Chapter 103
I have to say, sometimes everything on the field seems so magical.
When Kostadin and Chedrik saw the final result of the game, they both showed expressions of great surprise on their faces. They had never expected that Jiang Yuan and Vladislav would actually fight all the way to the end and even win the gold medal of this World Youth Championship together at the last moment.
"This is a magical competition! The two double gold medals won by Jiang Yuan and Vladislav are the first double gold medals in this World Youth Championships. Looking back at previous World Youth Championships, this is also the first double gold medal in the men's high jump event in the World Athletics Championships!"
"We often say that there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts, but in tonight's men's high jump final, both Jiang Yuan and Vladislav gave us extremely wonderful performances on the field. From the qualifying stage to the final stage, the two athletes showed us what it's like for two 'top masters' to compete on the track and field field."
“Although the winner was not decided in the end, I believe that in future competitions, these two evenly matched players will be able to decide the winner again and bring us some new classic game scenes!”
"Here, we once again congratulate Jiang Yuan and Vladislav for winning gold medals in the men's 200m high jump event at this World Youth Championships! We also look forward to them bringing us more exciting performances in the future!"
“Congratulations to them!”
It should be said that this result of the game, which many people had never expected, did bring a huge shock to the onlookers and track and field fans.
After all, in track and field events, the probability of a double gold medal is too small. Even track and field fans rarely have the opportunity to witness the birth of a double gold medal event.
At this time in the competition, after confirming the final results, Vladislav hugged Jiang Yuan. After confirming the final results of the two of them, the staff of the Ukrainian and Chinese teams excitedly presented them with the Chinese and Ukrainian flags so that they could walk around the field wearing the national flags to celebrate this miraculous moment.
In the audience, Zhong Wen and his friends are having a blast with joy - who else? Just ask who else? ! When you study abroad, you can see your classmates winning gold medals consecutively in the World Youth Championships, and you can even see the birth of classic scenes such as double gold medals!
When Jiang Yuan celebrated by circling the field with the national flag draped over him, Zhong Wen and the others were so excited that they almost flipped over the guardrail and rushed down to the competition venue.
"Student tyrant is awesome!!"
The smiles on the faces of Jiang Yuan and Su Yu's classmates from No. 12 Middle School are not only filled with excitement but also with pride and honor - hey, look, these are their classmates!
When Jiang Yuan left their position and continued to walk around the field, Zhong Wen smiled at his brother and said, "Hey, brother, you said that coming here to watch the competition can be considered as study tour. Then does Yuanzi and our Xueshen coming here to participate in the competition also count as study tour?"
Wang Yangming: “…”
Wang Yangming was almost stumped by Zhong Wen's question, but it turned out that Zhong Wen's hypothesis was actually correct.
You have to know that there are so many different kinds of study tours all over the world. Joining a study tour with a script-killing theme can be considered study tour, and finding any excuse to go abroad to travel can also be considered study tour. In this case, how come Jiang Yuan and Su Yu's participation in the World Youth Championship is not considered study tour?
After all, people have said that one of the goals of the study tour is to "cultivate students' insatiable spirit and attitude of pursuing excellence". So Jiang Yuan and Su Yu, two 15-year-old children, have won the U20 World Youth Athletics Championships in succession. Isn't this enough to be "never satisfied" and "pursuing excellence"?
After Wang Yangming had poured this into his mind, he kept himself silent.
It should be said that there is nothing wrong with defining Jiang Yuan and Su Yu's participation in the competition as a kind of "study and research", but the threshold of this "study and research" is really a bit too high.
Just when Wang Yangming was still spitting at himself for actually thinking about "research", suddenly a burst of high-decibel excited screams broke out in his ears -
“Ahhhhhh!!! God of Study!!!”
"The God of Study is about to take the stage!!!"
When they understood what Zhong Wen and the others were screaming, they saw that all the lights above the Latina Stadium were turned off at this moment. The audience also burst into excited cheers at the moment the lights went out!
Here we come!
The last game of the night, the men's 200m final, is finally about to begin!
