Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 204 The First World Relay Gold Medal

In the outdoor warm-up field next to the Bahamas Stadium.

Wu Ziyi was chatting with De Grasse. The relationship between the Chinese Men's Relay Team and the Ghanaian Men's Relay Team is quite good. Before the Rio Olympics, the two teams often train together and are familiar with each other.

Wu Ziyi pointed to an athlete of the American team and asked, "Andre, do you know that guy?"

DeGrasse looked in Wu Ziyi's direction, "You mean Ronnie Baker? He's a good guy. On April 4 this year, he participated in the CA International Invitational in Torrance, and he ran at legal wind speed for the first time. He scored 15 seconds. He also participated in many indoor competitions, and his score was basically stable at around 10. He also had a shot of 6.55 and a shot of 6.45”

"It seems that you really know him very well." Wu Ziyi said with a smile.

De Grasse shrugged: "The sprint competition in North America is under too much pressure. Even if I don't take the initiative to find out, my team will collect this information for me. He has now squeezed into the top 20 in the world and is eligible to participate in the diamond race. League, maybe a lot, maybe Eugene, if you play you should be able to catch him."

"What about that guy? The Mold Country team won't let Marvin Blasey play? I've never seen this guy before." Wu Ziyi pointed to an athlete next to Mike Rogers.

Unexpectedly, De Grasse shook his head: "I don't know, there are too many newcomers in the Meiguo sprint, and if you don't pay attention, there will be one who breaks 10 seconds. I don't know this guy."

Brother Dao didn't know him either, and Wu Ziyi didn't have any memories of this athlete named Leyson Collins in his mind, so he shouldn't be a strong player.

Justin - Gatlin, Ronnie - Baker, Mike - Rogers plus an unknown teenager, this combination does not seem to be strong?
Apart from the Mold Country team, Wu Ziyi was most surprised by the Nihong team. They actually had no main force to play this time. Everyone was expecting a Sino-Japanese duel, but they retreated directly.

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"Hi, everyone. My name is Yang Jian. Welcome to CCTV Sports Channel. Next is the first highlight of this year's IAAF World Relay Championships - the men's 4×100m final. In the afternoon preliminaries, the Chinese team It is the combination of Mo Youxie, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian and Zhang Peimeng who successfully advanced to the final. We all know that this is not the level of the Chinese team's main force. Wu Ziyi should also play in tonight's final. The other top player will be Not making a replacement is an issue that everyone is looking forward to."

Yang Jian had already entered the live broadcast room and saw the Ghana team on the 6th track, followed by the Uyghur team. He didn't see the Chinese team until the end, but it didn't matter, anyway, I will introduce it later.

After popularizing his beloved De Grasse/De Grasse/De Grasse for the audience for a while, he soon entered the team introduction session.

"Okay, we see the 8th track. This is the Barbados team. The preliminaries are in the third group, and they entered the final with a time of 3 seconds."

"The 7th track, eh? Why is this Su Bingtian? Is there something wrong? There should be a lot of substitutes, Mo Youmao, Wu Zhiqiang, Tang Xingqiang, why did Su Bingtian come to run first?"

Yang Jian was very displeased with Sister Li, why did the "Full Moon Scimitar" he called for so long suddenly come to the top?It stands to reason that there are now 10 members of the men's relay team, even if Mo Youwei is replaced, he won't become Su Bingtian, right?Tang Xingqiang, Wu Zhiqiang, Yang Yang. With so many substitutes, why is it Su Bingtian's turn?

However, as a professional CCTV commentator, he quickly reacted: "This should be an attempt by our Chinese relay team. After all, reaching the final is equivalent to qualifying for the London-London World Championships. Before that, we There is enough time to try different lineups."

"Back to the team introduction, the sixth track is the English team, and the preliminary score is 6 seconds."

Then there is the Mold Country team in the 5th track, 38 seconds 22 in the preliminaries. Their first shot is to replace Marvin Blasey with Leyson Collins. "

"The fourth track is the Ghanaian team. The preliminaries were 4 seconds. Their performance was very impressive. Their strength is also very good. There is Aaron Brown in 38 seconds, and De Grasse's personal best in 21 seconds."

"Track 3, the Dutch team with [Legendary Witness] Martina."

"Track 2, Australia; Track 1, France."

