Chapter 182 (Four in One)

“44.81 seconds!”

"A brand new Chinese men's 400m sprint record! A brand new Asian U18 record! And also a brand new world U18 record!"

After a brief and incredible shock, in the Jigu video live broadcast room, the voices of Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming were so excited that they were choked with sobs.

Of course, they believe that Su Yu will be able to bring new surprises to track and field fans this season, but they did not expect that this surprise would come so soon!

On the same day, two individual events with an interval of no more than two hours created a miracle moment in which a young Chinese athlete swept the three individual world U18 records in the 100m, 200m and 400m sprints! !

"Su Yu, the young player from China, has just made a historic breakthrough!"

"From this second on, he will be the undisputed world sprint king! At this moment, at the Nagaike Yanmar Stadium in Osaka, Japan, Su Yu directly defeated American teenager Elliott Williams, who had just won the men's 400m world U18 record last season!"

"Today, the Nagaike Yanmar Stadium in Osaka, Japan, is destined to remember this glorious moment - two world-class U18 records were born in this stadium. This is not only a miracle for China, but also a miracle for Asia!"

As Su Yu's final result in this game came out, the comments on the public screen of the Jigu Video Live Room suddenly exploded.

[Ahhhhh!] ! ! Ahhhhh! 】

【Su Yu! ! Emperor of Islet! ! ! 】

[Oh my god, after the results came out just now, I was just too excited, help, I don’t know what to say... Yu Di is awesome! ! ! 】

[Ahhhhh!] 100m U18 world number one! 200m U18 world number one! 400U18 No. 1 in the world! ! Su Yu! ! ! 】

[My knees are aching from kneeling, I’m sorry, Yu Di. I actually doubted before whether my form this season was not so good... Ahhh, Yu Di, Yu Di, the best in the world! ! 】

Almost all the comments on the public screen in the live broadcast room were filled with excited, carnival and screams, of course, there would occasionally be a few people having fun interspersed in.

[This is so funny, Teacher Tian and Teacher Zhou, please wake up! Don't forget that Yu Di's 100m WU18B was snatched from a Japanese athlete. Now Yu Di has won the world's first place in 200m and 400m U18 at the Changjing Yanma Stadium in Japan. What kind of Asian glory is this? This is Emperor Yu showing off his skills in Japan! 】

[Japan's Nagaike Yanmar Stadium——China's Su Yu, don't come over! 】

The people in the live broadcast room were originally excited, but when they saw these colorful comments passing by, many of them laughed so hard that they choked.

In addition to Jigu Video, on various domestic online platforms such as Weibo and Tik Tok, the moment Su Yu’s results appeared, the official Weibo account of the National Track and Field Team could not wait to release Su Yu’s latest record!

Official Weibo of the National Track and Field Team: [#苏钰扫清短跑WU18B记录# In the just concluded IAAF Challenge 400m sprint in Osaka, Japan, our 17-year-old @苏渚V successfully won the runner-up with a time of 44.81 seconds! At the same time, Su Yu also successfully broke the WU18B record for the men's 400-meter sprint with a time of 44.81 seconds! So far, all three world best performance records in the world U18 sprint have been held by Su Yu alone! 】

As soon as the official Weibo account of the National Track and Field Team released the news, the topic #Su Yu sweeps the WU18B short-distance record# was directly pushed to the top of the Weibo hot search list.

This is obviously not normal popularity in such a short period of time. It was sent directly to the official Weibo. Although the Athletics Administration Center and the General Administration of Sport have not contacted Weibo to make this request, the editors of Weibo naturally have their own judgment on these hot news.

If it was only the men's 200m sprint WU18B from half an hour ago, then this topic would be popular, but it is not to the extent that Weibo needs to directly send the topic to the top of the hot search.

And now, at the moment when Su Yu refreshed WU18B again in the 400 meters, the editor in charge of the sports section on Weibo directly made an internal call to the editor in charge of the hot search section - no matter whether there was a call from the Sports General Administration, as long as the national team’s Weibo was released, the relevant topic would be immediately pinned to the top!

This is the U18 world No. 1 in all three events: 100m, 200m and 400m!

In the past, domestic sports people never thought that China's young men's sprinters could achieve this level... No, they never thought that the Chinese team could have a young player who could become the world's number one in any of the U18 events!

