Chapter 140 (Four in One)
To be honest, the hot search news that Su Yu caused that day has alarmed countless people. In the sports circle alone, regardless of whether it is track and field events or not, everyone now knows about Su Yu.
The 'breaking circle effect' that many people in the entertainment industry cannot pursue has been fulfilled on Su Yu today, so that the number of fans of Su Yu's personal account on Weibo has skyrocketed in just three or two days. The number of fans has exceeded 8 million, directly surpassing Zheng Tianxi, Zhan Youming and Sun Yuhang, the most popular players in the track and field circle, and has become the most well-known player in the track and field circle today.
For a while, even the IAAF Challenge that will be held in Osaka, Japan soon has become the focus of domestic audiences, because this will be the first international event that Su Yu will participate in after this "hot search list" incident.
Nowadays, there is almost no one in the sports circle who is not envious of Su Yu's sudden popularity.
There is no way. Now is the era of universal traffic. Even the Sports General Association is trying to find ways to promote athletes, hoping to arouse the love of netizens and ordinary people for competitive sports through more sports stars. Only when the popularity of the project is large enough can it continuously attract new talents.
Just like when the hurdle king had not yet emerged, how many people in China knew about the 110-meter hurdles event? It is precisely because of the emergence of a world-class athlete like the Hurdles King who has completely broken through the circle that this event has suddenly become so popular, which has laid a good foundation for the 110-meter hurdles event and attracted more attention and talents.
Although Su Yu's breakthrough this time cannot be said to have achieved the same effect as the hurdle king, but now when people mention Su Yu, they will know that he is "the genius that Q University and B University are fighting for." And when it comes to the sprint event, in addition to Zheng Tianxi, Feng Chuming and Zhan Youming, many people will also jokingly say that "a mathematics PhD from Q University who is not snatched away by B University is not a good sprinter."
Although this may sound a bit exaggerated, it is hard to say that it is not true.
However, the high level of attention may not always bring good things.
The national team has rejected countless interviews with media reporters on behalf of Su Yu these days. Mainly because these media reporters are not only sports media and local media, but also a large number of entertainment media - these entertainment media are attracted purely by Su Yu's popularity on hot searches, and also because they think that Su Yu is good-looking and that there may be a popular athlete in the track and field circle.
After asking Su Yu for his opinion, the national team directly rejected everything they could.
You have to know that Su Yu still has to train and compete. Even if the Sports General Administration wants to gain popularity, it is impossible to ignore the players' training and competitions - after all, for athletes, all popularity is false, and only their own strength and achievements are real.
Just like Su Yu's popularity this time, the reason why the popularity finally exploded to this extent, in addition to the fact that Q University and B University were competing for Su Yu, another reason was because of Su Yu's own strength in the sprint event.
If Q University and B University were competing for an ordinary academic master, they would not be able to achieve the current result.
It is also because the national team and Su Yu himself have been deliberately keeping a low profile that the popularity of Su Yu on the Internet has gradually declined in recent days. However, this decline is only relative to the situation on the day when he "topped the hot search list."
The reason for this is very simple. It is mainly because Su Yu had been on the hot search list many times before due to his own strength, but the popularity at the time did not break the circle. Most of the people in the track and field circle and some spectators noticed it. Now, because of the traffic intensity of Su Yu's hot search list, many spectators began to "excavate" everything about Su Yu.
Su Yu's growth history over the past two years is already legendary in the track and field circle. Therefore, the more research is done, the more one can discover how powerful Su Yu's talent is.
Many passers-by of Tianxing Curtain Wall and some people who have been watching the circle have been directly attracted by the continuous "archaeological discoveries". Even the "Eyes of the Wild" video that Su Yu promoted in Japan and some game highlights and footage edited for Su Yu by Jigu Video have been directly turned out. Among these videos, the "Eyes of the Wild" video is the most popular, and the number of views has reached tens of millions.
It can be said that although Su Yu has temporarily ended his dominance on Weibo's hot search list, now as long as you open Jigu Video, you can see that a series of videos related to Su Yu, headed by the "World Youth Championship Promotional Video" and the "2018 Jakarta Asian Games Promotional Video", have all swept the Jigu Video's hot list with a huge number of views.