"Although I don't know the reason why coach Yuan Guoqiang replaced Su Bingtian to the first bat, but I believe that Su Bingtian's ability is definitely strong enough, and he can also use his [Full Moon Scimitar] ability in the first bat."

Su Bingtian was calmly waiting for the order. From February to now, he and Xie Zhenye have been working together for two months. Their cooperation was very tacit. Although Su Bingtian changed from taking over to handing over the baton, Xie Zhenye From passing the baton to taking over the baton, but judging from their performance in training, their cooperation is still very good.

Replacing the stick is nothing more than to get better results, today is the time to test the new lineup.

“On your marks~”

"A good game is about to start, let's see how well this new lineup of the Chinese team can perform—"

"Set—"

When the gun was about to be fired, Su Bingtian’s right thumb and index finger supported the last three fingers firmly holding the baton. In order to be able to adapt to the first baton, he also specially strengthened his finger strength exercises in the past two months, in order to ensure that he could pass the baton in the next two months. Have enough strength to support your body during the preparation for the start.

"boom--!!"

"Okay, the game has started! Su Bingtian started very fast! Accelerating quickly, he showed his [Full Moon Scimitar] ability and took the lead!"

Su Bingtian's performance amazed Yang Jian. He might not be able to see anything at the first 50 meters, but after halfway through the curve, Su Bingtian gradually got closer to the first bat of the Barbados team, and he realized Su Bingtian actually played a very good effect in the first shot.

Su Bingtian felt that he ran very well. He was always dubbed the "Full Moon Scimitar" in the past, but he knew that there was a big gap between himself and the third relay teams such as Moldo and Jamaica. Of course, there are no opponents other than the Hong team, but when it comes to players like Tyson Gay and Ashmead, his cornering ability is really not enough.

Now it comes to having the first bat in the starting stage, and he can finally play to his advantage.

"Beautiful, Su Bingtian! Look at the handover of the first and second batons, Xie Zhenye got up! He got the baton smoothly, and Xie Zhenye accelerated!"

As Su Bingtian yelled "Come on!", Xie Zhenye, who entered the pre-run, stretched out his left hand, and Su Bingtian pushed down the baton in his hand, successfully completing the handover.

Speeding up and running on the way, Xie Zhenye's main opponents for the second shot were Mike Rogers from the U.S., Aaron Brown from Ghana, Gianne Hughes from England, Maltina from the Netherlands, and Jimmy Ville from France. Court.

They are all very strong opponents for Xie Zhenye. Except for Aaron Brown and Maltina, the other three players are stronger than him in hard power, but they do not have an advantage over Xie Zhenye.

Rogers has always done a poor job in pre-running and receiving baton, and often loses speed to hand over; although the hard power of Hughes and Weicott is slightly stronger than that of Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian has won him a lot of advantages in the first baton.

Tang Xingqiang is already gaining momentum, whether he can seize this opportunity to stay in his more confident third club depends on his performance.

Keeping a close eye on Xie Zhenye's footsteps, approaching, approaching, 3, 2, 1, Xie Zhenye stepped on the predetermined step mark.

start up!

Xie Zhenye's speed was maintained very well. He was still in the lead before entering the handover area. Tang Xingqiang had no worries at all at this time, and he was already the first. Even if he was chased back at the bend, wouldn't Wu Ziyi still be there?
"catch--!"

"Look at the handover of the second and third bats, Tang Xingqiang started! Yes, very smooth! Tang Xingqiang accelerated! Ronnie Baker gradually caught up, but it doesn't matter, our fourth bat is Wu Ziyi!"

Ronnie Baker's ability is indeed outstanding. Although he has not been able to stably break 10 at this time, his 4-meter hard power is still at least [-] grades stronger than Tang Xingqiang. He gradually regained his backward position. Seeing Tang Xingqiang will be in parallel.

But Tang Xingqiang has already set foot on the pre-running line set by Wu Ziyi, and is about to enter the handover of three or four sticks——

Wu Ziyi VS Gatlin!
Wu Ziyi starts! "Puff puff puff puff puff—" After taking six steps, Tang Xingqiang's shout was immediately heard: "Go——!"

This is Tang Xingqiang's first time as the third baton in an open competition. Although the two have cooperated many times in training, in order for Tang Xingqiang to complete this competition smoothly, Wu Ziyi chose to slow down slightly to take over the baton.

