Chapter 237 200-meter preliminaries and semi-finals
On the evening of August 19, 2009.
Su Feng, He Jun, Zhang Peimeng and others watched the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries and semi-finals of Liu Yuxiang and Shi Dongpeng.
The two entered the semi-finals with first and second place in their group respectively.
In the semi-finals, they ranked first in the group and third in the group and entered the semi-finals.
Judging from the current situation, Liu Yuxiang has no problem entering the finals, but Shi Dongpeng is in some danger.
The next day, August 20, at 17:30 pm, the men’s 200m preliminaries are about to begin.
A total of 35 athletes from around the world participated in the 200-meter race at the World Championships this time.
The competition is divided into three rounds, preliminaries, semi-finals and finals.
The preliminaries are divided into five groups, with seven people in each group. The top three will advance to the semi-finals, and the remaining one with the best score will advance to the finals.
In addition to Su Feng, the Chinese team also has athlete Yang Wei who also won the A mark in the men's 200 meters and will also participate in this competition.
At 17:30, Su Feng was placed in the fifth lane of the first group. The famous player competing with him in this group was American Spearmon.
This person can only be said to have a certain level of strength in the 100 meters. In 2007, he ran a time of 9.96 seconds.
But in the 200 meters, Spearmon can only be said to be extremely talented.
The characteristic of his 200-meter run is that he will lag slightly behind his opponents in the first half, but will suddenly exert force in the second half. As long as the difference in results is not too big, most athletes will be surpassed by him.
In 2004 and 2005, he won the men's 200 meters championship at the American College Track and Field Championships.
In his previous life, his personal best was 19.65 seconds, which was also the fourth best time in the world.
This achievement, even in front of Su Feng in the past, was still a threat, although it was still not enough, because once Su Feng was thrown away, no one could keep up with him, and the audience's attention would no longer be on him.
On the body.
But as an opponent, Su Feng is still somewhat afraid of this person.
"On your marks!" Hearing the on-site prompt, Su Feng stepped onto the starting block skillfully. At this time, he felt no pressure at all.
But what Su Feng didn't know was that Spearmon glanced at him before leaning over and then stepped onto the starting block.
For Spearmon, Su Feng can ignore him, but he cannot ignore Su Feng!
His running style makes him invincible in the United States. Even Gatlin was in his hands back then. If the physical strength is not allocated well, Gatlin will be surpassed by his speed ability in the second half.
But when facing Su Feng, these all became jokes.
In the first half of the race, his speed was not as fast as Su Feng.
In the second half of the race, his speed was still not as good as Su Feng!
This helpless feeling deeply stimulated him and made him dream of winning once.
Now, another competition is coming, but Su Feng is stronger than ever before. The 100-meter time of 9.58 seconds is heart-pounding just thinking about it.
"Set!" Everyone bowed slightly at this time, ready for the final start. Spearmon's eyes were particularly determined. No matter what, he was born in the same era, and he would compete with Su Feng.
"Crack!"
"The game begins"
As a top 100-meter runner, Su Feng's starting reaction was absolutely overwhelming for the relatively undemanding 200-meter race. He easily took first place with a starting reaction of 0.130 seconds.
Enter the bend!
Su Feng leaned to the inside and ran quickly along the tangent line. When he was approaching the straight, his body just reached the middle of the track.
Curve into the straight!
This is also one of the most exciting moments in the 200 meters. Even if it is only the preliminaries, most of the spectators stood up at this moment.
Su Feng ranks first!
"Su Feng wins!" This was the only thought of everyone present.
A top athlete who clocked 9.58 seconds for 100 meters faced a straight line of nearly 100 meters in front of him and was still ahead of others. Who could beat him in this situation?
The results were not beyond people's expectations.
Spielmont slightly relaxed his speed in the corner this time, but even so, when the corner entered the straight, he was still more than one meter behind Su Feng.
