Chapter 222 Olympic Countdown
At 19:20 pm on July 18, French time, the men's 200m final of the 2008 IAAF Golden League Paris Station officially started, Zhang Huasong was in the second lane, and 2004 Athens Olympic champion Sean Crawford was in the fourth lane.
With the starter's gunshot, all eight contestants at the starting line rushed out. Zhang Huasong ranked first with a starting reaction of 0.116 seconds, and Sean Crawford's starting reaction was 0.133 seconds.
Seeing Zhang Huasong's starting reaction in less than 0.12 seconds, many viewers and reporters sighed that Zhang Huasong's condition was really surprisingly stable.
So far, his starting reaction has not fallen beyond 0.14 seconds in all the competitions Zhang Huasong participated in.
Other athletes can go 0.12 seconds when they are fast, and can go 0.20 seconds when they are slow, and their state fluctuations are too big.
Just in terms of the stability of the starting reaction, Zhang Huasong has to overwhelm many people.
On the field, Zhang Huasong not only had his starting reaction but also had a strong speed.
Although Sean Crawford won the 2004 Athens Olympic Championship, his Athens championship was only 19.79 seconds. It can only be said that everyone did not perform well in that Olympic 200m final, which made Sean Crawford get a bargain.
In fact, Sean Crawford's personal best score is less than 19.6 seconds, which was still the best time. Usually, Sean Crawford is at about 19.8 seconds.
Zhang Huasong went to run with Sean Crawford with 19.4 seconds, and there was definitely no problem.
As for other players, let alone.
Therefore, Zhang Huasong, who was originally in the second last position when he started on the corner, had surpassed all opponents and was in the first position before the corner was finished.
After entering the straight, the audience could clearly see that Zhang Huasong's lead was obvious.
Sean Crawford wanted to cheer up and catch up with Zhang Huasong, but he could only chase him further and further.
Then, amid the audience's exclamations, Zhang Huasong crossed the finish line with a huge advantage of four or five meters ahead of Sean Crawford, who was second.
Then, Zhang Huasong's winning result was scored on the finishing timer: 19.45 seconds.
The commentator on the live and live broadcast of the TV was stunned for a moment, then shouted loudly: "In 19.45 seconds, Zhang Huasong ran a 19.45 seconds, which is the second place in the man's history in 200 meters, second only to the 19.32-second world record set by Michael Johnson in 1996."
Hearing that this was the second most successful result in history, the audience was infuriated and everyone stood up and applauded.
In this time only 20 days before the Olympics, Zhang Huasong ran the second place in history in 19.45 seconds. With Zhang Huasong's competitive state, which has always been steady and improved, I am afraid that his achievements will only be higher and not lower in the Olympics.
Michael Johnson has maintained a world record for 12 years and is likely to be broken by Zhang Huasong!
Moreover, Michael Johnson has retired. In the men's 200m event, Zhang Huasong's chances of winning the championship are already very high.
With the second place in history in the 200m, more and more Olympic events are likely to win. Everyone is looking forward to Zhang Huasong's performance in the Olympics!
On the court, after several other contestants crossed the finish line, everyone's detailed results were also scored on the big screen. In the end, Zhang Huasong won the championship with 19.45 seconds and Sean Crawford won the runner-up with 19.88 seconds.
In fact, Sean Crawford is in good condition after being able to run to 19.88 seconds!
But compared with Zhang Huasong, it was 0.43 seconds behind, a gap of four or five meters, which was so embarrassing. Sean Crawford could only sigh and withdrew from the arena without celebrating.
Zhang Huasong celebrated with Shu Yufei and Pan Xiaowen on the sidelines, but didn't celebrate for long.
Because there were other events, Zhang Huasong just hugged his girlfriend briefly, then left the court and returned to the lounge to ask Ye Wenfei to give him physical therapy and restore his condition.
Then, time slowly passed, and at 21:30, the men's 100-meter ferry battle in the Paris Golden League began.
However, the only four major seaters participating in the competition this time were Zhang Huasong and Asafa Powell. Tyson Guy did not participate. He chose to participate in the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Stockholm, Sweden, 4 days later.
Asafa Powell wanted to take advantage of the momentum he had just broken through the 9.7-second mark and defeated Zhang Huasong to win the championship.
However, last time he only ran with a gun-pressing operation to achieve a 9.69-second time.
This time, without gun-pressing and helping up to 1.2 meters per second, Powell could not run into the 9.7 second mark again. His final score was 9.78 seconds, which was actually quite good.
Zhang Huasong was in a stable state as usual, aiming at Powell with a 9.6-second skill, just to cross the line faster than Powell.
Finally, while Zhang Huasong retained his strength, he still won the championship with 9.70 seconds, while Asafa Powell won the runner-up with 9.78 seconds.
As soon as the competition ended, the audience and reporters gave Zhang Huasong warm applause.
At this point, Zhang Huasong ended all the competitions before the Olympics and achieved a terrifying record of four doubles in the Golden League and four consecutive championships in the 100-meter sprint.
Except for the 10,000 meters and the marathon, Zhang Huasong showed strength enough to compete for the championship in the other 8 events.
Moreover, several events seem to have a very high chance of winning the championship!
For example, in the 100m, Zhang Huasong is the world record holder, and has won four consecutive championships in the Golden League, and his condition is in a frighteningly stable; for example, in the 200m, with the world record holder Michael Johnson retired, Zhang Huasong is the world's number one person in the 200m sprint; for example, high jump, javelin, etc., they are also the best results of the year.
Other events are also achieved by winning the championship.
At the Peking Olympics, Zhang Huasong may really create an unprecedented new track and field history.
The media is also keen on hyping Zhang Huasong's results and the possibility of winning the championship in various events, as well as the two who are most likely to break Mark Spitz's record of 7 gold medals in a single Olympic Games compared with Michael Phelps.
In fact, most media are more optimistic about Phelps.
Although Zhang Huasong has the ability to win the championship in every event, he has not won the championship yet and has not even participated in the Olympics. Who knows whether Zhang Huasong will collapse under the pressure of 1.3 billion people in China?
Phelps has proved himself in the Athens Olympics. He won 6 gold and 2 bronze in 8 events in the Athens Olympics, all of which were in the top three, and none of them were short.
Now four years have passed, Phelps is definitely stronger. He said he wanted to win all 8 events, but it was not a mess.
However, no matter what, Zhang Huasong's performance is also worth looking forward to!
With 20 days left before the opening of the Olympics, who will surpass Mark Spitz or Zhang Huasong or Phelps, it is worth looking forward to!
Chapter completed!