Although Athens is still on August 21st, the domestic date has already reached August 22nd. Because it happened on Saturday, many sports fans in China still choose to fight the night. So even if it is already 1 a.m., there are still many viewers staying in front of the TV to watch the Olympic Games.
In the provincial city, the neighborhood where Zhang Guan lives, almost every house is brightly lit. Out of the community, Zhang Guan was an Olympic athlete that the residents of the entire community feel particularly glorious about, and even those aunts who are idle are talking about it.
"Lao Zhang, come here, our son is on!" Mama Zhang yelled and then heard the sound of the toilet flushing in the bathroom, Daddy Zhang rushed out. "It's about to start, why didn't you call me earlier!" Father Zhang sat on the sofa and couldn't help blaming Mother Zhang.
"This is just the beginning. I'll call you. Who told you to stay in the toilet for so long, did you hide in there to smoke again?" Mama Zhang's momentum seemed even better, and she suddenly made Daddy Zhang stop talking.
Then the two stared at the TV and refused to miss a detail.
At the same time, in the Kingdom of Heaven, Chen Lao also sat by the TV watching this game.
"Lao Chen, it's so late, you should go to bed, the doctor said..." Chen Lao's wife came out of the room and then saw Zhang Guan on the TV screen, suddenly stopped the words, she knew that the person on the TV was her husband's proudest disciple, his game, Chen Lao will never miss it.
The old lady looked at Chen Lao nervously, and then quickly ran to the room and took the quick-acting rescue heart pill in her hand. She was worried that her husband would be too excited and the heart would not be able to stand it.
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In the BBC studio, the lens gave each athlete a close-up shot, and the host introduced each athlete one by one.
"This is the American player Sean Crawford. His main race is the 200-meter sprint, but he also has championship-level strength in the sprint." The host said.
Erickson immediately went on to say: "Yes, Crawford will be the first in this group, the only suspense is what his final score will be."
"Obadele Thompson, an athlete from Barbados. There should be many people in the audience who have heard of Barbados. It is a country in the Caribbean and a member of our Commonwealth." The host introduced.
Erickson received a tacit understanding: "Obadele Thompson maintains the fastest speed in the world at 100 meters, 9.69 seconds, but this result was made under the condition of 5.1 meters downwind. His strength certainly is not as good as Crawford, but there is also great hope to cause Crawford trouble. "
"Vicente Lima from Brazil ..."
"Aki Aliyo from Nigeria ..."
The camera was finally aimed at Zhang Guan. The host hadn't introduced him yet, but Erickson said first: "This is the Chinese player I just said! I don't think we need to introduce him to you to know him. If you don't know, you can take a look at The Times a few days ago. "
Amid Erickson's teasing, the camera quickly moved to the next athlete.
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The referee responsible for the order came with a small loudspeaker, so his shouts could be heard by people far away.
"On your marks ... Set ..."
The referee raised the starting gun, but had not yet issued the order, but saw the two athletes rush out.
Two people ran away!
The referee immediately terminated the game and signaled the athlete to prepare for the start again.
Zhang Guan smiled and returned to the starting line, and not far from him, another runner who ran away also walked back slowly. This person smiled at Zhang Guan while walking.
This time, Zhang Guan and Kazakhstan athlete Gerardi Chenofe both ran.
In the BBC studio, the host introduced: "The two athletes who ran away were one from Gerald Chenofe from Kazakhstan and the other from Zhang Guan from China."
Erickson immediately said, "I have said before that in the preliminary or rematch, athletes will only choose to run with a gun if they are not strong enough to win the advantage of a few seconds, so it is clear that these two Asian knowing that there was no hope of advancement, decided to use a pressure gun-running tactic to fight a shot, but unfortunately, they did not understand the rhythm of the European referee's order, so the pressure gun-running became a snatch run. "
On the field, Kenokistan's Chenofe was indeed ready to press the gun and run to gain some advantages. He felt that he could enter the second round of the game because he was already lucky, so he must fight in the rematch.
Zhang Guan felt that his emotions were a little too exciting. He felt that he needed to be properly adjusted, so he chose to take the initiative to run and let his body adapt to the pace of the game. And through this rush to run, Zhang Guan's athletic status went up a bit, reaching 68 points.
So far, Zhang Guan doesn't know the rules for the growth of a competitive state, but he can feel that the higher the number of competitive states, the easier it is to get good results.
A minute later, the eight athletes were ready to start again.
Inside the BBC studio. The host said, "The athletes are ready and the game is about to start."
Later, neither the host nor the two guests were talking, waiting quietly for the sound of the starting gun.
After the starting gun fired, the host began his passionate commentary.
