Chapter 1807 Overlapping memories, thirteen seconds of fate
"Viewers, this is China Sports Channel, this is China Sports Channel, the London Olympics are in full swing, and the competitions that will be brought today are the men's 110-meter hurdles and 100-meter competitions."
"I am your old friend Yang Jian."
"I am Li Tao."
"The track and field events are still jointly narrated by Director Li and I."
Seeing the gesture given by the director, Yang Jian said to Li Tao: "Director Li, I wonder if you still remember the preliminaries in 2008. It was the two of us who explained it at that time."
At this time, the 2008 sprint event was being played on the TV screen.
"Of course I remember, but some memories are very sweet and surprising, but some memories I don't want to open." Li Tao's words are very realistic and practical. In 2008, Su Shen created a miracle in the 100 meters and won the Asian gold medal.
The first medal in the 100-meter event.
As soon as you take it out, it's a silver medal.
It really makes people sober, and it is a classic when recalled several times.
There was also a scene where Liu Xiang gave up on his first shot in the preliminaries in 2008 because he was unable to continue due to injury.
There were too many memories and regrets on the track and field track that year.
"But now that four years have passed, those who have regrets will have the opportunity to prove themselves again." The topic came back, and at this time, the live broadcast screen changed to the scene of Liu Xiang's 2008 hurdles retirement.
"The preliminaries of the men's 110-meter hurdles are about to begin." Yang Jian said: "I hope Liu Xiang can avenge his shame this year and complete what he should have done in 2008."
"The first group to come up is Shi Dongpeng. He relied on points to qualify for the preliminaries at the last moment. Now he is standing on the track. He is in lane 7. Although his position is not very good, it is not bad either. But this year Dashi
My condition was not particularly good, and I finally managed to get a place in the competition.”
"I hope he can perform better this time."
This is actually thinking too much.
As a professional commentator, Yang Jian also knows that Dashi does not have many opportunities this year. Compared with his state in the 2007 and 2009 World Championships, he is not at the same level at all.
Now he has degraded from the top eight in the world to the intercontinental level, and it is also the Asian intercontinental level.
It is the worst level among all continental levels.
The reason why he came is actually just because Zhao Jiwei was unable to handle the situation and got injured. Then there happened to be a vacant spot. If he didn't play, it would be in vain.
Otherwise, it really wouldn't be his turn.
In fact, Shi Dongpeng himself knows that he is just going through the motions here, but it seems inappropriate for you not to come if there is a quota.
You can only force it on your scalp.
"on your marks."
"set."
Bang——————————
"Okay, the gun sounds and the game begins."
"The starting response of Dashi is a bit slow,"
"Russian player Shubenkov is currently ranked first."
"Following him is the Greek player Duvalidis."
"Dashi's performance in the front is a bit heavy. Now the first three hurdles are a bit behind. Let's see if we can do it later."
"Shubenkov, a Russian hurdler born in the 1990s, performed very well. He continued the Monaco Diamond League status."
"The big rock is difficult." Li Tao said at this time, but it was actually expected.
Li Tao knows that Dashi is not in good condition this year.
And the fluctuations are huge.
Judging from this situation, it would be difficult for him to reach 13.50 seconds.
Sure enough, there was no big stone on the scene. From 2007 to 2009, he could pass the preliminaries easily, but now he is stumbling in the preliminaries and even falling behind significantly.
"Is there still a chance?"
"There is no chance, Dashi is too far behind."
"Without any surprise, Shubenkov crossed the finish line first. His final revised time was 13.26 seconds. It seems that the time he ran in Monaco was not a whim. He should be able to open 13.10 seconds this year.
ability."
"Dashi ranked second to last in this group, with a time of only 13.78 seconds. This time is really different from his previous time. It is impossible for him to enter the finals with this time."
"The last Olympic Games in Oishi ended here."
Shi Dongpeng himself didn't actually feel particularly sad.
He knows he is at this level.
In fact, his condition this year has been very bad, and he has even filed his retirement report. If it weren't for the fact that there is someone missing on the young man's side, he wouldn't have been able to play at all.
This means dragging him over to fill a quota.
It feels like it is fully staffed.
However, I may run in the Olympics for the last time.
Dashi doesn't feel bad.
He slightly touched the ground of the London Olympics.
Then he turned around and walked towards the athletes' tunnel.
He knew no one would interview him.
Even the domestic media couldn't be interested in him because of his grades, so he just gave it up.
Save yourself the trouble.
As a very mature athlete.
He knows what he should do when.
He is already very lucky to be able to run in the London Olympics once, and he has no more extravagance.
This is no longer 2008.
He is not the same person he was in his prime.
