There are 24 runners who signed up for the men's 400m event, which are divided into three preliminary groups, and the top two and the two best third-place finishers in each group advance to the finals. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Duke was placed in Group 3 of the heats, and he used his break to observe the men's 400m heats in the first two groups.

After the Sydney 2000 Olympics, the legendary Michael Johnson of the men's 400m event retired with his world record of 43.18 seconds.

Johnson's world record of 43.18 seconds is almost unattainable, and the closest to this record is 43.45 seconds, run by another American, Varina.

After the '09 World Championships, the injury-plagued Varina faded out of international athletics and his American brother LaSean Merritt took his gun.

LaSean Merritt has been able to run under 44 seconds a few times a year since '09, with his best time of 43.75 seconds, and he has begun to dominate the men's 400m event.

In the last two years, the small Caribbean nation of Grenada has produced a 400-meter young talent Killarney James, and Merritt's dominance has begun to be challenged.

Killarney James ran a time of 43.74 seconds in 2013 to announce his strong lead.

After '08, only three male athletes in the world have run under 44 seconds of a 400-meter run: the aforementioned Varina, Merritt and Killarney-James.

As far as the current international situation of the men's 400-meter run is concerned, if you can run within 44 seconds, you can be regarded as the top player, not to mention 43.18 seconds and 43.45 seconds, you can run 43.70 seconds, and you can basically beat the invincible opponents all over the world. Runners who can run under 44.50 seconds will be considered famous internationally.

Duke holds the Asian record of 44.48 seconds in the men's 400m, and he is internationally competitive in this event.

Merritt and Killarney James didn't come to Lisbon, and if one of them did, Duke would have been a bit choking on them.

Duke saw his Asian rival, Saudi Arabia's Yusuf, who had beaten Yusuf in the men's 400m race in Bangkok last year, and Yusuf fainted and collapsed.

Yusef, still wearing a dark green sweatshirt and pants, appeared in the first group of the men's 400m heats, and he ran a time of 45.22 seconds to advance to the final as the group leader.

Yusuf's appearance at the moment is very different from last October, he has grown a beard, quite murderous, if he wears a white turban and carries an AK47, he will be as popular as the leader of the KB molecules on the international wanted warrant issued by the CIA.

Yusuf, who had changed his look, immediately gave an interview to Saudi reporters after running a shot in the preliminaries.

Saudi journalist: "Yusuf, are you sure of winning the championship?" ”

Yusuf held his head high and was very confident: "Yes, not only will I win the championship, but I will also break the Asian record in the men's 400m in the final." ”

Saudi journalists rejoiced: "Good, good, may Allah bless you!" ”

A Chinese reporter walked up to Yusuf and asked in English: "Mr. Yusef, your best time in the 400m is 44.61 seconds, how will you break the Asian record of 44.48 seconds?" Should I go under 44.60 seconds and then consider the time under 44.50 seconds? ”

Yusuf and the Saudi reporter glanced at the Chinese reporter very unhappily, and said, "What's the matter, come to find fault?"

Yusuf is still proud: "I will defeat all opponents, including my old Chinese friend Du Ke." ”

The Chinese journalist faked a shocked expression: "Oh? Is it? I heard that Mr. Yusuf has not shaved for half a year to show his determination to grow his beard, and it is said that you will only shave your beard after defeating Duke, is that true? ”

Yusuf patted his chest: "I'll be able to shave when I get back to the hotel tonight." ”

Chinese reporter: "Growing such a big beard, will it increase the wind resistance, which will affect your performance?" ”

"......" Yusuf's face sank, and he didn't want to continue to deal with this high-level black Chinese reporter, so he turned around and left the interview area and returned to the team.

Meanwhile, the second group of the men's 400m heats came to an end, with Great Britain's Martin Rooney finishing first in 45.14 seconds to advance to the final. The white British athlete, who also has a beard, is a strong man and is currently ranked 11th in the world in the men's 400m, with a best time of 44.45 seconds.

In the third group of preliminaries, Duke won the first place in the group with a time of 45.05 seconds and successfully advanced to the final. He looked at the cards and played cards, and after seeing the first results of the first two groups, he ran the overall first place in the preliminaries in 45.05 seconds, and he wanted to grab the fourth lane in the 400m final.

After the 400m heats, Duke's day's competition is over, and he has qualified for all three finals in all three individual events, and he will try to take all three individual titles in the evening.

After an afternoon break, the Lisbon Grand Prix resumed at 6:30 p.m.

Tonight, the champions of a total of 14 events, seven for men and seven women, will be decided.

Duke arrived at the Magellan Stadium with the team, where he changed into jumping shoes and will compete in the men's high jump final.

At half past 18, the men's high jump final began.

Twelve men's high jump finalists were drawn before the competition to determine the order of the attempts.

Du Ke drew No. 2, and Zhang Guowei drew No. 7.

Eleven default heights are set for the high jump final: 2.19m, 2.23m, 2.26m, 2.29m, 2.31m, 2.33m, 2.36m, 2.38m, 2.40m, 2.42m, and 2.44m.

If more than one competitor has jumped 2.44m and their previous attempts have the same success rate, there are two ways to decide the winner:

First, the referee schedules an extra game and continues to set a new set of default heights.

In the second way, the players who jumped over the height of 2.44 meters shouted the height by themselves and turned on the duel mode.

Of course, the probability of one of the above two situations is almost less than 0.01%, because the height of 2.44 meters is at least 2.46 meters, and the current world record in the men's high jump is 2.45 meters.

Even the four kings of high jump in active service, they have never crossed the height of 2.44 meters. For the high jump competition of this Grand Prix, 2.44m is equivalent to a top-level luxury item displayed in the window, which is unaffordable.

The men's high jump final started on time, and the No. 1 athlete from Hungary chose to start his attempt from a height of 2.19m, but failed to jump 2.19m on his first attempt. The Hungarian was very frustrated, he couldn't jump 2.19m in one shot, and his overall success rate in the final must not have reached 100%.

No. 2 player Du Ke came out at this time, and he couldn't help jumping 2.19 meters, and he also chose to start the jump from 2.19 meters, because he wanted to spend as much time as possible.

The men's 400m final will fire at 7:15 p.m., and the slower the progress of the high jump final before the men's 400m final, the better it will be for Duke.

After the men's 400m final, Duke needs to use the rules of the high jump competition reasonably to speed up the progress of the high jump final, because he still has to run the 100m final at 22 o'clock.

Du Ke is not the first athlete to play both in track and field, and there is a precedent for track and field athletes to participate in both track and field competitions decades ago.

In addition to having plenty of physical reserves, players who play both games also need to face one of their biggest enemies: schedule conflicts.

This is Portugal, not China, and the IAAF will not temporarily adjust the schedule for Duke alone, unless Duke can be as great as Michael Johnson in track and field. But we must know that the International Olympic Committee and the IAAF have changed the schedule specifically for Johnson, and an important reason is that Johnson participated in the Olympic track and field competition in Atlanta, the United States.

In athletics, it is not uncommon for track and field and track to be played at the same time.

Therefore, Duke has read the IAAF Track Rules (2011-2012) thoroughly, and he will try to use the rules of the competition reasonably to compete in the high jump competition and challenge for the 400m championship at the same time. (To be continued.) )