Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 308 Semifinals ([-]) High Pressure

"CCTV, CCTV, this is the scene of the 2019 Doha Athletics World Championships. I am the commentator Yang Jian. Zhang Peimeng and I will explain to you today. Today is the second match day of the World Championships. What is about to start is everyone The most anticipated men's 100m semi-final will start at 18:45 in Doha evening, which is 23:45 Beijing time. The men's 3-meter final will be three and a half hours later, which is 15:[-] Beijing time It starts at [-] minutes, everyone, don't forget to set the alarm clock."

"Welcome to the BBC. I'm Tom Hanks. Let us follow the camera and overlook this stadium called Khalifa from the air. This is the palace of sports dreams. Tonight we will witness who is the current, Even the fastest man ever."

"NBC Sports, thanks for watching, I'm David Lister. The biennial track and field extravaganza kicks off in Doha, Qatar, and next up is the absolute jewel of track and field - the men's 100m! America's Two sprint heroes: Christian Coleman and Justin Gatlin will challenge defending champion Uzis at the Khalifa Stadium, which can accommodate 4 spectators!"

On September 9th, at 28:18 Doha time, although the men’s 40m hurdles semi-final had just ended, the commentators of various TV stations took the initiative to shift the topic to the next men’s 400m hurdles final.

Then, a picture of the athletes warming up in the warm-up field appeared on the live broadcast screen, and an English commentary was synchronized with it:
"The men's 100m semi-finals will usher in a fierce battle in the first group, and their duel may have a great impact on the situation of the latter two groups."

"Yohan Blake, the leader of Jamaica, once tied with Tyson Gay for the world's second sprinter, broke the 10-second barrier three times this season, and ranked seventh in the world!"

"Jane Hughes, the strongest 2018-meter player in England, the champion of the 10 European Championships, has run under 5 seconds four times this season, and is ranked [-]th in the world!"

"Su Bingtian, the starting machine of the Chinese relay team, the 2018-meter champion of the 60 Birmingham Indoor Championships, set an Asian record of 6 seconds, and ranked fourth in the world!"

"Christian Coleman, the fastest player in this group, the 2-meter champion of the U.S. Championships, represents the strongest combat power in the country, and is ranked second in the world!"

Each commentary corresponds to the pictures of the players in the warm-up field. The four players are representatives of the strength of the group selected by the IAAF, which is an official "prediction" and momentum for the final places.

Yohan Blake, Janne Hughes, Su Bingtian, Christian Coleman, each of them has the ability to enter the finals with hard power, but when the four are assigned to the same group, it is bound to set off a battle In the big battle, if you go all out in the semi-finals, it will inevitably bring tremendous pressure to the players in the last two groups.

But aren't these exactly what the audience wants to see?

Yang Jian: "Good audience friends, the eight contestants in the first group have already stood behind the starting line, and the men's 100-meter semi-final has officially started!"

"In the second track, Canadian player Aaron Brown, he created his own personal best time of 2 seconds in this year's Canadian domestic selection preliminaries."

"In the third track, Brazilian player Camilo, this is also a player who created a personal best this season, with a PB of 3 seconds."

"Track 4, Jamaica star Yohan Blake, once the second fastest man in history, with a personal best time of 9 seconds in the 69 meters. Oh -- I haven't seen Blake make such an active and temperamental movement for a long time Well, he was known for his [Beast] moves before, but he didn't do it after being injured in 13 or 14 years."

"Track 5, this is the strongest player in the first group, Christian Coleman, currently ranked second in the world, has a best time of 9 seconds."

“第6道是苏炳天，苏炳天今年的状态好像比去年略微差一点点，本赛季他先后在钻石联赛跑了4枪，魔都、伦敦、伯明翰和苏黎世，分别是9秒94、9秒92、9秒93以及10秒01。”

Zhang Peimeng: "Although I haven't run into 9 seconds this year, Su Bingtian's current strength is still no problem to enter the final."

"Track 7, this is Jacobs from Italy. He is the champion of this year's Italian Championship. His personal best time is 10 seconds. He used to be a long jump athlete."

"In the 8th track, Janne Hughes from England, with a season best time of 9 seconds, is also a very capable athlete."