If you click on the popular list of Jigu Video nowadays, you can see a series of Su Yu, so much so that sports enthusiasts have called the popularity list of Jigu Video the "Su Yu Special List" in recent days.
The people of Jigu Video were also extremely surprised at the wealth that was coming their way. After all, many of the videos on these lists require registered Jigu Video members to watch. Just by looking at the new playback volume of these videos, you can tell how many new members Su Yu's popularity has brought to Jigu Video.
The people from the track and field project team of Jigu Video have been walking in a daze these past two days. They really didn't expect that it is only May now, and their track and field team has already doubled the task of attracting new members for all project teams throughout the year.
In the past two days, people from other special groups were so envious of the people from the track and field group that their eyes were bleeding, and tears of envy slowly flowed from the corners of their mouths - they also wanted the same kind of Purple Star Falling from the Sky!
While they were excited, the track and field team certainly did not forget to work.
Faced with overwhelming wealth, the reason why Jigu Video has such great popularity is actually due to their own efforts - on the day when Su Yu topped the hot search list, the head of the track and field group directly decided to ask for funds from their superiors, and negotiated with the IAAF on the same day for the full-year live broadcast authorization of the IAAF Challenge. In the past few days, the promotion of the IAAF Challenge on the Internet has been in full swing, and the audience knew that Su Yu was going to participate in this competition.
At the same time, the Jigu Video Track and Field Group also urgently dispatched personnel to form a special team for the IAAF Challenge. Now the special team members have already carried their equipment to Japan to prepare for the live broadcast.
Of course, while making preparations, the staff at Jigu Video were actually a little nervous in their hearts - the reason was very simple. This IAAF Challenge was actually Su Yu's first official participation in an international adult event. Even though Su Yu had participated in the World Youth Championships before, the players in the World Youth Championships might not be able to compare with some second-rate players in international competitions.
Take the men's 200m sprint as an example. The qualifying line for the men's 200m at the World Youth Championships was 21.40 seconds, while the qualifying line for the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar was 20.40 seconds, a full second higher than the qualifying line for the World Youth Championships.
In the track and field arena where 0.01 seconds can decide life and death, the difference of 1 second in the qualifying score is enough to illustrate the overall difference in level between U20 athletes and adult athletes.
This time, it will be the first time that Su Yu will face these athletes who have truly fought in international competitions. Although not every one of these athletes may be stronger than those in the Asian Games, there are definitely some powerful opponents among them that Su Yu has not been able to encounter in the past.
"Hey, you guys think... there shouldn't be any problems for Su Yu in this IAAF Challenge, right?"
In the track and field office of Jigu Video, someone asked this question in a low voice in the group.
This is a private group in their office, which is filled with colleagues who have a good relationship with each other. But when seeing this question, the group was silent for a while before someone spoke up: [It should be okay... Su Yu has always been pretty stable in the past competitions! 】
[That’s right...but I feel like it’s been a long time since I saw Su Yu run 100 meters? 】
【. 】
Yes.
You should know that before this IAAF World Challenge in Osaka, Su Yu's last 100-meter race was in the final of the World Youth Championships last season.
After the final of the World Youth Championship last season, Su Yu turned around and participated in the men's 200m sprint event in the Asian Games. After the Asian Games, in the new season, Su Yu directly ran to participate in the 400m, and then broke the national record in the 400m. Then he ran the 200m in the Asian Championships with a world championship qualifying result of 20.32 seconds.
After this, Su Yu's strength in 200m and 400m has been proven, and only 100m is left... But Su Yu hasn't participated in the 100m sprint event for nearly a year.
...Is there really no problem?
In the small office group of the Jigu Video Track and Field Group, everyone felt their scalps go numb instantly after thinking about this question.
[Help... Didn't Teacher Tian and Teacher Zhou say before that given Su Yu's abilities, 200 meters is his comfort zone? 】
[I remember now, Su Yu's best skill is his teleportation acceleration in the second half of the 200m. Su Yu's 100m acceleration is often in the second half...especially in the last 20 to 30 meters. His explosiveness and strength are still far behind those of adult athletes, and his speed in the first half is not ideal...]
The Jigu Video staff in the group were talking to each other, and they started to get a little panicked as they chatted.
