Whether it was the track and field fans present or in front of the live broadcast, everyone who saw Cui Luoheng's result fell into an unprecedented state of stupor.
Since Cui Luoheng was promoted to the adult group, his best and worst results were 14.53 and 14.91 respectively. Not only did his personal PB result fail to break 14.50, but even his personal results in the same season fluctuated greatly, making it difficult for previous followers to tell what range his normal level should be.
It was thought that his performance represented the fall of a former rising star, but in this selection competition, Cui Luoheng simply drew his bayonet and finished with a score of 13.57 seconds, making everyone sweat.
What does the result of 13.57 seconds mean?
Lu Mengfan, 24 years old, is known as the new generation of hurdles king in China. His current personal PB is 13.42 seconds and his SB this season is 13.46 seconds. Except for the game in which he ran the SB of the season, Lu Mengfan did not run 13.57 seconds in every other airport game.
The 110-meter hurdles veteran Zhao Yankai, who was suppressed by Cui Luoheng in this game, has a personal PB of only 13.53 seconds. Since the beginning of this season, he has run a good result of less than 13.70 seconds and won the Grand Prix 110-meter hurdles championship, but his season SB this year has not yet been able to run less than 13.60 seconds.
As for Cui Luoheng, his own performance improvement was even more exaggerated, from 14.53 seconds to 13.57 seconds, almost a full second.
In the sprint and short jump events, what does nearly 1 second mean?
In the 2018 outdoor season, the world's No. 1 Spanish athlete Orlando has a time of 13.08 seconds so far. Based on this data, adding 1 second, a player with a time of 14.08 seconds can only be ranked within the top 350 in the world.
One second passes by in a flash, just a blink of an eye for ordinary people, but this road has already blocked more than 300 athletes in the 110-meter hurdles.
Most of these athletes who achieved a score of 14.08 may not be able to cross this 1-second threshold even if they try their best in their sports careers.
The world of sports competition is so cruel and realistic.
In today's competition, Cui Luoheng, whose personal best this year was only 14.53 seconds, crushed players like Zhao Yankai in the preliminaries and improved his personal PB by nearly 1 second!
When this result came out, it really shocked all the audience and contestants.
Almost at the same time when the results were announced, the on-site referee team and the WADA (doping control) staff responsible for on-site supervision directly found Cui Luoheng and asked him to cooperate with the inspection.
On the Internet, the stunned track and field fans have finally recovered. Inevitably, some people mentioned the issue of doping, but this issue did not attract much attention.
A track and field fan in a track and field kingdom put it very clearly and directly:
[Wada's staff are waiting at the scene. They wouldn't take stimulants in the preliminary round of a domestic selection competition, right? Besides, don't really think of stimulants as some kind of miracle drug. Studies have shown that even if you take stimulants, under ideal conditions your performance will improve by about 4%... Normally, it can only improve by 0.3 seconds at best. Cui Xiao's previous PB was 14.53 seconds. What kind of stimulants could improve his performance by nearly 1 second? If there really is such a good thing, then many medicine lovers abroad would probably want to come to our country to ask for medicine. 】
The S Province Track and Field Team had indeed anticipated this temporary random inspection.
Although there is basically no doping testing process in the preliminaries, both Zhou Wen and Su Bai understand how exaggerated Cui Luoheng's performance improvement this time will be. In such a situation, any staff member with a sense of responsibility will contact the athlete as soon as possible to conduct testing to ensure the authenticity of the athlete's results.
But in fact, before the test, these people should have known in their minds that Cui Luoheng's ability to achieve this result should theoretically have nothing to do with doping.
Just as some old track and field fans know very well, stimulants are mainly used to enhance the muscle strength of athletes, so that the athletes' performance can be improved to a certain extent on the original basis, but this improvement is not unlimited.
In the audience, Qiu Wen had an expression of "my buddy is awesome" on his face, praising Cui Luoheng's performance: "Ah Heng, this guy is really amazing! 13.57 seconds, this result puts him in the top three in the domestic 110-meter hurdles in this outdoor season, right?"
Qiu Wen praised and turned to look at Wang Shen who had not responded: "Old Wang, I'm talking to you, why haven't you responded for so long?"
Wang Shen touched his chin, then smiled and said, "Well, I'm thinking about something."
"Hmm? What are you thinking about?"
Wang Shen turned his sight to where Su Bai was, and said to Qiu Wen with a smile: "Tell me, if I go to Xiao Bai to give me some guidance, can I also brush up a pb or something?"
After listening to Wang Shen's words, Qiu Wen was alert for a second: "You want to snatch Xiaobai from me too?" Soon, Qiu Wen's face became strange again: "Ah Heng is fine, but you are a high jumper, what can Xiaobai teach you?"
