After the national team arrived in Doha, they followed the arrangements of the organizers and went to the Doha Stadium in different time periods for adaptive training over the next three days.
For example, the Chinese team arrived in Doha only three days before the competition. This arrival time was not early. After the team members simply adjusted and adapted, on September 27, the most important international competition of the year finally officially kicked off.
Due to the hot weather in Doha, the events of this World Championships are not scheduled in the morning and evening as in previous years. Instead, all events are scheduled after 4:30 p.m.
When Su Bai arrived at the Doha Stadium with Pei Jinan, Jiang Wentao and others, the huge stadium was already filled with spectators except for some reserved seats.
Doha has been looking forward to hosting the World Championships with great enthusiasm and anticipation. Today, the long-awaited event is finally held. The excitement of the people of Doha can be said to be no less than that of the Chinese people when the Olympics were held in China.
"There are so many people..." Jiang Wentao smiled and took a look at the situation at the scene, then took Su Bai and others to sit in the reserved seats for Chinese players in the audience.
It is now 3:30 in the afternoon. Before the first match starts at 4:30, there is about half an hour left before the opening ceremony of the World Championships. The atmosphere is already very hot.
Jiang Wentao and others were not particularly concerned about the opening ceremony. What they really cared about were the athletes and events that would take place on the first day of the competition.
It is nearly 10 o'clock in the evening in China, but because of the opening of the World Championships, many track and field fans are particularly excited. After all, the Chinese team has a strong lineup this year, and has made qualitative breakthroughs in the most exciting track and field events compared with the past.
In previous years, for example, in the 400-meter sprint event, there was not even a single qualified athlete, so track and field fans could only watch athletes from other countries shine in this top track and field event. But this year is different. Regardless of the result, they can also look forward to the performance of their own country's athletes on the field!
On the first day of the World Championships, the most eye-catching events were naturally the men's 100m qualifying and group preliminaries.
In this World Championships, in the men's 100-meter sprint event, although Fang Yu was the only one who ran into the qualifying line of 10.10 seconds, in fact, the number of athletes who actually qualified by running into the qualifying line was less than the original 48 places. Therefore, there are some remaining places, which will be awarded to the winners of the qualifying rounds through the qualifying rounds.
The contestants in this part of the qualifying round may qualify through world rankings, or their country may have no contestants qualified, so the top-ranked athlete in the country is allowed to nominate contestants to participate in the qualifying round.
Zhao Shu, who is ranked second in the domestic short-distance running, has successfully made it onto the qualifying list in this event with his best historical result of less than 10.12 seconds this season.
The men's 100m qualifying round and the men's long jump qualifying round will also be the first two events to start after the opening ceremony.
Regarding this event, neither Jiang Wentao and others who were sitting at the scene nor domestic netizens were too worried. In the qualifying stage, due to the special composition of the contestants, most of the nominated contestants could not compete with contestants like Zhao Shu who qualified based on their own ranking.
This is indeed the case. After the men's 100m qualifying round started, Zhao Shu easily advanced to the next round by ranking first in the group with a score of 10.32.
This qualifying match, which looked like not even a warm-up, was indeed not very exciting. But for Jiang Wentao and others in the audience, the men's 100m official preliminaries in an hour and a half were the top priority.
Because the Chinese team did not have many events to participate in on the first day of competition, Wang Shen, Ye Wenhao, Cui Luoheng and others were all in the Chinese contestant seat. However, Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen and others did not come with the team to watch the game today.
The men's 400m preliminaries are scheduled for tomorrow. On the eve of this big battle tonight, they will of course stay in the sports village to recuperate and prepare in the best condition for tomorrow's preliminaries.
On-site warm-up waiting area
After finishing the qualifying round and quickly receiving his new grouping list, Zhao Shu returned to the waiting area, replenished his energy briefly, and met Fang Yu.
Although the qualifying round was nothing interesting for the spectators and Zhao Shu seemed to have won easily, he did not feel truly relieved until he returned to the waiting room.
In fact, from the moment the World Championships started, how could these athletes feel relaxed at all?
Zhao Shu used to be ambitious and always wanted to surpass Fang Yu's achievements. However, every time he stood on the international arena, he could deeply feel the responsibility and pressure that Fang Yu carried every moment. That was the pressure of a top player in a domestic project.
