Zhang Ziyi's achievement was an incredible surprise to every viewer in the live broadcast room, so much so that the comments in the room froze for a moment.
"Third place…?"
In front of the live broadcast screen on the computer, Huang Yiluan looked at the results displayed on the screen in a daze. He felt his heart pounding and his mind was a little confused. For a moment, he could not find the words to express his emotions.
The screen showing the athletes' scores faded, but the live broadcast continued. Huang Yiluan noticed that in the live broadcast, Zhang Ziyi, who was kneeling on the ground due to exhaustion, was covering his eyes with a pair of hands, which he did not let go for a long time.
Reporters at the scene also noticed this scene, especially those from China, many of whom focused their cameras on Zhang Ziyi.
There is no doubt that, just as Shao Minyi said in the live broadcast, this is a real milestone for the Chinese track and field team in the 400-meter sprint. Chinese 400-meter athletes, who were often shut out of the finals of Asia's top track and field events in the past, won a men's 400-meter Asian Games medal for China for the first time today.
In the audience, Wang Ting looked at Zhang Ziyi, who was covering his eyes with his hands on the track, and laughed as he watched. As he laughed, the eyes of this middle-aged man turned red. However, he did not care about the tears in his eyes. He just clapped his hands vigorously and shouted "good" to Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen again and again in the direction of the stadium.
The other members of the 400-meter group were also extremely excited at this time.
For those who don't know much about the 400-meter event, it may be difficult to understand their excitement at this moment. After all, to be honest, Zhang Ziyi only won a bronze medal in the Asian Games. The glory of this medal is only limited to Asia. It is not even a gold medal.
However, the meaning represented by this is not just what the word "bronze medal" can contain.
This is the obsession of Chinese track and field athletes in their years of impact on the 400-meter sprint, which is known as the most technically complex field in the sprint events. This is the pursuit that Chinese track and field athletes have slowly rebuilt after they once lost confidence in the 400-meter event. It is also the most dazzling hope that countless Chinese athletes who are still in the 400-meter sprint can see!
It represents the continuous advancement of China's track and field technology, and is also a formal announcement - China's 400-meter track and field event has now gained the strength to compete with the top level in Asia!
Not only Wang Ting and the athletes in the 400-meter event, but also Jiang Wentao, Pei Jinan, and other members of the Chinese track and field team in the audience, were all excited and excited at this moment, with tears in their eyes.
Only those who have always been fighting and struggling on the front line of track and field and have devoted their childhood, youth, youth and even longer life to it, can feel more clearly at this time the figure kneeling on the track, why he covered his eyes tightly with his hands, and understand most clearly how excited he is at this moment.
In the audience seats, Su Bai stood and looked in the direction of Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen on the field. His face was no longer as calm as before. He smiled at Zhang Ziyi and the others, feeling the excited and celebratory sounds around him, and at the same time felt his own heart pounding.
Su Bai, who has reached his current position in just half a year, has always had a sense of unreality in his heart during this period. So even with the help of the system, he is still constantly studying hard and absorbing all kinds of knowledge from the system's instructors, whether it is cooking skills or teaching methods.
Even if the system provides the athletes' real-time status, he will still repeatedly verify these status with the athletes' real training materials to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the athletes' overall status changes.
Including the athletes' training during this period, he has actually been carefully trying to adjust and break through, adjusting the athletes' conditions while also breaking the upper limit of his own coaching ability.
Until today's victory of Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen, his heart, which had been a little suspended, came back to reality. No matter how unscientific this system that came out of nowhere was, the knowledge he learned from the system and the abilities he mastered were real, and no one could deprive him of this - even if the price he had to pay was to try his best.
At this time, the victory of Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen, as well as the real progress and improvement of more team members in the 400-meter sprint, made Su Bai deeply feel that this kind of dedication has real meaning.
"Coach Xiao Su."
After applauding towards the stadium, Wang Ting turned to look at Su Bai first, then bowed to him solemnly: "Coach Su, thank you! It's you who brought us all this!"
Su Bai didn't expect Wang Ting to suddenly do this. After a moment of shock, he immediately reached out to help Wang Ting up, but before he could move, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan beside him also solemnly shook his hands and expressed their sincere gratitude to him.
"Coach Xiao Su, transferring you to the national team during the Asian Games training period was the best decision we made! Supporting your work in the national team was also the best decision we made." Jiang Wentao said with emotion: "If it weren't for you and the changes you brought, it would be difficult to achieve today's result in the 400m event in this Asian Games!"
At this point, Jiang Wentao smiled and said, "From now on, the 400-meter event of our national track and field team will be completely in your hands, Xiaobai!"
Su Bai looked at Jiang Wentao's sincere face and nodded seriously.
