Chapter 535 What is a surprise?(1/2)
After Zhao Ritian's game ended, the men's table tennis doubles quarter-finals also began.
The Chinese table tennis team only had a single team left in this event, but they advanced smoothly in this 8-to-4 match.
Chen Longcan and Wei Qingguang both failed in their individual events, but perhaps because men's table tennis is in a period of sluggishness, they don't play the piano as randomly as women's table tennis.
Separately, these two people are not strong enough individually, but together they are better because of their rich experience, tacit cooperation, and complementary styles. Maybe they can produce results.
Wu Jie was not very interested in table tennis. He probably got hurt watching it in his previous life. He finally turned his attention after the preliminaries of the "Women's 200m" began.
The "Women's 200m" event has also attracted a lot of attention around the world, not to mention Joyner and Zhang Niazhen, the former and backlangs who have started to get hyped.
Zhang Nianzhen did not congratulate Joyner on winning the "Women's 100-meter Flying Man" because another death yesterday failed to make the headlines in the Western media.
But before the game started, he was still criticized by American TV stations. Of course, his views were expressed from the most unfavorable angle to Zhang Ninzhen.
However, the two were not assigned to the same group in this preliminaries. Joyner, who played first, easily ran a time of 22.15 seconds, and Zhang Nianzhen, who played second, also ran a time of 22.28 seconds.
In this era, if the women's 200-meter race cannot run under 22 seconds, there is basically no hope of winning the championship, but with the results of the two of them, there is definitely no problem in entering the semifinals.
After the preliminaries of the "women's 200 meters" ended, the preliminaries of the "men's 110-meter hurdles" began immediately.
The Chinese audience is familiar with events such as the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter events, but they are unfamiliar with this 110-meter hurdles event.
This is related to the popularity of various sports. For pure track events, not to mention sports schools in various provinces and cities, even ordinary primary and secondary schools are practiced by many people.
However, events like the 110-meter hurdles are not even practiced by many people in sports schools, and ordinary schools will not set up this event. After all, this thing takes up space and is easy to get injured. The "cost-effectiveness" is too low these days.
In fact, it's not just China. This kind of project that takes up space, is difficult to get started, and is easy to get injured is an unpopular project even in the United States.
So if you look at it, except for the American star Kim Dom, who is the only one with the best results, there is no other top player who can run under 13 seconds.
However, the "110-meter hurdles" is highly entertaining, so the attention and influence have always been high. Today's preliminaries attracted a lot of media.
However, after the players entered the arena, the media from various countries paid the most attention to Gong Xiaoya, whose performance in the "long jump" was so incredible.
Another highlight of today's preliminaries is that Gong Xiaoya and Jin Domu are in the same group. The two favorites to win the championship will have to compete with each other as soon as they come up.
Gong Xiaoya is indeed the favorite to win the championship. Although he has never shown his hurdles talent on the world stage, even Jindom has written him into the position of his number one rival.
The two favorites in this preliminary match met in advance. Considering that Gong Xiaoya doesn't like to play pig and eat tigers, and is more accustomed to going all out from the beginning, many people think that the result of this preliminary match may not be any different from the final.
"Will I save my energy in the preliminaries?" When Gong Xiaoya was asked this question before the game, he immediately showed a look of contempt, "What I hate most is squeezing out toothpaste. I won't be any different in the finals from the preliminaries.
, so if you can beat me today, you can also win in the finals, and vice versa!"
Gong Xiaoya first complained about Shen Lang and Zhang Tianyun, and relieved some pressure on Jin Domu.
Of course, engaging in psychological warfare does not mean that he has no confidence. Don't look at the American commentators who are saying that he is too thin and his running speed and endurance must not be as good as Kim Dom, but that is all nonsense!
What is most needed in the "110-meter hurdles" is by no means flat running speed, nor absolute speed, but short-distance explosive power and inter-hurdle skills.
You only need to think about this to know that 10 obstacles placed one every 9 meters will not give you a chance to accelerate to absolute speed.
Therefore, how to cross the obstacles as quickly as possible and how to accelerate in the shortest distance is the key to the performance of this competition.
Gong Xiaoya's talent is short-distance explosive power, as well as strong stride and jumping ability.
