Chapter 169 "Walking in the Dolphin Park"(1/2)
"The game begins! Xie Zhenye's start-up acceleration is still very good, and he quickly approaches the outside players."
"Xie Zhenye performed very well in the corners, and then he turned into the straight. He is currently second only to Blake!"
"Entering the straight, Xie Zhenye must try his best to withstand the impact of other players..."
"Xie Zhenye keeps his pace and doesn't shake his head!"
"What a pity. In the end, I probably couldn't keep the top three. In the last 50, I was surpassed by Norway's Saind and Brazil's Bruno. Yohan Blake easily won the first place in the group."
In the waiting room, Wei En looked at Xie Zhenye's performance on the TV screen and shook his head helplessly.
Xie Zhenye has made great progress in the 100-meter event in the past two years. Although he also performed very well in the 200-meter event and won the World Youth Championship, he still failed to adjust his condition well at the Olympic level.
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Zhang Peimeng's performance was actually not particularly good, but his strength in the 100-meter event was there, so it was normal for him to advance to second place in the group.
In my memory, Xie Zhenye, who only had his breakthrough in 2017-19, was still very weak in his late-range ability at this time. This has a lot to do with an injury he suffered.
When he was 15 years old, Xie Zhenye almost ruined his career due to excessive training, which caused his thigh muscles to atrophy.
After the injury, Xie Zhenye conducted unprofessional and unscientific rehabilitation training, causing permanent damage to one hip joint.
This is also the reason why Xie Zhenye always shakes his head. Due to the instability of the hip joint, other parts of the body must make more compensation in order to ensure the overall stability during running.
Therefore, whether or not to "bounce his head" is not determined by Xie Zhenye's will. If he doesn't "bounce his head," he will not be able to run fast.
How to make Xie Zhenye maintain the rhythm and speed while "shaking his head and shaking his head" is a problem that needs to be solved.
Xie Zhenye ranked fourth in the group with a time of 20.56 seconds. Judging from the current situation, it is not impossible to advance.
Before Xie Zhenye's results were released, the top three substitutes were American Isaiah Young's 20.55 seconds, Greek athlete Sakonas' 20.56 seconds, and Swiss Alex Wilson's 20.57 seconds.
There are three substitute seats. Xie Zhenye is temporarily tied for second with Saconas. There will be three groups of competitions later. There are many possible situations, but for now, there is still a relatively good chance.
As the fifth and sixth groups were completed, Xie Zhenye's heart gradually relaxed. In the last group left, he and Saconas were still tied for second.
Next, the suspense will be revealed.
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The time came to 12:21. In the London Olympic Stadium, the eight athletes in the seventh group of the men's 200m preliminaries had completed their pre-match preparations.
On several large screens and TV screens in the stadium, the track order, nationality, and name information of the eight players were arranged in order, followed by the pre-game introduction session:
ne4,asian re a——wei en!”
Since Wei En only has one official professional competition record in the 200-meter event, he cannot add many titles like the 100-meter event, so he is only introduced as the "Asian record holder".
Based on his amazing performance in the 100-meter event and public opinion building, Wei En has also become extremely popular in England. The cheers in the stadium at this moment were deafening.
And it can be seen from the introduction that the organizer attaches great importance to Wei En. For example, when introducing Zhang Peimeng before, he pronounced "peimeng zhang", but when it came to Wei En, it was "wei en".
It is a European habit to put first name first and then last name, and it is a habit in East and Southeast Asia to put first name first and then last name. Of course, maybe the host did not pronounce "wei en", but Wei En's English name "wayne"...
In addition to Wynn, English player James Ellington and "Henan old horse" Maldina have also been highlighted successively, which are all worthy cards.
"Come on Wayne!"
"Wayne, you are the best!"
"Wei En, I love you! I want to give birth to a monkey for you!"
Some normal or strange shouts came from the audience, but they were quickly drowned out by the cheers of spectators from other countries.
"on your marks~"
The command to take your seats with a London accent sounded on the field, the noise in the audience suddenly subsided, and the stadium gradually became quiet.
Wei En glanced towards the finish line and saw Xie Zhenye, who was still uneasy and walking back and forth near the finish line. Whether he could continue on his path to the Olympics all depended on the performance of Wei En's group of players.
Wei En smiled happily, stretched and walked forward.
His condition is not very good today. Yesterday, he had to deal with too many media and endorsement companies. He also had to answer domestic and international long distance calls from time to time, and listened to the instructing of some big leaders. He was really exhausted physically and mentally.
Fortunately, everything is over for the time being. On days when there are competitions, he can live a little more relaxedly without having to think about those messy things.
Today's game is the second official 200-meter race that can be recorded in the IAAF system since his career. And based on his performance in the 100-meter flying contest two days ago, countless people are present and watching on TV.
Watching him from the front of the machine.
This game is a good opportunity for him to adjust his mentality, regain the rhythm of the game, mobilize his physical condition, and lay a solid foundation for the uninterrupted games in the following days!
