Run Out of My Life - Chapter 383

    Bird’s Nest National Stadium.

    When the first group of athletes in the men’s 100m preliminaries entered the field, more than 90,000 spectators in the stands exclaimed.

    In the third lane of the 100-meter starting line, Usain Bolt was obviously half a head taller than other athletes, wearing a Jamaican yellow sprint jersey, and there was an unexpected atmosphere in the audience.

    In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, he participated in the men’s 200-meter preliminaries, but the Olympic Stadium in Athens at that time could not accommodate so many spectators. This was the first day of the track and field competition.

    And, to his surprise, he could hear a few “Usain Bolt” voices from time to time in the crowd, and he didn’t know who came The Jamaican compatriots watching his game, or other spectators.

    In another time and space, at that time Usain Bolt, although he broke Powell’s world record in the New York Grand Prix, in the domestic Olympic atmosphere at that time, there was almost no great Big waves.

    Although the men’s 100m event was a trapeze competition, there were no competitors in China at that time, and most ordinary spectators would not know in advance who the contestants of this most exciting event were. people.

    Instead, it was the 110-meter hurdles. Several of Liu Yangyu’s competitors, Trammell, Roberts, etc., after a period of media rendering and hype, many people have learned a thing or two.

    And in this time and space, the men’s 100m world record belongs to Su Zu, which belongs to the Chinese. In track and field, it is already one of the events that Chinese people pay the most attention to. However, a few months before the start of the 2008 Olympic Games, it was suddenly broken by athletes from other countries. There is no doubt that this is the thing that can attract the attention of countless Chinese people.

    One of our own biggest gold points, suddenly a formidable opponent appeared, no one will not understand.

    If it is like our strongest event, in the heyday, the audience will not care about competitors from other countries participating, everyone will only care about the performance of our own athletes.

    And once there is an opponent, such as Li Zongwei and Lin Dan in badminton, even if they are not very interested in this sport, but occasionally the news media reports friends around them discussing, and many things will naturally be understood.

    Like the current Usain Bolt, his popularity in China is unknown compared to the original time and space at this time. At least before the official start of the Olympic Games, his game videos and pictures have appeared one after another on many pages of the domestic TV, newspaper and network. He has become the most important athlete in each page, and in the original time and space, such a treatment would not have such influence until he finished the men’s 100-meter 200-meter and 4×100-meter relay races.

    In the men’s 100m ten group preliminaries, Bolt was in the first preliminaries group.

    He has been relaxed since entering the Bird’s Nest Stadium. And among the runners in the same group, there is a person he is very familiar with, Daniel Bailey, a sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda.

    Bolt and Daniel Bailey had been training partners for a while at the beginning of this year, and the two were unexpectedly divided into a group in this game. Basically from the start of the warm-up to the check-in, Bolt has been joking with Daniel Bailey, and he has not paid any attention to the upcoming preliminaries.

      It has already started to release water, and in the end, it still successfully advanced to the next round of semi-finals with the first result in the group of 10 seconds and 20.

    Before the game, Glenn Mills had made many clear rules for Bolt. Don’t work too hard in each round of preliminaries, and the goal is to advance to the final. Young athletes are often hit by the atmosphere of the competition on the field, and they can’t help but burst out to their full potential. Especially in a field such as the Olympic World Championships, if it is not a seasoned veteran, it is often difficult for newcomers to calculate their position.

    In this Olympic Games, there are a total of 10 preliminaries in the men’s 100m preliminaries. The 10 fastest among the remaining runners will be added, and a total of 40 athletes will participate in the second round of the men’s 100-meter semi-finals.

    The men’s 100m preliminaries were not broadcast directly by CCTV. The Olympics are packed with various schedules. Even the men’s 100-meter preliminaries and semi-finals were not included in the TV broadcast. However, there were always cameras shooting at the game, which was reserved for post-match material.

    However, starting from the first group of Bolt in the preliminaries, the players who appeared successively all attracted the attention of the audience at the Bird’s Nest Stadium.

    The second group of the preliminaries appeared in the contestants. Many black athletes in the audience did not know each other. However, like Bolt, there was still one player who has been appearing in front of the Chinese audience since a few years ago. of familiar faces.

    Asafa Powell, the former world record holder of the men’s 100m and the current world record holder of the men’s 60m, his appearance also attracted the attention of many people on the field.