Not to mention his stride length and jumping ability, he has already shown it to the world in the long jump event.
In terms of short-distance explosive power, especially the acceleration ability in the first 10 meters, he even surpasses Zhao Haidong, who is invincible in the first 30 meters of the 100-meter race.
Zhao Haidong's explosive power is already a monster that few people in history can match, but Gong Xiaoya's explosive power in the first ten meters is even faster than him.
If Gong Xiaoya's explosiveness in his first few steps were used to play football or basketball, anyone would be beaten by him, and Wu Jie and Jordan were no exception.
But these alone are not enough to make him invincible in the 110-meter hurdles. In fact, if you look at the top athletes in the past 30 years, you will know that the most limiting factor in their performance is actually their skills in the hurdles.
Liu Xiang's flat running speed is average, and his acceleration ability is not at a historical level, but his strength lies in his skills in the hurdles, which is why he can compete with many black stars.
At this time, the eight players in the first group had completed their warm-up. Gong Xiaoya greeted Jin Domu before the game because there was no excess in his urine.
Jin Domu was a little flattered. Chinese track and field athletes had not congratulated the champions several times. He originally thought that Gong Xiaoya would not come to congratulate him after winning the championship. Should he take the initiative at that time?
This is overthinking. Gong Xiaoya never thought that something would go wrong with this gold medal.
"Bang!"
A gunshot rang out, and Gong Xiaoya, who is currently ranked as the super-crotchless guy in the world, was like a ghost escaping out with a "whoosh" sound in the eighth pass!
But no one jumped the gun this time, although Gong Xiaoya felt like he had a false start, because his starting time was only 0.119 seconds!
"Why do Chinese people start so fast?"
"Kindom's starting reaction time is the second among the eight, but it is only 0.165 seconds. This gap is too big!"
"..."
Chinese track and field athletes have indeed created the impression that "Chinese people are quick to react." However, Gong Xiaoya soon made people see that he is not only quick to react at the start, but also his long strides and acceleration ability are truly abnormal.
The 110-meter hurdlers in this era basically took eight steps to get to the first obstacle hurdle. In fact, even Liu Xiang most often took eight steps to get to the hurdle.
But when Gong Xiaoya started to climb the hurdles in just seven steps with the pace of flying on grass, his lead was already less than half a body length. This was only less than 10 meters away!
But before he had time to lament his exaggerated strides, Gong Xiaoya once again showed his terrifying "jumping ability" and his ridiculously fast hurdles time.
However, this is not over yet. After the faster hurdle speed, there is also the abnormal speed recovery ability brought by the super explosive power.
Now think about the fact that in the "110-meter hurdles" competition, there are 10 hurdles to cross. Not only did Gong Xiaoya pass the hurdles in a very short time without making any mistakes, but his recovery speed after each hurdle was also astonishingly fast.
The advantages brought by this return are as great as those of blood mothers.
At this moment, the French athlete next to Gong Xiaoya in the seventh level felt extremely horrified, because Gong Xiaoya used a "7 steps to climb the hurdles" + "perfect hurdles" that was beyond his understanding, and he was able to get away from him after just one hurdle.
A whole body.
But the surprise was not over yet. I saw that Gong Xiaoya relied on his "super speed recovery ability" and took off again with "three big steps" as soon as he landed to complete the hurdles.
This disrupted the rhythm of the French athlete, who had to cross the hurdle and take four steps before crossing the hurdle again. As a result, he knocked down the second obstacle hurdle with a "clang", and his ranking instantly became last.
But at this time, it was not only the unknown Frenchman who was left behind by a large margin. In fact, except for Kim Dom, who was in the fourth pass and was only less than one position behind after crossing the second obstacle, the other six players
They were all clearly separated from each other.
However, these were the first two obstacle hurdles. When Gong Xiaoya used his exaggerated stride length, jump, acceleration, and speed recovery ability to cross the fifth obstacle hurdle quickly and without any mistakes, even Jin Domu fell behind.
There are as many as two positions.
