Although it was already dark, the central power company was still busy, and most of the staff's energy was used in reports related to the Athens Olympics.
Director Xu, who is responsible for the broadcast of the event, did not stay in the office but sat in the broadcast room on the front line.
A staff member trots over and handed over a piece of information to Director Xu. At the same time, he said: "Director, this is the track and field situation just sent, our Chinese player Zhang Guan successfully entered the second round of the 100-meter dash. "
Director Xu quickly read the event briefing, and then said: "If I remember correctly, this should be the first time for a Chinese athlete to enter the second round of the Olympic 100-meter sprint. It's not easy! Go check and see what the time the second round is starting."
"Director, are we going to broadcast live in the second round?" The staff asked.
"If you can live broadcast, try to live broadcast as much as possible. Athletes run thousands of miles to Athens to participate in the Olympic Games. It may be such an opportunity in their lifetime. Now that they can make breakthroughs in track and field events. It would be a pity if there is no chance to show their faces in front of the national audience." Director Xu said.
"Director Xu, it has been found that the second round of the men's 100-meter sprint starts at 0:40 in the morning."
"That's the prime time for Athens time." Director Xu immediately opened the live broadcast schedule in his hand and found this period.
"Fortunately, early in the morning, today's badminton and table tennis competitions are all over. There is only one women's weightlifting competition above 75 kg and our country's players are going to participate." Director Xu lowered his head and thought for a moment and said: "Schedule the second round of the men's 100m race in a set of live broadcasts. At that time, the news of this will have to be broadcast, and let the narrator prepare in advance."
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At 19:40 on August 21, Athens time, the second round of the Olympic men's 100-meter sprint officially began.
The second round is divided into five groups. The top three of each group advance to the next round. Among the athletes who failed to obtain the top three, the athlete with the best performance can also advance, which means that there will be a total of 16 athletes who can advance to the semifinals.
Compared with the preliminary round of the first round, the players in the rematch are of a higher level, the difficulty of the promotion will be greater, and the game is bound to be more exciting and intense.
In the semi-finals, even the champion players should start to take it seriously. The prediction is given by experts before the game, if you can run within 10.10 seconds, you can secure a spot to enter the semifinals, within 10.15 seconds, there is a big hope to enter the semifinals, and if you can't even run 10.15 seconds, Wanting to enter the semifinals can only be determined with character and luck. For non-black athletes, the semi-finals can be seen as an insurmountable level. In the Olympic level, white and yellow races often stop at the semi-finals. The semi-finals are generally dominated by black athletes.
On the track, the first group is in progress, and Zhang Guan is in the distance, waiting for the second group to debut while watching the situation of the first group of players.
I saw a black player running in front, far ahead.
"It's Portuguese Francis Obik Viru! He's really fast!" Zhang Guan took a breath, and at this moment he felt great pressure for the first time.
"Obik Viru, he would have been the 100m runner-up of this Athens Olympics, and was only 0.01 seconds slower than Gatling, although Gatling did not make a sprint in the final, which affected the time. Now It seems that Obik Viru is indeed a very strong player. "
Subsequently, Zhang Guan found that the Japanese player ranked second in Asia, Shien Wu has been left behind by four black runners.
"In the quarter-finals, it is indeed the world of black people." Zhang Guan watched Obik Viru the first to cross the finish line, and then the scoreboard showed 9.93 seconds. British player Lewis Francis and Jamaican player Dwight Thomas finished second and third. Japanese player Shenwu only finished fifth and was eliminated.
"This is the world's top strength! This is only the rematch, it ran 9.93 seconds, but I can do it, and I will be faster than this. But Obik Viru has reservations, his true strength must also be faster. This is only Obik Viru, don't forget there is also Gatling, his speed will be better than Obik Viru! It looks like I was too optimistic before. The Olympic championship is not so easy to get." Thinking of this, Zhang Guan felt a bit heavy.
Before this, Zhang Guan always thought that he had systematic help and would surely win the Olympic 100m championship. And so far, Zhang Guan has never encountered an opponent in the competition. But now, several powerful opponents suddenly appeared, making Zhang Guan feel a sense of crisis.
"Nervous! Yes, that's how it feels. I haven't been so nervous for a long time." Zhang Guan took a deep breath, he looked at the finish line, but the tension in his heart gradually turned into an expectation and excitement.
"This time, I'm going to let go and run. I want to see how good the championship players are!"
Subsequently, Zhang Guan stepped into the stadium.