In the final events that evening, the Chinese track and field team reaped great rewards. In the men's 100-meter final, Fang Yu broke the 10.05 mark again after a long absence. Although he unfortunately lost to two naturalized players, he still won the third place with a time of 10.04. Li Yanling of the women's 100-meter sprint also won the bronze medal with a time of 11.36.
In the men's 400m sprint competition, Zhang Ziyi won the 400m bronze medal for the first time in history, and Qiu Wen followed closely behind in fourth place.
Finally, in the women's shot put final, domestic star Jiang Xue won the only gold medal for the Chinese track and field team that night with a score of 19.68 meters, demonstrating the team's absolute strength in this traditionally advantageous event.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, track and field fans are still discussing the thrilling games tonight.
[As for excitement, we won the 400m tonight. Watching the whole thing almost gave me a heart attack. Zhang Shuai and Xiao Qiu's results were also outstanding! 】
[It's a pity for Brother Yu in the 100m. He managed to break the 10.05 mark again tonight, and the gap between him and the two naturalized runners was not that big. But at the end, it seemed that Brother Yu's physical reserve was insufficient. He was in good shape in the first half of the race, but his arm swing was almost deformed in the last stage...]
[What a pity, Brother Yu +1. If he could hold on in the final stage, he might be able to get back under 10 seconds. His condition in the starting acceleration phase today was really outstanding. 】
[My mind is still filled with the image of Zhang Shuai kneeling on the ground and covering her face with her hands after crossing the finish line. Sigh, China's 400m event is too difficult, and Zhang Shuai must be under a lot of psychological pressure. I'm sure she can get a medal today, which can be regarded as fulfilling her long-cherished wish...]
[Zhang Shuai has had a hard time. To be honest, when I saw it just now, even a rough guy like me had tears in my eyes...]
[Zhang Shuai is awesome, Xiao Qiu is awesome too!] I calculated that up to now, Xiao Qiu has basically been hitting one pb with one shot, and there have been only 2-3 games at most without refreshing his pb. If he continues like this, it won't be a dream for him to catch up with Zhang Shuai's pb! 】
[Friends, have you forgotten Sister Xue? The only gold medal tonight! ! ! We can't be calm just because it's a strong project, right? 】
The comments on the Internet are chaotic, and there are no shortage of topics on Weibo.
It's not because ordinary bystanders suddenly became obsessed with track and field events, but because the 'Monkey King runs fast' who had made a bet with passers-by before, after his 400-meter record came out tonight, he was so excited that he no longer cared about the result of the 4*400-meter race mentioned in the previous bet. Moreover, this big brother dared to boast before, and he is indeed quite wealthy. He has bought headlines and hot transfers for the official Weibo of the national team before. This time, he simply did not buy hot transfers, but directly started a topic - #National team 400 meters race won the first medal in the Asian Games#, and then spent money to push this topic directly to the front row of the hot search list.
In the topic, he excitedly announced the national team's 400m Asian Games results and apologized to Su Bai very straightforwardly.
Monkey King runs fast: [#National team wins first medal in 400m race at Asian Games#No doubt, Zhang Shuai and Xiao Qiu did a great job! I would like to solemnly apologize to @苏白coach here. Coach, what you said in the previous interview was all the truth. Zhang Shuai and Xiao Qiu were indeed heading for the finals. It was my ignorance! From now on, I will be your lackey, Coach Su Bai. I will never refute anything you say! I'm waiting for the next 4*400m race, and then I'll make our track and field team a hot topic! 】
It can be said that the krypton guy like "The Monkey King Runs Fast" is indeed powerful. It is also the first time for track and field enthusiasts to see such a posture of directly putting the topic of the track and field circle on the hot search list.
Initially, most track and field enthusiasts did not know the significance of this trending search and thought it was just fun to watch. It was not until many ordinary passers-by saw the track and field news related to the trending search and spoke out that these track and field enthusiasts realized that the general public knew very little about track and field events, and about events such as the Asian Games that were not considered to be the world's top ones, and they paid very little attention to them.
Because the number of people who pay attention to sports is relatively small, and then to track and field, and to specific track and field events, there are too many numbers that may be converted or lost in the process. The hot search for "The Monkey King runs fast" today can be said to have directly diverted people's attention to the "400-meter track and field" event. After seeing it, passers-by no longer regard Zhang Ziyi's "400-meter bronze medal" as a simple data on the medal list, but have a more direct sense of reality.
On Weibo, in addition to track and field enthusiasts, there are also many real voices from ordinary passers-by, which is rare.
