Chapter 131 (Four in One)
The next morning, when Su Yu woke up, he saw that his WeChat messages seemed to have exploded.
In the group named [Su Yu and his friends], everyone from Jiang Yuan to Ye Minghao to Jiang Ruohui and Zhou Yuang @ed him, followed by the emoticon package of 'Xiao Yu Tai Ku La'.
Not only in their group, but even his classmates in No. 12 Middle School who should be preparing for the high school entrance examination sent him messages, saying that he was so cool.
And these praises were not for the men's 400m national record he broke the night before, but for the interview he gave after the game last night.
After Su Yu opened his eyes, Pei Dingshan told him that last night a meeting was held temporarily under the leadership of the General Administration of Sports in China to reflect on the 400-meter sprint event in domestic track and field.
At present, in the domestic 400-meter event, the women's team is doing better, but just not achieving any good results, but the men's team has shown signs of rottenness.
What Su Yu said with Lin Zekai during the interview with Liu Yu the night before was played in front of all the participants in the remote conference last night, and in the end no one dared to say that they were wrong.
The leaders of the Athletics Management Center and the national team feel it the most. They are not saying "put the 400 meters aside for now" and they really don't pay any attention to the 400 meters event. For example, when Yuan Xinghua first emerged in the local team, he was immediately noticed by the national team.
Because there are few talents and competition in the 400-meter sprint, the national team saw that Yuan Xinghua had enough experience in domestic competitions and quickly arranged a series of opportunities for him to participate in international competitions. Because they also knew that when a player's level reached a certain level, if he was unable to participate in higher-level competitions and was trapped in the current domestic 400-meter competitive level, it would not be a good thing for Yuan Xinghua himself.
Due to the shortage of talented people, basically all the resources available for the 400m event in China have been tilted towards Yuan Xinghua, in the hope that a talented athlete like Zhan Youming can emerge in the 400m event and see if he can lead the 400m sprint event in advance.
Who would have thought that Yuan Xinghua would ignore his bright future and actually use stimulants.
As soon as this matter was discovered, it was dealt with coldly by the country itself. Yuan Xinghua was directly banned internally and was never sent to participate in any external competitions again.
The leaders of the national team, as well as the relevant leaders of the Athletics Management Center and the General Administration of Sports, who had originally placed high hopes on Yuan Xinghua, were all hit hard by this incident. What made them even more disheartened was that when Liu Qinlong asked Yuan Xinghua why he used stimulants and asked if he didn't know that we strictly rejected our orders and requirements for doping, Yuan Xinghua actually said - Isn't it because you put too much pressure on me that I use stimulants?
——"Is it interesting to have me compete abroad every day and watch me being chased by foreign players?"
——"You just want me to get good grades to make you proud, right? Then what's wrong with me using stimulants?"
Yuan Xinghua's answer when he was questioned made Liu Qinlong silent for a long time and he didn't know what to say. Their concern for the player, their efforts to use wild card opportunities to push the player to participate in the competition, and their efforts to carefully prepare a schedule for him were all regarded by Yuan Xinghua as a burden and unnecessary pressure.
"Don't you just want me to get good grades to make you proud?"
Such words actually came from the mouth of the contestant they cared for so wholeheartedly.
It was precisely because of this experience that Liu Qinlong became discouraged and was unwilling to recruit new athletes in the 400m event into the national team for a long time.
In fact, even when Zheng Sheng and Sun Gaoshu explained to him that 'Su Yu can participate in 400-meter training, but most of Su Yu's schedule in the new season will be 100-meter and 200-meter races', he was actually slightly relieved at the time. He thought that this was a good idea as Su Yu would not rebel because too many 400-meter events were arranged for him.
These are the shadows and traumas that Yuan Xinghua left on Liu Qinlong and the 400-meter event.
And these shadows and traumas have been hidden before, as if nothing had happened, as if all the shadows and bad past would not exist as long as they were not mentioned.
It was not until the meeting late last night that the leaders and coaches of the General Administration of Sports, the Athletics Administration Center and the national team suddenly realized, after hearing the answers given by Su Yu and Lin Zekai in the interview - they should not be like this, they could not remain silent.
Long-term silence will not heal the wound of the 400-meter event slowly, but will only cause the roots of the 400-meter event to rot completely and turn it into an irreversible tree of death.
It was only after realizing this that a series of relevant leaders really took action and a series of decisions were issued on the spot.
