Run Out of My Life

Besides the arena, Chen Jian watched the results flashing on the big screen of the Olympic Stadium, his lips seemed to be biting blood.

In the first group of the preliminaries just finished, the first place was Frankie Fredericks, a Namibian veteran born in 1967, with a score of 10 seconds 12; the second place was Nigeria The player Uchena Emoduri scored 10.22 seconds; the third place was the Japanese player, the Asian 200-meter record holder Susuke Shingo, who scored 10.27 seconds.

And he, Chen Jian, was fourth, and this group ran 10.34 seconds. At the moment before the game started, he suddenly became nervous.

The best starting response and acceleration in the first half did not play out at all. In the entire group, his starting response was 0.181 seconds in the bottom third.

For a player who is good at the first half of the race and has a dominant starting reaction, this trip can be said to be extremely bad.

After the start, even if he tried his best to catch up, he could never recover the disadvantage caused by the nervousness of the start.

Waiting second by second, the noise in the venue seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Chen Jian watched as the players from various countries in the group stage walked onto the track one after another, galloping like wind on the track to the sound of electronic gun shots.

Soon, in the fifth group of the preliminaries, Chen Jian saw Su Zu, saw him raise his hands, and gestured to the audience with a confident smile.

When the fifth group of athletes in the preliminaries finished running, Chen Jian looked at the row upon row of the athletes' performance rankings on the big screen in the stadium, when Su Zu's name and a five-star red flag icon were listed first, Chen Jian felt a rush of blood in his body.

"Good brother, it's amazing, no matter how well I run, at least you have entered the next round."

pride.

The sixth group, the seventh group, the eighth group, the ninth group... The preliminaries have been going on.

The level of players in each group is mixed, in the seventh group of the top three Jamaica's Asafa Powell is 10 seconds 06, the British Jason Gardner 10 seconds 15, Australia Joshua Ross 10 seconds 24, Chen Jian felt uneasy for a while, even a little disheartened. The strength of this group of players is really too strong!

When the results of the ninth group of the preliminaries were announced, the first-place Nigerian Dejialiu only ran 10.39 seconds, and Chen Jian felt a little more lucky. Maybe there is still a chance.

The most frustrating time is always waiting.

He is the fourth place in the first group of the preliminaries, and can only wait for the ten groups of players to finish the competition. After each group has finished the top three, the remaining players will be based on the best 10 people. sort.

Maybe in another time and space, he may not be as nervous in the preliminaries as he is today, and after winning several national championships, he has already looked around at a loss. Foreign high-level players can't keep up, and domestic practice is only ten seconds one or ten seconds two.

What else? When I participated in the Olympic preliminaries for the first time, I finished the race hastily, looked at the unsatisfactory results, and showed a bitter smile, and never had the idea of ​​entering the next round of semi-finals.

But this time is different. Starting from the 2002 Grand Prix, a teenager suddenly appeared and began to surpass him again and again.

From the opponent on the field to the teammate who later became a training team, Chen Jian knew that the opponent far surpassed him.

He has also been disheartened, slack, and helpless, and most of all, he has rekindled the idea of ​​an athlete catching up.

Silent efforts, even if I really can't catch up with you, then I have to know where my limit is!

From China to Asia to Europe, there are thousands of mountains and rivers, and finally stood on the Athens Olympic Games. Strong opponents, teammates who rely on each other, and training companions who chase after me again and again in the closed base.

Even if he was nervous, even if he was not in the best state, he never paid much attention to the ninth track and ran out of the fourth place in the group.

10 seconds 34, which is a very good result in China and Asia, but this is in the Olympic Games.

Do I have another chance?

Chen Jian is still waiting, the tenth group of the men's 100-meter preliminaries of the Athens Olympic Games has already played.

…

"Chen Jian is now ranked No. 1."

When the preliminaries of the tenth group stepped onto the field, and the conference broadcast was introducing the athletes, Mai Shaoqiang turned his head and asked Yuan Guohua, who was comparing the athletes' data results.

"Exclude the athletes in the tenth group, the athletes in the first nine groups, remove the top three, and the remaining results are ranked, Chen Jian is now the eighth place, and the ninth place is Jabas. Mascarenhas, a Brazilian athlete in Suzu's group, has the same 10.34 seconds as Chen Jian, but is slightly slower in thousandths of a second."

Yuan Guohua looked at the results table of each group in his hand. These are the coaches and athletes accompanied by Li Zhizhong and Shen Yunbao, as well as translators and assistants of the regiment. The results of each group are announced on the big screen When it comes out, it is quickly and manually counted.

Although it is superfluous, waiting there without doing anything, and the results and rankings will come out in a while, but I can't bear the extremely anxious hearts of these people present.

Everyone wants to know the current ranking of Chen Jian.

Only 40 people in the men's 100m group preliminaries will enter the semi-finals, and the 30th are the top three of the 10 preliminaries.

Now, excluding the athletes in the tenth group, the top three athletes in the first nine preliminaries have already occupied 27 places. Among the remaining athletes, Chen Jian ranked eighth in 10.34 seconds, or 35th.

There must be three places in the tenth preliminaries group to enter the semi-finals, and then postpone the ranking, Chen Jian is 38th.

In other words, in the tenth preliminaries group, if only the fourth and fifth places surpass Chen Jian, he will be able to advance, and if the sixth place also surpasses Chen Jian, he will Will be eliminated and missed the rematch.