Seeing the doubt on Qiu Wen's face, Wang Shen also smiled and shrugged: "What if?"
The two's jokes didn't last long, because Qiu Wen's 400-meter preliminaries were about to start in an hour. After chatting with Wang Shen for a while, he came up to Su Bai and told him that he was going to participate in the competition too.
Su Bai nodded and encouraged him. He also encouraged Zhang Wei and Hu Li, telling them not to be too nervous.
The event fell into a temporary calm after the climax of the first group of 110-meter hurdles preliminaries. In the second group of 110-meter hurdles preliminaries, the highest final score of all the athletes was only 13.93 seconds, which was not even in the top three in the first group of preliminaries. This also slightly disappointed the audience whose appetite had been piqued by the excitement of the first group of 110-meter hurdles preliminaries.
At the G City Stadium, various competitions were still proceeding in an orderly manner. In the S Province Track and Field Team, thousands of miles away, several coaching staff members who were sitting together in the office watching the live broadcast were also congratulating Zhou Wen who was also in the office.
"13.57... If I can maintain this level in tomorrow's final, I should be able to secure a spot in the 110m hurdles in Jakarta."
This selection competition is said to be for selecting the top two players as athletes for the Asian Games, but in the 110-meter hurdles event, although Lu Mengfan is competing abroad, it is certain that he will get a spot, so the original two spots in the 110-meter hurdles event have instantly shrunk to one.
Su Bai had previously pointed out the problems Cui Luoheng encountered and provided solutions. At that time, the team did tell Su Bai that they hoped Cui Luoheng could qualify for the Asian Games in Jakarta under Su Bai's guidance.
Now, more than half a month has passed, and when Cui Luoheng really has a chance to win the Asian Games qualification spot, the coaches present all feel as if everything is still in a dream, and can hardly tell the difference between a dream and reality.
Among these coaches, the one with the most excited and complicated emotions was naturally Zhou Wen, the coach who led Cui Luoheng all the way.
During this half month, he trained Cui Luoheng strictly according to Su Bai's training plan. Privately, he also studied the training plan given by Su Bai in detail.
To be honest, these training plans were indeed tailor-made for Cui Luoheng, but they did not seem to be particularly special. To be honest, Zhou Wen always felt that he could also come up with a similar training plan, until he saw Su Bai adjust the plan several times in the past half month.
Every time, after Su Bai made adjustments, Zhou Wen suddenly realized that the revised plan was indeed more suitable for Cui Luoheng. Including when he and the researchers from the data group studied this training plan afterwards, he also continued to gain more inspiration from the design of the number of training groups, the setting of training projects and other contents of these training plans.
At this time, the live broadcast had already shown the next new game. The live camera accidentally swept across the seating area, and a group of people from the S Province Track and Field Team happened to be in the frame.
Zhou Wen saw Su Bai sitting in the audience and sighed deeply: "If we really want to talk about the best, we have to mention Su Bai."
The coaches present naturally knew how powerful Su Bai was.
Ever since Su Bai discovered Qiu Wen's talent in the 400-meter sprint, he has brought too many surprises to the S Province Track and Field Team in the three or four months. Especially after solving Cui Luoheng's bottleneck problem, the S Province Track and Field Team began to discuss this surprisingly young coach from time to time.
However, unlike what the athletes knew, these coaches had already known that Su Bai, a strong player, was destined not to stay in the S Province Track and Field Team.
"In less than four months, there was one Qiu Wen, one Cui Luoheng, and Zhang Wei and Hu Li..."
The coach who was speaking shook his head and exclaimed in amazement: "That's really amazing."
When Zhou Wen heard this, he remembered that today's 400m preliminaries were not about to start, so he also laughed: "What do you think, in today's 400m preliminaries, how many of our team members can make it to the finals?"
The coach next to him laughed and turned to look at He Yishen: "Old He, what do you say?"
He Yishen had been quietly listening to the discussion for a long time. When he heard someone asking him a question, he smiled and said, "What should I say? Of course I think the more the better."
At the warm-up preparation venue of the G City Stadium, Qiu Wen, Zhang Wei and Hu Li were all making serious preparations.
For today's competition, among the three, Qiu Wen should have the best chance. Zhang Wei and Hu Li currently have a pb score of around 47.50 seconds, which ranks roughly in the middle among the 16 participating players.
What's worse is that between Zhang Wei and Hu Li, Hu Li and Qiu Wen were also ranked in the first group of the preliminaries. This group includes a series of strong players such as Qiu Wen, Zhang Ziyi, Lin Chuan, etc. It is extremely difficult to strive for the top four ranking in this group.