Sports Channel Liu Yu's post-match interviews with Su Yu and Lin Zekai were pushed to the highest standards, and relevant public opinion supervision personnel were on standby to avoid negative and misleading information.
Previously, the results of Yuan Xinghua's urine test were announced publicly and would no longer be treated coldly. The punishment for Yuan Xinghua would also be announced publicly, and all the achievements and honors Yuan Xinghua had obtained through non-compliant means would be cancelled. Because his behavior seriously violated the Olympic spirit and the Olympic Charter, Yuan Xinghua's existing athlete qualification certification would be revoked and he would never receive certification again.
The punishment of Yuan Xinghua once again reiterates China's zero tolerance for doping among athletes and serves as a warning to all coaches and athletes who may be taking chances.
At the same time, the priority selection right for the men's 100-meter event will be cancelled. The existing domestic sports schools, sports teams, and local teams will re-conduct overall tests on existing young athletes to confirm the talent preferences of young athletes, make suggestions on the athletes' special directions based on their actual talent preferences, and make the final selection based on the athletes' personal wishes.
The national team's scientific research group will also strengthen the research on training plans for the 400-meter sprint. At the same time, the national team's coaching staff will also prepare training lectures for the 400-meter sprint and prepare to improve the special capabilities of 400-meter sprint coaches across the country.
A series of plan decisions were decided and implemented, and the first one to be implemented and pushed was of course Liu Yu’s interview with Su Yu and others the day before.
Of course, when it comes to news and public opinion, although Su Yu and Lin Zekai said the same thing, if the journalists' pens are not right, the final results may be completely different.
For example, the news content of Liu Yu is - Su Yu successfully refreshed the national record of men's 400-meter sprint, and frankly admitted that China's men's 400-meter sprint strength is more than that!
If it is replaced by a reporter who wants to hype up a big news, the final headline may become "China's 400m sprint record creator Su Yu blasts China's 400m sprint environment for corruption."
Two different headlines may lead to two completely different public opinions.
Today's news about Liu Yu was about the first post-match interview with Su Yu after he broke the national men's 400-meter sprint record. So after the interview was pushed, many track and field fans clicked on it with great interest to see what this interview black hole Su Yu had to say.
As a result, everyone clicked in with great interest, and then watched Su Yu and Lin Zekai's interview answers, and suddenly fell silent.
While they were silent, these track and field fans did not do nothing. After being silent, most of them would forward it to their homepage or to a group of like-minded people, and then attach four words - deafening and awakening.
For many of them, the interview answers by Su Yu and Lin Zekai really lifted the veil on the 400-meter event, revealing all the ugly and uneven things underneath.
In Han Yiqing's group of 400-meter sprint enthusiasts, a group of people had stayed up all night because they were too excited about the men's 400-meter final last night. In order to go to work early the next morning, the office workers in the group were chatting and recalling the previous night's race to refresh themselves. As a result, the content of the interview with Su Yu and Lin Zekai completely woke up these office workers who were not very sober at first.
But after being awakened by the explosion, even these 400-meter enthusiasts didn't know what to say for a moment.
In fact, as enthusiasts of the 400-meter event, they already have a deeper understanding of the current status of the event than many people, but what Lin Zekai said was still something they had not expected.
Will young players be despised and excluded by the veterans in the team because they train hard?
They do know that in some local track and field teams there are cases where veterans bully newcomers, but do they exclude newcomers just because they train and compete seriously? !
They didn't expect that the problems in the 400-meter event are now much more serious than they were back then.
The event is not taken seriously, athletes are not doing well in training and competition, newcomers think the event has no future and choose to run individual events such as 100m and 200m...
All these situations indicate that the 400-meter event is rotten to the core.
Su Yu is right—the domestic 400-meter event should not have been at this level!
Although they are all yellow people, the current record for men's 400-meter sprint for yellow people is 44.77 seconds, which was set by the Japanese. Before Su Yu, China's men's 400-meter sprint record was only 45.50 seconds, which is a full 0.73 seconds behind the record of the Japanese, who are also yellow people.
China and Japan once had a huge gap in performance in the 100-meter race, but they were able to successfully catch up. In the 200-meter sprint, Chinese athletes also came from behind. Is there any essential gap in talent and potential between Chinese and Japanese athletes?
Does not exist.
