On August 19, there was no men's basketball game on this day, but the eight teams that were about to participate in the knockout round were sticking to their daily training to prepare for the knockout round the next day.

Zhang Guan will compete in three events today, namely the semifinals of the men's 200m, the semifinals of the men's 400m and the final of the men's 1500m. All three events were held in the evening, with one of the earliest semi-finals in the men's 200m starting at 9:30 p.m.

The men's 200m race has reached the semi-finals, and the rest are all strong players, and many of them are full-time athletes in the 200m, such as Spearman in the United States, Dezgay in Zimbabwe, and Martina in the Netherlands Antilles, all of whom are athletes specializing in the 200m.

There are also runners who compete in the 200m sprint, with Jamaica's Usain Bolt and USA's Shaun Crawford both competing in the 200m.

According to the predictions of experts before the competition, in today's situation of more and more specialized sports, athletes who mainly compete in the 100-meter sprint and the 200-meter sprint will basically not be able to enter the finals of the Olympic Games.

Of course, Zhang Guan is an exception. Zhang Guan, who was in amazing form in the long jump yesterday, has been re-regarded as the favorite to win the 200-meter dash. The biggest favourite in the 200m sprint at the Olympics was naturally Usain Bolt, not because Bolt was stronger than Zhang Guan, but because people generally questioned Zhang's competitive form.

But since Zhang Guan jumped 9 meters in the long jump final yesterday, all doubts have disappeared without a trace. If Zhang Guan is not in good shape, how can he jump 9 meters beyond the human limit?

The amazing performance in the long jump field also made everyone have more expectations for Zhang Guan in the sprint event, especially the sprint event, which is Zhang Guan's "old business", and the domestic audience is obviously expecting Zhang Guan to win the gold medal in the sprint event.

There are a total of 16 competitors in the semi-finals of the 200m, so they are divided into two groups, and the top three in each group plus the other two best results can advance to the final, so Zhang Guan must have no pressure to qualify.

This time, Zhang Guan was divided into the first group to play, and he was also in the same group as Martina, Zimbabwe's Dez Gay, American Dix and Jamaican Williams, etc., these players are more hopeful of advancing to the finals, while the other players in the same group are somewhat lacking in strength, and it is estimated that they will stop in the semifinals.

Although it was a semi-final, the audience still gave the warmest applause when Zhang Guan came on the stage, and Zhang Guan did not disappoint them, leading all the way after the gunfire rang out.

"Zhang Guan, he's fast, he's already ahead! Entering the straight runway, Zhang Guan's lead is obvious! Okay, Zhang Guan is the first to enter the straight runway! ”

On the field, Zhang Guan was the first to run into the straight-line track area, and then began to sprint, and in the straight-line sprint, Zhang Guan, as a 100-meter runner, is obviously much stronger than these professional 200-meter runners, and the gap between them is getting bigger and bigger.

On the sidelines, several players who were about to appear in the next group felt a lot of pressure.

"Zhang Guan is still so fast, someone said that he was not in good shape before! The 100-meter dash broke the world record, and the long jump also broke the world record, how can this be in a bad state, maybe tomorrow, I will lose to him again! Crawford, the reigning Olympic 200m champion, thought silently.

For Crawford, he has been defeated by Zhang Guan many times in the past few years, especially after Zhang Guan broke the 200m world record, Crawford has no desire to beat Zhang Guan at all, and he has habitually lost to Zhang Guan.

And Spearman, who is standing next to Crawford, is not as strong as Crawford, and he doesn't have much hope for the Olympic champion.

There is only one person, facing Zhang Guan, who is in such a bursting state, there is still a strong war intent in his eyes.

That's Usain Bolt!

At this time, Bolt clenched his fists tightly, and his arms were even trembling uncontrollably. And his mind came to mind the scene when Zhang Guan broke the 200-meter world record two years ago.

"The strongest Zhang Guan has really returned! I still remember the moment when you broke the 200m world record, it seems that you broke the world record in 19.30 seconds, but now I can run faster than that! I'll be faster than you. Bolt couldn't bear it, and he was looking forward to the final even more.

On the field, Zhang Guan crossed the finish line with the first place in the group without any suspense. Second place in the group was won by Netherlands Antilles' Martina, while Zimbabwe's Dezgay finished third, while fourth-placed American Dix had to wait until the semi-finals were over to secure two additional spots.

In the second group of the competition, Usain Bolt comfortably qualified as the top of the group, with two American players, Crawford and Spearman, finishing second and third respectively. The two best finishers were then chosen, with Dix and Kim Collins being the two lucky winners.

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After the 200-meter semi-finals, the semi-finals of the 400-meter sprint will be held, and Zhang Guan will still appear.

A total of 24 competitors participated in the semi-finals of the 400m, and the competition was divided into three groups, and 16 players were eliminated in the 24-8, which was obviously more fierce than the 16-in-8 competition in the 200m. In the 400m, the top two in each group and the two with the best additional scores advance to the final round.

In the first group of the competition, American star Varina and Bahamian player Brown won the first and second places respectively and successfully advanced. And in this group, apart from the two of them, there is indeed no third strong player.

In the second group, France's De Jean took first place, while American young Merritt finished second, which is the same result that everyone guessed before the match.

Zhang Guan appeared in the third group, which was also the most intense. In addition to Zhang Guan, there are also British star Ronnie, Sweden's Westman and American Neville. There must be an obvious gap between these three people and Zhang Guan, so in the case that Zhang Guan has booked the next promotion place in advance, these three people have to compete for another promotion place.

The competition in this group was indeed extremely fierce, Zhang Guan was of course the first in the group, and British star Ronnie won the second place. However, Sweden's Wiesman and America's Neville were also lucky, as they qualified for the 400m final the day after tomorrow with their two additional best spots.

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Athletes' lounge.

The coach glanced at Ramz with some concern, then at his watch.

"It's almost time, it's time for us to play." The coach spoke.

Ramzi stood up violently: "It's finally my turn, I can't wait!" (To be continued.) )