At this time, Ronnie Baker and Justin Gatlin also completed the takeover, and Talbert and Edobulun of the English team made mistakes in the sixth lane.

Although the speed was slightly slowed down, Wu Ziyi and Tang Xingqiang successfully completed the handover.

"Fourth Wu Ziyi! He and Gatlin completed the handover at the same time. After one winter, will Gatlin return to the top or Wu Ziyi continue to be king?"

Ronnie Baker played really well, and he and Gatlin's handover was very well connected. After Wu Ziyi and Tang Xingqiang completed the handover, they were temporarily behind Gatlin by half a body.

half body?Gatlin, 8 months later, I can beat you in Rio, and I can do the same today!

Take the baton, change your left hand for your right hand!

Wu Ziyi fixed his eyes on the finish line, speed up, speed up!accelerate! !

Gatlin also gritted his teeth, this time he took the 4th bat, in order to compete with Wu Ziyi.

Before coming to the Bahamas, his heart was bitter. Guy has completely regressed to the level where he could not break through 10 seconds. Bailey, who once created 37 seconds in London with him, has long since disappeared from everyone, and has been with Wu Ziyi, Brommel, who was tied for the top three rookies by De Grasse, also suffered from an injury in the Rio Olympic relay final.

He knows the gap between himself and Wu Ziyi. Last year, he ran 9 seconds and won the Olympic 83m runner-up. This year, he is not yet 21 years old, and there is even room for improvement.
Wu Ziyi doesn't know Gatlin's inner drama, he only knows that he has caught up with the former [acceleration], and the bad country team with this lineup has no strength to stop the Chinese team's footsteps.

"Wu Ziyi surpassed Gatlin, and he is attacking his limit! In the final sprint, the Chinese team won the first place in 3738 seconds. Although it did not break through 08 seconds, this result is already very good. After all, it is the first time for Su Bingtian to serve as the first bat, and it is also the first time for Tang Xingqiang to serve as the third bat. Although there is room for improvement, this lineup does give us something to look forward to."

After Wu Ziyi crossed the finish line, he directly handed over the baton to the staff waiting by the track, "Hey, Uzi!" A familiar voice turned around and saw Gatlin walking towards him. He had never exchanged a word in the Rio Olympics. The two people who talked finally said hello today.

"It's a great run! I can't keep up with you at all," Gatlin and Wu Ziyi hugged and said in his ear, "But I won't give up. I will train harder, Doha or Eugene, I will wait for you there!"

Wu Ziyi smiled and said: "No offense, but this year belongs to me, no one can beat me!"

Seeing Tang Xingqiang running towards him, Wu Ziyi let go of Gatling and went up to him.

Tang Xingqiang was not tall, but hugged Wu Ziyi fiercely, and shouted excitedly: "I'm Zhuo! Old Wu, you are too good! You can surpass this!"

"Fuck, let me down!" Wu Ziyi returned to the ground and regained his composure, "Basic exercises, basic exercises, it's only 38 seconds. When you run within 08 seconds, you will be considered qualified. No?"

Frankly speaking, if Wu Ziyi hadn’t slowed down in the pre-run stage, in fact, it would be no problem to run under 38 seconds in this race, but today’s main goal is not to chase better results. The stick lineup has been coordinated for two years, and they are very harmonious.

38 seconds 08, this result has fully met the set expectations, enough to hand over to Yuan Guoqiang and the leaders of the track and field team.

The final grades are gradually released:

1 Chinese team 38.08
2 My country team 38.29
3 Barbados 39.18
In this game, except for the normal performance of the Mold Country team, Barbados team and the Chinese team, the other teams did not perform well.The French team made a mistake in the middle, but fortunately they finished the game and ran out of 39 seconds.England, Ghana and the Netherlands all dropped bats and didn't finish the game.

However, everyone is a finalist team, and they have already qualified for the London-London World Championships, so it doesn't matter too much if they make mistakes. Today's World Relay Competition is just the beginning of the exam, and the London-London World Championships is the final exam. .

The schedule of the World Relay Race is very fast. After the race ended, only 5 minutes of replays were played before the awards were given to the top three teams in the men's 4×100m final. This is also the first event in this competition.

"March of the Volunteers" sounded again in a foreign land. Looking at the bright five-star red flag, Wu Ziyi's heart has drifted to London in August. This is the first gold medal in the world competition for the Chinese men's relay team, but it will definitely not be the last. !
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