After the curve entered the straight, as the first player behind Su Feng, Spearmon had the clearest feeling. At that moment, Su Feng's speed suddenly began to surge. Even if he exerted force in the second half of the race, before Su Feng
The speed of the wind actually feels slower than before!
In the end, Su Feng won the first place in the first group of the men's 200m group stage with a time of 19.75 seconds.
Su Feng was also a little surprised by this. If it weren't for Spearmon, he could have entered the semifinals in 20 seconds or even 19.90 seconds.
And Spearmon is indeed a famous American player. He finally finished second in the group with a time of 19.89 seconds and successfully advanced.
After the game, Su Feng paid tribute to all the audience, especially the Chinese audience, and immediately returned to the lounge.
The 200-meter semi-finals were just two hours away, and he had to take a good rest. He wasn't worried about losing, but running at high speed continuously would be very bad if it caused muscle damage.
At 19:30, the men's 200m semi-finals started on time.
Su Feng was in the second group. He watched from the sidelines as Bolt took the first place in the group and entered the final with an absolute advantage of 19.70 seconds.
Then it was time for Su Feng to come on the stage, and the audience gave Su Feng even more applause than when Bolt came on the stage.
The fastest man in the world, the only man who can run 9.58 seconds, deserves such applause from them.
Su Feng followed everyone to the starting line. The old acquaintances who were in the group with Su Feng this time were Obikwelu, Gatlin and Tyson Gay.
Tyson Gay is a 200-meter to 100-meter athlete, Gatlin is the men's 200-meter silver medalist at the Athens Olympics, and Obikewelu also practiced 200 meters before practicing 100 meters. Their appearance in this arena is not surprising.
strangeness.
However, even a mentally tough man like Gatlin had a very serious expression on his face at this time.
The same goes for Tyson Gay, who once competed with Su Feng in the 200 meters and even almost beat him.
As for other athletes, they were even more unbearable when they met Su Feng on the court.
A time of 9 seconds 58 is such a powerful deterrent!
"On your marks!" However, they are all professional athletes, especially a few famous players. They have experienced countless competitions, and finally adjusted their mentality. After all, it is not the finals, as long as the top four can advance.
"set!"
"Crack!"
"The game begins!"
Among the contestants this time, several started out as 100-meter athletes, and some were even top athletes themselves. Even the 200-meter athletes were top 200-meter athletes. Therefore, Su Feng’s starting reaction was not the fastest this time.
, but ranked third, 0.139 seconds, a pretty good result.
Ranking first is Gatlin, with a starting reaction of 0.129 seconds.
Ranking second is Tyson Gay, with a starting reaction of 0.135 seconds.
However, once the start started, Tyson Gay and Gatlin, who were on the track on both sides of Su Feng, felt the strong pressure from the track next to them.
At this time, the speed cannot be seen, but the athletes' perception on the field can clearly distinguish it!
Enter the corner, go through the corner, turn into the straight!
This time the competition was more intense than the last one. When Su Feng entered the corner, Gatlin and Tyson Gay were chasing after him, but they were still pulled away by Su Feng in the final straight stage.
meters distance.
"Are we going to lose again?" Gatlin and Tyson Gay's eyes instantly turned red. At this time, they were so blinded that they no longer cared that this was not the finals, and started to catch up with them with fierce steps.
Su Feng didn't care at all. After he knew that he was the first to enter the straight, he knew that he would win this game!
This is Su Feng's own confidence, even Bolt is the same on the court.
Gatlin and Tyson Gay's desperate acceleration only put pressure on Su Feng for less than a second. After Su Feng started to accelerate with all his strength, all the pressure disappeared, and only Su Feng was able to dominate the field.
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The nearly 100-meter straight passed by in a flash and crossed the line! 19 seconds 69!
Su Feng won the first place in the group and the semi-finals with an absolute advantage, and entered the finals confidently.
Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Obikweru who crossed the line behind ranked second, third and fourth with times of 19.79, 19.85 and 19.98 respectively, and also entered the finals.