Chapter 179
This three-day G Province Z City Grand Prix ended with Su Yu winning the three individual championships of 100m, 200m and 400m without any suspense.
Domestic track and field fans cannot help but sigh that, apart from Su Yu’s undisputed dominance in the 400m, there are only a handful of domestic athletes who can compete with him in the 100m and 200m events.
There is no way, the main reason is that Su Yu's competitive state is stable, just like the 100-meter sprint, although Su Yu may not be able to run within 10.10 seconds in every game, he can run within 10.30 seconds in almost every game.
This result alone is enough to crush 99.9 percent of the players in the country.
So at the beginning of the new season, Su Yu gave domestic players a reassurance with his relaxed state and outstanding performance - looking at Yu Di's first game of the new season, there is no problem, he can still win this season!
Of course, the bigger surprises for track and field fans this season are the newcomers in the 100m, 200m and 400m events.
For example, in the 100m, Ye Minghao, after the World Youth Championships, his results in the 2019 season have never been able to break through the 10.33 seconds of the World Youth Championships. But in the new 2020 season, in the first race in G Province Z City, he successfully ran a time of 10.30 seconds, finally achieving a new breakthrough in the 100m results!
Ye Minghao's performance in the first event of the new season has also made track and field fans look forward to Ye Minghao's upcoming competitions this season - everyone wants to see whether this 18-year-old young athlete can break the 10.30 mark this season!
As for the 200m event, the competition between the runner-up and third place in the men's 200m on April 10 was extremely exciting for the audience.
In the men's 200m preliminaries on April 10, apart from Su Yu who easily won the first place in the preliminaries with 20.48 seconds, the gap between Gao Yansong and Zhou Yuang, who ranked second and third, was very small.
Among them, Gao Yansong, who ranked second overall, ran an excellent time of 20.56 seconds in the preliminaries, which was close to his personal best of 20.53 seconds in the preliminaries alone.
Zhou Yuang also performed well in the preliminaries.
The result of 20.59 seconds directly broke his personal best record, and at the same time brought his 200m result into the range of less than 20.60 seconds - you know, before Su Yu emerged, for a long time in China, only Zhan Youming had successfully run less than 20.60 seconds in the men's 200m.
Currently, in the men's 200m sprint event in China, there is Zhan Youming, the number one in Asia, and below Zhan Youming is Su Yu, the number one U20 athlete in Asia.
In addition, Gao Yansong, one of the veteran athletes, is also constantly breaking through himself and his performance is very stable on average. Among the young athletes, Zhou Yuang, who is the same age as Su Yu, is also very strong. He has already run a good time of 20.59 seconds at the age of 17. Although slightly inferior to Su Yu, Zhou Yuang's result can be considered excellent among athletes of the same age around the world.
It's not just Gao Yansong and Zhou Yuang. There are also Zhou Jinran and Tang Jiangtao, who were called up to the national team for winter training. These two players will be 19 and 18 years old next year, respectively. Zhou Jinran successfully broke the 21-second mark in the competition in Z City, G Province, and Tang Jiangtao's 200-meter result improved significantly, running 21.15 seconds in the preliminaries, and he is not far from breaking the 200-meter mark.
In addition, during the preliminary round, except for Li Qingci who was still abroad accompanying the overseas training, the rest of the players like Zhang Lei and Zhang Zaihui also achieved very good results.
Especially in the final stage, these players were very active and proactive in catching up with Gao Yansong and Zhou Yuang. It can be said that the audience at the scene and before the live broadcast enjoyed a very high-level and intense competition feast.
In the end, in the final stage, Gao Yansong's performance was slightly abnormal, and he only ran a score of 20.69 seconds, while Zhou Yuang went one step further in the final stage and ran a new record of 20.50 seconds.
When the results of this final came out, many domestic track and field fans were shocked by Zhou Yuang's performance.
You know, two years ago in the 2018 World Youth Championship final, Su Yu's result was only 20.59 seconds, which was enough for Su Yu to win the bronze medal in the World Youth Championship.
At the Asian Games that followed, Su Yu broke the national U20 200m record at the age of 15 with a time of 20.48 seconds. This data is still fresh in the memory of many track and field fans.
