"Congratulations, all three of you have advanced to the semifinals!"

As soon as Wei En and others got on the bus after leaving the stadium, they received Liu Xiang's approval.

"Hey, Brother Xiang, you're not bad either. You made it easy in 13 seconds and 30 seconds." Wei En said, sitting directly next to Liu Xiang, and the two laughed and chatted.

The men's 110-meter hurdles preliminaries and the men's 200-meter preliminaries are held on the same day, and the time is earlier. The start time is 10:10 a.m., 1 hour and 40 minutes earlier than the men's 200 meters.

Because the start time was earlier, when Wei En and others came to the warm-up field to warm up, Shi Dongpeng from the first group of preliminaries was already preparing to play, and the teams in the two events were staggered.

Now that everyone has finished their preliminaries, there are no games in the afternoon or evening, so we just want to go back together.

Although the popularity of the men's 110-meter hurdles is much lower than that of the men's 100 meters, it is also a relatively popular event in track and field, and the competition format is similar to that of the 100 meters. The semi-finals and finals are scheduled to be held on the same day.

This is undoubtedly good news for domestic audiences. After watching the semi-finals and finals of the men's 110-meter hurdles tomorrow, they can watch the men's 200-meter finals the next day. Of course, the premise is that both Liu Xiang and Wei En enter the finals.

Otherwise, the domestic attention of these two projects will inevitably be greatly reduced.

"Eh? Why isn't Brother Dongpeng here?"

After saying hello to Xie Wenjun, Wei En discovered that another competitor in the men's 110-meter hurdles, Shi Dongpeng, was not on the bus, so Wei En asked.

"He went back after the preliminaries without saying hello. He must be in a bad mood."

Liu Xiang was not very sure, he just made a reasonable guess about Shi Dongpeng.

There are a total of 6 preliminary groups for the men's 110-meter hurdles. The top three in each group advance to the semi-finals, and then the 6 best results will be supplemented.

Shi Dongpeng's time was 13.78 seconds, only ranking seventh in the group. With such a result and group ranking, he has already determined "gg" without looking at the subsequent groups.

Compared with the veteran Shi Dongpeng who once stepped onto the final stage of the Osaka World Championships and finished fifth, Liu Xiang's junior brother Xie Wenjun performed well.

Xie Wenjun was placed in Group 5 with American star Aris Merritt, who has broken 13 seconds four times this season, and Barbados star Ryan Brathwaite. He ranked third in the group with a time of 13.42 seconds and won a medal.

Direct promotion quota.

Liu Xiang, on the other hand, appeared in the finale of the sixth group of preliminaries and easily advanced directly with a stunning time of 13.30 seconds.

"How are you feeling recently? Can you hold on?" Wei En did not continue to focus on Shi Dongpeng, but asked about Liu Xiang's current health condition.

After the Diamond League Eugene station, Liu Xiang was under greater pressure due to factors such as returning to the top ranking in the world.

Winning the gold medal at the World Championships in Daegu, breaking 13 seconds again at the Diamond League Magic City Station after 6 years, and tying the world record at the Diamond League Eugene Station with super wind speed. Driven by this series of outstanding performances, countless praises and endorsements followed.

to.

Originally, according to the requirements of the endorsement companies, Liu Xiang needed to participate in one more Diamond League after the Diamond League Eugene Station and before the Olympics. Under the coordination of the Tianma Management Center, coach Sun Haiping planned to take Liu Xiang back to China for training for a period of time.

, and then rushed to London to appear at the Diamond League London station with Wayne and others.

But after Wei En's reminder, Liu Xiang paid great attention to his physical condition this time, and later heard that Wei En had reduced the training intensity to avoid injuries during training.

So after discussing with Sun Haiping, Liu Xiang did not return to China. Instead, he flew to Houston and underwent a comprehensive physical examination under the arrangement of Clanton, a famous American doctor who had performed Achilles tendon surgery on himself.

You won’t know if you don’t check, but you’ll be shocked if you check.

Even though Liu Xiang is in such good condition, he has a lot of problems in various parts of his body, especially the Achilles tendon. Dr. Clanton bluntly said that his Achilles tendon is now very fragile. If he continues to maintain high-intensity training and competition, it is likely to suddenly

fracture!

As a result, Liu Xiang's participation plan was temporarily terminated. He stayed in Houston for more than half a month for targeted treatment and training before leaving the United States.

"My current condition is fine. I will definitely be able to survive the Olympics anyway, but...well, when I was in Eugene, I was still thinking about whether I had a chance to hit the world record. Now it seems

,hehe......"

Liu Xiang sighed with a wry smile. After completing his treatment in the United States, he did not participate in any official competition, and his training volume was also reduced than before.

In this case, although the body can be maintained in a healthy state, it is difficult to achieve a higher level.

Recently, Aris Merritt's condition has become more and more intense. In the Diamond League Monaco station half a month ago, he still ran 12.93 seconds under zero wind speed. In this situation, even if Liu Xiang can show the time of 2004 to 2006,

At its peak, it is only a 50-50 situation at best.

In this Olympics, if you can successfully complete the competition, it will be considered a success!

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At 17:30 on the afternoon of August 8, Wei En, Zhang Peimeng, and Xie Zhenye, accompanied by Liu Xiang and Xie Wenjun, took the bus to London Bowl.

Today they will all participate in the semi-finals of their respective events. The start time of the men's 110-meter hurdles semi-finals is 19:15, and the start time of the men's 200-meter semi-finals is 20:10.

The time was still relatively early for Wei En and others, but it was crowded and busy, so Wei En didn't plan to hang around nearby. He went directly to the warm-up field, chatted, and started to warm up at 18:30.

