Chapter 125
After the results of the preliminary round of this group came out, Su Yu confirmed his results and went to the backcourt. On the way, he met Liu Yu who was waiting to catch someone for an interview.
Liu Yu was very familiar with Su Yu's current perfunctory interview tactics, but that did not prevent Liu Yu from asking Su Yu a few questions before letting him go.
When Su Yu arrived at the backcourt lounge, Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming, who had participated in the preliminaries in the morning, and Lin Zekai, who had returned earlier than him, were all in the lounge. Mr. Liao from the national team's logistics group was giving Lin Zekai a relaxing massage. After seeing Su Yu, he nodded to him and asked Su Yu to wait a moment.
Of course, Dr. Liao is not the only doctor in the national team's logistics team that came to Doha. There are more than ten medical support staff in the logistics team alone, but not all of them are masseurs. Dr. Liao and his team are responsible for all the players in the men's and women's groups, which is also a hard job.
Waiting in line for massage relaxation is a common thing in the national team. Su Yu said, "I'm not in a hurry," and sat down first. However, Lin Zekai on the massage bed struggled to get up and let Su Yu take over first, but was slapped on the butt by Doctor Liao: "Okay, don't move."
After being stopped by the doctor, Lin Zekai wilted and lay down on the massage bed obediently. But after a while, he raised his head and looked in the direction of Su Yu, as if he really wanted to say something to Su Yu.
This was the scene that Zheng Sheng, Liu Qinlong and others saw when they arrived at the backcourt locker room. Liu Qinlong had not been training Lin Zekai for nothing during this period of time. As soon as he saw Lin Zekai's expression, he knew what he was going to do.
It’s the same old saying - the player is a good player, but he is a little too honest.
Liu Qinlong and his team arrived at the backcourt locker room and first asked everyone present how they felt. After getting the answer that everything was fine, they still breathed a sigh of relief even though they had known the answer a long time ago.
"Everyone's performance and condition in the preliminaries this morning were good. Tianxi and Chuming, take a good rest this afternoon to ensure your condition for tomorrow's 100m semi-finals and finals. Lin Zekai, you should also take a good rest this afternoon. In the semi-finals tonight, we will try to run in good condition!"
As for the fact that there was little chance of advancing to the finals in tonight's semi-finals, Liu Qinlong certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to say it out loud.
After explaining to Lin Zekai, Liu Qinlong turned to look at Su Yu, paused, and said, "Xiaoyu, it's the same for you. Don't be too stressed about the semi-finals tonight. You still need to rest well and prepare for the 200-meter race the day after tomorrow."
As for Su Yu, everyone knows that the national team had communicated with Su Yu before the game. Su Yu's focus will be on 200 meters. In the 400 meters, it will be considered a victory if he can reach the semi-finals.
Although Liu Qinlong felt sorry for not being able to see Su Yu perform better in the 400m on the field, he also understood the overall situation, so he was very straightforward when assigning the task to Su Yu.
Liu Qinlong didn't know the secret between Su Yu and Pei Dingshan, so after hearing what Liu Qinlong said, Su Yu just nodded at him obediently to show that he understood.
and.
Su Yu thought, he didn't lie to Liu Qinlong - after all, he didn't have too much pressure for tonight's semi-finals. On the contrary, he had... some expectations?
Liu Qinlong and Zheng Sheng had no idea what was in Su Yu's mind at the moment. They just felt that Su Yu was a great treasure in their national team. He was talented, easy to train, serious, obedient and sensible. He was not at all like some of the troublemakers in the team, such as the idiot Sun Yuhang in the high jump.
However, Pei Dingshan, who also followed to the backcourt lounge, couldn't help but reveal a smile in his eyes after seeing Su Yu's well-behaved appearance, and even the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
At the same time that Pei Dingshan's mouth corner curled up, Su Yu happened to look up and exchanged glances with Pei Dingshan. He still looked well-behaved, but after seeing Pei Dingshan, he silently blinked twice.
After seeing the serious Su Yu, Pei Dingshan couldn't help but smile a little wider. Zheng Sheng, who was standing next to him, rarely saw Pei Dingshan like this, so he turned his head and looked at him curiously: "Coach Pei, what are you laughing at?"
