บท 438: 100m rematch

In the last straight runway, South Africa's Devontel and Spain's Casado were in the lead. At this time, Ali had been left behind by them, and it seemed that the group first was about to be born between them.

Both Devontel and Cassado have tried their best. They are not looking at each other, nor are they sure who is closer to each other, because it is no longer meaningful to confirm who comes first. At this time, their eyes were fixed on the finish line, and there was only the end in their eyes. They all rushed towards the end with the belief in victory.

Suddenly a huge cheer sounded in the field, the sound was like a landslide, like a tsunami. The cheers were full of passion and excitement, but also full of sincere encouragement.

Although Devontel and Casado could not understand Chinese, they could feel that this cheering sound was given to them. After entering the straight, the two of them began to resist each other and began to compete for the first place. The cheers were for both of them, and they didn't come to mind it until now.

"The audience was cheering, what happened?" the two thought in unison.

Then, a red jersey that suddenly appeared on the right side told them why the audience cheered.

"That's Zhang Guan! No wonder the audience cheered so loudly, it turned out that Zhang Guan caught up with him. Wait a minute, isn't he an Olympic B-mark participant? Why did he not fall behind, but managed to catch up? What happened back there? What's the matter." Devontel didn't know how Zhang Guan caught up, and at this time, the end was close at hand, and he didn't have the energy to think about it.

"Your just a B-standard athlete, how could I lose to you!" A steadfast expression appeared in Devontel's eyes as if he must win the group's first place.

But the next second, Devontel suddenly found that Zhang Guan surpassed him and ran ahead.

"Being overtaken by Zhang Guan?" Devontel felt tight, he wanted to catch up and try to overtake.

After another second, the distance between the two did not shrink but widened.

"How is it possible, how can the speed of Zhang Guan be so much faster than me!"

Devontel's expression was full of astonishment, he looked at the finish line ahead, and instantly understood that it was impossible to catch up with Zhang Guan.

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"Starting to sprint, Zhang Guan speeded up and surpassed Iguyd! The speed of Zhang Guan was faster than the others, and he was about to catch up with Ali, and caught up! Go beyond! Go beyond without suspense. He caught up again and led. The athletes are tied, oh, no, they been overtaken, they been overtaken, first! Zhang Guan is now first! Too fast, Zhang Guan is really fast! Cross the line! First! First in the group! Congratulations Zhang Guan, he became the group first to cross the line in the 1500-meter preliminaries!" The commentator took a look at the game results and then said, "Zhang Guan's final score was 3 minutes 32.87 seconds, which is better than Ramz, who ranked first in the previous group. It's still 0.02 seconds faster! He created the best result in the preliminaries!"

The audience at the scene suddenly plunged into a boil again, and in obvious contrast, almost everyone in the athlete preparation area did not look good.

"Have you seen it, 3 min 32.87 seconds. It's faster than Ramz just now. Didn't Zhang Guan participate in the Olympics with the B standard? How can he run such a good result, the B standard athlete won first place! But judging from this result, Zhang Guan has the strength to reach the finals."

"Yes, if you look at this result, Zhang Guan will be able to enter the final. This result is more than three seconds faster than the Olympic A standard. It seems that Zhang Guan has been hiding his strength before because we underestimated him too much."

"Have you noticed Zhang Guan's final sprint speed, who of you can still have that fast sprint speed in the final stage of 1500 meters?"

At this moment, everyone fell into silence. Zhang Guan's speed in the final sprint is something no one can achieve. This means that in the situation just now, anyone on the track will be surpassed by Zhang Guan.

"Fortunately, it was only 3 minutes 32.87 seconds." Although Kiprop from Kenya had a slightly solemn expression, he was still very relaxed.

"Except for me and Ramz, there are still a few of the athletes present who can run within 3 minutes and 30 seconds. The result of getting into the finals may be easier, but you want to get medals, it still a long way!" Kiprop thought as he looked at Ramz.

"Ramz didn't show his true strength in the preliminaries. He is my biggest opponent on the road to gold!"

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After the men's 1500m preliminaries, Zhang Guan did not return to the lounge, he waited directly on the sidelines because he would also participate in the 100m semifinals next.

There are a total of five groups in the semifinals. The top three in each group and the other best performer can advance to the semifinals, so the competition is much more intense in the preliminary round.

When arranging the schedule, the organizers considered that Zhang Guan would consume a lot of energy when participating in the 1500-meter preliminary round, so Zhang Guan was arranged to play in the fifth group, to give Zhang Guan more rest time.

In the first group of the 100-meter semi-final, Trinidad and Tobago Thompson and American Tyson Gay both advanced smoothly. Thompson ran a 9.99 second time, which was also the fastest time in the 100-meter race of the Olympic Games. A score that runs within 10 seconds.

In the second group, Kim Collins advanced smoothly as the second in the group. The first place is still a Trinidad and Tobago athlete named Mark Burns. The performance of the Caribbean athletes in this year's Olympics is very good. Of the six places promoted in the two competitions, three of them are from the Caribbean, and Jamaicans, as a big sprinter, have not yet appeared.

It is worth mentioning that there are two Asian athletes in this group. The 36-year-old Japanese veteran Nobuharu Asahara ranked last in the group and was destined to be eliminated. Qatar naturalized athlete Francis ranked fourth. Whether he can advance to the ranks can only be left to his fate.

In the third group, Bolt finally made his debut. He easily ran out of 9.92 seconds and advanced to the top of the group. Bolt's result is very good. Normally, as long as he runs within 10.05 seconds in the rematch, he can guarantee a promotion place. Bolt's 9.92 seconds is undoubtedly ranked first in the group.

In addition to Bolt and Davis Parton, Portugal's Obviru also won the promotion spots in this group.

In the fourth group of the rematch, another Jamaican star Powell appeared. Powell also got the first place in the group and qualified successfully, and Walter Dix, who was the last on the American team, came second. Atkins of the Bahamas ranked third in the group. The Caribbean athletes still maintain their strength. Of the 12 athletes who advanced first, six of them are from Caribbean countries.

Among the three athletes in the United States who have already qualified, in addition to Tyson Gay, this also shows the strength of American track and field from the side. Just like Chinese table tennis, any person can be promoted smoothly.

After the rematch of the first four groups, Zhang Guan also appeared in the fifth group.