In the lounge, Fang Yu smiled and greeted Zhao Shu after seeing him: "Zhao Shu, you ran well just now."
Just as Zhao Shu thought, Fang Yu was also a little tense at the moment, but he was trying to relax himself by constantly clenching his fists.
If, for Zhao Shu, being able to advance to the group preliminaries of the main competition through the qualifying round is enough, then for Fang Yu, just as he told reporters before leaving, his mission in this World Championships is to enter the finals.
Ever since Fang Yu broke the ten-second barrier again, he is no longer just a representative of Chinese sprinters, but also a representative of Asian sprinters.
Asians have always been at the bottom of the food chain in sprint competitions. Just as scientists once proved that the 100-meter limit for yellow people is 10 seconds, there is also a default restricted area for yellow people in the world of athletics sprinting - the final round of top events.
The finals of the men's 100m event at the World Athletics Championships is such a 'forbidden zone'.
In this "forbidden zone", there have always been only black and white people. Up to now, there has never been a pure Asian athlete who can break into this legendary forbidden place on a 100-meter straight track.
Before coming to the World Championships this time, Fang Yu had a long talk with his coach Pei Jinan. After that long talk, the two of them adjusted his goal for this World Championships to entering the men's 100m final!
In the audience, as time passed, Pei Jinan's expression became more and more serious.
The competition on the field now is the women's high jump qualifying competition. The Chinese team has no players participating. Jiang Wentao looked at the field and turned to Pei Jinan and said, "What? Are you worried about Fang Yu?"
Although half of Fang Yu's previous breakthrough in performance was attributed to Su Bai, Pei Jinan was indeed Fang Yu's actual head coach. Currently, he has been studying Su Bai's ideas for formulating plans, and then working with Su Bai to configure a training plan for Fang Yu.
Not only Pei Jinan knew Fang Yu's goal for this competition, but Su Bai and Jiang Wentao also knew it clearly.
In fact, to be honest, Fang Yu's goal for this competition was given by the General Administration of Sports. It was not mandatory. It was just that both Pei Jinan and Fang Yu wanted to seize the current excellent state and sprint towards the so-called "forbidden zone".
Pei Jinan nodded. He now regretted setting such a high goal for Fang Yu before the game, which added a lot of pressure to him.
Jiang Wentao patted Pei Jinan on the shoulder and didn't say much at this moment. He just waited calmly for the 100-meter preliminaries to begin.
Domestic, Track and Field Kingdom Forum
When Zhao Shu obtained the official qualification to participate in the group stage in the qualifying round, the forum of Track and Field Kingdom seemed relatively calm. There were only posts praising Zhao Shu for his steady performance today and hoping that he could bring this steady state into the group stage later.
However, as time drew closer to the official group stage, a large number of posts finally began to appear in the sprint section of the forum, and people began to worry about Fang Yu's qualification for the preliminaries.
[After taking a look at the list of opponents this time, I am a little worried whether Brother Fang can successfully advance to the semi-finals...]
[I don't think there's anything to worry about. I looked at the promotion rules. There are 6 groups in total. The top 3 in each group will advance directly, and the top 6 of the remaining players will advance as substitutes. In fact, according to Fang Yu's results, as long as he can run within 10.20 seconds, he will be in the semifinals. 10.20 seconds is not difficult for Fang Yu...]
[Brothers in front, Fang Yu's goal is to break through to the finals. In this case, the key is to maintain a stable state. Today he must at least run under 10.20 seconds. Tomorrow is the semi-final. According to the results of the previous sessions, he must at least run under 10.10 seconds. If he really wants to make it to the finals, do he have to conserve his energy to improve his ranking? 】
There were a lot of voices coming and going on the forum, but in the final analysis, everyone was nervous. They hoped that Fang Yu could really make it to the finals in this World Championships as he had set... But they were also worried and constantly preparing for various factors that might affect Fang Yu's performance, hoping that online public opinion would not become a part of the pressure on him.
The tense and contradictory atmosphere had already spread before the start of the men's 100m preliminaries on the first day of the World Championships.
At exactly six o'clock local time in Doha, as everyone was feeling anxious and expectant, it was finally announced that the six group preliminaries of the men's 100-meter sprint were about to officially begin!
