On the track, the athletes who usually compete with Cui Luoheng are all well-known athletes in the 110-meter hurdles in China. Although Lu Mengfan, the "new flying man" of the 110-meter hurdles, is not present, their strength should not be underestimated.
Among them, Zhao Yankai, who is in the first group of the preliminaries with Cui Luoheng, is also a well-known domestic veteran 110-meter hurdles champion. His personal PB is 13.53 seconds. He has also run a good result of less than 13.70 seconds this season. He is in a stable state and is quite competitive for a place in this Asian Games.
Except for Zhao Yankai, the individual PBs of the remaining players are all within 14 seconds. On the field, the only one who seems to be the least competitive is Cui Luoheng, whose individual PB in the official competitions so far is shown as 14.53 seconds.
During the competition, the track arrangement for track and field athletes is very particular. Generally speaking, the 4th and 5th tracks belong to the best athletes, while the athletes with lower rankings are usually arranged in the 8th and 9th tracks.
For example, today, the first lane has not been activated, and Cui Luoheng is currently on the ninth track on the track. However, Cui Luoheng does not care about this. With the adjustment of his breathing just now, he has entered the most focused state. While the athletes around him are still standing and stretching their limbs, he has already squatted on the starting blocks, supporting himself with his hands, ready to start at any time.
In the commentary booth of the live broadcast room, Shao Minyi and Li Sen also noticed Cui Luoheng's condition. Shao Minyi's eyes were sharp and he noticed that Cui Luoheng seemed exceptionally calm today.
"We can see that at the starting point of the ninth track, Cui Luoheng is ready for the race. He looks very calm today. I hope he can maintain this calmness in the subsequent races and achieve excellent results."
Li Sen also nodded, agreeing with Shao Minyi's statement, but before he opened his mouth, the starter's voice sounded in the on-site broadcast.
"Okay, the starter has asked the contestants to get ready. The competition is about to begin. Let's take a look at the wonderful performances of the contestants in this preliminary round!"
On the track, eight runners lined up in a row, following the starter's instructions, and all squatted on the starting blocks, ready to receive the next start signal.
Among these players, some are full of confidence and in a relaxed state, such as Zhao Yankai, while some are in the middle level and look more nervous.
Only Cui Luoheng, who was squatting on the starting block of the ninth track, remained silent from beginning to end. He seemed unaware of the noise from the audience seats around him, nor of any performance of the runners in the same row with him.
His quiet state actually made the contestant on the eighth track turn around and look curiously, but immediately, the starter on the radio issued the official preparation order.
"Everyone, take your positions."
"preparation."
All the runners stepped on the starting blocks with their feet forward and backward, supported themselves with their hands, raised their hips, and got into a ready position.
Then.
"Bang!"
The starting gun sounded crisply, and all the athletes started at the first sound!
For 110-meter hurdlers, the reaction speed to the gun at the start is very critical. A qualified athlete's reaction speed should be within 0.15 seconds, while for excellent athletes, the reaction speed should be between 0.12-0.14 seconds.
On the track, the moment all the athletes started running, their reaction speed to the gun was accurately recorded. After the athletes started running, one of the referees habitually took a look at the reaction time to the gun on the performance monitoring screen.
In this preliminary round, perhaps all the athletes present were relatively restrained, with most of the scores being around 0.14-0.17. There was also one athlete who clearly made a mistake in the reaction phase, with his reaction time being 0.22 seconds. Among this row of scores, the referee saw a particularly outstanding reaction time - 0.118 seconds!
Which player is this?
Are you fighting so hard in the preliminaries? Or was the condition so good during the preliminaries?
The referee immediately looked at the name in front - Track 9, Cui Luoheng.
"The game has begun."
In the commentary room, Shao Minyi calmly introduced the situation on the field.
For commentators like them, they have seen enough performances of top players in international competitions. It is actually difficult to arouse their emotions in domestic competitions, especially since this one is just a preliminary round and there are no well-known players participating. Their tone will appear calmer and more objective.
"Zhao Yankai's reaction at the start was good. His three-step acceleration was very steady. He was the first to reach the hurdle... Wait, the first to attack the hurdle is the runner in track nine!"
Li Sen's original commentary was to focus on Zhao Yankai on the fourth track, but within two or three seconds of the start of the race, he quickly discovered that although Zhao Yankai's speed was not slow, there was another guy on the field who was faster than him!
How could that be? !