On the field, the information of the players on the field will be introduced one by one with the broadcast. On the screen at the Olympic Stadium, the list of athletes in the final group of the men's 100-meter preliminaries appeared.

Because there are only eight athletes, the first lane on the inner side is cancelled, and the lane arrangement starts directly from the second lane.

Second Course France, Eddie Lepin;

Third Course Jamaica, Michael Frette;

4th Road Trinidad and Tobago, Nacon Alexandria;

Fifth Road Gabon, Wilfried Bingnoye;

Sixth Road St. Kitts and Nevis, Kim Collins;

Seventh Road Italy, Simone Corio;

The Eighth Road, Bermuda, Xavier James;

Ninth Road Monaco, Sebastian Gattuso;

As the general international standard password of "Onyourmarks" sounded, the audience's attention was focused on the last group of men's 100m preliminaries.

"Run slower, run slower."

Shen Yunbao listened to Coach Mai Shaoqiang standing in front, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, as if he was praying in a low voice.

He followed a few staff members who had just counted the results of the players in each group standing in the back, waiting nervously and anxiously. Like Mai Shaoqiang, Shen Yunbao was also shouting silently in his heart, hoping that the results of this group would not be too good.

As an athlete, it is not a glorious thing to expect these competitors to perform poorly. If you say it, you will be laughed at. If you have no strength, you will expect others to perform poorly.

As a teammate, as a friend, he so hoped that the players in this group would all perform poorly.

He didn't run into the A mark. Except for the last relay race, he can only be a spectator these days. There is no way to replace him in the game. He can only cheer and pray on the sidelines.

Su Zu also walked over to Chen Jian after finishing the group match.

Chen Jian watched Su Zu appear, gave him a thumbs up, and focused on the tenth preliminaries group that was about to start the final match.

Su Zu did not speak either, standing beside Chen Jian, waiting with him for the results to be announced.

At the same time.

In the other corner of the arena, Brazilian athlete Jabas Mascarenhas in a blue-green tracksuit, with a cross on his chest, was also anxiously awaiting the outcome of the match.

He was a player in the fifth group of the preliminaries where Su Zu was in. In that group, the top three were Suzu of China, Aubikeville of Portugal and Ronald Bernievin of France , the fourth is Gambia's Jesuma Saidi. He finished fifth with a time of 10.34.

The same 10 seconds 34 as Chen Jian, but the thousandth of a second is slower, ranking behind Chen Jian.

Although Jabas Mashkarenyas doesn't know where he ranks now, the expectations are the same for players who need to rely on ranking to advance to the next round of rematch of.

The stadium with 70,000 people gradually quieted down.

An electronic starting gun snapped.

The contest is on!

The starting movements of the runners are very fast. In the short acceleration stage of 20 to 30 meters, the individual strengths of the runners in each pass are vividly reflected.

Chen Jian's face turned pale in an instant. As a sprinter with a long experience in the field, he dared not say how fast he ran, but the speed of other athletes' running speed was still somewhat low.

With a distance of tens of meters, the five players in the front and the three players in the back opened the gap.

No, 6th is behind, but fast!

Seventy meters, eighty meters, ninety meters…

The players on the field are running.

Chen Jian raised his whole heart, as if being held tightly. The tension this time was even worse than when he was standing on the field just now.

Suddenly—

One after another figure quickly crossed the finish line.

On the timing board, the first time in the group has appeared, 10 seconds 11, Kim Collins from St. Kitts and Nevis, a somewhat old black athlete, 2003 Paris Athletics Championships Men 100m champion.

The results of the eight players in this group were listed one by one on the big screen of the Olympic Stadium.

1. Sixth Road, Kim Collins, St. Kitts and Nevis, Response 0.154, Grade 10.11;

2. The third course, Michael Fret, Jamaica, reaction 0.161, score 10.20;

3. The fourth channel, Nacona Alexandria, Trinidad and Tobago, response 0.139, score 10.22;

4. Seventh Road, Simone Corio, Italy, reaction 0.151, score 10.27;

5. Second course, Eddie Lepin, France, reaction 0.192, score 10.27;

6. Eighth Road, Xavier James, Bermuda, reaction 0.147, score 10.40;

7. The ninth road, Sebastian Gattuso, Monaco, reaction 0.152, score 10.58;

8. Fifth course, Wilfried Bingnoye, Gabon, reaction 0.206, score 10.76;

"The sixth place is 10 seconds 40?!"

Chen Jian looked at the data on the big screen and muttered.

The sixth place in this group is 8-lane Bermuda player Xavier James. The names of these players look long and complicated, and there are flags that not many people can really spell correctly.

But that result is in Arabic numerals, Chen Jian has seen it.

The results of the top five are terrifyingly good, all within 10.30 seconds, but from the sixth place, they jumped directly to the stage of 10.40 seconds.

"I made the cut!"

Chen Jian jumped up suddenly, hugged Su Zu suddenly, then jumped in front of his head coach Mai Shaoqiang, and gave him a hug.

Tears welling up!

Li Zhizhong, Yuan Guohua, Shen Yunbao, Su Zu, officials from the adjacent regiment headquarters, translators and other staff all smiled and applauded warmly.

In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, in the men's 100-meter competition, two Chinese athletes made history and entered the second round of the semi-finals.