The reason is very simple. At that time, the overall development level of domestic sprinting was limited, and the training of young athletes was not that professional. The main reason was that it was not easy to discover young and talented athletes.

Even now, the appearance of Su Yu seems to be a shining miracle for domestic sports people.

After the national track and field team’s official Weibo account posted the message, Q University’s official Weibo account forwarded the original message without hesitation, leaving a comment:

Q official microblog: [#Su Yu sweeps all the WU18B short-distance running records# (scattering flowers gif) (salute gif) Congratulations to our school’s 2019 class @Su Yu V for successfully sweeping all three U18 world best results in the men’s short-distance running events! 】

Probably due to the account weight, the repost by Q’s official Weibo account landed directly on the hot Weibo position in the topic square, which made the crowd of excited bystanders and track and field enthusiasts laugh again.

***

In the meeting room of the national track and field team training base

During Su Yu's race just now, Liu Qinlong stood in the conference room the whole time. He didn't shout "good" excitedly until Su Yu crossed the finish line in second place.

While waiting for Su Yu's results, Liu Qinlong seemed to have lost his original calmness and sat restlessly in the conference room, which gave Zheng Sheng a headache.

In the end, when Liu Qinlong saw the result of 44.81 seconds appear on the TV screen, he opened his mouth and stood there as if he was stupid, not knowing how to speak.

It was not until a long while later that he clenched his hands tightly and pounded the table in front of him with great pleasure.

"Great, great! 44.81 seconds... 44.81 seconds!"

As Liu Qinlong was talking, he was so excited that he started to cry. Then, he couldn't control himself and could only cry and laugh on the spot.

Although Su Yu had successfully broken the 45-second mark in the semi-finals of the World Championships last season, Su Yu's breakthrough in the 400-meter result today still has huge and different significance.

At this moment, all three U18 best results in the world's sprinting events belong to Su Yu.

At this moment, China's men's 400-meter sprint record has also taken a big step into the 44.80 era, and it is obvious that there is a chance to break the 44.80 mark at any time in the future!

At this moment, China's men's 400-meter sprinter finally passed the qualification threshold for the Tokyo Olympics with his own strength!

And all of this is because of the young man on the TV screen—Su Yu!

At this moment, the TV screen was showing a live broadcast signal from Japan, and the camera was still focused on Su Yu. It seemed that the Japanese director and camera also favored this player from the Chinese team.

After confirming his results, Su Yu on the field smiled and waved towards the audience seats. In the audience seats, the audience were also cheering and screaming, as if they were celebrating this glorious moment with Su Yu.

Players such as Elvado from Jamaica and Elliot from the United States were hugging Su Yu one by one on the field to congratulate him on his remarkable achievement.

Hiroki Ishikawa, a famous Japanese athlete who won fourth place in this game, went up to Su Yu and hugged him helplessly after looking at his own results.

In today's competition, Hiroki Ishikawa showed an excellent performance that he had never had before. His result of 44.99 seconds successfully broke the 45-second mark that he had always longed to break.

But unfortunately, he managed to break 44.99 seconds, and the terrible devil from China has pushed his performance to a new height.

For Hiroki Ishikawa, the only thing to be thankful for is that this terrible guy did not break the 400-meter sprint record of 44.77 seconds for yellow people, which is currently held by Japan, in today's competition.

But what Hiroki Ishikawa understands more clearly is that facing Su Yu in front of him, the record of 44.77 seconds is so fragile - perhaps in the near future of this season, this record that originally belonged to the pride of Japan's 400-meter sprint will change hands again.

This premonition was so clear that Hiroki Ishikawa was completely unable to stop his imagination, and Su Yu's presence seemed so suffocating... At the moment of hugging Su Yu, Hiroki Ishikawa seemed to feel that the rest of his career might exist under the shadow of this Chinese teenage devil.

***

On the field, after seeing his final result, Su Yu showed a rare smile on his face. After smiling and waving to the audience, he also hugged each of the contestants who approached him.

When Hiroki Ishikawa came forward to congratulate him, Su Yu also said to Hiroki Ishikawa seriously, "Congratulations to you too."

But unfortunately, after Su Yu said this, Ishikawa Hiroki did not look very happy.

After the celebration, Su Yu quickly returned to the backcourt lounge with the Chinese team staff.