As for the ninth track...then the person who will be the first to attack the hurdles should be the young player Cui Luoheng? !
Shao Minyi also keenly noticed Cui Luoheng's speed and performance. Although he was a little surprised, his professionalism allowed him to react quickly and continue with Li Sen's words.
In the audience, many spectators were cheering for Zhao Yankai, but they soon discovered that Zhao Yankai, who should have been in the lead and unstoppable on the track, was not in the first position at this time. Among the 8 players on the track, the first to attack the hurdles was the young player Cui Luoheng on the ninth track!
In the athlete seats, Hu Shaowen, Qiu Wen and others were cheering for Cui Luoheng at the top of their lungs. They saw that Cui Luoheng's speed was not inferior to Zhao Yankai from the start, and he was even one step faster than Zhao Yankai when he started attacking the hurdles. Suddenly, the shouts of the players and staff of the S Province Track and Field Team became more intense!
On the track, Cui Luoheng could actually no longer hear any cheers or shouts from the people around him. All his attention was focused on the track, his eyes always fixed on the next hurdle. His movements were agile and smooth, as if the hurdles in front of him did not pose any hindrance to him at all.
Da da da.
He took powerful steps, swinging his arms, and when he came to the hurdle, he stomped his right foot on the ground with explosive power. His swinging leg quickly attacked the hurdle, and his body flew through the air with the explosive power. Then his left leg, which had already passed the hurdle, pressed down quickly, and his right leg whipped over the hurdle!
The left foot that presses down first relies on the powerful ankle strength. As soon as the forefoot touches the ground, it can quickly trigger the next round of body power explosion!
From the moment he cleared the first hurdle, Cui Luoheng once again entered his own fast rhythm of hurdling - he flew over the hurdles, took three quick and smooth steps between the hurdles, and each hurdling movement was connected perfectly.
The runner in the eighth track who had curiously turned his head to look at Cui Luoheng before the race started was already far behind him after Cui Luoheng attacked the second hurdle.
The runner in the eighth lane is also a domestic veteran in the 110-meter hurdles. He has a clear understanding of his own strength. Theoretically, he should be ranked in the top three in this group of preliminaries. However, Cui Luoheng's performance from reaction at the start to quickly passing two hurdles dealt him a heavy blow, disrupting his usual familiar rhythm, and causing him to make consecutive mistakes when attacking the hurdles!
On the fourth track, Zhao Yankai was full of confidence - in domestic competitions, as long as Lu Mengfan was not there, the championship was almost in his pocket, and this small preliminary round was of course no problem at all!
His condition was a bit relaxed, but still above his normal level.
Originally, Zhao Yankai felt that his current condition was enough to win first place in the preliminaries, but when he passed the third hurdle, he suddenly noticed out of the corner of his eye that someone was already ahead of him? !
How is that possible? !
Just after this hesitant thought, Zhao Yankai clearly saw from the corner of his eye that when he attacked the third hurdle, someone had already broken through the fourth hurdle...
Who is this? !
How was it possible that he was ahead of him by a whole hurdle? !
The truth and realization that he was lagging behind seriously made Zhao Yankai's heart tighten. He didn't care about his originally relaxed posture and performance. He immediately adjusted his pace, trying to catch up with the runner in the ninth track who had already surpassed him by a hurdle length!
There were also audience members who knew Cui Luoheng. After being confused at the first two hurdles, they quickly became excited by Cui Luoheng's performance.
Many of them had once been optimistic about Cui Luoheng, but because he did not participate in the competition last year and Cui Luoheng performed poorly in several consecutive games this year, they temporarily put aside their original support for him.
But on the court at this moment, it is the same Cui Luoheng, he seems to have completely gotten rid of the decadent state in the previous few games of this season!
Each of his movements was incredibly smooth, from the rhythm of sprinting between the hurdles to the dynamic transition of attacking the hurdles, each of his steps was so agile that people couldn't help but shout for him excitedly!
The most exciting thing is that Cui Luoheng, who was supposed to be the last one in the field, is now ahead of everyone else. Even Zhao Yankai started to speed up because of Cui Luoheng's stimulation, trying to catch up with him!
In the commentary room of the live broadcast, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were also a little surprised.
"This speed...!" Shao Min narrowed his eyes and quickly made a judgment: "Cui Luoheng attacked the hurdles continuously. His current condition is very good!"
"Zhao Yankai also noticed Cui Luoheng's lead, and he is now trying his best to catch up. It's already the seventh hurdle, and Cui Luoheng's speed is increasing!"
