Chapter 19: Applause for the big names

Although it was dark, the central power station was still busy, and most of the staff's energy was spent on reporting on the Athens Olympics.

Director Xu, who was in charge of the broadcast arrangements for the event, did not stay in the office, but sat in the broadcast studio on the front line.

A staff member trotted over, handed a document to Director Xu, and said at the same time: "Director, this is the track and field competition just sent, and my country's athlete Zhang Guan successfully entered the second round of the 100-meter sprint race. ”

Director Xu quickly read the briefing of the event, and then said: "If I remember correctly, this should be the first time that my country's athletes have entered the second round of the Olympic track and field 100-meter sprint, which is not easy!" Check to see when the second round will take place. ”

"Director, in the second round of the competition, are we going to broadcast live?" The staff asked.

"If you can broadcast live, try to broadcast it as much as possible, athletes travel thousands of miles to Athens to participate in the Olympic Games, it may be such an opportunity in a lifetime, and now they can make a breakthrough in track and field, if they don't even have a chance to show their faces in front of the national audience, it's a pity." Director Xu spoke.

"Director Xu, I have found out that the second round of the men's 100-meter dash starts at 0:40 in the morning."

"That's the prime time of Athens." Director Xu immediately flipped through the live broadcast arrangement in his hand and found this time period.

"Fortunately, by the early hours of the morning, today's badminton and table tennis competitions have ended, and there is only one women's weightlifting competition above 75 kg that is still attended by Chinese players." Director Xu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "Arrange the second round of the men's 100-meter race to be broadcast live on a set of programs, and the news will be broadcast at zero o'clock at that time, so let the commentator prepare in advance." ”

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At 19:40 on August 21, Athens time, the second round of the Olympic men's 100-meter dash officially began.

The second round is divided into five groups, with the top three players from each group advancing to the next round, and the best athlete who fails to finish in the top three will also advance, meaning that a total of 16 athletes will advance to the semi-finals.

Compared with the preliminary round of the first round, the level of players in the semi-finals is higher, the difficulty of promotion will be greater, and the competition will inevitably be more exciting and intense.

In the rematch, even champions have to start taking it seriously. The prediction given by experts before the game is that if you can run within 10.10 seconds, you can basically confirm that you can enter the semi-finals, and within 10.15 seconds, you have a relatively high hope of entering the semi-finals, and if you can't even run 10.15 seconds, you can only fight for character and luck if you want to enter the semi-finals. For non-black players, the rematch can be seen as an insurmountable hurdle, with both white and yellow races often stopping at the Olympic level, and the semifinals are usually all black.

On the track, the first group was racing, and Zhang Guan was in the distance, waiting for the second group to appear, and at the same time watching the situation of the first group of players.

I saw a black runner running in front, far ahead.

"It's the Portuguese Francis Obiqueviru! It's really fast! Zhang Guanzhi took a breath of cold air, and at this moment he felt a huge pressure for the first time.

"Obicviru, who would have been the runner-up in the 100m at the Athens Olympics, was only 0.01 seconds slower than Gatlin, although Gatlin didn't make a sprint at the end of the final, which affected the time a little. Now it seems that Obikviru is indeed a very strong player. ”

Later, Zhang Guan discovered that Japan's Shingo Sueji, who was ranked second in Asia, had been left behind by four black players.

"When it comes to the rematch, it is really the world of blacks." Zhang Guanmu saw Obikviru cross the finish line first, and then the scoreboard showed 9.93 seconds. Great Britain's Lewis Francis and Jamaica's Dwight Thomas finished second and third respectively. Japan's Shingo Sueji only finished fifth, and he was definitely eliminated from the tournament.

"This is the world's best strength! That's just the rematch, just 9.93 seconds, but I can do it, and I'm going to be faster than that. It's just that Obi Keviru obviously has reservations, and his true strength must be faster. And that's just Obikviru, don't forget there's also a Gatling, who's going to be a few points faster than Obikviru! It seems that I was too optimistic that this Olympic title will not be so easy to win. Thinking of this, Zhang Guan's mood was slightly heavy.

Prior to this, Zhang Guan had always believed that he had systematic help and would definitely win the Olympic 100-meter championship. And so far, Zhang Guan has never met an opponent in the competitions he has participated in. But now, several powerful opponents suddenly appeared, which made Zhang Guan feel a sense of crisis.

"Nervous! Yes, that's how it feels, it's been a long time since I've been so nervous. Zhang Guan took a deep breath, he looked at the finish line, but the tension in his heart gradually turned into a sense of anticipation and excitement.

"This time, I'm going to let go and run. I'm here to see how good a champion is! ”

Subsequently, Zhang Guanda strode into the arena.