The IAAF Challenge is a one-day race, and there is no 100-meter race this year. After the 200-meter and 400-meter races in the morning, all his events for the day have ended.

But when returning to the backcourt locker room, Su Yu couldn't help but look back in the direction of the stadium.

The staff accompanying Su Yu, Cui Daize, the assistant coach who had been cooperating with Pei Dingshan to assist Su Yu, looked at Su Yu and asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Yu blinked: "Nothing..."

After a pause, he said seriously, "I just felt that the game ended so quickly."

After hearing Su Yu's words, Cui Daize understood on the spot that Pei Dingshan had arranged very few games for Su Yu this season, and all the pressure of the competition would be on the Olympics in two months.

Cui Daize then comforted Su Yu: "It's okay, next time you come to Japan, you can have a good time!"

When Su Yu heard Cui Daize's words, new expectations appeared in his eyes.

When Su Yu returned to the backcourt lounge, he saw that Ye Minghao had sent another string of red envelopes in the group to celebrate his achievements.

Not only are there lucky red envelopes, Ye Minghao also sent out a string of exclusive red envelopes -

Ye Minghao: [@Jiang Yuan, congratulations on setting a new PB of 2.31 meters at the Diamond League S City Station! 】

Ye Minghao: [@Jiang Ruohui, congratulations on setting a new PB of 47.01 seconds at yesterday’s Z Province J City Grand Prix! 】

Ye Minghao: [@苏渚, congratulations on winning all three sprint events WU18B! 】

After everyone in the group received the red envelopes, they sent out emoticons like "Xiao Yu thanks the boss gif" to thank the sponsor for his generosity.

But Zhou Yuang, who had just returned to China after finishing a round of competition, sent a string of question marks to @Ye Minghao.

Zhou Yuang: [@Ye Minghao? ? ? Little leaf! What about mine? What about mine? 】

Just two days ago in the competition, Zhou Yuang ran a time of 20.52 seconds, breaking his 200-meter PB once again. In the string of exclusive red envelopes sent by Ye Minghao, even Jiang Yuan, who broke the record half a month ago, was taken care of, but his was not!

Zhou Yuang rolled on the ground in the group, accusing Ye Minghao of unfair treatment.

Zhou Yuang: [QAQ, Xiaoye, you don’t love me anymore! 】

Ye Minghao: [? 】

Ye Minghao: [^^Never loved. 】

Zhou Yuang: [? ? Little Leaf, there's something wrong with you! I haven't offended you recently, have I? 】

Ye Minghao: [^^I haven't offended anyone recently, but there is an old grudge. 】

Zhou Yuang: [? ? ? 】

Zhou Yuang had completely forgotten when he had offended Ye Minghao, but he was a 5G surfing boy after all. After two seconds of confusion, he turned around and browsed Weibo. After he saw that after the topic of Su Yu sweeping three world U18 best results became popular, the "World Famous Paintings Series" from the previous G Province Z City Grand Prix was once again on the hot search.

Zhou Yuang: QAQ...He is innocent, Master Qingtang!

However, Zhou Yuang could only accept Ye Minghao's "monetary revenge" with tears in his eyes, and warned himself with tears in his heart - don't be so greedy next time!

Several people in the group soon understood the grudge between Ye Minghao and Zhou Yuang, and mercilessly sent Zhou Yuang mocking emoticons such as "Xiao Yu Hahaha".

However, after laughing, several people in the group still communicated with each other about everyone's current performance and the upcoming schedule.

In Su Yu's group, except for Su Yu who already has a clear season schedule, the others still need to determine the final schedule based on their performance this season.

But one thing is clear, except Su Yu, the remaining four, including Jiang Yuan, will participate in the World Athletics U20 Championships to be held in Nairobi, Africa from July 10 to 15 this year.

Among them, Jiang Yuan needs no mention. He will be the gold medalist in the men's high jump event at this World Youth Championships, and Zhou Yuang's current 200-meter result will also be very competitive in the World Youth Championships.

As long as Ye Minghao performs stably in the 100-meter race, he will definitely be able to enter the finals. As for whether he can win a medal, it depends on his performance.

Jiang Ruohui may face greater pressure in the 400 meters, but it should not be a problem for him to advance from the group stage to the semifinals.

In general, Ye Minghao and his teammates have made steady progress in their performance this season, and their performance is very ideal. Based on their current condition, they should be able to achieve good results in the World Youth Championship.

