Chapter 217: Teammates Advance
They all entered the semi-finals, which made many foreign coaches, athletes and media feel unbelievable.
For a long time, the Chinese men's 100m has never achieved any outstanding results in the world championships, usually one team member won the B standard, and then was eliminated in the first round of the preliminaries.
This is the true portrayal of the previous Chinese men's 100m in large-scale competitions, even in Asia, Chinese athletes can not take advantage of anything, and winning a medal is the best result.
Therefore, today's results surprised the media all over the world, among the three players who entered the semi-finals, except for Lu Wei, the other two athletes were not favored, and they did not expect the three Chinese players to be able to enter the semi-finals together.
You must know that in addition to China, the only countries that can enter the semi-finals with all three players are Jamaica, the United States, the United Kingdom and Trinidad and Tobago.
With 3 team members entering the semi-finals, the Chinese men's sprint has finally entered the world's attention. The Chinese team's biggest rival in Asia, the Japanese team, only had 2 players shortlisted.
"The men's sprint is a good start for the Chinese track and field team in the Olympic Games!"
Cui Dayong was very satisfied with the results of the Chinese men's sprint, and after the race, he personally came down to shake hands with the team members.
In the two events that started in the morning, the members of the Huaxia track and field team entered the next round, which made Cui Dayong feel particularly good.
However, of the five events held in the morning, only these two events had team members in the finals. In the women's heptathlon, men's hammer throw and women's 800m events, Chinese athletes did not qualify for the competition at all.
After the morning games, the athletes have an afternoon break, and the evening games start at 7 a.m.
In the evening, before the start of the game, the entire stadium was filled with spectators again. Because it was an evening session, the 91,000 seats were really full.
"Good evening, viewers, you are watching the Olympic track and field competition broadcast by CCTV Sports Channel. Today is the first day of the Olympic Games, and there will be two gold medals tonight, the men's shot put and the women's 10,000m.
Lu Wei, a Chinese athlete who is more concerned today, finished first among all 45 players in the morning qualifying round, and as the runner-up of the World Championships in Osaka, he is considered one of the favorites to win the tournament. In the morning race, the other team members showed very average competitive form, with only six team members reaching the 20.35m qualification line. ”
Yang Li, the host of the track and field event, appeared full of energy, and as a special commentator for the track and field competition, he appeared on the screen for the first time in this Olympic Games.
"It's this fat guy again, how do you feel a little fatter than when I saw it on TV last year!"
Dad Lu blew on the freshly prepared tea, and then took a sip.
"I can finally see our family's Lu Wei competition, the track and field competition is the World Championships, and a large-scale event like the Olympics can also be broadcast on such a scale."
Lu's mother also sat in front of the TV after cleaning up the kitchen.
In the arena, the athletes participating in the 100-meter semi-finals have finished their warm-up and started to check in.
"Fortunately, we all train according to this schedule for a few months before the race, otherwise this point is the time to eat just after eating, who still has the strength to run!"
It was Zhang Yuanteng who spoke, and he liked to use fragmented thoughts to dissolve pressure. The evening race was obviously much more difficult than the morning one.
The 40 athletes who enter the semi-finals are divided into five groups, and the top three players in each group directly advance to the semi-finals, and the best player among the other team members also qualify for the semi-finals.
Lu Wei shook his head helplessly, this guy's way of relieving stress really made others unbearable. He's been in this way ever since dinner.
"Why are you mother-in-law, just go up and do it directly in a while, what are you afraid of!?"
Shen Liang is a straight person, and after enduring it for a while, he finally couldn't bear it.
"You know what! It's called distraction, like you who are always tense all day, and if you can't hold on to your spirit, sooner or later you will collapse. ”
Lu Wei's expression is very calm, and he always makes people feel that the next game is an entertainment game.
In his eyes, there really is nothing nervous about such a game.
"If only I had Lu Wei's mentality, you see that you are older than him, why have you made such slow progress in the past two years."
The 100m semi-final was the second race of the evening, and soon after the men's 1500m race, the first team members entered their own track for the final warm-up before the race.
"You have to give it your all in the evening game, this is our final, and I'm content with the individual race."
Looking at Zhang Yuanteng, who entered the arena from the competition channel, Shen Liang reminded loudly.
"Don't worry, brother feels like he has a play, maybe he can make it to the semifinals!"
Zhang Yuanteng smiled, it seemed that the way to divert his attention made him feel very relaxed.
Zhang Yuanteng is in the first group, Jamaican star Michael . Flatt, Netherlands Antilles player Kuranti. Martina is not bad, and this group also includes Japan's old rival Naoki Tsukahara and British player Williamson, and the chance of promotion is basically generated between a few of them.
The game is on, Michael. Flatt took the lead and finished first in the group.
Behind him was Kuranti. Martina, Zhang Yuanteng in the 7th lane is on par with Naoki Tsukahara at this time, and Williamson of the British team seems to be a little abnormal this time, and he has not kept up with the big team since the start of the game, and there is a tendency to pull further and further.
The first two players gradually threw off the players behind them, and there was no suspense at all about advancing to the next round.
The competition for the place of direct promotion was between Zhang Yuanteng and Tsukahara Naoki, Tsukahara Naoki had a good start, but he was only less than one position ahead of Zhang Yuanteng.
After reaching the middle and late stages of the game, Zhang Yuanteng seized the advantage to achieve a reversal.
The moment he passed the finish line, Zhang Yuanteng was sure that Naoki Tsukahara was pressed behind him by himself, and waved his fist excitedly.
His time was 10.21 seconds, just about a position ahead of Naoki Tsukahara.
It was his first appearance in the second round of a major tournament and he beat a member of the Japanese team, and those two points made him look excited.
"It's surprising that this kid can advance to the semifinals, Lu Wei, I don't think there is any problem, it depends on whether anyone can enter the finals this time!"
Zou Zhen looked at Zhang Yuanteng who was walking over from afar, and there was an irrepressible smile on his face.
Everyone finally raised their eyebrows and breathed a sigh of relief.