At that time, many track and field fans in China were lamenting that it would be difficult for young athletes in the country to reach Su Yu's level in a short period of time.
But now…
Zhou Yuang ran 20.50 seconds in the first race of the new 2020 season!
This result is admittedly still a long way from Su Yu's current personal best of 20.21 seconds, but looking at the whole country, Zhou Yuang has already taken the third place in the country!
As for Zhou Yuang’s age... He is the same age as Su Yu, and this year he is just a 17-year-old young player!
This result shocked many track and field fans - when did the 200-meter event in China enter an era where such talented athletes are emerging in such large numbers? !
He is the second best 200m runner in China and the best 200m runner in Asia U20. His 200m PB is 20.21 seconds. He is under 17 years old and may make new breakthroughs at any time in the new season.
The third best 200m runner in China, 200m PB is 20.50 seconds, now 17 years old, in the new season... maybe there will be a new breakthrough? !
After seeing the results of the newcomers and veterans in the 200m, domestic sprint enthusiasts were so excited that they couldn't contain themselves for a moment. Such a scene would have been unimaginable two years ago!
Soon, some well-informed people in the track and field circle also revealed new news - it is said that the national team has arranged a new season competition schedule for Gao Yansong and Zhou Yuang, including a series of compliant competitions at home and abroad. It is hoped that Gao Yansong and Zhou Yuang will have the opportunity to improve their respective IAAF points rankings to a level that allows them to obtain invitations to the Tokyo Olympics within the qualifying window period for the Tokyo Olympics.
When the news came out, domestic track and field fans were even more excited.
This means that at the Tokyo Olympics in Japan, China will not only be able to field a full team in the men's 100-meter sprint, but will also have the opportunity to field a full team in the men's 200-meter sprint!
For Chinese sprint enthusiasts, this is definitely good news worth looking forward to!
Of course, after the news of the men's 200m sprint was exposed, domestic track and field fans also began to look forward to the arrangements for the men's 400m sprint.
At present, Su Yu's 400-meter sprint PB has reached 44.96 seconds. Although it is not far from the Tokyo Olympic qualifying line of 400 meters, the invitation system of the Tokyo Olympics is different from that of the World Championships.
During the World Championships, the world ranking of the athletes' performance is considered, while the Tokyo Olympics will look at the athletes' IAAF event points ranking.
The ranking of IAAF event points is not only related to the athletes' performance, but also to various comprehensive factors such as the level of the event the athletes participate in and the event ranking.
That is to say, if a 400m runner with a time of 44.96 seconds does not perform well in the race, he may lose in the event points ranking to a runner whose personal best time is over 45 seconds.
Because of this reason, domestic track and field fans can't help but start to worry about Su Yu's new season schedule - this is not only looking forward to Su Yu's performance in international competitions, but also worried that if Su Yu's schedule is not arranged properly, he may eventually suffer a big loss in the IAAF event points ranking.
It would be a great loss if Su Yu failed to qualify for the 400m due to improper event arrangement.
But what makes domestic audiences nervous and worried is that this year is clearly the Olympic year. In such an important year, Su Yu’s event schedule does not seem to be as dense as the schedule in 2019.
After the National Track and Field Grand Prix in Z City, G Province from April 8 to April 10, Su Yu's only schedule for the entire month of April was a trip to Doha, Qatar around April 25.
This time, Su Yu's trip to Doha was to participate in the 100-meter race of the Diamond League in Doha, Qatar - this was actually the first time in Su Yu's entire career that he qualified for the Diamond League.
You should know that the Diamond League, as the highest-level commercial league of the IAAF, has extremely high requirements for the eligibility of participating athletes - generally speaking, only athletes who are ranked in the top 20 in the world in terms of results or event points in the previous season can qualify for the new season's Diamond League.
Last season, Su Yu advanced to the quarterfinals of the 100m final at the World Championships. Therefore, although his 100m result of 10.02 seconds was only ranked 28th in the 2019 season, he received an invitation to participate in the Diamond League this season based on his performance in the Asian Championships and World Championships, as well as his crazy record of performance from June to August.