As the main event of the evening, the organizers certainly paid great respect to this most anticipated event of the evening - at this moment the competitions of other events on the field have all ended, so tonight's men's 200m final showed the solemnity and grandeur of this competition from the moment the athletes took the stage.
Soon, as all the lights in the stadium were turned off, a beam of light shone towards the entrance for the men's 200m finalists, and the first athlete to appear at this entrance was the athlete in the innermost lane of this game - Batur Alsreka from Poland.
From the innermost lane to the outermost lane, a total of 8 contestants in the men's 200m final began to appear on the field one by one. Among these 8 contestants, there were several who could hear the warmest cheers from the audience when they appeared on the field.
Among them is the young Chinese player who made his third appearance - Su Yu!
"God of study! God of study!!!"
Even in such a warm environment, the shouts of Zhong Wen and others could still penetrate the crowd and reach Su Yu's ears. Appearing under the spotlight, Su Yu waved to the audience and also looked seriously in the direction of Zhong Wen and others, thanking these students for their enthusiasm who came from afar.
In China, in the live broadcast room of Jigu Video, the heat brought by Jiang Yuan's "double gold medals" has not yet dissipated, and the men's 200m final is about to begin.
When the audience in the live broadcast room saw Su Yu's appearance, the already lively live broadcast room became even more boiling -
[Ahhh!] Su Yu! ! It is said that Su Yu is here! ! ! 】
[Su Yu, go, go, go! Come on for the 200m final! ! ! 】
【200 meters!】 ! ! The time has come to create miracles! ! 】
To be honest, although Jiang Yuan and Vladislav had created a magical scene of two gold medals in the men's high jump event, in terms of the level of attention, one only needs to look at the lively comments when Su Yu appeared on the stage to know that compared with the high jump event, people are still more interested in the purest speed competition in the sprint event.
This represents people's desire for the limit of human speed. It seems simple enough that everyone can accomplish it, but in fact everyone clearly understands that there are countless thresholds on the road to speed. Only the most powerful and most talented people can truly step into the top threshold.
"Dear audience, although this game has just begun, I still want to say that from the moment Su Yu stepped onto this field, he has created a new history!"
In the live broadcast room of Jigu Video, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming's eyes were already filled with tears just by seeing Su Yu appear on the stage.
They originally thought that as such an experienced commentator, they should be able to handle any situation with ease, but when they saw Su Yu come on stage, they still heard the surging excitement in their chests at that moment.
Such excitement comes from their understanding of track and field events, and such excitement also comes from their purest love for this event.
As veteran commentators of track and field events for 20 to 30 years, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming can be said to have witnessed the Chinese team's hard struggle and growth in the sprint event for nearly three decades. Many people think that the Chinese team's current men's 100m and 200m results are already top-notch in Asia, but it is hard to imagine that in 1998, when Japan, also an Asian country, had achieved its best men's 100m result of 10.00 seconds, China's men's 100m national record at that time was still at 10.20 seconds.
From 1998 to 2018, these twenty years were the result of the unremitting pursuit of several generations of Chinese track and field athletes and the continuous sprint of countless athletes like Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming. In just twenty years, they not only narrowed the 0.2-second gap between China and Japan caused by the times and the development of national strength, but even broke through the 10-second zone of the 100 meters, which was previously claimed to be "unbreakable by the yellow race," one step earlier than Japanese athletes.
Did China once lack talented players?
No, not really.
In the past development of Chinese track and field, those athletes who were once confined to the world outside 10.20 seconds may not have lacked talent, but more likely something other than talent - such as better training concepts, such as better technical guidance.
But it is also thanks to the efforts of generations of athletes, and the experience and lessons they have accumulated, that Chinese track and field, accompanied by the hard work and dedication of countless now unknown athletes, has step by step reached the 'present' that the audience sees today.
It's the same for 100 meters and 200 meters.
As China was catching up with Japan and Asia's top sprinting level, in order to better overcome difficulties, the Chinese team once put as much talent and research as possible into the more dazzling 100-meter event in the sprinting program.
As for the 200m and 400m events, which have higher technical requirements, we can only conduct more in-depth research and development after the 100m technology becomes more mature.
