Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 329 Winter Beijing Olympic Games

The Olympic Games, the world's largest and most influential comprehensive sports event held every four years, does not exceed 16 days, but athletes all over the world are concerned and looking forward to it all the time.

The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece more than 2000 years ago and was named after the host city in Olympia.

After the ancient Olympic Games stopped running for 1500 years, Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics, put forward the proposal of hosting the modern Olympic Games at the end of the 19th century.

In 1894, the International Olympic Committee was established; in 1896, the first Olympic Games (Summer Olympics) were successfully held in Athens, Greece.

Since then, the Olympic Games has become the highest stage pursued by countless athletes. They have paid countless bitterness and sweat for this four-year sports event. Perhaps what they want is to stand on this stage that carries their dreams.

Athletics has a long history and originated from the basic survival and life activities of human beings. The earliest track and field competition was held in the ancient Greek village of Olympia in 776 BC. Since then, track and field has become one of the official competitions.

For a sprinter like Wu Ziyi, when he mentions the Olympic track and field events, he will think of a few names that are deeply imprinted in his mind.

Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Liu Xiang, Usain Bolt, and perhaps Su Bingtian's name, although he did not completely beat black players in the pinnacle of the Olympic Games like Liu Xiang, but he The roar in the men's [-]-meter semi-finals of the Beijing Winter Olympics moved countless Chinese and East Asians.

On July 7th, on the flight from Yanjing to Dongjing, Xie Zhenye and Su Bingtian were sitting next to Wu Ziyi. They were watching the tablet computer in front of Wu Ziyi intently, and a movie - "Black Lightning" was playing on it. .

The screen just happened to show that Luz Lang made a mistake in crossing the line in the last jump of the long jump final, and failed to surpass Jesse Owens' second jump of 7 meters. Jesse Owens stepped forward regretfully to express comfort, because The German long jump star helped him in the long jump preliminaries a few days ago, without his help Owens would not even have made it to the final.

Luz Lang shook hands with Jesse Owens calmly, and said to him with a hint of expectation: "Please complete the last jump."

Then the 12 spectators at the main venue in Berlin witnessed a miracle again. Jess Owens made a leap and set a new Olympic record of 8 meters, and this record has been maintained for 06 years.

The mustache on the VIP seats turned livid at this moment, and the excited audience in the stands suddenly fell silent.

On the field, Luz Lang ran to where Owens was standing, pulled him to the stands where 12 spectators had gathered, raised his hand and shouted: "Jesse Owens! Jesse Owens ! Jesse Owens!"

After a long silence in the stands, a chorus suddenly broke out: "Jesse Owens! Jesse Owens! Jesse Owens!" Jesse Owens raised his other hand in thanks.

After the audience quieted down, he raised Luz Lang's hand towards the sky, and shouted hoarsely: "Luz Lang! Luz Lang! Luz Lang!"

The audience also responded in unison: "Luz Lang! Luz Lang! Luz Lang!" There is no weird politics, no race, no gold medal winners and losers, and the players and audience are immersed in the joy of being a gentleman. In the touch of struggle.

All of this was filmed by a team led by Ms. Leni Riefenstahl, the most talented young filmmaker in Germany, which was personally selected by Mustache, and became an eternal chapter in the history of the Olympic Games.

2020冬京奥运会手不可控力的影响，推迟了一年举办，开幕时间为2021年7月23日，闭幕时间为8月8日。

This time, Wu Ziyi became the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. This is also the first track and field athlete to serve as the flag bearer since China returned to the Summer Olympics in 1984.The flag bearer of the Chinese delegation in the Rio Olympics is Lei Sheng, a fencer, and the previous six times, they were all basketball players.

On the morning of July 7, the women's 24-meter air rifle final of the Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off. Yang Qian won the first gold medal of the Olympic Games and the first gold medal of the Chinese sports delegation.

In the next few days, various events were launched in turn. Tens of thousands of athletes from 206 teams from all over the world competed to compete, and dedicated their splendor to the world in this special year of 2021.