However, although Su Yu attaches great importance to the Diamond League race in Doha, Qatar, it does not take it too seriously.
The reason is very simple. It is the beginning of the season now. Not only Su Yu, but also other players who are going to Doha, Qatar to participate in the Diamond League race, cannot show their best condition and results in this game.
Whether for Su Yu or the other players who signed up for the Diamond League in Doha, Qatar, this first Diamond League match at the beginning of the season is more like a practice match to "find the form at the beginning of the season."
Although the event standards are very high, its actual effect is more like an international version of the 'National Track and Field Grand Prix Super Upgrade'.
However, that being said - the opponents in the Diamond League, which is a 'super upgraded version of the National Track and Field Grand Prix', are all athletes ranked in the top 20 in the world. Among them, Su Yu, whose personal best in history is only 10.02 seconds, can easily crush all opponents except Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming in the National Track and Field Grand Prix in China, but in the Diamond League, all he has to face is the crushing of his opponents.
On April 25, in the men's 100m race in Doha, Su Yu and seven other opponents stood at the familiar Khalifa Stadium at the same time. Under the guidance of the starter's preparatory commands and the starting sound, they started a rather fierce competition.
In this competition, Su Yu finally won the sixth place with a score of 10.08.
Such a result is actually very good, but it still poured cold water on the track and field fans who were excited at the National Track and Field Grand Prix G Province Z City leg.
It allowed track and field fans to see clearly the gap in strength between the current top domestic and international athletes.
In this race, although unlike the World Championships final where all the top five players broke the ten-second mark, the top three players still easily ran under ten seconds.
The champion of this game was the previous World Championships men's 100m sprint champion, Maxwell Williams from the American team. He easily won the championship in this Diamond League Doha race with a time of 9.92 seconds.
This Diamond League race in Doha has ignited a tense atmosphere among domestic track and field fans at the beginning of the season.
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Compared to the nervousness of track and field fans, Su Yu, as a contestant, was quite satisfied with his performance in this Diamond League.
In the post-match interview, in response to Lin Weixiong's question, Su Yu replied: "Everyone is very strong! I still need to keep working hard!"
After Su Yu finished the interview and left, Lin Weixiong watched Su Yu's post-match interview material several times, and always felt that something seemed wrong - why did Su Yu only get sixth place in this game, but he looked quite happy?
What Lin Weixiong didn’t know was that his guess was actually quite correct.
Su Yu was indeed happy.
Although this game ignited the tense atmosphere for the domestic audience, for Su Yu, being able to encounter such a stressful game at the beginning of the season, even if it was closer to a 'practice match', was more beneficial for him to enter the atmosphere of competing against international opponents earlier.
***
Next, for domestic track and field fans, who were becoming increasingly nervous, originally thought that the national team would arrange more races for Su Yu, just like the "brushing" before the World Championships last season.
Because everyone still remembers that Su Yu has not yet reached the standard for 400 meters - whether he wants to hit the Tokyo Olympic standard of 44.90 seconds in 400 meters or wants to hit the top 48 in the IAAF event points for 400 meters (56 people participated in the Olympics for 100 meters and 200 meters, and 48 for 400 meters), Su Yu should need to accumulate more competitions.
But what was unexpected was that, while Zhou Yuang and Gao Yansong had already set off to compete frantically all over the world, Su Yu seemed to have nothing to do this season, and his schedule was arranged at a leisurely pace.
Just like the Diamond League domestic S city race on May 18th - as a Diamond League race held in China, it is also a race that includes 100m, 200m and 400m individual events.
For this race, Zheng Tianxi, Feng Chuming and Zhan Youming all flew back from abroad to participate in this race.
In the 100m event, the audience can understand that in order not to take up too many 100m places and to prevent the 100m race from becoming a 'civil war' for the Chinese team, Su Yu did not sign up to participate.
But what about the 200m and 400m?
Although Su Yu does not have the qualifications to participate in the Diamond League 200m and 400m, this Diamond League is held in China, so as the organizer, there is a preferential policy and wildcard players can be arranged to participate.
