"Dear viewers, the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries are about to begin. In this 110-meter hurdles competition, two Chinese athletes have qualified for the World Championships for the first time in a long time. They are Lu Mengfan and Cui Luoheng who are about to take the stage to compete."
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, as the race progressed to the preliminaries of the 110-meter hurdles, Shao Minyi and Li Sen began to introduce Lu Mengfan and Cui Luoheng.
"Lu Mengfan is a famous athlete in China's 110-meter hurdles. Before Cui Luoheng's rise, the banner of China's 110-meter hurdles has always been on Lu Mengfan's shoulders in the past two years. Although compared with Cui Luoheng, Xiao Lu is already a veteran, but in fact, Lu Mengfan is only 25 years old this year, which is the prime age for hurdlers. We can also expect Xiao Lu to make a big leap in performance during this period."
"According to coach Lv Shengbin, Xiaolu's current training plan has also been adjusted. If all goes well, Xiaolu's performance will also enter a period of explosive growth in the next year. I hope Xiaolu can do as coach Lv said and have a good improvement in the next year."
After Shao Minyi and Li Sen introduced Meng Fan and his current situation, they looked at Cui Luoheng who was following the staff's instructions on the track and turned the topic to Cui Luoheng.
"Oh, Xiao Cui is in the first group of the preliminaries in today's competition." Shao Minyi said, and at the same time took a look at the relevant information of the first group of preliminaries players at hand: "This time, the first group of preliminaries is relatively the strongest group in the preliminaries. In addition to our Cui Luoheng, the other 6 players are from the United States, Jamaica, Cyprus, South Africa, Italy and Bahrain. There is also a player who is participating in the competition in his own name. This player who is participating in the competition in his own name should be very familiar to 110-meter hurdles fans. He is from Russia, and he is known as the contemporary ruler of the 110-meter hurdles, Vladimir."
"Some viewers may not know Vladimir very well. He was the only athlete who ran under 13 seconds in the 110m hurdles in the 2018 outdoor season. All the results under 13 seconds in the 110m hurdles last year were created by Vladimir alone. Eight of the top ten results in the world in the 110m hurdles last year were from him."
At this point, Li Sen couldn't help but exclaim in admiration: "Based on this result, I think no one would object to saying that Vladimir is the ruler of the contemporary 110-meter hurdles."
At the same time, in the live broadcast room of the sports channel, some passers-by who had not paid much attention to the 110-meter hurdles event in the past were also shocked by this result.
[What the hell, what does that mean?] Last year, 8 of the top 10 results in the world in the 110m hurdles were from this guy? 】
[=口= Where did this god come from? With such an amazing result, it seems like there will be no suspense in this World Championships...]
[Eh, but coming to think of it, why did he participate in the competition as an individual? Oh, by the way, I didn’t seem to see the Russian team when watching the games these days? ? ? 】
[It’s not just these few days, right?] There was no Russian team in the previous World Athletics Relay Championships! What's going on? 】
As everyone was chatting on the public screen, they discovered this blind spot - for some reason, the track and field athletes of the Russian team seemed to have disappeared.
【……_(:3)∠】_You just discovered it? 】
Finally, someone spoke up and complained, and then someone immediately asked what was going on - after all, Shao Minyi and Li Sen on TV didn't mention this, as if they assumed that everyone already knew what was going on.
The track and field fans in the barrage did not keep the question in suspense, and someone soon gave the answer.
[It was like this in 2015. Ahem. Because there were a large number of cases of Russian athletes using doping, they were deprived of their membership of the IAAF in 2015. Since then, Russian track and field athletes who want to participate in events organized by the IAAF can only do so in their personal capacity...]
【_(:3)∠】_Not only that...it seems that the Russians haven't paid the fine imposed on them by the IAAF. If they don't pay the fine, Russian athletes may not even be able to obtain authorization to participate in competitions in their own name. At that time, Russian athletes will really disappear. 】
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Passersby who heard about this for the first time were so shocked that they almost fell back in shock: How could such a thing exist?
【=。 =In fact, it’s not just track and field competitions, aren’t there winter sports as well? During the previous Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Russian athletes also participated as neutral athletes, right? 】
In fact, there have been many reports on Russia's doping incident in China before. After someone said this on the public screen, passers-by also remembered this incident one after another. Combined with Vladimir's achievements, some bad associations are inevitable.
[Ahem...then this big boss Vladimir, wouldn't it be the same? ……】
But someone immediately fought back on this association.