On the track, Cui Luoheng did not pay attention to the sounds and movements around him. After concentrating his mind, the only thing he could hear was his own breathing and heartbeat, and the sound of footsteps that seemed to be ringing right next to his ears.
He had a keen sense of everything around him, but under Su Bai's guidance, he narrowed the scope of these keen perceptions and applied them to himself.
He could feel the rhythm of his own breathing, he could feel the sensation of his feet touching the ground, he could even feel every contraction of his muscles and burst of strength!
After gaining a deeper and keener perception of his own body, he seemed to understand his body even better, and had a deeper sense and control over every step he took.
He mobilized all his strength, then released it to the greatest extent possible, and through the release of this strength, he gained a stronger driving force to move forward.
Huff, huff.
This was the sound of his somewhat rapid breathing.
The sounds of his breathing and heartbeats were urging him on—faster, faster, you can unleash a stronger speed, you can break through yourself…
Let everyone see your true speed and condition!
This strong voice echoed in Cui Luoheng's chest. Then, everyone saw that Cui Luoheng, whose speed had slightly declined in the eighth and ninth hurdles, seemed to increase again in the tenth hurdle!
Zhao Yankai, who was originally in second place, was only one body length behind him. At this time, the distance between Cui Luoheng and Zhao Yankai had widened to 1.5 body lengths.
At this moment when Zhao Yankai had completely let go of his speed and was giving it his all, the distance between him and Cui Luoheng widened again. This reality was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Zhao Yankai.
impossible!
How could Cui Luoheng have widened the distance between him and him to such an extent? !
Zhao Yankai's mentality was a little unbalanced. He gritted his teeth and tried to catch up with Cui Luoheng further, but his action did not bring him a better speed increase. Instead, he hit the hurdle slightly at the ninth hurdle.
When Zhao Yankai broke through the tenth hurdle, Cui Luoheng had already completed half of the final sprint stage. Finally, when Zhao Yankai rushed towards the finish line desperately, he watched Cui Luoheng break through the finish line first with a leading posture.
This is impossible!
When Zhao Yankai finally crossed the finish line, he was a little dazed.
He knew the athlete in the ninth lane, Cui Luoheng, from the S Province Track and Field Team. He was once a well-known young athlete in the domestic 110-meter hurdles event. However, after being promoted to a higher group, although he trained in seclusion for a year in advance, his results since the official competition this year have not been as expected.
How could such a player be able to pull away from him by such a huge gap? !
Zhao Yankai stared, unable to believe what he saw.
In the athlete seats, the staff of the S Province Track and Field Team and the athletes who had no competitions yet were all excited. The team leader Hu Shaowen led the way personally, waving flags and cheering from his seat.
Qiu Wen, Wang Shen and other good friends of Cui Luoheng were of course shouting at the top of their lungs with great excitement at this moment - they were truly happy for Cui Luoheng. For a long period of time before, Cui Luoheng had lost consecutive games, and because of excessive psychological pressure, he increased his training volume, which eventually led to injury.
After these dull blows, today's game can be said to have allowed Cui Luoheng to breathe a sigh of relief.
He proved his strength, potential and long-term efforts with his performance today.
He proved that it wasn't all for nothing.
The audience in the stands were also very excited. Although this was just a preliminary round, after Cui Luoheng started on the ninth track, everything began to develop in a direction no one had expected.
What could be more exciting than an unexpected but thrilling game?
Everyone watched Cui Luoheng and I leading all the way, and watched Zhao Yankai go from being calm and confident at the beginning to desperately chasing on the track.
This kind of intense racing situation, which is rarely seen on domestic tracks, made the audience feel very excited and thrilled!
"Damn, Cui Luoheng is so awesome, he's been outperforming Zhao Yankai all the way!"
After getting excited, the track and field fans in the audience started discussing loudly at the top of their voices.
"That's not the case. Zhao Yankai didn't run as hard as he could at the beginning, so he suffered a bit. After Xiao Cui got the upper hand, it became difficult for Zhao Yankai to catch up."
"I think Zhao Yankai was a little too confident. He probably thought that this was just a preliminary round and no one in the country except Xiaolu could beat him. How could he have imagined that there would be another person like Cui Luoheng here?"
"But speaking of which, isn't Cui Luoheng's speed against Zhao Yankai too much? He was almost over two hurdles, and when Zhao Yankai was chasing him with all his strength, the gap was even wider. In this situation, even if Zhao Yankai tried his best from the beginning, he might not be able to beat Cui Luoheng, right?"