Nearly 30 Japanese athletes can break the 47-second mark and 6 athletes can break the 46-second mark in one season. However, in China, the number of athletes who break the 47-second mark is less than one-third of that in Japan, and no athlete has ever broken the 46-second mark.
Among these, in addition to the influence of factors such as training level, the rest is more about the athletes' seriousness towards the event and the overall track and field atmosphere.
China's 400-meter sprint level should not have stopped here, let alone that it has stopped here for 32 years.
But before this, no one dared to speak out this fact, and many people also agreed with the current domestic guidelines - our sprinting strength is weak, so we should first focus on training 100m and 200m athletes. Once we have enough 100m sprint talents, then gradually, athletes with sufficient speed capabilities can naturally flow to the 200m and 400m events.
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They originally thought so, but the premise was that by that time, the roots of China's 400-meter sprint had not yet been completely rotten.
Obviously, judging from the current situation disclosed by Lin Zekai, the roots of China's 400-meter sprint have long been rotten. Even if China's 100-meter sprint has sufficient strength, will it be too late to save China's 400-meter sprint?
After a long period of silence, some people in this group of 400-meter enthusiasts began to speak out again.
Lao Ma Shi Tu: […Su Yu and Lin Zekai’s remarks are truly thought-provoking. 】
I am Guo Debiao: [Damn it! I claim to be a die-hard fan of the 400m event, but I usually just scold those athletes without ever thinking about the reason behind it. 】
It’s Lao Hu, not Lao Hu: [Who isn’t?... Before this, I just thought that we just didn’t have good talents in the 400-meter sprint, and that the level of coaches in our country was not as good as that in foreign countries. But now it seems that the real problem goes far beyond this. 】
…
The content of Su Yu and others' interview was so shocking to the group of 400-meter enthusiasts, let alone other sports enthusiasts who did not pay much attention to the 400-meter.
On the forum of Track and Field Kingdom, there was a lot of discussion about the interview with Su Yu and Lin Zekai. As pure sports enthusiasts, most people admired Su Yu and Lin Zekai's courage to expose the current situation of the 400-meter sprint in China.
Floor 123: […In fact, there should be many people who have noticed the situation in the country, but they are the first two who dared to speak out. 】
Floor 126: [I never thought that the situation of 400m in China is so serious before. It has really become a problem. Suddenly I remembered that two years ago I also saw a young 400m athlete who I thought had great potential, but not long after, he stopped running 400m and switched to 200m. Later, his results were pretty good. 】
Floor 129: [@Floor 126, I guess I know who you are talking about, Shao Yusheng at 200 meters, right? He just forwarded this interview content directly, and didn’t say anything else, just sent a thumbs-up emoticon, which probably means support and agreement...】
Floor 133: [Shao Yusheng is quite brave, just forward it directly? 】
Floor 137: [Not only Shao Yusheng, many people also forwarded it directly, and many of them are players from the national team. It is estimated that the national team has unified its propaganda tone. In addition, it is possible that because of the interview with Su Yu and Lin Zekai, the national team intends to face up to the problems in the 400-meter event. 】
Floor 140: [It would be great if the national team were to address the problems in the 400m event! To be honest, now is the best time to face the problem. Su Yu and Lin Zekai have just achieved such good results in the Asian Championships. They also bluntly raised the problems of the 400m event in the interview. Now we have a genius like Su Yu to take the lead and Lin Zekai who can prove that ordinary 400m runners of the Chinese team also have a role model in spring. It is time to point out the shortcomings and start again! 】
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Next, as public opinion fermented, more and more people began to discuss the issue. Some anonymous accounts of 400-meter athletes also appeared on the Internet, describing the various situations they encountered in the training and competition of the 400-meter event. Everything was just as Su Yu and Lin Zekai said, and some athletes' experiences were even worse.
The spectators on the Internet had no idea that the excitement about the national record for the 400-meter sprint being broken the night before would turn into a discussion about the reform of the 400-meter event just one night later.
At the same time, it was soon discovered that the national team's official website, official WeChat account and princess account all pushed a "Notice on the Punishment of former 400-meter sprinter Yuan Xinghua". After reading the notice issued by the national team, the news that Yuan Xinghua was banned for using stimulants, which had been circulating secretly, was finally confirmed at the official level.
The severe and public punishment of Yuan Xinghua also sent a severe deterrent to domestic track and field athletes, causing some athletes who were originally not so determined and wanted to take some special shortcuts to instantly give up some inappropriate ideas.
