Although the opening ceremony was held on August 8, the track and field competition at the Bird's Nest Stadium did not officially begin until August 15.
On August 15, the Bird's Nest Stadium, which can accommodate more than 90,000 people, was packed with people.
At 8:30 in the morning, the preliminaries of the women's heptathlon, hammer throw and other competitions began one after another. By 9:30, these competitions were all over. The performance of the Chinese players was remarkable, but at this stage, there was really nothing to impress.
A player who shines in front of you appears.
Then began the men's 100-meter preliminaries. The audience began to get energetic, some people's eyes began to shine, and the atmosphere at the scene changed from calm to excitement.
A total of 80 people participated in this men's 100-meter competition, divided into 10 preliminary groups. The top three in the group directly entered the semi-finals, and the remaining 10 places were filled based on results.
The entire competition is divided into four rounds, namely preliminaries, semi-finals, semi-finals and finals.
At 9:45, the men's 100m preliminaries are about to begin.
The first group of preliminaries players began to walk out of the corridor, and cheers suddenly sounded on the field.
Because in this group, there is a familiar face, Asafa Powell, the top men's 100-meter runner who has been in love with Su Feng for two years.
Powell was somewhat expected and somewhat surprised by this.
This is expected because he has accepted three Chinese advertisements in the past few years, which are worth a lot of money. Advertisers are not philanthropists, so they must choose him because they can make a profit, and the so-called profit here is naturally popularity.
Therefore, he knew that he had a certain reputation in China, but surprisingly, he did not expect that the Chinese audience was so friendly and that as a foreigner, he could enjoy so much applause.
In fact, Powell was right and wrong.
As Su Feng's main opponent, the people in the country have a high level of awareness of him, but he is actually not the only one.
Other players who can compete with Su Feng are very well-known in the country. The reason for their popularity is not because of themselves, but because they are Su Feng's opponents.
Just like Liu Yuxiang's opponents in his previous life, even if there was Bolt in the 100 meters, not many people knew about him before he ran 9.69 seconds.
Now, Su Feng is even stronger than Liu Yuxiang. Not only has he almost never lost since 2004, but he has also broken the world record many times. He even entered 9.70 seconds before Bolt. The current world record is still 9 seconds held by Su Feng.
67 seconds!
All of this has made the Chinese audience's expectations for 100 Meters extremely high, so as long as they recognize someone, their enthusiasm will naturally rise.
Powell had a straight face at this time. Except for the smile that could be seen when he was interacting with the audience, there was no other expression.
However, there was no other capable player in this group except him. Powell gained an advantage from the start, and started to let off steam in the last ten meters, finishing first in the group with a time of 10.10 seconds.
This is also a deliberate arrangement by the organizing committee to separate some of the top players in the first round and prevent them from meeting in advance. This is also a way to add suspense to the game.
However, it is not against the rules to do so. After all, athletes still rely on their performance to speak for themselves. As long as their performance is good, they will be promoted.
Among the eight players in the second group, there is still a famous player familiar to the Chinese people, Tyson Gay. A player who was once considered to be able to compete with Su Feng and Powell. However, after the rise of Usain Bolt and the improvement of Su Feng's performance,
Gradually no one mentioned this statement.
But Tyson Gay is still very famous in China. Even though there are people with facial blindness, a large number of Chinese people still recognize him and give him warm cheers.
Tyson Gay lived up to expectations and also took first place in the group with a time of 10.15 seconds and advanced to the semi-finals.
When he qualified for promotion, the crowd was even happier than he was. Although everyone ultimately hoped that Su Feng would win the championship, if a capable opponent was eliminated early, it would undoubtedly reduce the enjoyment and suspense of the game.
Therefore, they hope that all these famous players will advance.
However, in the third group, when they saw Bolt on the stage, the audience's reaction was a bit divided.
Some people hope that Bolt will advance and go all the way to the finals to meet Su Feng to see the competition between the two great men.
But the other part doesn't want Bolt to win. After all, Bolt poses too great a threat. Under normal performance, he is Su Feng's strongest opponent and an opponent he is not sure of defeating. If he can get off the field early, Su Feng will
Feng’s gold medal is even more stable.
But the final result did not go beyond everyone's expectations. Although it was not in line with some people's complicated hopes, Bolt was still as expected, winning the first place in the group with a time of 10.16 seconds and advancing to the semi-finals.
The strongest athlete in the fourth group of preliminaries is Carter from Jamaica. This main player of the Jamaican 4×100 meter relay team did not qualify for the 100 meters in the Olympic Games in his original world, but this time he did.
In the end, he won the first place in the group with a time of 10.08 seconds and successfully advanced.
The fifth group, the sixth group, the seventh group, the eighth group.
Four groups in a row, no upsets occurred.
When the ninth group of contestants appeared, the audience began to cheer up. Su Feng, it was Su Feng who came out.
"Su Feng, come on."
"Su Feng, come on."
The voices of tens of thousands of people gradually found the same rhythm, and the voice of "Come on Su Feng" resounded throughout the audience.
Su Feng's terrifying popularity was once again proven at this moment.
Although it is only the preliminaries, it still cannot stop the audience's enthusiastic expectations for Su Feng.
"Su Feng, come on!" Su Feng came to the court wearing a long-sleeved Chinese team uniform. Everyone else basically wore long-sleeved clothes. This was to prevent the loss of heat between warm-up and the game.
Causes body muscle stiffness or cold.
Athletes who can participate in the Olympic Games are naturally not prone to colds, but they cannot avoid slight muscle stiffness.
Although it is not a problem at all in normal times, it becomes a big problem during competitions when strong power is output.
So this is what a mature athlete would do.
At this time, Su Feng had just arrived at the starting line and was about to take off his clothes. The staff behind the starting line suddenly said this to him, but then he shut up. Obviously this was against the rules and might affect the performance of the athletes.
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However, Su Feng didn't pay attention. He smiled at the other party, whispered "Come on", and then naturally began to take off his long clothes and make final preparations.
These are volunteers, not professional referees, so they can't control themselves from doing this, but it won't affect Su Feng in any way.
After finishing the final exercise, the game started under the eyes of everyone.
Su Feng started smoothly. Even though the Cuban and Dutch athletes next to him tried their best, Su Feng easily took the lead. In the last 20 meters, he started to let go, and finally got the entry with a time of 10.05 seconds.
Tickets for the semi-finals.
"Su Feng, Su Feng, Su Feng" Seeing that Su Feng won the competition, even if it was only the preliminaries, the audience couldn't wait to roar loudly. Su Feng waved to the surrounding audience, then nodded in greeting, and then returned