Noticing Zheng Sheng's attention, Pei Dingshan looked away casually, "Nothing."
He didn't intend to expose Su Yu's plan, this was a secret between the two of them, so he was just watching a child cutting open what was probably natural black sesame filling.
Of course, Zheng Sheng had no way of knowing what Su Yu and Pei Dingshan were planning, so before he approached Su Yu, he paid more attention to Su Yu's condition. After confirming that Su Yu was in good condition, he relaxed.
Their coaching team didn't just need to keep an eye on the men's group. After confirming that everything was fine in the men's lounge, they went to the women's lounge to take a look and understand the players' conditions.
***
After the lunch break, the contestants took the bus back to the official hotel to rest.
On the way back to the official hotel, Su Yu's WeChat kept ticking. It was Ye Minghao, Jiang Ruohui and Zhou Yuang who had watched his game in China and were congratulating him.
Among them, Ye Minghao's congratulations have always been the simplest, crudest and most distinctive. Just look at the series of emoticons of thanking the boss in the group and you will know what is going on.
Zhou Yuang was even more straightforward and blunt, the first thing he said was: [Go, go, go! Come on Su Xiaoyu! Enter the World Championships! 】
Su Yu glanced at Zhou Yuang’s message, was silent for two seconds, and then replied to him: [@周元昂, it’s still a bit far from the World Championships. 】
After hearing what he said, Zhou Yuang chuckled twice and asked: [Su Xiaoyu, what is your current result in 400 meters? 】
Although they were trained in the same national team, Su Yu did not train with him in the 400m. Zhou Yuang only knew that Su Yu's 400m level was very high, but he did not know how high exactly.
Su Yu: […It’s hard to say. 】
As for his 400-meter level, he has been subconsciously controlling his pace in training since the winter training phase. Even in the team's special running training, he did not feel that he had ever run beyond his limit.
The reason for saying this is that there is usually a difference between the player's condition in training and that in the game. For example, Su Yu and others are more competitive players, and their results in training may not necessarily represent their competition level when they are in better condition.
Therefore, from the winter training stage to now, even Su Yu does not fully understand his 400-meter limit.
He only knows his current rough performance range in the 400-meter event.
Su Yu thought about it and typed on his phone: [Anyway, there is still some distance to go before the World Championships. 】
This sentence was not a complete repetition of his previous answer. It was just after Zhou Yuang's question, telling Zhou Yuang that his current results were still a bit far from the World Championships.
After hearing what he said, Zhou Yuang typed a reply at lightning speed: [Okay! I know! 】
After a pause, a new string of answers popped up on the screen:
Zhou Yuang: [@Su Yu, it would be terrifying if you, the big devil, could meet the standards for 100m and 200m. If you can add 400m to that... then all track and field fans across the country will fight for you! 】
Su Yu: [? 】
Zhou Yuang: [Don’t you understand this? Good job! The 16-year-old genius athlete may qualify for the World Championships in 100m, 200m and 400m! By then, all track and field fans across the country will have to compete offline in real-person PKs just to see which individual event you want to sign up for! 】
Su Yu: […0.0]
But at this time, Ye Minghao and Jiang Ruohui came together to join in the fun.
Ye Minghao: [Angzi is right. If Xiaoyu really gets the qualification for all three events, there will be a big melee among domestic track and field athletes^^]
Jiang Ruohui: [I’ll go first, I’ll vote for 100 meters! 】
The chat content of these people in the group is always so imaginative and out of the ordinary, and they dare to say anything. Even Su Yu, after seeing Jiang Ruohui start voting, also voted for his plan to participate in the World Championships, in which he temporarily qualified for 0 events.
Su Yu: [Then I’ll select all. 】
Zhou Yuang: [@Su Yu, Su Xiaoyu, you are too greedy! 】
Su Yu: [0.0 is not okay? 】
Zhou Yuang: […Tsk, it doesn’t look like there’s anything wrong with it. 】
After all, it is the World Championships, the top competition that all track and field athletes hope to be able to enter - but having said that, you have to be qualified if you want to enter the arena!
You know, among the current domestic men's sprinters, apart from Zheng Tianxi, Feng Chuming and Zhan Youming who have already qualified, the one who has the best chance of qualifying is really only Su Yu.