Of course, in addition to the punishment against Yuan Xinghua, there are more plans to promote the development of the men's 400-meter sprint, but they have not been shown so quickly for the time being.
On the Internet, in addition to the spectators and track and field enthusiasts, there is another group of people who are also paying attention to the current actions and plans of the General Administration of Sports and the national team.
Zhang Mingliang, who has always been regarded by domestic track and field fans as the contemporary 400m athlete with the best chance of breaking the 46-second mark, was silent for a long time as he watched the interview video of Su Yu and Lin Zekai on his mobile phone.
Li Mingzhou, who has been treating himself as a slacker in the past few years and just wanted to get good results and a better job after retirement, watched the interview video of Su Yu and Lin Zekai on his mobile phone, and while cursing the two guys being interviewed in the video as fools, he went to their team's training ground.
Two years ago, Shao Yusheng was quite talented in the 400m event, but ended up switching to the 200m. During breaks in training, he always couldn't help but think of Su Yu's words in the interview - China's 400m sprint should not be at its current level.
And many more...
——【Xiao Lin, you originally said that you wanted to change your event and try the 100m and 200m. Why hasn’t your application been received yet? 】
——【…Let’s wait a little longer. I suddenly feel that the 400 meters is not completely hopeless. 】
There are many situations like this. Many athletes who were originally disappointed with the 400-meter event and wanted to leave, after seeing the national team's current attitude towards the 400-meter event and the thought-provoking speeches of Su Yu and Lin Zekai, suddenly felt that the Chinese team's 400-meter event might not be without hope.
In other words, the current Chinese team still has a chance to change in the 400-meter sprint. If they really continue to maintain their current state, or really abandon the 400-meter event... then by then, even if the Chinese team has Su Yu, it will probably be difficult to save the 400-meter decline.
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In short, although the current situation of the 400-meter sprint in China is still not good, with the emergence of Su Yu, with the achievements brought by Su Yu and his bold and direct speeches, the domestic 400-meter sprint, this event, which was originally a rotten giant tree, seems to have begun to sprout a small piece of fresh new buds overnight.
New hope begins to grow on the old tree - now, there is still hope!
***
After seeing the public opinion on the Internet, although Su Yu's expression did not seem to change, Pei Dingshan could see that he was happy.
Looking at the happy Su Yu, Pei Dingshan rubbed his head and said, "Okay, when you wake up, wash up and get ready. You still have a game this morning."
Su Yu nodded immediately, climbed up from the bed, went into the bathroom to wash up before coming out again. After saying hello to Pei Dingshan, he quickly went downstairs and went to the Guanjiu restaurant for dinner.
Su Yu originally thought that he was no different today than usual, but after going downstairs, he saw that many of his teammates from the Chinese team were looking at him more or less. In the restaurant, after seeing him appear, Zhan Youming waved at him directly and asked him to come over and sit with him.
After Su Yu sat down next to Zhan Youming with his breakfast plate, the current No. 1 in men's 200-meter sprint gave Su Yu a thumbs up and said, "Hey, Su Xiaoyu, you're great!"
When Su Yu heard what Zhan Youming said, he knew what he meant. He was talking about the interview he and Lin Zekai had given.
Su Yu shook his head: "Actually, I just gave the beginning, and Brother Zekai said more of the content."
When Zhan Youming heard what he said, he patted his shoulder with a smile and said, "Su Xiaoyu, that's not the way to say it. What this matter needs is someone who can start it. If it weren't for you, Lin Zekai wouldn't be able to say these things. And if it weren't for someone who was important enough to say this issue, then this issue would not be taken seriously."
"You and Lin Zekai accepted this interview. Lin Zekai is very good, but you are also great. In other words, you are the best because you are willing to take the lead and speak out about this matter."
After all, with Su Yu's current achievements, age, status and the honors he has, Su Yu could choose not to say these words and continue to enjoy the dividends and resources the project has given him, making himself an indispensable person in this project.
However, Su Yu did not choose to do so. Instead, he chose to give an answer that might bring him some hostility during the interview, and took the lead in pointing out the current problems in the 400-meter event.
Zhan Youming felt that just this one choice of Su Yu was enough for everyone to show the greatest respect to Su Yu.
Su Yu listened to Zhan Youming's words and said "hmm" silently.
