This was not the first time that Cui Luoheng declared himself champion. The last time was just before he left for the World Championships. However, Cui Luoheng's declaration of victory was not taken seriously at the time. It was not until he entered the finals of the World Championships and almost tied with Vladimir in the final that some people recalled it and realized that Cui Luoheng was serious about his declaration of victory.
This time, Cui Luoheng once again set his sights on the championship. At this time, he has already won the World Championships runner-up and the Diamond League Doha race champion. He has just created the current best result in the 110-meter hurdles this year.
Now with such performance and results, when Cui Luoheng speaks again, no one will take the title of champion as a joke anymore.
He really thought so, and he really had the ability to work towards this goal.
Reporters, even those who only cover sports, certainly want to have a blockbuster headline. With Cui Luoheng's answer, a headline like 'The new generation champion of 110-meter hurdles aims at the Tokyo Olympic gold medal' can be easily produced.
Finally, the reporters left in high spirits. Before leaving, they earnestly reminded Cui Luoheng and the other three to take good care of their health and strive to achieve better results in the Olympics.
Although these reporters are only reporting news, most of those who are willing to cover sports are people who value the spirit of competition and do have their own preferences for sports. So in addition to reporting news, they will also pay close attention to the status of the athletes.
After Zhang Ziyi and others waved goodbye to the reporters with a smile, Wang Shen glanced at Cui Luoheng, then closed his mouth and said nothing.
The national team and the athletics management center usually teach athletes not to be too radical or absolute when answering reporters' questions, and to be tactful in what they say and do, because the national team members, to a certain extent, represent the face of the national team and even Chinese athletes.
However, the players who can enter the national team are talented and have their own characteristics in character, such as Qiu Wen and Li Junhao. To be honest, Qiu Wen, this unlucky kid, can cause more trouble than Ah Heng. Ah Heng just announced his goal of becoming the champion of the Tokyo Olympics...
Come to think of it, it’s actually not that bad?
Moreover, Wang Shen had actually noticed the changes in Ah Heng's momentum and mentality from before and after the winter training to now. After thinking about it for a while, Wang Shen quickly figured out the reason why Cui Luoheng was so obsessed with the championship.
Among the three, Wang Shen did not speak. If it were based on Zhang Ziyi's past personality, he might have advised Cui Luoheng to be more cautious when speaking. However, now he is much more confident than before because of his strength. He does not think that with Cui Luoheng's strength, there would be no problem in saying that he aims at the championship.
Because of the outstanding achievement of winning the Diamond League Doha station at the same time, Zhang Ziyi, Cui Luoheng and Wang Shen received a commendation from the team together after returning to China, and also accepted a separate interview from the sports channel. After that, the three of them quickly devoted themselves to other training and competitions in the new season.
Although it is only the beginning of the 2020 season, as it is an Olympic year, the Tokyo Olympics will open on July 23, and the performance assessment period for some track and field events will end on June 30.
All in all, many athletes who have not yet qualified for the Olympics are now exerting their efforts in all aspects. Those who have the opportunity to directly sprint for the assessment and meet the required scores should compete in as many competitions as possible in the next two months and achieve their target scores in the competitions.
For example, Wu Yi, who was mentioned by Shao Minyi and others at the Doha station, is also actively preparing for the competition, hoping to hit the target in one stroke and quickly qualify for the 200-meter sprint at the Tokyo Olympics.
What if you don’t have the opportunity to directly sprint to the assessment and meet the required scores, but your efforts in the project are also good?
If it happens, then you still have to work hard to play the game.
This type of athlete needs to participate in as many competitions of different levels organized by the IAAF or various levels of athletics federations as possible, and then strive for good results and rankings in the competitions, frantically refresh their track and field points, move their IAAF points forward by several rankings, and try their best to get a place in the competition through the IAAF's world ranking of points.
Of course, although there are events like the 100-meter sprint and the 400-meter sprint where only young athletes like Zhang Ziyi and Fang Yu compete, there are also many events where it is not enough to just meet the Olympic qualifications... You also have to participate in various competitions within the event, and fight for an opportunity to truly compete in the Tokyo Olympics among many athletes who have qualified for the same event.
In short, from now until the Olympics officially begins, the athletes will be busy to the point of being dizzy.
Those who have not yet obtained the qualification to participate have their own way of being busy, while those like Zhang Ziyi who have already obtained the qualification have another way of being busy.
