At the same time, it was 7:20 in the evening in Doha, and the 110-meter hurdles semi-finals arrived as scheduled. The first to appear was Lu Mengfan, who was in the first group of the semi-finals.

As usual, there are only three groups in the semi-finals of the 110-meter hurdles. The only difference is that there are three substitutes who qualify for the 110-meter hurdles, and they are the top three remaining players.

In the semi-final grouping in the evening, the group that Cui Luoheng was in was not like the devil's melee in his preliminaries. If you just look at the list of players, the group that Cui Luoheng was in had some hope of advancing to the semi-finals.

In comparison, Lu Mengfan, who also advanced to the semi-finals, was not so lucky. Lu Mengfan's group included not only Vladimir, but also French star Fabregas, Barbados star Aubrey and American team's Jagger.

Surrounded by these powerful opponents, Lu Mengfan seemed increasingly precarious.

On the track, all the contestants in the first group of semi-final preliminaries have appeared on the stage, and all 8 contestants in the first group of semi-finals are in place, waiting to compete for the qualification to advance to the finals.

Lu Mengfan was among them. He was squatting on the starting block, adjusting it to the angle that best suited him. Then he leaned over and supported himself on the ground, trying to start running on this track and find his best condition.

Beside him, the other seven contestants were stretching or relaxing their limbs. Facing this last hurdle before the finals, all the contestants would not be as relaxed as in the preliminaries.

"Dear viewers, the live broadcast now is the first group of the 110m hurdles semi-finals of the Doha World Championships. We can see that at the starting point, the athletes are ready, and the tense semi-finals are about to begin!"

As usual, Shao Minyi and Li Sen are explaining the current preparations for the event.

"In tonight's semi-final, Lu Mengfan will face a very strong opponent, but I still hope he can keep a calm mind, play to his best, and show his strength and style!"

Although the halo above Lu Mengfan's head seemed to have been weakened since Cui Luoheng appeared, Lu Mengfan's mentality has always been very good, and he did not fall into depression because Cui Luoheng replaced his position.

Over the past year or so, Lu Mengfan's performance has been steadily improving, but just like what Cui Luoheng encountered before, his performance improvement cannot keep up with the track and field fans' memories of his hurdles king era - now that Cui Luoheng's time of 13.17 is hard to impress, Lu Mengfan's slight improvement has made it easy for track and field fans to take it lightly.

This result is largely due to the intersection of the former hurdle king era and the subsequent talent gap era, which has caused domestic track and field fans to be frequently confused about the performance of the 110-meter hurdles.

On the field, Lu Mengfan had already focused his attention on the present. He did not think too much about the results and advancement. He was more concerned about what kind of results he could achieve on the track in front of him in today's competition.

When the live camera focuses on the starting point and the race is about to begin, the eight runners on the track squat on the starting blocks, leaning over with their hands to support themselves on the ground, their sights only fixed on the narrow field of vision in front of them.

"Everyone, take your positions."

"preparation."

"Bang."

The simple and familiar sound of the starting command and the sound of the gun, followed by their hard stomping of the starting blocks, shooting out on the track like an arrow!

Lu Mengfan was in the eighth track in this race. He had a very good start today. During the starting and connecting phase, his speed was even ranked among the top two among the eight players in the group. From the quick start to the connection to the first hurdle, Lu Mengfan showed a ferocious spirit that he had never shown before.

But unfortunately, he could not maintain his courage for a long time. It can be seen that when attacking the first three hurdles, he not only maintained his original speed, but also increased his original speed. However, when he reached the fourth hurdle, he accidentally hit the hurdle during the attack, which caused his speed to be suddenly affected. Aubrey, who was on the seventh track next to him, also accidentally hit the hurdle at the fifth hurdle. At the same time, the shaking of the hurdle caused by his hitting the hurdle also affected Lu Mengfan on the eighth lane.

Because of his own mistake in the fourth hurdle and coincidentally Aubrey's serious mistake, Lu Mengfan's fierce offensive in the first three hurdles suffered an increasingly serious setback.

By the seventh hurdle, Lu Mengfan, who was originally in the top three at the start, had fallen to sixth place.

Although Lu Mengfan did not give up because of the mistakes and the influence of Aubrey on the track, his original ability in the later stages was not strong enough. At this stage, through the live camera, it can be seen with the naked eye that he fought very bravely, but this could not allow him to regain his initial advantage.

When he finally passed the finish line, Lu Mengfan could only barely catch up to fifth place, but the result of 13.58 seconds and fifth place ranking had basically sealed his road to promotion.

