Chapter 434: Bet
The men's 200-meter rematch, which started at 20:10 in the evening, really belonged to the masters.
From the first group of the semi-finals, the competition was particularly intense. In the first group of the semi-finals, Rodney Martin of the United States ran a good time of 20.25 seconds.
Then in the second group of the semifinals, Euse Bott and Wallace Spearmon advanced to the semifinals with a time of 20.13 seconds and 20.26 seconds respectively. The first in the third group of the semi-finals was Jason Gaby with a stunning time of 20.08 seconds.
Ye Qin's fourth group in the semi-finals also performed well, and his qualification time was 20.15 seconds.
The first place in each group in the semi-finals was basically a significant improvement from the preliminary round, but although the game was exciting, many Japanese viewers in Osaka were a little disappointed and disappointed.
In the men's 200m semi-finals, two Japanese athletes competed, but the final result was that both Japanese athletes failed to advance to the semifinals.
One of them included Japan's No. 1 in the 200m, Shingo Sueji, a bronze medallist in the men's 200m at the 2003 World Championships, who ran 20.70 seconds in the semi-finals.
Fast forward to the evening of August 29th.
Many Japanese viewers who were attracted to Nagai Stadium by the recent media publicity were even more disappointed after seeing the performance of the Japanese players again.
Fortunately, at this time, both the organizing committee of the event and the official Japanese media have been able to focus the media on other track and field stars, diverting the focus of domestic athletes from playing unfavorably.
Compared with the two-day schedule of the men's 100m, both the men's 200m and the men's 400m have been extended to three and four days.
The lights at Nagai Stadium on the evening of the 29th were still bright, and tonight was the semifinals of the men's 400m and the semifinals of the 200m.
Among them, the 400m is a three-shot victory, and there are three groups in the semi-finals, with a total of 24 competitors. In the 200m semi-finals, there were only two groups with a total of 16 competitors.
The start time of the two races is still very close, the semi-final time of the first group of men's 400m is 21:25, and the semi-final time of the first group of 200m is 22:20, the interval between the two is basically the same as before, both are about an hour, but because of the reduction in the number of groups, there is a certain rest time for the athletes participating in the two events.
Rest area for the Jamaican track and field team.
"Yusse, you have a very good relationship with Ye Chin, do you think he will give up the 400m, I bet 100m dollars with Marven, bet that he will definitely give up the 400m semifinals." Christopher Williams greeted Yusse Bot with a grin when he saw him coming.
"I don't think so." Marvin Anderson on the other side shook his head, "I think that guy has a lot of ambitions, this time he may want to win the gold medals in the men's 100m, 200m and 400m events, if he can do it, he may become the world's number one sprinter." ”
Euse-Bot looked at his two teammates, Marvin Anderson and Christopher Williams, who had just finished warming up, and exhaled silently, in Jamaica, because of the rapid development of track and field events over the years, especially sprints, many athletes have made money, and they often joke with each other about other athletes.
And Yechin, at this time, is one of the more discussed among the many athletes in the Jamaican track and field team, for no other reason, just because he won the men's 100m event in the Golden League and the World Championships a few days ago, and at this time Jamaica's flag man Asafavil.
This made the name of the person known to all Jamaican track and field athletes, or all of Jamaica. Before that, some people may know about Yechin, but the small number is probably far less than that of Jason Gaby and Jax Sterling.
This situation is a bit like when Liu Yangyu is at his peak in China, and everyone not only knows Alan Johnson, but also hears about Trammell and Cuba's Robles and others.
These are all things that will inevitably be discussed when introducing the players of your own country.
Yechin, now this is such a situation. In the Jamaican track and field team, Yechin has paid great attention to the men's 100m, 200m and 400m events.
Tonight's men's 200m semi-finals, Jamaica has three sprinters in the competition, arguably one of the few countries with enough three places to reach the semi-finals and even the finals later.
In the men's 400m, Jamaican athletes did a good job, with three athletes competing in tonight's semi-finals.
With such a backdrop as a premise, it's no surprise that Marvin Anderson and Christopher Williams are betting on Yechin's performance in the 400m tonight.
Tonight's 400m semi-final and 200m semi-final are very close, and Christopher Williams doesn't think that Yechin will really go all out in the 400m semi-final, I'm afraid it's more likely to go through the motions and keep his fitness until the 200m semi-final.
After all, everyone is an athlete, so we naturally know what level the World Championships athletes have reached, and it is still very dangerous to just finish a men's 400-meter race, rest for about forty or fifty minutes, and run a 200-meter semi-final, and both events will enter the finals.
However, Marvin Anderson analyzes from another aspect, believing that since Ye Qin has already signed up for the men's 400-meter event and has reached the semi-finals, it is basically unlikely that he will give up the 400-meter.
The most likely thing is that he wants to qualify for the finals of both events, after all, if it were him, he would do the same.
This is one of the strongest contenders for the 200m title, especially the 400m, but at least there is always hope for a medal.
Usse Bot ignored the bet between the two, but he vaguely felt in his heart that the final result of the game might really be like Marvin Anderson.
Ye Qin, this athlete he has known for several years, although everyone communicates in private, although they don't see much strong emotions and harmony, but as long as they are on the field, Yusse Bot doesn't think that the other party will give up.
Champions, the obsession with victory.
This is another side he knows Ye Qin has shown in the ring.
Of the few people he knew, neither Wallace Spearmon nor Asafavir had the extreme intensity of emotion in each other.
Ye Qin may not have noticed this himself, but he saw it.
Similarly, Jason Gaby also has a monotonous, focused, and almost boring life, which makes Jason Gaby incompatible with many athletes, but the performance of the other party in the arena, improving their performance step by step, and the mentality of daring to compete with any opponent are the biggest factors for them to stand out in the end.
When an athlete reaches this level, whether it is him, or Jason Gaby, or Wallace Spearmon, Yechin, the gap between them in the 200-meter level is not big at present, but the concentration of the game and the ability to withstand pressure are very different.
"The men's 400-meter race has begun, let's see what this Chinese Ye will run in this 400-meter race."
Just as the thoughts were tumbling in Yusse Bot's mind, Marvin Anderson, who was next to him, suddenly shouted.
On several large LCD TVs hanging on the indoor warm-up track, the first group of runners in the men's 400-meter semi-finals took to the field.