In addition to the World Youth Championship, Su Yu and others also know that Jiang Yuan and Zhou Yuang are still striving to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

Zhou Yuang: [Ah, this season, I feel like I’m going to throw up from playing so many games... @苏渚, Su小渚, how did you manage to play so many games so intensively from June to August last season? Sure enough, admit it! You must not be human! 】

Su Yu: 【? ? ? 】

Su Yu: [(Xiao Yu hums gif) Oh, it’s you who can’t do it. 】

Zhou Yuang: [(Xiaoyu’s furious gif) Ahhh, Su Xiaoyu, you’ve changed! 】

Su Yu: [=. =】

Zhou Yuang scrolled around in the group for a while, and then said: [You all know the results of my several competitions this season. After I just came back, Lao Zheng helped me calculate my current IAAF points. My current points seem to be 1129. According to Lao Zheng’s calculation, my current world points ranking is about 81st, which is a bit risky. 】

The points calculation method currently used by the IAAF has a very complex formula, including the fact that the levels of competitions in which the athletes participate are divided into 10 levels. Each level of competition has a different points coefficient. If an athlete fails to advance to the finals, he or she will only have performance points. After advancing to the finals, there will be ranking points.

At the same time, in short-distance running events, depending on whether the wind speed exceeds the limit in the race in which the athletes participate, the points calculation standard will be lowered if the wind speed exceeds the limit.

Combining the above series of formulas, the final result will be the single-game points of the athlete in each game, and the IAAF points ranking will count the athlete's best five games and calculate the average points.

Zhou Yuang's score of 1129 is the average score of his five best games so far this season.

Among these five games, his best result was 20.52 seconds in the previous two days. This game won him 1136 single-game points. However, in the process of competing, Zhou Yuang could not guarantee that he would be in the best condition in every game.

Therefore, in another game, he ran a terrible result of 21.04 seconds, and he only scored 1068 points in that game.

In short, as of now, his average points and ranking are approximately 1129 and 81st.

At the Tokyo Olympics, only 56 athletes will be invited to the men's 200m event. The reason why Zhou Yuang said that his ranking is relatively uncertain rather than completely hopeless is because among the top 81 athletes, more than 30 are American athletes.

It is obviously impossible for all of these 30-plus American athletes to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, so Zhou Yuang's current ranking is actually still promising.

Of course, the competitors Zhou Yuang needs to face at present are not only opponents from other countries, but also Gao Yansong, who is also from the Chinese team and is also competing.

After all, Gao Yansong is a domestic 200-meter veteran. Although his talent may not be as good as Zhou Yuang's, his ability to withstand pressure and his stable state are now very strong.

During this period of time, the gap between Gao Yansong's competition results and Zhou Yuang is not much. At present, Gao Yansong's average score is about 1133. If you look at Gao Yansong's performance details, you can see that Gao Yansong's best result in these games is actually not as good as Zhou Yuang, but his worst result is not less than 21 seconds.

The two are currently ranked 77th and 81st respectively, with little gap between them. It depends on whether Zhou Yuang has the chance to overtake in the ranking before June 29th.

During this period, although Gao Yansong temporarily gained the upper hand, he showed no signs of relaxing and still maintained a high frequency of overseas competition schedules. It can be seen that he is very eager to qualify for the Olympics.

Zhou Yuang: [Anyway, Lao Gao is charging, I can’t lose to him! I told him that whoever can get the qualification to participate in the competition in the end depends on our own ability! 】

This is Olympic qualification after all.

As an athlete who has dreamed of sprinting since childhood, Zhou Yuang would naturally not miss any opportunity to qualify for the Olympics.

Zhou Yuang also knows that for many athletes, even just stepping onto the Olympic arena is already the most glorious moment in their careers. Especially for veterans like Gao Yansong, facing the rising young players and his own increasing age, perhaps this Olympics will be Gao Yansong's last chance to step onto the Olympic arena.

But even so, Zhou Yuang also had no intention of giving up when competing for Olympic qualifications.

Just like what he said to Gao Yansong - it depends on your ability.

Although Zhou Yuang is usually cheerful, he has his own stubbornness and persistence when facing competitions.

In addition to Zhou Yuang, another player in the group who has the opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics is Jiang Yuan.

