just to make those dreams come true

Chapter 142 The Game on August 8
"...Good evening, everyone. Today is Wednesday, August 8th. Welcome to the sports news. Today's program includes..."

CCTV 5 broadcasts the sports news starting at 18 o'clock every night as scheduled. After broadcasting some ongoing sports events at home and abroad, 15 minutes will soon pass!For many sports fans who cannot often watch TV programs due to various reasons, the daily sports news is one of the few programs they watch on time.

As the show came to an end, the host played the preview of the evening show.

"The Ninth World Athletics Championships has come to an end. Except for a few individual events, team events have also officially entered the schedule. Today we will bring you the broadcast of the following events.

首先燕京时间8月31日凌晨0点05分要进行男子110米栏的决赛，我国选手刘祥和石东进入了最后决赛的8人名单，他们将参加最后的名次角逐……

凌晨1点开始的是男子4*100米的接力预赛，由我国选手赵林、杨祖耀、陈建海和沈保等组成的接力队将和其他十五支来自世界各国的接力队伍，争夺最后的的决赛名额。这也是我国运动员首次在世界级的田径赛场上参加男子4*100米的接力项目。有世锦赛新科男子百米和男子200米冠军获得者参加的接力队伍，我们期待于他们在比赛中的表现……

The women's 2-meter long-distance race final began at 30:5000 in the morning. Sun Yingjie, the bronze medalist of the women's 10000-meter race in this World Championships, will participate in the final final... Stay tuned! "

The arrangements for broadcasting the World Championships made by CCTV [-] before the start of the World Championships were completely disrupted as early as the [-]-meter semi-finals.CCTV temporarily decided to purchase the rights to broadcast several competitions. Of course, these are all events in which Chinese players participated.Many projects were originally not competitive at all in their minds. If the broadcast failed, or even failed miserably, it would be tantamount to adding trouble to the Chinese audience.

But because of the explosive [-]-meter breakthrough, they were no longer sure what the Huaxia players would be like.As the sprint that most tests the talent of the race, we can all create miracles, and who else can be sure.

This decision has brought good news to track and field fans, because they have the opportunity to appreciate more high-level track and field competitions.At the same time, it also brings some small business opportunities for many catering service industries.

The same is true tonight. The sprint event will be staged tonight with two major dramas. Early in the day, they almost started their own unique promotion at the same time as CCTV.All over the country, everywhere, a little bit of change has made the atmosphere of the entire World Athletics Championships in the country higher and higher.

Men's 110m hurdles, the combination of speed and skill...

As a sprint team event, the men's 4*100m relay race has always been regarded as a manifestation of a country's comprehensive sprint strength, and has received no less attention than the men's 200m and [-]m and other important sprint races.

Moreover, because the relay race is a team competition, the intensity of competition is higher than that of individual competitions. When one athlete after another is running across the field, you will fight for it. .The enthusiasm of all spectators can be completely ignited almost instantly.

This World Championships has the qualifications for participating in the relay competition. The teams participating in the World Championships relay competition are from August 2002 to August 8. The results of the world relay competition are in the official competitions recognized by the IAAF. The relay teams from the top 2003 countries and regions plus the host team, France, have a total of 8 teams.

The competition is divided into two rounds, the first round is the preliminary round, and the second round is the final round.The sixteen relay teams were divided into two groups for the preliminaries. The top three in each group will advance directly, and the remaining two relay teams with the best results will make up for the finals. A total of eight teams will compete in the finals.

The preliminaries of the first group will start at 8:30 on the evening of August 18th, Paris time, and the preliminaries of the second group will start at 19:[-].

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Stade de France,

The time is already 17 o'clock in the afternoon, and the game this afternoon has begun.

Before the men's 4×100m preliminaries, today's first event that Chinese audiences care about is about to be staged.At this time, the straight track on the field was cleared, and the hurdles were moved onto the runway by the staff.

After the busy preparations are completed, the men’s 110m hurdles final will begin soon. The 8 athletes in the final will start to appear on the stage. When the world-renowned player and American player Alan Johnson, who was personally ranked first in the year, appears on the stage, the atmosphere on the scene is instant. It got hot.When Liu Xiang and Shi Dong, who were wearing red vests and shorts, appeared in the stadium, the atmosphere on the scene became even more enthusiastic.

