Chapter 181 Liu Yuxiang successfully passed the preliminaries
On August 18, 2008, the preliminaries of the 110-meter hurdles competition, which is the focus of much attention, are about to begin.
"In this Olympics, more than 50 athletes around the world have reached the Olympic standard of 110-meter hurdles, which is 13.55 seconds. Among them, the United States accounts for nearly half, 21, showing its strong overall strength in the 110-meter hurdles event.
What is exciting is that in China's 110-meter hurdles, led by world record holder and world championship champion Liu Xiang, four people have reached the BJ Olympics A standard, second only to the United States and ranking second in the world. This is also
China has never had a good situation before the previous world competitions.
Liu Yuxiang, Shi Dongpeng, Xing Yanan and Ji Gang, these four have all reached the Olympic A standard.
During this cycle, Liu Xiang ran ten times more than the A mark, with his best time reaching 12.89 seconds.
Shi Dongpeng came second. He ran a personal best of 13.24 seconds, exceeding the Olympic A standard by 0.31 seconds.
After that, he also exceeded the A mark seven times.
Xing Yanan and Ji Gang also ran good results of 13.54 seconds and 13.40 seconds respectively.
In the end, through the selection and competition of the best, Liu Yuxiang, Shi Dongpeng, and Ji Gang qualified for the Olympic Games.
Among them, Liu Xiang currently ranks first in the world in the 110-meter hurdles in 2007 with a time of 12.89 seconds.
Shi Dongpeng's best time this year is 13.19 seconds, ranking tenth in the world in this event this year. In front of him, in addition to Liu Xiang, Robles of Cuba, there are seven American players. Because there will only be three Americans at most.
Participated in the 110-meter hurdles competition in the BJ Olympics. Therefore, if the athletes are scheduled to participate in the Olympics, Shi Dongpeng can already be among the top six in the world.
During the Athens Olympics, only Liu Xiang and Shi Dongpeng from China participated. As a result, Liu Xiang won the championship with a time of 12.91 seconds, which was equal to the world record; Shi Dongpeng failed to qualify from the preliminaries due to his limited strength at the time.
At the BJ Olympics, Liu Xiang will fight with all his strength to defend the 110-meter hurdles crown. Shi Dongpeng is no longer comparable to the past. At the Athens Olympics, his personal best time was only 13.40 seconds, and now it is 13.19 seconds. Therefore, at the BJ Olympics, this
The Hebei athletes will strive for medals on the basis of ensuring the top six."
In the dormitory of the Olympic Village, Su Feng was wearing clothes and leaning on the bed, watching the sports channel program.
After all, it was the preliminaries, so there was no need for him to go to the scene to cheer for Liu Yuxiang. And given his current situation, once he left the Olympic Village, he might not have any peace for a moment.
Not only him, but his parents are about to hide out. According to Su's mother, the house has been crowded with relatives, friends and leaders. Sometimes they can only stand and there are no seats.
There are even people who are not related to each other who directly buy things and leave them in front of their house. Sometimes, when they go there one night and open the door in the morning, the things are piled up into a small mountain.
At this time, watching the host's analysis on TV, Su Feng recalled that because of his initial attention to Liu Yuxiang, Su Feng in his previous life also had some understanding of Shi Dongpeng, the player second only to Liu Yuxiang in the Chinese team. His performance in the BJ Olympics
Naturally, I also paid attention to the performance.
Shi Dongpeng's performance, at least judging from the situation in his previous life, is not optimistic.
Objectively speaking, compared with 2004, Shi Dongpeng's skills have been greatly improved through these years of hard training, but these improvements did not help him achieve a breakthrough in the Olympics.
In the 110-meter hurdles semi-finals, there were two groups, and the top four in each group advanced. Shi Dongpeng was placed in the second group, and in the same group with him were American star David Oliver and others.
There was no false start in the second group of games, and they started smoothly with one shot. However, Shi Dongpeng still had the old problem of fast reaction speed and slow start speed. His reaction speed of 0.141 ranked third in the group, but judging from the performance on the field
, Shi Dongpeng was still lagging behind in the first few hurdles. When he reached the third hurdle, he was already one position behind the leader David Oliver, and could only rely on his running skills to catch up.
In the end, he, the Jamaican player Will Noel and the Spanish player Quiñones next to him crossed the line almost at the same time. However, according to slow motion, Shi Dongpeng missed the final by 0.02 seconds.