In fact, when he said those things in the interview, he really felt sorry for the current performance level of the 400-meter event. He was simply expressing what he felt in his heart and hoped that China's 400-meter sprint could be better. He did not think too much about the other problems that may exist behind this.
Things have been able to develop to where they are now in a short period of time, and more credit should go to the people who have been working behind the scenes.
Zhan Youming looked at Su Yu and more or less guessed what Su Yu was thinking. He couldn't help but smile and felt that he had a good vision. Not only did he see such a genius like Su Yu at first sight and bring him into their 200-meter sprint team, but this genius also had such a simple and straightforward personality.
Although he has shouldered the responsibility of the domestic 200-meter sprint over the years, Zhan Youming knows in his heart that the reserve strength of the domestic 200-meter sprint is still too weak. Once he can no longer hold on and retires, if no one can support the 200-meter sprint in the future, the hard-earned improvement of the domestic 200-meter sprint will probably decline again.
But now, in the 200-meter event, besides him, there is also Su Yu!
He is not only a genius, but also a talented player with natural leadership qualities. He has a unique charm that is enough to attract people's attention and make them his loyal fans.
Zhan Youming felt that he was really awesome. Now Su Yu was there for the 200m event. Although this talented athlete might need to share with those who competed in the 100m and 400m events, so what was the big deal?
With Su Yu, Zhan Youming thought that the three events of Chinese sprinting had extended their lives for at least 14 years. In the next 14 years, more and more talents will pour into the three events of China's sprinting under the leadership of Su Yu, and the Chinese team will have more time to discover and train the next generation of Su Yu's successors.
The appearance of Su Yu was like a life-saving spell for China's sprinters.
It was a miracle, he thought.
***
Su Yu just had a simple breakfast in the morning. After all, he had a game in the morning. If he ate too much, it would probably cause a burden on his gastrointestinal digestion and affect his performance in the game.
After Su Yu finished his breakfast, Zhan Youming asked him how he was doing.
Su Yu thought about it and said that he was in good condition.
This is not a lie. Although the 400-meter final the night before was quite exhausting for him, he has a strong recovery ability and he has controlled his condition well in the previous competitions this season. So the all-out race last night did not feel like a drain on Su Yu. Instead, it was a long-lost catharsis.
When Zhan Youming looked at Su Yu's appearance, he knew that after a whole winter training period, Su Yu had indeed made great progress in adjusting his condition. Not only did he make it to the finals in the 400-meter race two days ago, but today's 200-meter race should be no problem for him as well.
Seeing Su Yu in this state, Zhan Youming was also very happy and said to him: "Come on, let's try to make it to the finals together again!"
Hearing what Zhan Youming said, Su Yu nodded seriously.
This was originally his idea and expectation.
After all, before this Asian Championships, he and Pei Dingshan decided to go all out in the 400 meters and the 200 meters in order to put pressure on himself. He had to see if he had the ability to get an ideal result in both the 200 meters and the 400 meters by going all out.
With this thought in mind, Su Yu quickly packed up after breakfast and followed the national team's bus to Khalifa Stadium again.
This time after arriving at the Khalifa Stadium, he met many familiar opponents on the field, such as Japan's Takagi Akechi and Kobayashi Yuki, who are already old rivals of Su Yu.
However, the two Japanese team players looked unhappy after seeing Su Yu.
There is no way. There are so many legends about "Wolf Sons" in the entire Japanese track and field team that the Japanese players seem to be a little secretive when they mention the three words "Wolf Sons".
This young player, who is only 16 years old, has been influencing the Japanese players time and time again since his debut competition. No matter how big the gap between his original strength and that of the Japanese players is, he can always make the Japanese players lose.
When these sprinters of the Japanese team heard the word "Su Yu", they seemed to see the lord of nightmares - who is it? Who first said that Su Yu would grow into the nightmare of the Japanese team? !
These Japanese players are now trembling in fear when facing Su Yu, fearing that they will be the next victim of the Nightmare Lord.
:)
Just like Hiroki Ishikawa and Mirai Miyamoto yesterday.
Before the game, who could have thought that Miyamoto Mirai, whose PB was 45.18 seconds, would eventually lose to the Chinese player whose PB had not even broken the 46-second mark, and end up at the bottom of the final?
And now, Yuki Kobayashi and Akechi Takagi, who had already met the 'Nightmare Lord' at the Asian Games, are going to face the 'Nightmare Lord' of the Chinese team again.