"Start! Thompson started well. He was in the lead. Crawford started catching up, accelerating, accelerating. He was running alongside Thompson, and Thompson was accelerating again. Who is faster? Still holding on! Crawford surpassed Thompson, Crawford! Thompson wanted to overtake, he could not catch up, could not catch up! Crawford was faster! He is now in the lead ... second! "
In the last two words, the host seemed to be scared, almost screaming.
According to the original commentary line, he was going to say "now he is in the lead", but the word "leading" has to be spoken before he realizes that Crawford is in the second position.
Sean Crawford, one of the top three favorites, was only ranked second!
The leader is a Chinese, Zhang Guan!
Thompson was indeed a draft player, and his speed of drawing was comparable to that of Crawford. The host has also been paying attention to the struggle between Crawford and Thompson. It was not until now that he noticed that Zhang Guan had rushed to the first position. This caused the host to fall into a state of distraction instantly.
"What's the matter? Am I dreaming? The Chinese are leading? Crawford is even behind a Chinese! How is that possible? A Chinese is ahead, which makes no sense at all! What is this Chinese called? Damn, I don't even know the names of the players. How should I explain?" The host immediately had countless questions in his mind.
Not only the host of the BBC but also the hosts of other TV stations did not know how to explain. Their original explanation focuses on Crawford, but now Crawford is even behind a Chinese, and instantly the explanations prepared by the host for the people are all wasted in vain. The host wanted to look down at the Chinese athlete's name on the data, but this is a 100-meter sprint race, he has no time to check the information.
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In contrast, the domestic TV station's commentary has not been affected at all, because he only focused on Zhang Guan's game.
"At the beginning of the game, Zhang Guan's start was pretty good. He started accelerating, and the competition was very fierce. Zhang Guan rushed to the front and caught up with Crawford! Very good, and strive to defend his current position! He persevered, you must persevere, to keep the first place is victory! Surpassed! Surpassed Crawford!
At the next moment, the voice of the commentary suddenly went up several times, and instantly changed from midrange to treble.
"Lead! Zhang Guan surpassed Crawford! Zhang Guan is ahead! Come on! Come on! Come on! Crawford wants to overtake! He is still behind Zhang Guan! To cross the line! Still, lead! Quick! Quick! Come on! Cross the line! Zhang Guan crosses the line! Good! Well done! First! Group first! Qualified! Enter the semifinals! We won! We rushed to the semifinals! "
The narrator's voice has turned into a roar, and he seems incoherent, or he doesn't even know what to say at this time. It wasn't until a moment later that he noticed that the sound in the headset would make his ears hurt, and this sound was just made by himself. At this time, the narrator realized that his performance was just a little abnormal.
This is a live broadcast of a set of programs. Like he just shouted regardless of image, it can already be regarded as a violation of live broadcast discipline. So the narrator took a deep breath and tried to calm down his excitement, but at the next moment, the camera aimed at Zhang Guan, the first place, and the athlete's performance appeared on the broadcast screen.
The narrator could not restrain his mood again and shouted: "9 seconds 87! 9 seconds 87! Zhang Guan ran out of 9 seconds 87! Ran into 9 seconds 9! The first in Asia who is Chinese to enter 9 seconds 9! "
The applause room was not far away. There was already applause. Director Xu, who was sitting in the guide room, had not noticed the commentator's gaffe. He clenched his fists tightly, and he was so excited that he was shaking. Tired and sleepy for more than ten hours, all of that disappeared completely at this moment, and there was only excitement and shock in his heart.
"It's an exciting game!" Director Xu took a deep breath. Although it was only ten seconds, he felt that this level of stimulation was much stronger than the previous badminton women's doubles final. In the one-hour badminton women's doubles final, the Chinese athletes of the two teams did have a wonderful matchup, but both sides are Chinese. When watching it, they always feel that something is missing. Although the gold medal is in hand, it can't bring psychological satisfaction to the audience. It wasn't better than the joy of defeating foreigners, especially Americans, and defeating them in their most powerful sprint event in the United States!
"Cut it right away, and then playback the game just now in detail!" Director Xu said.
At this moment, Director Xu's cell phone suddenly rang.
"It's so late, who called? My wife knows that I'm going to broadcast live late into the night today." Director Xu looked at the telegram and called a deputy director in charge.
Director Xu hurriedly answered the phone: "Hey, Hello, Director, this is Xiao Xu."
"Xiao Xu, I have watched a set of 100-meter sprint races. The live broadcast of this game is good! It is very exciting to win against Americans! Tomorrow's news should be highlighted, especially the sprint race. The project that Americans are best at, and we beat Americans in this project!" Said the deputy director.
"The director is assured that I will follow up on this report in person." Director Xu put down the phone and paid great attention to and reported on the Olympics every year. The main purpose was to boost the confidence of the people and strengthen national cohesion. The director is already familiar with it, and at this moment the prototype of the whole report has vaguely appeared in his mind.