As a player who successfully qualified for the World Championships last season and eventually advanced to the World Championships finals, Ye Minghao, Zhou Yuang and Jiang Ruohui in the group initially subconsciously thought that Jiang Yuan should have qualified for the men's high jump at the Tokyo Olympics.

But one day when Su Yu mentioned in the group that "Jiang Yuan is also striving to qualify for the Olympics", the other people in the group were shocked to find that the track and field qualifying results for the Tokyo Olympics are indeed known as the "most stringent in history".

In the men's high jump event, the qualifying score was as high as 2.33 meters.

You know, as of last season, Jiang Yuan's personal best in high jump was only 2.30 meters.

For the high jump event, it is also quite difficult for athletes to challenge their personal best results. After all, this is far more than a matter of "trying to jump once". Instead, they must always maintain a good state during the competition and challenge their own limits again and again.

If you want to break your personal best record, you often need strong stability and certain opportunities.

Of course, like sprinting, in addition to meeting the performance requirements, men's high jump also has invitation spots based on the IAAF ranking points.

However, Jiang Yuan still hopes that he can successfully obtain the final qualification by meeting the performance requirements before the end of June, so during this period, Jiang Yuan has also maintained a high frequency of participation.

After a brief chat among the group members, they had a certain understanding of each person’s current status and goals.

For several people in the group, Su Yu has already achieved great success in "meeting the Olympic standards". Although Su Yu does not have the pressure of meeting the Olympic standards, everyone in the group can see that even if Zhou Yuang and Jiang Yuan successfully obtain the Olympic qualifications, the pressure that Su Yu will bear in the subsequent Olympic competitions will be far greater than that of the two of them.

This is because today’s domestic track and field fans and ordinary audiences may not know Zhou Yuan and Jiang Yuan, but they will definitely know Su Yu.

The world's U18 sprint king.

This title is indeed loud enough, but it will also be a huge burden - once Su Yu performs mediocrely in the Olympics, the enthusiasm and support of the audience at this stage will probably turn into pressure and backlash against Su Yu.

Although several people in the group knew that such a situation would occur, they did not have any ability or method to help Su Yu - the pressure and worries that Su Yu was facing at this stage were no longer on the same level as theirs.

Ye Minghao thought about it and asked Su Yu: [@Su Yu, Xiao Yu, you have now met the standards for all three events, so will your schedule for next month remain the same? 】

Everyone in the group knows that Su Yu’s original race schedule in June was to strive for the 400-meter qualification, but now he has successfully met the standard and exceeded the task. Will there be any changes in the schedule for the next race?

Su Yu: [Still the same as before! 】

Su Yu: […0.0 But it’s not quite the same. 】

Ye Minghao: [? 】

Su Yu: [QAQ My coach has told me before that once we reach the standard, the subsequent schedule will be mainly about feeling the atmosphere and adapting to the game. 】

In short, just...don't run too hard.

Pei Dingshan even explained that if there is a race with registration for 100m, 200m and 400m at the same time, you don't have to run the entire 100m, just start at full speed to feel the explosive state of the start.

Everyone in the group: Huh?

Everyone in the group didn't react at first and were still wondering why Su Yu looked a little unhappy. After they reacted, everyone laughed on the spot.

Jiang Ruohui: [Hahahaha, this is so funny, @苏渚, Su小渚, so you exceeded the quota in the first race, and you don’t have any quota for the next races? 】

Su Yu: [QAQ...it's not like there's no quota for the competition. 】

Zhou Yuang intervened and said: [=w= We don’t have enough money to compete at full strength! 】

Su Yu: [……]

Jiang Yuan: [^^]

Ye Minghao: [^^]

Everyone in the group has reacted now. Unlike them who have been racing desperately this season, Pei Dingshan has controlled Su Yu's schedule very strictly this season. From the start of the outdoor season to now, today's Japan Challenge is only the third game.

They also realized that Su Yu probably originally wanted to restrain himself a little during the competition, and then let go after the next few games.

It turned out that he hadn't participated in a competition for a long time. The kid was so excited when he got on the field that he ran out of the results that shocked the entire network today.

If Su Yu's idea was exposed, all the U18 players in the world would probably go crazy. But for Su Yu now, his biggest worry is that he can't give his all in the next three games in June.