The way they both feel now... they just don't want to face it.
Therefore, Yuki Kobayashi and Akechi Takagi, who arrived at the Khalifa Stadium at the same time as the Chinese team early in the morning and met the 'Lord of Nightmares' on the spot, immediately regretted not checking the almanac (? ) before going out. So after seeing Su Yu, they turned around and ran away, without any intention of saying hello to the players of the Chinese team.
At first, Zhan Youming wanted to say hello to the two players from the Japanese team, but then he saw the two people running away frantically. After he figured out why Kobayashi Yuki and Takagi Akechi turned around and ran, he burst into laughter on the spot, hugging Su Yu and laughing endlessly.
Su Yu: “…”
Su Yu looked at Zhan Youming who was lying on him and laughing, and wanted to complain that Zhan Youming's laughter was a bit too exaggerated.
While Zhan Youming was laughing crazily, athletes including the Taipei team's little Zhan 'Zhan Chunhan', South Korea's 200m champion Choi Jae-woo, and Bahrain's naturalized athlete Andrew Hames arrived one after another. After seeing Zhan Youming and Su Yu, they all greeted the two of them in a friendly manner.
In particular, after seeing Su Yu, Choi Jae-woo actually gave Su Yu a thumbs up very seriously to express his admiration for Su Yu.
Choi Jae-woo's admiration was certainly not due to Su Yu's domestic news, but purely out of his admiration for Su Yu's strength and performance across multiple events.
As an athlete who also competes in multiple events, Choi Jae-woo certainly understands how difficult it is to achieve outstanding results in multiple events, but Su Yu did it.
Hearing Choi Jae-woo's praise for him, Su Yu nodded to express his gratitude.
After Cui Zaiyu walked away, Zhan Youming murmured quietly: "Hey, this little Korean guy, he usually seems to be quite annoying, but I didn't expect him to come and praise others."
The two of them wasted no time and quickly returned to the Chinese team's backcourt locker room.
This morning's men's 200m sprint preliminaries are at 9:15am, which is still some time before then. They will rest for a while in the lounge, where the national team staff will also review with them the registration process and their grouping.
Compared with the men's 400-meter sprint in the previous two days, there will be more participants in the men's 200-meter sprint. Therefore, there will be a total of 5 preliminary groups in the preliminary stage, with 7 participants in each preliminary group, which means a total of 35 preliminary participants.
Among the 35 preliminary contestants, 18 will be selected to advance to the semi-finals in the evening.
The top 3 of the 5 preliminary groups will advance directly, and the remaining 3 places will be awarded to the top 3 players among the remaining players.
Generally speaking, the promotion rules are similar to those of previous competitions. For Su Yu and Zhan Youming, two players who have the ability to advance to the finals, such a preliminary stage is basically impossible to stump them.
***
In the live commentary room of Jigu Video, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming were introducing the rules and situation of the men's 200m preliminaries. While introducing, both of them couldn't help but recall the excitement in their hearts when they saw the news interview of Liu Yu this morning.
They indeed did not expect that the Chinese team would now have a future leader like Su Yu.
Genius, integrity, and courage.
So much so that after seeing Su Yu's interview, the two of them called each other and talked about Su Yu's situation until work time. During the conversation, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming once again confirmed that the future of China's sprinting seemed to be really settled.
At this moment, the two of them were explaining to Su Yu the upcoming men's 200m preliminaries with such excitement.
After introducing the promotion rules for the men's 200m preliminaries, Tian Ruhui said, "Our famous athlete Zhan Youming and young athlete Su Yu will appear in the second and fifth groups of the men's preliminaries respectively. The athletes in the same group as them are Japan's 200m champions Kobayashi Yuki and Takagi Akechi. This time, Su Yu and Zhan Youming will directly meet these two Japanese champions in the preliminaries."
Of course, if we encounter it, we encounter it.
There is actually no big problem in meeting Yuki Kobayashi and Akechi Takagi in this preliminary stage. If you have to worry, at least wait until the men's 200m semi-final tonight.
After briefly introducing the grouping of Zhan Youming and Su Yu and their stronger opponents in the preliminary group, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming directly changed the topic and discussed Su Yu's "important task" in the men's 200m event at this stage.
