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尽管八月的北京天气闷热,但是仍然不能掩盖奥运会男子百米飞人决战的热度,世界纪录保持者、牙买加名将博尔特将和他的同胞鲍威尔,以及世锦赛冠军、美国选手泰森-盖伊角逐这枚分量最重的田径金牌。
博尔特在预赛中以10秒20的成绩晋级,而前世界纪录保持者鲍威尔则是轻松跑出10秒16,同样通过了预赛。美国人盖伊虽然在上个月的测试赛中受伤,但是仍然以10秒22的成绩获得了晋级名额。
世界上跑的最快的三名选手齐聚一堂,男子百米毫无疑问的成为了持续十天的田径比赛中最受人关注的一个项目。今晚将进行四分之一决赛,而明天则将举行半决赛和决赛的争夺。
博尔特无疑是最令人印象深刻的,在今晚的四分之一决赛中,他跑出了9秒92的成绩,而且在半程的时候就已经保留实力开始减速。鲍威尔紧跟他的队友之后以10秒02的成绩撞线,同样获得了一张半决赛的门票。相比之下,盖伊因为受到伤病的影响,显然要比两名牙买加选手吃力不少,虽然他排在特立尼达和多巴哥选手理查德-汤普森的9秒99之后第二个撞线,但是10秒09的成绩也足以保证他进入下一轮。
而两名来自英国的劲敌西蒙-威廉姆森和克雷格-皮克宁则被淘汰出局。威廉姆森10秒32的成绩仅排在预赛第一组的第四名,而头名被荷属安德烈斯群岛选手库兰迪-马蒂纳以9秒99的成绩获得。皮克宁与博尔特同属预赛第四组,结果他只排在了这个小组的第五名。在第三组的比赛中,虽然泰隆-埃德加抛出的10秒10的成绩仅排在第三名,但是他还是与同组的马克-伯恩斯(10秒05)以及金-柯林斯(10秒07)一起晋级。
此外,在男子1500米的预赛中,英国选手安迪-巴德利轻松晋级半决赛,而他的队友汤姆-兰开夏尔则排在第七名遭到淘汰。巴德利在前两圈的比赛中均处于领跑地位,在后面一圈半的比赛中他放慢了速度,最终第三个冲过终点线。巴林选手拉希德-拉姆兹是预赛中成绩最好的选手,3分32秒89的成绩也距离世界纪录不远。“我对自己非常有信心,我参加比赛的目的不是为了奖金,而是为了获得荣誉。”拉姆兹说道。
两名非洲裔的美国选手伯纳德-拉加特和洛佩斯-洛蒙虽然也通过了预赛,但是他们赢得并不轻松。“比赛并不想我想象的那么容易,”拉加特赛后承认道,这名肯尼亚出生的选手曾经在2000年悉尼奥运会上获得了这个项目的铜牌,并且在四年前的雅典败给了男子1500米的天皇级人物、摩洛哥名将奎罗伊而获得亚军,“我会在后面的比赛中尽量脱离大部队,因为被五个人包夹的滋味并不好受,尤其是在最后一百米冲刺的时候,我不想让这种情况再次发生在我的身上。”
(搜狐体育 贝斯)
Big 3 on 100m
World record holder Usain Bolt barely broke sweat despite sweltering temperatures to cruise through the Olympic 100 metres heats along with compatriot Asafa Powell and world champion Tyson Gay on Friday.
Jamaican Bolt won his heat in 10.20 seconds, while Powell, the former record holder, eased to a jog but comfortably qualified for the quarter-finals in 10.16.
American Gay had the closest race but looked untroubled by the hamstring injury he suffered at the U.S. trials last month and won his heat in 10.22.
With the fastest three men of all time going head-to-head, the 100 metres is one of the most highly-anticipated events of the 10-day athletics competition. The quarter-finals are on Friday evening with the semis and finals on Saturday.
Bolt was the most impressive, winning heat four in 9.92 seconds despite easing down from the mid-point while looking around to admire the view.
Powell followed his younger team-mate's lead, easing off the gas early to win heat five in 10.02s.
In comparison to his Jamaican rivals, world champion Gay worked hard to finish second behind Trinidad and Tobago's Richard Thompson (9.99) in heat two.
The American, who battled a hamstring injury in the build-up to the Olympics, clocked 10.09s and looked to be working much harder than either Bolt or Powell.
The British challenge is down to just one after Simeon Williamson and Craig Pickering were eliminated.
Williamson (10.32) was fourth in heat one, which was won by Churandy Martina of the Dutch Antilles in 9.99s, while Pickering (10.18) trailed in fifth behind Bolt in heat four.
Tyrone Edgar, however, clocked 10.10s to finish third behind Marc Burns (10.05) and Kim Collins (10.07) in heat three and reach the final.
Meanwhile in the 1,500m heats, Britain's Andy Baddeley eased through to the semi-finals with a well-judged third place in his heat, but team-mate Tom Lancashire missed out after finishing seventh in his race.
Baddeley ran the first two laps at the back of the pack before slowly moving through the field and finished in lane three as he battled to find some space on the track.
Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi was the fastest qualifier with a time of 3m 32.89s, just outside the Olympic record.
"It's good for my self-belief," said Ramzi, who has been selective in the choice of his events in the past. "I'm not running for the money, I'm running for the glory."
American duo Bernard Lagat and Lopez Lomong, born respectively in Kenya and Sudan, both qualified but struggled.
"It wasn't as easy as I wanted it to be to qualify," admitted Lagat, who took Olympic bronze behind then Kenyan compatriot Noah Ngeny in Sydney 2000 and silver in the Athens 2004 edition behind Hicham El Guerrouj, also as a Kenyan.
"I wanted to run outside and not to get boxed in. I was counting the spots and all I wanted was top five and I didn't want to go crazy. There's always a worry in the final 100m and with five ahead of you.
"It was a scare and I don't want to leave it like that again."
By Nick Mulvenney Reuters
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