"Track 9. This is Neon runner Sani Brown. He ran a personal best of 9 seconds this season, and also set a national men's 97-meter record in the Neon country."

After the player introduction session is over, at this moment, whether it is the live audience in the Khalifa Stadium or the online audience guarding in front of the TV, they can clearly feel the tense atmosphere of the upcoming battle.

Among the players in this group, there are only four in the top ten in the world this season, and each of them is the world's top athlete who has run under 10 seconds many times this season.In addition, there are two other players who also refreshed their PB to within 10 seconds this season. With so many masters gathered in the first group, it must be a visual feast for the audience.

But for the players on the field, the pressure must be extremely heavy!
If you run too fast, you may be able to advance, but if you consume too much energy, you may not be able to maintain your full state in the finals.Running slowly, who knows if he can advance smoothly in the bench?

Su Bingtian was well aware of the difficulty of this shot, which not only tested the athlete's absolute ability, but also tested the athlete's thinking—playing with all his strength to directly advance?It is better to put water properly to maintain physical strength and get to the substitute seat than luck?

The choice is very difficult, especially for the players in the first group, because the situation of the latter two groups is unknown.

“On your marks~”

The referees will not wait for the athletes to come up with a one-two-three-four-five before issuing orders. Soon after the introduction session, the starter gives instructions for each position, and as the instructions are issued, the whole stadium is noisy. The sound also gradually dissipated.

Every athlete has a different expression when facing the track in front of him and the powerful opponents around him. Su Bingtian had a premeditated plan in his heart, so he controlled the tension in his heart, but someone was more relaxed than him.

Coleman, from queuing up to getting ready on the starting block, Su Bingtian can clearly feel his "definition". In his eyes, it seems that Blake, Hughes and Su Bingtian don't exist.

Without anxiety and tension, Su Bingtian couldn't even hear his breathing. Perhaps it wasn't that he was arrogant, but that the person who could make him look squarely wasn't here.

Su Bingtian habitually wiped off the sweat from his hands on the left and right trouser legs, looked at the finish line [-] meters away, then lowered his head, lowered his center of gravity, and waited quietly.

"Set—"

"boom--!!"

With the sound of the starting gun, Yang Jian, who was sitting on the commentary seat, shouted loudly,

"Game start!"

On the starting line, eight runners stepped out of the starting blocks at the same time, and the men's 100m semi-finals of the Doha World Championships officially started!

Coleman was the strongest player in this group, and he was next to Su Bingtian, so he ignored Jacobs on his right and took Coleman as a reference for the first 60 meters of this shot.

Still starting with curved arms, Su Bingtian took his first step quickly. The low center of gravity started making his footsteps extremely firm, and he firmly undertook the explosive force brought about by starting with curved arms.

Three points and one line, linking up the golden four steps, Su Bingtian made his own acceleration meticulously. With Coleman by his side, he did not dare to procrastinate. Cheng was taken out of rhythm.

Ten meters, 20 meters, 30 meters
Su Bingtian and Coleman keep pace with them, as well as Canada's Aaron Brown and Yohan Blake. Their height is about 1.8 meters, taller than Su Bingtian and Coleman, but the first 30 meters Ability is not equally strong.

In the 30-meter race, every ten meters is a dividing line. Two athletes parallel at [-] meters are likely to be quickly opened up in the next two steps.

Aaron Brown was the one who was widened. His pace in the first ten meters was very fast, not inferior to Coleman and Su Bingtian, including Blake beside him.But after ten meters, his stride frequency was dwarfed by comparison. The stride length was not much different, but the difference in stride frequency made him quickly open the gap.

40 meters, in this short distance of ten meters, Coleman and Su Bingtian still maintained the lead, but Aaron Brown was directly separated by a body gap, and Blake was also separated by half a body. and was tied by Hughes.

Lamont Jacobs once again felt the gap between himself and the world's top athletes. From the start, he felt that Su Bingtian next to him flew out as if he had a helium injector on his body!

His rhythm was disrupted in an instant, and the Qianqian Acceleration, which was not considered weak, hadn't come into play at this time. He could clearly see that Su Bingtian had opened up a gap of more than two statures.

