Run Out of My Life

At 20:05 on August 18th, it was the second round of the men's 200m semi-final, and at 21:25 on August 19th was the third round of the men's 200m semifinal.

In the second round of the four-group rematch, Su Zu played in the third group.

There are no strong competitors in the same group, but similar to the previous 100 meters or the World Championships, the competition has become more and more intense since the rematch.

Many runners whose scores are more than 20 seconds away are starting to exert their strength. For them, there is no way to make much reservations in the second round of the men's 200 meters. At this time, they basically need to go all out. to advance to the next round of semi-finals.

Suzu, Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, Wallace Spearmont, Sean Crawford, the five men's 200m runners are the most promising five title contenders.

Suzu, Bolt and Guy do not need to introduce any more. In the men's 100m final, the three players have already presented the most peak duel and won the first Three grades.

Wallace Spearmont is also a very competitive athlete in the current men's 200 meters. On September 28, 2006 in Daegu, South Korea, he ran 19 seconds 65 best result. In the three seasons of 2005-2007, he has won many times against Guy and Bolt. In the past time and space, he was also the eighth fastest player in the history of the men's 200 meters.

Although Sean Crawford's performance in competitions has been relatively flat in recent years, after the start of the 2008 Olympic Games, there is also a lot of preparation and training, plus he is the 2004 Athens Olympic Games champion , to return to the men's 200m event that he is good at, and the attention is also not small.

After the men's 200m preliminaries and semi-finals were completed on August 18th, the men's 200m semi-finals and finals of the next two races were held on August 19th and August 20th respectively.

The men's 200m semi-final at 21:25 pm on August 19, the semi-finals of two groups, the top four of each group directly advance.

Compared to the preliminaries and semifinals the previous day, the top players also improved their semifinal results appropriately according to the performance of their opponents and the importance of the competition.

In addition, compared with the men's 100m, there are curves in the men's 200m and 400m sprints, and the arrangement of the runs will also be adjusted according to the previous competition, which is still very important .

The final lineup included five players who participated in the finals of the Osaka World Championships last year.

Suzu, Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, Kurandi Martina, Wallace Spearmont are all five men's 200 meters at the World Championships last year The other players, with a slight difference, are Jin Collins of Venice, St. Kitts, Christie Malcolm of the United Kingdom and Sean Crawford of the United States.

August 20th.

One hour before the men's 200m final.

Lao Li stood on the track with his hands behind his back slightly, wandering leisurely, checking the warm-up of other players from time to time, or chatting with Zhang Pingqiu in a low voice.

This is the easiest time for Li Zhizhong since preparing for the Olympic Games. After Su Zu won the men's 100m championship, all the pressure disappeared. The meaning of this most important gold medal made him, Su Zu and other members of the coaching research group breathed a sigh of relief.

In this year, there is no doubt that the General Administration and the Athletics Management Center have asked for it. Although the world record was not mentioned at that time, the gold medal of the men's 100 meters is the top priority.

Su Zu is now the first person in the history of Chinese track and field.

The 200m is also not easy to run, facing Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, Wallace Spearmont, Sean Crawford and others , is also a huge challenge.

But the unprecedented gold medal in the men's 100m also broke the world record, exceeding the expected goal. The men's 200m and 4x100m behind him have put a lot of pressure on Su Zu reduce.

Of course, athletes stand on the field and have the strength to participate in the competition, and naturally they must have the spirit of sports to work hard.

However, compared to the gloomy clouds before the game, Li Zhizhong now has a heavy heart, and the next game should not be as tense as before.

Su Zu was the most nervous in almost every match, and this time the men's 100m final was even more so. Fortunately, it has now passed. Li Zhizhong also relaxed himself, and for the remaining 200 meters, Su Zu played casually.

"Almost there, let's do some stretches!"

Li Zhizhong watched Su Zu run two sets of ultra-distance runs on the warm-up track, and there were faint sweat stains on his forehead, so he greeted him directly.

"Okay!"

Su Zu sighed slightly, nodded, walked to Li Zhizhong and began to stretch before the game.

First, I did a few sets of static stretching force chest cross-arms and hip joint stretching lunges, and then did dynamic stretching force front and back, left and right swinging legs, high leg walking, etc. The movements and some static stretching require a little assistance from Li Zhizhong and Zhang Pingqiu.

The pre-competition massage and stretching, as well as the starting reaction and the ultra-distance running warm-up, are basically all the preparation activities for a sprinter before the big race.

Stretching has always been a hot topic in the field of sports research, and is generally used in competitive sports as a means of special preparation activities. Generally in the field of sports, static stretching and dynamic stretching are mainly used as part of pre-competition preparation activities.