In other words, even if Su Yu is not allowed to register at that time, other athletes will not be eligible to register. Therefore, if Su Yu can really successfully obtain the qualifications for three World Championships sprint events within the qualifying window period, let alone Su Yu himself wanting to register for three events, I am afraid that even the national team will be reluctant to let Su Yu not register! Even if they are eliminated in the first round, at least there are Chinese athletes competing in that event!
The chat content in the group was extremely imaginative, as if Su Yu had already qualified for the 100m, 200m and 400m events in the World Championships.
But everyone in the group was laughing until Su Yu said he had arrived at the official hotel. Then the group quieted down and told Su Yu to go back to the hotel to eat something and have a good rest in the afternoon.
After all, the World Championships that people in the group were talking about were all jokes, but Su Yu was going to really face the men's 400m semi-finals of the Asian Championships tonight!
***
After Su Yu returned to Guanjiu to rest, the discussion on the domestic Internet about Su Yu and Lin Zekai's semi-final tonight did not stop.
What track and field fans on the Internet are discussing is naturally the perennial question of what kind of results Lin Zekai and Su Yu can achieve in tonight's semi-finals.
There is not much difference of opinion about the performance forecast of Lin Zekai. Most people think that although Lin Zekai's rhythm control has improved, it is probably not stable yet. More importantly, his training time in the national team is too short, so even if there is an improvement, it is probably not much.
Therefore, most people think that if Lin Zekai can achieve a result of around 46.20 seconds in tonight's semi-final, it will be considered an excellent performance. If he wants to go further, it will have to wait until Lin Zekai has more time for subsequent training and becomes more stable. Only then can we see whether he can improve.
But there were all kinds of predictions about Su Yu's results, but no one could convince anyone else, so finally someone started a betting post, with everyone betting on what range Su Yu's semi-final results would fall into.
There are 4 options for this post:
A. 46.00-46.20.
B. 45.80-45.99.
C. 45.60-45.79.
D. 45.40-45.59.
Perhaps it was because Su Yu's three consecutive men's 400m races this month did have a significant impact, attracting the attention of a large number of track and field fans and even bystanders to the 400m event, so there were quite a few people who participated in the voting in the end.
People like Han Yiqing, a small group of 400-meter enthusiasts, also participated in the voting.
Lao Ma Shi Tu: [@all, which option did your friends vote for? I voted B. 】
Han Yiqing: [B]
It's Lao Hu, not Tiger: [I guess Su Yu will have to give way to the next 200 meters. The semi-final tonight may not be that competitive. I chose A. 】
Everyone in this group is a veteran track and field fan, and their ideas are quite similar. Everyone either voted for A or B, with one or two people voting for C.
[Well, it’s just a gamble anyway, so I’ll just bet on the result I expect…]
This is how the man explained it.
But after he finished explaining, another group member who voted D popped up and said: [Hahaha, your expectations are too stingy! For example, if I want to have a more open mind, I will vote D. It would be best if Su Yu can run under 45.50 seconds and refresh our men's 400-meter record. That would be the best! 】
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the group burst into laughter.
Although this is a bit of a bitter joke, the 400-meter enthusiasts in the group are no longer as worried and depressed as before when talking about this topic.
The reason is very simple.
The reason why people kept silent when this topic was raised in the past was because they saw no hope.
Now, they can see hope in Su Yu!
Once this happens, the topic that once made people silent suddenly turns into a topic that fills people with hope.
Although it may be a bit far-fetched to talk about this now, but as long as there is hope, they are not afraid!
***
While track and field fans were discussing this on the domestic Internet, Su Yu had already finished his lunch at the official hotel in Doha and then returned to his room to rest for more than an hour.
Thanks to his precise control over his own condition, after the morning preliminaries, Dr. Liao helped him to relax with a massage, and the national team's nutritionist prepared an energy drink to replenish his condition. In addition to lunch and a perfect afternoon rest, by the afternoon, Su Yu's entire condition had basically recovered to full health.
When Su Yu woke up, he habitually glanced in the direction of the desk in the room. Pei Dingshan was indeed sitting behind the desk, silently looking at his laptop, probably doing some data analysis again.
After hearing the movement on the bed, Pei Dingshan looked in the direction of Su Yu and asked, "Awake?"
