Run Out of My Life - Chapter 386
August 16th.
The eleventh day of the 2008 Olympic Games, the second day of the track and field schedule, was also a relatively intensive day for the track and field.
According to the Samsung attention given by many websites before the game, two of the finals are more eye-catching. One was the men’s 20-kilometer race walk, which started at 9:00 a.m., and received two-star attention. The other one is one of the core competitions in all the competitions of today’s Olympic Games. The men’s 100-meter final, which starts at 22:20 in the evening, attracted the highest attention from Samsung.
However, before the finals, the men’s 100-meter semi-finals, which started at 20:05 in the evening, were also very interesting.
Under the night, the roar of the Bird’s Nest Stadium did not subside, but became more and more lively as the time approached. This is the first peak night of the Bird’s Nest National Stadium since it was officially put into use at the Olympic Games yesterday.
The tickets for the game on the evening of August 16 have been hyped by many scalpers a few months ago, and a few days before the game, it is a price a day, still in short supply, even the most In the distant stands, the price has also tripled or tripled.
At this time, in addition to the spectators who can enter the venue to watch the game, in the square outside the Bird’s Nest National Stadium, a few pieces of the last “Good Luck Beijing” Track and Field Open were put out expeditiously. In front of the super large screen, at this time, there are also numerous figures who are not clear, looking up and watching the game.
Many of these are tourists who have not been able to buy tickets for tonight’s game or many people who work and live in the imperial capital. They don’t want to sit in front of the TV at home and watch the game alone. Many people who came to support the Olympics, waving small flags, light sticks and other objects, created a small sub-venue outside the stadium.
And in the same way, all over the country and even the world, there are more people who can’t reach the Bird’s Nest to watch the game, or sit at home as a family, or have three or five friends in front of the barbecue stall in the night market , or in some bars and restaurants, they are all waiting in front of the TV to watch the Olympic Games tonight.
“…Okay, viewers, the men’s 100-meter semi-finals of the Olympic Games will start soon. At the same time, we will usher in the most important part of the Olympic Games in more than two hours. The men’s 100-meter trapeze battle with highlights is probably the most peak showdown in human history.
Now the first group of men’s 100m semi-finalists have appeared on the field. The first is a player from the Bahamas, Derek Atkins, who is also a relatively strong men’s sprinter. He finished fourth in the men’s 100-meter final at last year’s Osaka World Championships, and in the men’s 100-meter race at this Olympics. Mi’s game is also a player with a chance to make it to the final.
Second, American star Tyson Gay, at last year’s Osaka World Championships, Tyson Gay once spoke in front of the media, and asked Su Zu and Powell to compete again at the 2008 Olympic Games For one, this year Tyson Gay only ran the New York Grand Prix and the All-American Olympic Trials in order to achieve that goal. Although he lost to Usain Bolt in the New York Grand Prix, everyone really saw his strength and his efforts to prepare for the Olympics.
Third course, Trinidad and Tobago player Mark Burns, who ran a personal best of 9.96 in Port of Spain in 2005, is also a chance Finalists.
The fourth track, St. Kitts and Nevis player Kim Collins, born in 1976 Kim Collins is now a 32-year-old veteran, and this is also the third Olympics he participated in.
Fifth course, American player Walter Dix, his starting speed is like the American Cheetah Michelle of that year, and his starting will also cause pressure to all players.
Road 6, Usain Bolt, on a rainy night in New York this year, he broke the world record of 9.69 held by Su Zu with a time of 9.68. He made an arrow pointing to the finish line of 100 meters, and no one knew how fast the arrow could fly.
Seventh track, British player Tyrone Edgar, who ran a personal best of 10.05 seconds in Geneva, Switzerland this year, this is also the first time to break into the Olympic men’s 100 meters and a half finals.
The eighth course, Michael Flutter of Jamaica, he is the shortest and the fastest athlete among the Three Musketeers in Jamaica, his start will become his competition for more The foundation of good grades…”
In Yang Jian’s commentary, at this time, whether it was in front of the TV, or the audience who saw the introduction of the players through the scene or on the big screen inside and outside the Bird’s Nest venue, gradually began to quiet down.
This is the first group of the men’s 100m semi-final, and many of them recognize Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay, among them Tyson Gay Many people have seen his performance at the Osaka World Championships last year, and many people are relatively unfamiliar except for Bolt who watched his preliminaries and quarter-finals at the Bird’s Nest Stadium yesterday. Everyone wants to see what is so special about the athlete who just broke the Su world record.
Time passed by, and under the command of the on-site starter, eight runners stepped onto the starting block, leaned over, and squatted down.
After the two referees in blue suits confirmed that all players had remained still, the referee’s starting gun was raised high.
Pop!
“The game begins!”
At the moment when the gunshots sounded, Yang Jian’s voice sounded in front of each TV at the same time.
Before the starting line, Tyson Gay’s starting reaction time was very fast, and his starting speed was also very fast. The fast pace allowed him to run as fast as possible to the highest speed.
