Cui Luoheng didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with his time of 13.16 in the preliminaries. At least he looked very relaxed after finishing the preliminaries.
After finishing the run, McReady and McFlurries, who were in the same group with him, looked at Cui Luoheng with suspicion.
As we all know, in terms of physical fitness and explosive power, black athletes are far stronger than yellow and white athletes. However, even so, McReed and others would not choose to compete at Cui Luoheng's speed in the preliminaries.
13.16 seconds, even in the semi-finals, this result is enough to rank in the top three in the overall score. As of the fifth group of the preliminaries, the fastest time was Fabregas' 13.27 seconds.
So, if Cui Luoheng achieves this data in the preliminaries, what kind of results does he want to achieve in the semifinals and finals?
Since last year's World Championships, Cui Luoheng, who almost single-handedly defeated Vladimir, has been remembered by all 110-meter hurdlers.
Not only domestic track and field fans are looking forward to whether Cui Luoheng can win the championship in this Tokyo Olympics, but hurdlers from all over the world are also watching - after more than a decade, will a new king be born in this oriental country?
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were both very relaxed in their first commentary of the night. Even though Cui Luoheng came in first in the preliminaries, they were only slightly excited.
Today's Cui Luoheng has been able to give people a sense of security. At least in the preliminary stage, both the commentators and the audience already have a vague concept in their minds - he can do it.
In the audience, the Chinese team members watched Cui Luoheng's game results and applauded and celebrated. Similarly, just by looking at their attitudes, you can tell that everyone is very relaxed at this time.
Jiang Wentao's eyes were filled with anticipation: "Xiao Cui's strength is incredible. As long as he can maintain this state..."
Jiang Wentao didn't finish the second half of the sentence, but everyone around him understood what Jiang Wentao meant - as long as Cui Luoheng can maintain this result and this state, then he will have a chance to win gold in the final the day after tomorrow!
The hurdles event today is not the same as it was more than a decade ago when many hurdle gods gathered. Back then, in the World Championships, the Olympics, or the Diamond League, how could you win the championship without running under 13 seconds? The possibility is extremely small.
But in recent years, not only in China, but also in the whole world, the hurdles event has been in a talent trough. For three consecutive seasons, the only athlete who has broken the 13-second mark is Vladimir from Russia.
13.16 seconds is indeed a result that is enough to win a medal in the final.
Pei Jinan didn't say anything, he just smiled and nodded. However, when he saw Cui Luoheng seemed to be looking towards the Chinese team's audience seats from a distance, Pei Jinan subconsciously glanced at Su Bai beside him.
Jiang Wentao probably also saw Cui Luoheng looking towards the Chinese team's audience seats, so he smiled and waved in Cui Luoheng's direction. Pei Jinan looked a little strange when he saw this...
Ahem, nothing else. If he guessed correctly, this kid Cui Luoheng should be looking in the direction of Su Bai.
But...
According to Pei Jinan's own observations, Cui Luoheng and Su Bai should not have gotten together yet. Occasionally, when he went to the 400-meter training venue, he often saw Cui Luoheng staring at Su Bai eagerly...
Thinking of this, Pei Jinan also found it a little funny.
When he first discovered that Cui Luoheng liked Su Bai, he thought it had a bad influence and even thought about chatting with Su Bai in private. But now...
Pei Jinan feels that with Xiaobai hanging around, this male always wants to show his strong side in front of the person he likes, so... it looks pretty good now, right?
Su Bai didn't know what Pei Jinan was thinking. He just noticed that Pei Jinan had been looking at him, so he turned his head and gave him a puzzled look: "... Coach Pei?"
Pei Jinan immediately smiled and shook his head: "Ah, it's okay, it's okay, I was thinking about something, and I just happened to look in your direction and lost my mind."
Su Bai:……?
After hearing this, Su Bai nodded hesitantly. He always felt that this superior, who was usually very friendly, seemed to have a somewhat subtle look in his eyes today.
After the six rounds of preliminaries in the 110-meter hurdles, Cui Luoheng ranked first in the total preliminaries with a score far exceeding the second place. Although this is only a preliminary result, it is still gratifying.
On the Track and Field Kingdom forum, someone happily posted a message.
Subject: [Just think of it as me dreaming... I hope Xiao Cui can get first place in the total score of the preliminaries, first place in the total score of the semifinals, and first place in the total score of the finals...]
Topic content: [If this is really possible, then it would feel like a real new king ascending the throne! 】
Although this post seems a bit exaggerated, there are actually quite a few people who responded.