In the speed-testing event of sprinting, the stretching in the warm-up phase before the competition mainly improves the level of the acceleration phase, which can fully extend the muscles and joints of the body. Another is that in the 200-meter and 400-meter sprints with curves, stretching can improve the athlete's control of the body at high speed.

Now on the other side.

Usain Bolt, who had just finished the pre-match massage, also stood up from the reclining chair and moved his hands and feet gently.

Glen Mills had a faint smile on his face, looked at Bolt and said, "VJ, do you remember when we first trained for 200 meters?"

"Certainly remember, back then you loved meetings." Bolt grinned, just after his 2004 Athens Olympics, when he was transferred to Glenn Mills that period of time.

Many training programs could not be carried out, because at that time he had a serious back injury due to scoliosis, and it became very difficult to lean his body during long-distance curved running . It was a rather painful process.

"Look at you now." Glenn Mills patted Bolt on the back, "We've been overcoming it all these years, and now you're sharp, I'm right You're confident. It's what you do best, and you're not going to lose to anyone!"

"Of course, coach, I never doubted what you said!" Bolt laughed.

"Then play!"

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In the Bird's Nest Stadium, countless cheers were sounding from the stands at this time.

On the commentary booth in the media area, the voice of Yang Jian, a live track and field commentator on CCTV, was heard when the TV screen switched to the Bird's Nest Stadium:

"...Good audience and friends, welcome back to the Bird's Nest again, the men's 200m final of the Olympic Games will begin soon... Let's see the players, the second course of St. Kitts and Nivi Kim Collins of the Isles, who lives and trains in his country for three months a year, says my country doesn't have a car or a real track and field, but I feel good about representing my country in the biggest competition in the world. Proud, he was the 100m champion at the 2003 World Championships.

Third course, Malcolm from England. He was also a professional football player before, and because of his higher speed, he has now become a British 100-meter trapeze.

The fourth course, the 200-meter champion Sean Crawford of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, he has also experienced ups and downs in his life in the past four years, and this time is also the best time for him to prove himself again good chance.

The fifth track, second only to Suzu in the 100m race, the Jamaican trapeze who created a new human limit, Usain Bolt, he made an arrow to the end of the 200m posture. At this year's Athens Grand Prix in Greece, Bolt broke the Jamaican men's 200-meter world record with a time of 19.67 seconds, which was also the best result of the 2008 men's 200 meters. In today's men's 200-meter showdown, he is the most likely to win the championship and the biggest challenger to Su Zu.

The sixth track, the men's 100m champion and world record holder at the Olympic Games, Su Zu! Su Zu won the silver medal in the men's 200m at the 2004 Olympic Games, and won the men's 100m or 200m champion for two consecutive times in the 2005 and 2007 World Championships. Today he and Bolt will be the second peak duel after the 100-meter final.

Seventh Road, Tyson Gay, Tyson Gay said when he faced reporters before the game that Suzu has always been the target he wants to surpass, and this year's Bolt In amazing form, he will go all out to face two of the most powerful opponents in the world.

The eighth course, American star Wallace Spearmont, in order to realize his dream of world championship, is also a slasher. Will he be able to deliver on his promise today.

Road 9, Kurandi Martina from the Netherlands Antilles, he and the hero of the Netherlands Antilles, the flag bearer of the two Olympic Games... We look forward to Su Zu has perfect acceleration in the corners. The match between him and Bolt and Guy is likely to be the second race in the history of track and field after the men's 100m... This is the pinnacle of the human race. , almost never before..."

With Yang Jian's commentary, the camera lens turned over the eight contestants who were about to start the final one by one. When Su Zu appeared on the big screen and the TV screens in countless people's homes, Almost instantly, the applause and shouting of the mountain and tsunami sounded at the same time.

Bird's Nest National Stadium, starting from August 15th, such warm cheers and shouts have hardly been heard. No one can describe the pride of hosting such a grand Olympic Games in their own country, no one It is clear how proud he was when he saw Su Zu cross the finish line in the men's 100-meter final, and the five-star red flag fluttered.

This is the quadrennial Olympic Games loved by people all over the world, and it is the prosperity we have been waiting for for a long time.

Yellow skin, black hair, red sprint clothes, as long as you stand on the runway, it is the most beautiful scenery.

And now, Su Zu is once again standing on the starting line of the 200-meter final.

“Onyourmarks!”

The voices of being in place on the radio in the stadium sounded again.

Before the men's 200-meter starting line, Su Zu made an abdominal jump in place, stretched his joints at will, and slowly stepped onto the starting block.

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But Su Zu is very clear that in today's game, the forms of the three people are completely different.

At the Osaka World Championships, Bolt was strong enough to be without a doubt the world's top 200m runner, but at that time he hadn't grown to the point of this year.

