Hengelo, Netherlands, is currently in daylight saving time, with a 6-hour time difference from China.
When Li Junhao arrived in Hengelo with his teammates from the national team, it was still around 6 p.m. on the 7th local time in Hengelo. There was still more than a day left before the challenge on the 9th, which was relatively ample time.
Also coming to Hengelo with Li Junhao this time are Ye Wenhao and Liu Jiaonan, the leader of the women's hammer throw, as well as several athletes in the men's long jump, men's pole vault and other events.
Among the group, there are the national team's accompanying translators, team officials and other staff, and the most well-known among them are Liu Jiaonan and Li Junhao.
Before setting off on this trip, Li Junhao was actually still nervous.
Although due to his rebellious mentality and various stimulations from Su Bai, he has gained enough confidence in the men's 4x400m relay event and is not afraid of strong opponents.
However, since joining the national team last year, Li Junhao has only competed in the men's 400m event at the Asian Six Nations Athletics Joint Competition during the winter training period. Although his performance improved in that competition, it was still not ideal.
He also knew the reasons for his unsatisfactory performance - in the 4x400m race, he dared to fight and compete, not wanting to let down the efforts of other teammates and unwilling to lose to other teams.
But... when it was his turn for his own event, he couldn't help but think of the past. Although he tried his best to control his thoughts, it did affect his actual performance.
He had indeed come out of the shadow of his inner fragility to a certain extent, but he also knew that he had not completely come out of it.
Li Junhao certainly knew that his bad mentality at the time was inappropriate, but psychological problems are not something that can be completely controlled even if the person involved knows that he has a problem.
Li Junhao knew that his condition was actually quite good, he was just a little nervous and anxious.
As a result, on the night before departure, he couldn't help but went for another night run. He didn't know what happened... he ran downstairs of the coach's dormitory again, and then saw Su Bai sitting on a bench under the street light reading a book with a smile on his face, and successfully received the sarcasm value in Su Bai's smile.
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Although others said that it was Su Bai's coaching care, Li Junhao just felt that Su Bai was too cunning and had too many tricks to use.
At that time, Su Bai looked at him with a smile: "Nervous? Scared?"
Li Junhao's face immediately changed: "Who is so nervous? Who are you saying is afraid?"
Su Bai still had a gentle smile on his face: "Well, good, you are not nervous, and you are not afraid."
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Li Junhao: What should I do if I feel even more mocked?
Anyway, that night, Li Junhao, who was a little nervous at first, was so angry after a few words with Su Bai that he stopped running at night and ran back to his own dormitory. Guo Dun, who lived in the same dormitory with him, even provoked him.
"Hey, Ah Hao, I saw you coming back from the direction of the coach's dormitory just now?" Guo Dun had an 'I knew it' expression on his face and smiled, "You are leaving for Hengelo tomorrow. Are you nervous? Did you go to find Coach Su to comfort you?"
"Come to think of it, Cui Luoheng was often like this before, but every time he said he was nervous, he ended up doing well in the competition. With Coach Su's comfort, you will definitely be in good shape!"
Li Junhao: ...=皿=+! Who went to Su Bai, that vixen and trickster, to seek comfort? !
Li Junhao was very unhappy. He pursed his lips and said, "I didn't go to find Su Bai on purpose. I just went for a night run and happened to meet him! Who knows why that guy was sitting downstairs of the coach's dormitory so late at night? I didn't go to the dormitory to look for him!"
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Guo Dun glanced at Li Junhao, whose face was flushed red, and smiled, "Okay, okay, you didn't go to find Coach Su on purpose. You just didn't want to go running in the direction of the playground at night, nor did you want to run in circles around the athletes' dormitory, so you just happened to run in the direction of the coaches' dormitory... I don't know why Coach Su is not afraid of mosquitoes or the heat at night, and doesn't stay in the air-conditioned room, but has to sit on the bench downstairs of the coaches' dormitory and attract mosquitoes?"
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Li Junhao felt that this statement was incomprehensible and he was very angry. In short, Su Bai was a cunning guy and must have calculated that he was nervous, so he sat downstairs of the dormitory building waiting for him to fall into his trap!
How could there be such a cunning guy?
He even deceived everyone into thinking he was an innocent little white rabbit!
She's obviously a big-tailed vixen!
What's wrong with him?
Isn't he just a little nervous?
This big-tailed vixen is just trying to trick him! And mocked him!
Damn it, he can’t stand being looked down upon by this big-tailed vixen. Just wait! Isn’t it just a sub-race of a challenge competition? What's there to be nervous about? He could hold his own against his opponents in the Asian Games, Asian Championships and the World Athletics Relays. He didn't believe that he would be so scared that he couldn't run just in the World Athletics Challenge!
In short, because of the night run the night before departure, Li Junhao was full of anger again. He felt that Su Bai was not a good person and had deceived everyone into thinking that he was the best.
