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Subject: [Got it! ! ! Gold and silver medals in the 110m hurdles! ! ! 】
When Cui Luoheng and Lu Mengfan crossed the finish line of the track, the track and field kingdom forum posted a topic about the two winning silver medals almost in real time.
This thread appeared so quickly that it almost looked like time travel.
1l:【? ? ? Sir, how fast are you? How many years have you been single? ? 】
3l: [Congratulations to Xiao Cui, congratulations to Xiao Lu! ! By the way, I am shocked by the OP's hand speed...】
5l: [Ahem, I'm the original poster. Actually, I wrote the title of this post before the competition started. I just saw the result and was so excited that I posted it first. Anyway, congratulations to Xiao Cui and Xiao Lu for winning two medals in the 110-meter hurdles. After the 110-meter hurdles final, the Chinese team is officially ranked first in the gold medal list! ! ! 】
Not only the track and field fans in the track and field kingdom were happy at this moment, but everyone at the Athletics Administration Center who was following the game also breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, this gold medal that was actually won was the actual embodiment of Cui Luoheng's successful transformation from eight to seven.
Doha, competition scene
When Cui Luoheng crossed the finish line, his body was still rushing forward due to inertia. Until he stopped, he looked a little dazed, his brows slightly frowned, and he seemed to have a feeling of not wanting more.
Before the race started, the voice of Su Bai that flashed through his mind was still echoing in his ears. Now, looking back at the track, he had the illusion that this race seemed to be just a warm-up exercise.
It's not that he didn't try his best, but... the game just now did not give him a satisfying feeling, so much so that in the final sprint, he could feel that he did not perform at his best.
This feeling had never appeared in Cui Luoheng's previous competitions, and it made him feel a little dazed after he stopped at the finish line.
Lu Mengfan had tried his best in the final sprint. Now standing at the finish line of the 110-meter hurdles track, he was holding his waist, looking slightly out of breath, and trying to calm himself down.
After calming his breathing a little, Lu Mengfan smoothed his hair with one hand, looked back at the track he had just run, and then turned to look at Cui Luoheng who seemed a little confused at the moment.
Today's 110-meter hurdles final can be said to be exciting, but the excitement lies not in the speed competition between the champion and the runner-up, but rather in the competition between the second, third and fourth runners.
This is not to say that Cui Luoheng's performance in this game was bad. On the contrary, it was precisely because his performance was so good that the game had such a presentation effect.
Because Cui Luoheng was so far ahead at the front, he completely crushed the other players behind him. In the sports arena, it is of course a pleasure to watch top players crush their opponents, but it also reduces the tension in the same event. In this case, it is the players who are in a stalemate with each other at the back and their competition for rankings that is more tense.
Before this game, Lu Mengfan certainly knew that Cui Luoheng, who had emerged as a rising star last year, was an incredibly talented 110-meter hurdler. However, even though Cui Luoheng won the 110-meter hurdles championship at the Asian Games in front of him last year, he did not feel that Cui Luoheng would be unmatched by him.
Until today.
[Has Ah Heng really reached this point? 】
Lu Mengfan looked at Cui Luoheng's back at this moment, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.
In a trance, Lu Mengfan suddenly remembered the sigh of some veterans of the track and field team's 110-meter hurdles when they talked about the hurdle king of that year - "There is no chance of winning at all. Although we also want to fight, the gap is too big. All you can chase is his back. 】
In the audience, Jiang Wentao and others were all experienced track and field veterans. At this moment, after Cui Luoheng and Lu Mengfan successfully won the first and second place in the Asian Championships, everyone's excitement cooled down a little, and they soon realized the sense of incongruity during the competition just now.
"...This kid is too easy."
Jiang Wentao looked at Cui Luoheng, who was still a little confused on the court, with a look of surprise on his face.
"Is the effect of changing from eight to seven really that good?" On the side, Yue Bowen, the coach of the men's long jump team, stared at the track with a look of disbelief on his face.
They had also seen top 110-meter hurdlers crush ordinary players before, and their memories of those days are still fresh in their minds.
However, over the years, they have seen talented players like Lu Mengfan, but have never seen a 110-meter hurdles champion with such absolute dominance as he did back then. So when they saw Cui Luoheng's performance now, they couldn't believe it.
"This is not an effect that can be achieved simply by changing from eight to seven." Lu Shengbin also looked at Cui Luoheng on the track, and then spoke aside.
"The speed at which his strength is improving..." Lu Shengbin smiled bitterly at the sidelines: "This can only be due to talent."
"Do you think we can see... him again?"
Jiang Wentao did not say a specific name, but everyone in the track and field team present knew who he was referring to.
“Maybe…it’s really right in front of us.”