Wei En came to the starting line of lane 4 and squatted down on the starting block. Lane 4 was a pretty good lane. Of course, Wei En preferred lanes 5, 6, and 7. Anyway, as long as it wasn't lane 3, it would be fine.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the 200-meter race, if there are 8 tracks, then the golden tracks are 4, 5, and 6. If there are 9 tracks (the athletes
divided into lanes 2~9), then the golden lanes are 5, 6, and 7.
Of course, generally speaking, lanes 7, 8, or 8, and 9 also have advantages, but unlike the golden lanes in the middle, although the outer lanes are more comfortable to run, they are not very conducive for athletes to observe their position during the competition.
Although theoretically the distance of the curve that everyone needs to complete is 115.6 meters, the closer the track is to the inside, the smaller the curve is. Therefore, when athletes on the inside track are running, their body inclination will be smaller, and
That is, the body must deviate from the vertical at a larger angle to meet the centripetal force required to complete the circular motion at this speed.
Although theoretically speaking, the inside track and the outside track actually have their own advantages and disadvantages, almost all professional 200-meter athletes hold the same view: outside track > inside track
Wei En himself did not have the opportunity to test whether it is better to be an inside track or an outside track on the field, but this psychological impression has already affected him subconsciously, so he will no longer be as "casual" about the 200-meter event as he was for the 100-meter event.
It doesn't matter whether you finish first or second in the group in the 100-meter event, but if you finish second in the group in the 200-meter event and are unlucky enough to be placed in the inner lane, and end up being beaten by someone just because of a slight difference, then it's not worth the gain.
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Wei En squatted quietly on the starting block, pressing his hands on the plastic track, close to the starting line.
The weather in London today is cloudy, so even though it is noon, the temperature of the runway is not hot.
"set——"
"Snapped--!"
As the starting gun sounded, the audience in the stadium quickly changed from silence to movement, and cheers and shouts quickly filled every corner of the track and field.
But just two or three seconds later, the audience noticed that the players had slowed down one after another, and the ups and downs of cheers suddenly turned into confused noises.
Someone got away!
None of the players on the scene made any annoying moves, which meant that none of the eight players on the field deliberately pressed their guns. They all thought their opponents had jumped the gun.
But despite this, everyone is worried, well...except Wei En.
He can know his game data immediately through the system, so he is very sure that he did not start the game and does not have to worry about being sent off.
Under the "zero tolerance for false starts" rule, especially in a grand sports venue like the Olympics, if one is really disqualified due to false starts, it would be very difficult for any athlete to accept.
"Please remain completely still in the designated area!"
Seeing some players returning to the starting preparation area and wandering around, the referee also issued a special reminder to prevent some players from being too nervous and causing other fouls.
At this time, a referee stood in front of Martina, holding a stack of notebooks with several cards inside.
After the referee team determines the result, it will give a prompt, and the referee will show the corresponding "green card" and "red card" according to the prompt.
"green card."
As the referee made the announcement and the referee at the starting point took out the green card to signal, the London Bowl immediately burst into warm applause.
This means that after confirmation by the referee team, although the on-site electronic system gave an alarm, it was ultimately determined that it was not the athlete's fault, and the green card indicated that the game would restart.
"on your marks~"
The instructions were given again to everyone, and the audience once again gave a burst of cheers, and then became silent in a tacit understanding.
"set——"
"Snapped--!"
The gunfire of the game sounded. This time, the audience waited for almost a second to make sure that there was no problem and that the game was going on normally before they started to cheer.
At the moment when the starting gun sounded, Wei En's legs suddenly exerted force at the same time and ejected from the starting block.
Different athletes will choose different cornering techniques. Some like to cut into the inner lane to obtain a shorter actual running distance. However, in order to resist the centrifugal force, the body needs to be more inclined. Under the same speed conditions, it takes less time than the outer lane athletes.
There is more physical strength.
Some athletes prefer to cut to the outside, so that although the actual running distance will increase, less physical energy will be consumed to resist centrifugal force.
Wynn is neither the former nor the latter, but a Balanceist.
What he is pursuing is that when he is running in a curve, his body and trunk are parallel to the tangent line at the midpoint of the curve.
The purpose of this is actually to divide the curve into several "straight-line segments", each "straight-line segment" corresponding to the distance of one step of Wei En, to create "straight road" conditions in the curve.
If you want to bring this cornering technology to its extreme, it requires extremely high computing power for athletes and coaching teams. If you want every step of an athlete to be tangent to the curve, you require the athlete to form a fixed stride length.
This technology is still in the conceptual stage for Wei En and has not been put into practice. Currently, he only relies on his flat running ability to compete in the 200-meter race.
If you want to challenge Usain Bolt, you must not only improve your physical fitness, but also start with technology. Perhaps... when Wain's idea is put into practice and mastered, he will surpass him in the 200-meter event.
Time for Bolt!
Currently, Wayne is not very good at corners, but with his unique strength, he still "caught up" and "surpassed" James Ellington in lane 5 at an extremely fast speed.
Coming to the blue-grey 80-meter line mark area, it can be clearly seen that Wei En was the first to reach the 80-meter line. The four players in lanes 5, 6, 7, and 8 have very little difference, while Malti in lane 9
To be continued...