Chapter 67: 100m Final

After the men's long jump qualifying round, the women's 100m semi-final, the women's shot put final and the men's 400m hurdles semi-finals were held on the field. Among them, in the final of the women's shot put, although the Chinese team had three generals, they were not able to win a medal.

After the rest of the competition is over, the Bird's Nest will face the final race of the day, which will also be the highlight of the Olympic track and field event, which is the final of the men's 100m.

In the final stage of the 100-meter flyer battle, all the European and African athletes have been eliminated, except for Zhang Guan, the other named athletes are from the Americas. Among them, there are two teams from Jamaica, two from the United States team, two from Trinidad and Tobago, and one from the Netherlands Antilles.

"Audience friends, the final of the men's 100-meter sprint is about to start, and my country's player Zhang Guan is also about to appear. The 100m final has a special significance for Zhang Guan, who is the reigning Olympic champion in this event, and four years ago at the Athens Olympics, Zhang Guan won the 100m dash and broke the world record, and Zhang Guan has been known to the world ever since. And today, after four years, Zhang Guan is standing on the Olympic Games again, and we also expect him to create a miracle again! โ€

Zhang Guan has participated in a number of events this year, only in the track and field event, Zhang Guan has participated in ten small events, so far, Zhang Guan has entered the finals in the tennis men's singles, men's long jump and men's 100-meter sprint. And if Zhang Guan can win the men's 100m flyer battle in the next round, he will win his first gold medal in this Olympic Games, and it will also be the first gold medal for the Chinese team in the track and field event of this Olympic Games. โ€

At the starting line, Zhang Guan suddenly fell to a trace of nervousness, he had not had this kind of emotion for too long.

This race is indeed very important for Zhang Guan, the 100-meter dash is his battle for fame, and today's 100-meter final is more like his return battle.

In this Olympic Games, Zhang Guan's return to the track and field field has attracted great attention and expectations, but it has also attracted a lot of criticism and doubts. Zhang Guan knew that if he wanted to eliminate these criticisms and doubts, he had to use his results to speak, and winning an Olympic gold medal would be enough for all doubts to disappear.

What's more, Zhang Guan knows that he has met one of the most formidable opponents this time, and that is Usain Bolt.

Since breaking the world record four years ago, Zhang Guan has never faced an opponent in the 100m event, and he has gradually lost the passion for the competition, but today, at this moment, when he sees Bolt, he suddenly feels the irrepressible fire of winning in his heart burning, and he feels the excitement of the race again.

On a track adjacent to Zhang Guan, Bolt had a serious expression. Today is also different from the past, this is another time he is challenging Zhang Guan, and for Bolt, he is not only challenging Zhang Guan, but also the world record held by Zhang Guan.

At the World Cup in Athletics two years ago, Usain Bolt challenged Zhang Guan in the 200m race, when Bolt was a rising star in track and field, and today, when Bolt stands next to Zhang Guan again, he has become the world's No. 1 sprinter.

Usain Bolt is indeed ranked first in the world rankings in the 100m and 200m, and Zhang Guan has not competed in track and field for two years, so Zhang Guan's name is no longer on the sprint standings.

"Zhang Guan, I'm here to challenge you again!" Bolt closed his eyes, he remembered the figure he saw on the TV in Athens four years ago, and he remembered the moment when Zhang Guan broke the world record for the first time, when he first knew Zhang Guan.

Bolt remembered that in Jamaica, he saw in the newspaper that Zhang Guan had broken the world record again and again, and he was both excited and envious, fantasizing that one day he could be like Zhang Guan.

And the day finally came, and Bolt felt that he could not hold back the nervousness, and he stood there, his hands shaking involuntarily.

It wasn't just nervousness, but more excitement, and Bolt had a hunch that he was about to reach the top of the 100-meter race and become the fastest man in the world.

"Break the world record! I'm going to break the world record! Bolt kept repeating these words in his mind, and these few words represented a belief in Bolt at this time.

The radio in the Bird's Nest has begun to broadcast everyone's name, and the audience erupted in bursts of enthusiastic applause, at this time the atmosphere in the scene has reached its peak, especially when the camera is given to Zhang Guan, the scene of the landslide and tsunami can no longer be described in words.

Zhang Guan smiled at the camera and stretched out a finger, as if to tell the world that he would win the first place.

When the cameraman pointed at Bolt, he made an archery move, which was Bolt's signature move.

Zhang Guan, Usain Bolt, Powell, Dix and Parton from the United States, Thompson and Burns from Trinidad and Tobago, and Martina from the Netherlands Antilles, are the eight athletes competing in the 100m final. They appeared in front of the camera one by one, and immediately, one of them was destined to become the focus of the audience today.

The audience did not burst into rhythmic applause, as if they were beating the drums of war, and hearing this sound and feeling this atmosphere, even the most experienced Powell inevitably felt a trace of nervousness.

At the referee's signal, the athletes stood on the starting machine, and seeing this scene, the audience suddenly fell silent, and everyone was waiting for the sound, the starting gun.

"The race is about to start, will anyone run away?"

"In such an important competition, the athletes must be very nervous, maybe someone really can't help but run!"

"I don't know who is stronger between Zhang Guan and Bolt."

"Will anyone break the world record, it is said that Bolt can run under 9.70 seconds, which is very close to Zhang Guan's world record."

"Maybe Zhang Guan can break his own world record? He's broken the world record several times in one year. โ€

The various whispered discussions in his ears made the guidance more and more uncomfortable. At this moment, he felt an unprecedented pressure, a pressure he had never encountered in his thirty years of coaching.

"Really, I've led the team to the Olympics several times, so why do I still feel so nervous." Director Yu couldn't help but look at Director Ma next to him, and Director Ma's state at this time was not much better than Director Yu.

Beads of sweat rolled down Director Ma's cheeks, and he didn't know whether it was hot or nervous, his face looked a little pale, and although his expression seemed to be very calm, the panic in his eyes betrayed him.

โ€œOn-your-marks๏ผโ€ The starter raised his gun and continued, "SET......"

Director Ma and Director Yu's bodies shook at the same time.

The next moment, gunshots rang out. (To be continued.) )