Chapter 494: The Battle with the Upstarts
In addition to Chen Yanhao's successful retirement, the veteran Shen Yunbao's state this year is also much worse than before.
Since winning two gold medals in the sprint relay at the World Championships and the Olympics, the 29-year-old has breathed a sigh of relief and will not have the same energy as the previous two years in the domestic arena this year.
In addition, Shen Yunbao is also suffering from injuries now, and he has more time to recuperate than when he was training. Therefore, the veteran also consciously gave up the position of the main player of the relay team, allowing Xu Ziyu to take on the first role again.
The two substitutes who joined the relay team are young Hu Kai and Wen Yongyi.
"Glasses Man" Hu Kai's progress this year is still relatively obvious, running a personal best of 10.25 seconds in the domestic track and field Grand Prix. Although he did not qualify for the men's 100m individual event, he still came to see the world as a substitute for the relay team.
After the end of this World Athletics Championships, Hu Kai will also rush to Turkey to participate in the men's 100-meter sprint at the 23rd World Universiade. Therefore, it is still very beneficial for him to come to the World Championships to see it.
As for Wen Yongyi, it is the biggest surprise in the domestic sprint event this year.
Wen Yongyi, who just turned 17 this year, won three consecutive 60-meter sprint championships in the domestic indoor track and field series at the beginning of the year, and the best time in one of them reached 6.59 seconds.
Although this achievement is nothing in Guo Zizhao's eyes, it makes the entire field management center ecstatic. In addition to Guo Zizhao, this is the second athlete to run 6.60 seconds in the indoor 60-meter sprint event! Even Shen Yunbao, who was at his peak two years ago, had a best time of only 6.61 seconds.
Especially Wen Yongyi is only 17 years old this year!
Even Guo Zizhao can't run such amazing results at his age! The Athletics Management Center also immediately recruited Wen Yongyi into the national team and regarded him as a key training object.
In everyone's opinion, this young man is also a genius at the same level as Liu Feifei, as long as he is trained well, maybe he will be a world champion again! Moreover, Wen Yongyi's best time in the 100-meter dash also reached 10.30 seconds, although it is not as amazing as him in the 60-meter dash, but it is also promising!
Therefore, in this World Championships in Athletics, Wen Yongyi was also used as a substitute for the relay race, and he was brought to accumulate experience.
For Wen Yongyi, who is quite valued by the national team, Guo Zizhao also had an impression in his previous life. It seems that this little brother's career is also high and low, although he has also become a first-class sprinter in China, but he has never reached the goal that everyone expected. Later, Zhang Peimeng and Su Bingtian, who grew up, gradually stole the limelight......
Alas...... I hope that in this life, Wen Yongyi can make a bigger breakthrough than in the previous life!
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In addition to these domestic teammates, other international players also arrived in Helsinki one after another. Only this time, as one of the focuses of everyone's attention, Jamaican flyer Powell, can only helplessly be a bystander.
Just a few days ago at the Golden League in Oslo, Powell accidentally strained his groin in the 100m and failed to finish the race. The post-game examination found that Powell's injury would take at least a month or more to fully recover. Therefore, at this year's Helsinki Track and Field World Championships, Powell could only choose to give up.
And the first showdown of the "Big Three of '82 Sprinting" on the 100-meter track of the top competition that the audience is looking forward to can only turn into a civil war between Gatlin and Guy.
As for the men's 110m hurdles, Johnson, Doucoure, Liu Feifei and Trammell, the four athletes who have the ability to run under 13 seconds, will face off again after the Athens Olympics. As for who wins and who loses this time, everyone is also curious!
In the men's 200-meter sprint event, in addition to Guo Zizhao, it is a competition between several players who can run under 20 seconds, such as Spearmon, Gay, Gatlin and Bolt.
As for the men's 400m race, Guo Zizhao is far ahead, before this World Championships, except for Guo Zizhao, no other runner can run within 44 seconds!