7l: [Ahem, although it feels a bit dreamy, I might as well have a dream in secret. 】
13l: [Hahaha, secretly dreaming +1]
No matter what Cui Luoheng's final result will be, at least his momentum during the preliminaries has made people feel his goal, just as Cui Luoheng said countless times before the game - his goal, from beginning to end, is the gold medal!
After the 110-meter hurdles race is the men's shot put qualifying round, but the Chinese team does not have any players in this event. What the Chinese team really needs to pay attention to is the women's hammer throw final after the men's shot put qualifying round, and the men's 200-meter sprint semi-final after that.
Just as everyone was relaxed in the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries, they became very nervous when the women's hammer throw final came.
There is no way. You have to know that this is one of the few key gold medal events for the Chinese team. So far, the Chinese team has only won one gold medal in the men's high jump.
Although the outside audience was excited about the Chinese team winning the gold medal in the men's high jump, and felt that the Chinese team's performance was quite good, the people within the national track and field team knew their own business.
The Chinese team is already halfway through the track and field schedule, but is indeed not in a good position to win gold medals.
The women's shot put and women's discus were both events that the Chinese team had originally planned to win gold medals in, but they only won silver medals in both events. Although this was due to the fact that Lin Chunyu was injured, they still failed to win.
If it weren't for the unexpected gold medal in the men's high jump, the track and field team might have already received pressure from the outside world.
If they really hadn't won a single gold medal until now... Jiang Wentao was sure that the atmosphere and state of the players' competition would never be as relaxed as it is now.
In short, no matter what, Jiang Wentao still hopes that at least she can win the gold medal in the women's hammer throw today. In this way, at least the original plan to win the gold medal will not be a complete failure, and the track and field team will be able to complete the goal of securing two gold medals ahead of schedule in this Olympic gold medal plan.
In the live broadcast of the domestic sports channel, although Shao Minyi and Li Sen were also keenly aware that the track and field team's plan to win gold medals was not going smoothly, they still avoided the topic and only discussed tonight's women's hammer throw competition.
"Liu Jiaonan was in very stable condition during the women's hammer throw qualification round. With Liu Jiaonan's ability, as long as she performs stably, she will definitely be a strong contender for the gold medal in this event. I hope that in tonight's competition, Liu Jiaonan can continue to maintain her excellent condition and add another gold medal for the Chinese track and field team!"
As a small event in the throwing category, the hammer throw is actually not well known in daily life. The sports channel originally thought that during the live broadcast of the women's hammer throw in the Olympic Games, the ratings might fluctuate and there might not be too many viewers.
However, after the women's hammer throw competition began, the staff of the sports channel found that the ratings did fluctuate slightly, but the fluctuation data was not too high.
Everyone found it a little strange at first and didn't know why this happened. However, a young staff member who often surfed the Internet to watch gossip woke them up with a word.
——In fact, not to mention track and field events, many major sports, including football and basketball, are already not well known in the eyes of people who do not watch sports competitions. They may not understand the competitions or read the rules. This is especially true for track and field events, which had a weak presence in China in the early years. If we break it down further, whether it is field events or track events, the audience who can really understand or can distinguish between field events and track events are already a minority. So what is the difference between shot put, discus and hammer throw in the eyes of most audiences who don't know much about track and field?
Anyway, I don’t quite understand it, but track and field events are the hot trend right now, and everyone is willing to pay attention to track and field.
The secret of ratings is actually just this simple.
Just like what this staff member said, most people on the Internet may not even know that there is such an event as women's hammer throw. However, with the announcements from many sports influencers, knowing that this is a track and field event with a high chance of winning gold is enough for many people to come and support it with enthusiasm!
This kind of seemingly ignorant and blind support is definitely not a bad thing - after all, only by attracting attention and audiences first, these audiences will become interested in these originally unpopular projects while watching the game, and then they may become supporters of a certain project.
The general association, whether it is the Athletics Management Center, the sports channel or the track and field team, is very satisfied and happy with the current trend.
Of course, what makes us even happier is the competitive state that Liu Jiaonan has shown since the start of the women’s hammer throw competition!
As the big sister of the women's hammer throw, Liu Jiaonan's strength is unquestionable. She is definitely among the world's top athletes in this event, but this does not mean that she has no rivals.
In the women's hammer throw event, several famous athletes from Germany, Cuba and Poland pose a threat to Liu Jiaonan.
This season, Liu Jiaonan once threw a good result of 77.52 meters in the Diamond League. This result was once the world's best result this season. However, in the following competitions, Miriam from Germany won the honor of the season's best result with a score of 77.69 meters.
The same was true in tonight's game and the previous rounds.
