Originally, Director Guo could go to the dormitory of the athletes to read the penalty decision, but Director Guo felt that it was not enough, so Director Guo came to the restaurant and decided to wait here. As long as Zhang Guan came to the restaurant to eat, he would read out the penalty decision under the court. Let the entire national team know. This can bring a severe sense of humiliation to Zhang Guan, and Director Guo will enjoy unparalleled pleasure.
It's really bad for guys to get old!
"Zhang Guan, you were so crazy in front of me a few days ago, and you talked in sets, letting you off by writing a check, but pushing back three and four, this time it is not a check that can be solved! As long as I am still in place it's not easy to treat you as a small athlete!" Director Guo thought excitedly. He seemed to have returned to his special age when he was young, and he found the thrill of fighting other people when he was young!
At this time, Officer Zhao's voice interrupted Director Guo's thoughts. He carefully looked at every member of the track and field team who entered the restaurant, and then said: "Director Guo, Zhang Guan did not come."
"Didn't come?" Director Guo looked closely and indeed did not see Zhang Guan.
"Let's go up and ask." Director Guo stepped forward, stopped an athlete, and asked, "What about Zhang Guan? Why don't I see Zhang Guan? Didn't he train with you?"
The athlete shook his head: "No, he has a game today, and he got on the bus not long ago and went to the stadium."
"He still has games today? Didn't he just compete yesterday?" Director Guo asked.
"Yeah, but Zhang Guan was promoted in yesterday's game! So today he will go to the semifinals." The athlete said.
"Promoted! Shit luck!" Director Guo's face was suddenly gloomy.
Officer Zhao next to him said: "Director Guo, let's go back first, and come to Zhang Guan tomorrow to read the penalty decision. You see, it may be dark after a while, maybe Zhang Guan's game has just begun."
"No! I have to wait no later!" Director Guo took out the kind of perseverance that was involved in sports, and then said: "Let's eat first, and wait for him in the parking lot of the shuttle after eating! We will immediately read the penalty decision! "
"This old guy is really on his menopause! Even if you don't rest, others have to rest! Abnormal!" Officer Zhao scolded in his heart, but his face had to show obedience.
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At 9 pm on August 22nd, Athens time, the semi-finals of the men's 100-meter sprint finally kicked off.
There are a total of 16 athletes participating in the semifinals, so the semifinals are divided into two groups, and the top four in each group will enter the finals. As for the fifth place in the group, even if they run faster than the first place in another group, this fifth place is not eligible to enter the next round.
The ability to enter the semi-finals are all world-class sprinters, and the top four elimination mechanisms make the competition more intense. In this case, many players will inevitably feel nervous and affect the normal play, and therefore the uncertainty of the game has increased a lot.
American players Shawn Crawford and Justin Gatlin were both in the first group. However, considering that the men's 100m final will be held in two hours, both American players did not do their best but chose to retain physical strength appropriately, so neither of them made a result within 10 seconds. The first in the group, Crawford, ran 10.07 seconds, while the second in Gatlin's final score was 10.09 seconds. This result is not as good as in the rematch.
The semi-finals were not as exciting as the quarter-finals, which made the audience very uncomfortable, but the professional sports commentators did not show much surprise. After all, it is only two hours away from the final, and it is normal for star athletes who are aspiring to win the gold medal to reserve. And the turbulent semifinals mean that a more dangerous and fierce final will be staged!
The other two advancement places in the first group were won by Ghanaian Aziz Zakari and Barbados player Obadele Thompson.
In the second group of the semifinals that followed, in addition to Maurice Greene and Zhang Guan, Jamaican trapeze Powell and European champion Obik Viru were also in this group. Also, there are St. Kitts and Nevis athlete Kim Collins and British star Jason Gardner. These six people have the strength to impact the next round, so according to the paper, the second group is stronger than the first. In this group, the competition is bound to be more intense.
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Powell peeped at Kim Collins, who knew that the 100-meter champion of the World Championships in Paris would go all out to win a promotion. This is not good news for Powell. The semi-finals are only two hours away from the finals. Powell does not want to consume too much energy in the semifinals. He also wants to get a medal in the finals!
Like Powell, the Portuguese Obik Viru was thinking of the same thing.