And the event that attracts everyone's attention is actually the men's 4x100m sprint. The Chinese team has won the men's sprint relay championship at the World Championships and the Olympics for two consecutive years. If we can successfully defend the title again this time, it will be an amazing triple crown!
In the history of world athletics, except for the United States team, which has always dominated the world athletics, that is, only the once strong Canadian team has such an honor.
At the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece, Canada won the men's 4x100m sprint relay for three consecutive years. not only suppressed the U.S. team that year, but also let the world athletics see the strong strength of the Canadian flyers.
Thinking that the Chinese team may also achieve this goal in this World Championships, everyone is full of expectations!
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On August 6, the 10th World Athletics Championships kicked off at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland.
In the men's sprint event that attracted everyone's most attention, Guo Zizhao really turned on the sweeping mode again as always.
At 9:30 p.m. on August 7, the final of the men's 100-meter dash officially began. In addition to Guo Zizhao, China's Chen Haijian also successfully reached the final again, while another Chinese player, Yang Yaozhou, unfortunately stopped in the semi-finals.
Facing Gatling, who has now run 9.77 seconds, Guo Zizhao is also not careless. His current naked running time is only 9.76 seconds, although he is confident that he can beat the opponent, but what if Gatlin breaks out in the final? Isn't that just a capsized boat in the gutter!
If it's the Golden League, forget it, Guo Zizhao doesn't want to lose in the final of this World Championships!
Hey...... After the end of this World Championships, I have achieved the "three consecutive championships" of three consecutive World Championships! And it is also a "triple crown" of four individual sprint events! With such a hanging record, Guo Zizhao doesn't want to give up!
Therefore, Guo Zizhao did not hesitate to equip himself with "powerful advanced stride running shoes". Isn't it just 50 experience points, but now it's just a drizzle for yourself......
In the end, Guo Zizhao still found that he overestimated his opponent.
9.67 seconds!
Guo Zizhao once again won the championship of this final easily with an amazing result! Nearly two meters away from Gatlin, who finished second.
Gatlin's time was actually quite good, finishing second in 9.82 seconds. Guy crossed the finish line in third place with a time of 9.90 seconds.
Next up was Jamaica's Flat's 10.05 seconds and Collins' 10.06 seconds, and Chen Haijian finished sixth with a time of 10.08 seconds, which can be regarded as his best performance.
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In the next few days, the preliminaries and semifinals of the men's 110m hurdles, 200m and 400m will have no problem for Guo Zizhao.
And Liu Feifei, Yang Yaozhou and Xu Ziyu also successfully entered the finals of their respective projects. However, Shi Dongpeng did not play very consistently this time, ranking ninth with a time of 13.49 seconds, and unfortunately stopped in the semifinals.
At 10 p.m. on August 11, the final of the men's 200-meter dash began again.
In the face of Spearmon, Guy and Bolt, the three super newcomers of this year, Guo Zizhao did not show the slightest mercy to his subordinates.
Just a naked run with all his might, Guo Zizhao won another gold medal with a time of 19.46 seconds.
Gatlin was second in 19.96 seconds, Spearmon was third in 20.02 seconds, followed by Guy's 20.10 seconds and Usain Bolt's 20.20 seconds. Yang Yaozhou ran a time of 20.31 seconds this time and ranked sixth in the final.
For Gatlin to win the runner-up this time, Guo Zizhao is not surprised. In the original history, Gatlin won the "double championship" of the men's 100m and 200m sprints at this World Championships. It is also only the second sprinter in history to win this honor since Green's 1999 World Championships.
It's just that in this life, with the intervention of Guo Zizhao, although Gatling's performance has improved significantly compared with the previous life, he has suddenly changed from a "double champion" to a "double Asian king"! I just don't know if Gatlin should be happy or depressed after learning the truth?
However, what puzzled Guo Zizhao was that Bolt's time this time was only 20.20 seconds, which shouldn't be......
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