Director Long was originally very dissatisfied with Feng Quan's "refusal" to participate in the 4 x 100 meter relay preliminaries last night, but after seeing Feng Quan's request to come to participate in the joint training today, most of the resentment in his heart suddenly dissipated.

However, since the plan to train the "newcomers" in the preliminaries has been determined, the focus of the afternoon joint training is still on Zheng Peimeng, Sun Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, and Liang Jinhui.

Although it is still unknown whether the Chinese relay team will be able to reach the final final, in the context of the three Chinese athletes breaking into the men's 100m semifinals, the Chinese sprint coaching staff led by Long has determined that there will definitely be a place for the Chinese team in the final final.

In order to maintain the continuity of the two games, Director Long and others decided that the order of the two games would be the same after some deliberation. Therefore, the main task of this joint training session is to decide the order of appearance during the competition.

Considering that Feng Quan's strength is enough to turn things around, the responsibility of the last stick fell on him without any suspense.

As we all know, there is only the second pole in the 4x100m relay race, and the fourth runner is relatively in the straight stage, so Sun Bingtian and Zheng Peimeng must take on the task of a corner stage.

Since Sun Bingtian is the most outstanding starting skill in the Chinese team except for Feng Quan, and his cornering skills are slightly better than Zheng Peimeng, he took on the responsibility of the first base. The candidate for the third stick fell on Xie Zhenye, who mainly attacked the 200-meter event and had excellent cornering skills.

As for the last candidate in the preliminaries, it naturally fell on Liang Jinhui, so when it comes to the finals, he only needs to be replaced by the wind to form the strongest lineup of the Chinese relay team.

After the order of appearance was determined, the last joint practice of the Chinese 4x100m relay team before the race officially began.

Although Feng Quan did not participate in the 4 x 100 meter relay preliminaries to be held tomorrow morning, in order to allow him to establish a certain tacit understanding with his teammates, Long Fei took turns to train Feng Quan and Liang Jinhui during the training process.

Because Feng Quan and Liang Jinhui are also 1.84 meters tall, even under the condition that the two take turns to train, Xie Zhenye, who is in charge of the third baton task, almost did not feel uncomfortable when handing over the baton with them.

After about an hour and a half of joint practice in the afternoon, Feng Quan suggested that everyone conduct a test to provide some reference value for tomorrow's game. Since Feng Quan himself did not participate in the preliminaries tomorrow morning, he volunteered to take on the task of "starter".

A few minutes later, when all four of Feng Quan's teammates arrived at their respective relay zones and signaled to them that they were ready, Feng Quan used his mouth to imitate "bang——! A starting gun rang out.

Although the test result of 38.26 seconds is a far cry from the Asian record of 37.52 seconds set at the final of last year's London Olympics. But considering that this achievement is due to the lack of Fengquan, and Sun Bingtian, Zheng Peimeng, and the four of them have just had an hour and a half of training, such a result is already very satisfactory to everyone present.

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While the Chinese 4x100m relay team practiced for the last time before the race, defending champions Jamaica were also practicing in the stadium of a local university in Moscow.

For a long time, the 4x100m relay has been won by Jamaica and the United States, the world's two sprinting powers, in both the Olympics and the World Championships.

The reason why the two super sprinting powerhouses have been able to achieve such a brilliant record is mainly based on their strong overall strength. And if you simply compare the baton handover techniques between team members, the two giants of Jamaica and the United States are dwarfed by the Chinese team, which attaches great importance to "teamwork".

However, because the "hard power" of the two teams of Jamaica and the United States is too strong, even if the Chinese team rehearses the baton handover technology to the state of perfection, it still cannot shake the dominance of the two strong opponents.

However, when the sprint "Great God" Feng Quan once again broke the world record in the 100-meter event, and improved the time to a terrifying 9.36 seconds, and several other competitors of the Chinese team also made significant progress, and after reaching the semi-finals for the first time, even the Jamaican team finally realized the threat from the Chinese team.