Zhou Yuang: [Speaking of which, I was playing in a competition abroad recently. When the players saw my age and nationality, they were horrified for a while, and only felt relieved after seeing my name clearly. 】

Zhou Yuang also thought of his recent overseas competition experience, and then laughed in the group: [I participated in a competition in Eugene before, and met an American athlete who competed in both 100m and 200m. He was also 17 years old this year. After knowing that I knew Su Xiaoyu, he pulled me aside to complain for a long time, saying that Su Xiaoyu's 100m WU18B was too outrageous. 】

As he said that, Zhou Yuang chuckled and said, "Wait for me to give him a new surprise!" 】

It was also after Zhou Yuang went to give his American friend a "surprise" that everyone in the group gradually became busy and temporarily quieted down.

After putting away his phone and looking at the performance data of this game, Su Yu silently glanced at his phone calendar - he really couldn't wait to enter the Olympic arena.

***

On May 27, 2020, the day after the IAAF Challenge in Osaka, Japan ended, Su Yu returned to China.

Although he only participated in an ordinary IAAF Challenge in Japan, when he returned to China this time, he was once again surrounded by a large number of domestic media.

When all the media people saw Su Yu coming out with a small team of eight or nine people including his teammates and staff from the national team, their cameras started clicking non-stop.

"Su Yu, look here!"

"Su Yu, please look to the left!"

"Su Yu, please accept the interview here!"

The reporters' voices rose and fell in varying pitches, as if they were afraid that Su Yu couldn't see them, so they raised their voices high from a distance of twenty or thirty meters.

After yesterday's game, when Su Yu logged into Weibo to share his feelings, he finally realized how much impact yesterday's two games and results had caused.

The most direct and immediate impact was not even in the country, but on the Japanese media who rushed to the scene to interview Su Yu after the game ended yesterday.

The Japanese media had already celebrated the 'Wolf Son who created a miracle at the Nagakei-Yomar Stadium in Osaka' the day before, and the Japanese organizers were also aware of Su Yu's popularity and immediately arranged a temporary press conference venue for Su Yu, allowing Su Yu to complete his first-ever exclusive interview with Japanese media on the spot.

These Japanese media even went to the airport to take pictures when Su Yu left Japan today. Their enthusiasm amazed the Chinese team players who were traveling with Su Yu.

After comparing it with the media in Japan, people look at the current domestic media - it doesn't seem so difficult to understand.

Of course, it wasn't just the Chinese media that were enthusiastic at the moment, but also the people at the scene. When the passengers traveling to and from the airport heard the voices of the media reporters and realized that Su Yu was also at the scene, many of them took out their mobile phones on the spot.

In addition to those who took out their phones to take pictures, there were also enthusiastic spectators who gave Su Yu various cheers:

"Su Yu!! Yesterday's game was awesome!"

"Go Tokyo Olympics!"

"Su Yu Su Yu I love you!!!"

Su Yu: “…”

Since the winter training, Su Yu has not had contact with the media and the audience for a long time. Especially with the reduction of his schedule in the early part of this season, the attention of the media and ordinary audiences to him has once dropped to the lowest.

Just like a passerby said before that he saw Su Yu going to Q University for classes. Because of the decrease in public attention, Su Yu felt very comfortable for a while.

_(:зゝ∠)_

And now, this 'peaceful and harmonious' happy living atmosphere has been broken by his own hands.

Feeling the enthusiasm of the Japanese media since yesterday, as well as the domestic media and audiences at the airport now, Su Yu fell into autism again after a long time.

However, no matter how autistic I am, I cannot avoid the interviews I have to give.

So it was half an hour later when Su Yu finished the interview with the reporters present and actually stepped onto the bus that the national team sent to pick him up.

Outside the airport, as reporters watched Su Yu leave with his national team teammates, a reporter chatted for a few words at the scene -

"If nothing unexpected happens, Su Yu will definitely be the next generation leader of our country's sprinting, right?"

"Bah, bah, bah, what are you talking about? Take out the first half of your sentence and the last word - Su Yu is definitely the next generation leader of our country's sprinting!"

"Oh my! Our country finally has a world-class sprinter!"

"Isn't it? With Su Yu's performance, if it was two years ago, who would have believed that he could run like this?"

"Speaking of this, I still remember that there was a player who was trying to discredit Su Yu. But then Su Yu won the U18 world best in the 100 meters. Two or three years have passed in the blink of an eye..."

