Chapter 496: Collective Honor Matters Above All Else

Sure enough, the results of this final quickly confirmed Guo Zizhao's judgment.

12.88 seconds!

Guo Zizhao once again won the gold medal in the men's 110m hurdles with a world-class result.

The runner-up was France's Doucoure with a time of 12.99 seconds! This time, Doucoure finally raised his eyebrows, and once again proved that it was no accident that he stepped into the ranks of the world's top players with a time of 13 seconds!

And the most disappointed in this final is probably Liu Feifei. As the champion of last year's Athens Olympics, Liu Feifei received second only to Guo Zizhao in the attention in this final.

However, Liu Feifei also understands that since Guo Zizhao participated, there was no suspense about the championship of this final. With his understanding of Brother Guo over the years, it seems that as long as he is willing, he can run at any time to achieve shocking results. Then my only goal in this game is a silver medal.

But right now, my game is not at its best. Both Doucoure and Johnson have both run under 13 seconds this year, and their best time this year is just 13.05 seconds.

I hope that in this final, I can achieve a breakthrough again!

After the gunshot in the final, Liu Feifei's start was also very good, and his reaction time of 0.142 seconds was second only to Guo Zizhao's 0.123 seconds. Moreover, Liu Feifei's rhythm in the first three hurdles is also very smooth, almost no less than Guo Zizhao on the adjacent track.

But soon, starting from the fourth hurdle, the Frenchman Doucoure caught up, and slowly the two went from being neck to neck, and Doucoure overtook Liu Feifei by half a position, a position, and half a meter......

Although Liu Feifei was also trying his best to catch up, he was powerless when he encountered Doucoure, who was in an outbreak. In the end, Liu Feifei was nearly a meter behind Doucoure, and crossed the finish line in third place, with a time of 10.08 seconds!

The American players Johnson, Arnold and Trammell swept the fourth ~ sixth place, with a time of 13.09 seconds, 13.13 seconds and 13.20 seconds respectively, which is also much worse than their best results this year. Johnson, in particular, was only 0.01 seconds slower than Liu Feifei, and he missed the medal.

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Guo Zizhao's third championship was not expected. And Liu Feifei's defeat at the hands of Doucoure did not attract the attention of others. After all, in competitive sports, it is normal for anyone to lose and win, and besides, Doucoure's current strength is indeed not under Liu Feifei.

But for Liu Feifei's master and apprentice, this failure was like a bucket of cold water, pouring down his head and face.

All opponents are constantly improving! And this year, my results have not only not improved, but also have a trend of regression! Almost, this time I won't even get a bronze medal! We can't go on like this!

Hum...... When you go back, you must cut back on all kinds of unnecessary business activities and start your retreat training again......

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At 7 p.m. on August 13, Guo Zizhao's last individual event at this World Championships, the final of the men's 400-meter dash, will start.

In addition to this race, at 9:30 p.m. today, the final of the men's 4x100m sprint relay will be. There was only a two-and-a-half-hour break between the two games.

For Guo Zizhao, there is no problem, but for another Chinese player, Xu Ziyu, it is a bit of a dilemma.

With Xu Ziyu's physical strength, he will definitely not be able to conduct two high-intensity races in just two and a half hours, especially the second game is a relay race. If Xu Ziyu is physically exhausted at that time and has a slight mistake in the coordination of the baton, it will cause irreparable losses to the entire relay team!

What to do?

"Give it up!" Xu Ziyu also said without hesitation, "I abstained from this 400-meter final!" The relay race is the key! I can't let the whole relay team suffer for my personal reasons! I decided to abstain from this final and go all out to attack the relay race to come! ”

"Are you sure?" Xu Ziyu's coach He Yanwu also glanced at his disciple with a complicated expression, and then said regretfully, "You have run into the finals!" This is the final of the World Championships in the individual event, so it's a pity to give up like this......"

"There's nothing to be sorry for me." Xu Ziyu also said with a smile, "It is already an unexpected gain to be able to run into the finals this time." It's just that this time I wronged you! When I wait for the next World Championships, I will definitely run in the final again! ”

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Although this decision was very difficult, Xu Ziyu also knew very well in his heart that giving up the 400-meter final and focusing on the final of the relay race was the most correct choice. This is the best choice for both myself and the team.

What if you compete in the 400m final? With his current strength, it is only a bottom level. But what about the relay race? Since the biggest opponent, the United States team, was eliminated in the preliminaries, so in the relay race, as long as there are no accidents, a gold medal is firmly in hand!

A fool would give up a gold medal at the World Championships in order to compete in a final that is destined to be at the bottom!

Since going through the injury and low tide a few years ago, Xu Ziyu is more hungry than anyone else for results and gold medals. But he is already 24 years old this year, and his peak can be maintained for a few more years? With his own strength, there is basically no possibility of significant improvement in the 400-meter event.

In the final of last year's Athens Olympics, although he ran a personal best of 44.94 seconds, he was only in last place in the final. And this year, I didn't even break 45 seconds once. Therefore, neither myself nor the national team focused on the 400-meter event. Because everyone understands that even if they are lucky enough to enter the finals again this time, it is still a fate to be at the bottom.

In this case, it is better to focus on the training of the relay race. Especially after this year's veteran Shen Yunbao began to let go of himself, the responsibility of the first baton of the relay team fell on Xu Ziyu. Whether it is the veteran Huang Shugang or the newcomer Wen Yongyi, they are more than one grade worse than themselves in terms of personal strength and team cooperation!

This is the gold medal of the World Championships! At last year's Olympic Games, although I also had a relay gold medal, at that time, after all, I was still a substitute and only participated in the preliminaries, and the gold medal was not enough! And this time, I will be the main force in the finals, but I can't let go of this opportunity!

It's just that in this way, for his coach He Yanwu, he is a little wronged. After all, the head coach of the relay team is Coach Mai Shaoqiang, and Coach Mai takes the lion's share of the results!

Alas...... I'm sorry coach! If only I could be like Brother Guo, I would have such perverted strength and physical strength!

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Head Coach Feng Shuyong was also relieved about Xu Ziyu's choice.

This is the best, although he can also order Xu Ziyu to give up his personal project and focus on the relay race, but in case Xu Ziyu can't think about it himself and has an idea in his heart, it will affect his performance in the relay race.

As for the loss caused by Xu Ziyu's abandonment of the personal project to Coach He Yanwu, he can only find a way to make up for it in the future. At this time, collective honor is above all else......

Alas...... Thinking of this, Feng Shuyong was also very helpless. The American team has too many talents, and I don't know who to choose to participate in the relay, but there are only a few people in our national team who have the ability to run the relay, and no one can leave it......

Well, it seems that in the future, we will continue to increase the scale of the relay team and the training of young players! Today's men's sprint relay has become an advantageous event for our Chinese track and field team, and we must take advantage of Guo Zizhao to consolidate and expand our dominant position in this event.

Otherwise, once the state of Guo Zizhao and the group of veteran players declines, then our relay team will not be in the limelight......

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