The times that follow.
Let's leave it to the young people.
But he doesn't know.
In the previous life.
When he retires, Liu Xiang will basically announce his retirement this year, and the people behind him will not be able to make up for it.
Flower grower's short span level.
The peak period stayed with these two people.
Liu Xiang and Shi Dongpeng.
These two people respectively represent the most glorious era of our short span.
You can say that he has always been Liu Xiang's foil.
But for Liu Xiang.
Dashi has always been his companion.
There is only one word difference.
But it represents the different views of outsiders and insiders.
In the second group, American player Richardson easily took the first place in 13 seconds and 33 seconds. The host player Lawrence Clark took the second place. Maxim Linsha took the third place.
"Looking at Richardson's state, you can tell that he is very relaxed this year. It's not easy to beat him," Yang Jian said realistically. Being able to shoot two shots in a row this year, and his score within 13 seconds already shows his ability. state."
"When you run the preliminaries under such circumstances, you basically have everything you need."
"Yes, Richardson was able to defeat Oliver, the national record holder, in the trials this year. Sorry, Oliver is already the former national sprint record holder. This really shows that he is now more capable of competing for medals." Li Tao said: "I even feel that he is one of the top three this year."
"It seems that Director Li is very optimistic about him." Yang Jian said, and continued following the TV broadcast: "The next group of players is on the field. The main attraction of this group of players is still focused on the former Olympic champion, and also It’s our defending champion this time, Dairon Robles.”
"Robles has been secretive because of his participation in this year's games, so we don't know what his current status is before the game."
"Although Cuba said that his condition has fully recovered, whether it is a smoke bomb or not, we have to wait and see the game to know."
Yang Jian looked at the lineup and track numbers given by the director and said: "You can probably tell a basic clue from the preliminaries. Robles is in Lane 3 this time, and the track order is still very good. Just see how you do." It worked.”
"on your marks."
"set."
Bang——————
"Game start."
"At least the fastest was American Porter, but after two hurdles passed, Robles began to show his strength as a former Olympic champion."
"Robles accelerated his running speed on the way. He began to overtake Fury in front and was already in second place."
"Porter was still slightly inferior in running in the middle. After Robles unfolded his body, the advantages of rhythm and experience began to show."
"Complete the overtake in the 8th hurdle."
"Then start firing off the shot."
“It was easy to pass the finish line.”
"So far, there has been almost no wind in these preliminaries, and Robles ran a time of 13.33 seconds."
"Being able to run this result in the preliminaries shows that his condition is indeed recovering well."
"It is possible that he will suddenly become a threat in this year's Olympics." Yang Jiandao: "Of course, he was Liu Xiang's biggest opponent in this year's Olympics. If his physical condition recovers, it will only make this year's gold medal competition more intense."
But what they didn't see was that after the camera passed, Robles slapped his legs slightly.
It doesn't seem to be particularly comfortable.
Su Shen knew that in fact, Cuba also regarded him as a tool to earn honor. Not only the medical conditions, but also the economic compensation had not kept pace. Once they found that he could no longer contribute to the country's shoes, they immediately took advantage of the situation...
…
According to rumors, he often uses closed needles in training to maintain intensity. Especially as the Olympics are approaching, the Cuban field shoes have not given him much choice, so he must use closed needles to maintain training intensity and put his own
Training performance improves.
Otherwise, many of the benefits he had before may be cancelled.
This is why after Robles retired, he criticized Cuba's field shoes many times. It can be seen that his treatment in that country is probably worse than many people.
Even when he won the Olympic gold medal, Cuba cheered and was regarded as a national hero.
But...when he has no use value.
Immediately he changed to another attitude.
In fact, how could Robles not know what his physical condition was like? It was just that in order to maintain these benefits and conditions, he had no choice but to give it a try.
Otherwise, why did the news released by Cuba say that there was no problem with his health, but he just refused to participate in the game?
Are you just quitting all the time?
You still have to look at actual behavior before you can make assumptions about his status.
If before the Olympic finals, everyone was still doubtful about this gossip, then after the Olympic finals, you saw Robles straining during the middle, then you should know that these so-called gossips are sometimes not necessarily completely inaccurate.
.
Sometimes even better than the so-called official news...
It needs to be more precise.
With that said, the fifth group of contestants also appeared.
There are also contestants from our flower gardening family in this group.
He is Xie Wenjun.
Because Xie Wenjun didn't have the chance to play in 2008, this was his first time. Although he had already participated in the World Championships, it was still his first time to see the big stage at the Olympic level. He stood on the starting block and kept adjusting.
breathe.
This shows that there is still some tension.