All the audience responded enthusiastically to the opening of this important preliminary match, causing the excitement index of the entire stadium to soar several points.
Zhao Shu and Fang Yu are in the second and fourth groups of the preliminaries respectively. What they have to do in this preliminaries is to try their best to break through in the preliminaries.
Although he had great expectations of reaching the semi-finals, Zhao Shu knew that his chances of advancing to the semi-finals were slim... In this case, Fang Yu's results had to be guaranteed.
Zhao Shu, who was still in the warm-up waiting area, suddenly remembered when he received a notice from the staff that he was about to go on stage. He quickly walked to Fang Yu and said to him, "The temperature difference between the air conditioning in the venue and the outdoor temperature is very large, so be careful."
This was also the feeling he had in his last qualifying match. The air conditioning circulation system of the Doha Stadium is very powerful, but this air conditioning circulation system does not cover the outdoor warm-up waiting area. When athletes finish warming up outdoors and suddenly enter the venue, the temperature difference between inside and outside is likely to increase the chance of injury on the field.
After hearing this, Fang Yu didn't say anything else, just nodded: "I understand, keep going!"
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, at major competitions such as the World Athletics Championships, the old partners Shao Minyi and Li Sen are naturally still responsible for the commentary of the track and field events.
Since the start of the first match, the two of them have been chatting and discussing the various events on the first day of this World Championships.
What they mainly talked about before was the postponement of the event to the end of September due to the weather conditions in Doha on that day. The two were discussing whether the overall performance level of this World Championships would decline due to the hot climate and the athletes' forced adjustment of the climax of the competition.
Of course, after the men's 100m group preliminaries started, the focus of their conversation shifted to the two Chinese team players Fang Yu and Zhao Shu.
In fact, Zhao Shu's talent in the 100-meter sprint is definitely not bad, as he has been able to remain the second best runner in the domestic men's 100-meter race. However, before he became famous, Fang Yu had already risen in the country. When Zhao Shu's performance improved rapidly, Fang Yu broke the ten-second mark for the first time.
During the time when all of Asia was cheering for Fang Yu, Zhao Shu was once depressed because of the feeling of powerlessness that he could never surpass Fang Yu, but he finally gritted his teeth and persevered. Even though few people in China knew his name except die-hard track and field fans, he still ran on the track one race after another.
Shao Min introduced Zhao Shu very seriously: "Zhao Shu is the only athlete in China besides Fang Yu who can run under 10.20 seconds in the 100m. His current personal best is 10.12 seconds. He has great hope of breaking the 10.10 mark next year."
In the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room, some people were confused that Fang Yu had broken the 10-second mark many times, but besides Fang Yu, Zhao Shu was the only athlete in China who could run under 10.20 seconds?
But veteran track and field fans also know clearly that the reason why China can now have a proud athlete like Fang Yu is not because China's men's 100m program is truly exceptional, but simply because Fang Yu's talent has carried the entire program.
In the barrage, there were also many people cheering for Zhao Shu, but this was more of a consolation than encouragement.
In fact, the second preliminaries group that Zhao Shu was drawn to had a good draw. The upper limit of the level of this group of players was not high, and the strongest sb player was only 9.96 seconds. But the bad thing was that the strength of this group of players was mostly close. The weakest player had a best result of 10.19 this season, and the second to last sb player was Zhao Shu himself.
The audience in the live broadcast room and Shao Minyi and Li Sen from the sports channel were still hoping in their hearts when the second group preliminaries started, hoping that Zhao Shu could have a miracle of bursting out with strength. Unfortunately, everyone could see that Zhao Shu tried his best, but in the end he still only won fifth place in the preliminaries group.
10.26 seconds, this is Zhao Shu's final result in the preliminaries. This result is better than his result in the qualifying round an hour and a half ago, but the ranking of fifth in the group... The only thing Zhao Shu can hope for now is that the players in this preliminaries are too weak, and a result of 10.26 seconds can also rank in the top six among the remaining players.
"From the replay, we can see that Zhao Shu hesitated a little at the start. His reaction time of 0.182 at the start was a bit of a failure in today's competition, which prevented him from achieving the best result."
When the second and third groups of players in the preliminaries were swapping places on the field, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were also discussing Zhao Shu's mistakes in this game. The most obvious one was the starting reaction time of 0.182 seconds. This data was 0.05 seconds behind the fastest player in the same group.