It’s not that they think there is something wrong with Su Yu’s mediocre performance in the 100-meter sprint in Osaka this time, but the main reason is that the timing is not right.
This Osaka race is Su Yu's first event after he topped the hot search list. For those netizens who are watching the show online, their expectations for Su Yu are now the highest. This is the best time for both the popularity of track and field and Su Yu personally to achieve good results.
If Su Yu really performs mediocrely in the Osaka station of the IAAF Challenge this time, then the popularity that was previously gathered because of Su Yu's IQ and strong talent and performance in sprinting will at least dissipate by three quarters.
After all, not everyone is a rational fan - I pay attention to you because of your strength, but if you reveal your shortcomings in front of me before I completely fall in love with you, then my previous expectations will also dissipate.
This is the true attitude of the vast majority of Internet users.
In other words, if Su Yu cannot achieve an outstanding result in front of everyone this time, then the current popularity for Su Yu may not only disappear in the blink of an eye, but may also bring some negative public opinion.
When the staff members in the track and field office of Jigu Video thought of this, they all looked worried.
[… Damn, no wonder they say traffic is a double-edged sword. I was so excited over the past two days that I never thought there might be such a negative effect. 】
[I am in tears. If Su Yu's popularity had exploded before the Asian Championships, it would have been great. With Su Yu's performance in the 400m and 200m at the Asian Championships, plus this popularity, he would have been able to attract a lot of die-hard fans. But the IAAF Challenge is about the 100m sprint, which is his worst...]
[Huh.] 】
【etc. 】
…
After seeing the sentence 'the 100-meter sprint is his worst sport', someone in the group suddenly remembered something.
[Comrades, it suddenly occurred to me that we have always thought that Su Yu is least good at the 100-meter sprint, but his 200-meter and 400-meter times are both AU18B (Continental U18 best results), and his 100-meter sprint is... WU18B (World U18 best result)? 】
The entire group suddenly fell into a very awkward long silence.
Ah this.
It seems to be thick?
So the question is, how do they create this illusion?
***
So now, what level is Su Yu's 100-meter sprint ability at?
Not only the staff in the Jigu Video Track and Field Office are discussing this issue, but track and field enthusiasts in the Track and Field Kingdom Forum have also been discussing this issue these days.
Topic: [Discussion on Su Yu’s current strength level in the 100-meter sprint. 】
Topic content: [It is currently known that Su Yu's last 100-meter sprint result last season was 10.09 seconds, which is also his currently public personal best in the 100-meter sprint. This season, his 200-meter sprint result is 20.32 seconds, and his 400-meter result is 45.39 seconds.
Please tell me, what is Su Yu’s current level in the 100-meter sprint? 】
1st Floor: [Thanks for the invitation, I don’t understand, waiting for the answer below. 】
2nd Floor: [Same as above, waiting downstairs. 】
3rd floor: [Same as above. 】
_(:зゝ∠)_
This series of answers is simply a strange sight in the Track and Field Kingdom Forum where track and field fans compete to express their personal opinions on a daily basis. Usually everyone is vying to discuss, but today everyone is waiting for the awesome big guys to come out and answer.
20th floor: [? ? ? What's going on? I thought I could see a lot of answers to the discussion here, but it turns out they are all the same? ? Is this question so difficult to answer? 】
22nd Floor: [There is no way, it is difficult to answer, mainly because there are too few samples of Su Yu’s competition results! 】
25th Floor: [Huh? Are there too few samples of Su Yu’s games? He participated in a lot of games last season and this season, right? 】
29th Floor: [Wake up, my friend, think about what events Su Yu participated in at the end of last season and this season? 】
33F: [Yes, there are too few samples of Su Yu's competition results. It is indeed difficult to judge his 100-meter performance status now. After all, whether it is the 200-meter or 400-meter events, his early stages cannot be used as a formal reference, and he is still a teenage player. The performance instability of teenage players is quite high, and their status will be very different every year. Su Yu's performance improvement in the first two seasons was too great, so it is difficult to judge.