The men's 200m semi-finals were divided into three groups. The three star athletes Blake, Bolt and Wynn were ruthlessly separated by the Olympic organizing committee, and were placed in the first, second and third groups respectively.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xie Zhenye and Zhang Peimeng faced off against Blake and Bolt respectively, and were divided into the first and second groups.

The afternoon and evening competitions on August 8 were not that exciting. There were only two finals of the women's long jump and the women's 400-meter hurdles. However, the audience in the London Bowl was still very crowded and lively.

At 19:15, the men's 110-meter hurdles semifinals started.

In the first group of the semi-finals, American player Richardson won the first place in 13.13 seconds, Cuban player Ortega ranked second in 13.26 seconds, English player Lawrence Clark ranked third in 13.31 seconds, and Xie Wen

Jun ranked fourth in 13.36 seconds.

In the second group of the semi-finals, Liu Xiang and Merritt, the two favorites to win the championship, met in advance, which aroused great enthusiasm before the game.

Prior to this, Liu Xiang fought with Merritt 16 times in total, from the Paris Grand Prix on July 8, 2006 to the Diamond League Eugene Station on June 2, 2012, without any defeat.

Before the game, even many American people believed that the winner was still Liu Xiang. This can be seen from the pre-game introduction session at the Diamond League Eugene Station. At that time, Liu Xiang's popularity at the scene was overwhelming Merritt and Richard.

Dessen, only David Oliver can compete with him.

But this time, things are no longer the same.

Liu Xiang is located in lane 4, and Merritt is in lane 7. From the first three columns of acceleration to the last column, Merritt did not let Liu Xiang affect his rhythm like in the past, but did it in one go from beginning to end.

With two small steps, he ran an astonishing time of 12.94 seconds!

Liu Xiang didn't seem to have any intention of competing with Merritt. He was always observing the positions of other players during the competition, and controlled his own rhythm and speed of the hurdles unhurriedly. He easily took second place in the group with a time of 13.16 seconds.

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In the third group of the semi-finals, Cuba's Robles and Jamaica's Pachement ranked first and second respectively. So far, the six direct promotion places for the men's 110-meter hurdles belong to: Richardson, Ortega, and Merry.

Te, Liu Xiang, Robles, Pachement.

The two replacement places belong to South Africa's Ryan Fauri and Barbados' Ryan Brathwaite.

After the men's 110-meter hurdles semi-finals, the London Bowl held the award ceremony for the men's 1500-meter event, the opening of the women's 1500-meter semi-finals and the women's long jump final.

At 20:10, when Blake appears on the screen, it means that the men's 200m semifinals have begun!

Since he was promoted by tying for second-last in the preliminaries, Xie Zhenye was placed in lane 2 with the worst conditions. The star player of this group, Blake, was in lane 4. Wayne's good friend Lemaitre

They are in lane 6, and American star Spearmont is in lane 7.

When he saw the competition list, Xie Zhenye knew - g!

As expected, Blake showed extremely strong strength and had already passed the first place in the corner. When the advantage was greatest, he was even four positions ahead of Spearmon, who was second in real time!

In the last 15 meters, Blake almost stopped and was almost overtaken by Lemaitre and Spielmont.

20 seconds 01, 20 seconds 02, 20 seconds 03, the results of Blake, Spearmont, and Lemaitre were neatly displayed on the big screen in an arithmetic sequence.

Norway's Sai Yinde ranked fourth in the group with a time of 20.42 seconds, Greek player Sakonas ranked fifth in 20.52 seconds, and Xie Zhenye ranked sixth in the group with a time of 20.53 seconds.

Xie Zhenye's defeat made the Chinese audience in the London Bowl a little disappointed. However, they had expected this situation. After all, China's overall level of 200 meters is still low. It is very impressive for a young athlete like Xie Zhenye to reach the semi-finals.

Not bad.

After all, not everyone is a pervert like Wayne.

Coming to the second group of the semi-finals, during the preparations before the game, there was a small detail that caught the attention of many viewers and commentators.

The camera was undoubtedly focused on Bolt, but Bolt took out a gadget from his trouser pocket that he had never used before: a measuring tape.

In the past, when I watched Bolt debugging the starting block, he would use his feet to make simple measurements, which was quite casual.

But this time, he actually used a tape measure, which I have to say was a big change.

In fact, Bolt's use of a tape measure was Mills' request, because this year Bolt's starting posture has changed compared to the past. In the past, Bolt started with wide arms (the distance between his arms is wider when supporting), but now

It becomes a narrow-arm start (the arms are almost perpendicular to the shoulder joint when supported).

After the arm posture is changed, other details also need to be changed accordingly. The distance between the front and rear footboard of the starting block and the starting line is one of the more obvious points to change. Mills was afraid that Bolt's measurement with his feet would not be accurate and would affect the start, so

So I asked him to carry a small tape measure with him.

Lane 4 is South Africa's Yobowana, lane 5 is Zhang Peimeng, Lane 6 is Usain Bolt, lane 7 is Ecuador's Quinonez, lane 8 is America's Isaiah Young.

Lane 9 is Canada’s Aaron Brown.

There was no suspense in the competition in this group. Bolt deservedly won the first place in the group, with 20 seconds and 18 seconds.

However, what many Chinese viewers did not expect was that they originally thought that Zhang Peimeng would have a chance to compete for qualifications. After all, many domestic media have analyzed the qualifying situation of this group and believed that if Zhang Peimeng can

There is a good chance that he can perform as he did in the preliminaries.

However, South African youngster Yobowana seemed to be cheating. He ran 20.27 seconds and set a new personal best time. You must know that his previous personal best time was 20.32 seconds (1.9m/s), which was not as good as Zhang Pei.

A powerful 20 seconds 37 (0.9m/s).

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This time, Yobowana ran 20 seconds 27 under the wind speed of -0.6m/s.
To be continued...