The Diamond League is a top track and field series launched by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The entire Diamond League covers all track and field events. According to the requirements of the International Association of Athletics Federations, only the top 20 athletes in each event of the year are eligible to participate in the Diamond League.
The various races of the Diamond League are the same as the Grand Prix races of the IAAF, and the events of each race are different. For example, in the Qatar race, there are no 100m, 200m and 1500m events in track and field, and the 3000m race is only for women. In the high jump event, there is only a men's competition this time.
China's national track and field team is eligible to participate in the Diamond League, and the only athletes planning to participate this time are Zhang Ziyi, Cui Luoheng and Wang Shen, so the three of them traveled light and headed straight to Qatar carrying their luggage.
The annual Diamond League Qatar race is the first stop of the Diamond League. As this stage is still at the beginning of the season, many athletes have not yet regained their competitive form, so there have not been any amazing results in Qatar. Although this has made the organizers of Qatar feel a little regretful, the climate in Qatar is indeed too hot in summer. Only at the beginning of the season in March and April is Qatar more suitable for hosting outdoor track and field events.
Unlike the previous competitions where participants stayed directly in the athletes' village, in this Diamond League, after Zhang Ziyi and his party arrived in Qatar, they were received by the organizers and went directly to the hotel where the contestants were staying. The hotel looked very luxurious from the outside, which shows that the hospitality standards of the Diamond League are still very high.
Zhang Ziyi, Cui Luoheng and Wang Shen arrived in Qatar to participate in the competition. This is the first time for all three of them to participate in this series known as the top track and field league. However, in the past two years, both Zhang Ziyi and Cui Luoheng have been trained. Although they are seriously prepared to deal with this "top" event, they are not afraid of the confrontation in this event.
Especially Cui Luoheng, who just won the silver medal in last year's World Championships and has now gone through a winter training cycle. With his strength, it is not that Cui Luoheng is afraid of other players in the 110-meter hurdles event this time, but other players need to worry about whether they can be faster than Cui Luoheng on the 110-meter hurdles track.
Wang Shen came to participate in the competition this time with the intention of regaining the feeling of competition after a winter training period. However, for the people of Qatar, in several competitions last year, there was already a feeling of "rivalry" between Wang Shen and Qatar's famous high jumper Abdallah.
Especially in the final of the World Championships last year - Abdullah and Wang Shen both won the world's best results in the 2019 season, and Abdullah won the championship with just a slight advantage.
Although some people always say that no matter what the process is, winning the championship is the best proof of achievement, but more viewers understand that Abdullah's performance in the World Championships had a certain element of luck.
Therefore, Wang Shen's participation this time has also become an important publicity point for the organizers of the Diamond League Qatar Station - the nemesis of Qatari star Abdullah came to participate in the competition. In this Diamond League, who will win between Abdullah and China's Wang Shen? Who is the real high jump king?
It's true that Qatari audiences are very fond of this promotional strategy. According to a small local survey in Qatar, 80% of Diamond League ticket buyers are looking forward to this high jump competition and hope to see the outstanding performances of these two athletes again in the Doha Stadium.
However, Wang Shen himself did not care too much about this local publicity strategy in Qatar after learning about it.
Today's Diamond League Qatar race is actually not the first time he and Abdullah have met this season. Their first stop this year was the indoor championship held in City N in March.
On that occasion, perhaps the home atmosphere of the Chinese audience was too strong, so Abdullah was not very adaptable to that kind of competition environment and did not perform very well. In the end, Wang Shen won the championship with a score of 2.33 meters.
There was quite a bit of interaction in this Qatar Diamond League race.
However, the reason why Wang Shen doesn't care is because he knows more clearly that there will definitely be many opportunities for him and Abdullah to meet in the 2020 season.
Just like the Diamond League... both he and Abdullah will definitely sprint for the Diamond League's year-end finals. In addition to the Diamond League, this year's Tokyo Olympics is a battle that both of them must fight for.
'A showdown between old enemies'?
If we say that every encounter between the two is a rivalry, then there is no telling how many such "rivalries" there will be this year.
Zhang Ziyi was originally a little worried about Wang Shen's attitude towards the enthusiastic Qatari audience, but after seeing Wang Shen's relaxed attitude, he smiled and waved goodbye to him and returned to his room - the organizers of the Diamond League this time were very generous, and each contestant had a separate room so that they could have the best rest.
When Zhang Ziyi took a photo of the hotel room and sent it back to their 400-meter sprint teammates group.
Qiu Wen: [qaq……! Wow, Lao Zhang, yours is so luxurious. We’ve been there so many times before, and all we saw were the athletes’ village dormitories! Damn it! Is this how Diamond League players are treated? 】
Wu Tian: [=0=Wow, Captain Zhang’s room looks so great, and the view from the window is also great. Is the scenery in Qatar so beautiful? I want to go play too...】
Guo Dun: [^^The room is nice, Lao Zhang, go to bed early and have good luck in the competition! 】
Zhang Ziyi arrived in Qatar not too late. It was just after the national team had finished training and dinner. Everyone was playing with their mobile phones, but after seeing Zhang Ziyi's message, they all came out.
