In the face of the strength of the Jamaican men's sprint relay team, not only outsiders are beginning to look down on the Chinese team, but even the Chinese team itself is facing a lot of pressure.

The next morning, on the training ground of the Chinese track and field team, Feng Shuyong and Coach Mai Shaoqiang also chatted worriedly while watching the relay players who were warming up.

"It seems that everyone is in good shape today, and I hope that in the evening game, everyone can have a good performance!" Coach Mai Shaoqiang also watched Guo Zizhao and the players training on the field, and couldn't help but sigh, "Alas...... Nowadays, the international athletics world has made too rapid progress in the men's sprint event, and we are still complacent about our own improvement, but we don't know that others have improved even more than us! ”

"You're right! Wen Yongyi's time in the 100-meter semifinals was 10.08 seconds, breaking through the 10.10 mark again. Hu Kai's performance this time was also good, and he ran a time of 10.10 seconds. If this was before, there would have been a great chance to enter the finals, but I didn't expect that this time, there would not even be a side of the finals! ”

Head Coach Feng Shuyong also shook his head a little depressed, and then said, "In addition to the 100-meter sprint, Xu Ziyu and Liu Xiaosheng also did not perform well in the 400-meter semi-finals, and they also failed to enter the finals!" Except for the 110-meter hurdles, we have fallen behind a lot in several other events! ”

"Alas...... A few years ago, Chen Haijian, Yang Yaozhou and Xu Ziyu and others could occasionally break into the finals of the World Championships or the Olympic Games, although they did not win medals, but they could also show our strength in these events, but in this year's Olympic Games, they all stopped at the semi-finals! ”

After listening to Feng Shuyong's complaints, Coach Mai Shaoqiang could only echo and say, "Yes...... In this kind of sprinting event that purely competes for strength and speed, and competes for physical fitness, the gap between us and Europeans and Americans is still not small. On the contrary, we still have an advantage in the more skillful hurdles. Well...... It's the same with relay events! If it weren't for the tacit understanding in cooperation and the advantage in the handover of the baton, how could we win so many championships by relying on our personal strength alone! ”

"yes...... The relay event is also our advantage! However, the Jamaican team is menacing this time, and the outside world is not optimistic about us, I just don't know if Guo Zizhao can withstand it! ”

"Huh...... If you can't bear it, you have to carry it! I think Guo Zizhao is full of confidence! Let's take a look at tonight's preliminaries, even if you can't win the gold medal, judging from the current results, at least one silver medal can't run! ”

"The silver medal is not a big problem! It's just that in this case, Guo Zizhao has a draw with Phelps this time! It is estimated that Guo Zizhao is also unwilling......"

"It's good to be unwilling! Ha ha...... Then we have to look at Guo Zizhao's methods! Haha......"

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At 8 p.m. on August 21, the preliminaries of the men's 4x100m sprint relay officially kicked off soon.

The preliminaries of the relay were divided into two groups, with the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Nigeria, Poland, Brazil and Japan in Group 1, while China, Jamaica, Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy were placed in Group 2.

The top three finishers in each group will advance directly to the finals, while the remaining two best teams will qualify for the finals.

Guo Zizhao is still quite impressed by the relay competition of this Olympic Games in his last life, in addition to Bolt leading the Jamaican team to break the world record again in this Olympic Games, this relay competition is also the first time that the Chinese men's relay team has entered the finals of the world's top competition.

Of course, in addition to the above events to be memorable, the tragic performance of the American relay team in this Olympic Games has once again become the object of the world's complaints. If Guo Zizhao is not mistaken, at the Beijing Olympics in his last life, the U.S. team suffered an unprecedented rout in the sprinting event.

In addition to missing a gold medal in the men's and women's 100m and 200m sprints, the U.S. team lost the baton in both the men's and women's 4x100m sprint relays, and even failed to make it to the final. I just don't know if in this life, will the American relay team repeat the tragic fate of the previous life?

Soon, when the first group of athletes participating in the relay came on the field, Guo Zizhao couldn't help but start shaking his head.

I'll go...... What kind of players is the U.S. team sending this time? The first baseman Martin, the second baseman Padgett, the third baseman Barton, and the fourth baseman Guy, except for Guy who has the world's top strength, the other three are just world-class level. Spearmon didn't get on, and Dicks didn't get on!

Especially what made Guo Zizhao complain was that Guy was actually the fourth runner this time! No way...... You know, since Guy joined the national team, he has always been the third runner on a regular basis! Why did you suddenly switch to running the fourth stick this time? Could it be that Guy is also like himself, with such a good baton handover technique, he can change whichever stick he wants......

In Guo Zizhao's original speculation, the main players of the American team this time should be the first baton to be Spearmon, who is good at cornering, the second baton to the slightly weaker Barton, the third baton is still the strongest comprehensive strength of Guy, and the last baton should be handed over to Dicks, a young player who has performed well in this Olympic Games!

But now, how did you come up with such a messy relay formation? No wonder the U.S. team in the previous life always dropped the baton at every turn, this arrangement is too casual!

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In fact, Guo Zizhao's guess is not wrong. After the U.S. team finished the Olympic trials, the main members of the original scheduled relay team were Spearmon, Barton, Guy and Dix, but then there were unforeseen circumstances!

Guy was injured in the final of the 200m trials, and because of repeated injuries, he couldn't participate in the relay training during the preparation for the Olympics. This time, the American team is also a little embarrassed. Your Sister's ...... The third player is injured, how can I practice together? The rest of the players can't stand each other before and after......

In order to be on the safe side, the U.S. team had to temporarily move Guy to the fourth base, which not only would not have much impact on the joint practice, but if Guy couldn't recover in time, it would only be a substitute for the fourth base!

Therefore, Guy ran the fourth stick in the preliminaries this time, in fact, it has been arranged a long time ago, but the other players have been practicing together for a period of time, and Guy's fourth stick has only been practiced together a few times after arriving in the capital.

In addition, Martin and Padgett, two substitutes, played in this preliminaries, which can be regarded as an unwritten tradition of the American team.

The U.S. team has always been the strongest overall in the men's sprint event, and sometimes the difference in strength between the main team members and the substitutes in the relay is not very large. There was even a period when the mighty U.S. team won the championship just by relying on those substitutes!

In this way, the national team is also a headache for the selection of the main players. Moreover, the agency behind each team member is also very difficult to entangle, and everyone wants their athletes to show their faces in the world's top competitions!

There is no way, in the end, with the joint efforts of the national team and various brokerage companies, the American team has such an unwritten unspoken rule. In the finals, it is natural to send the strongest athletes, but in the preliminaries, one or two substitutes will also be given the opportunity to show their faces.

Because in everyone's opinion, just with the strength of these substitutes, it is enough to win medals, let alone participate in a preliminary round! Of course, the initial strength and results of the American team also proved the correctness of everyone's judgment.

But what the American team didn't expect was that in the past ten years, due to the strength of the substitutes and the lack of tacit cooperation, the American relay team began to frequently make mistakes in the international top competitions, and even dropped the baton!

Especially after the rise of the Chinese team led by Guo Zizhao, the United States team has not tasted the championship of the men's 4x100m sprint relay in the world's top competition since the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. But even so, the unspoken rules that have been formed over the decades, the American team has no intention of changing it.

After all, the interests involved in this are not so easy to change!

It wasn't until last year's World Championships in Osaka that the American relay team led by Guy once again stood at the top of the world, which made all Americans breathe a long sigh of relief.

And now, the U.S. team has brought this tradition to the preliminaries of the Beijing Olympics, only this time, hehe......

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