After seeing that Bolt was still unable to threaten the status of the "king of sprints" and lost in the final, his coach Glenn Mills realized that the Jamaican 4x100m relay team's road to defending their title at the World Championships would be full of thorns, and even a "gutter capsizing" if they were not careful.

Because of this, the Jamaican track and field team arranged a two-and-a-half-hour baton handover training the day before the competition.

Because of the disgraced loss to Feng Quan in the just-concluded 100-meter final, Bolt, who had never participated in the 4x100-meter relay preliminaries before, actually took the initiative to ask Ying to participate in the preliminaries to be held tomorrow morning.

The main reason why Bolt did this, in addition to wanting to regain confidence (face) by winning, was that in the preliminaries, Jamaica and China, were placed in the same group, and were also placed on the adjacent fifth and sixth tracks.

Therefore, in Bolt's view, although he lost the direct confrontation with Feng Quan, if he can defeat the Chinese relay team that he personally "pressed", it can be regarded as an indirect revenge.

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At 10 a.m. on August 18, the eight teams participating in the men's 4x100m relay preliminaries (Group A) competition were led by the staff to the competition venue.

For a few minutes, while many competitors were still waiting in the athletes' waiting area, Bolt kept looking at the position of the Chinese relay team. It's just that to Bolt's regret, the guy he wanted to see the most didn't seem to show up.

As a result, Bolt, who had hoped to save some face through two 4x100m relay races, suddenly became a little less interested. After all, even if there is no Bolt, the former "king of sprinting", to personally press the formation, the powerful Jamaican team is enough to "complete" the Chinese team that lacks the core leader.

However, when the game really started, although the overall strength of the Chinese team was obviously inferior, it was never able to surpass the Jamaican team in front of them. However, the Chinese team, with its "perfect" baton handover technique, can close the gap with the Jamaican team in the relay area every time.

Eventually, although Bolt began to slow down his running speed as he entered the final 10 meters, the Jamaican team still comfortably won the group with a time of 37.16 seconds.

The Chinese team, which fought until the last moment, also qualified for the finals with a time of 37.65 seconds after the Jamaican team.

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Although Feng Quan believes that even if he does not appear, the strength of his teammates will be enough to successfully get a place in the finals. But when he sat in the stands as a "spectator" for the first time and watched the performance of his teammates directly, he couldn't help but feel a little "nervous" in his heart.

Feng Quan's "nervousness" is not because he is worried that his teammates will not be able to finish in the top four in the group and thus lose the qualification to advance to the finals, but because he wants to know more accurately what kind of results the Chinese relay team can run without itself. Once they sacrifice the [Light of the Great God] in the final, does the Chinese relay team have enough "ability" to challenge the Jamaican team's kingship?

Although the gap between the Chinese team and the Jamaican team has gradually widened due to the disadvantage of overall strength, after seeing the performance of his teammates who will not give up until the last moment, Feng Quan's heart can't help but slowly burn.

Especially after seeing the performance of Liang Jinhui, who "replaced" himself as the last baton responsibility, Feng Quan stood up from his seat even more.

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At last year's London Olympics, it was precisely because Liang Jinhui, who was responsible for the third baseman, made a mistake in the game because of nervousness, that he completely ruined the opportunity for the Chinese team to surpass the American team at the end by virtue of the strength of the wind against the sky.

Although after that game, many teammates, including Feng Quan, did not complain, and even sent him comfort. But for more than half a year after that, Liang Jinhui himself still fell into deep self-blame.

More than a month ago, when the Athletics Management Center was about to confirm the final list of participants for the Moscow World Championships, several coaches of the national team's sprinting group had some disagreements with Wang Wang, deputy director of the Athletics Management Center, about the candidates for the 4x100-meter relay event.

