Chapter 63 Slap in the face
July 21st.
On the first day, the two preliminaries were successfully passed, and today we have a devilish schedule.
Yesterday afternoon, Chen Wenzhong took the director of the Chinese Youth Track and Field Team to negotiate with the organizer. The answers from the IAAF World Youth Championship Director and the Moncton side were that the schedule cannot be adjusted for a single athlete.
However, the IAAF usually takes certain care of mixed athletes, so although it cannot adjust the start time of the men's 100-meter semi-finals, the men's long jump finals, and the men's 100-meter finals that Wei En will participate in, but
The conveniences that the IAAF can provide Wei En to enjoy are:
Place him in the first group of the men's 100-meter semi-finals, and if his best results in the first three jumps of the long jump final can rank in the top six, he can first participate in the men's 100-meter final, and then come back to complete the last three jumps.
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For this arrangement, Wayne felt that it was enough. After all, he was not a legend like Michael Johnson, and Carl Lewis had experienced what Wayne was experiencing now.
If you want to become a world-class athlete, you must overcome these difficulties.
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Due to the 12-hour difference from China, CCTV did not purchase the broadcast rights for this World Youth Championship. It just sent a team of reporters to follow up and report normally. Of course, the main focus was naturally on Wei En.
In fact, for this World Youth Championship, apart from the Maple Leaf Country, only the United States and several Caribbean island countries have purchased the broadcast rights.
There is no way, the track and field events are really unpopular.
NBC Sports Network, the successful transformation of Trinidad and Tobago's 100-meter flying star Ato Bolton is predicting the finalists together with veteran commentator Tom Hanks.
Tom Hanks: "Although they are still newcomers in the NCAA league, I believe that Michael Granger and Charles Sirmon will successfully advance to the finals."
Seeing the show off in Tom Hanks' tone, Ato Bolton still felt a little helpless. The two team members sent by Trinidad and Tobago this time were not very strong, and they would definitely have no chance in the finals.
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Ato Bolton shrugged and said: "But it's only the finals. From my perspective, the United States can only get one medal at most in the men's 100-meter event."
Tom Hanks: "You think there's only one medal?"
Ato Bolton: "Not thinking, but definitely! If possible, the United States would not even be able to win a men's 100-meter medal."
Tom Hanks: "Okay, okay, then which three players do you think can knock Granger or Simon off the podium? Dexter Lee from Jamaica, Jimmy Vicott from France
, who else? Don’t tell me it’s Aaron Brown, you know his strength is at least two levels behind the two of them.”
Ato Bolton shook his head and smiled: "Tom, you missed one, the Chinese guy named Wei En. Do you want me to remind you? He just broke China's 100-meter record two months ago, 10 seconds 14, -
0.4 headwind.”
Tom Hanks said harshly: "Of course I know him, but don't forget, after the 100-meter semi-finals, he will also participate in the long jump finals. Think about it, after finishing the 100 meters, the horse kept rushing
When the long jump event is inspected and then competed, how much strength do you think he still has to cope with the 100-meter final?"
Then, Art Bolton and Tom Hanks began to theorize around Wynn, and neither of them could convince the other.
At 15:30, the men's 100m semifinals of the World Youth Athletics Championships in Moncton were held as scheduled.
Today's wind in Moncton is a bit strong, and Croy-Lammedavi Stadium is an open stadium with no buildings blocking the north and south sides of the stadium, so today's athletes must be prepared to overcome the wind speed problem.
Under the guidance of the staff, Wei En and his opponents in this group lined up and walked into the Croydon Blue Medavi Stadium to start preparations for the game.
When Ato Bolton saw the contestants appearing, he stopped arguing with Tom Hanks and began to explain: "Okay, now we see the eight contestants from the first group of the men's 100-meter semi-finals entering the field.
Michael Granger is in lane 5, and to his left and right are Jason Rogers from St. Kitts and Nevis, and Wayne from China."
Tom Hanks answered: "Yes, this is the Chinese guy you are very optimistic about. Hey, Bolton, do you want to make a bet?"
"What's the bet? How much is the bet?"
"For 200 US dollars, I bet on the ranking and performance of this Chinese guy. I bet that in order to save energy, he will either be second in the group or advance to the next level..."
"This is not fair, then I can only bet that he is the first in the group!"
"Don't you think highly of him? Don't you dare to bet?"
"Okay," Ato Bolton shook his head helplessly, "Then I'll bet that he is the first in the group. As for the results..."
Tom Hanks suggested: "How about we each say two results, and whose score is closer to his actual score, whoever wins?"
"Okay, let me think about it... Wei En ran 10 seconds and 33 seconds in the preliminaries. Considering that he really needs to save energy, I will predict 10 seconds and 25 seconds."
"What? Hahahaha~ Since you predicted 10 seconds 25, I will predict 10 seconds 30. You will definitely lose!"
"Believe me, he will slap you hard on your big round face with his grades!"
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The competition in the first group of the semi-finals is quite fierce. In addition to Wei En, the Chinese men's 100-meter record holder, Michael Granger of the United States also performed reasonably well in the NCAA league. St. Kitts and Nevis
Jason Rogers of Germany and Julian Watling of Germany are also pretty good.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wai En even found a neon player in this group that he had a vague impression of - Takumi KUKI in lane 7, remember correctly
Jiuguiqiao ran under 10.20 seconds in 2013, ranked fifth in Asia, and ranked among the top 100 in the world.