Su Yu nodded: "Yeah."
Pei Dingshan: "Are you feeling okay?"
Su Yu: "Well, I'm recovering pretty well."
Pei Dingshan then smiled and said, "That's good."
Pei Dingshan glanced at the watch on his wrist and said, "It's just the right time to wake up. Go wash up. If it's any later, we'll have to get ready to leave."
As for dinner, as a player who will be participating in the semi-finals in the evening, Su Yu did not eat a lot. This is to avoid putting too much burden on the body during the gastrointestinal digestion process. Of course, a small amount does not mean that he does not need to eat. The national team's nutritionist is watching over the scale, and he must not let down because of diet problems at the critical moment before the game.
Some people may think this is a bit exaggerated, but this is not an uncommon problem in previous international competitions.
Many athletes who successfully qualified for the World Championships, the Olympics, or even the finals, were unable to enter the final due to dietary problems.
Since this Asian Championships is a rehearsal for the World Championships, we certainly cannot take diet-related issues lightly.
Fortunately, the diet was monitored by a nutritionist throughout the whole process, so it was not a big problem. Whether it was Su Yu, Lin Zekai or other people in the national team, except for the players who were not able to adapt to the local climate, no one had to withdraw from the competition due to this problem.
After dinner, Su Yu, Lin Zekai and other players who were going to participate in tonight’s competition, accompanied by national team staff and coaches, boarded the national team bus and went to the main venue of the competition, Khalifa Stadium.
***
After arriving at Khalifa Stadium, the first feeling of all the contestants was - there were so many people!
Unlike the morning when only a few thousand people were seated, many spectators chose to come to watch the games in person during the evening games. The Khalifa Stadium, which only seated a few thousand people in the morning, is now filled with about 20,000 to 30,000 people. In addition, there are also hundreds of reporters from various Asian countries and private areas for teams from various countries. The liveliness of the entire scene is completely incomparable to that in the morning.
Lin Zekai, who didn't feel too nervous during the morning game, couldn't help but feel a little nervous after seeing the audience seats for the evening game.
Su Yu was well adapted to this level of crowds. After taking a look from a distance at the main stadium which had an attendance rate of about 70%, Su Yu followed the national team members to the backcourt lounge, waiting for the start of tonight's game.
Of course, Su Yu and Lin Zekai are not the only athletes competing in tonight's competition. In addition to the men's 400m semi-finals, the men's pole vault and men's triple jump group matches will also be held tonight. In addition, the 400m hurdles and other events will also be held at the same time tonight.
When Su Yu and his teammates were heading to the backcourt lounge, they coincidentally ran into the Japanese team again. In addition, they also met several opponents who were in the same group as Su Yu in the morning preliminaries.
However, compared with the relaxed attitude of "everyone paddling" in the morning, the overall atmosphere of the upcoming semi-finals in the evening seems to be a little more tense. Even though the players in the same group with Su Yu in the morning believe that they have the ability to advance to the finals, they will not be as completely relaxed as in the morning.
Between Su Yu and Lin Zekai, although Lin Zekai is 6 years older than Su Yu, his experience in international competitions is far less than that of Su Yu. After feeling the tense atmosphere around him, Lin Zekai felt his body become a little stiff.
As soon as Su Yu turned his head, he noticed Lin Zekai's nervous look. He pursed his lips and wanted to persuade Lin Zekai to relax, but he didn't know how to do it.
However, when Lin Zekai saw Su Yu turning his head to look at him, he took a deep breath and said, "Xiao Yu, I'm fine. I know. I will relax and do my best!"
Even Su Yu was totally unexpected of Lin Zekai's automatic answer. He stood there silently and looked at Lin Zekai. After blinking, he slowly said "um": "That's right, relax and do your best."
It was obvious that Lin Zekai was automatically relaxing and encouraging himself, but after hearing Su Yu say this, Lin Zekai seemed to be resurrected and even said thank you to Su Yu twice in a row.
When Su Yu heard this, the boy who was usually very silent from beginning to end couldn't help but think of a sentence Zhou Yuang used to describe others in the group.
The saying goes - someone like Lin Zekai, if he is sold out one day, he will probably have to count money for others.