If Zhao Shu had been more focused when hearing the gun in today's competition... not to mention 0.05, just improving the final result from 10.26 to 10.23, the chances of qualifying for the next round would have increased several times.
However, many people can say in the post-match review that only the players themselves can experience the ever-changing situation on the field.
It is easy to say when the value is represented as 0.0x seconds, but the reaction changes between milliseconds are not something that can be done just because you want to.
When Zhao Shu went off the court and passed through the athlete corridor, Fang Yu was already waiting there. Zhao Shu didn't say much when he saw Fang Yu. The two of them just reached out and clapped their hands tacitly when Zhao Shu passed by. Then Zhao Shu didn't look in Fang Yu's direction and continued to go to the lounge.
10.32 and 10.26.
The total time was only 20 seconds. Although there was still a slim hope of advancing as a substitute, Zhao Shu knew that his personal time in this top track and field event in the world had come to an end.
In the audience, Pei Jinan frowned even more tightly after seeing the results of the second group of preliminaries. He turned his head to look at Su Bai beside him, as if he wanted to ask something, but he still didn't ask.
After the second group of competitions, the third group of preliminaries soon began. Then, after just less than 10 minutes of waiting, Fang Yu's fourth group of preliminaries had officially entered the competition arena.
In front of the track, Fang Yu calmly adjusted his starting blocks, then patted his muscles, trying to relax himself as much as possible. Then, his eyes were only looking towards the finish line.
The fourth preliminaries group that Fang Yu was in was a little stronger than the group that Zhao Shu was in. Among the eight players, including himself, four had sb times under ten seconds for the 100 meters. The worst sb time for the remaining four was no more than 10.08 seconds.
In comparison, the preliminary group he was in could be described as a devilish group, and among these opponents, there were two old rivals he was familiar with.
The competition was about to start, and the contestants were not in the mood to greet each other. Most of the contestants were like Fang Yu. After adjusting their condition, they turned their attention to the finish line ahead - even the preliminaries could not be taken lightly, they still hoped to have the opportunity to step into the finals!
When the starter's voice sounded on the radio, Fang Yu's mind flashed the high-five between him and Zhao Shu at an inopportune moment. Then, at the same moment, his attention was focused on the track in front of him - bang, start running!
On the straight track, eight figures rushed to push off the starting blocks, then stomped on the ground with powerful steps to provide themselves with power to accelerate forward quickly.
Pushing, exploding, swinging arms, stepping, the contestants' bodies have already been pulled up and raised, their feet skillfully towering to the ground with strong force, and then their bodies seem to fly forward with the power fed back from the ground...
The 100-meter track is the most impulsive and passionate track, but on this track, Fang Yu's mind is always the clearest. His body is boiling with blood, while his mind clearly controls his body to move forward at its proper frequency and then conserve the necessary physical energy.
Fang Yu clearly understood that he needed to win, and when he was halfway through the race, he had already realized even more clearly in his heart that he would not lose this preliminary round.
Just as Fang Yu thought, in this preliminary round, he finally successfully crossed the finish line with a time of 10.08 seconds, ranking second in the group, and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
Whether it was Pei Jinan and the Chinese team members in the audience, or the domestic Internet audience, after seeing Fang Yu's result, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Successfully advanced to the semi-finals!
In the men's 100m preliminaries that night, just as track and field fans had predicted, the results for the semifinals were as low as 10.23 seconds. Zhao Shu, who ran 10.26 seconds in the preliminaries, missed the semifinals.
After the men's 100m group round, there are still events such as the 400m hurdles and the men's 5000m long-distance race, but there are no Chinese athletes participating in these events, and most of the domestic track and field fans watching the live broadcast went to rest first.
Doha Local
After the competition ended that night, Su Bai and his group returned to the athletes' village together. After returning to the dormitory, Su Bai did not fall asleep for the time being, but instead found the information he had prepared.
The next morning, the national team received the athlete grouping information form pushed by the official Doha World Championships. After taking a look at the information form, Su Bai took the materials he had prepared before and called Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, Li Junhao and others to a conference room.
"Tonight's match is not going to be easy. Let me show you some information about our opponents first."
As he spoke, Su Bai distributed the documents that he had already prepared to several people.
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