In the previous life at the East Asian Games in 2013, due to the absence of Zhang Peimeng, Su Bingtian fell into the "encirclement and suppression" of Kiryu Xiangxiu, Yamagata Ryota and others, and Jiuguiqiao was the third player of Neon at that time.
But I haven’t heard much about this person since then, and he probably gradually left the track and field competition due to injuries and other reasons.
After arriving in the Maple Leaf Kingdom, Wei En occasionally fantasized about whether he might encounter the kind of slap-in-the-face plot in novels, such as Neon or American players coming forward to provoke him, and then using his absolute strength to slap him in the face.
Later I found out that I was completely overthinking it.
Those who can participate in the World Youth Championship must be at the top level of their respective countries in the same age group. It is impossible for the coaches of these players not to take them to analyze their opponents before the game. Even if there are players with serious racial discrimination, just
Seeing the bright "10.14" on Wei En's Top 10 list, I have to consider whether I have the strength.
European and American players rarely came into contact with him. The only time they had contact was a courtesy handshake after the preliminaries. However, he could see the looks of Jin Guorong, Jiu Guiqiao and others. At least all they showed was admiration and awe.
"On your marks~"
He patted his cheek gently to keep his mind clear. The opponent's overall strength was not too strong. Unless Michael Granger in lane 5 was prepared to compete with him in the semi-finals, no one could give him anything.
pressure.
Regarding this shot, Wei En just wanted to run at his own pace, using his strength in the front and determining the absolute advantage in the back before considering the degree of release.
This afternoon's schedule is a tough battle. His [King of Competition] system does not have any function that can help him quickly recover his physical strength, so he can save a little bit.
The wind seemed to have overheard his thoughts, and suddenly blew from behind him.
Great tailwind!
"Set——"
"boom--!"
When the starting gun sounded, Wei En's starting reaction was still slow, only 0.184 seconds.
In fact, he can definitely add points to the [Reaction] attribute, but after weighing the pros and cons, he still believes that adding points to the [Reaction] attribute has the lowest benefit.
Moreover, the IAAF has had zero tolerance for false starts since 2010, so the [Reaction] attribute is at the bottom of Wei En’s mind. Let’s wait until other attributes are raised to around 80 before considering it.
Although his starting reaction was not very fast, Wei En's super explosive start still gave him an advantage in the start-up acceleration phase. He rushed out like a beast out of its cage and gained a clear lead after three steps.
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Jiu Guiqiao in lane 7 experienced the same feeling as Jin Guorong yesterday. Although he knew that Wei En was very strong, it was only when he felt that Wei En quickly took the lead that he truly felt the pressure from Asia's top 100-meter athlete!
After 30 meters, Wei En entered the stage of running on the way. With the help of the strong tailwind behind him, his legs whipped, stretched, and scratched the ground faster and faster, as if he was stepping on hot wheels.
After 50 meters, Wei En entered the maximum speed range and continued to expand his lead.
At this time, Michael Granger in lane 5 was in some trouble. He had a gold medal mission in this competition. After all, in the past few years, the American men's 100-meter race has been dominated by Jamaica. The American people were worried.
I hope a "hero" will stand up and break the rule of Jamaica.
But now he has not even met a Jamaican player, but is being suppressed by a Chinese throughout the whole process. How can he be willing to do so?
But thinking about the coach's arrangements before the game, Michael Granger still suppressed the urge to catch up with all his strength.
Humph, I'll let you shine once in the semi-finals first. After you have exhausted most of your energy in the long jump finals, you will regret it in the 100-meter finals!
Wei En had no idea what someone behind him was thinking about Xiao Jiujiu. The only thing he felt was that his shot ran smoothly. Under the strong tailwind conditions, his movements were more relaxed and he ran with much less effort.
However, he still remembered that he needed to conserve energy, so after 70 meters, he began to look left and right and carefully lowered his pace.
After the gunshot, NBC Sports' Tom Hanks began explaining:
"Okay, the competition has begun. Wei En from China maintained his strong performance in the preliminaries and took the lead in the future."
"Michael Granger followed closely behind. Entering the later stages, you can see that both players are controlling their speed. Neither of them wants to waste energy in the semi-finals."
"Wei En crossed the finish line first, the timer shows...10.27?"
Ato Bolton laughed wildly and said: "Hahahahaha——! 2.6m/s! I love the wind in Moncton!"
"Tom, it's such a pity. If the wind speed of this shot was slightly smaller than 0.5, then you would be the winner of the bet. But, hahahaha..."
Tom Hanks still didn't believe that he had been slapped in the face, and quickly said: "The results have not been finalized yet, maybe there is an error in the electronic system? We need to wait for the finishing referee to confirm the cursor position!"
Ato Bolton said with a relaxed look: "Okay, then we will wait a little longer, but even if the final result is closer to yours, my ranking is still correct, so it will be a draw at most."
"Just kidding, do I care about the $100? I just..."
Chapter completed!