Not only Chinese audiences, but also audiences from many Asian countries, and even many Europeans cheered.Two people from the same country entered the final of the same sprint event. In the past, in international competitions, except for a few countries, such a grand event rarely occurred.They seem to see the hope that their own country can do the same in the future.

Familiar famous generals, familiar newcomers in memory.At the place where the Huaxia delegation was watching the game from the stands, Lin Mu looked at the 8 athletes who had already appeared on the field and felt a little weird.

He had watched this game before, and it seemed like time was repeating itself. When he became the current behind-the-scenes Lin, he had to go through it again, but changed from in front of the TV to the scene.In my memory, Liu Xiang won the bronze medal, but now Lin Mu felt a little nervous unconsciously.He wasn't sure if there would be a change!In other words, he hoped for a change!

"it is good!"

"Wow~"

Ten minutes later, the men's 110-meter hurdles competition ended, and everyone in the Huaxia delegation cheered enthusiastically. Lin Mu also applauded and said hello.

In any case, this is another impressive achievement of Huaxia Athletics in the World Championships.And the process touched Lin Mu who had been observing carefully.

Lin Mu applauded while looking at the big screen at the scene, recalling the whole process of the game just now.

1, the fourth track, Alan Johnson, the United States, with a score of 13.12 and a starting reaction of 0.159;

2. Fifth Road, Liu Xiang, Huaxia, with a score of 13.14 and a starting reaction of 0.136;

3. Sixth track, Terrence Tranmell, USA, score 13.20, starting reaction 0.154;
4, the first track, Larry Vedder, the United States, with a score of 13.34 and a starting reaction of 0.157;

5. Eighth track, Chris Phillips, USA, score 13.36, starting reaction 0.150
6. Third Road, Shi Dong, Huaxia, score 13.46, starting reaction 0.145
7. Seventh track, Marcio de Sousa, Brazil, score 13.48, starting reaction 0.155
8. Second track, Joel Hernandez, Cuba, score 13.57, starting reaction 0.152
Thinking back to the previous game in memory, and then reviewing the whole process of the game just now.This was the first time Lin Mu watched Liu Xiang and Shi Dong's match attentively during the World Championships.

The consistent quick start response, the pace and strength response on the first hurdle have been changed in advance, and the explosive power of the pace between the hurdles is also very good, which has achieved good results.

I remember that in the past games, there were follow-up reports that they should also be in the adjustment stage at that time, and the initial effect was achieved, but they have not yet fully adjusted due to time and physical fitness.During the process, Liu Xiang once hung a hurdle and failed to achieve the desired effect in the first half of the race. In the end, he chased desperately and won a bronze medal with a narrow gap.

But this time their mentality is more stable, their skills are more mature, and their power burst is stronger!In the end, Liu Xiang won the silver medal only 0.02 seconds slower than Alan Johnson.Even Shi Dong had some small breakthroughs and achieved good results.

Looking at the two athletes who were hugging each other with his coach Sun Ping and weeping with joy, Lin Mu was very happy for them, and at the same time, he admired Sun Ping even more in his heart.Because he saw a lot of vague shadows from Liu Xiang's strength and explosion in the first half.This is an excellent coach who can observe, learn and practice.

After the men's 110m hurdles final, the staff was busy cleaning up the scene again.Next, on the runway of the stadium, the first group of preliminaries, which is another highlight of tonight, is about to begin in the highly anticipated.

"...Good viewers, the men's 4×100m relay preliminaries will be held soon. This is also a very beautiful relay competition. It comes from 4 countries that have performed the best in the past year. This is the first round of the first round of the first round of the 100*[-]-meter relay preliminaries..."

At 1 o'clock in the morning Yanjing time, the Huaxia audience had just received a round of surprises. Before the joy and excitement faded away, the second game they were focusing on ushered in.

In the picture, almost half of the stadium in the long shot is included, and there are almost no vacancies in the seats that can accommodate 8 people. The noisy scene and the flags of various countries flutter from time to time.Cheering and shouting, the strong atmosphere of the scene came through the screen.

The camera on the screen zooms in from far, overlooking the entire Stade de France from a distance, and gradually reaches the top of the curve of the runway.This is where the race will start.At this time, the top player of the participating country in the first group of preliminaries has already moved his body here and is ready to start the competition!