With this thought in mind, Li Junhao's heart was filled with all kinds of angry and humiliating emotions. He felt that he must not get too nervous during the game and perform too badly to be looked down upon by Su Bai.
Domestic, national track and field team
After Li Junhao and others set off, Wang Ting was a little absent-minded the whole day. After all, Li Junhao was a disciple he brought up personally, and he knew very well how big the problems with Li Junhao's performance and mentality were. And just like all track and field fans were worried about, Wang Ting was actually still worried in his heart - is Li Junhao really completely free of problems in the 400-meter event now?
Looking back, Li Junhao did not have much problem in the 400-meter individual training, but Wang Ting could also notice that in the individual training, Li Junhao's condition was slightly worse than that in the 4x400-meter relay training. His usual strength training was okay, but when it came to running the 400-meter event, Li Junhao lacked the explosive power, which made people feel that he was different from when he was running the relay.
As the coach in charge of the men's 400m event, Wang Ting was worried about Li Junhao and observed him a lot. Of course, he knew about Li Junhao's problem, but he was still hesitant in dealing with this subtle psychological issue. He remembered that he had not been able to control Li Junhao's condition and almost caused his disciple to completely collapse mentally.
Later, during routine training, Su Bai noticed his nervousness and anxiety, comforted him and said he would solve the problem. However, Wang Ting looked around and did not see Su Bai meet with Li Junhao alone, so he was still a little anxious until Li Junhao left.
It was not until after a day's training that Guo Dun told him what happened the night before, and Wang Ting learned that Su Bai had indeed met Li Junhao alone.
"That guy Ah Hao kept telling me that Coach Su was cunning and not a human being." Guo Dun shook his head with amusement: "I saw that he was very angry, but he gritted his teeth and said that he would never let Coach Su look down on him."
After hearing what Guo Dun said, Wang Ting finally breathed a sigh of relief - Su Bai was turning Li Junhao's excessive nervousness about the game into anger and stubbornness towards him. Whenever Li Junhao wanted to get back at Su Bai, he would fight hard in the game and then forget his original nervousness about the game.
"This silly boy..." Wang Ting couldn't help laughing. "He usually looks quite smart, but Coach Su used a trick to trick him from the 4x400m relay to the 400m individual event... He'll probably be furious again after he finishes the competition."
Guo Dun laughed when he heard this: "I think Ah Hao really likes Coach Su. Coach Su actually dug such a shallow pit, but Ah Hao couldn't wait to jump in. After jumping, he sprinkled some soil on himself to bury himself tightly. At the end, he even muttered about who dug such a deep pit to bury him..."
Guo Dun's analogy made Wang Ting laugh and cry. Before he could say anything else, he turned around and saw Cui Luoheng looking at them warily, as if they were talking about something terrible.
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Wang Ting was stunned for a moment, wondering what Cui Luoheng had heard and why his expression was so alert.
Walking to the edge of the training ground under the gaze of Wang Ting and Guo Dun, Cui Luoheng's mind was still echoing with Guo Dun's words - [I think Ah Hao really likes Coach Su... Ah Hao really likes Coach Su... Ah Hao likes Coach Su...]
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Li Junhao also likes Xiaobai? !
Is it because of Xiaobai that I gained the confidence to compete well? !
Thinking of this, Cui Luoheng frowned, turned his head and was about to look in the direction of Su Bai, but he saw Wang Shen and Qiu Wen were beside Su Bai, and even Zhang Ziyi was talking around Su Bai.
Cui Luoheng recalled some novels he had occasionally searched on the Internet during his spare time from training recently, and he felt deeply that he was actually a passerby in a popular novel with Su Bai as the protagonist...
So, how can a passerby become the lover of the popular protagonist?
The only way is to work harder!
In this Diamond League, he only ran 13.23 seconds, completely losing to the other two players.
If he can't become stronger and better, what qualifications does he have for Su Bai to like him?
With this thought in mind, Cui Luoheng took a deep breath and had greater expectations and ambitions for the World Athletics Challenge Finland Station that he was about to participate in.
Of course, Su Bai had no idea what Cui Luoheng was thinking at the moment. He was originally chatting with Wang Shen, Qiu Wen, and Zhang Ziyi about some training and matters to note for the upcoming challenge, when he suddenly heard a system prompt in his mind - this was the prompt sound of drastic data fluctuations.
After urgently calling up the data panel, Su Bai discovered that the player whose mentality fluctuated drastically on the panel was Cui Luoheng, and after the score fluctuated drastically, Cui Luoheng's competitive state score increased by a few points.
This time, the mental fluctuation appeared without any warning, which made Su Bai very confused for a while. After glancing back at Cui Luoheng's condition, Su Bai withdrew his idea of exploration with a hint of doubt.
Two days later, Hengelo, Netherlands, 4 p.m.
After more than a day of rest and adjustment, the World Athletics Challenge in the Netherlands officially started at 4 pm local time on June 9th.