Obik Viru was originally a Nigerian. He once won the 100m and 200m doubles championships in the World Youth Championships. In 2001, he was naturalized in Portugal. He has also won championships in the Golden League and IAAF Grand Prix. It can be said to be the fastest runner in Europe.
Obik Viru's naturalization process is also full of twists and turns. As an African athlete, he has longed for life in Europe. In Nigeria, it is a very common thing for athletes to long for Europe. For example, in the European football league, There are many Nigerian football players. However, the Nigerian government did not want Obik Viru to become a naturalized European country, so Obik Viru found an excuse for injury and stayed in Europe. Then he hoped to be naturalized to European countries and eventually be accepted by Portugal.
For Obik Viru, his only skill for survival is sprinting. The Portuguese are willing to naturalize him, and they also fancy his sprinting level. Therefore, he must achieve good results in the competition, to reflect his value, but if you can not even make it to the finals, Obik Viru is worthless to Portugal. It is not easy for a naturalized athlete from Africa with no value to survive in Europe. So for Obik Viru, this is his battle for survival.
Another player, Kim Collins, felt a little depressed at this time. He came from Saint Kitts and Nevis, a small island country in the Caribbean. In this small country with few people, Kim Collins is undoubtedly a sports star. His best result was the champion of the World Championships in Paris last year, but because the big players of that World Championship did not come to participate. In fact, at that time, Kim Collins only ran out of 9.97 seconds. It can be said that he picked up a leak and won a Paris World Championship.
Although this championship isn't very good, he is a champion anyway. Even if no one regards Kim Collins as a hot title winner, in the pre-match predictions, there is nothing unexpected if he enters the finals. But an accident happened, and Zhang Guan suddenly appeared and ran within 9.9 seconds, which was equivalent to stealing a promotion from Collins. So in the next semi-finals, Collins is ready, he will do his best, desperate to compete for a place in the finals.
Maurice Greene looked at Zhang Guan with a provocative face. He always felt that he was the leader of the American track and field team. The 100-meter champion seemed to him to be in the bag. Those spinners who didn't open their eyes turned listed the Chinese as the number one favorite to win the championship! So Greene decided to start with a little appetizer before winning the championship, to teach this Chinese a good lesson, but also let the analysts of the gambling companies know who is the strongest 100m trapeze!
At this time, Zhang Guan was in a good mood. He didn't pay attention to Greene's provocative look. After he returned to the Olympic Village yesterday, he got good news. In the men's football match, Iraq entered the semi-finals!
Iraq, who was never optimistic, defeated Portugal 4: 2 in the group stage and then defeated Costa Rica 2: 0 to get the qualifying spot. Then in the third game, they lost to Morocco 1: 2. But what everyone did not expect is that in another game in the same group, Portugal lost 2: 4 to Costa Rica. As a result, this group of Iraq and Costa Rica came out side by side, and Iraq was still the first in the group.
In the quarter-finals held on the 21st, Iraq played against Group C's second-place Australian team, Iraq 1-0 victory over Australia, miraculously entered the semi-finals.
Zhang Guan also made a big profit, about 1 in 80 odds, Zhang Zhang earned three million euros, although not yet to redeem, Zhang Guan is still in a good mood.
"As long as the 100m champion is won tonight, there will be more than 10 million euros in prize money, which is equivalent to more than one billion national currency. This will make him become a rich man overnight!"
Money is undoubtedly the most direct stimulus. Thinking of these tens of millions of euros, Zhang Guan's body can't help being excited. At this moment, he couldn't wait to start the race as soon as possible.
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The eight athletes on the track are all ready to start.
Because the athletes in the first group did not play well, the audience on the scene also seemed to lack interest in the semifinals of the next group. At this time, everyone was paying attention to the finals of the men's high jump and men's triple jump. As for the 100-meter sprint, let's wait for the final two hours later!
The pole's height of the high jump has risen to 2.34 meters, and there are six athletes on the field trying. As the Swedish star Stephen Holm failed to try 2.34 meters for the second time, the audience in the field collectively sighed. Everyone is discussing, the former world champion is probably going to collapse at this height.
At this time, on the track of the 100-meter sprint, the starter reminded the athletes to prepare for the start, and then pulled the trigger at the start of the race.