic Games. It's a pity that in the next round of the competition, Sun Bingtian only ran 10.28 seconds and missed the final round.

Although it is normal for sprinters to have certain ups and downs in their competitive state in different races of the same major race, the "ups and downs" of more than 0.2 seconds are obviously abnormal.

In the semi-finals of last year's London Olympics, Sun Bingtian's performance in the first 60 meters was still good, and even once formed a tie with Usain Bolt, who was in the leading position in the same group.

It's a pity that after 60 meters, after Bolt and other black athletes gave full play to their sprint advantages, Sun Bingtian began to be gradually surpassed by other opponents, until he finally ended up in the last seat.

In fact, Sun Bingtian's form in that semi-final was not bad, and it was even better than the previous first-round match. Because just after that race, the technical analysts of the Chinese track and field team found that Sun Bingtian's time in the first 60 meters of the semifinals was even about 0.05 seconds faster than the first 60 meters of the first round of the competition.

Therefore, if Sun Bingtian had not chosen to "give up" and continued to go all out to the finish line after being overtaken by several opponents in that semi-final, he would probably run 10 seconds or less.

You must know that the American Ryan Bailey, who advanced to the final with the "eighth place" in the semifinals, only had a time of 10.03 seconds. If Sun Bingtian hadn't chosen to give up in that semi-final, he would have been able to advance to the finals with Feng Quan.

Compared with last year's London Olympics, with the help of Professor Xiao, Sun Bingtian's performance in the competition has also changed significantly. In the first 60 meters of the previous rematch, Sun Bingtian almost replicated his performance at last year's London Olympics, and formed a trend of matching Gatlin, who finished first in the same group.

Although after entering the 70-meter stage, Sun Bingtian was left behind by Gatlin, and was even surpassed by the two opponents who were originally in third and fourth place. However, this time Sun Bingtian obviously did not give up lightly, but gritted his teeth and fought until the last moment, and finally almost surpassed the two opponents in front of him before the finish line, and advanced to the semifinals without danger.

With the good situation created by Sun Bingtian and Feng Quan, Zheng Peimeng, the last Chinese player to appear, was also greatly encouraged. Even though the fourth group included the world's top players such as American veteran Rogers, Frenchman Le Matra, and Trinidad and Tobago star Richard Thompson, Zheng Peimeng, who fought until the last minute, still ranked third in the group with a time of 10.05 seconds, thus successfully advancing to the semifinals of the men's 100m. 2k reading web