[No, think about it, the Russian athletes are now the key targets of the IAAF. The staff of WADA (doping control) can't wait to catch them anytime and anywhere. Not to mention the inspection items in major competitions, do you believe that Vladimir is the 110-meter hurdler who has undergone the most inspections? 】
[Yes, that's right. I remember that Vladimir once complained on Twitter that it was his third flight check that month. He suggested that Wada directly send a bodyguard to follow him so that he could be checked at any time 24 hours a day. 】
【? Phew, is it okay to check 24 hours a day? 】
[Anyway, that's roughly what I mean. You can tell by the intensity of Wada's inspections on him. All of Vladimir's urine and blood tests in recent years have been very clean. This guy is a completely awesome guy and is truly worth looking up to. 】
While everyone was talking about Vladimir and a series of doping-related incidents in Russia on the public screen of the live broadcast room, the players in the first group of preliminaries were all in place.
After passers-by on the barrage learned about Vladimir's deeds, they couldn't help but feel awe when looking at the list of players in the first group of the preliminaries.
[So one spot in this group of preliminaries has already been reserved, and the remaining spots are... 3? 】
"In addition to Vladimir, Jamaica's Tanui is also in this group. He is also one of the favorites to win the 110-meter hurdles. In addition, the American team's Jagger is also fully capable of competing for the top three..."
After introducing all the players in the first group of the preliminaries, Shao Minyi was a little surprised: "According to the previous grouping habits, in the preliminaries, usually not all the hot players are put in the same group. Even if there is a computer random grouping, the organizer will also make some manual intervention in the final grouping of the players. I didn't expect that the organizers of Doha would put several hot medal candidates in the first group of the preliminaries at the same time... This is really an unexpected practice."
Li Sen also found the organizer's approach quite magical, but he soon thought that the preliminaries were actually not a big deal: "In fact, this approach is likely to allow the first group of preliminaries to perform more strongly in the competition. Moreover, theoretically, in addition to the top four players in each preliminaries group advancing directly, the top four players in the remaining groups will also be selected to advance as substitutes. In other words, if the players in the first group of preliminaries are really strong enough and their performance is good enough..."
After hearing what Li Sen said, Shao Min was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "That being said, it's not impossible... If all the players in the first group of preliminaries really perform extremely well, it's not impossible for all the players in the first group to advance in the end."
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were chatting happily. In the audience seats of Doha Stadium, Su Bai, Jiang Wentao, Pei Jinan and others were also discussing the grouping method of the organizer this time.
"With this kind of grouping, the organizer is really bold." After seeing the grouping before, Pei Jinan couldn't help but complain about the way the grouping was arranged.
According to this grouping, the players in the first group of preliminaries must not take it too easy in today's preliminaries.
"But don't mention it. It's hard to attract the audience's attention in the preliminaries. But look, Old Pei, today's audience is obviously interested in this preliminaries match that is comparable to the finals."
Jiang Wentao looked at the problem more realistically: "And you see, actually for these players, there is not a particularly big impact or loss."
As for competition, to be honest, you may encounter all kinds of grouping situations, and all kinds of competition situations must be dealt with seriously by the players.
Although the Doha organizers did not adjust the grouping according to the traditional default convention this time, to be honest, there is nothing wrong with their approach.
Su Bai did not join the conversation between the two. He just saw Cui Luoheng, who had already entered the field, adjusting his starting blocks and then turning his gaze towards the audience seats.
Although the distance was quite far, Cui Luoheng still felt that just now, when he looked at Su Bai, Su Bai also noticed his gaze.
This realization reminded Cui Luoheng of what Su Bai had said to him when they had a private conversation in the morning - "Don't be nervous, I'll be watching you in the audience. 】
For a moment, Cui Luoheng felt his heart pounding wildly. He looked at the direction of the audience seriously, then raised his hand and waved in the direction of Su Bai. Then he patted his face with both hands and turned his attention from Su Bai in the audience back to the field!
The game was about to begin, and Su Bai was watching him intently in the audience!
This thought made his blood boil - he was standing on the track where he had been fighting for, and while he was running at full speed on the track, the person he loved was looking at him intently in the audience.
Looking at the track in front of him, Cui Luoheng blinked, and then tried hard to recall the breathing rhythm that Su Bai taught him.
Inhale, exhale, exhale, inhale...
As his breathing rhythm changed, his attention was focused again, and his brain, which had been a little heated, gradually calmed down.