_(:зゝ∠)_
In any case, at least Lin Zekai's self-strategy was effective. By the time he arrived at the backcourt locker room, he didn't seem that nervous at all, but his condition was still a little high.
However, Su Yu, who was watching from the side, felt that it was not a bad thing that Lin Zekai was in a high state at this stage of the semi-finals. This would hopefully help Lin Zekai achieve a better result in the semi-finals later.
However, the premise for this better result is still that 'Lin Zekai must remember the rhythm'.
Therefore, when it was 20:10 pm Doha time, Su Yu and Lin Zekai had finished warming up in the warm-up field and were waiting to go on stage. Su Yu called out to Lin Zekai, who was already eager to try, and said to him, "Pay attention to the rhythm."
Lin Zekai, who was originally somewhat excited by the overall atmosphere, was stunned after hearing Su Yu's words, then nodded in Su Yu's direction, indicating that he understood.
From being so nervous that his muscles were stiff to being in such high spirits before the game that he almost forgot the importance of rhythm control, Lin Zekai's lack of experience in international competitions was fully demonstrated. Fortunately, Su Yu happened to be right next to him and prevented Lin Zekai from making any mistakes in the semi-finals.
At 20:15 Doha time, 01:15 local time, the first group of events of the men's 400m sprint semi-finals was finally about to officially kick off.
In the morning preliminaries, a total of 16 athletes stood out from the preliminaries and won the qualification for tonight's men's 400m sprint semi-finals. In tonight's semi-finals, there are only two semi-final groups, A and B. The top three athletes in the two groups will qualify directly, and the top two athletes among the remaining athletes will be qualified to advance to the finals.
At this time in the Jigu video live broadcast room, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming, after introducing the promotion rules of this semi-final, once again introduced the contestants in the first group of the semi-finals, that is, Group A of the semi-finals.
Among them, Miyamoto Mirai, who was in the same group with Lin Zekai in the morning, was again placed in the same semi-final group with Lin Zekai in tonight's semi-finals. At the same time, Mustafa Hussein Yasen and Marino Dotolic, who were in the same group with Su Yu in the morning, will also appear in the first group of the semi-finals.
In addition, another athlete from Kazakhstan, Sergey Kasper, is also in this group. Compared with his teammate who was eliminated in the preliminaries that morning, Sergey Kasper is an athlete with the ability to break 45.90 seconds. Although Sergey Kasper may not have the strength to break into the finals, he is definitely a athlete who has the opportunity to advance to the finals.
In the semi-final of this group, Sergey Kasper was in lane 4, next to Lin Zekai in lane 3.
After counting Lin Zekai's seven opponents, the audience could already see, without Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming repeating, that Lin Zekai's strength was almost at the bottom among these contestants.
Fortunately, the track and field fans who have waited until this point to watch the game have a basic idea of the Chinese team's 400-meter strength. Although Lin Zekai's result does not sound ideal, in this morning's preliminaries, Lin Zekai was able to run 46.33 seconds, which was already a good result that exceeded the expectations of track and field fans.
For some 400-meter enthusiasts, tonight's semi-final will be acceptable as long as Lin Zekai doesn't collapse at the start.
And it is obvious that Lin Zekai, who had just been reminded of the "rhythm" by Su Yu before the game, would not collapse in front of everyone at this stage. Not to mention whether others would allow it or not, Lin Zekai himself would not allow such a possibility to occur!
With such a firm will, when the starting gun sounded, Lin Zekai started on the track as fast as a dark-skinned black panther. The track and field fans in the live broadcast room were shocked when they saw Lin Zekai's starting speed for the first time, thinking that Lin Zekai had finally learned the rhythm control in the preliminaries in the morning, but forgot it in the semi-finals in the evening?
But soon, after this rapid start, everyone discovered that Lin Zekai did not lose control like he did in previous competitions. He just deepened his initiative in the starting explosive phase through rhythm control in the morning. His performance in the first two 100-meter stages was faster than in the morning preliminaries, but this improvement was not like his past uncontrolled running in the early stages.
In the live broadcast room of Jigu Video, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming were also shocked after seeing Lin Zekai's performance. Between the two, Tian Ruhui was the first to speak, and asked in surprise: "Lin Zekai's control of rhythm seems to have made a huge improvement compared to the preliminaries this morning?"