But Su Shen actually felt that there was nothing to be nervous about.
Because historically his ability has allowed him to easily pass the preliminaries, not to mention that he followed Liu Xiang and Sun Haiping and came here to practice for 4 years. In these 4 years on Ersha Island, you can't talk about short span ability and short span ability.
Changes across technologies.
The resources are indeed all on Liu Xiang. Even Ralph Mann's focus is on Liu Xiang. At most, he can occasionally ask a few questions. The rest of the time, he mostly stays with Sun Haiping.
But for body shaping.
No one who has been trained here on Ersha Island will not benefit from it.
Comparing it to the previous London Olympics in 2012, if you look at how strong his body is now, it is at least two laps stronger than what Su Shen remembered when he participated in this competition...
"Let's see how my country's post-90s athlete Xie Wenjun, who is participating in the Olympics for the first time, will perform."
Yang Jian's voice continued to appear on the TV screen: "Xie Wenjun achieved good results in the World Championships, but this is the first time he has been tested in the Olympics."
"He was placed in lane 6 this time. This group is still very strong compared to other groups, and it was even the death of the group stage."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yang Jian is right, this group not only includes Liu Xiang's current number one enemy Merritt, but also Bratwitt and so on.
The Pb of these people is higher than Xie Wenjun.
Just see if he can break through.
Xie Wenjun felt that he was really lucky to be next to Merritt, who was Liu Xiang's biggest opponent this year. Who knew that he would hit him with the first shot.
Xie Wenjun was not so nervous to begin with.
It's because of Merritt next to me.
Suddenly he became a little nervous.
This year, especially in these 20 days, who is not afraid of Merritt? This is a player who can easily run under 12.93 seconds many times in 20 days.
This state is considered Liu Xiang's peak.
It's also hard to stop.
Xie Wenjun?
That's still far behind now.
However, a player of his level should not think too much, because there is no chance of a head-on confrontation with Merritt.
Just don't be affected by your running style.
Just perform well.
The wind speed is good this year. If Xie Wenjun can perform well, he may be able to set a new Pb of 13.20 seconds in the Olympics.
"on your marks."
"set."
The electronic command sounded.
Athletes from all 8 races are ready to start.
Bang————————
Gunfire rang out.
Game start.
Needless to say at the beginning, Merritt's condition this year is really hot, as if he has had an enlightenment. From the start to the seven steps on the hurdles, he does it all in one go, and the mercury is flowing to the ground.
Even here, Xie Wenjun feels...
Even when they were training together, Liu Xiang himself seemed unable to give him such a feeling.
Then tell me how ruthless Merritt is now.
How strong is your starting ability?
Perhaps only Holloway will rise later.
You can easily kill him here.
But no one can do it yet.
In other words, Xie Wenjun felt a gust of wind blowing around him, and then the black figure next to him had already rushed forward.
This explosive power.
This starts.
There is really nothing to say.
Even at this time, Xie Wenjun began to worry about Liu Xiang.
"Merritt is indeed the fastest one. I feel like no one can beat it this year when it starts."
"But Xie Wenjun's performance is also good. He is stable in fourth place here."
"And after three hurdles, he is obviously rushing forward."
"Xie Wenjun surpassed Jamaica Phillips and is now in third place!"
"Keep it up, there's no problem in advancing to the semifinals!"
Xie Wenjun actually felt that he ran pretty well. Although he was a little nervous at first, he gradually relaxed after running through a few hurdles. Anyway, he didn't have any performance pressure.
Thinking about it this way, it is actually easier to go into battle lightly after the initial nervous period.
But in the end he only got third place.
It’s not that he hasn’t gotten stronger, it’s mainly because the first two are too ruthless. Merritt seems to be taking a walk. I don’t know if it’s because he’s in such good shape, but he actually opened 13 seconds and 10 in the preliminaries. You want
I know that in many competitions, even Olympic and World Championship-level competitions, within 13 seconds and 10 seconds, that is the final result.
It was a good result even in the finals.
Not the last few.
As a result, Merritt let off a lot of pressure here and was able to achieve this result.
13 seconds 07.
It's terrifying to the naked eye.
Barbados player Bratwitt, the unlucky guy who was supposed to win a world championship on the original timeline, took second place with a time of 13.23 seconds.
His score was nearly two meters behind Merritt, who ranked first...
Or when people are taking a walk.
This state...
Bratwitt felt terrified even as he chased after her.
Xie Wenjun ended up third, which was basically the same as the original timeline. He was also third at that time, but his score at that time was only 13.43, and now his third time is 13.33 seconds.
The level of ease and relaxation is also far greater than before.