"...What a pity." Shao Min looked at Lu Mengfan, whose face was filled with regret after he crossed the finish line, and said with some regret: "Xiao Lu's start and connection today were very good, but his stability on the hurdles was still a little lacking, which led to a slight mistake on the fourth hurdle."

"Aubrey's severe hurdle hit at the fifth hurdle completely disrupted the rhythm of the trail."

Shao Minyi and Li Sen reviewed the game and quickly restored the important nodes of Lu Mengfan's game, which started high and ended low. However, the final result had already been made, and they could only watch Lu Mengfan's competitive journey in this World Championships come to an end.

When Lu Mengfan left the stage, there was an obvious look of regret on his face. Before today's semi-final, he could not be said to be without ambition in his heart. His condition had been adjusted well during this period of time. He had originally been looking forward to hitting his own PB in today's semi-final, but unfortunately things did not go as he wished and he only achieved a result of 13.58 seconds.

When Lu Mengfan left the stage, the second group of semi-finalists that Cui Luoheng was in also came on stage. When the two groups of players were crossing each other, Lu Mengfan happened to see Cui Luoheng coming towards him. He clenched his fist and waved in the direction of Cui Luoheng, giving him a cheering gesture.

In the first group of semi-finals just now, Cui Luoheng also saw at the entrance that Aubrey's serious hit in the fifth hurdle was the real reason why Lu Mengfan's rhythm was completely disrupted.

For the athletes on the field, whether the athletes around them will hit the hurdles or not, and whether hitting the hurdles will affect them, are all unpredictable factors.

For some reason, Cui Luoheng, who had not felt a real fear of the track for a long time, at this moment, standing in front of the track, suddenly remembered the feeling of being unable to move forward on the track.

This feeling only lasted for a moment, and Cui Luoheng quickly suppressed the emotion, but he also clearly realized that Aubrey's hit in the first game not only affected Lu Mengfan, but also caused him some subtle discomfort psychologically.

No one can tell at which moment an athlete's mental state will be affected by which image or scene before the game. Cui Luoheng originally thought that with the help of Su Bai and after more than a year of adjustment, his competitive mentality should have been very stable. But just before going on the court today, he could still feel his strong will to fight, but at this moment, he could clearly feel his resistance to the interruption of the game rhythm.

When he realized this, Cui Luoheng was already at the starting line. He remained calm and adjusted his starting blocks while trying to relax himself as much as possible. He adjusted his breathing rhythm according to the method Su Bai had taught him, minimizing his perception of the surroundings as much as possible and concentrating his perception ability only on himself.

only……

With the sudden situation today, he was completely unsure whether this method was still effective...

At this time, all the players had completed their preparations before the start of the game, and there were only three or two minutes left before the official start of the game. Cui Luoheng had never expected that he would encounter such a problem without any warning in a match like the World Championships semi-finals.

The camera at the scene was scanning the faces of the athletes one by one. When the camera scanned Cui Luoheng, all that could be seen was that he was frowning, as if he was thinking about some difficult problem. Apart from that, his face still had an expression similar to his usual indifferent state.

In the audience, Su Bai, who had been looking at the direction of the track seriously, suddenly frowned. He looked in the direction of Cui Luoheng, and a rare solemn look appeared in his eyes.

Here it comes.

Su Bai sighed slightly in his heart, and his brows furrowed even tighter.

In fact, Cui Luoheng always said in the past that he had poor psychological quality. Su Bai was willing to believe this reason because the problem that troubled Cui Luoheng at the beginning had not been completely solved at that time.

Cui Luoheng's keen perception of his own rhythm and the rhythm brought by the surrounding players was suppressed through special breathing control methods, but for Cui Luoheng, this was only the first stage of adjustment.

This adjustment reduced Cui Luoheng's original sensitivity to his own rhythm and external factors to the lowest level. When applied to himself, this was a pretty good state of control, but it was impossible for Cui Luoheng to maintain control over himself like this all the time.

Athletes have a high degree of control over their bodies on the field, but they also have a high-intensity release of their own state. The larger the field, the stronger the athlete's release of his or her emotions and state will be.

Continuing to stubbornly control your own perception range will only conflict with your current competitive state.

What Cui Luoheng really needs to do is not to continue trying to control his perception, but to determine his own rhythm so that he can maintain his own state even if he notices the rhythm of the players around him.

This challenge was not easy for Cui Luoheng. Su Bai knew that Cui Luoheng would have to face this day eventually, but he did not expect that this day would come in the semi-finals of the World Championships...