just to make those dreams come true

Chapter 279 The 200-meter rematch begins

"Director Lin, congratulations!"

In the Olympic Stadium, the evening match has already been in full swing, and a group of people have already gathered together in the area where the Huaxia delegation is located.

Sun Ping, who had not shown up much for several days, came today and got close to several coaches of the track and field team.As soon as he came up, he warmly congratulated Lin Mu.

"Old Sun, which side are you congratulating? Coach Lin has too many things to congratulate now! Haha!"

Yu Weili is in a good mood. With a series of achievements and honors, the track and field team has been the focus for a while.Even the congratulatory letters from China were sent more than once, and the level was higher each time.Although track and field is still weak in general, the sprint event has really broken through the sky this time, no matter in terms of results or rankings.

Yu Weili's words aroused a burst of echoing laughter from the people around him. There were indeed too many, personal, coaching, and overall. Lin Mu can be said to have gained a comprehensive harvest.

"Director Yu, congratulations. Congratulations to Director Lin for leading the athletes to make breakthroughs. Congratulations to Director Lin for winning the gold medal in defeating a strong player. Also, the first round of the 200-meter race has passed. I still have great hopes..."

Sun Ping counted it with a smile, and couldn't help feeling a little more emotional about the count. It was really the same as last year's World Championships. No matter how big the stage was or how high the players were, it seemed that Lin Mu was always creating miracles here.

Of course, he wasn't envious either. He thought to himself that what he was doing so far was okay. Shi Dong, Liu Xiang, and especially Liu Xiang were all on the right track. This time, at least he felt that he had a great chance of winning the medal.

"Coach Sun, I want to congratulate you, and I want to congratulate you too. Didn't Liu Xiang also enter the second round, and now, according to the evaluations of all parties, Liu Xiang is the seed player to win the championship!"

When Lin Mu was congratulated and praised, he didn't feel embarrassed, and he was more or less numb.Even if only one day has passed, less than 24 hours to be precise.But he has received too much praise.

After the excitement and excitement have passed, even if he is not indifferent now, he still has to force himself to be calmer.As for what will happen after returning to China, that's something for later, at least he won't think about his previous honor now.

"What kind of seeded player? He just won against Alan Johnson twice. The media is not like that. They follow suit. Are they accurate? It's like what others expected in Lin's previous competition. The top three are difficult. But now ?”

Sun Ping said something modestly, followed by a compliment to Lin Mu, but his smile also burst out naturally.

The men's 110m hurdles event also started the first round today. One hour before the men's 200m, Liu Xiang easily advanced to the second round with 13 seconds. It was a pity that Shi Dong was eliminated.After all, his strength is a little weaker, and compared to Liu Xiang, Shi Dong's stability is not bad, but his explosiveness is much worse.

However, it is not a disappointment. Sun Ping's initial idea was to make a breakthrough in this Olympics, and his goal was to be in 08.But starting from the second half of last year, everything seemed to be going better than expected.

Especially after changing the pace of the first column, Liu Xiang started to get better and better in terms of competitive state and personal strength, and gradually made great strides in a higher direction.This also gave him a lot of hope for Liu Xiang's prospects for the Olympics.

Moreover, the schedule of this competition is also very easy, allowing him and the athletes to have enough time to accumulate and adjust.Men's 110-meter hurdles, as a straight track event, has also attracted much attention.Which athletes and coaches don't want more eyes to watch, this is not just an honor, but also an affirmation of all the hard work.

"It's just that Xiaoshi is a pity."

Yu Weili also said with regret that winning glory for the country in the Olympics and being able to enter the rematch and semi-finals by one more person is a promotion for track and field events.

He has always been optimistic about Shi Dong, but it may be that Liu Xiang's talent is too prominent. No matter in terms of attention and training, Shi Dong is undoubtedly far behind.

Even in this Olympics, when choosing a coach for the group, Shi Dong's coach Lu Bin was not able to make the trip. The person in charge was Sun Ping, the nominal head coach, but in fact everyone knew that Sun Ping could spend very little energy on Shi Dong. .

Ever since sprinting took off, especially since Lin Mu began to take all sprint athletes into consideration.A series of changes, compared with the past situation.Yu Weili's understanding of the historical dilemma of "the rise and fall of one man destroys the world" became more and more profound.

No matter how outstanding the athletes are, there is always a need for a group of relatively outstanding people to work together.This is thickness, and this is also the true national heritage.

"Someone is holding the flag, and someone is supporting us!"

Yu Weili couldn't help but think of what Lin Mu once said.Lin Mu is young, but he can think and take action for what he thinks.And it works.Sometimes there are many things that cannot be determined by age and experience.

Of course, the responsibility of leaders like them is also indispensable. After all, the plate is not big enough.

The few people just exchanged pleasantries, after all, coming to the stadium to observe the game is the key point.

All the field events are going on in the field. The first track event in the evening is the men's 200-meter rematch, which starts at 20:[-].Now the staff of the organizing committee are busy preparing the facilities on the track and inspecting the runway, and the time is almost up.