But if I have to say, Su Yu's performance in the 200m has improved significantly compared to last season. Perhaps this can be used as a criterion for estimating his overall strength improvement this season? 】
35th Floor: [@33th Floor, in fact, it is difficult to estimate the improvement in Su Yu's 200m performance. After all, there is a formula similar to the 400m performance estimation for estimating the 200m potential of a 100m athlete, which is roughly the athlete's 100m PB*2 and slightly more. Su Yu's 100m PB is 10.09, so theoretically he has a chance to run his 200m under 20.20. Su Yu's 200m performance this season has improved from 20.48 to 20.32, which may be a sign that his 200m technique is gradually maturing. 】
Floor 38: [But if we have to calculate it this way, then Su Yu’s 100-meter performance level is impossible to estimate? 】
39th Floor: [Yes, this is actually normal. After all, we all know that for multi-sport athletes... no, in fact, for all athletes, it is difficult to judge their strength level in any event they do not often run. Just like Zhan Youming, his 200m PB is already 19.89 seconds. If calculated according to the ability formula, his 100m should also be able to break ten seconds. However, Zhan Youming's publicly disclosed personal best in the 100m is only 10.31 seconds.
Obviously, Zhan Youming's 100m PB cannot be only 10.31 seconds. 】
…
In the Track and Field Kingdom Forum, the discussion about Su Yu's 100-meter performance level has never reached a conclusion. Everyone can only wait for the final result of Su Yu's competition to come out before they can truly know what level Su Yu's 100-meter level has reached after nearly a year.
***
On May 20, the national track and field team
Su Yu, who had caused a stir on Weibo's hot searches, stayed calmly in the national team's training base and focused on training after confirming the school and major he would attend, paying no attention to the huge waves he had caused outside.
These days, Su Yu not only rejected a series of media interviews and variety show invitations, but also temporarily did not accept those flashy endorsement invitations that were pouring in.
Su Yu directly handed over the invitations for these jobs to the market operation, maintenance and promotion group of the national track and field team. The staff of the national team helped him screen suitable jobs. What he did was to concentrate on training until today when he completed the last high-intensity training before the IAAF World Challenge.
Next to the training ground, Pei Dingshan and the physical training team coach watched Su Yu complete the training and they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Pei Dingshan clapped his hands, glanced at Su Yu's heart rate monitoring data on the machine beside him, smiled and said, "In good condition."
Some time ago, after Su Yu finished four consecutive days of high-intensity competition in the Asian Championships, he returned to China and participated in the training camps and assessments of B University and Q University. Although he did not stop the physical recovery training in the national team during this period, Pei Dingshan readjusted Su Yu's training time and prepared to let him start to adapt to the rhythm of the evening outbreak in advance. Therefore, Su Yu's overall training situation can be said to have undergone a huge adjustment.
Normally speaking, it is not suitable to make such large-scale training adjustments during the season, but Su Yu's huge consumption in the previous Asian Championships and the nearly one-month break afterwards gave Pei Dingshan the opportunity to re-plan Su Yu's training. Based on Su Yu's personal active cooperation and Pei Dingshan's understanding of Su Yu's personal situation, this training adjustment was made.
And at present, it seems that Su Yu’s adjustment this time is still very successful.
Sun Gaoshu, who was standing nearby, was really relieved after seeing the completion of Su Yu's training. He was also really impressed by the generosity of Pei Dingshan and Su Yu, the master and apprentice.
But finally everything seems to be going well for now, so Sun Gaoshu encouraged Su Yu a few words, but he didn't say how important this IAAF Challenge was to Su Yu. He just told Su Yu not to worry and to just do his best.
After a pause, Sun Gaoshu added - it doesn't matter even if your performance is average, there are still 4 months left until the qualifying window for the World Championships in September. With your strength, there will be no problem.
Obviously, the coaching staff of the national team has actually conducted a risk assessment of the current situation on the Internet - there is no way, Internet popularity is a double-edged sword, and the national team has also suffered from it. Therefore, after the initial excitement of the popularity, the coaching staff and staff of the national team had already sorted out the things that track and field fans on the Internet were worried about in advance.
It was only after sorting out the possible negative impacts of the online popularity that the national team began to feel a little scared.
You have to know that these netizens are really meticulous when it comes to archaeology. They not only watched the games, promotional videos, and behind-the-scenes footage, but also found and watched all the interview videos of Su Yu that they could find on the Internet.