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The upcoming American player Sean Crawford took off his upper body coat.
"Sean, are you going to run?" Justin Gatling walked from the side and was equipped with a smirk: "Be careful not to overturn the boat in the gutter ..."
"Are you referring to Obadele Thompson? I know that the "nerve knife " ran out of 9.69 seconds, but it was run under the condition of superwind speed, even if he is in good condition, it is impossible to be my opponent." Crawford said confidently.
"I'm not talking about Thompson, but the Chinese athlete. His result was the first in the preliminary round." Gatling said.
"Hahaha, Justin, what are you kidding, how could a Chinese man pose a threat to me? 9.96 seconds, for an Asian, it should be an incredibly high level! But this result for me is just the level of daily training. I will let this Chinese know what the real speed is when I run! "
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The athletes were already standing at the starting line, but three minutes later, the referee still did not give the notice to prepare to start.
"What's wrong? How to give such a long preparation time." Zhang Guan looked at the referee in surprise and found that the referee was talking on the intercom.
"They are so busy chatting, they forgot to inform the athletes that they are ready to start!" Zhang Guan thought to himself.
It was at this time that there was a sudden commotion in the auditorium, followed by cheers.
"Huh? What happened? The audience suddenly cried." Zhang Guan looked at the auditorium, but because of the distance, Zhang Guan did not know why the audience cheered, but one thing is certain, these people are not cheering for themselves. In this case, I am afraid that even the gunshots can't be heard clearly, the 100m race can only wait for a while.
"Slap, crack, crack, crack ..."
In the field, the applause sounds gradual, but this is not the kind of chaotic applause, but the applause of uniform frequency. The applause is getting louder and faster, the frequency is getting faster and faster, just like the confrontation between the two armies, the warriors are generally drumming before the charge, with a strong sense of warfare, it was triggered.
"This scene seems familiar. I remembered her!" Zhang Guan suddenly thought of someone, and then he looked violently towards the pole vaulting ground. Sure enough, he saw a figure with black hair tied into braids and scattered. With a long pole on her head, she was preparing to start.
"It's her, Isinbayeva!"
Elena Isinbayeva, a veritable queen of pole vaults, broke the world record for pole vaults 28 times in her career, and in the future, she will be the monopoly of women's pole vault events.
Although Isinbayeva at the Athens Olympics was only 22 years old, she has been famous for many years, especially in Europe, where she is very famous.
In the sports world, athletes with good performance will naturally receive attention, and beautiful women with long performances will also receive attention, while beautiful athletes with long performances will naturally receive great attention. Although it seems to Zhang Guan that Isinbayeva is not beautiful, in terms of European aesthetics, Isinbayeva is a beauty. Especially in Greece, Ishimbayeva's black hair and a pair of big eyes appear to the Greeks as a kind of classical beauty, and therefore Isinbayeva has huge popularity in Greece.
The venue was all about cheering for Isinbayeva, especially some crazy men, but also made a roar, which made the second group of men 's 100 meters races unable to proceed normally, athletes can only wait till the ending of Isinbayeva's game.
The applause of the audience is getting more and more regular, and the frequency is getting faster and faster. Tens of thousands of people applaud with the same rhythm, which brings not only encouragement but also shock.
Zhang Guan closed his eyes and he felt all this carefully. Although the applause was not given to Zhang Guan, it still made him feel bloody. A picture vaguely appeared in his mind, one will hold the knife to challenge, the other will rush out of the horse, the two sides will be violent, the two will be wrapped to fight together and kill the sky!
"This is the game, this is the game I want! Passion, boiling!" Zhang Guan opened his eyes, he could feel that the hormones in his body began to violently have a commotion, every cell was jubilant, he again smelled the excitement.
At the same time, in the system, Zhang Guan's competitive state suddenly began to rise, reaching 67 points.
On the pole vault, Isinbayeva waved to the audience to signal everyone to be quiet, then she raised the pole, ran, poled, jumped, overturned, landed, and completed the game in one go.
There were loud cheers on the court. Although this is only a women's pole vault qualifying event, it only takes 4.40 meters to enter the finals, but it does not affect Guan Zhong's cheering for Isinbayeva.
After the cheers became smaller, the referee motioned to the athletes to prepare for the start.
"Awesome applause, awesome cheers, make people feel excited and make people bloody! Unfortunately, they are not for me. But one day, I will have such applause and cheers!" Breathing, but the excitement in my heart is hard to erase.
Next, he stood on the starting block to greet his second Olympic game.