But even so, Su Yu did not participate in the 200m and 400m events. The 200m wildcard spot was given to Zhou Yuang, allowing him to experience the feeling of competing with the world's top players in the Diamond League.
In the end, Zhou Yuang finished seventh with a time of 20.62 seconds - this was a very good ranking for a young athlete competing against these top international athletes for the first time.
In the 400m event, the national team gave the wildcard spot to Li Mingzhou. Although Li Mingzhou failed to break his personal best in the end, his result of 45.96 seconds was already quite good - at least for Li Mingzhou, his image as a weakling in foreign competitions was washed away in this Diamond League match.
Although Li Mingzhou and Zhou Yuang performed well in this Diamond League, track and field fans still didn't understand the national team's schedule.
Because Su Yu had no competition schedule throughout early and mid-May - Su Yu did not participate in the Diamond League in S City, China, not because of schedule conflicts. During this time when everyone was competing with all their strength, some people even saw Su Yu going to Q University for classes for several days in a row.
Throughout the month of May, Su Yu's only event scheduled was the IAAF Challenge in Osaka, Japan on May 26 in late May.
What is going on?
Why don't you participate in the S City Diamond League in your country, but go to Japan to participate in the IAAF Challenge of a lower level? !
Track and field fans were completely confused about Su Yu's schedule for a while - after all, in the Diamond League at the end of April, Su Yu had just said in an interview that he needed to keep working hard.
As a result, in May, I just slacked off for a month? !
In fact, if this were not an Olympic year, track and field fans might not be so anxious - but now it is an Olympic year!
2020, the quadrennial Olympic year, is undoubtedly a year of major competitions!
For track and field athletes, the importance of the Olympic year is unquestionable.
Even though Su Yu is young, he is only 17 years old, and he will have plenty of opportunities to participate in the next and the next Olympics in the future. But even if it is not for the qualification of 400 meters, even for the two events of 100 meters and 200 meters that have already met the standards, Su Yu needs to take a more proactive attitude to face the competition, right? !
Now, the schedule arranged for Su Yu by the national team and his head coach has left track and field fans confused, so much so that during this period of time, there have been messages from track and field fans under the national team’s official Weibo account from time to time, wanting to know what arrangements the national team has made for Su Yu this season?
You know, the deadline for meeting the points and results for the Tokyo Olympic track and field events is June 29. So far, Zhou Yuang and Gao Yansong have been participating in the competition almost non-stop in order to qualify for the 200-meter event, but Su Yu has not made any moves? !
This situation made track and field fans extremely anxious, and even conspiracy theories emerged on the Internet - does Su Yu not have the confidence that he can participate in multiple events at the Olympics? After all, in addition to the 100m and 200m events this time, Su Yu also had to participate in the 100m relay, so he simply wanted to give up the 400m event, but he didn't want to just say it, so he started to procrastinate.
However, there are not many supporters of this conspiracy theory. After all, Su Yu's performance in the World Championships last season was obvious to all. Track and field fans generally believe that even if Su Yu participates in one more relay event this season, the overall pressure will not be much greater than participating in three events at the same time in the World Championships.
In other words, the pressure is not so great that Su Yu needs to slack off and avoid participating in the competition.
But if he wasn't deliberately slacking off, then why was Su Yu's schedule so loose this season?
So some track and field fans began to worry whether Su Yu was injured in the only two games before the new season?
Someone just took a photo of Su Yu after he participated in the Doha Diamond League race. He looked very normal and showed no signs of injury.
So, neither this nor that is right. This situation has made domestic track and field fans feel uneasy and they don’t know what to do.
Because of this situation, some people couldn't help but jump out to sing his praises, saying that although Su Yu had made great progress in the previous seasons, he might not have made any improvement at all in the new season, so he didn't dare to show up in public.
In short, because of the national team's arrangement for Su Yu's new season schedule, all kinds of strange voices emerged for a while.
Probably to calm the nervousness of track and field fans, Liu Yu, as a reporter of the sports channel and also the first track and field reporter in China, directly found Sun Gaoshu, the head of the national team's sprint group, and Pei Dingshan, Su Yu's coach, and interviewed them on the topic of "Athletes' schedule planning for the Olympic year."