There are a total of four groups in the men's 200m rematch. The top three in each group will advance directly, and then the best four will make up for it. A total of 16 athletes will enter the semi-finals, which will start tomorrow night.

Compared with the 200-meter race, the schedule of the [-]-meter race is undoubtedly much easier. Except for today's preliminaries and semi-finals, the subsequent semi-finals and finals are held every day.

And this time the schedule has taken special consideration of the issue of the race.Not only are the 100 meters and 200 meters arranged very well, but the same interval between 400 meters and 200 meters is not too short, fully considering some multi-athlete athletes.

This also made many people in the previous delegation a little regretful. They said that Lin Mu should have considered running a 200-meter standard before. With the state shown by Lin Mu in the final final, they also believed that he would definitely have a certain chance to run the 200-meter race. competitiveness.

But Lin Mu just smiled, even though he had now corrected his mentality of fighting for the honor of his motherland.But he believes that he still wants to focus on coaching.No matter how good he is at running, he can only run alone at most.

For 200 meters and 400 meters, in his plan, at least three Olympic quota places must be guaranteed in the future, and he cannot just go through the motions when he enters the competition.This requires a lot of energy and time.What's more, not only is it necessary to develop the level of athletes, but also other aspects need to work harder, such as accelerating the development of maturity, such as the cultivation of mentality and will.

Just like this time!
"Coach Lin, how is the situation at Zhu Kun's place?"

As the preparations on the field were completed and the game was approaching, Yu Weili asked about the situation of the athletes with concern.

The two Huaxia players participating in the competition this time, Yang Zuyao and Zhu Kun, both ran into the semi-finals. Yang Zuyao was in the fifth group and took the first place in the group with a very easy 20 seconds.

It's just that Zhu Kun, who played before, had a slight accident. Maybe he was nervous, or maybe he was too excited to compete in the Olympics for the first time.After a false start, he finished the 200-meter run cautiously with a time of 20 seconds, ranking only No. 76 in the third group.

Fortunately, the final result was not disappointing, and the 31st place in the total score squeezed into the final.It is a relatively big psychological impact for any athlete to rise and fall behind.After all, he is still very young, only 19 years old by the end of the year!
"Okay, the preliminaries were too tight, but that time, I also entered the semi-finals. After the pressure was relieved, my mentality is much more stable now. I have asked Lao Yuan to accompany Coach Chen and the others during the inspection... "

After thinking about all his arrangements, and checking Zhu Kun's current status in the encyclopedia, Lin Mu answered Yu Weili's words.

"Pressure? Haha, yes!"

Yu Weili couldn't help but shook his head.

In the past years, athletes have run desperately for a round in the Olympic Games. Although there may be tension, the pressure is probably never there.

But now, all the previous results are here, and any athlete in the sprint event has some glory but also some pressure.No one wants to be the person who holds them back the most.It seems that entering the semi-finals is a basic requirement.However, according to Zhu Kun's previous time of 20 seconds, this is indeed the case in terms of strength.

"Then let's see how they perform!"

Yu Weili didn't talk about this anymore. Now that we're at this point, we can only watch their performance.As athletes grow, they also need more experiences like this.

"However, Coach Lin, even if you don't run well in the future, you and Coach Chen should focus on instructing and guiding... Uh, forget it, you are no worse than me in these aspects now. Let's watch the game!"

Yu Weili was going to give some more instructions, but halfway through, he smiled and stopped talking.

Just as it happened, the announcer at the scene had already started broadcasting the game information.Of the two Chinese players, Zhu Kun was placed in the second group, and Yang Zuyao was in the third group, preparing for extra games. Each group only lasted a few minutes.

After the first group of players in the rematch took to the track.In only ten minutes, Zhu Kun and Yang Zuyao will appear one after another.

At this time, the time is already [-]:[-] pm local time. Compared with the morning when the seats will be more than half, the stadium at this time is almost full.

In track and field competitions, every night's competition time is the highlight of each event, and today is no exception.The men's 200m men's [-]-meter rematch, which is about to start, and the finals of many competitions that will follow, are worthy of attention from those who care.

Announce, introduce, give orders, run.

Amid the enthusiasm of the audience, the atmosphere of the stadium gradually heated up as the game began.It was in this gradually rising heat that the first group of men's 200-meter semi-finals ended!

As the results were determined and announced, all the audience at the scene did not hesitate to applaud and cheer.In the first group of the first event, good results have already appeared, and they are also looking forward to the next game to be more and more exciting.

"The results are really good. Crawford's 200 meters is really strong. This is the state of this 37-year-old veteran..."

On the sidelines, seeing the results on the field, Yu Weili couldn't help but sigh, and he was also a little nervous about the upcoming competition of the Chinese players.

"19 seconds 95!"

In front of the timing board at the finish line clearly showed the first place in the group, and the American Sean Crawford won the first place in the first group with an absolute advantage.

"It is indeed very strong. He is the favorite to win the championship this time. He has run under 20 seconds a lot. This result is just his usual performance. I have read some information about him collected in the team. Compared with before, He has a much better start to his career..."