Fortunately, Su Yu was a talented and capable player, which allowed him to withstand the discussion from netizens in the subsequent series of online archaeology. In turn, these netizens proved Su Yu's mathematical talent from the interviews Liu Yu had done with him - at least his talent for numbers and memory. After all, if you ask other players to memorize all the opponents' results of the past season before the game, and you can also calculate the fluctuation curve of these players' results yourself...
To quote a saying from netizens: Don’t say you calculated it yourself. Even if you tell me the answer after you do it, I won’t be able to remember it.
In short, Su Yu has become popular again amid the netizens' investigations, and the national team is fortunate that he can still remain calm and devote himself to training amidst this popularity, and is not dazzled by the outside world's attention. Su Yu's mentality has also made everyone in the national team cherish him more, and at the same time, the national team has of course also strengthened the protection of Su Yu.
At this stage, Sun Gaoshu's attitude towards Su Yu completely represents the national team's attitude towards Su Yu. They absolutely support Su Yu. They also know that in the current high-heat environment, if Su Yu performs mediocrely in this game, it may cause a backlash of heat, but they still do not force Su Yu to give his best performance.
What this means is that even if Su Yu did not perform very well this time, the national team is willing to stand up and endorse him - this is not because of the value of Su Yu's popularity, but out of love for Su Yu.
Although Su Yu's personality and behavior always seem cold, but in Jiang Yuan's words - Xiao Yu is actually softer than me.
The national team's coaching staff took such care of him, so Su Yu naturally understood. He didn't say much, but just said to Sun Gaoshu seriously: "I understand."
After a pause, he added, "Thank you."
Sun Gaoshu couldn't help laughing when he heard Su Yu's thanks. He raised his hand and patted Su Yu on the shoulder: "Silly boy, what are you thanking me for? Supporting and protecting the players of your own team is what the national team should do. You are a member of our team. You have brought so much popularity to the national team, track and field events, and sprint events, and the team hasn't thanked you yet."
"Besides, what's there to thank you for just saying that? Who knows, you might break your personal best in the IAAF Challenge in a few days. By then, you won't need any support from the team. It will be the team's turn to bask in your glory!"
Sun Gaoshu spoke truthfully. Then he patted Su Yu on the shoulder and left without staying any longer to deal with his affairs.
The new coach of the fitness team looked at Su Yu and laughed: "Your physical condition has recovered very well during this period."
To be honest, the new coach of the physical fitness group was also deeply shocked by Su Yu's physical recovery ability after taking him to do physical recovery training.
After all, according to Su Yu's previous four-day high-intensity and high-difficulty schedule of 200m and 400m in the Asian Championships, and the fact that Su Yu is only a 16-year-old teenager, the new physical coach believes that Su Yu will probably need at least a month of focused physical recovery training to adjust his condition.
As a result, it was almost a month, but during this time Su Yu had to go out to attend classes during the day, and he only had time for training during the morning training period and the evening. In between, Pei Dingshan also made changes to his training time.
When the new coach of the physical training group learned about the time arrangement Pei Dingshan had made for Su Yu, his eyes widened and he almost wanted to argue with Pei Dingshan about Su Yu's training plan. It was not until Pei Dingshan retrieved Su Yu's past physical training plans and training data and showed them to him that he cooperated with the corresponding training plan with hesitation.
It was also during this one month that, watching Su Yu's training adjustments bit by bit, the new fitness coach, who had also just returned from studying and training abroad, began to understand a key reason why Su Yu could achieve such outstanding results in these two years.
——No one would have thought that after every high-intensity competition, Su Yu, who always looked pale and as if he was about to faint at any time... One of his biggest advantages is his physical recovery speed.
In short, during this period of time, although track and field fans outside have been worried that Su Yu had over-exerted himself in the previous Asian Championships, in fact, Su Yu's overall physical condition has recovered quite well.
Not only his physical condition, Su Yu's overall competitive condition has also recovered well.
In other words, in the past few days, Su Yu's overall competitive state can be said to have recovered better and better. The new fitness coach who had just returned to China was not sure about the specific reason, but just when Sun Gaoshu told Su Yu to rest assured to compete, he suddenly remembered that Su Yu's competitive enthusiasm was gradually rising, and it seemed to be because of these few days...
