Chapter 228
There will inevitably be voices of doubt regarding the inheritance of any project from the old to the new.
The only difference is that depending on the capabilities of the new team and new players, the voices of doubt will become stronger or gradually disappear.
For the national team, at the beginning of the Paris Olympic cycle, a new team with Su Yu and Pei Dingshan as the core was established. Although this approach was a big step, as the 2021 new season schedule unfolded, those who had originally questioned this gradually calmed down.
There is no other reason.
Before this, some people thought that Su Yu was too young, and even if he achieved certain results in the Olympics, there was no guarantee that he would be able to maintain them in the new season - there have been such examples in the past.
But the fact is, in the first race of the new season's National Track and Field Grand Prix, Su Yu easily ran good results of 10.10 seconds for the 100 meters, 20.32 seconds for the 200 meters, and 45.12 seconds for the 400 meters.
With just one match, he easily achieved the best results in the country in three events of the new season.
Although some people also said that Su Yu's result in the first game of the new season is not convincing enough as the best domestic result this season - because Zheng Tianxi obviously did not exert his strength in this National Athletics Grand Prix.
In this National Track and Field Grand Prix, Zheng Tianxi only ran 10.21 seconds and ranked second. Feng Chuming did not participate.
But in the post-match interview, Zheng Tianxi denied the claim that he did not exert his full strength - in the new season, he is one year older, and the all-out sprint in the Olympics last season also put a lot of pressure on his body and condition.
In this new season, if he still wants to achieve an ideal result in the World Championships before retiring, then his event planning and condition adjustment before the World Championships are crucial.
It doesn't mean that he just needs to reduce the number of competitions this season. What technical adjustments is he looking for in each game? Or is it to use competitions as training to adjust one's competitive state?
Zheng Tianxi clearly stated that he would cherish every upcoming game and would not deliberately use the so-called "lack of effort" performance to highlight Su Yu.
Such speculation is not only an insult to his professionalism, but also an insult to Su Yu's strength and performance.
Regarding Zheng Tianxi's answer in the interview, it is said that the reporter who faced Zheng Tianxi at the time was even frightened to the point of his legs going weak when facing this well-known black devil.
But after getting Zheng Tianxi's answer, both reporters and audiences felt his seriousness.
In fact, what Zheng Tianxi said is correct - a result of 10.21 seconds, looking around the world, there are only about 150 to 160 athletes who can run this result every year, not to mention in China.
The number of athletes in China who can run under 10.21 seconds each year can be counted on one hand.
If in any year the number of Chinese men who can run the 100m in 10.21 seconds or less could be counted on two hands, I guess domestic track and field fans would jump up and thank God.
If you compare this result with Zheng Tianxi's peak performance of winning a medal in the men's 100-meter sprint at the Tokyo Olympics, there is indeed a gap, but the reason why the peak result is called the peak result is because it is difficult to surpass.
The same goes for results under ten seconds - even Federico, the men's 100m sprint champion at the Tokyo Olympics, has only broken the 10-second mark six times so far.
If we insist on saying that Zheng Tianxi was slacking off because he didn't run a time under 10 seconds in this National Track and Field Grand Prix, then that would be pure hooliganism.
In short, although Su Yu's performance in the first game of the new season caused some discussions, in the end these discussions did not cause any negative impact.
After all, as Su Yu gradually grows up, his achievements, strength and stability have conquered the vast majority of domestic track and field fans and ordinary audiences.
Since the Tokyo Olympics last season, Su Yu's popularity has remained high. Even though the popularity of the Olympics has gradually faded, Su Yu's popularity has not been affected in the slightest.
This can be clearly reflected in the number of audiences at the offline brand events that Su Yu participated in, the popularity of variety shows broadcasts, and even the speed at which magazines such as Sports Weekly sell out.
At the same time, the domestic National Track and Field Grand Prix and other events followed. As long as Su Yu participated in the race, scalpers began to appear.
Some people may not understand. Track and field events such as the National Track and Field Grand Prix or the Diamond League Finals S City Station are all held in large stadiums that can accommodate tens of thousands of people. Even if Su Yu is very popular, is it possible to sell out all the tickets for every game?
In fact, of course, this is not the case. Such large stadiums often hold various concerts. Even for superstar concerts, it is not particularly easy to sell out every show. What's more, in these track and field events, Su Yu's actual appearance time is very limited.
So thanks to Su Yu's popularity, although tickets were easy to sell, the sales were not extremely high - the attendance rate was significantly improved, but the tickets that were sold out each time were those near the 100m or 200m sprint competition area. In addition, the sales of the front row seats in each area around the track were also quite good.