Lin Mu accepted Yu Weili's words affirmatively. The coaches were all together, and there was no need to leave any comments on them in general.Lin Mu also analyzed Crawford relatively objectively.Unlike the 100 meters, Crawford is indeed a strong character in the 200 meters.

In the international track and field session, it is recognized that 10 seconds for 200 meters and 20 seconds for 10 meters are a watershed.But compared to the difficulty of 200 seconds for 20 meters, it is more difficult to enter 200 seconds for 20 meters.For those who are currently active in the field, there are very few people who can run 200 meters under 20 seconds.For example, among the contestants who participated in today's competition, from the current results and past results, there are only two people who have run [-] meters under [-] seconds.

Perhaps because of the stimulation of Fredericks, a legendary veteran, or to vent his emotions of losing the 200 meters, Crawford's strong run announced his arrival in the [-] meters event.

After just a brief discussion, a few people focused all their attention on the track.After all, no matter what the opponent is, the key is to be able to perform yourself first.

"Xiao Zhu is here! Looks like he's in good condition!"

Looking at Zhu Kun who had already entered the stadium on the track, Yu Weili nodded in satisfaction. No matter how he ran next, at least from what he observed now, it was obviously not as tight as it was during the preliminaries. up.

"Well, it's not bad. The team and we don't have much pressure on him. Now his strength is still a bit weak. To be able to run out of his own state, good or bad, it's an exercise!"

Lin Mu is basically satisfied with Zhu Kun's current situation,

Zhu Kun is different from Yang Zuyao, he does not have so much game experience.He was not as lucky as Zhao Lin. The first time he participated in the World Championships, the platform was high, but the players were not very strong.Zhu Kun has changed after a run, which is already relatively good!

As the second participating athletes appeared on the field, the information of the athletes in the second group of the rematch was also displayed on the big screen on the big screen.

First Road, Ruala, Algeria

Second lane, Marc Torrere, Italy

The Third Way, Anastasios Guccis, Greece

Fourth Way, Bernard Williams, USA

Fifth Avenue, Jerushinski, Poland
Sixth Road, Brian Dejinga, Zimbabwe

Seventh Road, Helmke, Germany

Eighth Road, Zhu Kun, Huaxia.

……

"Coach Lin, the players in this group, look at the situation, does Xiao Zhu have any hope of advancing?"

Looking at the big screen, those who had been seated in the right number looked for the athletes on the scene, and then Yu Weili asked Lin Mu for his concern.

The introduction of the athletes on the spot had already begun, and the hustle and bustle was getting louder and louder, which also made the several coaches who got together couldn't help getting closer.The volume of speaking can only be increased deliberately.

Listening to Yu Weili's inquiry, several coaches also looked at Lin Mu.

Lin Mu did not answer immediately and processed the information in his mind.

Although he prefers to analyze these in his past and present lives, there are too many foreign athletes after all, and there are only one or two of them that can really impress him on the field.The original intelligence collection of the national team is generally very little like these second-rate and quasi-first-rate players.

Among the players in this group, in his opinion, the most powerful must be the American Bernard Williams, who used to be a member of the US team in the 4*100m relay, which in itself is a proof of strength.Although the results in recent years, including last year's World Championships, are not ideal, but generally speaking, at least in this group, they are the absolute best.

"Look! The top three in the group advance, there is still some effort! Americans, Poles, and Xi..."

After Lin Mu pondered for a while, he just said this.For the other few people, looking at their talent display and performance in the preliminaries, no matter how much he analyzes, he can only have a rough range of results, and in the end he can only look at their on-the-spot performance.

Counting the people who may advance, when it comes to Greece, Yu Weili and the others can no longer hear clearly.

When the local players were introduced, the audience at the Olympic Stadium burst into cheers that were shocking.The chaos was so chaotic that it seemed like the entire stadium was shouting the name "Gusith".

The atmosphere was completely ignited, not only the Greek audience, because of the infection, including the few people introduced later, the cheers were even stronger than before.

"This kind of atmosphere is really good. In 08, in Yanjing, when the time comes..."

His voice was slightly behind, and Yu Weili said with some emotion that he was not afraid of future competitions and the Olympics at home, unlike before, but he was very much looking forward to it now.Everyone wants to have the best results and show the best performance in front of their families, and sports people like them are no exception.

"Yes, track and field is a major event, the mother of the Olympics. On the stage of the Olympics, the world's attention is here. When we come to the Olympics in Yanjing, I believe it will definitely be more enthusiastic!"

Lin Mu has experienced that period, even through the TV screen, he can feel the hot atmosphere of the scene.The cheers received by Chinese athletes at home will definitely not be worse than those of the Greeks today. In my memory, Hu Ke appeared in the 8-meter semi-finals, and in my memory was that August 18th...

This time, our Huaxia athletes must be able to deserve the attention of all Chinese people, and there will definitely be no more sorrow and loss in the stadium.

I am sure!
(End of this chapter)