Because Liu Yuxiang had already retired from the competition at that time, Su Feng watched a lot about Shi Dongpeng's situation, including images of him leaving the Bird's Nest later.
Shi Dongpeng hunched his back slightly, walked to the corner of the stairs, looked back, and then quickened his pace to leave.
During the reporter's interview, he said: "Although there will be a World Championships next year, the meaning is completely different from the BJ Olympics." When he said this, Shi Dongpeng obviously raised his head, probably trying not to give up.
My own tears flowed down.
"Forget it, it should be different this time, right?" Su Feng shook his head and erased the bad memories from the past.
Shi Dongpeng fell down immediately after the final sprint. He even risked his life in order to sprint, but he was still eliminated.
But the final time of 13.42 seconds was far from his best time of 13.19 seconds this year, and even the same as the 13.40 seconds of the Athens Olympics.
According to the analysis after the game, Liu Yuxiang's injury should have "injured" him. His third shot was very heavy. From the starting point to the fifth hurdle, he seemed to be unable to move forward, although he struggled to catch up in the last five hurdles.
, but ended up fifth in the group, only 0.02 seconds away from entering the finals.
At that time, a reporter also asked Shi Dongpeng a direct question: "Did Liu Yuxiang's retirement have some impact on you?"
After hearing this, Shi Dongpeng's eyes turned red and he raised his head. Then he mentioned that Liu Yuxiang actually had a phone call with him before the game: "He told me to relax, relax, and relax again. I didn't relax myself. Sun guided the game."
He told me before that I could advance to the finals as long as I ran under 13.40 seconds, and today’s facts proved that he was right. It was me who didn’t do it well.”
"It should be different this time." Thinking of this, Su Feng said to himself with certainty.
Not only did Liu Yuxiang not withdraw from the competition this time, he also won the men's 100-meter gold medal. With Shi Dongpeng's competition experience not inferior to Liu Yuxiang's, the current pressure will definitely not suppress him. He will no longer be able to compete with heavy steps.
There will definitely be no problem reaching the finals.
"Come on." Su Feng murmured while watching the TV. They are all part of the Chinese team. He naturally hopes that there will be two Chinese figures in the 110-meter hurdles final.
If it's 100 meters, I'm afraid we have to wait for Su Bingtian or Xie Zhenye to grow up.
Although Zhang Peimeng has good talent, facing the golden generation of track and field, those famous athletes who can beat 9 seconds and 90, I am afraid it is still not enough.
At this time, the first group of runners in the 110-meter hurdles began to enter the stadium.
In this Olympic Games, a total of 43 athletes participated in the 110-meter hurdles. The group stage was divided into six groups. The top four in each group and the top eight remaining athletes with the best results can advance to the second round, a total of 32 people.
In the second round of rematch, they are divided into four groups, and the top four in each group advance to the semi-finals.
The third round of semi-finals is divided into two groups, with the top four in each group advancing to the finals.
The first group of preliminaries ended quickly. The famous player of this group, Jamaican Will Noel, easily won the first place in the group with a time of 13.45 seconds and entered the semi-finals.
The second group included Shi Dongpeng, who was also the only famous player in this group. Seeing Shi Dongpeng's face and demeanor before starting, and based on Su Feng's intuition as an athlete, he felt that there was no problem. The result was also the same. Shi Dongpeng didn't show any concern during the whole process.
There was a feeling of pressure, and I relaxed a lot in the end. Even so, I entered the semi-finals with a time of 13.42 seconds.
"I'll go, this kid." Su Feng couldn't help but complain. If this guy was so aggressive, he had been worried for a long time just now, and was sad about the results of his previous life for a while, but he ran away as soon as he came to the first group.
After running so hard in the semi-finals of my previous life, not to mention falling down in order to cross the line, I also gave up a lot in the end, and the relationship I had been brewing for a long time was all in vain.
The 110-meter hurdles race was also very fast, and we soon reached the sixth group.
The sixth group in history in Su Feng's eyes.
Seeing Liu Yuxiang's smiling face when he walked out of the corridor, Su Feng felt that he must not have any feelings. This guy is very good now.
Sure enough, in the end, Liu Yuxiang won the first place in the sixth group more easily than Shi Dongpeng, with a time of 13.35 seconds. This was already a time to enter the finals. This guy, it seems, has become a free man after the pressure is reduced.
It is not a problem to rein in the wild horse and perform as it should.