Anyone with a discerning eye can tell what this theme is for.
As a result, on that day, when Liu Yu went to interview the national team, he happened to meet Su Yu who was communicating something with Pei Dingshan.
As a reporter from the track and field department, Liu Yu was also very concerned about Su Yu's condition. After seeing Su Yu, before starting the interview, he looked Su Yu up and down for a while and asked, "Xiao Yu, is there anything wrong with your health?"
After seeing Liu Yu, Su Yu also greeted him: "Liu Ji."
After he nodded to Liu Yu, he shook his head: "I'm fine."
After getting this answer from Su Yu himself, Liu Yu also breathed a sigh of relief - from his point of view, he also felt that Su Yu is in good shape now. Although it is an indisputable fact that Su Yu has few games during this period, it is a good thing as long as he is fine.
After nodding, Liu Yu looked at Sun Gaoshu and Pei Dingshan and said, "Coach Sun, Coach Pei, what is the schedule for Su Yu's new season? You need to tell me about it. Track and field fans across the country are getting really anxious these days."
After hearing Liu Yu's question, Sun Gaoshu turned to look at Pei Dingshan with a smile and said, "Let Coach Pei explain this matter."
As he spoke, Liu Yu's gaze turned towards Pei Dingshan.
Pei Dingshan was very calm. He nodded and said, "It's just a regular schedule. There's no need to rush."
"This season, Su Yu's focus will definitely be on the Tokyo Olympic track and field schedule starting on July 30. Many people also know that compared with last season, Su Yu will have an additional men's 4*100m relay event in addition to the 100m, 200m and 400m events this season."
"Under such circumstances, it must be a huge challenge to Su Yu's physical reserves."
"Even though Su Yu performed well overall in the World Championships last season, it does not mean that we do not need to make better plans and reserves for Su Yu's physical condition in this Olympics. It is precisely because we want Su Yu to perform better in this Tokyo Olympics that we have extended Su Yu's physical reserve period."
"At present, his schedule is also in our plan. We hope to mobilize Su Yu's full condition as late as possible and adjust his best condition in the season to the Olympic cycle in late July and early August."
Pei Dingshan's plan for Su Yu was very simple, but Liu Yu understood it - in short, what he meant was that everything at present was within the national team's plan, and the reduction in competitions at this stage was also to enable Su Yu to perform better in subsequent Olympic Games.
only……
Liu Yu looked at Pei Dingshan's condition and asked with some concern: "But Coach Pei, we all know that Su Yu has not yet qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the 400m event. It is already mid-May, and Su Yu's current 400m IAAF event points ranking is still relatively low, and there is still a long way to go before the 48th qualifying ranking... If we follow the current event schedule, before the end of June, can Su Yu squeeze into the top 48 in the men's 400m IAAF event points?"
After hearing Liu Yu's question, Pei Dingshan raised his eyebrows slightly, then smiled and said, "If you are referring to the IAAF event rankings, then according to the current schedule, Su Yu should not be able to squeeze into the top 48."
When Liu Yu heard this, he was stunned at first, but after seeing the expression on Pei Dingshan's face, he quickly asked in astonishment: "What do you mean?"
Pei Dingshan smiled and said, "Su Yu will strive to reach the qualifying line of 44.90 seconds before June 29th."
Liu Yu was stunned by Pei Dingshan's answer: "Coach Pei, are you sure about this? If you answer like this, it will probably be a big pressure for Su Yu, right?"
After all, when it comes to track and field events, it's not as easy as the athletes say they can achieve the results.
Just like Zheng Tianxi and Zhan Youming, although Zheng Tianxi has the ability to break the ten-second mark in the 100m, it does not mean that he can run under 10 seconds in every game - otherwise Zheng Tianxi would not have missed the opportunity to advance to the World Championships finals.
The same goes for Zhan Youming. Even though his 200m PB has reached 19.86 seconds, it does not mean that he can easily run under 20 seconds.
Although Su Yu's performance stability has been proven in countless competitions, as of now, Su Yu's personal best in the 400 meters is only 44.96 seconds.
