just to make those dreams come true

Chapter 286 Men's 200m Final

"Appreciate~"

"Kenteris!"

"Kenteris!"

"..."

Athens time, August 8, at 26:22 pm, Olympic Stadium.

From the first moment when the eight players in the men's 200m race entered the arena, boos and shouts of the same name erupted in the stadium.

In the previous few games, the local audience in Athens had already started to have sporadic discordant voices. When the last game came, all the negative emotions they had accumulated were completely released at this moment.

Strong shouts, accompanied by cursing, boos, and screams, the stadium with 7 to [-] people present was completely filled with this wave of sound, and the roof was lifted.

The referees and on-site staff frowned deeply. Their work could not be carried out. Under such circumstances, the athletes could not hear any instructions from them at all. It is estimated that even the sound of the order would be difficult to distinguish, and the game had to be suspended.

On the runway, Yang Zuyao, who walked from the aisle to his place, couldn't help feeling a little stuffy in his heart. This scene also made him feel a little ridiculous.

The coach also told him about the situation. He roughly knew that some sporadic situations had happened a few days ago, and then with the start of various games, there seemed to be no movement.When the coach mentioned it again today, they thought the coach was worrying unfoundedly.They thought the matter was over, but they didn't expect these Greeks to leave all their emotions here.

Fortunately, the coach's prestige has always been here, he has made up his mind and made him somewhat psychologically prepared.Also, the teammate came to chat with him and relieved his spirits, otherwise, with this situation, it would be really hard not to be affected.

The game was interrupted, but Yang Zuyao kept in mind the coach's instructions. He didn't stop his preparations. He tried his best to block out these disturbing voices. After all, the game was a competition.

In Athens at night, the temperature has gradually dropped. After putting down his belongings, Yang Zuyao also began to move his body.Keep your body active at all times, and don't let your body cool down.

While doing some fixed activities, his thoughts also turned.Thinking of the situations they had remembered, thinking of so many temporary surprise drug tests they have experienced in the past year or so, and thinking of the name that is being shouted by the audience now.

Maybe it was really an accident, maybe...

Since you are called a national hero, you must take responsibility for it. Whether it is an accident or not, you no longer represent yourself alone.What national heroes have is that kind of will and that kind of integrity. How can all of this be explained by a single accident?

Rather than saying that these people are venting their dissatisfaction with the Olympic Committee or the IAAF, it is ridiculous.It would be better to say that it is because the spirit that they entrusted in their hearts is gone, which is not a kind of sadness.

Shaking his head vigorously, Yang Zuyao didn't think about it any more, and meticulously started his last activity before the match.

……

side of the field,
The coaches of the Huaxia national team were a little confused at this moment. After looking at each other, they even looked at each other in blank dismay.It really made Director Lin talk!They couldn't help turning their eyes to Lin Mu.

The sound at the scene was too loud, and it was difficult to hear each other's words without whispering each other's ears, so Lin Mu didn't reply to them.In fact, he didn't want to talk at the moment. Looking at Yang Zuyao in the field and listening to these noisy shouts, he felt a little complicated and inexplicable.

The sound didn't stop for a moment, and the people who were shaken by the huge sound wave couldn't help trembling.In Europe, booing happens from time to time in football fields, but it is really rare to see such uninterrupted continuous outbreaks, especially in track and field.This invisibly also put a lot of pressure on these track and field athletes who have never experienced all this in person.

Before that, he mentioned some possibilities to the team members, and he also recalled his past memories.But he still felt a little embarrassed when the scene that impressed him most in the current world actually appeared in front of him.

The famous Greek 200-meter sprinter, the champion who performed a miracle at the Sydney Olympic Games, Konstantin Kentris was disqualified for missing a drug test before the start of the Olympic Games...

The specific reason, whether it is a real escape or a real accident, is actually not important. The result of the fact is the injury.

It is the greatest harm to those who are willing to shout for Kentris.

Lin Mu disapproved of their way of venting, but it did not prevent him from understanding.

On August 2008, 8, the last minute of his previous life.When he was facing the TV and looking at the people who were leaving the scene on the screen, he had never felt less depressed at that time, and at that moment he had the urge to destroy the world.Although the nature of the two is different, the results are similar, but the ultimate venting objects are different.

"Coach Lin, the Greeks are..."

