Zizhao Chuan: The Biggest Sportsman

Chapter 746 The Strange Preliminaries

At 07:30 in the evening, the men's 4x100m sprint preliminaries of this World Championships will officially start.

It's just that the weather is not good, Berlin ushered in a heavy rain this afternoon, fortunately, before the start of the game, the heavy rain has stopped, and the game can proceed normally.However, the slightly slippery runway will definitely affect the performance of the players.

Therefore, when reporting the list of contestants before the start of the competition, head coach Feng Shuyong and Mai Shaoqiang were still a little worried, "There is still a bit of water on the track, I am afraid that the players will make mistakes when handing over the baton!"

"No problem, it's just a little stagnant water, and it's not like we haven't practiced on rainy days." Guo Zizhao also said with a smile, "It rains a lot in Rongcheng, and the night rain in Bashan is not just playing tricks! As for Their state..."

Guo Zizhao also glanced at these excited teammates again, turned to Feng Shuyong and said, "I believe they have no problem, it's just the preliminaries, as long as the baton is steady, there is no problem to enter the finals!"

Soon, the preliminaries officially began.

The preliminaries of this relay race are divided into three groups. The top two in each group will directly qualify for the final, and then the two teams with the best results will be selected from the remaining teams to advance to the final.The US team was placed in the first group of the preliminaries, the Jamaica team was in the second group, and the Chinese team was in the last group.

In the preliminaries of the first group, in addition to the powerful US team, the Japanese team also served as the seed team of this group.In the top international competitions in recent years, under the pressure of the Chinese team, although the Japanese team did not achieve astonishing rankings as they did in their previous life, they also ran out of the top five in the finals several times, and they also cooperated with each other with a tacit handover And made a lot of fame in the international track and field.

The seed teams in the second group are the Jamaican team and the British team. These two teams won the runner-up and third place in this event at the last Osaka World Championships. Their strength cannot be underestimated.

Especially the Jamaica team. Although Bolt lost to Guo Zizhao again in the personal event this time, the strong overall strength of the Jamaica team also surprised the entire international track and field circle.In last year's Beijing Olympic Games, the Jamaica team ran 37 seconds, which is also the second best result in the history of international track and field circles in this event!

As for the most powerful teams in the third group to enter the finals, of course they are the Chinese team and the Trinidad and Tobago team.The Chinese team led by Guo Zizhao has always been the overlord in the men's relay event. Last year's world record of 37 seconds made many people feel incredible.

Under the leadership of Thompson and Burns, the old strong team Tobago has once again gained the strength to win medals in top international competitions in the past two years.

However, when the first group of players appeared on the stage, the audience all started to exclaim.

I'll go... The US team actually didn't have all the main players, but still mainly substitute players!
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Trammell, Rodgers, Crawford and Patton, as soon as this combination of the US team played, it made everyone complain.Over the years, the U.S. team has been very thorough in the relay event!
In the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games, the US team lost to the Chinese team.In the 2005 World Championships and the 2008 Olympics, the US team dropped bats in the preliminaries and was eliminated.But now, the U.S. team still doesn't learn their lesson, and they still take the lead with substitute players!

Even the commentator couldn't help but tease, "Tyson Gay and Spiemon, the leaders of the US team, still didn't appear on the stage, probably because they just participated in the final of the 200-meter dash yesterday, so today they have a rest One day, I was recharging my energy for tomorrow's final, but veterans Trammell and Crawford appeared in the first and third positions."

"The US team's preliminaries are always so elusive. I just don't know if Gay and Spiemon are lucky enough to participate in the finals tomorrow night?"

I don't know if the commentator's crow's mouth has started to play a role. After the game started, the US team's coordination in handing over the baton was really a bit frightening.

Although Trammel, the first bat, is a veteran in the 110-meter hurdles event, he is still very good in starting and short-distance explosive power, so he has always been one of the main substitutes for the US team in the first bat .