It is these seats that scalpers are eyeing, especially those on the finish line side, which were originally defined as S seats or VIP seats by the ticket sellers during the ticket sales stage. With the addition of these scalpers, ticket prices in this area have skyrocketed.
The entry of these scalpers has certainly attracted a lot of criticism, but for track and field fans, this is clearly a sign that domestic track and field events are now thriving.
In addition to Su Yu, Pei Dingshan, who was also the focus of attention during the previous press conference, also received widespread attention for his coaching ability in the new season.
This widespread attention certainly does not only refer to Pei Dingshan's coaching ability of the two players Su Yu and Zhou Yuang, but more to Pei Dingshan's coaching results for players other than Su Yu and Zhou Yuang - or in other words, the domestic coaching team for winter training with Pei Dingshan as the core, have the players they coached been effective? How different is this result from those of athletes who go abroad for training?
It is actually not difficult to quantify this change in performance.
After all, the players who can be called up to the national team to participate in winter training, including Chen Yifei from Q University, have past performance data to review.
So with the start of various outdoor competitions at home and abroad in the new season, these 100m, 200m and 400m athletes have begun to face close attention from audiences, media and spectators across the country.
In Zhou Yuang's words, it was the first time he realized that his popularity was so high - since the national team's press conference for the new season, many media have tried to contact him on Weibo and wanted to interview him. The topic of the interview was Pei Dingshan's performance during the winter training period.
_(:зゝ∠)_
Of course, Zhou Yuang certainly didn't have the courage to accept this kind of interview. Not only did he not have the courage to accept it, he also took the initiative to reveal this information to Su Yu.
The reason why he disclosed this information to Su Yu instead of to Pei Dingshan...
Of course, it wasn't because of any other reason, it was simply because he was a coward.
Let him go to Pei Dingshan and say to him directly - Coach, I have received some media interviews, and it seems that they want me to accept the interview to discredit you.
:)
Look, is this something a normal human being would have the courage to say to his coach?
But Su Xiaoyu doesn't feel any pressure when he says this!
As for what he himself didn't dare to say, let Su Xiaoyu tell the coach?
What's up with this?
Don’t you know that their coach is famous for double standards?
Can the attitude towards Su Xiaoyu be the same as the attitude towards other people?
Anyway, since the day when he was picked up by Pei Dingshan at the summer camp together with Su Xiaoyu, Zhou Yuang felt that he was a gift picked up along with Su Xiaoyu, roughly equivalent to a binding kit given away for topping up phone bills.
As for the evidence?
Their coach would gently rub Su Xiaoyu's head and smile from time to time. This probably counts as evidence, right?
In short, after the "information" sent by Zhou Yuang was conveyed to Pei Dingshan through Su Yu, Pei Dingshan did not make any special preparations - the strength of his coaching ability and the effectiveness of the various work he did during the winter training period could not be remedied suddenly.
Fortunately, Pei Dingshan's work ability is recognized by all the coaches of the national track and field team - especially during the winter training period, the training plan made by Pei Dingshan and the coaches of the national team was effective even during the winter training period.
In the new season, as athletes who stayed in the country for training, such as Zhou Yuang, Ye Minghao, Jiang Ruohui, and Chen Yifei, successively took to the field, the results of these young generation of athletes of the national track and field team were also gradually displayed to everyone.
First up is Zhou Yuang. After winning the men's 200m sprint at the World Youth Championships last season with a time of 20.43 seconds, he broke his own personal best in the 200m history with a time of 20.40 seconds in the first race of the new season's National Athletics Grand Prix.
At the same time, probably because Zhou Yuang still has his original dream and love for the 100-meter sprint, he also signed up to participate in the 100-meter sprint event of the National Track and Field Grand Prix in the new season.
In the 100-meter sprint event, he easily broke his previous personal best in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 10.47 seconds.
Although judging from Zhou Yuang's 100m and 200m results, his current advantage is clearly in the 200m sprint, many track and field fans believe that this is because Zhou Yuang focuses most of his energy on the 200m sprint in his daily training, so his 100m result is slightly inferior.
But just this "slightly inferior" result was enough to easily put him in the top 15 nationally in the men's 100-meter sprint last season.
Zhou Yuang's 200m result of 20.40 seconds made him the third best man in the country in the men's 200m sprint after Zhan Youming and Su Yu.
After seeing Zhou Yuang's results, many people said that no matter what Pei Dingshan's overall leadership ability is, just looking at the two players he trained, Su Yu and Zhou Yuang, he is fully qualified to sit in the position of deputy head coach of the national team's winter training.
You know, the most crucial point about Pei Dingshan training two players, Su Yu and Zhou Yuang, is that both Su Yu and Zhou Yuang were trained in China from beginning to end, and neither of them had any signs of being trained by foreign coaches.