And these few days... is the time when the national team is generally worried about Su Yu's condition.
When this thought popped up in the mind of the physical coach, he was shocked at first, and then an incredible guess quickly popped up in his mind - some players would collapse due to nervousness due to the huge external pressure, then Su Yu... he wouldn't be the opposite, and would be excited because of the huge external pressure, right? !
***
In short, no matter how much speculation there was internally or externally, Su Yu always maintained a calm attitude.
After the last day of high-intensity training before the game on May 20, he has returned to the rhythm of doing some maintenance training in the next few days.
On May 21, the official list of the IAAF World Challenge was officially released!
On Weibo, the topic #IAAF Challenge 100m entry list# was beyond the expectations of all track and field fans and actually made it to the hot search list.
This kind of thing didn't happen even when the IAAF World Challenge was held in China last season, but it happened today.
Needless to say, the main reason is Su Yu.
There was only about a week's interval between Su Yu's dominating the hot search list and Su Yu's first game after the hot search. Even if netizens have a bad memory, they can quickly remember that this game is related to Su Yu.
Not to mention the netizens who have been following Su Yu for some time, even the bystanders who only followed Su Yu on the day when he topped the trending search list could not help but join in the discussion now -
[#IAAF Challenge 100m entry list# What’s going on? Su Yu’s competition is coming, right? ! 】
[This list... dbq, I only understand the contestants' nationalities, can anyone give me some basic knowledge? 】
Although these spectators watch a wide range of gossips in their daily lives, they are generally not involved in the sports circle. So for them, they just simply know that Su Yu is about to participate in a competition called the "IAAF World Athletics Challenge". They don't know what level this event is or what level the contestants are.
But it doesn’t matter if they don’t know, because someone knows.
Track and field fans have been discussing this list since it came out. After seeing the questions from the onlookers, they all responded after a brief silence.
[… Let’s put it this way, among the athletes this time, two of them were ranked in the top 12 in the world last season. In other words, these two athletes had run a time of 9.94 seconds in the 100-meter event last season. 】
【? 】
[9.94 seconds?] Ah, if you don’t understand, just ask, is this result awesome? I know it's difficult to break the 10-second mark in the 100-meter race, but didn't Zheng Tianxi of our national team set an Asian record of 9.90 seconds last season? If you look at it this way, then it seems like the top 12 in the world last season weren't that great? 】
Track and field fans: [……]
See, this is one of the troubles when it comes to popularizing competitive sports statistics to ordinary people.
However, track and field fans are actually used to this situation, so they adjusted their thinking and said to these fans: [It is not calculated like this. Team Zheng's 9.90 seconds is already an Asian record, representing the top level in Asia. In other words, he is the only one in Asia who ran 9.90 seconds, and it was only this time.
However, these two athletes only ran 9.94 and 9.93 last season, but this does not mean that their personal best results are 9.94 and 9.93. One of these two athletes has a personal best result of 9.90, and the other one... his personal best result is 9.69. 】
?
How many? !
When the peaceful bystanders saw the results listed by the track and field fans, even the most ignorant track and field fans fell into silence.
[9.69 seconds... Shit, what is the world record for the men's 100-meter sprint? 】
[Uh, it’s 9.58 seconds, right? 】
[…So this giant, the difference between his personal best and the world record is only 0.11 seconds? ! 】
After seeing this result, the bystanders immediately changed their tactics.
And that’s not all.
[Except for these two, the remaining players were all ranked within the top 40 in the world last season. 】
?
This sentence seems a bit unremarkable. After all, compared with the previous top 12 in the world ranking, the mere top 40 in the world ranking seems a bit bland, right?
But the spectators had learned their lesson by now. Even though the track and field fans only mentioned a world ranking of top 40, they did not speak first. Instead, they politely asked: […What was Su Yu’s world ranking last season? 】
Track and field fans looked at the inquiries from the crowd, feeling somewhat relieved that "a young man is teachable", and then answered: [Su Yu's personal best result last season, which is also his personal best in history, was 10.09 seconds, and he ranked 50th in the world that season. 】
:)
Okay, I understand.
When the spectators saw the ranking, they gasped.