Next, even if the IAAF Challenge in Osaka, Japan in late May is included, by the end of June, Su Yu will only be able to participate in three or four international competitions.
Liu Yu believes that with Su Yu's stable condition, he is definitely capable of running 400 meters in around 45.10 seconds within three or four games.
But is it possible for Su Yu to run a new record of 44.90 seconds in just three or four games?
Isn't this a bit too much to ask?
But when Liu Yu asked this question, he suddenly realized that while he was interviewing Pei Dingshan, Su Yu was also sitting there - not only Su Yu, but also Sun Gaoshu, the leader of the national team's sprint group, was also sitting there.
These two people, one is the person involved, and the other is the leader of the national team's sprint group. If Pei Dingshan's answer has any problems, wouldn't Su Yu and Sun Gaoshu stand up to refute it?
But whether it was Su Yu or Sun Gaoshu, their attitudes were very calm, and they didn't seem to have any intention of refuting Pei Dingshan's statement.
When Liu Yu realized this, he was shocked on the spot - what does this mean? Does this mean that both Su Yu and Sun Gaoshu believe that they/Su Yu have a good chance of running a time under 44.90 seconds before the end of June? !
Liu Yu subconsciously asked a direct question: "Xiao Yu, what is your best 400-meter result in training now?!"
After hearing Liu Yu's question, Su Yu blinked silently and turned to look at Sun Gaoshu and Pei Dingshan.
Sun Gaoshu coughed dryly: "Ahem, Mr. Liu, this question should not be within the scope of this interview topic, right?"
Liu Yu immediately understood what Sun Gaoshu meant, so he turned off the microphone and turned to signal the photography teacher to turn off the camera.
After seeing Liu Yu's actions, Sun Gaoshu also smiled.
In fact, there is nothing to hide about Su Yu's achievement. After all, Su Yu is aiming for the 400-meter Tokyo Olympic qualifying line. As long as Su Yu participates in the competition normally, the answer to this mystery will soon be revealed.
But - it wouldn't be nice to keep it a secret for a few more days and then give track and field enthusiasts some surprises, wouldn't it?
Sun Gaoshu then coughed twice with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Liu Ji, it shouldn't be a problem for Xiaoyu to meet the standards."
This answer made Liu Yu feel anxious and he almost wanted to go up and shake Sun Gaoshu a few times - I turned off the recorder and camera, and you didn't even give me a definite answer?
Liu Yu simply guessed: "Did Xiaoyu run under 44.90 seconds in training?"
This is almost a definite answer. After all, if Su Yu had never been able to run a time under 44.90 seconds in training, Sun Gaoshu and the others would not have dared to drag it out like that.
But the question is how far Su Yu can run.
Will the result be between 44.80 and 44.90? Or has it simply already broken the 44.80 second mark? !
Liu Yu was a little hesitant to think about the answer.
After all, 44.80 seconds is just around the corner from the Japanese men's 400-meter yellow race record of 44.78 seconds, right?
But no matter what, from the attitudes of Sun Gaoshu and Pei Dingshan, Liu Yu could see their confidence in Su Yu's ability to meet the Tokyo Olympic standards in the 400m.
Thinking of this, Liu Yu couldn't help but look in the direction of Su Yu - he couldn't help but imagine, if Su Yu could really run under 44.80 seconds, then... would the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter yellow race sprint records fall into the hands of Chinese athletes from now on? !
And if Su Yu really runs a time under 44.78 seconds... a 17-year-old Asian record holder? !
Liu Yu suddenly remembered the discussion that started last season - after Su Yu, how many years will China's U18 records in the 100m, 200m and 400m remain?
At that time, some people thought that at Su Yu's pace, these records of China would be maintained for at least 20 years.
Now Liu Yu feels that a mere 20 years may have underestimated Su Yu’s strength.
If Su Yu can really run 400 meters within 44.80 seconds this season, then he thinks... this record will have to be maintained for at least another 30 years, right?
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On that day, Liu Yu did not interview Su Yu, but went back with the content of the interview with Pei Dingshan.
