Nandu News Reporter Wang Yayun in the Tokyo Olympic Athletics Arena men's and women's 4x100 meters relay race held on the 5th, the Chinese men's team led by Su Bingtian and the Chinese women's team listed by Guangdong's Liang Xiaojing have successfully advanced to the final, of which the men's team has run out of the first place in the group, which also makes the outside world pay special attention to tonight's relay final.
Nandu reporter exclusively interviewed Su Bingtian's coach and Guangdong Provincial Athletics Team coach Yuan Guoqiang at the Guangdong Ersha Sports Training Center, who, as an expert in the sprint relay of the Chinese athletics team for many years, also said that he was very much looking forward to seeing the two Chinese relay teams of men and women achieve historic breakthroughs in the final.
Tokyo, August 5, 2021 (Tokyo Olympics) Athletics – Men's 4x100m Relay: China advances to the final On August 5, Chinese players Su Bingtian (first from right) and Wu Zhiqiang competed. On the same day, the Tokyo Olympic Athletics Men's 4x100m Relay Preliminary Tournament was held at the New National Stadium, and the Chinese team advanced to the final. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Lili
Men's team: Years of sharpening the sword and finally becoming a front
After watching the game of the Chinese relay team in the morning, Yuan Guoqiang was of course satisfied with the play of his disciple Su Bingtian, and the results of the four young men of the Chinese team advancing strongly to the final also made him more pleased. However, the famous coach who strives for excellence feels that the result of 37.92 seconds can only be said to be "so-so".
"The four of them won that group, finished second overall, and made it to the final tomorrow night. After reading it, I think they are all doing well, and the whole process of handover is relatively smooth, but it is not very complete and perfect. The reason why Master Yuan said this is because these four players are the "ace combinations" that he and the other coaches of the Chinese athletics team have been building for a long time, and 37.92 seconds is not the best performance of the four.
"This team, as early as 2014 has been in the run-in, Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye has always had, and later joined Wu Zhiqiang, the last stick in 2016 is Zhang Peimeng, he retired after the retirement is Tang Xingqiang. Therefore, these four people should be said to be very familiar, and everyone's tacit understanding is very good in all aspects. Master Yuan introduced, "So the preliminary result is 37.92 seconds, which is still passable, and it is not particularly good, because according to them, if everyone in the final is fully played and seriously compared, I think that result will be even better." ”
Indeed, from the current national record, the best time for the Chinese men's 4x100m relay is 37.79 seconds, so Yuan Guoqiang believes that the most important thing for the men's team to enter the final is to compare with themselves and strive to break the best time of 37.79 seconds. "In fact, the development of our Chinese athletics team in the past ten years has begun to break through from the relay, and there is a saying that it is to take the relay to take the sprint." Master Yuan said, "Even Su Bingtian has always kept in mind to put the collective project at the core, so we are very much through the relay competition to reflect the new slogan of more unity in the Olympic Games." I hope and believe that they can create a better result in the final, not to mention standing on the podium, but if they can break the national record they have set and run to a level like 37.78 seconds, I believe the result will be very good. ”
Women's Team: Holding back a momentum to explode
If the men's team entering the final is expected by Coach Yuan Guoqiang, the women's team composed of Wei Yongli, Huang Guifen, Ge Manqi and Liang Xiaojing also locked in the final seat with the third place in the group, which made Master Yuan feel even more pleased, because the Chinese women's team may have had this strength earlier, but the good thing is that there is always a big breakthrough in the results because some small details are not handled well, Master Yuan pointed out that he feels that the women's team is "holding on to a strong force". I also hope that the girls can fully break out in tonight's final.
Tokyo, August 5, 2021 (Tokyo Olympics) Athletics – Women's 4x100m Relay: China advances to the final On August 5, Chinese players Wei Yongli, Huang Guifen, Ge Manqi and Liang Xiaojing (from left to right) celebrated victory. On the same day, the Tokyo Olympic Athletics Women's 4x100m Relay Preliminary Competition was held at the New National Stadium. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Yuchen
"The women's team is really a good thing and a lot of grinding over and over again," Master Yuan said, "Before they often had some small flaws in the competition, bringing regrets." This Olympic Games is finally very competitive, it is not easy! "Although in his opinion, there are still areas for improvement in the performance of the women's team in the preliminary round, such as the handover of the second and third sticks and the early start of the players, but now to enter the Olympic finals is a key step for the women's team." Because our best result of the women's team was the eighth olympic before, then this time it was already a breakthrough, the girls held their breath, and now they are finally happy to enter the final tomorrow night, and we are looking forward to their good results. ”