A few minutes passed, maybe the appeasement had an effect, maybe the audience finally vented some of their emotions.The sound at the scene finally became quieter, and it was only at this time that Yu Weili moved closer to speak.After speaking half a sentence, I don't know how to continue.Slowly shook his head.

Ordinary people may only see suspensions and protests, but as people like them who have been working hard for track and field, they can experience much more.

It's not that Huaxia has never encountered such a situation. The swimming team in the 8s and 9s, and the middle-distance running in the early 90s, even if the information was not as developed at that time as it is now, the whole country was devastated in a short period of time.

It's not a question of being in a game or not.This is the collapse of the belief they have supported all along!

"Director Yu, I've almost vented my emotions, and the competition is about to begin."

Lin Mu didn't express any opinions. He didn't agree with the same sentence, but it didn't hinder his understanding.The game is more important!

"Hey! Okay, watching the game has nothing to do with us!"

"Xiao Yang's..."

……

Another two or three minutes passed, and the game process finally began. Until then, the commentary teams of various countries could start working normally.

"The game is about to restart. The athletes are preparing for the game. The boos on the scene have been reduced. It seems that the athletes have been somewhat affected..."

on the runway,
After the referee signaled, the athletes began to adjust their final state.

It is still a fixed game process, pre-match preparations, introducing athletes, and final preparations, but this time, these procedures are very sloppy.Even the introduction of the athletes was rushed, because they were no longer greeted with cheers, which made all the athletes a little depressed.

As time progressed, the last process was completed, and the list of eight finalists appeared on the big screen at the Olympic Stadium.

First Way, Frank Fredericks, Namibia;

Second Road, Francis Obicvilu, Portugal;
Third Way, Bernard Williams, United States;
Fourth Road, Sean Crawford, United States;
Fifth Road, Yang Zuyao, Huaxia;
Sixth Lane, Justin Gatlin, United States;

Seventh Road, Stefan Buckland, Mauritius;
Eighth Road, Asafa Powell;

……

"On your marks!"

The referee checked the athletes' preparations, and impatiently sent a signal to the starter.The Starter's command to be in position is then issued.

In the current international competition, there is a loudspeaker specially prepared for the athletes to start behind the starting position of each track.The starter's instructions and the simulated gun body are issued from this small horn.In the past, the settings that everyone thought were normal and used to, now play a particularly important role.

The audience at the scene, including the off-site audience who are watching the broadcast at the moment, can hardly hear the referee's password, and just watch the athletes on the track start to get ready amidst the noise.

Then, also without warning, the eight athletes raised their buttocks in unison, ready to start.

And at this moment, the Athens audience could see that it was about to start, and suddenly there was another burst of boos, which made the athletes on the track who were about to start tremble.

"beep~"

When Yang Zuyao forcibly shielded the noise from his body and was about to listen to the firing of the starting gun, a whistle sounded behind him, pause?

"... the game begins! Well, the whistle blows, the game is interrupted, let's see... oh, the badass Jamaican Asafa Powell signaled to the referee that he forfeited the game...

It may be that there is something wrong with his body, or it may be that he is just in the eighth lane. The scene has too much influence on him. The No.5 men's 200-meter race in this Olympic Games, Jamaica's new sprint star Asafa Powell withdrew from the [-]-meter race. The final of the rice competition... This game is full of twists and turns, and now the game will start again..."

People at the scene couldn't hear the voice of the commentary, but everyone's voice was almost the same.This is especially true for the athletes on the field. This game is really annoying.

Yang Zuyao stood up again, exhaled lightly, adjusted his breathing, and slowly moved his wrists and ankles. Just now he was ready to go, and the whole person has entered the competition state, and now he has to adjust his breathing again. Need to relax the muscles and do it all over again.

Maybe it was because he had been mentally prepared, maybe he had experienced more twists and turns, but at this time he felt quite calm.Last year's World Championships started three times, and everything seemed to come through.

"It really needs some experience and more heart! Coach, is that right?"

"Run well!"

Gradually clearing the thoughts in his mind, Yang Zuyao let go of his eyes and looked into the distance.

The orange-red runway, with a curved runway arc, extends forward, and on the stands over there, the faint red is fluttering.In the disorderly stadium, the voices from there were drowned out at this moment, but the belief brought to him by that piece of red never dissipated.

"On your marks!"

The command to be in place is issued again.

"Set!"

The starter's ready call sounds.

Maybe it was really tired of shouting, or maybe the tireless persuasion of the live broadcast had an effect. This time the drum noise was obviously much smaller than before.