The audience in the auditorium was talking about it, and in the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were also quite shocked.
"It's incredible. A dark horse emerged in today's preliminaries. Runner Cui Luoheng on track nine has been leading since the start, performing a small ninth track miracle."
The term "Miracle of the Ninth Lane" comes from the fact that the ninth lane in a competition usually belongs to the players with poor performance in the qualifying competition. When such players unexpectedly take first place in the competition, they are given the term "Miracle of the Ninth Lane".
Cui Luoheng's match was only a preliminary round, so Shao Minyi called it a "small ninth miracle". The reason why Shao Minyi called Cui Luoheng's performance a "miracle" was mainly because his performance that crushed other players around him was completely different from his previous results, which was completely beyond everyone's expectations.
There was some admiration in Li Sen's voice: "Cui Luoheng once represented my country in the World Junior and World Youth Championships. His performance in his youth was outstanding among the young 110-meter hurdlers in China. However, he has not performed very well since he was promoted to the adult group. Some track and field enthusiasts believe that his talent may not improve when he grows up. But from today's preliminaries, maybe he has not been able to adapt to the adult group in the previous few games, so he has not been able to show his strength?"
Shao Minyi and Li Sen were both wondering why Cui Luoheng had performed poorly in previous seasons but suddenly broke out this time.
On the live broadcast screen, the audience from the track and field kingdom were either confused or excited. They vented all their excitement on the live broadcast screen.
[Wipe, wipe, wipe!] Was Cui Luoheng so awesome before? I remember that when he was in the youth group, his personal PB was only 14.11 seconds? Can we actually defeat Zhao Yankai today? 】
[In China, the only person who can surpass Zhao Yankai is Xiaolu when he is in his peak state, right? Could it be that Cui Luoheng could now also run as well as Xiaolu? 】
[Come on, are you kidding?] I wonder if Zhao Yankai is not in good shape today? He has been chasing me with all his might since the third and fourth hurdles, but he is getting farther and farther away. I am so confused, okay? 】
[My friend, why do you think this is a joke? I watched today's preliminaries, and everyone's condition was actually pretty good. Zhao Yankai's speed was not slow at the beginning, he was just at a normal level and didn't try very hard. Can't we just admit that Xiao Cui is awesome? 】
The track and field fans on the public screen were talking and arguing, but to be honest, the only way to prove whether Cui Luoheng was too awesome today or Zhao Yankai and others were in poor shape would ultimately be to rely on the results.
On the track, Cui Luoheng stopped after taking a few steps. He ignored Zhao Yankai who was looking at him with complicated eyes, but turned back to look at the seats in the athlete area where the members and staff of the S Province Track and Field Team were sitting, and looked at Su Bai who was also looking in his direction in the seats.
Cui Luoheng covered his chest with one hand, feeling the cheers and shouts of the audience around him - he knew that he could stand here like this today, listening to countless people cheering, instead of standing powerlessly and decadently at the finish line. All this was because of Su Bai.
He suddenly remembered what Su Bai said to him that day: "Don't worry, believe me, believe in your own talent. I am very sure that you are a genius in the 110-meter hurdles. 】
Thinking back to what Su Bai had said, Cui Luoheng thought stubbornly and awkwardly in his heart: He, a 'genius', almost got stuck in the fog in the 110-meter hurdles event.
Before Cui Luoheng could think more, the broadcast on the scene started.
In the live broadcast room, Shao Minyi and Li Sen also got the first group results of the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries.
Looking at the results in his hand, Shao Min raised his eyebrows and said, "Now we are announcing the results of the first group of the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries of this track and field championship and Asian Games trials. First place: Cui Luoheng (S Province Track and Field Team), 13.57 seconds (wind speed +1.2m/s); second place: Zhao Yankai, 13.89 seconds (wind speed +1.2m/s)..."
As the results of the competition were announced, a strange silence suddenly appeared on the fair barrage in the live broadcast room. After a long time, someone asked: [What was Cui Luoheng's previous personal PB? 】
【……】
[It seems to be... 14.53 seconds?] 】
Everyone stared at the number in shock for a long time, with the only thing echoing in their minds was one sentence - Damn, what the hell? Now, can the individual PB improvement of athletes in the 110-meter hurdles be calculated based on data of nearly 1 second at a time? !
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