Chapter 654: The Fate of Team America
Guo Zizhao's hunch is not wrong, the American team still failed to escape the tragic fate of the previous life this time!
Soon, the first group of the men's 4x100m sprint relay preliminaries officially began. In this group, the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Nigeria and South Africa are all teams that were considered to be capable of reaching the final before the game.
After the gunshot, the first two players of the American team performed very well, although Martin and Padgett were substitutes, but they were also stronger than players from other countries in terms of strength. In addition, these two athletes did not compete in individual events in this Olympic Games, so it took a lot of effort to cooperate in the relay, and after the first two batons, Padgett not only successfully handed the baton to the third baton in the hands of Barton, but also maintained a slight lead.
The third-best player Barton is also good, but in the men's 100m semifinals of this Olympic Games, Barton carelessly only ran a time of 10.03 seconds, and unfortunately failed to enter the final round.
And this time, Barton also went all out in this preliminaries, showed all his strength, and vented his frustration of failing to enter the 100-meter final.
It's just that what Barton didn't expect this time was that although he was nearly one meter ahead of all his opponents and ran into the final baton handover area, another bigger depression was waiting for him ahead! And this depression is from the last teammate Tyson. Guy.
Guy is not fully familiar with Barton's running rhythm because the time he has been training with everyone this time is too short, and this time, under Barton's full play, Guy started a little late for the next stick!
However, Guy is worthy of being the world's top sprinter, from the beginning of the same step, Guy noticed that his starting time was a little slower, so Guy also accelerated a few steps with all his strength after the start, trying to incorporate the rhythm of the baton into the normal trajectory. It's just that Guy is accelerating with all his might, and Barton, who is about to hand over the baton in the back, is a little waxy......
After Barton actually rushed into the relay area, he also noticed that Guy started a little slower, but Barton's mind was obviously different from Guy's. Since it's a slow beat, it's a slow beat, anyway, it's already in the handover area, as long as the baton can be successfully completed, it's enough. With the current lead of the U.S. team, even if the handover of the baton is delayed a little, it will still be able to win the first place in this group of preliminaries.
Therefore, as Barton was about to catch up with Guy, he also began to slow down slowly, and then handed the baton to Guy with a yell. But...... Your sister's! Guy actually accelerated with all his strength at the moment when he handed over the baton! No way...... You haven't taken the baton of Lao Tzu yet, are you adding that Menzi's speed?
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At this moment, not only Barton and Guy felt bad, but even the interpreter on the scene exclaimed, "It's not good, the third batter of the American team, Barton and Guy made a mistake in coordination!" It's gone! It's going to drop...... Oops, the U.S. team actually dropped the bat! ”
"Obviously, Guy started slowly, and by the time Barton ran behind him, Guy hadn't reached the relay point that the U.S. team had scheduled, so Guy wanted to get to the predetermined position and pick up the baton after the start."
However, since Barton was already close enough to Guy, if he played the baton late, it was likely to affect Guy's running, or even the two of them crashing into each other. Therefore, Barton also slowed down immediately, and then immediately motioned for Guy to take over. ”
But I didn't expect Guy to choose to accelerate at this moment! Clearly, there was a problem with the coordination between the two, one speeding up and the other slowing down, and Patton had just handed the baton to Guy's hand, but one acceleration of Guy caused the baton to slip out of his hand. Although Guy also quickly realized something, and immediately slowed down, but it was too late! The baton has fallen to the ground! ”
"It's a pity! Originally, everyone was expecting to see the relay confrontation between China, the United States and Canada in the final tomorrow night, but what they didn't expect was that the American team would have an early curtain call in this way. Guy has stopped on the runway, not only that, but the Nigerian team has also stopped playing, and the old powerhouse Nigerian team has also regrettably made a baton handover mistake! ”
"Trinidad and Tobago crossed the finish line first, followed by Japan, and this preliminaries was a surprise to everyone, with three other teams in addition to the strong United States team also having an accident and not finishing the whole race."
"Trinidad and Tobago, Japan and the Netherlands have unexpectedly finished in the top three of this group and will qualify directly for tomorrow night's final, while the remaining one place will not be determined until the end of Group 2!"
"It was a game full of surprises! It is not the first time in the past decade that the U.S. team has made such a major coordination mistake in a top international competition. In fact, with the strength of the American team, as long as the baton is firmly handed over to the next player, even if it is a little slower, it can also enter the finals, but I didn't expect that this time there was such a result. ”
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The voice of the commentator also represents the opinion of most people, the American team has really suffered too much loss in the relay event in recent years, and it is really time to practice the baton handover skills and cooperation, especially this time Guy appeared in the fourth position that he has never run, which is also considered by everyone to be the biggest failure.
After seeing the results of the first group of preliminaries, Feng Shuyong, Mai Shaoqiang and others also patted their chests with palpitations, "I'm ...... The United States, Nigeria, South Africa and Poland, there are actually 4 teams in this group that have problems with the baton handover, and the proportion of mistakes is too high! ”
"It's okay, it's okay!" Mai Shaoqiang also said secretly in shock, "Our tacit understanding in relay cooperation is not comparable to other teams!" With Guo Zizhao here, he will definitely be able to stabilize the morale of the army! ”
"Hmm...... That's right, everyone is a veteran, so there should be no problem! Feng Shuyong also cheered himself up, and continued, "Well, it's time for them to play, let's go and tell them a few more words, and also relieve them of a little psychological pressure." ”
After speaking, Feng Shuyong also took Mai Shaoqiang and turned around and walked towards Guo Zizhao and the others, but as soon as he walked nearby, he heard Guo Zizhao's voice ringing, "Everyone saw the game just now!" We can't afford to make the mistakes of the U.S. team and the Nigerian team! Everyone has been training together for so long, and they are very familiar with each other, so I won't say more, but emphasize two points. ”
"First, you must pay attention to the situation and state of your previous teammate in the meeting, and be ready to start or adjust in advance at any time."
"Second, you must concentrate and not be distracted by the runners on other tracks."
"Last but not least, this is just the preliminary round, so don't get emotional out of the first group of results. As long as we run steadily, we will definitely be able to qualify. So, relax and run! Don't worry too much! ”
Feng Shuyong and Coach Mai Shaoqiang listened to it next to them, and their hearts, which were still a little hanging just now, also calmed down. Hehe...... With Guo Zizhao, a veteran of a hundred battles, sitting in the formation, what else can't be done? Guo Zizhao is right, as long as we can run down steadily, it will be easy to qualify, let's just worry about it......
"Okay, I think Guo Zizhao has listened well, let Guo Zizhao command, let's not make trouble!" Seeing this, Feng Shuyong also pulled Mai Shaoqiang and quietly retreated to the side.
Mai Shaoqiang followed behind Feng Shuyong, also with a wry smile on his face, and he got ...... I'm the head coach of the relay team, how do I feel like I'm being set up now......
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