But the climax of the Olympics has yet to come.

Since the development of sports, football, basketball, tennis, rugby and other sports have far surpassed other traditional sports in terms of scale, commerciality and entertainment, and the benefits they can create are not comparable to other sports.

But in the Olympic Games, the track and field event will always be the big brother, and the running event is the most important item in the track and field competition. As for the men's 100 meters and 200 meters in this Olympic Games, it is even more expected by the world.

从7月30日——8月8日为期10天的时间里，冬京国立竞技场将会迎来世界各地的田径高手，在这个可以容纳8万人的体育场上演一番群雄涿鹿的好戏。

At 7 a.m. on July 30, the Dongjing National Stadium ushered in its first track and field event—the men's 8-meter obstacle course (first round).

Then there will be men's high jump qualification, men's discus qualification, women's 800m first round, men's 400m hurdles first round, women's 100m qualification
男子100米项目（资格赛）的开赛时间是7月31日（星期六），上午11点35分（霓虹时间）；
男子100米预赛：7月31日，19点45；

男子100米半决赛：8月1日，19点15；

男子100米决赛：8月1日，21点50；

男子200米预赛：8月3日，11点05；

男子200米半决赛：8月3日，20点50
男子200米决赛：8月4日，21点55；

男子4×100米接力预赛：8月5日，11点30；

男子4×100米接力决赛：8月6月，22点50。

2020冬京奥运会的田径项目达标赛的时间期限为2019年5月1日至2020年6月29日，其中许多项目的标准都达到了历史新高。

For example, the men's 100-meter terrifying 10 seconds 05 mark line, a total of 4 people in China have reached the mark, namely Wu Ziyi, Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, and Cheng Guanfeng.

In addition to reaching the standard, Wu Zhiqiang ranked 54th in the IAAF standings and barely reached the standard.However, each team in the men's 100m event can only send up to three players to participate in the competition. Wu Zhiqiang ranked fifth in the trials and lost to Cheng Guanfeng, so he can only participate in the Olympic Games as a relay player.

In the men's 200-meter event, Wu Ziyi and Xie Zhenye completed the task of reaching the standard as early as 2019. Originally, everyone had no hope for athletes other than the two of them. After all, China's 200-meter event is obviously not as good as the 100-meter event. , but the surprise still appeared.

In the men's 100-meter event of this Olympic Games, there are not a few athletes who can run to 10 seconds. At least the top 05 athletes in the IAAF rankings for this event have reached this standard.

But for the 200-meter event, 20 seconds is not so easy to achieve, so the proportion of this event that relies on points to enter the Olympics is much higher than that of the men's 24-meter event.

Tang Xingqiang is one of them.

Compared with athletes from other regions, especially Europe and the United States, it will be more difficult for Tang Xingqiang to rely on points to reach the standard, because in 2021 China will not hold the Diamond League and IAAF Challenge.

The same score, in different levels of competition, the points obtained are different.For example, the National Athletics Championships and Olympic Trials on June 6, its level is B level, and the championship points are only 13 points, which is far lower than the Diamond League and Challenge.

This is also the reason why Wu Ziyi chose not to participate in the 200-meter trials. As far as his leg lift is within 20 seconds, it is really unreasonable to let the water go. The purpose of choosing to abandon the race is actually to enable Tang Xingqiang to qualify for the Beijing Winter Olympics.

汤兴强也没有辜负吴子义和谢震叶的“良苦用心”，终于在6月27日的重庆全国锦标赛暨全运会选拔赛决赛上跑出20秒33的好成绩，并以此跻身世界男子200米排行第53位，获得奥运会男子200米参赛资格。

In addition to individual events, after several months of running-in and selection, the official list of the Chinese men's 4×100m relay team is: Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Tang Xingqiang, Wu Ziyi, Wu Zhiqiang, and Cheng Guanfeng as substitutes.

(End of this chapter)