If they remembered correctly, based on the gossip they had gathered over the past two days, Su Yu's 100-meter sprint strength is third in China - after Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming retire, Su Yu will be the undisputed number one in the country.
Even under such circumstances, Su Yu, currently the third-ranked domestic men's 100-meter sprinter, only ranked 50th in the world in his personal best result last season.
After looking at Su Yu's ranking, and then looking back at the two opponents ranked in the top 12 in the world, the spectators finally understand the value of the top 12 in the world.
Not only are there two players ranked in the top twelve in the world, but there are also five players ranked in the top 40 in the world among the remaining opponents!
So with a trembling heart, these onlookers asked cautiously: [Then...what are the best results of the season and personal bests of those players ranked in the top 40 in the world? 】
Because the track and field fans had just gone through a painful discussion among themselves, they were particularly forthcoming in answering the questions from the crowd.
[The player ranked 40th in the world last season had a season best of 10.07... That is to say, all of Su Yu's opponents in this game had run under 10.07 last season. Among these five players who were ranked in the top 40 last season, three of them had broken the 10-second mark in the 100 meters before last season...]
[So... that means there are still two runners left who haven't broken the 10-second mark in the 100-meter race? 】
Track and field fans: […Yes, there are still two players who didn’t break the 10-second mark in the 100m last season. However, one of them is a 21-year-old young athlete. This season, he has already run a time of 9.99:), and the other one’s personal best is 10 seconds. He also ran a time of 10 seconds last season. 】
Everyone: Pawn.
Okay, I understand.
So what this means is that in the list that has been released now, all of Su Yu’s opponents have broken the 10-second mark for the 100 meters, or at worst, 10 seconds. One of them even broke the 9.70-second mark for the 100 meters...
[Help! So this means that in this competition, Su Yu will face five opponents who can run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds and one opponent who can run the 100 meters in less than 9.70 seconds? 】
Track and field fans: […Wrong, to be precise, there are 3 opponents who can run the 100 meters under 10 seconds, 1 opponent who can run 9.90 seconds, 1 opponent who can run under 9.80 seconds, and 1 opponent who can run under 9.70 seconds. 】
Crowd: …
Even if the spectators have no common sense about sprinting, everyone still knows one thing - how difficult it is to break the 10-second mark in the 100-meter race.
After all, before Zheng Tianxi actually broke the 10-second barrier for the 100-meter run, sports media across the country and even grassroots physical education teachers were promoting an idea when teaching - Chinese sprinters were working hard to break the 10-second barrier for the 100-meter run.
When Zheng Tianxi successfully broke the 10-second barrier in the 100-meter race, it is no exaggeration to say that the public opinion at that time was a national carnival. The number of followers on Zheng Tianxi's personal Weibo soared from tens of thousands to more than four million overnight. Later, when he broke the Asian record, the number of followers increased explosively again.
From the changes in the number of Zheng Tianxi's fans, we can see how huge a sensation he caused when he broke the 10-second barrier for the 100-meter race.
Because before that, there has always been an expert opinion in the international community that the limit of the 100-meter sprint for the yellow race is ten seconds, and both Japan and China have had athletes whose 100-meter sprint results have been stuck at ten seconds for a long time.
In short, even ordinary Chinese audiences who have no common sense about sprinting have a natural awe for the four words "ten-second barrier", as if only those who can cross the ten-second barrier for a hundred meters are truly awesome sprinters of the hundred meters.
And now, Su Yu, whose personal best in the 100m is 10.09, has to face the runners who are already within the 10-second mark with a score of 10.09 that is far outside the 10-second mark...
After learning about this situation, even the most optimistic onlookers fell silent.
[Help...Why is Su Yu facing such a group of opponents? ? ? 】
[Yeah, isn’t his best time only 10.09 seconds…]
[In fact, it doesn't seem to be calculated that way. Look at those athletes, many of their personal best results last season were not under 10 seconds, but they had run under 10 seconds before. So it seems that among these athletes, the truly formidable opponents may be the two athletes ranked in the top 12 in the world last season, and the young athlete who has already run under 10 seconds this season. 】
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Track and field fans were suddenly relieved when watching such discussions. At least these spectators did not vent their emotions all at once, nor did they express their disappointment and refuse to watch the game. Instead, they were willing to analyze which athletes were truly worthy opponents and which athletes were not as dangerous as imagined.