This time, Trammell also played very well, and his speed on the curve was also very good. However, Trammell made a small mistake in cooperating with Rogers in passing the baton, until he was about to leave the relay zone. Successfully passed the baton to the opponent's hand.

Although it was just such a seemingly inconspicuous small mistake, it also shocked the audience and commentators at the scene into a cold sweat.

"Trammel! Trammell and the second-best Rogers failed to pass the baton for the first time just now!" The commentator also exclaimed, "But fortunately, the two did not give up! After two more steps forward, Trammell managed to slip the baton into Rodgers' hands!"

"It's too thrilling! If it's one step later, the baton will be out of the handover zone! If this is the case, then the US team will go home again in this relay race! I hope that in the handover of the next two sticks, the US team We can be more secure, otherwise, the peak duel between China, the United States and Jamaica, which everyone is looking forward to, will turn into a competition between the Chinese team and the Jamaican team!"

I have to say that the commentator for today's game really has the potential of a crow's mouth. The subsequent handover between Rogers and Crawford was relatively smooth, and the US team also relied on its strong personal strength. In the first three rounds of the competition, he has already led all the players by nearly 1 meter.

But what people didn't expect was that the last handover between Crawford and Parton started to go wrong again...

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"The U.S. has gained a clear lead for the time being, and the Japanese team is following closely behind the U.S. team with their tacit cooperation! It's the last shot, and now it's time for the U.S. team to hand over the last shot! David Patton started, and Ke Crawford in the take-off zone, Crawford! Crawford..."

The voice of the narrator also suddenly screamed, "Crawford suddenly slowed down! It may be because of the rain just now, the handover area is a bit slippery, Crawford chose to ensure the safety of the handover Slow down and hand over the stick! But Patton didn't understand the intention of his teammates, and still started to accelerate with all his strength after turning around! It's dangerous..."

"No... Crawford accelerated again! Crawford also discovered this coordination error, and accelerated again! Come on, come on... Crawford! Crawford! Patton! Take over the baton Success!" The commentator also roared loudly, "The handover was successful! Crawford caught up with Patton at the edge of the takeover zone, and the two completed a thrilling handover at the edge of the takeover zone Great!"

"It's so thrilling! After taking over the baton, Patton started to sprint with all his strength! The US team is still in the leading position!" The commentator also said with lingering fear, "Just now the cooperation between Crawford and Patton appeared. A mistake, Crawford's signal may be that Patton did not receive it, fortunately, Crawford caught up with his teammates at the last moment."

"However, since the handover of the two is already on the edge of the relay zone, we can't judge whether the handover is still in the relay zone. We can only wait until the game is completely over, and then the referee team will make the final judgment! Sprint! Sprint...Paton crossed the finish line first and won No.1 in this group! Although the Japanese team's individual strength is not strong, they still crossed the finish line second with tacit cooperation!"

In the end, the U.S. team temporarily ranked No. 37 in the group with an excellent time of 97 seconds. However, after the game is completely over, the U.S. team will have to face the final decision of the referee team before this result can finally take effect. .

This time the American team made two mistakes in the coordination of handing over the baton. Not only did the others feel anxious, Feng Shuyong and Mai Shaoqiang were even more emotional!

Your sister... The US team is so suspenseful again this time, then our Chinese team will also have a substitute, will there be any surprises?Guo Zizhao, why did he do such a bold thing this time?In the past, for the sake of safety, our national team, as long as Guo Zizhao was in good health, didn't we let him play that time...

Sigh... why did I agree to Guo Zizhao's risky decision this time?
While Feng Shuyong and Mai Shaoqiang were still secretly blaming themselves, when the Jamaica team from the second group came out, they were also dumbfounded.

Your sister... this Jamaica team, this time it went too far!The U.S. team has two main players at any rate, but your Jamaica team has three substitute players all of a sudden this time!You are going to heaven...

(End of this chapter)