Liu Jiaonan was in exceptional form when she made her debut tonight, and she threw a good result of 76.33 meters in her first throw. After the first attempt, she ranked first in the venue.
But after the first three rounds of trials, Miriam from Germany and Ortiz from Cuba both threw more than 77 meters, and the young female athlete from Poland also threw a good result of 76.69 meters.
From being the first at the end of the first round of trials, Liu Jiaonan had fallen to fourth after the third round. This gap made the audience at the scene and in front of the TV feel shocked.
Shao Minyi and Li Sen also kept repeating: "I hope Liu Jiaonan can stabilize her mentality, regain her form in the last three rounds of attempts, and set a new best result in this competition!"
In the competition, players whose valid scores failed to enter the top 8 in the first three rounds of trials have been eliminated. The remaining players will be re-ranked according to the best scores in the first three rounds of trials, and the first trial will be conducted starting from the eighth place.
In the two rounds of attempts in the fourth and fifth rounds, it can be seen that Liu Jiaonan did adjust her condition. In the two rounds of attempts, she gave scores of 76.88 meters and 76.47 meters respectively.
Unfortunately, although Miriam and Ortiz did not set better records, Liu Jiaonan's result only allowed her to move from fourth place to third place.
This data is still far from the original gold-rushing plan.
After the last round of trial throws began, in the audience, the coaches of Jiang Wentao and Liu Jiaonan looked very nervous and serious.
In fact, in the initial pre-match prediction, although the track and field team felt that the medal competition in the women's hammer throw would be very fierce in this competition, they did not expect that the medal competition would be so fierce.
You should know that in the 2016 Rio Olympics, in the women's hammer throw event, the top three players' scores were only over 74 meters, and the champion, runner-up and third place winners failed to break the distance of 75 meters.
Four years have passed, and the performance of women's hammer throw players has indeed improved significantly, but the current situation still exceeds everyone's expectations.
In the last round of attempts, the first contestant came on stage and made a mistake. The second contestant came on stage and made a mistake. The third contestant came on stage... and still made a mistake!
In this final round of women's hammer throw, three consecutive athletes made mistakes at the beginning, causing the audience to burst into an uproar.
This was obviously because the competition had reached the final round and the contestants all intended to refresh their own data with even better results, but they failed to do so. Instead, they made a series of mistakes and crashes due to excessive tension and pressure.
In the audience, the Chinese team members were so embarrassed when they saw the series of collisions. Fortunately, the fourth athlete who attempted the throw did not make any mistakes. Although her result was only 71.29 meters, it was much better than the series of mistakes.
In the blink of an eye, the fifth thrower, Liu Jiaonan, came on stage.
Looking at Liu Jiaonan appearing on the field, everyone, including the audience in front of the TV, seemed very nervous.
It can be said that the four consecutive contestants before her all made more or less mistakes and setbacks in performance. So... now Liu Jiaonan only has one last chance to try. Can she seize this opportunity and refresh her performance data?
"Liu Jiaonan, stay calm, you must stay calm! Face the pressure of this last throw with the most calm attitude!"
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Li Sen nervously watched the scene on the field. Then he saw Liu Jiaonan holding the handle of the hammer, glanced at the target area in the distance, and then, holding the hammer, he began to spin in place with the hammer...!
Can it succeed?
Can Liu Jiaonan withstand everyone's attention and pressure and finally achieve an ideal result?
Everyone watched Liu Jiaonan pre-swing, spin, and finally the hammer flew out of her hand!
The hammer attracted everyone's attention, drew a long arc across the huge arena, and then went straight to the distance that Liu Jiaonan had been able to hit before!
“There is hope!!”
As Liu Jiaonan's hammer drew a beautiful arc in the air, Shao Min looked at the flight trajectory of the hammer and blurted out these three words.
In the audience, Jiang Wentao and Liu Jiaonan's coaches blurted out the same words when watching this throw. They stood up excitedly when seeing Liu Jiaonan's throw, and then watched the hammer fly across the field, then passed Liu Jiaonan's best score mark, and then passed the marks of Ortiz and Miriam... and finally landed farther away from all the existing marks on the field!
Success!
Liu Jiaonan successfully withstood the pressure in this game, and in the last throw, she achieved the best score of the game so far!
At the throwing point, after seeing the result of her throw, Liu Jiaonan excitedly waved her fist on the spot and let out a cathartic shout - in this throw just now, no one except herself could know what kind of pressure and expectations she was carrying to complete this attempt.
Fortunately, the result was enough to satisfy her!