The "110-meter hurdles" of this era has been technically perfect, but compared to Gong Xiaoya, who has practiced all techniques to the extreme, almost never makes mistakes, and has formed his own unique style, Jin Domu's technique
In his eyes, it's a bit rough. This person can run under 13 seconds mainly because of his super explosive power and speed recovery ability.
But in terms of hurdle crossing rhythm, hurdle crossing speed, and stride control, Jindom obviously has some technical flaws.
Therefore, facing Gong Xiaoya, who has more advantages than him, but has no shortcomings, in the eyes of the audience, every time Gong Xiaoya crosses an obstacle, his lead will become larger.
In the end, when Gong Xiaoya took three steps to the hurdles again and easily crossed the last hurdle, Jin Domu, whose rhythm was also disrupted in the second half of the race, was already six or seven positions behind due to a mistake, so the final ten-meter sprint could not
It was obvious that a guy who just said he couldn't squeeze out toothpaste actually crossed the finish line with his hands raised in advance and looked relaxed, without even making a move to press the line.
"Does this mean you don't like squeezing out toothpaste?"
When reporters from various countries saw Gong Xiaoya crossing the finish line so easily, all reporters except those from China didn't look so good because the run was so easy!
And when they saw the time on the timer stopped at 12.98 seconds, their unsightly expressions began to become distorted!
"It looks like Nehemiah's record can no longer be maintained!"
At this time, the idea arose in the minds of Americans that the world record of 12.93 seconds set by Nehemiah, the first American in the 110-meter hurdles in 1981, is likely to be broken by Gong Xiaoya in the next few days.
But there is no need to doubt it. Just saying that Gong Xiaoya’s final release affected at least 0.05 seconds.
If he could be faster in the previous session, it would not be difficult to break through 12.93 seconds without waterproofing.
"What an amazing 110-meter hurdles performance. We counted from the replay video and found that Gong only took 48 steps to complete the race, while Kim Dom took 51 steps, and the rest of the runners were between 52-54 steps.
, this may be the reason why the two of them can break through 13 seconds!"
"Kindom ran an excellent time of 13.19 seconds, but the 19-year-old Gong showed us a completely different level. His explosive power and graceful skills between hurdles are so dazzling!"
"..."
Most commentators around the world do not want to see another Chinese ruler appear in track and field events, but Gong Xiaoya, a monster who has already dominated the "sand pit", actually does what he said, "The event he is best at is the 110-meter hurdles."
Although the "110-meter hurdles" does not require the peak of 22 years old like the "100-meter", 19-year-old is definitely not his best condition.
What Western commentators and audiences don't want to think about now is that Gong Xiaoya is already at a record-breaking level before he reaches his peak. So in two years, wouldn't it be possible to run under 12.90 seconds, or even within 12.80 seconds?
After Gong Xiaoya's 110-meter hurdles that people dare not dwell on, the Chinese delegation had no other competitions in the morning, but at 2 o'clock in the afternoon there was a third or fourth place final of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
The opponent of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the third and fourth place finals was the Japanese women's volleyball team, which lost to Peru. This could be regarded as another battle between the two generations of hegemons, and there was actually a lot to watch.
The Japanese women's volleyball team has had a glorious history. It was called the "Witch of the East" in the 1960s and 1970s. However, after entering the 1980s, the Japanese women's volleyball team was almost like the current Chinese women's volleyball team.
But the difference is that after the Japanese women's volleyball team fell into a trough, it was difficult to get back up. The Chinese women's volleyball team has gone from dynasty to destruction, and now it is planning to revive again, but the Japanese women's volleyball team is still in the trough and is still struggling to extricate itself.
This may be the foundation that small countries lack. Once they fail, they may not have the chance to come back again.
Today's Chinese women's volleyball team also took the opportunity to step on the Japanese. In addition to the two teams playing 15-13 in the first game to determine the winner, the Chinese women's volleyball team then went all out and scored two 15-6 cleanly.
In the two cities, they directly defeated the Japanese women's volleyball team with a 3:0 sweep.
The Chinese audience had no time to celebrate at this time, because a major event was about to take place. The semi-finals of the Chinese men's football team would start at 3 p.m. This time their opponent was the "Three Lions" known as the most powerful in history: England's national men's football team.
Team!
To be continued...