In just one year, Bolt, who has entered the peak stage, is worthy of the title of Jamaica Lightning.

Exceeds the height and leg length of most sprinters, is comparable to the fast pace of short athletes, the explosive power of powerful muscles is activated in an instant, and the unparalleled speed retention ability in the second half.

This in itself is a breakthrough in the selection of most sprinters.

However, even with such a Jamaican lightning, the great devil, Su Zu didn't make any waves in his heart.

He has already beaten each other in the men's 100m, breaking a world record and winning a gold medal. Although this world record may not be guaranteed, the other party will go further, and there is a chance to break it again next year and the year after.

But again, you can do it yourself.

The men's 100m final has many meanings to Su Zu, and one of them can also be his own knot.

From the 2005 New York Grand Prix men's 200-meter run against Bolt, to the Olympic Games, in the Bird's Nest, defeating the opponent, this time Su Zu's heart has no fear or obstacles.

As long as I stand on the starting line, I want to win all the games!

Now, don't think about anything, just let go and run, that's it!

Bolt leaned over the fourth runway, habitually making ten strokes on his chest, his expression was not as relaxed as 100 meters.

It's not tense, but the level of emphasis is completely different.

From a young age, seeing the seeds planted by Michael Johnson in breaking the world record at the 1996 Olympics, he has been thinking about what it means to be a champion.

"Forget Osaka, VJ, you are no different now! At 200 meters, you are unbeatable!"

He felt that his Achilles tendon, abdominal muscles, calves and other aspects of his body were operating at their best, like a rocket filled with fuel, just waiting for the moment to ignite.

Bent over and bowed your head, the gunfire of the game is about to sound.

The hustle and bustle of the scene gradually quieted down.

The referee, wearing a blue suit and white trousers, roamed between the passes, checking whether all the athletes remained still.

You're all set!

"SET!"

On the starting line of the different corners, the eight runners turned from squatting to the starting position in the sound of preparation.

Stand on the running aid with both feet, the strong leg muscles are like a super high-speed engine, even in a static state, it seems that the strong roar can be heard.

Pop!

"The game begins!"

Yang Jian's voice instantly rang in the ears of countless people through the transmission signal.

In the arena, the eight athletes broke out almost instantly. The powerful pedaling force suddenly pushed the whole body to run forward frantically. The fast swinging arms maintained the balance of the body and also made the starting become more powerful.

As soon as the gunfire continued, Bolt flew out.

He clearly felt that his start was perfect, faster than when he ran 100 meters.

In the men's 200-meter race, which is not particularly demanding for the start, it is even more powerful for Bolt to have such a start.

With his height and long legs, when competitors of the same level compete, he often does not have any advantage at the start. But with a good start, the fast pace and super stride brought by his explosiveness are almost unstoppable.

In the footsteps of puff puff, his body is accelerating frantically from the static state to the highest speed.

Su Zu's starting reaction was faster than Bolt, but from the start, he felt a strong pressure from behind him.

The two are adjacent to each other, and because of the number of stretches, his position is in the front. Bolt, who was at the back, could tell Suzu and Tyson Gay firmly from the start, and quickly catch up with the two.

Su Zu is already used to this situation.

On the track and field, he has always taken the lead and is the target of other athletes.

The enormous pressure that Bolt brought to him, also, after the start, he gave Tyson Gay in the seventh lane and Wallace Spearmont in the eighth lane. With a huge sense of oppression.

Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters…

Suzu and Bolt have completely entered the high-speed stage at this stage of the curve.

After only 30 meters, Sean Crawford in the fourth lane obviously felt that his acceleration was not sufficient, and Bolt, who was running in front of him, was quickly pulling away from him distance.

In recent years, he has entered a low ebb due to injuries. Although he has watched the match between Suzu and Bolt, he is on the field in person at the moment. The two of them were still a little surprised.

Forty meters, fifty meters, sixty meters…

The eight runners on the corner were all struggling to improve their speed.

As the curve narrows, the distance between the players also narrows.

At the position of 60 meters, it can be clearly seen that Suzu, Bolt, and Tyson Gay stood out from the many players.

In the cornering stage, if the strength of the players is not much different, the general audience may not be able to distinguish who is ahead and who is behind. But at this time, the performance of Su Zu and Bolt Guy on the field was very clear.

The three surpassed most of the players and ran out with their own strong strength.

Three 100-meter champions, runners-up, and third runners-up at this stage are not enough to absolutely distinguish the pros and cons. Still maintaining a certain distance, constantly running towards the front.

Seventy meters, eighty meters, ninety meters...the curve goes straight!

All players' positions are visible at a glance.