"Looking at the slow motion, Xie Wenjun ran well." Yang Jiandao: "There is no weak foot in the first Olympic Games. This is already a very good psychological quality. 13 seconds 33, this result actually allows us to compete with him in the semi-finals."
I’m looking forward to it.”
"Yes." Li Tao said: "Because this year, several powerful people are not in stable condition, or even did not come at all. This actually gives opportunities to other athletes."
"In addition to the fierce competition for the top few, the threshold for the next few to enter the finals will be lowered."
"If he participates in the Olympics for the first time, he can successfully squeeze into the 110-meter hurdles finals of the Olympic Games." Li Tao looked at Xie Wenjun in slow motion and said: "Then I think he still has a lot to do."
"In the future, it may not be bad to say that Dashi, who can become the next Liu Xiang at least and at the top, can move his hands."
"At least it is the top result in Asia."
"Even if Liu Xiang retires in the future, he can steadily win the championship in the Asian competition."
Li Tao's prediction was really good. We almost won 10 consecutive championships in the short span event at the Asian Games, but it was a pity that our road to ten consecutive championships was cut short.
Since 1986, my country's men's track and field team has maintained a 37-year winning streak in the 110-meter hurdles event at the Asian Games.
If Xie Wenjun in this timeline can continue to practice on Ersha Island, it is very likely that he can help us realize our dream at the 2023 Asian Games.
Achieve a dream of 10 consecutive victories.
Maybe it's nothing on the world stage.
But the Asian-level honor will not be given away.
"Okay, it will be here soon, the last group of the group stage." Yang Jian even rubbed his palms slightly here, and it seemed that he was also looking forward to this shot.
"my country's world record holder and Olympic record holder, Liu Xiang, is about to appear."
"We can see that although the cheers given to Liu Xiang by the Bird's Nest at the London Bowl were not as loud as those given by the Bird's Nest, when he was introduced, the cheers from the entire scene were still the loudest."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "That's for sure." Li Tao said: "At least he is an Olympic record holder and a world record holder. He deserves this treatment."
At this time, audiences across the country should have turned their attention here.
Su Shen was also watching from the sidelines.
He may not care about other games, but he will take time to watch this one.
After all, I was too familiar with this scene back then.
And he was also there in London at the time.
So he hoped this scene would not happen again.
On the TV, Yang Jian began to speak the familiar commentary: "No. 1356, Liu Xiang, the fourth track."
"It's the same number plate as his in Beijing."
"Hopefully he can challenge himself again in London."
"The scene in London has just been playing clips of Liu Xiang's 2004 championship. It seems that we are also very moved. I really feel that it is great to be young. At that time, Liu Xiang was really young and invincible. He had many minor injuries and illnesses. Take a good sleep
Enough."
"It's very, very difficult for him to overcome injuries and stand on the stage in London."
"Let's take a look at the competition in Liu Xiang's group. Liu Xiang is in lane 6, oh no, Liu Xiang is in lane 4. This group is not as intense as the previous groups. The organizing committee should try to make each group as competitive as possible.
There are some strong players in other places. Lane 4 is still very good.”
"Before Liu Xiang went on the road, we could see that he did some medical treatment on his injured leg. This was allowed before the game."
"It's also a strategy used by athletes to protect themselves."
"I hope his pain can be alleviated. This is also a human-made protection measure to the greatest extent. Recently we can also hear some news that Liu Xiang's physical condition seems to have deteriorated due to excessive training and competition.
I hope repeatedly that it will not affect today's Olympic Games."
"Now stand on the track."
"Liu Xiang can only rely on himself."
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Su Shen watched Liu Xiang move as he remembered.
Although he feels that he has used many methods in the past four years.
But not before the dust settles.
Still a little nervous.
After all, history is not for little girls.
No matter what you want, you can do it.
Many times, it is full of variables.
"First-line Kitty Eagle Nation player Andrew Turner."
“Nigerian player Selim Nurudin in the second lane.”
"Third lane Dutchman Gregory Sedok."
"Liu Xiang, the fourth-level flower grower contestant."
"Jackson Guiniz of Spain in Lane 5."
"Hungarian player Balazs Badji in lane 6."
"Seventh Lane Barbadian Sean Brathwaite."
"Artur Noga, Polish player in lane 8."
"Dembe L. Moussa, player of Senegal in the ninth lane."
…
"But the moment the gun went off, we knew what exactly happened. Now we still wish Liu Xiang the best."
Yang Jian finished speaking.
The electronic command sounded.
"on your marks."
"set."
Liu Xiang smiled at the runway.
Su Shen's eyes also shrank slightly.
Can it change the fate of history?
In fact, you can see the clues in the first shot of this preliminary round.