The training before the Olympics cannot be neglected, and the ups and downs of your condition must be controlled as much as possible. Occasionally, you may have to adjust the technical details. You must also carefully select the competitions you participate in, such as the Diamond League and Grand Prix, to ensure that you have the inertia and pressure resistance to compete with the world's top athletes on the field.
The athletes alone have so much to do, and the coaches are like spinning tops.
So far, Su Bai has at least Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, Li Junhao, Guo Dun, Zhang Jiale, Chen Yada and Lin Yao who need to be carefully observed. In addition to these, he cannot miss Cui Luoheng's training and competitions, and he also needs to pay attention to Fang Yu and Wang Shen.
The national team is actually a little nervous about the fact that one person is shouldering so many responsibilities. Some people in the team have also mentioned that some of the players do not necessarily need Su Bai, and they might consider letting the original coaching team take charge.
But for people like Fang Yu and Wang Shen, they are still being trained by their original coaching team. What Su Bai is providing now is just a reference plan with some simple adjustments.
After all, there is still a serious shortage of coaching resources in the 400-meter sprint. Currently, the top athletes and young talents can only be monitored by Su Bai himself. Although the coaches he is training are capable of performing daily training tasks, they cannot fully hand over the athletes who will participate in the Tokyo Olympics to them.
As for the current 400-meter sprint event in China, everyone knows that the reason why athletes like Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen are so successful is mainly because they have the support of Su Bai from the national team.
In the past few years, Su Bai has almost single-handedly supported the 400-meter sprint event.
People are also looking forward to the development of China's 400-meter sprint event after Su Bai has trained enough excellent coaches. Of course, this expectation can only be realized step by step after the Olympics.
From April to the end of June, it is only more than two months.
In addition to running his own race, Zhang Ziyi is also working with Qiu Wen and others from the 4x400m sprint relay team to run new games.
For this Tokyo Olympics, Su Bai is considering a new baton passing order combination for the 4x400m sprint. In the past, Zhang Ziyi was always placed in the first baton so that he would not fall too far behind in the initial stage and would not put too much starting pressure on the subsequent players.
However, according to the conventional ranking method, Zhang Ziyi, as the strongest among all the players, should theoretically be placed at the last batter as a strong hitter.
As for Qiu Wen, this silly guy, just as he has shown in the past, he can easily affect the rhythm of other players on the field. If he can play in the ninth lane or the middle lane, it will be very beneficial to the Chinese team. Even if he plays in the second lane, he has a high probability of making the players of other teams feel uncomfortable.
Based on this consideration, Su Bai decisively moved Qiu Wen to the first baton during the winter training. After repeated consideration, Su Bai did not put Zhang Ziyi at the fourth baton, but put him at the third baton. The fourth baton was still held by Li Junhao.
In the second round, Zhang Jiale and Guo Dun competed together.
The main reason for placing Zhang Ziyi in the third leg is to reduce the sprint burden on him - among these runners, he is currently the only one who is sure to participate in the 400-meter sprint event.
During the Olympics, if Zhang Ziyi successfully made it to the 400m final, and the mixed 4x400m and men's 4x400m finals...
7 shots in a short period of time.
There is still a certain gap between the physical fitness and talent of Asians and black athletes. This kind of physical load and pressure is added to the psychological and mental burden during the Olympics.
If the burden of the relay race is completely placed on Zhang Ziyi...
Su Bai almost doubted that Zhang Ziyi's body, which originally had no major problems, would be injured because of this series of reasons.
With this idea in mind, he determined the current relay team lineup, and Zhang Ziyi and others are also trying their best to adapt to this new relay arrangement, while also trying to form a better understanding with Zhang Jiale.
Of course, in addition to the relay race, Qiu Wen and Li Junhao are also making the final sprint in the relay team.
The Olympic qualification deadline is June 30th, and neither Qiu Wen nor Li Junhao has given up hope of a final sprint.
On May 10, Qiu Wen and Li Junhao set off for Tokyo to participate in the Athletics Continental Tour held in Tokyo. In this competition, Qiu Wen won the final 400m championship.
In this game, although Qiu Wen still failed to break into the Tokyo Olympic qualifying score of 44.90 seconds, he successfully broke into the 45-second mark for the first time in this competition!
The result of 44.98 seconds made him scream with excitement on the spot, and he successfully became the second player in the country to run 400 meters under 45 seconds!
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