The on-site measurement results were quickly obtained, and in this attempt, she threw a score of 77.70 meters! This result has surpassed the scores of Miriam and Ortiz. At the same time, this result also surpassed the world's best result set by Miriam this season. In addition, this result also broke the Asian record of 77.66 meters for women's hammer throw previously set by Liu Jiaonan herself.
After seeing this data, Liu Jiaonan roared excitedly again, then turned around and left the throwing point happily. After this throw, she had achieved her goal, and this throw put the pressure directly on the three opponents who had not yet appeared.
In the final throws by the three women from Poland, Cuba and Germany, it was obvious that they were all hoping to throw a better result and beat Liu Jiaonan's result. However, not everyone, every time, is lucky enough to win under great pressure and with the last chance.
In the end, the remaining three players were unable to throw out data that exceeded their previous best results in their last attempts. After the last round of attempts, Liu Jiaonan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Congratulations to the Chinese team! Congratulations to Liu Jiaonan! Liu Jiaonan won her first gold medal in the women's hammer throw with a new Asian record of 77.70 meters!"
Shao Minyi and Li Sen looked at the results on the field with joy on their faces.
The gold medal won by Liu Jiaonan also became the second gold medal in track and field events won by the Chinese national track and field team at the Tokyo Olympics. At the same time, this also means that the national track and field team’s mission to secure a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics has been completed.
"This is the second gold medal..." Jiang Wentao looked at Liu Jiaonan on the field with a gratified smile on his face. He looked around and said with a smile: "In this Tokyo Olympics, maybe we can exceed the task?"
When the national team members heard Jiang Wentao's words, smiles appeared on their faces.
you do not say?
The goal set by the General Administration of Sport and the track and field events is to surpass the Rio Olympics in terms of the number of gold medals and medals, while the minimum goal is to at least be on par with the Rio Olympics.
So far, there have been two gold medals and two silver medals, as well as a breakthrough bronze medal won by Fang Yu in the 100-meter event - although the competition is now halfway through, you have to know that the women's 20km race walking event has not yet started! In this event, the Chinese team has the strength to win gold, silver and bronze medals in the World Athletics Championships!
Not only these, there are also events such as women's javelin and 110-meter hurdles where we have hope of winning medals or even gold medals.
Just as Jiang Wentao said, this time, the Chinese track and field team is likely to exceed its target!
In the audience, the members of the track and field team were very excited for a while, but this excitement did not last long - the semi-finals of the men's 200-meter sprint were about to begin!
In many people's minds, this race should be the last battle of Wu Yi's Olympic journey for the 200-meter sprinter - just look at the men's 200-meter sprint semi-finals in the previous World Championships, and all the athletes who made it to the finals were strong athletes who could break the 20-second mark in 200 meters.
Just like before Fang Yu, no Chinese or Asian athlete could run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds. So, the 200 meters mark of 20 seconds is nothing short of a fantasy for Asian yellow athletes.
Although Wu Yi easily ran a result of 20.21 seconds in the preliminaries, and even before the Olympics, Wu Yi's head coach said that Wu Yi was in great shape and could easily break a new record, most track and field enthusiasts still believed that Wu Yi's level was around 20.20 seconds at most - his two results of around 20.20 seconds this season seemed to confirm the audience's guess.
Of course, even so, Wu Yi is also a talented athlete who has significantly refreshed the national 200-meter sprint record... However, in everyone's perception, Wu Yi still seems to have a certain gap from the world's top 200-meter sprinters.
As everyone was guessing, Wu Yi appeared in the third group of the men's 200m sprint semi-finals. In the previous two groups of semi-finalists, the top two players who advanced directly had scores within 20.05 seconds. Even the players in the third group of the semi-finals, the overall average strength was slightly inferior to the first two groups. But there was no doubt that if Wu Yi wanted to qualify for the finals, he would need to run at least within 20.10 seconds.
Wu Yi...I guess there is no hope.
With such somewhat helpless thoughts, the audience still watched the game seriously and tried their best to cheer for Wu Yi.
Then……
Then everyone watched Wu Yi gain the advantage from the start, and...eventually maintained this advantage all the way to the end? !
In the men's 200m sprint semi-finals, Chinese athlete Wu Yi ranked first in the group with a time of 20.03 seconds and advanced to the finals!
This result was just like Qiu Wen's advancement to the finals as the first in the group in the 400-meter sprint semi-finals, and it instantly swept the entire Track and Field Kingdom Forum.
So far, in this Tokyo Olympics, Chinese athletes have achieved unprecedented final breakthroughs in the men's 100m, 200m and 400m sprints!
Track and field enthusiasts not only in China but also in the entire international sports world are paying attention to this!
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