"Su Yu is really becoming more and more like a general. When he was interviewed just now, he had the demeanor of Captain Zheng!"

"Hey, but don't you think Su Yu didn't look that happy when he was interviewed?"

"You are talking nonsense, aren't you? Look at what Su Yu achieved this time. He won the world's best results in three sprint events in the U18. With these results, so many media came to interview him. How could ordinary people not be happy? He has the demeanor of a great general! Hey, the star athletes of the track and field team are all like this. Don't you think Captain Zheng has the same style?"

The reporters chatted for a while, and after watching Su Yu and his team's bus leave, they quickly dispersed and went to edit their own news content.

Only the national team players and staff on the bus knew that Su Yu, who had just tried hard to be interviewed, had indeed "collapsed".

On the bus, Pei Dingshan, who came to pick up Su Yu in person, saw Su Yu sitting on the bus seat with a sullen look on his face, and a smile appeared on his face.

The national team's car unexpectedly encountered a traffic jam on the road just now, so they arrived a little late. When he saw Su Yu, the child had been surrounded by reporters for interviews. He could only walk to the side, and after watching the reporters finish their interviews, he came forward in a friendly manner to end the interview time.

But for Su Yu, even the last half hour should have been enough to make him very exhausted.

Fortunately, probably because of the training after the World Championships last season, although Su Yu was autistic for a while after getting in the car, he has relaxed a little now and is not so depressed anymore.

After Pei Dingshan noticed that Su Yu had relaxed a little, he raised his hand and rubbed his head, saying with a smile: "Congratulations, you have won three WU18Bs."

After hearing Pei Dingshan's congratulations, Su Yu's spirit, which had recovered slightly, weakened again.

When Pei Dingshan saw the child's appearance, he was stunned for a moment, but he soon understood why Su Yu became listless again.

Pei Dingshan glanced at Su Yu beside him with some amusement, and this time he didn't say anything to comfort him - after all, no matter how depressed Su Yu looked, the agreement must be observed.

Thinking of this, Pei Dingshan rubbed the child's head with amusement: "This is our previous agreement. It's useless to act like a spoiled child."

Su Yu: “……?”

Su Yu: “!”

Su Yu, who was originally just feeling annoyed, felt as if all the hair on his head had exploded after hearing Pei Dingshan's words. He suddenly looked up at Pei Dingshan and was about to say that he was not acting like a spoiled child, but after seeing Pei Dingshan's smile, his ears suddenly turned red again.

It was at this moment that he realized that his previous state seemed to be a kind of involuntary dependence and... coquettishness after 'finding a backer'.

For Su Yu, even if he just thought of this word, he subconsciously felt a little resistant, mainly because when he was a child, his mother always liked to say that he was cute when he acted like a spoiled child, but he clearly always had a stern face.

After seeing Su Yu's appearance, Pei Dingshan also realized Su Yu's discomfort - after all, he was already a 17-year-old boy.

So Pei Dingshan smiled lightly and didn't say anything else. He just accompanied Su Yu back to the national team, sent him to the dormitory, and briefly told Su Yu about the alternating arrangements for training and competitions in June.

It can be seen that although the child is not very happy, he has no intention of deliberately violating the agreement.

He always has an athlete's self-discipline and cooperation with his coach.

After the World Championships last season, Pei Dingshan did not have any more detailed discussions with Su Yu on the topic of "responsibility".

Because there is no need.

As Su Yu gradually grows and as his strength continues to improve, his importance in the national team will naturally increase. And as this importance increases, Su Yu will naturally be able to truly feel that all kinds of expectations and pressures are beginning to shift to him.

This kind of real experience cannot be replaced no matter how many times he talks with Su Yu in detail.

Moreover, with the arrival of this change, what he needs to do next is no longer to emphasize to Su Yu the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, but to always pay attention to Su Yu's condition and ensure that Su Yu will not be crushed by the gradually increasing burden.

As a coach, he must have a clear understanding of the players at every different stage of their development so that he can guide them to continue to grow.

Of course, Pei Dingshan also knew that as Su Yu continued to grow, one day in the future, Su Yu’s own mentality, skills and abilities would become infinitely mature and complete.

At that stage, Su Yu might no longer need his guidance as a coach.

