Chapter 405: A Challenge from Gatling
Jamaican Asafa Powell was very unlucky this time.
When he learned that Chen Mingliang would participate in the World Championships, Powell clamored to defeat him in Helsinki.
Unfortunately, at the London Athletics Grand Prix, which was approaching the World Championships, the Jamaican strained his groin after only five steps, and it was a clever and unfortunate miss to miss the showdown.
The Chinese team sent 35 athletes to the World Championships in Athletics, including 16 men and 19 women, Chen Mingliang is the most famous, but also the most disobedient to discipline, not only did not participate in the pre-competition mobilization meeting, but even did not listen to the unified arrangement of the national team.
As a result, the leaders were really difficult to negotiate when setting goals, so they could only set 4 gold medals and 4 medals according to the trend of Athens.
Everyone else acts in unison and listens to the command, only Chen Mingliang lets himself go, which is more special, and he didn't go to the national team to report before departure.
Before leaving, the national team held a grand mobilization meeting, and gave an unwritten rule, which was supervised and implemented by the coaches of the team.
As a result, on the first day of the game, Liu Feiren did not listen to the command and went up to greet Chen Mingliang.
Liu Feiren felt that he shouldn't pretend not to know him if he met him, especially since he and Chen Mingliang were still one of the few friends in the circle.
But Liu Feiren suffered internal criticism immediately after he went back, and these people were sneaky and didn't dare to speak publicly.
Some people can scare the air, but they don't dare to scare the neighbors who are still decorating upstairs, so they can only secretly and anonymously call the property management.
These people can talk behind their backs and reverse black and white, but they don't dare to say a cruel word to their faces.
Even, no one knows who issued the restraining order.
But when they really came to the competition site, there were many people who didn't listen to orders, especially since there were many athletes from Dongshan in this World Championships, and it was impossible for them not to come and say hello to Chen Mingliang.
Chen Mingliang has indeed been snubbed recently in the national team, but in the provincial team, he is the son of the leaders. Chen Mingliang went back, and even the number one leader had to take the time to come to meet him.
Athletes have to return to the provincial team in the end, otherwise why would the National Games be more cruel than the Asian Games.
Participating in the Asian Games is related to honor, and participating in the National Games is related to the future and destiny.
Everyone has a scale in their hearts.
During the first night of racing in Helsinki, Chen Mingliang and some of the athletes had a hard time.
On August 8, it was sunny, but suddenly it rained heavily.
Although the wind and the sun were not beautiful in the morning, at least it did not rain, but after dinner, the rain was strong and the sun was gone.
The night event was repeatedly postponed, and the game, which was supposed to be at 19:15, did not start at 20:30.
Of course, this so-called night is also fake, because the sky is still bright, and it will not be dark until 22-23 o'clock.
I have to say that the quality of the audience is really high, in such a ghost weather, no one left the venue, and when the athletes appeared, they still applauded and shouted enthusiastically.
A master like Chen Mingliang should also be cautious in such weather, not afraid of anything else, for fear of accidentally falling and being injured, and pulling eggs.
Of course, since he is a master, no matter how much he releases the water, it is impossible to be out of the group stage or the semi-finals.
It's okay in the warm-up field, at least indoors, and you can still keep warm in thick sportswear.
When we arrived at the playing field, there was still standing water on the ground, and the eggs were pumped by the wet and cold sea breeze.
Sure enough, no one rushed to the race this time, and they all wanted to finish the run and call it a day as soon as possible, hoping that the weather would be better the next day.
Who knew that the weather on the second day would not be as good as the first day.
You have to participate in the worst of the world, after all, this is the second only World Championships after the Olympics.
Without Powell, Gatlin is in great shape this year, even better than he was at last year's Athens Olympics.
In recent months, he has also achieved a series of good results in domestic competitions, and this is before the World Championships, he has let the wind out, he is not only trying to level Chen Mingming's world record, but also to break him.
It is precisely because of this that he once again challenged Chen Mingliang.
Chen Mingliang did not respond to Nian Gatlin's challenge, because he was really false.
These days have been practicing the rapid long jump, Chen Mingming's state has declined significantly, and he can run to 9.85 seconds, even if he plays well, he has run 9.70 seconds in training before.
Soon it will be the finals, and it will be these old acquaintances who participate in the finals. Jamaica came with two relay runners, Flatt and Thompson, and the rest were all acquaintances.
It was another stormy night, and in the hazy drizzle, Gatling glanced at Chen Mingliang several times, as if he wanted to keep him in mind.
Love is deep and rainy, bright and bright only in your eyes, why hurry to meet not too late.
Gatling remembered the past, when he ran with Chen Mingliang in the sunset that day, it was their lost youth.
Gatlin has never won yet.
He has been ridiculed and complained about by many people, but he doesn't care, Gatling has a big heart, and he believes that he will be able to defeat this man, and he is no longer the second.
In this final, after the athletes appeared, even the commentators on the scene spoke much faster, and they were all frozen, so be considerate of the athletes.
The referee first shook his wit, his body emitted a little heat, and then signaled the athletes to hurry up and start preparing.
The starter lifted his pants, pulled out his gun, and pulled the trigger.
Chen Mingliang was not in a good state, but he reacted well to the gun, and he rushed out as soon as possible.
For Gatlin, there is no difference between second and eighth, and he has already won several seconds. Therefore, this time we decisively adopted a very aggressive gun running tactic.
Luckily, he succeeded, he was the first to rush out and gain the first-mover advantage.
In just a few seconds from the start, Chen Mingliang and Gatling had already established the lead.
The two men were separated by a track, but they were close to each other, and it was almost impossible to tell who was first and who was behind, but they were already half a body ahead of the runners behind them.
Sure enough, it was the final, and it was very exciting from the beginning! The duel between Chen Mingliang and Gatling is worth the ticket price! Although the weather was cold, both of them played at the level they should have, and they were a big step ahead of the others.
Fifty meters is over, and everyone's speed has basically reached its peak at this time, but the battle between Chen Mingliang and Gatling continues.
The main reason is that Chen Mingliang has been a little deserted recently, and the acceleration of this sweet spot doesn't seem to be strong enough.
In the 60th meter, this is still Chen Mingming's traditional advantageous area, and it is generally a key stage for his strong outburst.
The members of the coaching staff and the representatives of the Chinese team who watched the game were still cheering for Chen Mingliang, and they also felt worried for Chen Mingliang for the first time.
However, it has been 60 meters today, Chen Mingliang has not yet established his advantage, and the sweat on the forehead of Liu Feiren, who was watching the battle, came out, and he couldn't wait for him to go down and run a few steps for Chen Mingliang.
Chen Mingming's physical fitness has really declined, but fortunately, the foundation is still there.
At the 70-meter mark, Chen Mingliang still achieved a slight advantage.
It wasn't obvious from the audience, but Gatlin had realized that he was a little behind, and it seemed that he was not his match yet.
The victory and defeat were only a millimeter, and Chen Mingliang almost crossed the line at the same time as Gatling!
The TV is more real, Chen Mingliang is the leader, but from the perspective of the audience, it seems to be about the same.
At the end of the competition, without waiting for the results, Gatlin had already congratulated Chen Mingming.
Sure enough, Gatling's time was 9.88 seconds, while Chen Mingming's was 9.86 seconds.
"Sure enough, it's again, but it's still 200 meters!" Gatlin sighed, his confidence less than that.