Chapter 137: Can't Hold Back
With the sound of a starting gun in the referee's hand, Sun Bingtian, the first batter of the Chinese team on track 4, rushed out of the starting line with a starting reaction time of 0.141 seconds. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
British veteran Malcolm Markham, who was on the first track, rushed out of the starting line in second with a reaction time of 0.145 seconds, following Sun Bingtian.
Canada's Gwen Smaily finished third with a reaction time of 0.152 seconds.
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Although Sun Bingtian is only 1.72 meters tall, he is the shortest of all the athletes participating in this 4 x 100 meter relay race. However, when the first schedule was all in the corner, Sun Bingtian's height became his "advantage".
As a result, with his faster reaction speed and skillful cornering skills, Sun Bingtian, who was close to the left track and completed the tangential action beautifully, actually narrowed the "gap" between the Chinese team and the Jamaican team in the fifth track by nearly 2 meters after 50 meters.
Due to the difference of 8.168 meters between the starting lines of the two adjacent runways, that is to say, Sun Bingtian was within the first 50 meters, and the Chinese team temporarily "led" the Jamaican team by nearly 2 meters.
After seeing Sun Bingtian's strong performance, Director Yuan, who was sitting in the stands, suddenly became wonderful with an expression on his face.
"Ice sky, hold on! As long as you can maintain the current pace, the Chinese team will definitely reach the final......"
However, Nesta Carter, the first batter of the Jamaican team, who is also not tall, gradually brought into play his strong acceleration ability after 50 meters.
Therefore, when Nesta Carter handed the baton to his teammate Michael Freit, he pulled the gap between Jamaica and China back to about 8 meters......
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Although the British team was in a "behind" position from the start of the race because of their position on track 1, veteran Malcolm Markham, when he handed the baton to the strongest player of the British team, Dwyane Chambers, had already narrowed the gap between the British team and the Canadian team in track 2 to about 5 meters.
So, when veteran Chambers took the baton firmly in his hands, he began to run wild on the straight.
"Well done, Malcolm. I won't let your efforts go to waste! ā
After seeing the outstanding performance of his teammates who are only a year younger than him, Chambers also gave his best, and when he was about to hand over the baton to his teammate Daniel Talbot, who was about to play third base, he had already narrowed the "gap" between the British team and the Canadian team to within 3 meters.
However, just as the spectators at the Olympic Stadium in London were cheering for the outstanding performance of the first two players of the British team, an unexpected situation suddenly happened.
Perhaps because he fought too fiercely before, his feet were "soft", and he was not able to synchronize the running rhythm with his teammates in the relay area. Therefore, when the veteran Chambers gave the baton into Talbot's hands, he only "pressed" about 1/4 of the front of the baton into Talbot's hands.
Therefore, without "grasping" the baton, Talbot threw the baton out of his hand less than 10 meters away from the relay zone.
In the next moment, the nearly 80,000 spectators in the stadium let out a sigh of disappointment almost simultaneously......
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After entering the second straight stage, it became "the world of black athletes in Europe and the United States".
Even with Zheng Peimeng's best efforts, he was never able to close the gap between the Chinese team and the Jamaican team on track 5. However, at this time, Zheng Peimeng's heart did not have the slightest emotion of unwillingness and disappointment.
Zheng Peimeng still has a relatively clear understanding of his own strength. With his current strength, as long as he can maintain his current position and not be left farther away by the opponent in front of him, it is already a great thing.
After all, among all the 8 athletes who ran the second runner, at least 4 of them had a 100-meter strength above Zheng Peimeng.
Just when Zheng Peimeng was about to enter the relay area by more than 10 meters, his eyes subconsciously swept over the body of Feng Quan on the other side of the track.
"Hold on, as long as the three of us can hold on, Daqo will definitely be able to bring our Chinese team to tomorrow's finals!"
Two seconds later, Zheng Peimeng and Liang Jinhui of the third baton successfully completed the handover......
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Even Liang Jinhui, who was born in the 200-meter event, has almost reached the point of "perfection" in cornering technology. However, the disadvantage in absolute speed still allowed him to quickly lose when facing the Jamaican master Joan Blake, who won the third place in the 100m and the second place in the 200m at the Olympics.
After 260 meters, the "gap" between the Chinese team and the Jamaican team has changed from about 8 meters after the first 200 meters to 11 meters away at this time.
"No, Bingtian and Pei Meng have already performed so well, and I must not hold everyone back."
A strong sense of responsibility made Liang Jinhui feel that his whole body was suddenly full of strength, and the speed under his feet was obviously a little faster than before. Even if he couldn't close the gap between himself and Blake in track 5, Liang Jinhui didn't let the opponent continue to extend the lead.
So, when Liang Jinhui was about to enter the relay area, the Chinese team still failed to "surpass" any opponent, and continued to rank fifth.
However, just when Feng Quan, who served as the last baton of the Chinese team, successfully completed the handover with Liang Jinhui, the head coach of the relay project of the national track and field team Yuan Gui who was sitting in the stands, still showed a satisfied smile on his face.
Although, if the Chinese team's ranking in this game is finally fixed at 5th, it will be eliminated. However, in the opinion of Coach Yuan, as long as Feng Quan, who is the last baton, can successfully complete the baton handover with his teammates, then with his strength as the "king of new sprinting", in the last 100 meters, he can at least complete the heavy task of surpassing one opponent.
What's more, there is only a little more than three meters between the Chinese team and the Brazilian team that is temporarily ranked fourth at this time......
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In the semi-finals of the 100-meter dash five days ago, Kurandi Martina, who had run 9.91 seconds, was originally scheduled to be the second runner of the Dutch team.
However, when he heard that the last baton of the Chinese team would be the "King of New Sprinting" Feng Quan, he found the coach of the Dutch team's relay event before the game and adjusted himself to the last bat.
Kurandi Martina did this because he wanted to be able to achieve his wish to "beat the king of sprints" once with the help of his team. Although there is little practical significance in beating Feng Quan in such an event as the 4 x 100 meter relay, in Martina's own opinion, he can still play a role in boosting his morale in the future against Feng Quan.
Therefore, when Kurandi Martina saw that his teammate was about 10 meters away from entering the relay area, and Liang Jinhui, who was still ahead of the Chinese team, was nearly 5 meters away, he turned around with a smile on his face and turned his back to his teammate at the third baton to prepare for the final handover.
"Humph! No matter how strong you are, I don't believe you can recover a 5-meter gap within 10......0 meters." )