When this thought flashed through his mind, Pei Dingshan shook his head slightly and smiled secretly - but even at that time, he would still stay with Su Yu.

After all, no matter how mature an athlete is, he or she still needs the company of a coach. Maybe there is little room for adjustment in terms of technique, but there are still various other things that require the support of a coach.

Of course, for him and Su Yu, it is still too early to think about this issue now.

***

That day, after returning to the national team, Su Yu washed up, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and recovered slightly from his autistic state.

However, not long after he recovered, he received a friendly reminder from his senior sister - he didn't have to go to school for the next period of time.

_(:зゝ∠)_

It's another day of being 'turned away' by the master.

However, Su Yu also knew that the impact of his two games yesterday was still spreading rapidly.

Just like the CCTV news last night, which was only 30 minutes long, it took about 2 and a half minutes to explain his achievements, and even included his competition scenes in Japan yesterday and Japanese media reports.

It was also because of the popularity of CCTV News that he met so many reporters rushing to interview him at the airport today.

In short, due to various reasons, Su Yu obediently returned to the national team's training ground early the next morning and entered a new round of status adjustment with Pei Dingshan.

From winter training to now, although he has very few game schedules, his training has not decreased at all.

Pei Dingshan ensured that he could still adjust and adapt to the rhythm of subsequent games during training by increasing special training and speed tests and adjusting training intensity.

Of course, even so, actual competition is indispensable.

So far, although he has only participated in three public competitions, he has actually participated in quite a few internal practice matches in the Olympic training base.

Of course, the players who are currently able to conduct internal competition tests with him may not necessarily be at the level of ideal opponents that can stimulate his state.

However, in response to such situations, Pei Dingshan also made different arrangements, like making different requirements and creating different accidents for each of his test matches - for example, there would be consecutive players starting false starts in a certain test match, or he would be asked to let him go in this test match, etc.

After these corresponding adjustments, although the effects of these internal practice matches are still a bit far-fetched, they do have certain effectiveness as a form of intensity training.

In addition, the physical fitness coach and Pei Dingshan will arrange other training programs for him, as well as a series of preparations to adjust his body's competitive state at night.

Since the entire competition in June requires control and adjustment, Su Yu has finally adjusted his mentality and re-dedicated himself to training and competition, striving to adjust his best competitive state to the end of July and wait for the official arrival of the Tokyo Olympics!

***

So, in the next month, although Su Yu participated in three competitions, the new record that track and field fans and spectators expected did not appear.

Su Yu also stated very frankly during the interview - according to the requirements of the coaching staff, since he has already met the Olympic standards in the 400m event, all he needs to do next is to maintain his condition, adapt to the atmosphere of international competitions through competitions, and then fully prepare for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

Track and field fans also understood what Su Yu meant - there was no way, in fact, there was no need to understand, just looking at Su Yu's competitive state during this period, you can understand. With Su Yu fully meeting the standards in three individual events, these three events in June are more like a "pre-match experiment" for Su Yu.

Just like the 100-meter race in Turku, Finland in early June, Su Yu, who has always been good at the later stages, maintained a very good condition in the initial burst stage. But in the last 30 meters, when theoretically he was about to enter the stage of maximum speed, Su Yu's speed slowed down.

Obviously, Su Yu's coach was asking him to further train his 100-meter starting acceleration.

Not only in the Turku competition in Finland, but also in the competition in Ostrava, Czech Republic at the end of June, Su Yu had similar control in the 100m and 200m competitions.

At first, the audience didn't quite understand Su Yu's performance, but some track and field fans made new guesses - Su Yu's starting explosive state in these games seemed to be different from that in Su Yu's previous competition in Osaka, Japan.

So track and field fans speculated that perhaps Su Yu's previous explosive starting technique still needed fine-tuning.

I don’t know what adjustments Su Yu will make to his already excellent starting technique after the adjustments are completed?

After thinking about this possibility, all track and field fans can't help but look forward to the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. All the spectators can't wait to see Su Yu's condition and performance in the Olympic arena!

With the completion of Su Yu's three games in June, the window period for meeting the qualifying results for the Tokyo Olympics has also ended.

On June 30, the national team officially announced the list of all athletes who met the standards in track and field events.

In this list, Su Yu alone participated in three individual events and one team event, becoming the athlete with the most participating events in the Tokyo Olympic track and field team, without a doubt.