Because the strength of Feng Quan, Sun Bingtian and Zheng Peimeng is significantly higher than that of other sprinters in China, there is no controversy about the selection of the three of them. In the past year, the progress has been very obvious, and the selection of Xie Zhenye, who has good cornering skills, is also reasonable.

However, when Director Wang saw Liang Jinhui's name in the list of the 4 x 100-meter relay team, he immediately raised his own questions.

"What is the strength of this Liang Jinhui...... It's not bad. But his mental quality is really a bit problematic, and if it wasn't for his mistake at last year's London Olympics, our relay team still has a good chance of overtaking the Yankees and finishing on the second podium. After a pause, Director Wang continued: "So, I personally think that he should be replaced by other athletes. ”

Because Director Wang is not a professional athlete, and he doesn't care too much about training on weekdays, coupled with his stubborn character, almost all the coaches of the national team have no good impression of him.

So, when Director Wang raised the "opposition" opinion, the coaches of the sprint group immediately hit back.

"Since Director Wang thinks Liang Jinhui is not good, then can you please help us choose a suitable candidate?" Although Director Long's words sounded like he was asking for the opinion of the leader, the contempt on his face was undisguised.

Although Director Wang couldn't wait to rush to Director Long and slap him, considering the other party's lofty status in the domestic track and field world, he still forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. However, as a leader, you must not admit it in front of everyone.

"Old Dragon, what do you mean by that!? Isn't it a deliberate effort to embarrass me knowing that I'm not in charge of training, and asking me to help you choose the right person? ”

"Director Wang, you yourself just said that you are not responsible for training, so I personally think that the list given by our sprint group is the most suitable candidate." Director Long said in an affirmative tone.

"Do you want to recreate the scene at the London Olympics in Moscow?" Director Wang said with some disdain.

"Is it just because an athlete made a mistake that we have to beat him to death?" Director Long said in a tough tone.

Before Director Wang could speak again, Liu Jianjun preemptively said, "What Director Long said is right. Liang Jinhui's performance at the London Olympics was not very good, but we should also give him a chance to prove himself. ”

"First of all, compared with other sprinters in the national team, Liang Jinhui's progress in the past six months has been very obvious. Moreover, after many times of counseling by a psychological counselor, he gradually overcame the shortcomings of being easy to get nervous during the game. Therefore, our sprint team has always believed that Liang Jinhui is the most suitable candidate for the 4x100m relay team in addition to Feng Quan, Sun Bingtian and Zheng Peimeng. ”

"Even if the counseling of a psychologist can have a certain effect, no one can say for sure how effective it will be. If it is time for the competition, Liang Jinhui once again affects the results of the entire team because of nervousness, who will bear this responsibility? While speaking, Director Wang spread out his hands with some excitement and waved them up and down twice.

Director Long glanced at Director Wang and said contemptuously: "If something really goes wrong, I'll take this responsibility, right?" ”

"You're going to take responsibility? You're just a coach of a sprint group, can you afford it? Director Wang said disdainfully.

"You're ......!"

Seeing that the smell of gunpowder in the conference room was getting stronger, Director Du, the leader of the field management center, who had not spoken for a long time, finally spoke.

"Hey, Lao Wang, it's a bit too much for you to talk like that. Director Long is the most authoritative coach of sprinting in our country, so I believe that the selection of the sprinting team led by him must be very professional. ”

Seeing that his "boss" was on the side of the "opponent", Director Wang's momentum suddenly disappeared by half. But even so, he is ready to die and struggle again.

"Hey, Director Du, you know that I don't have any selfish intentions in doing this. I'm just worried that if Liang Jinhui makes another mistake in the competition, it will inevitably hit the confidence of other athletes. ”

"Hehe, Director Wang, you can rest assured about this. After all, the 4x100m relay only needs four athletes to compete, so Liang Jinhui is more often just a substitute. ”

Seeing that Director Wang was obviously showing signs of softening, Liu Jianjun also found a step for the other party in a timely manner.