"I'm really too weak"

Jacobs didn't know what to do to make up such a huge gap. At this time, a voice in his heart told him: Give up, there is no chance.
50 meters, 60 meters.
Coleman is about to enter his extreme speed state, and he has also reached the highest speed stage of running on the way. He is constantly opening up the distance from his opponents, and there is no one else in his field of vision, even the one who is known as "" Su Bingtian of China Starts the Machine.

From neck to neck to half height, this is what Su Bingtian expected, and it is also what he planned.

It is still only the semi-finals. Su Bingtian has already experienced three world championships since the 15 Yanjing World Championships. In 15, he was tied for promotion at the thousandth place; in 16, Ping tried his best to advance, but could not recover his physical strength in the final; in 17, he finally found the balance between the semi-final and the final, and finally won the World Championship No.5.

Coleman is very strong, and Su Bingtian is eager to fight against him, but his opponent in this semi-final is not Coleman, but Janne Hughes and Yohan Blake.

70 meters, 80 meters, the situation seems to be a little bit wrong, Su Bingtian has been consciously controlling his own rhythm, he didn't even put on the pain mask, but he still didn't see the shadow of Hughes.
Su Bingtian's original idea was to explode as much as possible in the first 60 meters. Hughes will definitely use himself as a reference to formulate a suitable rhythm. He doesn't believe that Hughes dare not do his best in this future situation!

As long as I put enough pressure on Hughes and force him to run within 10 seconds, I can also perform at the same level, even if I enter the bench, Su Bingtian is sure.

This is a kind of "gamble", betting that Hughes will definitely perform at his best, and betting that the substitute players in the last two groups will not be able to run within 10 seconds!
But brother, isn't your future career very strong, why haven't you surpassed it?
Yang Jian, who was sitting in the commentary seat, watched every move on the field, and his spirit was always tense for Su Bingtian.

"Su Bingtian's start was very smooth, and he kept pace with Coleman in the future. He played very well!"

"Coleman is gradually widening the gap. He is indeed super strong. There are still 40 meters left. Can Su Bingtian hold on?"

"Hughes Su Bingtian, a heretic, has stabilized, and the group is second!"

Coleman was the first to cross the finish line without any accidents. He was relaxed and freehand. After seeing his results, he stuck out his tongue at the camera mischievously, then turned briskly and walked towards the athlete's aisle. The final didn't seem to attract him to stop at all.

Su Bingtian looked at the results gradually refreshed on the big screen, scratched his head, and was a little "at a loss", the script seemed to be different from what he thought.
Wind speed: (-0.3m/s)

1 Christian Coleman 9.88 Q
2 Su Bingtian 9.95 Q
3 Yohan Blake 9.99
4 Janne Hughes 10.03
5 Aaron Brown 10.12
6 Paul Andrea Camillo 10.14
7 Sani Brown 10.15
8 Lamont Marcel Jacobs 10.20
Seeing Su Bingtian's results, Yang Jian couldn't help but worry: "Is this Su Bingtian a bit tight by Coleman's rhythm? The semi-final run of 9 seconds, will it consume too much energy?"

Zhang Peimeng said thoughtfully: "Looking at the replay, I feel that Su Bingtian's last 40 meters ran not too tight, and the expression on his face did not jump too much. I think 9 seconds 95 should be okay. And there are three and a half times between the semi-finals and the final. In the hour interval, Su Bingtian was in the first group again and had the most rest time, I believe he has the ability to adjust well, if he does not make mistakes in the final, it should not be a problem to run into 10 seconds."

Su Bingtian walked towards the athlete's aisle with a little puzzlement, doubting himself while walking: "This Hughes is too bold, isn't he? I have brought the rhythm like this, and he still doesn't give it his best? He is so confident that he can enter the final ? I'm not Miss Li."

Blake and Hughes stayed on the court, because they were not the top two in the group, and they had to wait for the runners in the last two groups to finish before they could determine their destination.

At this moment, a highly oppressive atmosphere enveloped the players in the second and third groups. Before their competition started, the threshold for the final was pulled to 10 seconds
(End of this chapter)