Although today is not the weekend, it is a little after 1 o'clock in the country. Most students have not yet arrived for classes, and office workers also have lunch breaks, so the audience can naturally take this time to watch the game.
Ever since Zheng Xiaoya watched "Athletics Idol Training Camp", she has been following the series of track and field indoor competitions previously broadcast on TV, as well as the current Track and Field Asian Championships, and today is no exception.
However, what shocked Zheng Xiaoya and countless viewers who were watching the game was that they did not expect that the Tokyo Olympic track and field competition standards for the 110-meter hurdles would suddenly come into everyone's sight at this moment...
When many people saw this result, they all thought: How great would it be if this result came out half a month later?
13.30 seconds. Although this result seems to be 0.3 seconds away from the 13-second mark pursued by the top 110-meter hurdlers, in fact, as long as you open the official website of the IAAF, you can see how rare it is to run under 13.30 seconds every year.
"What a shame! This is really such a pity!"
In the audience, Jiang Wentao couldn't help repeating this sentence since he saw Cui Luoheng's result.
It wasn't just him. The coaches sitting in the audience also had a hint of regret in their eyes. You know, in the entire 18-year season last year, in the 110-meter hurdles event, there were only 14 athletes who successfully ran under 13.30 seconds in official competitions.
Judging from the 2019 outdoor season, Cui Luoheng's light run in the preliminaries is definitely a good result in the top ten of the 110-meter hurdles in the world this year.
Even the coaching staff sitting in the audience still felt a little unreal when seeing Cui Luoheng's results.
In fact, the former 110-meter hurdles king in China had outstanding talent and ability. He relied on his own efforts to raise the 110-meter hurdles event, which had once been ignored in China, to the world's top level.
The coaching staff members present here have all experienced that era. Around 2005, the 110-meter hurdles results they heard were often around 13.10 seconds. Only when they heard a result within 13 seconds would they sigh and say, "The hurdles king is in good shape this time." If they heard that the hurdles king's result was outside 13.30 seconds, people all over the country would start arguing, asking if the hurdles king was letting the team win. Or has the condition declined?
That was an era when strong 110-meter hurdlers gathered together. Almost all the top 110-meter hurdlers in the world seemed to have collided with that era together, so that as that generation of strong players retired, later generations could only sigh helplessly at the world records left behind and the results of major competitions in which people frequently ran under 13 seconds.
Around the world, with the retirement of the top hurdlers of that generation, the results of the 110-meter hurdles began to gradually decline. China's 110-meter hurdles fell into an embarrassing situation after the retirement of the hurdle king.
Chinese track and field enthusiasts, or the former track and field national team, never regarded 13.30 as an insurmountable threshold. However, after the retirement of the hurdle king, when those who were once regarded as the successors of the hurdle king could not even break the 13.40 mark, people realized that it was not that the Chinese team was strong enough in the 110-meter hurdles event, but the brilliance of the hurdle king made everyone believe that the Chinese hurdle team was very strong.
"Shengbin, did Ah Heng start practicing the 8-to-7 time during the winter training? Now he can run under 13.30 seconds?" Zhang Chun, the coach in charge of the 400-meter hurdles training, asked Lu Shengbin in confusion.
Looking at Cui Luoheng, who looked calm and composed even after seeing the results, Lu Shengbin shook his head and sighed, "During the winter training, this kid followed Coach Xiao Su. Coach Xiao Su was in charge of his eight-to-seven training. But to be honest, it has been nearly half a year since the winter training, so there is actually enough time for the eight-to-seven training."
When Zhang Chun heard this, he shook his head and smiled helplessly.
There is enough time, that's for sure, but people actually have the ability to train Cui Luoheng from eight to seven, and this technical transformation is successful, and it allows Cui Luoheng to get good results in his first competition after completing the training. This is an amazing skill.
Not only that, ever since Su Bai came to the fore, every suggestion he gave to each athlete and every technical transformation he led could bring improvements in the athletes' performance, which is an amazing thing.
Haven’t you seen how many coaches have worked hard to arrange technical modifications for their players, but as a result, not only did the players’ performance fail to improve, but because of the technical modifications, they couldn’t even maintain their original results.
Su Bai's ability to hit whatever he points at and improve things as he wishes is something that not every ordinary coach can possess.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chun said, "Speaking of which, Coach Su is going to give a lecture in a few days, right? I have to go and listen to the lecture then."
Of course, Lv Shengbin knew what Zhang Chun meant, and he nodded: "I have to go to this class, too." After a pause, Lv Shengbin added: "We all have to go to this class."
In the commentary booth, Shao Minyi and Li Sen experienced a cycle of surprise → delight → regret after seeing Cui Luoheng's results. However, being in the commentary booth, Shao Minyi and Li Sen certainly would not say anything inappropriate.
Shao Minyi paused for a moment and then quickly said, "Let us congratulate Cui Luoheng. After completing the technical transformation from eight to seven, he showed his absolute strength in his first battle!"