This segment of Liu Yu's interview with Pei Dingshan was soon broadcast on the sports channel and quickly posted online by netizens.
It’s just that netizens lack information channels for Liu Yu, and don’t have a deep enough understanding of Su Yu’s current situation. Therefore, after seeing Pei Dingshan’s interview content, they feel that Su Yu’s coach is a bit too arrogant - even though many track and field fans know that Pei Dingshan is the coach who discovered several talented young players such as Su Yu, Zhou Yuang and Jiang Yuan, they still don’t dare to believe what Pei Dingshan said.
——[I believe that Su Yu needs to adjust his condition, but he only participates in three competitions in the two months of April and May? Is this really reasonable? 】
——[What’s the situation with such a sparse schedule in the Olympic year? I want to adjust Su Yu's condition later, but this year's Olympics will open on July 23, and the track and field schedule will start on July 30. It is now almost late May, and there are only two months left. How late do you plan to adjust Su Yu's condition? Wait until after the Olympics? ! 】
——[The Olympics are held in Tokyo, not the Doha World Championships which only started in October last season! ! ! 】
These track and field fans on the Internet couldn't help but feel a little anxious because of their concerns about Su Yu's schedule, so after seeing the interview content, they reacted quite strongly.
Of course, the most intense moment came after hearing Pei Dingshan say that Su Yu would not strive for the required points to participate in the competition, but would directly participate based on the required scores.
——[You said the grades have met the standards? ! There is less than a month and a half left until the qualifying window on June 29. How many competitions can Su Yu participate in next? Three or four games, directly 400 meters within 44.90 seconds? Is the error tolerance so low? 】
Such reactions are considered to be relatively rational reactions of track and field fans. Some of the content that directly uses swear words is really not suitable for children.
Track and field fans really didn't expect that before this season, they thought it was pretty safe for Su Yu to qualify for the 100m, 200m and 400m events at the same time, but such a situation would happen this season.
Some pessimistic track and field fans began to think that Su Yu might suffer a miserable defeat in this Tokyo Olympics. Some track and field fans even began to denounce the management of the national team, believing that the national team's arrangements for Su Yu were too unreasonable.
It was in this atmosphere that Su Yu arrived in Osaka, Japan in advance on May 24, preparing to participate in the IAAF Challenge Osaka Station to be held in Osaka two days later.
This time, he signed up for two events in Osaka, namely men's 200 meters and men's 400 meters.
The time interval between these two events is very short, with the rest time in between less than one and a half hours. After this schedule was announced, domestic track and field fans became anxious again.
Because in the two races of 200 meters and 400 meters, 200 meters comes first and 400 meters comes later, if Su Yu competes seriously in the 200 meters race, his condition in the 400 meters stage will most likely be affected.
Therefore, the question of 'Why did Su Yu sign up for two events at the same time' has once again emerged among domestic track and field fans. Many track and field fans believe that the schedule and registration arrangements for this event are very unreasonable.
No matter how unreasonable it is, this has become a foregone conclusion, so everyone can only wait nervously for the start of this competition.
However, precisely because of this event arrangement, many track and field fans and bystanders believe that it will be difficult for Su Yu to have any outstanding performance in this competition.
Many people believe that according to Pei Dingshan’s statement, Su Yu’s intensive schedule should be arranged in June - so perhaps Su Yu’s game at the end of May is the start and rehearsal before the intensive schedule in June?
No matter what, everyone could only hold back their doubts and pray that Su Yu would not lose his form for the competition due to the sparse schedule in the previous two months.
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Soon, it was May 26th.
Early in the morning of this day, when Su Yu arrived at the Nagaike Yanmar Stadium in Osaka, he took a rare photo of the stadium's exterior and posted it on his Weibo, with the text attached:
Su Yu V: [At the Nagaike Yanmar Stadium in Osaka, Japan, a new game is about to begin - I'm looking forward to it. 】
The track and field fans and netizens below also saw Su Yu’s Weibo post for the first time. However, after looking at Su Yu’s Weibo, these track and field fans did not dare to be as expectant as Su Yu.
In short, they now only hope that in the next game, Su Yu’s condition... can maintain a basic level, right?
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