Su Bai was looking at him, which of course made him happy and excited. But precisely because Su Bai was looking at him, he couldn't let anyone down...!
When Cui Luoheng opened his eyes again, his attention had all shifted to the track in front of him. On this 110-meter-long track, there were 10 hurdles waiting for him to climb over and break through.
It was just the preliminary round, and Cui Luoheng was 100% sure that he was fully capable of qualifying in this game.
However, now he wants to get this qualification in a more beautiful way!
Cui Luoheng is on the seventh track. On his left, in lane six is the Russian star Vladimir, in lane five is the Jamaican player Tanui, and in lane four is Jagger of the American team.
It can be said that this group not only brings together a group of medal favorites, but the lanes of these favorites are also closely adjacent to each other, as if they can't wait to announce it to the world, so that everyone can see - look, the players in the fourth to sixth lanes of this group are the favorites to win this competition!
Jagger of the American team was a player full of provocative desire. When the camera turned to him, Jagger raised his index finger to the sky without caring that Fledimir and Tanui were present.
——【The champion of this group is mine! 】
Jagger raised his right index finger to the sky and pointed his left thumb toward his chest.
Of course, if this game was more than just a preliminary round, this provocation might have been even more powerful.
[Wow, this Jagger is so good at dancing!] In a game where Vladimir is present, he dares to say that he is number one? 】
[This guy has always been so arrogant, but he has the capital to be arrogant. Last year, 8 of the top 10 results in the world were Vladimir's, and the other two were his. Tanui's PB is better than his, but last year's season best result was better than Tanui. 】
[Here it comes, the camera turns to Vladimir!] 】
At the scene, the camera introducing the athletes turned from Jagger to Tanui, and then to Vladimir. Tanui did not respond to Jagger's provocation just now. Many people were looking forward to whether Vladimir would respond to Jagger's provocative gesture.
Unfortunately, Vladimir seemed to think that Jagger's provocation was childish, so he just nodded in the direction of the camera and then did nothing else.
In the next scene, the camera cut to Cui Luoheng. It can be seen that Cui Luoheng was concentrating. But after noticing the appearance of the camera, when everyone thought that Cui Luoheng would just nod casually, everyone saw Cui Luoheng also raised an index finger.
He didn't raise his hand too high, but just showed the '1' gesture clearly in front of the camera, and then turned his attention back to the track, ignoring the camera and the shock of the audience behind the camera and on the scene.
When Jagger was the first to make a provocative gesture, the audience was amazed. However, they did not see Jagger's provocative response from Tanui and Wladimir. Instead, this contestant from China also made a 'first' gesture?
What is going on?
After seeing Cui Luoheng make this gesture, the audience was shocked and amazed, so much so that when the camera moved to the Italian player in the eighth track, the audience did not withdraw their attention.
"? Cui Luoheng made a provocative gesture?!"
Shao Minyi was obviously also shocked by Cui Luoheng's action: "Oh no, Ah Heng's behavior is actually a bit irrational."
Li Sen had the same idea: "Yes, today is just the preliminaries, there is no need to fight too hard for the first place, as long as we can successfully advance to the semi-finals, there is really no benefit in competing with Jagger for the first place now."
What Li Sen didn't say was: What's more, it may not be possible to snatch it away.
The public screen barrage in the sports channel's online live broadcast room also exploded. Domestic audiences certainly supported Cui Luoheng, but they also believed that it was unnecessary to act too emotionally in the competition, and the important thing was to get good results.
At the scene, in the audience, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan also felt that Cui Luoheng's provocation was a bit irrational. However, Su Bai was very calm and even had a smile on his face.
"I don't think it's a big deal, A'Luo is doing very well."
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Jiang Wentao was stunned for a moment and said, "Hey, Xiaobai, you can't say that just because you coach Cui Luoheng. As a coach, you still have to teach your athletes to play more rationally..."
In response to Jiang Wentao's statement, Su Bai smiled and shook his head: "I really think so." After a pause, he continued: "When the players have a tight schedule or important competitions, we must try to reasonably arrange the players' physical distribution for the competitions, so that the players can compete in the best condition possible. These considerations are all made from the perspective of the players' personal interests in the competition."
"But A Luo is only 21 years old this year. He is very young and has unlimited prospects and opportunities in the future. At such a young age, he can have his own ideas, his own sharpness and his own 'suddenness' and 'flash of inspiration'."