"boom!"

The game guns rang out.

Yang Zuyao kept his concentration almost all the time, and he rushed out immediately after the gunshot.

His start this time was not too affected by the previous one, Yi Ran ran out of his normal effect.But other athletes are obviously affected a lot, and the reaction time at the start is generally a bit slow.On the contrary, Crawford, who was not quick to start in the semi-finals and semi-finals, ran with a good starting efficiency this time.

The fastest start was the American player Bernard Williams, Yang Zuyao and Crawford were slightly behind and ranked second and third, and Stefan Buckland in the seventh lane may be because he was closer to the auditorium. His starting reaction was ranked last among the seven finalists, and his reaction time was close to 0.3, which was the worst in any of his previous competitions.

This is the 200-meter final. No matter how fast the starting reaction is, all the players just start their starting rhythm after feeling happy or annoyed.

The contestants ran quickly on the track, only for the audience to take a breath and blink for a while.The process in the field has been pushed over tens of meters.

30 meters, 40 meters, 50 meters...

"It's really different..."

Running wildly on the track, compared to the semi-finals, Yang Zuyao has already shown all the starting strength he can control.He even felt the long-lost incongruity.He has almost stepped on the edge of the limit now.

But he still faintly felt a slight pressure attacking him from behind.

He is on five lanes, he knows very well who that is, the opponent in the semifinals, Crawford on four lanes!What made him feel even more different was that in front of him at this time, the person who opened the distance a little bit further, Liudao, the opponent in the rematch, Gatlin.

In the final, they both broke out and were sandwiched between the two American players. Even if Yang Zuyao was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but feel some pressure.

As for the other players, he had no time to think about it.

In the other races that Yang Zuyao didn't pay attention to, even if the veteran Fredericks of Yiyi did not start as well as in the semi-finals, he still ran extremely smoothly at this time.

At 37, old but still with the experience of the game, he was almost completely unaffected, running as well as he should have been in the first half of the season.The speed is astonishing, visible to the naked eye, and step by step the distance between him and the second player Obike Velu is getting closer.

And Obikvelu, who was almost leveled by Fredericks, finally ran away from his accelerated rhythm at this moment.The distance between the two began to stalemate.

After this annoyed him, he finally relaxed a little.Sweeping his gaze left and right, Obikevilu gritted his teeth and released all the strength in his body. In front of him, Bernard Williams in three ways was standing there, and it seemed that the distance was already a little further away.

Moving forward and catching up, the figures of the seven contestants slid across the track like a gust of wind, heading towards the corner with the largest arc.

80 meters, 90 meters, 100 meters...

Entering the final stage of the corner.

Yang Zuyao focused on running on his own runway, his body posture, footsteps, and every bit of strength released were accurate.The feeling of getting closer and closer to him behind him, and the figure of getting farther and farther away from him in front of him.At this moment, it didn't affect him much, and he was very peaceful.He always kept in mind that every run was better than the one before.Now he is pushing the limit step by step and rushing forward!
As the curve gradually approaches the straight, the positions of all the players have gradually separated after running for 100 meters.Zooming in or zooming out, the strength and performance are clearly visible.

In the stands on all sides, at this time, except for a few extreme people who were still stubbornly making noise, most of the audience who had vented their anger for so long finally stopped.Finally, one or two cheers and cheers in different languages ​​came from the sound waves occasionally.

In a blink of an eye, the corner turned into a straight.

When all the players boarded the straight and sprinted towards the finish line, the scene couldn't help but feel some restless passion, and the situation of the players in the field was already clear at a glance.

Not to everyone's surprise, Sean Crawford, with his excellent cornering skills and a more violent first-half start than the previous race, took the lead and ran at the front.

The newly promoted 100-meter champion, Justin Gatlin, an absolute [-]-meter player, was biting behind Crawford by less than a body distance, but the distance between the two was slowing down at an almost undetectable level. Slowly changing.

Yang Zuyao, who was sandwiched between the two, ran in the third or almost fourth position, and another American player, Bernard Williams, who was separated from him on the track, was also almost at the same level as Yang Zuyao.

Obikvilu, Fredericks, and Buckland ran at the end, and the distance between them was very small, less than half a body.

Each has its own reasons for falling behind, and as a result, the distance between the three of them and the four in front seems to be getting farther and farther away.Even though Obikevilu, who was the most forward among the three, was chasing desperately, he was still more than one meter away from the nearest Williams.