But...how is this possible?
After all, rhythm control ability is not something that can be achieved when a player is in great form. Take Lin Zekai for example. The last time he was in great form and had a great performance was in the final of the Grand Prix in the domestic competition where he was in the same group as Su Yu.
However, no matter how good Lin Zekai's form was at that time, he could not change the fact that his rhythm collapsed. But this semi-final was different. While Lin Zekai was in great form, his rhythm was stable, even too stable. He did not look like a player who was not good at controlling rhythm in the past.
For a moment, many spectators including Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming were stunned. Some people even wondered whether Lin Zekai's rhythm in this game was so stable that he had been playing dumb in the past.
It was not until a bird's-eye view was suddenly cut from the scene that Tian Ruhui, Zhou Jiming and some sharp-eyed track and field fans in the live commentary room of Jigu Video suddenly realized that something was wrong.
It turned out that in this group of semi-finals, Lin Zekai, who was in the third lane, had an almost identical sprint rhythm to that of the Kazakh player Sergey Kasper in the fourth lane until the third 100-meter stage!
It was not until he saw this that Tian Ruhui was shocked and said, "Lin Zekai is imitating Sergey Kasper's game rhythm?!"
This discovery was somewhat outrageous, but looking back at the rhythm and scenes of the game just now, everyone had to admit that Lin Zekai's performance was actually real!
In the live broadcast room of Jigu Video, track and field fans were stunned by this discovery.
The game on the field was still going on. It was at this time that many people, after truly realizing this possibility, discovered that after Lin Zekai made such a rhythm imitation, although he could not really keep up with Sergey Kasper's speed, this was a real qualitative improvement compared to Lin Zekai's speed and state in the morning's preliminaries.
At that moment, the same thought suddenly occurred to countless track and field fans in the country - no way? Is this ok? !
In fact, Lin Zekai's approach is certainly not something that any player can do. The reason why he can control his own pace by imitating the pace of players in adjacent lanes during the game is that he has had considerable experience in "imitation" during the previous pre-match training phase.
Secondly, the strength of the opponent next to Lin Zekai is also very important.
After all, this is not the pyramid mode training with a limited number of seconds in normal training, but a real competition. If the player next to Lin Zekai at this time is a player who has broken the 45-second mark, and Lin Zekai still ignorantly and fearlessly imitates the opponent's rhythm, then the final result will only be worse than Lin Zekai's performance when he loses control of his rhythm.
But in this game, Lin Zekai was lucky because the person next to him in the lane was Sergey Kasper from Kazakhstan - a player who had broken the 45.90 second mark, but his daily results usually hovered around 46 seconds. He was not a strong player who could always break the 46 second mark.
For Lin Zekai, he is a player who is suitable to serve as a rhythm reference.
After all, for Lin Zekai at the current stage, rhythm control will occupy a lot of his attention and prevent him from running at full speed in the game. If there is a suitable opponent in the adjacent lane who can assist him in rhythm control, then Lin Zekai can devote more to pure running in the game.
This is certainly not a method suitable for long-term use, but it is indeed a way to help Lin Zekai achieve better results in the current Asian Championships.
After the group list and lane list came out at noon today, Pei Dingshan immediately locked on Sergey Kasper, who was in the lane next to Lin Zekai, and conveyed this plan, which had been discussed in the previous training phase, to Lin Zekai.
It turns out this was a pretty good idea!
When Lin Zekai finally crossed the finish line behind Sergey Kasper and ranked fourth in the group, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming both cheered excitedly in the live broadcast room of the domestic Jigu Video, celebrating Zhou Jiming's outstanding achievement.
Although they did not qualify directly, they finished fourth in the semi-final group, which is the best result achieved by Chinese players in Asian-level competitions in recent years except Yuan Xinghua!
When the results were shown on the electronic screen, Lin Zekai's time of 46.10 seconds once again set off a storm of cheers in the Jigu Video live broadcast room.
[Fuck fuck fuck!] 46.10 seconds! ! 】
[Lin Zekai, King Mang, you have made great progress! 】
[Oh my god, in this race, I really thought that the best situation for Mang Wang would be to run around 46.20 seconds. After all, he had obviously tried very hard in the preliminaries this morning...]