As people who deeply love track and field and sprinting, Tian Ruhui, Zhou Jiming and many other Chinese track and field enthusiasts all understand that the national team allocates different proportions of research resources to different events.
However, in countless competitions in the past, when I saw the Chinese players losing to their opponents in important competitions and missing the finals, the unwillingness and regret in my heart would inevitably emerge at that moment.
This complex feeling of unwillingness and regret was finally changed after the appearance of Zhan Youming. Now, after Zhan Youming, Su Yu's sudden emergence has made him the brightest star in the hearts of these track and field enthusiasts. Compared with the long jump and high jump events where the Chinese team already has complete and advanced technology and talent reserves, Su Yu in the sprint event is like a rare flower of hope blooming from the barren land.
And now, this shining flower of hope is clearly still at such a fragile young stage, but it has already successfully come to a world that the Chinese team has never been to, with everyone's blessings and incredible attention!
For those spectators who do not pay attention to track and field events on weekdays, it may be difficult to understand the complex feelings of track and field enthusiasts like Tian Ruhui at this moment.
"This is the first time in history that the Chinese team has successfully entered the men's 200-meter sprint final!"
"No matter what Su Yu's final result will be in this final - as long as he is standing here now, at this moment, Su Yu's existence already represents a milestone victory!"
Tian Ruhui looked at Su Yu who had already arrived at the fourth starting line of the stadium, and said sincerely: "Although Teacher Zhou and I have said this many times, I still have to say that the next final will be a very difficult 'battle' for Su Yu. I hope everyone can cheer for Su Yu from beginning to end, regardless of the result or ranking."
In the competitive sports arena, performance is indeed the criterion for testing a player.
But Tian Ruhui believes that sometimes, grades are not the only criterion.
***
On the field, after Su Yu, the remaining players also appeared one after another amid the passionate introductions of the live commentators.
With the appearance of these opponents, the atmosphere of the game became more and more intense second by second. Everything on the field seemed to become tense. However, Su Yu, who was standing behind the starting blocks in the fourth lane, gradually began to regain his competitive state that seemed to have been lost during the day.
In fact, or should we say, the moment he came out of the Chinese team's backcourt lounge and saw Pei Dingshan, his worst state had gradually left him. In the subsequent warm-up and preparation stage, Su Yu could feel that he was gradually regaining his anticipation and desire for the game and victory.
Just when he was preparing in the backcourt and waiting to go on stage, Su Yu witnessed the double gold medal battle between Jiang Yuan and Vladislav on the live TV screen in the waiting passage.
When he and his opponents in the men's 200m final were watching the game in the waiting corridor, the battle between Jiang Yuan and Vladislav had reached a height of 2.31 meters. At this stage, whether it was Jiang Yuan or Vladislav, even though their expressions were always calm, their physical fatigue could be seen with the naked eye.
But whether it was Jiang Yuan or Vladislav, they had no intention of backing down.
In the three attempts at a height of 2.31 meters, Jiang Yuan and Vladislav failed every time, but after the failure, another person would give it his all again.
Desire, ambition and every blow of failure.
When Su Yu was watching the duel between Jiang Yuan and Vladislav in the final, the desire for victory in his heart that seemed to have been extinguished due to the fatigue of many days of continuous competition was rekindled in an instant.
At this time, Su Yu looked at the opponents who had already appeared on the field one after another, whether it was Batur Alseleka, Oliver Wells, Marcus Stewart... every player who stepped onto the field had an undisguised ambition and desire for the final on his face.
No one wants to fail. Every player who has come to this competition, even the weakest Batur Alseleka, has tensed himself up, ready to fight for his own spot in this final!
In the huge Latina Stadium, every time a player appears, the audience in the stands will burst into cheers and shouts at this moment - Come on! come on! !
Every audience member is paying full attention to the grand final in front of them.
Finally, when all eight finalists of the men's 200m final stepped onto the field, the dim scene instantly became bright, and the dazzling lights illuminated the entire field as bright as day in an instant.
It was also at this moment that the cheers and screams of all the audience reached their peak - right now! The finals are about to begin! !