Not long after Qiu Wen finished wailing, as a surfing expert, he quickly flipped through the photos of the athletes' dormitory where he lived during his previous visits to Doha, and posted them on Weibo with a melancholy face.
Qiu Wen from the National Track and Field Team: [qaq... Damn, Lao Zhang just arrived in Doha and sent hotel photos to show off. The national team went to Doha several times before and stayed directly in the athletes' village. This time, Lao Zhang stayed in a single room in a high-end luxury hotel... Is this the treatment of Diamond League players... Envy, jealousy and hatred.gif]
As Qiu Wen, who ranks first in the number of fans in the national team, naturally attracted a group of people to his Weibo post. After a group of people in the front row grabbed the sofas, some people started laughing immediately.
1l: [Sofa! ! 】
6l: [Xiao Qiu, are you bored again today? Did you complete today's training well? Be careful or your grandpa will break your legs! =w=】
33l: [Pfft, I just looked at the picture before replying, and in the blink of an eye so many people have replied? But Xiao Qiu has reason to be depressed. Although the rooms in the athletes' village are not bad, Zhang Shuai's hotel suite is really luxurious... and the view outside the window is also great! 】
41l: 【_(:3)∠】_Although, it is reasonable to speculate that Zhang Shuai’s original purpose was not to show off, right? Xiao Qiu, please don't slander Zhang Shuai
=w=…Since you are so envious, then work hard this year. If you can make it into the top 20 of the year and qualify for the Diamond League, you can also enjoy this accommodation treatment next year! 】
66l: [Tsk, just interrupting. I've seen the room types and interior pictures of this hotel. Not only does it look gorgeous, but the room prices are also gorgeous...]
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None of the netizens who responded happily tried to comfort Qiu Wen seriously. Everyone was either laughing, or cheering for Zhang Shuai to win the Diamond League, and some told Qiu Wen not to be envious, jealous, and to work harder - someone even asked Qiu Wen if he had donated money to Zhang Shuai today.
In short, the reactions of the bystanders were very tricky and funny, and also made Qiu Wen depressed and closed his Weibo.
Having said that, Qiu Wen's Weibo post not only attracted a large number of people who laughed and watched the show, but also attracted a lot of sports media, whose reposts were much more serious.
——【Zhang Ziyi, Wang Shen and Cui Luoheng have successfully arrived in Doha, Qatar and checked into the hotel. They will participate in the first race of this year’s Diamond League on April 17th, two days later. We hope that the three players can perform well in this competition, achieve ideal results, and also have a beautiful start for this year’s outdoor season! 】
After all, Zhang Ziyi, Wang Shen and Cui Luoheng represent the three current top athletes in the country in the men's 400m sprint, 110m hurdles and men's high jump respectively, and in this Olympic year, everyone naturally expects them to maintain the same outstanding results as last year.
As many people were looking forward to it, the Diamond League on April 17th arrived as scheduled. On this day's schedule, the competition started at 7 pm.
Among the three competitions, the first to start was Cui Luoheng's 110-meter hurdles final.
Among the 9 contestants, there is a wildcard player selected by the organizers of Doha, Qatar. Cui Luoheng's other 7 opponents are all strong players in the world's 110-meter hurdles. Two of them are Cui Luoheng's opponents in the World Championships final - they are France's Lepvorst and Bahrain's Kostaman.
However, even though the opponents in front of him were all very strong, Cui Luoheng did not show any worry on his face. He looked very calm, from the moment he came on stage to adjusting the starting blocks in preparation for the competition, his calm demeanor did not make people feel that he was panicking at all.
In the live broadcast room of the domestic sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were looking at Cui Luoheng at this moment, and they both felt that compared to him last year, Cui Luoheng now seemed to have some new changes.
"Compared to Cui Luoheng last year, he seems more determined to win the race today..." Shao Min looked at Cui Luoheng squatting on the starting blocks waiting for the start signal, with a bit of emotion on his face: "Speaking of which, Lao Li, do you still remember? Cui Luoheng was in a slump for a while because of his psychological endurance problems..."
Compared to the young man squatting on the starting blocks with a calm gaze and a confident attitude, Cui Luoheng has already grown in great strides without anyone noticing!
Li Sen nodded in agreement with Shao Minyi: "Yes, Cui Luoheng now... I want to say that just by squatting on the starting blocks, he gives people a strong sense of confidence - he can win this game."
This game seemed to confirm what Shao Minyi and Li Sen said. From the beginning of the game, Cui Luoheng was in the lead all the way. It even made people feel that his momentum was enough to prevent other players around him from overtaking!
When Cui Luoheng crossed the finish line with an absolutely overwhelming advantage, he raised his right hand high and put up an index finger - this was a brief moment of celebration for the winner.
After the results of the 110-meter hurdles race were finally announced, Cui Luoheng's result also appeared first in the final ranking.
13.13 seconds, this is Cui Luoheng's final result in this game - it is also the current world best result in the 110-meter hurdles at the beginning of the 2020 season!
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