Zhang Wei couldn't say anything to comfort his teammate at the moment, so he patted him on the shoulder and silently warmed up with him seriously.
Lin Chuan and Zhang Ziyi also saw Qiu Wen and his group. The two groups simply greeted each other and did not talk much during this tense moment before the game.
When Qiu Wen, Hu Li, Zhang Ziyi and other athletes from the first group of the men's 400m preliminaries came on stage, the audience seats, which had been quiet for a while, burst into warm cheers again.
In the live commentary room, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were also able to notice some sounds and movements at the scene, and they smiled at each other when they saw this.
Shao Minyi said: "Now the first group of men's 400m preliminaries are about to start. Today's 400m preliminaries are much more popular than before."
Li Sen also smiled and said, "Yes, friends who follow track and field should all know that since the beginning of this year's outdoor season, the men's 400m event has welcomed a 'strongest newcomer' who switched from the 100m and 200m sprint events. He is also a 400m sprint rookie from the S Province Track and Field Team, Qiu Wen."
"Not bad." Shao Min nodded and said, "Since Qiu Wen changed his sport, his performance and condition have been very stable and outstanding in many competitions. His S Province track and field team even achieved a record of taking the top three in the last National Track and Field Grand Prix H City Division. This time, Qiu Wen and his two teammates also came to our preliminary round of the selection today."
"In the first group of the 400m preliminaries, Zhang Ziyi, who is currently ranked first in the country in the 400m event, as well as Qiu Wen, Lin Chuan, Hu Li and other athletes will all appear at the same time to compete for the top four places in the finals."
“I believe that the audience can also take this opportunity to enjoy a wonderful 400-meter race. Let us wait and see!”
A string of comments also floated across the public screen of the live broadcast room at this time - [It has indeed been a long time to wait and see! 】
You know, when Qiu Wen switched to the 400-meter event for the first time, many people in the track and field kingdom wanted to watch the race, but there was no live broadcast, so they could only rely on the forum friends who arrived at the scene to open a live broadcast room and broadcast it with their mobile phones.
As a result, the track and field fans who were watching the game on site were so excited about Qiu Wen's performance that they completely forgot that they were still broadcasting a live broadcast. As a result, the track and field fans in the live broadcast room did not see Qiu Wen's actual performance in the second half of the race.
Later, during the last H City race, the forum users who were broadcasting the game live did not hold their phones anymore. Instead, they used tripods. The audience on site were so excited that they stood up to watch the game. The track and field fans who were waiting in the live broadcast room could only regretfully miss the exciting scene of the S Province track and field team taking the top three places.
This live broadcast can be said to be the first time that the track and field fans who have been following Qiu Wen for a long time can watch a live broadcast seriously. Compared with the previous treatment, this is simply a milestone leap.
On the field, Qiu Wen didn't know that so many netizens who followed him on the Internet had finally noticed his race. He was standing on the starting line of the sixth track. After adjusting the starting blocks, he looked around excitedly, then stood there and patted his muscles to make final preparations before the race.
For a man as thick-skinned as Qiu Wen, after he completely found confidence in the 400-meter event, he completely forgot what nervousness was.
Whenever a game was about to start, his eyes would sparkle and he would be eager to try, and he couldn't wait to spread his legs and run forward - Lin Chuan said that he was like a husky that had been holding back for a long time and started to have fun, and this description was absolutely correct.
Different from him is Hu Li, who is currently standing on the eighth track.
This was the first time for Hu Li to stand in the Grand Prix Final. Even though he knew that in the 400-meter event, he did not have the ability to make it into the top two in the final and win a place in Jakarta, he still longed to enter the final and experience the competition.
Hu Li took a deep breath and began to adjust himself according to the breathing method Su Bai taught them before the race. He clenched his fists, glanced at his opponents on other tracks behind him, and then prepared to go all out on the track.
In the live broadcast room, after Shao Minyi and Li Sen introduced the players on the field, the starter's voice sounded in the live broadcast at the right time.
Following the starter's instructions, the athletes immediately squatted on their starting blocks, ready to start the race.
On the track, Zhang Ziyi, Lin Chuan and all the other athletes were already supporting themselves with their hands, holding their breath, ready to follow the starter's orders to start the race.
Among all the people, strong ones like Zhang Ziyi do not want to leave a stain on themselves because of any mistakes; ordinary ones like Hu Li also want to fight hard and win the qualification to participate in the finals.
As the race is about to begin, at the 400-meter starting curve, the smell of competition is rising, and every athlete has made their preparations!
"Everyone, take your positions."
"preparation."