Su Bai's words made Jiang Wentao and the others stunned for a moment, and then they quickly remembered - yes, it is true that Cui Luoheng's grades are very good, but he is indeed still very young, so young that he can even be called a 'teenager', which is the time when his personality is flourishing.
There was really no need for them to put too many mental constraints on him at this time.
Having the determination to strive for the first place is a good thing in itself. Throughout history, many talented athletes have achieved unimaginable results by relying on their "suddenness" and the determination they possess.
Thinking of this, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan also calmed down, while Su Bai was still in the audience, looking seriously in the direction of Cui Luoheng, just as he had said to Cui Luoheng before.
On the track, at the starting line of the 110-meter hurdles, Vladimir, who was standing beside Cui Luoheng, looked at Cui Luoheng with some surprise. However, Cui Luoheng had already completely turned his attention to the track at this time. He didn't think about anything else and didn't notice Vladimir's gaze at all.
After all the contestants in the first group of preliminaries were introduced, the signal for the competition to begin was soon heard over the on-site broadcast.
On the track, the eight athletes followed the starter's instructions, walked around the starting blocks, leaned over, supported themselves with their hands, and squatted on the starting blocks - the first group of preliminaries of the 110-meter hurdles was about to begin!
"Everyone, take your positions."
"preparation."
"Bang!"
As the short and crisp starting gun sounded, eight figures on the starting line quickly shot out at the same time. This preliminary group is worthy of being the strongest among all the preliminary groups. From the moment they reacted to the gun at the start, it can be seen that they are extraordinary!
The average reaction time of the 8 contestants on the track was 0.143 seconds. For example, the average reaction time of Vladimir, Jagger, Tanui and Cui Luoheng was an astonishing 0.131 seconds!
None of the players in this group regarded this match as a simple preliminary round. After all, not only Vladimir was among them, but Tanui was also not to be underestimated. Jagger also issued a provocative declaration to compete for the first place, and even the Chinese player had the same provocative look.
Under such circumstances, the remaining four players naturally felt a sense of crisis and did not dare to lose too much in this game.
They are all players who are fully capable of easily advancing to the semi-finals, and of course they do not want to lose the qualification to advance further in the preliminaries.
"Oh, seven steps to the hurdles! That Chinese player also used seven steps to the hurdles!"
Due to the fierce competition in this game, the commentators on the scene were also very excited. They not only noticed Jagger and his friends, but also noticed Cui Luoheng who issued the provocation together with Jagger.
At first glance, it was discovered that this Chinese athlete did have the capital to make a provocation - from the explosive start to the attack in front of the first hurdle, he almost maintained the same rhythm as Vladimir, except for a slight lag in the first four hurdles. After the sixth hurdle, this Chinese athlete and Vladimir quickly became the first group among the eight athletes!
Oh my God, when did China have another player like this?
Oh, no, China does have such an athlete. Isn’t this Cui the gold medalist in the 110-meter hurdles at the Asian Championships in Doha?
But... that's just the gold medal in the Asian Championships?
The commentator at the scene was crazy about Cui Luoheng's performance, and in the live broadcast room of the domestic sports channel, the audience in front of the TV and computer also quickly became excited because of Cui Luoheng's performance!
Who cares about rationality or irrationality? What competitive sports need is this wolf-like spirit!
What happened to the preliminaries?
What's shameful and irrational about wanting to win first place in the preliminaries?
What many people were thinking at this moment was: No matter what others think, this kind of game looks so exciting! !
On the field, Vladimir certainly didn't run at his best, but he knew in his heart that his speed was definitely not slow. But the Chinese player on his right was still keeping steadily at the same level with him? !
When attacking the last two hurdles, Vladimir subconsciously increased his speed, but this speed still failed to shake off Cui Luoheng who was in the seventh lane!
As for Jagger in the fourth lane…he had originally made arrogant and provocative remarks about taking first place, but now he could only struggle in fourth place, which made him completely unbelievable.
After breaking through the last hurdle at the same time as Vladimir, Cui Luoheng and Vladimir sprinted towards the finish line at the same time. In the last ten meters of the sprint, Cui Luoheng's speed actually increased a little bit. Finally, Vladimir let go.
He slowed down and watched Cui Luoheng on his right cross the finish line first.
"First...!" Shao Min exclaimed in amazement as he looked at Cui Luoheng who crossed the finish line in first place in the picture.
In the sports channel's online live broadcast room, the audience was completely excited.
[Oh my god!] ! ! Ah Heng is awesome! ! ! 】
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