“男子4*100米，作为短跑项目里最短距离的团体项目，完全体现一个国家在短跑项目的综合实力。此项目世界纪录和奥运会纪录都是由卡尔刘易斯、迈克尔马什、丹尼斯米切尔和罗伊·伯勒尔组成的美国接力队于1992年巴塞罗那奥运会创造的，成绩是37秒40。至今11年未能有人打破！世锦赛赛会记录同样也是由美国队所保持……

Okay, now the top players from the participating countries of the first group of preliminaries are standing in front of the starting line. The first team is Poland, and their first players are...

The second is the Nigeria team, the first...

The third Trinidad and Tobago, the first..."

Accompanied by the voice of the on-site commentator Yang Jian, the information list of the eight teams with the national flag as the first column appeared on the screen.

Following the camera movement and Yang Jian's introduction, the audience in front of the TV began to focus on the relay race of this group. Finally, after the third track, the camera turned to the Chinese athletes in red sprint suits.

"Fourth way, our Huaxia team..." Yang Jian raised his tone almost unconsciously when he introduced this.This is an athlete from our own country.As one of the top 16 national teams with the best performance in the past year, we have every reason to be excited and proud.

"The first is Shen Bao, a relay athlete and sprinter of the national track and field team. This year, he won the 60-meter bronze medal at the Birmingham World Indoor Championships in the United Kingdom. His characteristics are excellent starting response and fast start... The second is Chen Jianhai. Run the 10 meters within 25 seconds [-] many times, is an excellent sprinter in our country...

The third is Yang Zuyao, who entered the semi-finals of the men's 100-meter run in this World Championships, the champion of the 200-meter race, the national record holder of the 200-meter race and the Asian record holder...

The fourth runner is Zhao Lin, the new world sprinter.As the fastest athlete in the team, the holder of the 10-meter Asian record and the national record, the first native Asian athlete to break the [-]-second mark.Zhao Lin was arranged for the last sprint, so that he can give full play to his speed advantage..."

On the field, when the camera is focused on the top athletes in front of the starting line, several other athletes are carefully measuring their steps on the track.

Athletes of each club use their own foot length to measure the approximate required stride distance on the dividing line of the runway, and then estimate the approximate stride position.Some even put markings on the runway so that the position of the pace point can be seen more clearly.

Relay is a process of cooperation between athletes. Unless it is absolutely crushed by strength, the gap in one or two handover batons can often make up for the lack of many personal strengths.

Here it is necessary to constantly estimate the pace between the two, and constantly run in, so that the tacit understanding is even tacit!One stick and two sticks, two sticks and three sticks, three sticks and four sticks, three handovers, whether there is a smooth tacit understanding determines many things, and the highlights are often reflected here.

From the timing of the first baton until the last player takes the baton and sprints, the process in the middle is dynamic. The more you can connect with each other at high speed without sound delay or mistakes, the better the result will be. .

According to the position of the pace, except for Shen Bao who was waiting for the starting command, the other three of the Huaxia team started twice experimentally to familiarize themselves with the distance of the pace again, and then stopped slowly, everything is ready!
"Boys, come on!"

Next to the stands, among a group of members of the Huaxia delegation, Liu Ren clasped his hands into a trumpet shape and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Huaxia, come on!"

"Huaxia must win!"

In the auditorium at the scene, in the area where Zhao Lin passed the baton at the end of the curve and into the straight, loud cheers in Chinese came from the side.

"Huaxia, come on!"

Facing the direction of Huo Xiao, Zhao Lin waved his hand seemingly easily, but the anger in his heart instantly increased a bit, and he also shouted silently in his heart.

"On your marks"

Before the starting line, the referee began to prompt through the loudspeaker, and the athletes took their positions!
Athletes from various countries also naturally entered a state of preparation, standing in the relay starting area, waiting for the arrival of teammates with batons.

boom!
The starting gun sounded!

"Game start!"

Yang Jian suddenly yelled, and the audience in front of the TV and at the scene burst into cheers.

At the starting point of the curve, 8 athletes shot out like cheetahs in an instant, and the fierce "battle" began!

(End of this chapter)