Zhou Jiming took the lead and said, "I believe some viewers have already noticed that this year is a big year for our track and field events. The current Asian Championships is a rehearsal for the World Track and Field Championships in Doha, Qatar at the end of the season. As for the standards for the World Championships, in our sprint events, Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming have already successfully met the standards and obtained the qualifications for the 100m, but there is only one person in the 200m, Zhan Youming, and no one has yet qualified for the 400m - but Su Yu ran a time of 45.39 last night, and there is a good chance that he can be invited to the men's 400m sprint at the World Championships by way of replacement ranking, but this cannot be confirmed for the time being, so let's not talk about it for now."
Tian Ruhui was standing by and watching Zhou Jiming say "let's not talk about it for now" while showing off Su Yu's 400-meter result. He really couldn't help laughing.
After laughing, he said, "Of course, the 400-meter race is over, so let's not discuss this issue for now. What's about to start is the men's 200-meter sprint preliminaries. Last season at the Asian Games, Su Yu ran a good result of 20.48 seconds, which is also the current best result of the Chinese U20 men's 200-meter sprint. At the same time, 20.48 seconds is only 0.08 seconds away from the 20.40 seconds required for the men's 200-meter sprint at the World Championships."
Zhou Jiming nodded and said, "Yes, after the Asian Games, he has gone through a whole winter training cycle to improve his performance. At present, it seems that Su Yu still has great hope of reaching the 20.40 second men's 200m sprint qualifying line, and this Asian Championships is obviously a good opportunity."
Tian Ruhui certainly agreed with Zhou Jiming's statement, but he also said: "Of course, we still have to see that in the previous men's 400-meter three-gun competition, Su Yu's physical strength and condition were also greatly consumed, so the specific situation still needs to be judged in combination with Su Yu's current condition..."
The two of them chatted back and forth, and when it came to this, Zhou Jiming suddenly said, "Teacher Tian is right. After all, the Asian Championships is Su Yu's first 200m event this season... We don't have to pin all our hopes on the Asian Championships."
It was after Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming said this that the crowd in the live broadcast room who were still laughing and discussing how Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming were "stacking armor" for Su Yu suddenly exclaimed - Wow, if you two hadn't mentioned it, we really wouldn't have remembered that this is actually Su Yu's first 200-meter race this season? !
[…The 200-meter enthusiasts are in tears. Someone finally remembered this? During this period, the 400-meter fans around me have been partying every day. Poor us 200-meter enthusiasts and Su Yu fans are anxious every day, fearing that Su Yu will simply abandon our 200 meters! 】
[Heh, at least your 200m race started today! So far in the new season, we haven’t seen where Su Yu’s 100-meter schedule is! 】
【? ? You have Zhan Youming in the 200m, Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming in the 100m. Why are you competing with us for Su Yu in the 400m? We only have Su Yu for 400 meters! 】
[Hehe, don't play the victim here. Don't think I don't know how excited you 400-meter enthusiasts were when Su Yu's interview came out. You were basically having a party, okay? Everybody is saying that the 400 meters can be saved. You guys have all been saved in the 400 meters, so do you still want to monopolize Su Yu? 】
The innocent spectators:……!
Wow, I thought that sports fans in your sports circle were just ordinary fans, but it turns out there are such detailed classifications?
The 100m, 200m and 400m are actually divided into different categories and each has its own supporters?
Are they still fighting over Su Yu on the public screen?
Well, the fighting is good, the fighting is clever, and the fighting is great. It’s good to watch, so please watch more! We have all the melon seeds ready!
Some of these spectators have always been watching the news about Su Yu so they came to join in the fun, while others were attracted by a series of topics pushed across the network today, such as "400m sprint breaks 32-year record", "Su Yu admits that the Chinese team's 400m is not just at its current level", etc. After reading a lot of related popular science and being attracted by this talented sprinter of the Chinese team, they came to watch Su Yu's 200m race.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I came in, my mouth was full of melons.
Of course, these track and field enthusiasts would not really quarrel with each other to the point of life and death, but it was inevitable that they would be sarcastic to each other.
However, the sarcasm didn't last too long. After all, the men's 200-meter sprint preliminaries were about to begin, and the topic of discussion on the public screen in the live broadcast room suddenly took a 180-degree turn.
——[Okay, okay, stop fighting for now. The competition is about to begin. Why don’t we discuss how much Su Yu is going to let go in today’s 200m preliminaries? 】
How much are you going to put in?
Bystanders who are just watching the show may not quite understand what this means, but it doesn’t matter, there are people on the scene who can explain it to you!