The starter's calm, inorganic voice rang out over the radio.
Then came the sound of the starting gun—"bang!"
The game starts!
The moment the starting gun sounded, all the contestants quickly jumped up from the starting blocks. They used their strong leg strength to push the starting blocks, and then used the burst of power to quickly start running on the curve and then move forward!
Hu Li was in the eighth lane, the frontmost contestant. From his angle, he was completely unable to observe the movements of the contestants behind him, and he did not have the energy to observe them.
He knew that his advantage was the first 200 meters or less at the start, so he simply gritted his teeth and released his explosive power as much as possible, allowing himself to gain a greater advantage in the first half.
Zhang Ziyi on the fifth track had previously competed with Qiu Wen. He knew how terrifying Qiu Wen's speed and endurance were, and how difficult it was to surpass this guy once he started running. Therefore, although this race was only a preliminary round, he did not take it lightly at all. After the start, he adjusted his rhythm and sped forward all the way.
On the track, Qiu Wen was also in excellent condition today. From the start, his reaction speed was very fast - the speed of this reaction also shows whether the athlete's current competitive condition is excellent or not.
In the explosive acceleration phase after the start, Qiu Wen's speed was also very fast. Compared with the initial competition, after repeated training with Su Bai, Qiu Wen now has a vague instinctive feeling for speed and rhythm. This gradual control of rhythm and increasing familiarity with the 400-meter track make him more and more like a fish in water on the entire track.
On the field, there are 8 tracks and 8 contestants, and everyone is trying their best to mobilize their condition and strength so that they can stand out on this track.
The hot breathing and the clattering footsteps, every step seems to step on people's hearts, making people unable to help but clench their fists, look nervously at the stadium, and cheer for the players on the track.
In the live broadcast room, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were also paying close attention to the track. From the bend to the first straight, Hu Li, who was in the eighth lane, was gradually being caught up by the players behind him, especially Zhang Ziyi in the fifth lane and Qiu Wen in the sixth lane. The speed of these two was also incredibly fast, not at all slower than Hu Li, who had outstanding explosive power in the early stages.
Even through the live broadcast, it can be seen that Hu Li ran very hard, but compared with the two people who were gradually chasing him from behind, his efforts seemed a little difficult.
Shao Min looked at this scene and frowned, saying, "Hu Li in lane 8 started too hard."
Li Sen also saw this scene: "Hu Li's starting power is not weak, but now it is probably because he can't see the runners behind him and can't grasp everyone's rhythm and situation, so he can only sprint with all his strength."
They all know that in the 400-meter event, sprinting at full speed is not a particularly good rhythm, especially for a runner like Hu Li who has an explosive first half, as this will cause his speed to drop significantly in the second half of the race.
In the audience, Hu Shaowen also noticed this. He looked at Hu Li on the track nervously, then turned to look at Su Bai and found that Su Bai was also frowning at this time.
"Xiaobai...Hu Li, what is he doing..."
Su Bai looked at Hu Li running desperately on the track, shook his head and said nothing more.
This is Hu Li's choice. He wants to fight in this game, so he must have made all the preparations.
On the track, when entering the third bend, a situation had formed where Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen were competing against each other, Lin Chuan gradually moved into the third place, and another player was also chasing behind Hu Li.
The final ranking of the top three was largely unsurprising, except for Hu Li and another player, Li Gu, who was chasing behind him. The gap between the two was very small. After entering the bend, Hu Li's body was constantly hit by fatigue. The soreness in his muscles was constantly stimulating him, and even his breathing was accompanied by a pain that could scratch his trachea.
Huff, huff.
Even though the feeling of lack of oxygen became more and more serious, Hu Li still did not give up.
He knew that his strength, speed and endurance were all deficiencies, but over this period of time, he had been working hard to improve himself according to Su Bai's training methods.
He wanted to...
He can hold on!
Li Gu, who was behind Hu Li, was a runner with good speed and endurance. He looked at Hu Li in front of him and clearly felt that he was about to give up. It seemed that in the next moment, Hu Li would collapse in speed.
However, Li Gu chased all the way, trying to overtake Hu Li, but he could only get close to Hu Li to half a body length at most, and then the distance was widened again.
The audience watching the live broadcast did not initially notice Hu Li, who was ranked only fourth. It was not until the last less than 100 meters of the race that people saw Hu Li's perseverance and his tenacious spirit that made people couldn't help but cheer for him.
Finally, when arriving at the final finish line, Hu Li gritted his teeth and rushed across the finish line. Everyone looked at Hu Li's exhausted expression and saw him waving his fist because of successfully advancing. Everyone also showed a sincere smile for this player who fought hard to win the qualifying spot.
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