[The facts prove that as long as he doesn't use his brain, the King of Recklessness is not far from opening 46 seconds! 】
[I am dying of laughter. What a stupid remark...!] 】
The track and field fans in the Jigu video live broadcast room were truly moved by Lin Zekai's results.
After all, as probably the only clear stream among domestic male 400m athletes, domestic track and field fans are actually very willing to support him. It's just that Lin Zekai's rhythm control ability in the past did limit his strength, making it difficult to see hope for his growth.
Last season, no matter how hard Lin Zekai tried, there were very few games in which he could run under 47 seconds.
For example, this season, the result of 46.66 seconds in the previous Grand Prix race was completely unprecedented for Lin Zekai.
But this time, after the Grand Prix final, Lin Zekai, who had received two weeks of training with the national team, seemed to have been transformed and made rapid progress.
It was also after Lin Zekai's performance in these two preliminaries and the semi-finals that domestic track and field fans felt more clearly the importance of good "rhythm control" for a 400-meter athlete.
After all, it is difficult for Lin Zekai to make any rapid improvement in his speed, strength, explosive power and speed endurance through other training within the limited 20 days.
The only thing that made his performance variable was his "rhythm control". It was good rhythm control that allowed him to maximize his abilities in the 400-meter race, instead of exhausting his speed and energy in the early stages and being helpless in the face of his opponents' overtaking in the later stages.
Perhaps it was because all of this was really too shocking. Even though the athletes in Lin Zekai's group had already left the field one after another, track and field fans were still discussing this topic on the public screen of the Jigu video live broadcast room.
[Ah, speaking of which, judging from the rhythm of Lin Zekai's game, although he couldn't control his own rhythm very well, he was able to imitate the rhythm of other players. So it was after the national team's coach Pei discovered this that he provided targeted training to Lin Zekai, right? 】
[I also saw some news. It seems that Su Yu has been helping Lin Zekai with training during this period. No wonder King Mang is so grateful to our Emperor Yu...]
[Look at the results of today's two games. I really should be grateful. Otherwise, with the pace of the King before, I don't know how long it would take to improve to the current level...]
【_(:зゝ∠)_Speaking of which, the national team's coach Pei is really good. Do you think it's possible to send Zhang Mingliang to the national team for some training...】
[Uh, let’s not talk about it. Zhang Mingliang’s problem is not his rhythm ability. It’s purely a problem of his mentality of giving up…]
[Yes, and Coach Xiao Pei is the head training coach of Su Yu and Zhou Yuang, right? This time it was probably just because Su Yu also started training for the 400 meters, so he came to help out. 】
[Well, speaking of which, friends...you tell me, since Lin Zekai can follow the rhythm of his opponent, why didn't Lao Wang think of this trick when he was coaching him before? 】
【……】
[When Lao Wang was coaching him, even if he thought of this trick, it would be useless. Even if Lin Zekai followed the rhythm of his opponent, he had to follow someone with faster speed and better results, right? In the domestic 400m, he was previously ranked among the top 5. Can he still meet opponents stronger than him in every competition? And even if he encounters one, can he ensure that this opponent is in the lane to his right in every game? Although today's method is indeed very good, it is not a long-term solution. King Mang has to learn how to control the rhythm himself.
After all, think about it, if one day King Mang himself is on the outermost path and still relies on this method... then it's all over! 】
and.
The track and field fan who spoke finally added silently:
[It would be fine if King Reckless caught up with Zhang Mingliang and Li Mingzhou who were in good shape, but if King Reckless caught up with these two who were in bad shape, then the game...it would be better for King Reckless to run on his own! 】
Everyone: ...It makes so much sense that it is impossible to refute it.
In short, after a brief silence, everyone realized that Lin Zekai's running method in today's semi-final was too restrictive.
Just like what the track and field fan who spoke said - the iron must be hard to forge, and the rhythm must be controlled well by yourself.
But at least one thing is that today's preliminaries and semifinals truly demonstrated the fact that Lin Zekai still has huge potential in the 400m event!
This fact also makes track and field fans have more expectations for Lin Zekai's future.
After a brief chat, a new comment floated through the live broadcast room, instantly attracting everyone's attention -
[Friends, stop chatting, our Yu Emperor is here! ! ! 】
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