Chapter 315: Fighting Forrest Gump Again
On August 6, the fourth day of the World Championships, Guo Zizhao still has the task of winning gold today.
A semi-final in the men's 400m in the morning, a preliminaries in the 110m hurdles in the afternoon, and a final in the men's 400m in the evening. Although it is three games a day, the intensity of this competition is no challenge for Guo Zizhao at all.
In the 400-meter semi-finals in the morning, Guo Zizhao easily did it. When it came to the preliminaries of the 110-meter hurdles in the afternoon, all three players of the Chinese team appeared on the stage.
Guo Zizhao and Chen Yanhao are both veterans, so this little scene is naturally not a problem. Although Liu Feifei's performance was a little nervous, his strength was still good. In the end, they finished third in the group and entered tomorrow's semi-finals.
Such a result made Feng Shuyong also surprised. If these three can also advance smoothly in the semifinals tomorrow, the scene will be simply beautiful...... It's unimaginable!
At that time, three of the eight finalists on the field will be Chinese athletes. This will be a miracle like never before! Except for the Americans, no track and field athlete from any other country has been able to reach the final in all three of them!
Could it be possible to achieve this miracle at the World Championships led by himself?
It wasn't until seven o'clock in the evening, before the start of Guo Zizhao's men's 400-meter sprint final, that Feng Shuyong's excited mood calmed down.
What's wrong with you? Isn't it that all three players have entered the semi-finals, what are you thinking about here! It's not going to start until tomorrow, and I'm restless. It's a shame to be the head coach of the national team......
Calm, calm...... Let's first pay attention to the men's 400m final, which will start soon!
Depend on...... What is there to care about in Guo Zizhao's final? The most formidable opponent is not Michael. Johnson, Guo Zizhao was able to beat him in the Olympics last year, and this year there is no problem!
As Guo Sheng said, Guo Zizhao's performance is very stable, and there is no problem at all in winning this championship!
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Michael. Johnson was solemn at this time. Since last year's Olympic Games, where he unexpectedly lost to Guo Zizhao, Michael. Johnson has been holding an evil fire in his heart.
He is the king of the world's 400-meter sprint event, and he is the "Forrest Gump" of the American track and field world! Unexpectedly, in the end, he really lost to that Chinese with such grievances. It's so unwilling......
A gold medal that could have been at his fingertips turned into a silver medal all of a sudden, which made Michael, who had always been arrogant. How did Johnson swallow this breath!
Although he later won a gold medal in the 4x400m relay, it could not make up for the hurt and deep shame he felt in his heart.
At that time, he was indeed very optimistic about Guo Zizhao's strength and potential, and thought that in a year or two, Guo Zizhao was very likely to surpass himself. Therefore, I decided to wait for the Sydney Olympics to win the championship before announcing my retirement.
But I didn't expect it, I still underestimated Guo Zizhao! In the final of the Sydney Olympics, Guo Zizhao's winning time of 43.61 seconds seemed to be like a slap in the face.
Hum...... Okay, Lao Tzu admits that your Guo Zizhao's strength is extraordinary, but I don't believe that you can run such a strength every time.
Michael. Johnson believes that Guo Zizhao must have caught up with the state at that time, and he just played extraordinarily. Therefore, Johnson had no choice but to decide not to announce his retirement for the time being. Otherwise, everyone would think that I was hit by defeat and announced my retirement!
Therefore, he must defeat Guo Zizhao at this year's World Championships and avenge this arrow, and then announce his retirement.
Although I am also ready to give way to you, I still dominate the "king" of this project for nearly ten years. It's okay to retire and give way by yourself, but it's absolutely impossible to be ousted by others!
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So this year, Michael. Johnson is also actively training while closely following Guo Zizhao's game.
But soon, Johnson realized that something was wrong! My judgment is wrong! Guo Zizhao's strength in the 400-meter sprint is really very strong!
In the past two or three months of the IAAF Grand Prix, Guo Zizhao has participated in a total of four 400-meter sprint races, and the results are basically around 43.70 seconds. Moreover, in the next two games, it can be clearly seen that Guo Zizhao has released some water.
It's fucking horrible......
In this way, Guo Zizhao's 43.61 seconds in last year's Olympics was not an explosion of state but his normal level? Or is Guo Zizhao's strength has made great progress this year, and he has been able to run at such a level in daily competitions?
No way...... Michael. Johnson couldn't help but gasp after studying Guo Zizhao's game videos of these games. No matter what kind of situation Guo Zizhao is, this is fucking a big trouble!
In order to reserve more physical strength this year, I did not participate in international competitions frequently. At this stage, there is no need to stimulate and adjust the state through continuous competition like young people. Therefore, I mainly participated in several domestic outdoor competitions and invitational tournaments this year, and I usually focus on training and physical reserves.
But even so, his best time this year was only 43.75 seconds. Although this result can also kill almost all international masters in seconds, but only in front of Guo Zizhao, he can only bow down.
This is not the result I wanted! Could it be that he took such a big risk to postpone his retirement for a year, or did he have to lose to Guo Zizhao? Unwilling...... If I knew that this was the case, then I might as well retire as soon as possible!
Why bother yourself......
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"Alright, Michael, don't think about it anymore. Now that you've decided that you want to retire after the World Championships, make it to the final! Coach Sam's voice rang out.
Johnson was also doing the final preparations while listening to Coach Sam repeat the tactical arrangement.
"Don't care how Guo Zizhao runs, just run at your own pace! Michael, you have to believe in yourself! Since you were able to run a world record of 43.18 seconds at the last World Championships, you can also run a good time at this World Championships! Michael, you have to believe that you are the best 400m runner in the world! β
"Good! Since it's the last showdown, then I'll fight! I want to see how much Guo Zizhao can beat me this time! Johnson finally made up his mind. I'm still the world record holder in this event, so how can I lose confidence before I even start a fight? Even if I fail in the end, I will run the whole distance with my head held high......
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With the referee's password, Guo Zizhao also took a deep look at Michael in front of him. Johnson, and then slowly crouched down.
In this final, Guo Zizhao is now ranked in the best fourth runway, while Johnson is ranked second in the semifinals and is ranked in the fifth runway.
Although under the arrangement of this track, Guo Zizhao can still use the "advanced power following sprint skill" against Johnson, however, Guo Zizhao does not plan to use it again this time. His strength is now higher than that of his opponents, and he still runs a yarn......
It's really like what the system said at the beginning, this following skill is really chicken! Not only are the conditions of use quite harsh, but it is also only more effective when your own strength is weak.
Now that his strength is outstanding, this skill is useless! Alas, I blame myself for being too good......
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The referee's password interrupted Guo Zizhao's YY, and Guo Zizhao once again focused all his energy on the game.
"Phew!"
A gunshot rang out and the game began......