At 19:45 that evening, the men's 100m semi-finals officially started.
In the preliminaries held during the day, in addition to Su Feng, the Chinese team also entered the semi-finals with the second place in the group. It can be said that they performed well.
The semi-finals are divided into five groups, with eight people in each group. The top three will advance to the finals, and the last place will be won by the athlete with the highest score.
Su Feng saw Obikewelu during the inspection this time, and the two nodded and stopped talking.
With Obikwelu's strength, this game is not a problem. The difficulty will come in the next game. If he wants to enter the final, it will not work if he does not show his full strength and perform well.
For Su Feng, neither this game nor the next one is a problem. His goal is only the finals and the gold medal.
In fact, it's tomorrow.
In the last life, Liu Yuxiang's tickets for the 110-meter hurdles final were sold for 20 times the face price!
But in this life, Su Feng's ticket price for tomorrow's 100-meter final has increased 50 times!
The tickets for Liu Yuxiang’s 110-meter hurdles final are 40 times higher!
This shows how popular the two are now!
Su Feng was placed in the first group of the semi-finals this time, and the game started soon.
As expected before the game, no one caused trouble to Su Feng and Obikwelu in this game. The two entered the semi-finals as first and second in the group respectively.
Zhang Peimeng ran a time of 10.02 seconds in the third group and entered the semi-finals in third place in the group. This can be said to have fully demonstrated his strength.
In the evening, when Su Feng returned to his dormitory in the Olympic Village, he found Liu Yuxiang watching TV in his room, and the TV was also showing Olympic games.
"I said, why are you coming to me at this time? You will have a competition in two days."
"Let me share the pressure with you, otherwise why would I be here? You ran well today. How about it? Are you confident in winning the championship in tomorrow's final?"
"If I win the championship, you'll have less pressure, right?"
"Yes, that's absolutely right, that's what I think."
"What if I don't win the championship?"
"Same."
"What do you mean?" Su Feng didn't get around to it.
"Think about it, if you don't win the championship and I don't win the championship, we will be scolded together. If there is someone to share it with, my pressure will be reduced."
"I'll go." Su Feng thought about it and realized that this was really the case.
"This is a damn competition arrangement. Looking at you like this, you should put your 110-meter hurdles in front."
"It's not my fault, the competition is arranged this way. Besides, who makes your 100 meters more popular? The ticket price is much higher than mine."
"You can't be so petty, you have to know." At this point, Su Feng suddenly stopped talking. He couldn't say that the price of the other person in his previous life was 20 times.
"What do I know? You should just finish it."
"You have to know that most of this money was made by scalpers, and a small amount was made by viewers transferring votes to each other. It is all the hard-earned money of ordinary people. Are you sorry?"
"I didn't sell the scalper tickets, and I didn't earn the money. Although I don't like the scalpers, you can't blame me. You are just messing around."
"You also know, aren't you just messing around when you come to my place?"
The two started to watch the competition while bickering. The women's medley 4×100 meter relay was taking place at this time.
"I said, this is the only level of aesthetics you have." Su Feng teased.
"Then what are you looking at? Your eyes are still wandering around. We are both at the same level."
"I'm looking for Wang Zongfang."
"Okay, you win." Liu Yuxiang looked at Su Feng, and finally said helplessly, who made Wang Zongfang like water sports?
The two of them said a few words and then stopped talking. After the swimming competition, it was the men's basketball competition. The two of them didn't change the channel, just left the TV on.
The time soon reached 10 o'clock. Liu Yuxiang looked at the time, then stood up, stretched and said, "I'm leaving. You can work hard tomorrow."
After watching Liu Yuxiang go out, Su Feng locked the door, lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.
Is there any pressure? Yes.
He and Liu Yuxiang were bickering and watching TV that night to release stress.
Su Feng wished he could have the finals today, so that he would be relaxed.
But it's naturally impossible.
And if that was the case, he probably wouldn't have been able to sleep last night.
In his previous life, he watched an interview conducted by Coach Sun after Liu Yuxiang retired.
At that time, Coach Sun told reporters that Liu Yuxiang must win the gold medal in the 2008 Olympics. That was determined by the entire public opinion environment.
Not every audience may demand that Liu Yuxiang win the championship, but the overall atmosphere is that Liu Yuxiang will definitely win the championship.
When he was chatting with Liu Yuxiang just now, he was actually "bored" and said whatever came to his mind. It didn't matter what he said.
Because the pressure is too great, saying anything is better than saying nothing at all.
Around 18 years later, when online media became very developed, Su Feng once found a video, which was a short video of Liu Yuxiang before entering the venue, only 22 seconds long.
At that time, Liu Yuxiang kept kicking the wall with his right foot, as if he had a grudge against the wall. He was very powerful and wanted to numb his injured right foot.
At the end of the video, Liu Yuxiang squatted down with his hands on the wall and buried his head deeply between his arms.
Is it a lot of pressure? It's a lot of pressure.
But what he probably hated more at the time was his own feeling of powerlessness.
But now, both himself and Liu Yuxiang, their physical functions are at their peak without any injuries, which is the best.
All that's left is to withstand the pressure and win the game.
"Ahem!" Suddenly, the voice of QQ sounded, and the corners of Su Feng's mouth curled up slightly, it must be Yingduan.
After getting the computer, it turned out to be the case.
Because Su Feng blocked other people's prompts, only Yingdan's prompts could pass.
"How is it? It's okay. I didn't know whether I should tell you or not. I will go to the game tomorrow."
"Haha, it wasn't good at first, but it's good to see your message."
"Who did you learn from? To be so glib. This is not your usual habit."
"Liu Yuxiang, he just left not long ago, so he must have been infected. He doesn't look like a good person, right?"
"If you want Liu Yuxiang's fans to know what you said, I will definitely have to fight with your fans."
"It's impossible. Our fans are highly overlapping, so we can't beat ourselves up."
"It seems like you're really okay. Are you really okay? I'm very nervous."
"It's okay, I will definitely win the championship."
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. You have already done a good job. No matter what results you achieve, your previous results will not be forgotten."
"Haha, I know, but this competition has too much significance. I must win."
"Then what if you lose?"
"I haven't thought about what to do specifically, but if I lose, I lose. What else can I do?"
"Come on, if you lose, I will support you from now on."
"That's not the case."
"What, are you afraid that I can't afford it?"
"No, I just didn't expect you to have this idea. Are you showing your love to me?"
Two minutes later, just when Su Feng was wondering if he had said it before, another sentence was sent to him from the other side.
"Well, yes, I just showed my love to you, how about it?"
"I agree."
"Then you are my boyfriend."
"Yes."
"You are not allowed to go to the swimming pool or the gymnasium casually from now on. Also, I will make a list for you tomorrow."
"You take your time and I will get the gold medal back and give it to you tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll wait."
The two chatted for another half hour. When Su Feng saw that the time was almost up, he ended the chat and went to bed. After chatting with Liu Yuxiang and Ying Dan, the pressure was indeed relieved a lot.