At this moment, at the starting line of the curved track, from the second lane to the ninth lane are Batur Alsreka from Poland, Clint Hudson from the United States, Su Yu from China, Marcus Stewart from the United States, Oliver Wells and Nicholas Olindlin from the United Kingdom, Ismael Schaeffers from South Africa, and Julian Tenet from Germany.
Just from the composition of the eight athletes on the field, we can see that in the 200-meter sprint event, the United States and Britain are both very strong teams at this stage.
On the field, black players, mixed-race players and white players almost made up the entire lineup for this final. Among these players, Su Yu, who was in the fourth lane, was the only yellow-skinned player on the field.
In the live broadcast room of Jigu Video, the bystanders who were watching the game at this moment all looked shocked as the camera scanned the players on the field one by one after the lights were turned on.
[Oh shit, no way, black people rule the world? ! 】
[I didn’t pay much attention to the previous matches, but when I saw the final, I was shocked...! 】
[Oh my god, although I have always heard Teacher Tian and Teacher Zhou say how easy it was for Su Yu to advance to the finals, and that it was the first time in the history of Chinese track and field, I never thought much of it. But now that I see the racial ratio of the people in the finals, I suddenly feel the reality of the finals of the world's top competition. Among such a group of players, Su Yu really looks like a minor...]
[……?] 】
[Wait a minute, my friend, wake up, Su Yu is already a minor! ! 】
No matter how chaotic the comments on the public screen in the live broadcast room looked, the meaning expressed by the audience in these live broadcast rooms was consistent. It was at this moment when the final was about to begin that many people truly realized how out of place Su Yu's age and skin color were compared to the level of this game and the level of the finalists.
But in such a competition, no matter how out of place Su Yu's age is, he will never get any sympathy or concession from his opponents.
In this arena where the strong prey on the weak, no matter who he is, all he can rely on is his own strength!
***
Plop, plop.
When everyone stood behind the starting blocks, the heartbeat of almost every athlete gradually began to climb to the peak at this moment. Even though the starting positions of these athletes in front of the starting line were not on the same horizontal line, they still maintained a vigilant attitude towards each other.
Among all the contestants at this moment, the one that attracted the most attention was undoubtedly Marcus Stewart in the fifth lane.
This young athlete from the American team once ran a time of 20.31 seconds this season, which is a result that is almost dominant in the World Youth Championships. Although Marcus Stewart did not run a time close to 20.31 seconds again in the previous preliminaries and semifinals, his PB still means that he has every chance of winning this final.
After Marcus Stewart, another athlete who attracted much attention was Oliver Wells from the British team. Although in terms of his personal best results, Oliver Wells' results were not only not as good as Marcus Stewart's, but even worse than South African Ismael Scheffers' PB of 20.41, but Oliver Wells performed very strongly in this World Youth Championship.
In the preliminary stage, Oliver Wells won the first place in the overall ranking with a score of 20.61 seconds. In the semi-final stage, Oliver Wells also defeated Marcus Stewart of the American team and won the first place in the overall ranking of the semi-final stage again with a score of 20.51 seconds!
With two wins in two games, Oliver Wells seems to be challenging all opponents on the scene with his strong performance.
Therefore, at the current stage, Oliver Wells is also the most watched player in the final besides Marcus Stewart.
As for Su Yu, who was in the fourth lane at the moment, even though he ran 20.70 seconds in the semi-finals, in everyone's eyes, he was still not qualified to be compared with players like Marcus, Oliver, Clint, Nicholas and Ismail.
In everyone's eyes, the final winner of this men's 200m final will only be among these five people. What's more, in the eyes of many people, the champion, runner-up and third place of this game will not be outside of these five players.
Ahaha?
Are you asking about the young Chinese player Su Yu who successfully advanced to the finals?
OK, maybe he did really well in the 100m final, but his 200m performance is nowhere near what he did in the 100m.
If he wants to win a medal in this competition tonight...he must at least run a time under 20.60 seconds!
As everyone was either nervous or wary of each other, the official referee on the scene finally blew the whistle, indicating that the game was about to officially begin.
The brief whistle instantly stimulated the nerves of every player present. Everyone's heart began to tense at this moment, and then the starter's command of "on your positions" came immediately.
"Here we go! The competition is about to officially begin!"
