Chapter 458: A Change in Mentality

Justin. Gatlin, Morris. Green, Sean. Crawford and Kobe. The U.S. men's 4x100m relay team composed of Miller's four selected team members can be described as a luxurious lineup! Plus substitute Davis. Paton, the strength of the American men's relay team is now catching up with the "golden generation" in 1992!

At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the team was led by Carl Brown. Lewis, Burrell, Carson, and Mike. Marsh, the American men's relay team composed of four top "flyers" at the time, ran a time of 37.40 seconds, and so far, no one has been able to beat this world record.

In this year's U.S. men's relay team, Gatlin, Green and Crawford are all runners who ran 9.90 seconds in the men's 100-meter trapeze battle at this Olympic Games. Although Parton and Miller are slightly weaker, it is not difficult to run under 10 seconds.

Therefore, in an interview with reporters before the game, Green also made a bold statement, claiming that the goal of the U.S. team in the relay race of this Olympic Games is not only a gold medal, but also a world record of 37.40 seconds!

In the preliminaries that night, Crawford ran first, Parton second, Miller ran third, and Green sat on the fourth.

is such a combination that is not the strongest, and it easily ran a time of 37.96 seconds. This result is not only more than one grade higher than the 38.53 seconds run by the British team, which ranked third in the preliminaries, but also the 37.92 seconds that the Chinese team won at the World Championships last year.

No wonder the U.S. team had such confidence before the game, daring to say that winning gold is not a problem, and hitting the world record is their goal!

But after the results of the preliminaries of the next group of Chinese teams came out, the American team suddenly felt that it was in big trouble......

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37.89 seconds!

What the hell...... The Chinese team's result in the preliminaries this time actually reached 37.89 seconds! Your sister, this is outrageous!

The U.S. team is also a big enemy after the game, Guo Zizhao has obviously not done his best in the preliminaries, if it is the final, the Chinese team's score should be able to improve by more than 0.2 seconds No problem!

I'll go...... In this way, the Chinese team is likely to run nearly 37.60 seconds in the final. This result is not much different from the best result of the American team in training! Hiss...... It's a big problem now!

Don't look at the U.S. team's announcement that their goal this time is to hit the world record of 37.40 seconds, but they know in their hearts that they are still far from this world record!

In fact, in terms of individual strength, the strength of this American relay team is no worse than the "golden generation" in 1992, and may even be slightly higher. But in terms of the cooperation of the baton, it is more than one grade worse than the predecessors!

During the pre-Olympic training camp, the best result of the American relay team in the internal test was only a run of 37.58 seconds, and most of the time, the result was stable between 37.70~37.90 seconds. It is precisely because of this that the American team thinks that winning this gold medal will be an easy task.

However, as soon as the Chinese team's preliminaries came out, the Americans immediately felt the pressure.

The strength of the Chinese team has improved too fast! The baton cooperation of the Chinese team is also too perfect! In addition to Guo Zizhao, the strength of the other three players has improved to a certain extent compared to last year, although the degree of improvement per person is only about 0.05 seconds, but the three of them together have an advantage of about 0.15 seconds!

Coupled with the increasingly perfect baton handover cooperation of the Chinese team, the Chinese team ran an amazing result of 37.89 seconds in the preliminaries.

Big trouble! All the runners of the American relay team also chuckled in their hearts......

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However, the progress of the game will not stop because of the concerns of the American team.

An hour later, the final of the men's 110m hurdles will also start soon.

Guo Zizhao did not go back to rest directly after the relay race, and waited for the finals of Liu Feifei and others with Luo Yichao and Feng Shuyong in the lounge.

At this time, Coach Sun Haiquan became the busiest person in the lounge, constantly repeating the tactical arrangement with Liu Feifei, and occasionally turning back to inquire about Chen Yanhao's physical condition. However, looking at Sun Haiquan's appearance, it is estimated that he also enjoys this painful and happy day.

Can you not be happy?

This time, two of his disciples have reached the finals of the Olympic Games! Which coach in the national track and field team has this honor?

Although Liu Feifei and Chen Yanhao have also reached the finals of the indoor and outdoor World Championships three times in the past two years, how can the World Championships be compared with the Olympic Games?

Besides, this time, because Guo Zizhao took the initiative to abdicate and make way for Xian, Liu Feifei also took on the heavy responsibility of winning gold, which made Sun Haiquan even more nervous. In case Liu Feifei misses this time, then his master and apprentice must not be drowned by the spittle stars of the people of the whole country!

But what if it succeeds!

As soon as he thought of this, Sun Haiquan's heart suddenly became hot again, then he would become a veritable champion coach! Olympic champion in the men's sprint individual event...... Except for Guo Zizhao, Liu Feifei will be the only one!

This honor is much more than the gold medal in the collective event of the relay race! Although for the national team, the gold medal in a collective event is higher than that in an individual event. But for athletes and coaches, gold medals in individual events are the first choice!

There are too many people participating in the group project, and the ordinary audience can't remember who they are! Don't look at the men's 4x100m relay won the World Championships last year, but it is estimated that except for Guo Zizhao, the ordinary audience is not very impressed by the other three athletes.

But it's a different story for individual projects! Just like Guo Zizhao back then, once he won the world championship in the individual sprint event, he immediately became a household name in the country!

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Thinking of this, Sun Haiquan couldn't help but glance at Guo Zizhao, who was still whispering with Feng Shuyong and others not far away.

For Guo Zizhao, Sun Haiquan's feelings are also very complicated.

If it weren't for Guo Zizhao, he and Liu Feifei would not have been so valued by the Athletics Management Center in recent years, and they would not have had so many opportunities to go out to compete and train. Especially at the invitation of Guo Zizhao, he participated in two training camps of the world's top masters, and after communicating with the teams of international top masters, he and Liu Feifei benefited a lot.

But since last year's World Championships in Paris, he and Liu Feifei have had some subtle changes in Guo Zizhao's mentality. Especially after Liu Feifei successfully ran within 13 seconds this year, this feeling is even stronger.

The reason is also very simple, now Liu Feifei has grown up, and he already has the strength and qualifications to compete for the championship. And Guo Zizhao, a former idol and a "mentor and friend" who helped him and others a lot, suddenly became a competitor and became the biggest obstacle on Liu Feifei's road to winning the championship. This made Sun Haiquan and Liu Feifei feel a little strange.

At last year's World Championships in Paris, Chen Haijian and others won a gold medal at the World Championships under the leadership of Guo Zizhao. This huge honor made Coach Mai Shaoqiang of the relay team and the entire men's relay team the darlings of the media. All this made Sun Haiquan and Liu Feifei envious.

And this year, after Liu Feifei ran into 13 seconds, he also had the strength to hit the gold medal, which made Sun Haiquan and Liu Feifei both a little unable to control their thirst for the Olympic champion!

As an athlete, the quest for a championship should be never-ending! For this, the two don't think there's anything wrong with it!

However, the two of them also knew very well in their hearts that even if Liu Feifei had the strength to hit the gold medal, what could they do? As long as Guo Zizhao is there, as long as Guo Zizhao goes to participate in the competition, Liu Feifei's hope of winning gold is just a flash in the pan!

Defeat Guo Zizhao? Hehe...... How could it be!

But just when both of them were a little depressed, Guo Zizhao actually took the initiative to abdicate and make way for Xian!

I'll go...... Could it be that Guo Zizhao saw the thoughts of himself and others! Was it so obvious in the first place?

Thinking of this, Coach Sun Haiquan also glanced at Guo Zizhao who was not far away......

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