After seeing this, track and field fans nodded with satisfaction, and then began to communicate with the spectators, highlighting the most dangerous opponent who had run under ten seconds this season, and also specifically marked a player from Japan - the famous Japanese athlete Ippei Suzuki.
This famous 100-meter sprinter from Japan is the current holder of Japan's national record for the men's 100-meter sprint. He is the only one among all Su Yu's opponents who has not been able to break the 10-second mark in the 100-meter race.
However, it has always been known in China that Ippei Suzuki has run under 10 seconds for the 100 meters many times in personal training. What he lacks is just an opportunity to run under 10 seconds in a formal competition.
For Ippei Suzuki and the Japanese, breaking the ten-second mark has almost become their obsession. As for Chinese track and field fans, they also know that the fallacy that "the yellow race's 100-meter sprint limit is ten seconds" has now been disproven, and the Japanese's obsession with breaking the ten-second mark has become even more intense.
For the Japanese team, their sprinters are stronger than those of the Chinese team. It is actually just a matter of time before their athletes break the 10-second barrier for the 100 meters.
And this time, just like Ippei Suzuki, as an athlete who is already at the end of his golden age, if he cannot break the 10-second mark in the 100 meters this season, it will only be more difficult for him in the next season.
Therefore, in events like the IAAF World Athletics Challenge, Japanese athletes, especially athletes like Ippei Suzuki, will definitely try their best to break their personal best results.
Except for Ippei Suzuki, the remaining athletes, although they are very strong, the IAAF Challenge may not be a really important event for them. For them, the IAAF Challenge may just be a 'practice match' for them to train.
After this series of analysis, the onlookers suddenly realized that the most dangerous ones were Ippei Suzuki and the other young player.
The reason for Suzuki Ippei is already very clear. As for the other young player...just looking at the fact that he easily broke the 10-second mark in the 100 meters at the beginning of the season, it can be seen that he should be in the stage of explosive improvement in his personal performance.
Among the remaining opponents, the two who were ranked in the top twelve in the world last season also performed well at the beginning of this season, but facing opponents of this level, it is difficult to guard against anything no matter how careful you are.
[So... the final analysis result is that if Su Yu was in good shape, he would at least not be the last in this game? 】
Well.
The results of this analysis...
Track and field fans struggled for a long time, and finally sighed - the best situation would probably be to maintain fifth place and fight for fourth place.
Maintain fifth place and strive for fourth place.
If this result prediction was given before track and field fans and the spectators made the analysis, it would probably quickly cause dissatisfaction among many spectators. However, after this series of analysis, the spectators quickly understood the big picture.
Including the fact that track and field fans have brought a lot of personal opinions to the spectators during the analysis and discussion process - for example, they have shown these spectators that the best results of these athletes who have broken the 10-second mark in the 100 meters were just over 10 seconds last season, so it is normal for the athletes' personal strength to fluctuate.
This is to warn everyone and tell them that it is very normal if Su Yu's results fail to break his personal best.
After all, his opponents are so strong that they can’t achieve good results every season!
The spectators quickly accepted this theory.
Originally, track and field fans were worried that their analysis and criticism would make the spectators lose interest in Su Yu's upcoming competition - after all, Su Yu's results seemed to be beaten by his opponents.
Fortunately, it seemed that the spectators really wanted to watch a competition where almost all the players ran the 100-meter race in under 10 seconds.
It’s just that their expectations for Su Yu have indeed been lowered, which is hard to say whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.
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Soon, it was May 24th. On this day, Su Yu went to the airport with Pei Dingshan, preparing to take a flight to Osaka, Japan. After a short rest, he would officially participate in his first international competition the day after tomorrow.
Because of his current popularity, even though this is just an IAAF Challenge, there are many reporters coming to interview him.
Now these reporters have done some homework, and their questions to Su Yu have become, "What are your expectations for your performance this time?" '
Track and field fans never expected that after they had finally suppressed the public's criticism of Su Yu's performance, Su Yu only thought for two seconds during the interview, and then calmly said: "This time... I think I'll set a PB."
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