In the live broadcast room of Jigu Video, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming, together with all the viewers in the room, nervously watched the live broadcast footage from the scene.
In the fourth lane, Su Yu had already walked around to the starting block. He supported himself with his hands, simply stretched his legs, and then stepped one foot after the other onto the starting block pedals.
In the fourth and fifth lanes adjacent to Su Yu, the athletes in these two lanes are both strong contenders for medals in the 200m final - they are Clint from the US team and Marcus, also a member of the US team.
Among these two young players who belong to the US team, the stronger one is undoubtedly Marcus Stewart, but Clint Hudson's strength is definitely not weak either. At this time, the two of them sandwiched Su Yu in front and behind. This is definitely not good news for Su Yu.
But in fact, considering the strength of so many opponents on the field, no matter which level Su Yu is in, the opponents next to him will definitely not be too weak.
In front of the starting line of the fourth lane, Su Yu calmly supported himself with his hands, stepped on the starting blocks with both feet, one of his knees touching the ground, and his eyes slightly closed. Compared with his opponents around him who were wary of each other, Su Yu didn't seem to care about his opponents.
The live camera of the on-site Jigu Video swept over Su Yu at this moment. Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming also saw Su Yu's condition at this moment. If they followed their previous habits, they would definitely give some explanations on Su Yu's condition. But at this moment, whether it was Tian Ruhui or Zhou Jiming, they restrained their desire to comment and nervously looked at Su Yu who closed his eyes slightly on the field - even their breathing at this moment was obviously more tense and rapid than Su Yu before the starting line.
Although the scene at this moment did not receive any explanation from Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming, every audience member who saw the scene in front of them couldn't help but slow down their breathing, as if they were worried that their breathing would disturb Su Yu on the field in front of them.
Finally, this peace was only fleeting.
When all eight players on the field were ready, the official starter on the scene quickly gave a new instruction - "Ready".
And when the preparation sounded, the scene and the live broadcast room seemed to fall into extreme silence!
When the starter gave the command "ready", the eight players on the field quickly supported themselves with their hands on the ground and raised their hips. Their bodies quickly showed a tendency to lean forward slightly. At this moment, they were ready for the sudden forward charge after the starting gun sounded!
Finally, the next moment after the preparation sound fell——"Bang!!!"
The crisp sound of the starting gun rang out over the stadium. At the moment when the starting gun sounded, eight figures on the track shot out from the starting line at the same time.
“The game begins!!!”
On the track, eight figures that were ejected at the same time all showed their fastest reaction speed and strongest explosive power, but even in such a situation, Su Yu on the fourth lane also had the best reaction ability of the whole field.
In the live broadcast room of Jigu Video, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming have long been accustomed to Su Yu's starting reaction speed, but this is still the focus that they must report in every competition. Tian Ruhui habitually scans the starting reaction time data recorded on the screen.
Just when he subconsciously wanted to report a reaction time data starting with 0.12, his eyes widened in surprise - "Su Yu... Su Yu's starting reaction time in this game is 0.119 seconds?...!"
Even though he had long been accustomed to Su Yu's inhuman reaction speed, when he actually saw Su Yu's reaction at the start, Tian Ruhui was still greatly shocked.
The starting reaction speed starts at 0.11.
This almost means that Su Yu's reaction speed has reached the limit of human reaction speed.
You should know that according to the standards of the IAAF, a reaction speed of less than 0.10 seconds will be considered a false start. In other words, even the best reaction speed will not exceed 0.10 seconds. On this basis, the closer the reaction speed is to 0.10 seconds, the closer it is to the limit of human reaction.
In previous world-class competitions, even in the finals of the World Championships and the Olympics, almost no players could give a reaction speed of 0.11x.
This is a state that is close to the limit, especially in a 200-meter race that starts on a curve. Almost no athlete can reach such a sensitive level of reaction speed at the start.
This is not only because many athletes find it difficult to achieve such a reaction speed, but also because when starting on a curve, such a quick reaction is not necessarily a good thing - too quick a starting reaction is likely to make it impossible for the athlete's body control to react and regulate quickly.
