In the men's 4X100m final, the Chinese team tried to break 38 seconds in lane 8 and Japan Italy ranked second and third

Chen Yucheng

2024-08-08 18:55Posted in United States Sports Creators

On August 8, Beijing time, the men's 4X100m relay preliminaries of the Paris Olympics track and field ended, and the Chinese team played well and won the second first in 38.24 seconds to directly advance to the final. At present, the final lanes have been released, starting with the second lane, which are Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States, France, South Africa, China and Canada. The Chinese team must strive to open the 38-second mark in the final to achieve a better ranking.

Judging from the overall situation of the preliminaries, the overall strength of the first group of the preliminaries is stronger. The Chinese team won the first place in the second group with 38.24 seconds, but this result could only rank 8th in the first group of the preliminaries.

The three teams in the first group of the preliminary round directly qualified for the final were United States, South Africa and United Kingdom, with a time of 37.47 seconds, 37.94 seconds and 38.04 seconds respectively. Japan, who finished fourth in the first group, finished in 38.06 seconds, and Italy finished in 38.07 seconds.

The four players of the Chinese team, Deng Zhijian, Xie Zhenye, Yan Haibin and Chen Jiapeng, each played well, and more importantly, the baton handover was very smooth and there were no problems. Canada and Jamaica, who were in the same group as China, both had problems in the final three or four baton handovers, which affected the overall speed of these teams. Chen Jiapeng performed well in the final moments, and France's fourth baton kept catching up, but in the end he only passed Canada's fourth baton De Grasse, and France finished second in the group in 38.34 seconds.

Although the Jamaica team is relatively strong individually, it often has problems with the baton handover. Today, Jamaica's fourth batter K-Thompson did not receive the baton for the first time, and by the time he received the baton, he was already significantly behind, and finally Jamaica only finished fourth in the second group in 38.45 seconds. According to the promotion rules, the top three and the other two best results of the two groups entered the final, and the fourth and fifth places in the first group were all in 38.0 seconds, so the fourth team in the first group Japan and the fifth Italy team qualified for the final.

The Chinese men's relay team has not opened 38 seconds this season, and the men's 4X100m relay final at 01:45 a.m. on August 10 will have a more brutal battle. A more favorable factor is that the Chinese team is in lane 8, South Africa in lane 7 and Canada in lane 9. During the winter training in the United States, the Chinese team often trained with the main team of the Canada team, and this time the two teams in the preliminary round were divided together in the finals, which is conducive to everyone promoting each other and striving for better results.

The final of the Japan team is in the 3rd lane, the 2nd lane is Italy, and the 4th lane is the United Kingdom team, and the overall strength of Italy and United Kingdom is strong. For the Chinese team, it is possible to achieve ideal results only by striving for 38 seconds in the final.

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