Lu Shengbin looked at Cui Luoheng, who still looked a little dazed on the field. Through his back, he seemed to see again the shadow of the man who once led China's 110-meter hurdles to the pinnacle.
In the commentary booth, Shao Minyi and Li Sen had no idea what Jiang Wentao and others in the audience were discussing, but in the last match, with their professional sensitivity, they also felt Cui Luoheng's absolute advantage in this game.
"It's hard to imagine that at the beginning of last year's season, Cui Luoheng's 110m hurdles result was only 14.57 seconds... but today, he has become the absolute ruler of the 110m hurdles track at the Asian Track and Field Championships!"
"Yeah..." Li Sen smiled and said, "Last year, after Cui Luoheng recovered from his injury, he returned to the competition and improved his time from 14.57 to 13.57. This improvement of one second astonished the entire sports community. This year, he not only won the 110-meter hurdles championship at last year's Asian Games, but also completely crushed other players today and easily won the 110-meter hurdles championship at this Asian Championships."
"This kind of leap-forward improvement and absolute dominance on the court..." Shao Min paused before sighing, "Perhaps, we can begin to look forward to the birth of a new generation of hurdle kings."
In fact, when Shao Minyi used this sentence to praise Cui Luoheng, he was still a little hesitant, worried that such praise would be a bit of flattery to Cui Luoheng.
After all, before Cui Luoheng, Lu Mengfan had been famous for several years, and the title given to him by the media was still just "the new generation leader of the 110-meter hurdles."
The title of "King of Hurdles" has always been shrouded in a different kind of glory in the hearts of domestic track and field athletes. Even the media dare not easily give this title to any talented newcomer.
However, in today's game, the absolute strength displayed by Cui Luoheng made Shao Minyi say that sentence.
At home, Su Bai was recording some details about Cui Luoheng's game, when he suddenly heard Shao Minyi say the word "King of Hurdles". Even Su Bai felt a little dazed when he heard this word.
For someone who grew up in a track and field team, the hurdles king of his generation was also the dream and idol of countless track and field players. Now when he suddenly heard this word being used to describe Cui Luoheng, Su Bai always had a mysterious sense of dislocation.
"I don't know... What would these people think if they knew that this 'new generation of future hurdles champion' always complains about his poor mental quality during every competition?"
Su Bai tapped the notebook with the pen in his hand, and looked up to see that the TV was replaying a slow-motion shot of the game. In the shot, Cui Luoheng was sprinting forward with a determined look on his face. He recalled the night before, when Cui Luoheng called him late at night for comfort, and couldn't help but find it funny.
On TV, when the replay of the game ended, commentators Shao Minyi and Li Sen had already received the final results of the event.
In the commentary booth, Shao Minyi and Li Sen could already foresee Cui Luoheng's good result in the final, but after actually seeing the result, they were still stunned.
Then, Shao Minyi's voice trembled slightly.
"The final results of the men's 110m hurdles of the Asian Athletics Championships have been announced. Let's take a look at the final results of the athletes in this event."
"First place: Cui Luoheng (China), 13.20 seconds (wind speed + 1.0 m/s), second place: Lu Mengfan (China), 13.35 seconds (wind speed + 1.0 m/s), third place: Komatsu Koichi (Japan), 13.38 seconds (wind speed + 1.0 m/s)..."
In fact, as soon as Shao Min announced the first place, the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room of the domestic sports channel exploded.
[How much is 13 seconds?] ! ! ! 13.20 seconds? ! 】
[…Fuck, breaking the tournament record!] 】
[The previous tournament record belonged to the hurdles champion, right? The hurdle king's 13.22 seconds? ? ? ? 】
[…Although, the hurdle king ran 13.22 seconds because of the headwind, right? Today is a tailwind, and the feeling is still a little different...】
【? ? ? What's the difference? It's a record-breaking thing, brother! ! ! The wind speed didn't exceed the limit. The record was broken by the athletes from the Chinese team. What are you talking about? ? ? 】
As the comments were making noise, Shao Minyi also said in a suppressed and excited voice: "Eight years ago, the record for the 110-meter hurdles at the Asian Championships was set by a hurdler we are familiar with. Eight years later, at the Asian Championships, the Asian Championships record for the 110-meter hurdles was once again broken by our hurdler!"
"Eight years have passed, and a new generation has inherited the legacy. We have reason to believe that after these eight years of accumulation, China's 110-meter hurdles project will once again reach its peak!"
In the audience, those who had been discussing whether Cui Luoheng might be the new generation of hurdles king not long ago were now stunned. In this Asian Championships, the breaking of old and new records seemed to have the meaning of the birth of a legacy.
"Let us once again congratulate the Chinese track and field team and Cui Luoheng!"