"From Cui Luoheng's performance in today's game, it is not difficult to see that 13.30 is definitely not his limit! We also have reason to believe that the Tokyo Olympic 110m hurdles performance of 13.30 will definitely not be an obstacle for Cui Luoheng!"
On the field, Cui Luoheng didn't know that many people were feeling sorry for his result. After the competition ended and the results were announced, he followed the staff's instructions and returned to the backcourt.
In the locker room at the backcourt, Lu Mengfan had just changed his clothes. After seeing Cui Luoheng enter the locker room, Lu Mengfan patted Cui Luoheng on the shoulder and praised, "Good boy!"
During the time Cui Luoheng was training with the national team, he had a good relationship with Lu Mengfan. Seeing the praise and emotion in Lu Mengfan's eyes, Cui Luoheng thought for a moment and said, "The actual effect of the seven-step hurdle attack is better than expected."
When Lu Mengfan heard this, he knew what Cui Luoheng meant, but he still shook his head and smiled, "Changing from eight to seven is a general trend, but not every athlete practices the seven-step hurdle technique, even in European countries. Everyone can adapt to different situations."
"In fact, Coach Lu is also discussing with us the technical transformation from eight to seven, but we still have some concerns and our progress is not as fast as yours."
At this point, Lu Mengfan seemed to remember something and laughed again: "However, with you as the vanguard of the 8-to-7 upgrade, I estimate that Yan Kai and I should be able to put the 8-to-7 upgrade on the agenda soon."
Not to mention that Jiang Wentao and others at the scene felt sorry for Cui Luoheng's 13.30 seconds result, which came too early, and there were many old fans of track and field on the Internet who sighed in their hearts, pulled out the season results of the hurdles king of that year, and lamented the glory of China's 110-meter hurdles event.
Only in this atmosphere, time passed quickly, and soon it was 11 a.m. Doha time, and the men's 4*400m preliminaries were about to begin.
The 400m relay event is divided into men's 4*400m relay, women's 4*400m relay and mixed men's and women's 4*400m relay. However, after the actual start of the competition, only the men's 4*400m preliminaries were retained.
In fact, the original mixed 4*400m event also had a preliminary round schedule, but one of the participating teams temporarily chose to withdraw, and the remaining mixed 4*400m teams were reduced from 8 teams to 7 teams, and the preliminary rounds were no longer meaningful at this time.
There are actually only 10 teams participating in the men's 4*400m relay. The preliminaries are divided into two groups. The Chinese team is in the first preliminaries group. This time, there are no strong teams in the same group as the Chinese team. The final promotion method is that the top three in each group will advance directly, and finally one of the best ranked teams in the remaining teams will be allocated a substitute promotion spot.
That is to say, out of the 10 preliminary teams, only 3 will be eliminated in the end.
In such a relaxed preliminary competition environment, if the Chinese team, the silver medalist of last year's Asian Games, still fails to advance, it will be really ashamed to face the people of Jiangdong.
Precisely because there was really no pressure in this preliminary match, before going on the court, Qiu Wen, Guo Dun and Li Junhao all stared at Zhang Ziyi, telling him not to get too tired.
In the previous two days, Zhang Ziyi ran three high-intensity shots. The final peak battle that broke 45 seconds, although it broke the 45-second mark, the physical consumption of Zhang Ziyi was no joke.
Zhang Ziyi was probably too excited when he just achieved the result, so he didn’t feel tired for a while. Later, after his excitement subsided, he realized how seriously he had consumed his physical energy.
Although he had rested for a night, Zhang Ziyi was indeed in poor condition today. Only after truly feeling his own condition did he feel that he was not as calm and reliable as he imagined, and that his excellent competitive condition could not be maintained solely by responsibility and willpower.
"Okay, I know you guys have worked hard in today's preliminaries." Zhang Ziyi looked at his teammates with a smile, and he was very glad that he had such teammates.
Doha time, at 11:00 a.m., the men's 4*400m preliminaries officially started
In this preliminary round, everyone, whether it was the track and field team members in the audience seats, the athletes on the field, or the audience in front of the TV, found it very relaxing to watch.
During the Asian Games last year, the strength of China's 4*400m relay team could not be compared with that of today. Now, Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen on the field are both top Asian 400m players who can run 45 seconds. In addition to the two of them, Li Junhao's 400m sprint results are actually rising rapidly, but after winter training, he has no chance to participate in the outdoor 400m event for the time being.
Even Guo Dun has made great progress in his personal performance.
In such a tacitly coordinated team of four players, even if Zhang Ziyi's physical condition has not recovered today, it will not have any special impact on the overall results.
As people expected, after the first shot of the men's 4*400m relay preliminaries, except Zhang Ziyi, the remaining players, especially Guo Dun and Li Junhao who did not participate in individual events in the past few days, ran more bravely than each other.
With the concerted efforts of all members of the relay team, the Chinese team easily advanced to the next round with first place in the relay preliminaries.
On April 17, the morning schedule ended here, and on the evening of the 17th, Wang Shen and Ye Wenhao will face the final of the men's high jump event.
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