It is not just the cornering stage, although it can be seen that some players are leading, but the specific situation cannot be seen clearly.

Su Zu and Bolt rushed out almost side by side. At the stage of 100 meters to 110 meters, Su Zu's strength is undoubtedly the strongest at present, but Bolt's 200 meters In addition to the personal running strength of the meter specialties, the cornering skills are also more exquisite, the two are equal, basically in the middle.

The only one who can keep up with the speed of the two at this distance is Tyson Gay.

The audience is boiling!

The red figure and the yellow figure ran wildly on the field, just like the performance of the two in the men's 100 meters.

Tyson Gay was still closely following a few dozen meters ahead of the straight, but gradually the speed began to slow down. Behind him is Sean Crawford, who is also doing well.

On the other side, Wallace Spearmont, who started the slowest in the eighth lane, and Kurandi Martina in the ninth lane, were all chasing in the footsteps of Tyson Gay at this time.

"...At the beginning of the race, Su Zu started very solidly. He and Bolt surpassed the other players in the corner. Guy looked a little behind the two. Zu and Bolt were neck and neck and took the lead in the straight...they were pushing the limits of humanity..."

Yang Jian looked at the performance of the players on the field, and quickly explained that this game was similar to what he expected before the game, and many drafts almost blurted out at this time.

The last fifty meters, forty meters, thirty meters…

Su Zu's speed endurance is now very good. Running 200 meters is almost completely from the beginning to the end. It is no longer necessary to properly allocate speed to allow him to be able to have a good performance in the second half. Better physical strength supports high-speed running.

Usain Bolt on the side also rushed straight from the start. His absolute speed may be a little slower than Su Zu, but with his height and long legs and super strong Speed ​​endurance has always been at a standstill with Su Zu.

The strong desire to win has completely filled Bolt's heart at this moment. He has not run a few 100 meters. He can accept the loss of the Olympic champion, but he can't do 200 meters. This is his dream !

Bolt stared at the finish line almost completely. He had the habit of glancing left and right during the race, but in the men's 200-meter race with Suzu, he rarely did this Actions.

The opponent is too strong. If he wants to win, he needs to achieve the most perfect details. If he wants to be as easy as the first and second rounds, he can look around, almost impossible.

Fifteen meters, ten meters, five meters…

On the field, it seems that there are only two people left, sprinting towards the finish line together!

Cross the line!

19 seconds 28!

The winner crossed the finish line on the yellow clock!

Everyone's hearts are tangled together in an instant.

So close, so fast, almost no one can see who is faster!

Yang Jian, the on-site commentator, was silent for a few seconds at this time, without speaking, he stood up from the commentary seat he was sitting and stared at the finish line.

Before the finish line, both Su Zu and Bolt stopped, just sprinted past, and each other did not know who was faster.

The hot and boiling scene seemed to be quiet for a moment, and the results on the time card had come out. The world record of 19 seconds 32 created by Michael Johnson in 1996 has been broken.

But who is the champion? !

Suddenly, a burst of hilarity broke through the sky like thunder.

On the big screen at the scene, there was a freeze-frame image of the runners crossing the finish line captured by the high-speed camera.

With the same action of lowering his head and pressing the line, Su Zu crossed the finish line ahead of Bolt with a slight advantage!

The screen switches on the big screen, and the scores of the eight contestants are listed one by one:

1. Sixth Road, Su Zu, China, reaction time 0.148 seconds, score 19 seconds 276;

2. The fifth channel, Usain Bolt, Jamaica, reaction 0.172 seconds, score 19 seconds 285;

3. Seventh Road, Tyson Guy, United States, reaction 0.151 seconds, score 19 seconds 67;

4. The ninth road, Curandi Martina, Netherlands Antilles, reaction 0.144 seconds, score 19 seconds 82;

5. Eighth Road, Wallace Spearmont, United States, reaction 0.167 seconds, score 19 seconds 95;

6. Fourth course, Sean Crawford, United States, reaction 0.210 seconds, score 19 seconds 96;

7. The third course, Christie Malcolm, UK, reaction 0.212 seconds, score 20 seconds 40;

8. Second course, Kim Collins, St. Kitts and Venice, reaction 0.165 seconds, score 20 seconds 59;

The voice of the conference broadcast and Yang Jian's live commentary suddenly mentioned the highest at this time:

"...Su Zu won, the men's 200m champion, the second gold medal. Su Zu defeated the mighty Jamaican trapeze Bolt and once again won a precious track and field gold medal for the Chinese delegation .Su Zu became the Olympic men's 1200m double champion, Su Zu once again made history!!"

Before the finish line, Su Zu looked at the final result on the big screen, let out a long sigh of relief, and finally showed relief on his face.

Men's 200m champion, I did it.