This means that the national team is already capable of independently training top international players - this is of extraordinary significance to the national team.
Whether it is Su Yu or Zhou Yuang, these two players are only 18 years old in the 2021 season. Both of them are far from reaching the peak age of their careers. In other words, their future still has great possibilities.
After Zhou Yuang achieved these two excellent results in the National Track and Field Grand Prix, he also received a large number of media interviews.
Some media reporters also asked Zhou Yuang questions, asking him whether he felt some pressure after achieving his current results at such a young age?
Zhou Yuang’s answer is also very interesting—there is no pressure, but there is distress.
When the media reporters heard Zhou Yuang's answer, their eyes lit up: "What's bothering you?"
Zhou Yuang scratched his hair and said very sincerely: "The main trouble is that Su Xiaoyu is such a jerk. I am the same age as him and a few months older than him, but my grades are not any better than his."
As he spoke, Zhou Yuang began to count on his fingers: "Su Xiaoyu now has the 100-meter WU16B, WU18B and WU20R... He also holds all the records for the 200-meter..."
"If I were born in the same year as him, I would never be able to break any records."
At this point, Zhou Yuang asked with a sincere face and sparkling eyes: "Hey, what do you think, if I change my age to two years younger, will I have a chance to break Su Xiaoyu's U18 record? After all, he will be 18 this year, so there is no chance to break his U18 record!"
Reporters present: “…”
Look at what you say, is it human language?
If you do this secretly before your official debut, there are quite a few people doing this in our country.
But now that you answer like this during our interview, how do you want us to answer you?
And don’t you look at your own height... You are over 1.9 meters tall, and you say you are 16 years old. Aren’t you ashamed?
No matter how you look at it, Su Yu looks more like 16 years old than you, right? !
As the reporters watched in silence, Zhou Yuang chuckled for a while and finally admitted that his idea was quite fantastic. He could only sigh to the reporters in a serious tone: "Alas, this is probably the pain of having Liang when Yu is born?"
Reporters present: “…”
Okay, I understand.
We don’t know whether you and Su Yu will become rivals of the Chinese team, but we know that you are better than Su Yu in one aspect.
Zhou Yuang looked at the reporter with great anticipation: "What? What is better than Su Xiaoyu?!"
Reporter on the scene: "...Thank you for the invitation, your interview skills and your immense self-confidence."
Zhou Yuang: _(:зゝ∠)_
Wait, why are you reporters carrying ginseng rooster?
Regardless of whether it was a personal attack or not, Zhou Yuang and the media reporters have formed an "evil fate". The domestic media called Zhou Yuang the new generation of the "talking king" of the track and field team.
Su Yu was passive in delivering jokes during the interview, while Zhou Yuang, who is obsessed with interviews, was the one who actively threw out jokes crazily, regardless of whether they were good or bad.
The coaches of the national track and field team's sprint group were originally thankful that the athletes in their team were quite normal during the interviews, unlike the high jump group next door who had Sun Yuhang.
But since Zhou Yuang appeared, the coaches of the sprint group are no longer proud of him - it is obvious that this idiot Zhou Yuang is basically Sun Yuhang 2.0. The only good news is that Zhou Yuang has a good personality. Although his answers in interviews are full of golden sentences, he is not a big talker like Sun Yuhang.
At the same time, in addition to Zhou Yuang who achieved outstanding results in both 100m and 200m events, Ye Minghao, Jiang Ruohui and Chen Yifei have all achieved very good results in the new season.
The first is Chen Yifei from Q University track and field team.
Perhaps it was because his age was already at a golden period for performance improvement, and his body had developed to the point where it could withstand high-intensity training. Therefore, after receiving scientific and effective training during the winter training phase and correcting a series of technical problems that would affect his speed performance under Pei Dingshan's death gaze, Chen Yifei's performance in the new season ushered in a big explosion.
10.27 seconds!
When he won the third place in the National Athletics Grand Prix with a time of 10.27 seconds in the first race of the new season, even Chen Yifei himself was shocked.
As a top student who was admitted to Q University based on his academic performance, Chen Yifei joined the school track and field team during college with the idea of exercising.
When he first took the team test, he knew nothing, but he relied on the skills and methods he learned during the physical tests in junior high and high school and his own talent to run wildly on the field.
As a result, his unskillful and brutal running achieved quite good results, and caught the eye of Qiao Feiyu who happened to be there to watch the assessment of the players for joining the team.
However, even though he was spotted by Qiao Feiyu at first sight and his academic performance improved with training on the school's track and field team, Chen Yifei at that time had never thought of becoming a professional sprinter.