Entering the straight track and running for more than 100 meters, this is the time to really test the absolute strength of the athletes.Start, acceleration, absolute speed on the way, and the ability to maintain speed and posture rhythm.

140 meters, 150 meters, 160 meters...

The last tens of meters.

Crawford is still leading, while Gatlin is now behind!
Sandwiched between the two, Yang Zuyao successfully overtook Gatlin and ran in the second position with absolute speed on the way. Williams, who was almost parallel to Yang Zuyao, also completed the catch-up to Gatlin.

It's just that the form of almost neck-and-neck has changed.At this time, Yang Zuyao had dropped most of his position, and he was ranked third.

Afterwards, Fredericks tried his best to catch up with the rest of his courage, and it finally had an effect. He completed the surpassing of Obikveru, and at the same time threw Buckland behind him a little farther.It's just that the distance from the front runner is further widening.

170 meters, 180 meters...

You chased each other on the field, and in a blink of an eye, there were only the last 20 meters left to the finish line.

There are differences in the distances of several athletes, but except for Crawford in the first place and Yang Zuyao in the second place, the difference between the others is only the difference in body position.

It is also the first and second places that made Sean Crawford, who took the lead, finally feel the pressure. He has a strong speed in the first half, and has a stronger endurance to maintain peace and speed on the way. This run , He also gave full play to his own advantages.

However, just before that, he knew that the Huaxia man had come again.Just like in the semi-finals, it was the last three to 40 meters, and the advantage that the opponent had opened up in the first half of the race was gradually being erased.This made him even feel a little unbelievable.

Compared with the semi-finals, he can be said to have really brought out all his strength and state, but the opponent still seems to have no bottom line.This made him sigh.

Squeezing the remaining strength in his body fiercely, even if he has always asked himself that his 200-meter speed resistance ability is absolutely top-notch, he still feels very heavy at this moment.But the corners of his eyes glanced at the faintly felt red, and he urged him not to relax at all.

There was more than one person who did not let up and was desperately fighting. Williams, who was thrown away by Yang Zuyao within tens of meters, was desperately moving forward, and Gatlin, who was far behind Williams' front and rear feet, was also fighting hard.Fredericks and others, who were farther behind, were also fighting.

Yang Zuyao, who has already ranked second, is naturally also fighting!
"Yang Zuyao, come on!"

"Rush~ rush~!"

"Huaxia~Come on~!"

The audience was silent, and they were expressing their emotions in another way.Even at this moment, many people have been infected by the passion on the field.This also provided good convenience to the Huaxia Legion.

At this moment, in the huge Olympic Stadium, the Chinese voice is clear and lofty!
In front of the TV, in the stands, countless people who cared about Yang Zuyao stared at him without blinking, and unconsciously shouted cheering slogans.

190 meters, 190 five meters...

Five paths, four paths, the distance is getting closer and closer, from the initial gap of more than one meter, to now it has gradually shrunk to less than a gap of one body position, and the trend is still shrinking.

It's just getting closer and closer to the end!

"Ah~"

Feeling ruthless in his heart again, Yang Zuyao rushed towards the finish line with all his strength, even he felt some blackness in front of his eyes.It's just that at this moment he can't care about it at all!

Just one or two steps away, go!
Cross the line!

"19 seconds 77!"

The numbers on the timing board jumped instantly and appeared clearly.

On the runway, Sean Crawford put his hands on his knees, raised his head and glanced at the timing card, and then stared at the big screen at the scene. In a blink of an eye, an excited smile slowly bloomed on his face .

Not far away from him, Yang Zuyao also cast his eyes on him.

On the big screen, rows of subtitles were displayed:

1. The fourth track, Sean Crawford, the United States, with a score of 19 seconds;

2. The fifth track, Yang Zuyao, Huaxia, with a score of 19 seconds;

3. The third track, Bernard Williams, the United States, with a score of 20 seconds;

4. The sixth track, Justin Gatlin, the United States, with a score of 20 seconds;

5. The first course, Fredericks, Namibia, 20 seconds 14;

6. The second track, Obike Viru, Portugal, with a score of 20 seconds;

7. Seventh track, Stefan Buckland, Mauritius, 20 seconds 24;

8. Eighth Road, Asafa Powell, Jamaica, DNS;

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(End of this chapter)