    And the results of the game were also very normal. Asafa Powell easily won the first place with a time of 10.16 seconds. The second behind him was 2003 world champion Kim Collins. The sprinter was also trained under Bolt coach Glenn Mills.

    The first group in the third group of the preliminaries is Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago, and the first group in the fourth group is the famous player Michael Flat from Jamaica. Athletes who have the strength to enter the final men’s 100m final. In many of their respective preliminaries, they did not spend much effort to get the first place in the group.

    In the fifth group of the preliminaries, another familiar face from the Chinese appeared, Tyson Guy. For track and field enthusiasts, Tyson Gay was noticed by many at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. In the second half of 2006, he became Su Zu’s biggest opponent after Powell.

    The real understanding of Gay by most Chinese people should start from the 2007 Osaka World Championships last year. Guy competed fiercely with Su Zu in the 100m and 200m, and finally won the men’s 4×100m relay for the U.S. team.

    In the fifth group preliminaries, Gay also faced little challenge, and his time of 10.22 seconds was 0.07 seconds faster than Orusoki Fasuba, who was second in the group.

    In the sixth group of the preliminaries, the top three of the group were British player Tyrone Edgar, American player Davis Barton and French player Rodney Bonon.

    The seventh group of the preliminaries, the top three players in the group were Francis Obikeviru of Portugal, Obina Mertu of Nigeria, and Walter Dix of the United States.

    In the eighth group of the preliminaries, when eight athletes appeared on the starting line, the mood after two somewhat dull preliminaries became a bit high again.

    Justin Gatlin, the return of the king, stood on the starting line of the seventh lane, and the eyes of the audience were almost focused on him.

    This American athlete with many criticisms has not won everyone’s applause and cheers after his comeback this year. He was in the European Grand Prix and Golden League before the Olympic Games. The champion won in the boos.

    Compared to Bolt, Powell and Guy before, the Chinese are more familiar with Justin Gatlin.

    In the 2004 Olympic Games, Su Zu made his first appearance on the Olympic stage and lost to the opponent in the 100-meter final, which made Gatlin enter the Chinese people’s field of vision for the first time. Then came one game after another.

    The most prominent report is that after the Yokohama All-Star Game, Suzu’s victory over Gatlin was called victory over the Olympic champion. To the 2005 World Championships men’s 1200 meters competition. Su Zu became the world’s top sprinter by winning Gatling.

    Before Gatlin was suspended, almost every match between Suzu, Powell and Gatlin was hyped as a world war by Chinese and foreign media. And after a one-and-a-half-year ban, Gatlin announced his strong comeback with a time of 9.72 seconds.

    In this group of preliminaries, Gatlin won the group first with a time of 10.23 seconds, and the second group was sprinter Derek Atkins in the Bahamas.

    The audience cheered.

    Long swaying banners and various small red flags raised high, 1 hour and 50 minutes after the Bird’s Nest Stadium officially entered the Olympic track and field arena, the first boiling scene appeared.

    When Su Zu crossed the corridor and appeared in the Bird’s Nest Stadium, he was shocked like never before.

    The stadium of 90,000 people has more spectators than he has ever participated in any game, and these people are his compatriots of the same language.

    The competition has not yet started, just an appearance, the people of the motherland gave him the greatest support and the warmest applause.

    After several months of media reports, the Chinese spectators sitting in the stadium at this time are very clear about one thing, this men’s 100m Olympic Games, Su Zu face The challenge is enormous.

    Bolt, Powell, Gay and Gatlin who played in the previous groups all easily qualified for the semifinals, and they will all be Suzu in The strongest competitor in the final.

    At this time, all the audience can give Su Zu is applause and cheers, expressing their full support for their national athletes and for Su Zu in turn.

    The other athletes in the Suzutong group, Mark Burns of Trinidad and Tobago, Madik Osovnikar of Slovenia, etc. are all experienced, but see so The frenzied scene was still startled.

    Standing on the starting line of the sixth track, Su Zu took a deep breath, squinted his eyes and felt the sound of this mountain tsunami, and an unprecedented pride surged in his heart.

    This is the home ground, and this is the home ground of our Chinese.

    I’ve waited too long and prepared too long for this moment!

    And I will not let you down!

    He moved his body slightly, and in the voice of the starter’s password, Su Zu leaned over, lowered his head, and squatted in front of the starting line.

    Pop!

    The starting gun sounds!

    The contest begins!