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The incoming American Sean Crawford takes off his jacket from the upper body.

"Sean, are you going to play?" Justin Gatlin walked up from the side and quipped with a wicked smile, "Be careful not to capsize in the gutter......"

"You mean Obadley Thompson? I know that 'Nerve Knife' has run a time of 9.69 seconds, but it was in super wind speeds, and even if he was in good shape, he would not be my match. Crawford said confidently.

"I'm not talking about Thompson, I'm talking about the Chinese athlete, who finished first in the preliminary round." Gatling spoke.

"Hahaha, Justin, what are you kidding, a Chinese, how can you pose a threat to me? 9.96 seconds, for an Asian person, it should be an unbelievably high level! But for me, it's just a daily training level. When I will compete in a while, I will let this Chinese know what real speed is! ”

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The athletes were already standing at the starting line, but three minutes had passed, and the referee still had not given a notice to prepare for the start.

"What's wrong? How to give such a long time to prepare. Zhang Guan looked at the referee in surprise and found that the referee was talking about something with a walkie-talkie.

"Shouldn't you be so busy chatting that you forgot to inform the athletes that they are ready to start!" Zhang Guan thought to himself.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the audience, followed by cheers.

"Huh? What happened? Why did the audience suddenly scream. Zhang Guan looked at the audience, but because of the distance, Zhang Guan did not know why the audience was cheering, but one thing was certain, these people were not cheering for themselves. In this case, I am afraid that I can't even hear the gunshot of the starting order, and I can only wait for the 100-meter race for the time being.

"Pap, papa, papa, papa......"

In the field, the sound of applause gradually rose, but this was not the kind of chaotic applause, but the applause of uniform frequency, the applause became louder and louder, and the frequency became faster and faster, as if the two armies were facing each other, and the drumbeat of the warriors before the charge was general, revealing a strong fighting spirit, and it was about to erupt.

"This scene seems familiar. Reminds me of her! Zhang Guan suddenly remembered a person, and then he looked at the pole vault venue in the distance, and sure enough, he saw a figure, with black hair tied into braids scattered in his mind, holding a long pole in his hand, and preparing to start.

"It's really her, it's Isinbayeva!"

Elena Isinbayeva, a veritable queen of pole vaulting, broke the world record in the pole vault 28 times in her career, and is the current and future monopolist of women's pole vault.

Although Isinbayeva of the Athens Olympics is only 22 years old, she has been famous for many years, especially in Europe, and she is very famous.

In the world of sports, athletes with good grades will naturally get attention, and beautiful women will also get attention, and athletes with good grades will naturally receive great attention. Although in Zhang Guan's opinion, Isinbayeva is not beautiful, but with the aesthetics of Europeans, Isinbayeva is definitely a beauty. Especially in Greece, Isinbayeva's black hair and big eyes are completely a reflection of classical beauty in the eyes of the Greeks, which is why Isinbayeva has a huge popularity in Greece.

The stadium was full of cheers for Isinbayeva, especially some crazy men, who let out a deafening roar, which made the second group of the men's 100m race no longer possible, and the athletes could only wait for Isinbayeva to finish.

The applause of the audience became more and more neat and frequent, and tens of thousands of people applauded at the same rhythm, bringing not only encouragement, but also shock.

Zhang Guan closed his eyes, and he felt all this carefully. Although the applause was not given to Zhang Guan, it still made him feel his blood boiling, and a picture vaguely appeared in his mind, one will challenge with a knife, and the other will rush out with a horse, the two sides will beat the drum and shake the sky, the two will fight together, and the sound of killing will shake the sky!

"That's the game, that's the game I want! Passionate, boiling! Zhang Guanmeng opened his eyes, he could feel that the hormones in his body began to stir violently, every cell was jubilant, and he smelled excitement again.

At the same time, in the system, Zhang Guan's competitive state suddenly began to rise, reaching 67 points at once.

On the pole vault field, Isinbayeva waved to the audience to signal everyone to calm down, and then he lifted the pole, run, pole, jump, climb, land, and completed the game perfectly in one go.

There were deafening cheers from the venue, although this was only a qualifying match for the women's pole vault, and only 4.40 meters needed to jump to enter the final, but it did not affect Guan Zhong to cheer for Isinbayeva.

Only when the cheers subside did the referee signal the athletes to get ready for the start.

"Good applause, good cheers, make people feel excited, make people's blood boil! It's a pity it's not for me. But one day, I will have such applause and cheers! Zhang Guan tried hard to adjust his breathing, but the feeling of excitement in his heart was difficult to erase.

Next, he got on the starting block for his second Olympic race.

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