Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 224 The World Championship Begins

On August 8th (Friday), the 4 IAAF London-London World Athletics Championships kicked off, and the men's 2017-meter race began on the same day.

男子100米预赛（资格赛）：8月4日，19：00；

男子100米预赛（小组赛）：8月4日，20：20；

男子100米半决赛：8月5日，19：05；

男子100米决赛：8月5日，21：45。

男子200米预赛：8月7日，18：30；

男子200米半决赛：8月9日，20：55；

男子200米决赛：8月10日，21：50。

男子4×100米接力预赛：8月12日，10：55；

男子4×100米接力决赛：8月12日，21：50。

This schedule is not very good for the men's 200m and 2m athletes, especially since the interval between the [-]m semi-finals and the final is more than two and a half hours, the athletes have plenty of time to recover.

Of course, it is not without disadvantages. The weather in London is changeable. Although the temperature is very high in early August, the night in London cools down quickly. The final will be held close to 8:22, and the temperature will drop. have a great impact on the players.

The lineup of the Chinese men's sprint/relay team is:
Men's 100 meters: Wu Ziyi, Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye;

Men's 200 meters: Wu Ziyi, Xie Zhenye;

Men's 4×100m relay: Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Wu Zhiqiang, Wu Ziyi, substitutes (Zhang Peimeng, Liang Jinsen).

Mo Youwei is completely far away from the national relay team now. His best result this year was 10 seconds at the National Grand Prix in Taiyuan, followed by 49 seconds and 10 seconds in the Jinan National Championships.This result is not as good as Wu Zhiqiang. Liang Jinsen, Yang Yang, Xu Zhouzheng and others can beat him, which means he has gone far.

Bie Ke, who was used as a substitute in the original time and space, did not appear on the national team roster. After all, the four main players are in a stable state, and his strength is far inferior to that of Zhang Peimeng and Liang Jinsen, so Yuan Guoqiang did not bring him.

During the training period when they came to London-London, the players gradually adapted to the environment here and began to enter the state.

In this kind of competition, there is no need for Wu Ziyi to accumulate attribute points, and he directly added points to his body during training, consuming the 4 point rewards obtained from the Diamond League Monaco station and adding them to the [Speed] attribute. Wu Ziyi's attribute panel data is:

Endurance: 94 (-1.7～+1.4)

Speed: 96 (-0.8~+0.6)

Strength: 94 (-0.9~+0.8)

Response: 93 (-1.2~+0.9)

Distributable points: 1
[Adrenaline] remaining: 1
The system's event reward list lists the corresponding rewards for this World Championship:

[London World Championships Men's 100m]: 5 points for the champion, 3 points for the runner-up, and 2 points for the third place.

[London World Championships Men's 200m]: 5 points for the champion, 3 points for the runner-up, and 2 points for the third place.

The point rewards have not changed from last year's Rio Olympics, but there is no reward for [adrenaline], which Wu Ziyi expected and could accept.

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Since the game was held at night, Wu Ziyi did not arrive at the warm-up field next to the London Olympic Stadium until 18:[-] in the afternoon. Su Bingtian kept introducing this sports park to Wu Ziyi along the way.

Compared with the London-London Olympic Games in 12, there are much fewer sports buildings here. Basically, only the stadium with the "London-London Bowl" as the main body remains. Many other Olympic venues have been demolished. The outdoor track and field has also been moved next to the "London Bowl". You must know that the warm-up field in 12 was 500 meters away from the "London Bowl".

Entering the warm-up field, Wu Ziyi saw many familiar faces. After two hours, seven lucky people among them will be assigned to the same group as Wu Ziyi for friendly interaction.

"Strange, why didn't you see Brother Dao?" Xie Zhenye shook his head and searched for Degrass after entering the warm-up field. "Isn't the team from Ghana University here? Why haven't you seen him yet?"

Wu Ziyi also noticed De Grasse, who had never appeared before, thinking that the situation in the previous life would not happen, right?It stands to reason that Wu Ziyi has already reminded De Grass not to overtrain or something. Wu Ziyi reminded Lyles in Shanghai before, but Lyles really changed his trajectory and appeared in this year's World Championships. Degrass Didn't escape?
It's a blessing, not a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. If Wu Ziyi's reminder doesn't work for De Grasse, then it can only be said that it is God's will.

The coaches were a little happy. Whether De Grasse participated had little effect on Wu Ziyi, but it was good news for Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye and the relay event.

Without Degrass to participate, Su Bingtian and Xie Zhenye would have one less rival to compete with. Su Bingtian is capable of entering the finals. Without Degrass, Su Bingtian would have the opportunity to improve his best ranking.For Xie Zhenye, if De Grasse does not participate, it means that he has a greater chance of entering the final.

At 19:20, the men's 100-meter qualifying competition ended, and then the new group stage group list was released. After getting the list, the coaches gathered together to analyze.

"The first group. Coleman and Xie Zhenye are in the second group. The opponents are Sani Brown and Yohan Blake. The others shouldn't be too much of a threat?"

"It's not a big threat."

"Wu Ziyi is in the third group, Degrasse, Akani-Sibini, Julian Ford, Ben-Youssef-Mette, there is nothing to analyze, and none of them can threaten Ah Yi."

"Bingtian is in the fourth group. Jikindu Uja, Ronnie Baker, Jianqiao Asuka, the competition is fierce. Bingtian, is there any problem?"

Su Bingtian smiled: "It shouldn't be a problem. At worst, I'll just run under 10 seconds. Anyway, it's the preliminaries, so I have a day's rest."

"Ten seconds in the pre-race? Awesome!"

Xie Zhenye is the 6th track in the second group, Wu Ziyi is the 7th track in the third group, Su Bingtian is the 4th track in the fourth group, Gatlin and Bolt are in the fifth and sixth groups respectively.

There are six groups with 48 people in the group stage. The top three in each group will directly advance to the semi-finals, and the top six will make up for the semi-finals. This is the 6+18 promotion model.

The atmosphere on the Chinese team is relatively relaxed. After all, the strength of the three players lies here. The top three in the group are relatively easy for the three.

The time gradually came to 20:20 that night. The first men's [-]-meter group led by Coleman had entered the London-London Bowl. Other sports had also completed inspections and were waiting in the waiting room. Well, the team waited for the first group to enter directly after the match.

With a gunshot, Coleman advanced to the semi-finals with 10 seconds, followed by Turkey's Jacques Ali Harvey and Antigua and Barbuda's Cejhae GREENE in second and third.

Next, it was Xie Zhenye's turn to play.

(End of this chapter)