It was not until after Q University’s sports meet last year that Qiao Feiyu found him and asked him if he wanted to be teammates with his idol.
It was then that Chen Yifei realized that there might be different opportunities in his future.
Perhaps relying on the enthusiasm of a young man, Chen Yifei agreed to Qiao Feiyu on impulse - but after all, he was a top student at Q University, and Chen Yifei still had his rationality, and he would not leave himself a way out unless it was true.
Chen Yifei's original plan was to try his best during winter training, and then participate in more competitions in the new season to see if he had the ability to achieve better results in the track and field arena.
And after a winter training period of hard work, the current results tell him without a doubt - you can do it.
No one expected that after Q University produced Su Yu, a top domestic talent, it would also produce Chen Yifei, a talented 100-meter sprinter.
In just the first three games of the 2021 season, Chen Yifei improved his time from 10.27 to 10.21, becoming another young athlete after Chen Peijie and Ye Minghao who has the hope of breaking the 10.20 mark.
Next is Ye Minghao, who has turned 19 this year.
This talented athlete, like Zheng Tianxi, is from the G Province Track and Field Team. Although his genius seems a little dim due to the presence of Su Yu, any track and field fan who knows something about the sprint event can clearly know from his results and performance that Ye Minghao is undoubtedly a new generation of talented athlete worth looking forward to!
After an entire winter training cycle, this young athlete who successfully ran a time of 10.22 seconds in last season's World Youth Championships, successfully ran a time of 10.15 seconds in the first three games of this season!
When Ye Minghao defeated Feng Chuming with a time of 10.15 seconds to become the men's 100-meter sprint champion of the competition, the track and field fans at the scene also cheered enthusiastically for him.
After seeing the results, Feng Chuming also applauded and congratulated Ye Minghao.
For a 19-year-old athlete, the result of 10.15 seconds represents unlimited possibilities.
After seeing his result, many well-known sports commentators believed that Ye Minghao has every chance of becoming the next Chinese sprinter to break the 10-second barrier in the 100-meter race!
Many coaches of provincial sprint teams still remember that at the National U16 Base Competition held by the S Province Track and Field Team, the expectations of most domestic track and field team coaches for Ye Minghao at that time were simply that he would have a chance to break the 10.30 second mark in the future.
In just four years, Ye Minghao's achievements have far exceeded the expectations of his future at that time.
In addition, Jiang Ruohui also successfully broke the 46-second mark in the 2021 season. His potential in the 400-meter sprint also made the "veterans" Zhang Mingliang, Lin Zekai and Li Mingzhou feel that they were surrounded by danger.
Although the players sent by the national team to overseas training bases during the winter training period also achieved very good improvements in their performance, if we only look at the results of the domestic winter training, it is obvious that the results led by Pei Dingshan are definitely impressive enough.
In the 2021 season, as Pei Dingshan's results as the team leader gradually emerged, domestic track and field fans began to gradually recognize Pei Dingshan's identity and abilities.
Immediately afterwards, at the 2021 Asian Championships, the national team's sprint group sent a team lineup with Su Yu as the absolute core. Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming did not appear in the Asian Championships held in H City, China.
And Su Yu did not disappoint anyone. At this Asian Championships, he broke his own world U20 record for the 100 meters with a time of 9.91 seconds, and won the Asian Championships gold medal in the men's 100-meter sprint.
In the 200-meter sprint, he also broke the record and won the gold medal with a time of 20.05 seconds.
At the same time, in the 400-meter sprint event, the Chinese team historically had three athletes advance to the finals at the same time. In the end, Su Yu took the lead with a time of 44.56 seconds and won the gold medal, while Chinese athlete Li Mingzhou won the bronze medal in the Asian Championships with a time of 45.66 seconds.
This is also the first time that a Chinese men's 400m sprinter has won two medals at the Asian Championships!
Not only that, in the men's 4*100m sprint relay, the Chinese team, with the lineup of Su Yu, Zhan Youming, Chen Yifei and Ye Minghao, once again successfully won the gold medal at the Asian Championships!
The Chinese team won the gold medal in the men's 4*100m sprint relay. Although the final result is still some distance away from the Chinese team's previous performance in the Tokyo Olympics, there is no doubt that the Chinese team's men's 4*100m sprint relay players are telling everyone with their strength, results and performance - as long as we are given enough time to grow, we will definitely be able to grow to the same height as our predecessors!
After all, in this team, Chen Yifei and Ye Minghao are both newcomers to the relay event, and their respective 100-meter sprint results still have huge room for growth.
So far, the Chinese team's lineup with Su Yu as the core and the coaching team with Pei Dingshan as the core have won the recognition of all track and field fans and audiences with their absolute achievements and strength!
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