Before the start of the challenge tournament, there were several warm-up matches with Dutch youth players as usual. The players in the main tournament had already completed their warm-up preparations for the competition in the warm-up area behind the stadium.
Li Junhao's personality is not very likable. He is too lazy to talk to people during warm-up. And because he is from the national team's 400m event, the athletes of other events will inevitably look at him as a "gossip center."
When chatting, these athletes would also say with emotion: Coach Su Baisu is really amazing. He has driven the improvement of the entire 400-meter event.
Li Junhao couldn't complain to these people that Su Bai was a big-tailed vixen, so he could only shut up.
Although he kept his mouth shut, it was certainly impossible for Li Junhao to be completely unprepared and uninformed about this competition. Before he came, Su Bai had already sent him a list of contestants, their scores, technical analysis, etc., so that he could know himself and his opponent.
After receiving the complete set of information from Su Bai, Li Junhao remembered that Su Bai had a lot of 400-meter event performance data in his mind. Then his mind quickly diverged, and he thought that Su Bai must be familiar with his various past competition data... including those performance data of 48 seconds...
Whenever he thought of this, Li Junhao's brows were tightly knitted, and he warned himself in his heart - he must not lose this game, otherwise Su Bai would keep this embarrassing data in his mind for who knows how long!
In this challenge, in the men's 400m event, after registration and screening, there were a total of 8 athletes who finally participated in the official competition. In addition to Li Junhao, there were two athletes from the United States, two athletes from the Netherlands, a Botswana athlete, an Italian athlete and a Spanish athlete.
The overall level of this group of athletes in the 400m event is far higher than that of domestic Chinese athletes. Among these athletes, the worst individual PB is 45.88 seconds. Looking at the individual results alone, Li Junhao's PB is definitely the lowest among all.
Among these athletes, the one with the best result was the one from Botswana. His individual 400m result once broke the 44-second mark. His PB of 43.98 was two seconds higher than Li Junhao's 45.98.
However, this Botswana athlete has only broken the 44-second mark once, and that result was achieved three years ago. In the past two years, his form has not been good, and he has not even run under 45 seconds many times.
In addition to Walcott from Botswana, there is another player among the other players, and Su Bai told him to remain calm after sending the list to him - Iverson from the United States.
This Iverson was one of the American players who was invited to the national team to have a "friendly practice match" with the national team members when Su Bai just took over the national team.
Previously, Zhang Ziyi defeated Iverson at the indoor tour's Torun, Poland station, and this time, Li Junhao faced off head-on against the American player who had once crushed them to the point where they couldn't raise their heads in the outdoor competition.
At this time, on the warm-up field, after Iverson finished warming up, he also noticed a hot gaze that seemed to be full of hostility. After he turned around and saw Li Junhao, he realized that this was another player from China, and he looked somewhat familiar.
Previously, Iverson still vividly remembered being surpassed by Zhang Ziyi at the indoor tournament in Torun, Poland. Although it was just an indoor tournament, Iverson still felt very embarrassed.
After that indoor tour, Iverson also paid extra attention to some news about China's 400-meter sprint event. Then he learned that China's men's 400-meter sprint national record changed from 45.25 to 45.24, and then to 44.96.
The one who brought about this level of improvement was the Chinese player who defeated him in the indoor championship.
After knowing this, Iverson felt much better - when his opponents ridiculed him for losing to a Chinese 400m runner, he could say that that was the holder of China's 400m indoor and outdoor records!
Although losing to China's top 400m runner was still a bit bad, it was not unacceptable to Iverson.
After all, he was an athlete who could run under 45 seconds. Although this was not a big deal internationally, Zhang Ziyi's result of 44.96 seconds was enough to rank among the top 50 in the world in the 400-meter sprint event.
But Zhang Ziyi is Zhang Ziyi, and Iverson doesn't think any Chinese player can beat him.
While Li Junhao was watching Iverson, Iverson vaguely remembered: this Chinese athlete should be one of the Chinese 400m national team athletes who had been crushed by him before.
For the Chinese team, having a Zhang Ziyi is already a great thing. Can any player of the Chinese team defeat him?
This is such a ridiculous joke!
Iverson didn't care about Li Junhao's gaze. Instead, he gave him a provocative smile, which successfully angered Li Junhao.
Domestic, 11pm, Sports Channel Live
After introducing the previous men's 200m race, Shao Minyi and Li Sen began to introduce the upcoming men's 400m race. Having done extensive homework, the two certainly would not forget Allen Iverson, a former member of the US team.
After introducing the American team's Iverson as another player in the same game, the audience on the Internet who still remembered this person jumped up - what the hell, to be honest, today's game is the duel between the Chinese players and Iverson in the 400-meter outdoor arena!
Thinking of this, viewers on the Internet quickly contacted their relatives and friends on their mobile phones and spread the news.
【quick! ! Turning on the sports channel, Li Junhao is about to participate in a competition. Not only is it his first 400-meter individual competition this year, but his opponent will also be the American Iverson who came to bully the national team! ! ! 】
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