[Wow, this is the first time I noticed the 400m event. Is this the first time I won a medal in the Asian Games? After reading the popular science in the topic, I think the two young men are really amazing. Come on! ! #National team wins first medal in 400m race at Asian Games#】
[I never paid attention to it before. I just found out that 400 meters is actually a sprint? ? ? 】
[Hahahaha, I can't take it anymore. This krypton guy named 'Dasheng Paodekuai' is really rich, but it seems that he really likes the 400-meter race. Don't mention it. I'm also a sports enthusiast, but I pay very little attention to track and field. I've watched the Olympic finals of the 400-meter race before, but it might be because there were no athletes from my own country participating, so watching the competition lacked that flavor. I didn't feel nervous at all. I just saw the topic and went to watch the Asian Games finals... The tension was so different when there were athletes from my own country participating and when there were no athletes from my own country participating. In the end, I was also very excited when Zhang Ziyi crossed the line. In short, congratulations on the breakthrough. I hope that the 400-meter event can achieve even better results in the future, breaking out of Asia and heading to the world! 】
[0v0... ahem, I clicked in out of curiosity, and then casually took a look at the interview with Coach Su Bai. Oh my, where did this handsome guy come from? The little brother is so cute when he talks about the goal of the competition with a serious face and a cold face...! 】
Although the initial trending search was bought by "The Monkey King runs fast", with the influx of passers-by, this topic also gained a lot of real popularity, and made many people remember the Chinese 400-meter sprint event for the first time.
This night was a night of partying for some people, but the Asian Games schedule was only halfway through, and many people still needed to work hard for the next events.
For example, Lu Mengfan and Cui Luoheng in the 110-meter hurdles, and the members of the 4*400-meter relay.
In today's competition, the performance of Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen brought great encouragement to the players of the 4*400m event. As they also trained under Su Bai, they certainly understand how much they have improved during this period with Su Bai's guidance. As long as they can perform normally, they may really be able to take home a dream medal in the 4*400m relay as Su Bai expected!
As soon as they thought of this possibility, Guo Dun, Lin Chuan and even Li Junhao's hearts were burning with excitement.
Comparatively speaking, Lu Mengfan will be under greater pressure in the 110-meter hurdles.
In the 110-meter hurdles event, China once had a hurdle champion who reached world-class standards more than ten years ago. Because of the rise of that hurdle champion, the hurdles event gained a group of fans in China. Unfortunately, after the hurdle champion, no domestic athlete has been able to reach his level back then.
In recent years, the emergence of Lu Mengfan has made domestic hurdle fans focus their attention on him. Although he does have the ability, at the same age, Lu Mengfan's results are much worse than those of the hurdle king of that year. Now, as the number one in the domestic hurdles, Lu Mengfan's results are still some distance away from people's expectations.
As a competitor also competing in the 110-meter hurdles, Cui Luoheng certainly faced much less pressure than Lu Mengfan, but he did not let his guard down either - he had finally regained his confidence on the track, so how could he let himself down just because he didn't have to bear too much pressure?
What's more... Qiu Wen, Zhang Ziyi... and those athletes in the 400-meter event have all achieved remarkable results. Cui Luoheng also wants to try to see how high he can go in this Asian Games.
When thinking of this, another thought suddenly flashed through Cui Luoheng's mind - if his strength is strong enough and his potential is high enough, will Su Bai's attention be diverted more towards the 110-meter hurdles event?
Cui Luoheng always felt a little bit resentful about Qiu Wen's "competing for favor" theory.
The next day, at 9 am on August 28, at the Jakarta Stadium, the Asian Games track and field competition venue
Since it was a morning match on a weekday and there were no important events in the morning, there were not many spectators in the stands during this period, with only about 70% of the seats filled.
The 110-meter hurdles preliminaries in which Lu Mengfan and Cui Luoheng will participate will start at 9:30 this morning.
Compared with the number of participants in the men's 100m and 400m races, the number of participants in the Asian Games 110m hurdles is much smaller. Even in the preliminaries, the total number of participants is only 18, which is even less than the number of participants in the semi-finals of the 400m event.
Therefore, there will be no semi-finals in the 110-meter hurdles competition. There will be three preliminaries, with 6 people in each group. The top 2 players in each group and the top 2 players among the remaining players will directly enter the final at 21:30 tonight.
When Su Bai followed the track and field team to the stadium and was about to follow everyone to the audience seats, a voice suddenly called him.
"Coach Su Bai! Coach Su Bai!"
When Su Bai and everyone else turned around, they found that the person who came was a reporter from the sports channel.
"Coach Su Bai, excuse me for interrupting you for a few minutes. I am Man Jiang, a reporter from the sports channel. Before the national team played, Xu Hui interviewed you in China about your goals for the 400-meter sprint and 4*400-meter sprint. But you are also the coach of Cui Luoheng in the 110-meter hurdles. Today is the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries and finals. I would like to ask you, do you have a goal for Cui Luoheng in the 110-meter hurdles?"