Soon, a track and field fan explained to the spectators - [Su Yu started to learn to 'let go' in the competition since the end of last season. Of course, this doesn't mean letting go, but adjusting his condition at different stages of the competition so that he can retain more physical condition for the more important finals later. 】
After hearing this explanation, the bystanders finally understood, and the people on the public screen in the live broadcast room had already started discussing it.
[Today is the preliminary round, Su Yu should let go more, right? 】
[I just took a look at the qualifying results of the last two 200m preliminaries of the Asian Championships. It seems that anyone with a score under 21.50 seconds has a chance of qualifying...]
[Fuck, if it’s 21.50 seconds, then Su Yu wouldn’t let his result go beyond 21 seconds, right? 】
[I feel like it's possible... But instead of looking at Su Yu's specific score, why not just look at Su Yu's reaction time when starting the race? Isn't this the sign that our Yudi is releasing water? 】
In the live commentary room of Jigu Video, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming also saw the discussion content on the screen in the live broadcast room that was specifically used to play the audience's comments.
After seeing the content of this discussion, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming couldn't help laughing.
While everyone was chatting and laughing, the first group of the men's 200m preliminaries had ended. In this group, the top three players' scores were 20.67, 21.09 and 21.51 respectively. This was indeed basically consistent with the information provided by track and field fans on the public screen in the live broadcast room. In the preliminaries of the Asian Championships, as long as you have the ability to run around 21.50, you will really have a chance to qualify directly for the semifinals.
This result also made the track and field fans present feel relieved, and they began to discuss with greater ease how much Su Yu would let go.
On the contrary, the spectators who were unaware of the situation were a little worried: [Didn’t Su Yu just finish the 400-meter race yesterday? I think athletes who compete in multiple events are under a lot of pressure, right? Aren’t you worried that Su Yu will be too exhausted from the previous 400-meter race and won’t be able to perform well in the 200-meter race? 】
Track and field fans were quite moved when they saw the spectators eating melons so seriously, but they still said: "It doesn't matter, even if Su Yu is really unable to do it, so what? Didn’t you hear what Teacher Tian and the others said? This is Su Yu’s first 200m race this season! As long as he continues to compete in multiple events! 】
These spectators never expected that these track and field enthusiasts would be so tolerant of Su Yu.
But in fact, they don't know that before Su Yu's interview this morning, these track and field fans might not have such strong emotional support for Su Yu as they do now, but after Su Yu's interview, many track and field fans have already tacitly acknowledged Su Yu's identity as the 'future leader' in the sprint event.
When facing a 'future leader' who is more responsible in their hearts, these track and field fans no longer think that Su Yu's charm is about the gains and losses of a game. They have become more tolerant of Su Yu's achievements, and they are willing to wait patiently for Su Yu's performance.
However, Su Yu had no intention of disappointing them.
After Zhan Youming won first place in the group with a time of 20.92 seconds in the second group of preliminaries and successfully advanced to the semifinals, Su Yu soon appeared on the stage with his opponents in the fifth group of the men's 200m preliminaries.
From the moment the starting gun sounded in this game, after Zhou Jiming reported Su Yu's starting reaction time of 0.162 seconds, the track and field fans in the Jigu video live broadcast room couldn't help laughing - okay, their Yu Di's starting reaction time has hit a new low!
That’s no problem, this game is a sure win!
While the spectators were amazed at the strange logic on the public screen of the live broadcast room, they were looking at Su Yu on the field. They saw that Su Yu was quite calm throughout the entire race. The most obvious acceleration in the entire game was probably in the last 50 meters, but Su Yu's acceleration seemed much easier than some opponents who wanted to overtake him.
In the end, Su Yu actually crossed the line with the third place in the group. This ranking seems a bit thrilling, but everyone can see that Su Yu does not have too much pressure.
After all, until the end of the normal preliminaries, Su Yu didn't seem to have taken much breath, and his result of 21.33 seconds really showed his composure.
In the live commentary room of Jigu Video, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming couldn't help but laugh after seeing Su Yu's condition: "It seems that Su Yu is in good condition today. I hope he can continue this good condition until the semi-finals tonight!"
Seeing Su Yu in such a relaxed state, the track and field fans in the live broadcast room were throwing flowers at the same time, and they also couldn't wait to look forward to Su Yu's performance in the semi-finals tonight!
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