You know, on a curve, no matter how confident the athletes are in their speed capabilities, it is difficult for them to increase their speed to the limit on a curve.
Because running at maximum speed on a straight track and running at maximum speed on a curve are actually two completely different concepts. On a curve, you also need to control your running route and body inclination to ensure that you don't accidentally run out of the lane that originally belonged to you.
Previously, everyone had always believed that Su Yu's overall rhythm was more suitable for 200 meters. This was because in the curve part of the 200-meter race, the athlete did not need to speed up his run too much - even an athlete with explosive power like Marcus Stewart would not reach the limit of his run speed after a quick start. This gave late-stage explosive athletes like Su Yu the opportunity to close the gap with other early-stage athletes in the run.
For this reason, many people believe that a reaction speed that is too fast in the 200-meter stage is not actually an advantage, and may even cause the athlete to not have enough time to control his or her body in the early stages.
But now, on the fourth lane, Su Yu decisively gave his almost limitless reaction when the starting gun sounded, not only the starting reaction, but also the starting burst and acceleration.
In the audience seats, Zheng Sheng, who was sitting in the Chinese athlete zone, was so shocked when he saw Su Yu burst into action.
Although the audience in the scene could not see the real-time data like Tian Ruhui and others, Zheng Sheng's many years of coaching experience still allowed him to immediately see Su Yu's reaction speed and explosive power at this stage.
At this moment, Zheng Sheng felt like his scalp was about to explode - this Su Yu... is this kid crazy? !
Such a fast, such a quick reaction speed and explosive acceleration in corners!
In just this moment, Su Yu's performance shocked Zheng Sheng so much that his heart began to pound. Almost in an instant, Zheng Sheng understood Su Yu's thoughts - he was gambling!
Indeed, as everyone could have imagined, if Su Yu continued to face this final in his usual state, then in the final stage, facing players such as Marcus Stewart, Oliver Wells, Nicholas Olindlin, Ishmael Shavers, Clint Hudson and others who would be in their best form, Su Yu would most likely be overwhelmed by the speed of these opponents.
Even though the gap in strength between him and his opponents may be only 0.1 second, this short period of time, which is not even enough for an ordinary person to blink, is enough to widen the performance gap between Su Yu and his opponents.
Therefore, if Su Yu wants to successfully surpass his opponents, if Su Yu wants to get a sufficiently ideal result in this final, then the only thing he can do is - gamble!
He must give his all in this game, and this all includes not only the full effort in the later stages, but also every minute and every second except the later stages.
It's like the extremely limited 0.01 second in the reaction phase at the start, but as long as he wants to win, he must seize it, even if it's just 0.01!
Just like he had to seize this limited 0.01, if he wanted to win, if he wanted to defeat these opponents who were stronger than him, then in the bend where no one dared to speed up at full speed, he had to accelerate as explosively as possible and use all his speed.
He must work hard to catch up in order to get closer to his opponents like Marcus, Oliver, Ishmael and others!
Even if it is just 0.1 or 0.01, he must make every effort for such an improvement!
After Zheng Sheng in the audience understood Su Yu's idea, he felt that he had difficulty breathing at this moment. He stood up nervously and looked at the athletes on the field who were trying their best to push their speed to the limit from the start. The pursuit of the limit as if he would be chased by death if he fell behind by one second made Zheng Sheng's scalp and even lips tremble slightly.
At this moment, Zheng Sheng didn't want to think any more, no matter whether Su Yu's attempt in this final would succeed or fail, but at this moment, in this second, he just wanted to shout at the top of his voice to Su Yu in the audience, so that Su Yu could hear that there were people cheering for him, cheering for his spirit and determination to pursue the limit!
"Su Yu!!! Come on!!! The Chinese team will always support you!!!"
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PS: Well, for the double gold medals last night, theoretically Costadin should not have been able to get a bronze medal
↑ According to the previous Hangzhou Asian Games and Tokyo Olympics, at this time, all the medals are silver, and the third place player will directly get the bronze medal
↑ Kostadin's bronze medal was only from the love of Lao Caicai (bushi, cough, it's just that this is more dramatic, but when you see it in real competitions, don't refer to Lao Caicai's cough cough
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