Obviously, this was due to the huge follow-up response to the previous interview with Su Bai. The reporter from the sports channel discovered that they had not asked any questions related to the 110-meter hurdles at the beginning, so they found Su Bai again and decided to make up for the interview.
When Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan heard this question, they looked at each other and then looked calm. They already knew the answer to this question and were prepared for the reporters to be shocked.
Sure enough, after a brief pause, Su Bai said decisively: "Win the medal."
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Reporter Man Jiang was stunned for a moment: "Coach Su Bai, you mean... Cui Luoheng's goal in the 110-meter hurdles is to win a medal?"
Su Bai nodded.
The reporter was a little confused: "No, Coach Su Bai, but we also have Lu Mengfan in our team. As far as I know, Coach Lv Shengbin's goal for Lu Mengfan is also to win a medal?"
Su Bai nodded again: "Yes."
Reporter Man Jiang was stunned: "Lu Mengfan is currently the top athlete in the domestic 110-meter hurdles. In comparison, Cui Luoheng has relatively little experience in this event... But as a coach, in predicting the results of this Asian Games, your goal for Cui Luoheng is exactly the same as Lu Shengbin's goal for Lu Mengfan. In this comparison... do you mean that you are more optimistic about Cui Luoheng?"
Su Bai smiled, then looked at the reporter seriously: "Coach Lu and I only made predictions about the performance of our own athletes. It has nothing to do with what you said. Goals are just goals. I said this only because I judged Cui Luoheng's strength and thought he had a chance of winning a medal in this competition."
The reporter was stunned for a moment, and then a possibility quickly came to his mind: "Then Coach Su, do you think that with Cui Luoheng and Lu Mengfan's strength, is it possible for them to both win medals in this Asian Games?!"
The reporter's train of thought stunned Jiang Wentao and the others, while Su Bai frowned and thought for a moment before giving a positive answer: "Yes."
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This answer not only shocked the reporters, but also made Jiang Wentao and others skip a beat.
Both get the cards!
The meaning and possibilities behind this give people so much expectations!
After receiving the reply, the reporter immediately thanked Su Bai and ran away with the photographer - he planned to find a quiet place, organize the interview into a manuscript and publish it quickly.
Jiang Wentao and the others were also confused after the reporter left, and then quickly taught Su Bai a lesson: "Xiaobai, as coaches, we still need to be more careful with our words..."
Su Bai nodded, but his expression was still serious: "Director Jiang, don't worry, what I just said is the actual judgment in my heart."
Hearing Su Bai say this, Jiang Wentao also had a trace of doubt on his face: "Two people winning medals together... is this possible?"
Su Bai nodded seriously: "I have studied the public information of the contestants in the past year. If A Luo and Lu Mengfan perform normally, they are likely to achieve this result."
Seeing Su Bai say this, everyone present showed a mixture of disbelief and expectation on their faces.
Soon, Su Bai and his group arrived at the stadium's audience seats and sat down waiting for the start of the three group matches of the 110-meter hurdles. Due to the possibilities given by Su Bai, everyone present had different expectations for the group matches of the 110-meter hurdles.
At the same time, reporter Man Jiang found a quiet place and quickly compiled the interview content into a simple manuscript, which he sent directly back to the person in charge of the website and online platform of the sports channel, and even made a note on the manuscript for expedited review.
So, about 15 minutes later, this article appeared directly on the official Weibo of Sports News Network and Sports Channel.
Sports Channel News Network: [Breaking news! Track and field coach Su Bai once again predicted that in the Asian Games 110m hurdles, my country's goal may be to win a medal together! 】
In the detailed news on Weibo, the interview question and answer session between Man Jiang and Su Bai was basically repeated in a respectable tone.
However, the final answer to this interview question is enough to surprise many people.
【ha? A two-way medal win? That means Xiaolu and Cui Luoheng will at least win one silver and one bronze? 】
[I completely believe what Xiaolu said, but Cui Luoheng's performance in the first half of this season was not very stable, right? And it was mentioned before that Cui Luoheng was in some troubled condition. In this case, is the goal set for him to win a medal directly? Emmm... Doesn't it feel a bit suspenseful...?】
[It’s still uncertain, but, friends, do you still remember ‘The Monkey King’? I don’t know why, but if it’s Coach Su’s judgment… I kind of want to believe it. 】
About half an hour after this report was released, while track and field enthusiasts were discussing it online, the Sports Channel News Network quickly updated a new Weibo post.
Sports Channel News Network: [The latest news, in the just concluded 110m hurdles preliminaries, Chinese athletes Cui Luoheng and Lu Mengfan won first place in the 2nd and 3rd groups respectively, and successfully advanced to the finals! 】
The emergence of this news, together with the previous interview report, seems to be foreshadowing the accuracy of Su Bai's prediction...!
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