Zizhao Chuan: The Biggest Sportsman

Chapter 498 Collective Honor Is More Than Everything

Sure enough, the result of this final soon confirmed Guo Zizhao's judgment.

12 second 88!

Guo Zizhao once again won the men's 110-meter hurdles gold medal with a world-class result.

The runner-up was France's Doucoure with a score of 12 seconds!This time, Dukulei finally felt elated, and once again proved that it was not a coincidence that he stepped into the ranks of the world's top masters with a score of less than 99 seconds!
And the most frustrated in this final is probably Liu Feifei.As the champion of the Athens Olympic Games last year, Liu Feifei received the attention in this final, second only to Guo Zizhao.

However, Liu Feifei also understood that since Guo Zizhao participated in the competition, there was no suspense about the champion of this final.Based on what I have known about Brother Guo over the years, it seems that as long as he is willing, he can achieve shocking results at any time.Then my only goal in this game is a silver medal.

But now, his game state has not been adjusted to the best level.Dukulei and Johnson both ran within 13 seconds this year, and his best result this year was only 13 seconds.

I hope that in this final, I can achieve another breakthrough!

After the gunshot in the final, Liu Feifei's start was also very good, and his reaction time of 0.142 seconds was second only to Guo Zizhao's 0.123 seconds.Moreover, Liu Feifei's rhythm in the first three hurdles is also very smooth, almost no less than that of Guo Zizhao on the adjacent track.

But soon, starting from the fourth hurdle, the Frenchman Dukulei caught up, and slowly the two went from keeping pace with each other, and Dukulei overtook Liu Feifei by half a body, one body, half a meter...

Even though Liu Feifei was trying his best to catch up, he was helpless when he encountered Dukulei who was in an explosive state.In the end, Liu Feifei was nearly one meter behind Dukulei, and the third crossed the finish line with a score of 10 seconds!

而美国选手约翰逊、阿诺德和特拉梅尔则是包揽了第四～No.6，成绩分别是13秒09、13秒13和13秒20，也是比各自今年的最好成绩是差了不少。尤其是约翰逊，仅仅是比刘飞飞慢了0.01秒，就与奖牌是擦身而过了。

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Guo Zizhao won his third championship, which was not unexpected.And Liu Feifei was defeated by Dukulei, and it didn't attract the attention of others.After all, in competitive sports, it's normal for anyone to lose and win. Besides, Dukulei's current strength is indeed not inferior to Liu Feifei.

But for Liu Feifei and his apprentice, this failure was like a bucket of cold water poured down on their heads and faces.

All opponents are constantly improving!And this year, not only did my grades not improve, but there was a tendency to regress!Almost, this time I couldn't even win a bronze medal!This can't go on like this!
Hmph... After going back, we must reduce all kinds of unnecessary business activities, and start retreat training again...

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At 8:13 p.m. on August 7, Guo Zizhao’s final individual event at this World Championships, the final of the men’s 400-meter sprint, will begin.

In addition to this competition, at 9:4 this evening, there will be the men's 100x[-]m sprint relay final.The rest period between these two games is only two and a half hours.

For Guo Zizhao, this is no problem, but for another Chinese player Xu Ziyu, this is a bit of a dilemma.

With Xu Ziyu's physical strength, it is definitely impossible to conduct two high-intensity games in just two and a half hours, especially the second game is a relay race.If Xu Ziyu is exhausted by then and makes a slight mistake in cooperating with the baton handover, it will cause irreparable losses to the entire relay team!
What should I do?
"Give up!" Xu Ziyu said without hesitation, "I abstained from the 400-meter final! The relay race is the key! I can't let the entire relay team suffer losses because of my personal reasons! This final I decided Abstain and go all out for the relay race to come!"

"Are you sure?" Xu Ziyu's coach He Yanwu also looked at his disciple with a complicated look, and then said regretfully, "You have already entered the final! This is the final of the World Championships for individual events. It is a pity to give up like this Ah..."

"It's not a pity for me." Xu Ziyu also said with a smile, "It's already an unexpected gain to be able to run into the finals this time. However, this time I have wronged you, the coach! Wait for the next World Championships , I will definitely run into the finals again!”

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Although this decision was very difficult, Xu Ziyu knew very well that giving up the 400-meter final and focusing on the relay final was the most correct choice.This is the best choice for both myself and the relay team.

What if I participated in the 400-meter final by myself?With his current strength, it is only at the bottom level.But what about the relay race?Since the biggest opponent, the US team, was eliminated in the preliminaries, so in the relay race, as long as there is no accident, a gold medal is guaranteed!

In order to participate in a final that is destined to be the bottom, and give up a gold medal in the World Championships, a fool would make such a choice!
After going through the injury and low tide a few years ago, Xu Ziyu is more eager to achieve results and gold medals than anyone else.But I am already 24 years old this year, how many more years can I last at my peak?With my own strength, there is basically no possibility of a substantial improvement in the 400-meter event.

In last year's Athens Olympics final, although he ran a personal best time of 44 seconds, he was only ranked last in the final.This year, I didn’t even break 94 seconds once.Therefore, neither I nor the national team focused on the 45-meter event.Because everyone understands that even if they are lucky enough to reach the finals this time, they will still be at the bottom.

In this case, it is better to focus on the relay training.Especially after the veteran Shen Yunbao started to let himself go this year, Xu Ziyu was the first baton of the relay team.Whether it's the old team member Huang Shugang or the newcomer Wen Yongyi, they are more than one level behind themselves in terms of personal strength and teamwork!

This is the gold medal of the World Championships!In last year's Olympic Games, although I also had a relay gold medal, but at that time, after all, I was still a substitute player and only participated in the preliminaries. The gold medal was not good enough!And this time, I will be the main force in the finals, but I can't let go of this opportunity!

It's just that, for his coach He Yanwu, he felt a little wronged.After all, the head coach of the relay team is Coach Mai Shaoqiang, and it is Coach Mai who gets the most out of the results!
Alas... I'm sorry for the coach!If only I could have such perverted strength and stamina like Brother Guo!

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Head coach Feng Shuyong was also relieved at Xu Ziyu's choice.

This would be best. Although I could also order Xu Ziyu to give up personal events and focus on the relay, but if Xu Ziyu couldn't think about it and had an idea in his mind, it would actually affect his performance in the relay.

As for the loss caused by Xu Ziyu's abandonment of his personal project to coach He Yanwu, he can only find a way to make up for it later.At this time, collective honor is above all else...

Sigh... Feng Shuyong felt helpless when he thought of this.The U.S. team has too many talents, and I don’t know who to choose to participate in the relay, but there are only a few people in our national team who are capable of running the relay, and it’s impossible to leave anyone...

Well, it seems that in the future, we have to continue to increase the size of the relay team and the training of young players!Today's men's sprint relay has become a dominant event for our Chinese track and field team. We must take advantage of Guo Zizhao's peak season to consolidate and expand our dominant position in this event.

Otherwise, once the state of Guo Zizhao and these old players declines, then our relay team will lose its glory...

(End of this chapter)