Tyson Gay has entered the peak of his personal career since 2007, and until 2008 and 2009 are his best periods, as long as he is not affected by injuries, he is almost not afraid challenge.
On the other hand, Usain Bolt’s starting response was not too fast, but the powerful lower body strength pedaled the runners seem to slide backward for a short period of time, with his With such a physique, coupled with a fast pace, after it is fully activated, it is almost like a strong sense of impact. The big and powerful stride pedaled on the track, and after just a few steps, it also seized the advantage.
Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters…
Bolt’s powerful start-up ability has already run to the first position at this moment, and Tyson Guy did not suddenly exert force after Bolt caught up, Instead, he always maintained a certain speed and followed behind Bolt.
In the first ten meters, Bolt’s lead was not obvious, or in other words, he did not lead.
But at the 30-meter position, Bolt got up and raised his head first by virtue of his fast cadence and a stride that was a step ahead of other competitors, and began to enter the crazy acceleration stage of running on the way.
A yellow figure and a blue figure on the field, one after the other, put the other players aside almost instantly.
Tyson Gay, this time in the original time and space in 2008, he participated in many competitions at the beginning of the season and ran out of good results, which caused an injury, which made him unable to play in the men’s 100m semifinal. Jia, but this time, his physical condition is better. From the preliminaries to the rematch, he has been able to do it with ease.
And in the semi-final, facing Usain Bolt, he did not want to fight with him, his goal is the final two hours later, with his physical condition, If not necessary, as long as the promotion can be guaranteed.
There are 16 players in the men’s semi-finals and 8 players in the men’s final. The rules for promotion are very simple, just run to the top four in each group.
“Bolt started quite fast, and Tyson Gay’s speed was also very amazing. The two kept pace and rushed to the finish line…9 seconds 85, Bolt easily won the first place again. One, Tyson Gay 9.92 seconds, both of them ran very easily. It can be seen that neither of them showed their full strength at all, but even so, such a result is already very surprising! Walter’s 9.85 in the semi-final was already a hundredth of a second shy of Donovan Bailey’s Olympic record of 9.84…”
Before the finish line, Tyson Gay looked at the results on the time card, and at Bolt again, with a strong desire to compete in his eyes.
After the New York Grand Prix, his coaching staff has analyzed Bolt’s strength level. With Bolt’s height and leg length, as long as he has super explosive power and stride frequency, his speed is absolutely Amazingly fast.
Tyson Gay himself needs 45, 46 steps to finish the 100 meters, Bolt only needs 41 steps, the gap can be imagined.
But Tyson Gay faces Bolt, unlike Suzu, Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell. Su Zu, Gatlin and Powell already possessed extremely powerful strength when he first entered his career, and he belonged to the later pursuers. It can be said that he has gradually risen after repeated defeats and gradually entered the peak of his personal career.
And Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay have beaten Bolt several times in the men’s 200m event, establishing a certain psychological advantage, even in a New York The failure of the Grand Prix could not let him down.
In another time and space, Tyson Gay was stopped in the semifinals of the 2008 Olympic Games due to injury. It can be said that the most regrettable person at that time was Usain Bolt. At that time, he looked at the world , The person Bolt wants to win the most is Guy. Although he has won once in New York, he still wants to win the second and third time.
And Tyson Gay never flinched in the face of Bolt’s challenge. Before the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Tyson Gay still had strong confidence in himself.
“If Bolt can do it, so can I.” Tyson Gay once said in an interview.
And the meaning of that world championship to Bolt was nothing more than, “I just want to compete with someone who can run as fast as me.”
The game psychology of athletes is so subtle sometimes.
Although Tyson Gay’s personal performance is better than Justin Gatlin, he has lost much against Gatlin throughout his career.
Powell did not perform well in important large-scale events, but he has always been the king of the Golden League in various Grand Prix, even if it is the big devil, there are many Grand Prix competitions The experience of losing to Powell.
Although Justin Gatlin is far behind the others in terms of personal best, but with his super stable psychology and state maintenance, he has won the most medals except Bolt and champions.
To a certain extent, the performance of an athlete also depends on who his opponent is.
In the world sports, such scenes are not uncommon, especially in badminton, table tennis, tennis and other sports, often a certain athlete may rank first in the world, full of glory, but encounter some special Athletes who are either restrained in their style of play or are psychologically weak.
Of course, this is also a word of the family. In fact, since Bolt broke the world record, only Guy, Powell, Gatlin and Blake in the single event have won in small competitions. Bolt, the rest have never been.
At this time, on the big screen, the ranking of the first group of the men’s 100m semi-final also appeared in front of everyone.
The top four qualifying for the final are:
1. The sixth track, Usain Bolt, Jamaica, reaction 0.161, score 9 seconds 85;
2. Second course, Tyson Gay, USA, reaction 0.145, score 9 seconds 92;
3. Fifth track, Walter Dix, USA, reaction 0.143, score 9 seconds 95;
4. The third course, Mark Burns, Trinidad and Tobago, reaction 0.124, score 9 seconds 97;