Chapter 232
On the evening of August 2, the second day of the Paris Olympic Track and Field Competition, after all the men's 100-meter sprinters of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics advanced to the semifinals, the three Chinese men's 100-meter sprinters, led by Su Yu, once again advanced to the semifinals.
The successful advancement of Su Yu, Chen Yifei and Ye Minghao made the track and field fans and spectators who were a little worried about the Chinese team's lineup before the game excited.
[Ahhh!] Team Yu is awesome! ! ! The Chinese team is awesome! ! ! 】
I set an alarm in the middle of the night to watch the games. It’s no exaggeration to say that after watching three games, my legs were so weak that I couldn’t stand up. But I really saw a very good Chinese team. Really, it was very good! 】
[I cried. Ever since I started watching sports, my friends who are fans of sports have told me that no athlete can stay at the top forever, and no team can stay at the top forever, especially when I am a fan of sprint events where Chinese athletes don't have any advantages.
At that time, my sports fan friend told me that I must be mentally prepared for the Chinese men's 100m team to be temporarily silent after the retirement of Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming.
If you want to be a fan of competitive sports, you must first be prepared to face the possibility of losing a game.
Because of what my friend said, I was worried about gains and losses for a long time... Fortunately, I encountered the most glorious era of Chinese men's sprint so far, and now I see that this era is continuing smoothly...
My mind is a little confused at the moment, what I want to say is that I am really happy now! ! ! hapiness! ! 】
In the public screen barrage of the live broadcast room of Jigu Video, in the topics related to the Paris Olympic track and field events on various social media platforms such as Weibo and Douyin, as well as in the Athletics Kingdom Forum and a certain track and field related forum, as long as you open these apps on the Internet, you can see track and field enthusiasts and ordinary Olympic spectators discussing with joy.
There is no one who does not want the athletes from their country to be strong, especially in competitive sports where the strong are respected. Everyone just wants to see the athletes from the Chinese team become stronger on the field.
***
As the current captain of the Chinese sprint team and also the most famous young athlete in the world, Su Yu was "besieged" by a large number of foreign media even after the preliminaries of the men's 100-meter sprint.
——"Su, in the men's 100m sprint semifinals tomorrow night, are you confident that you can advance to the men's 100m final?"
——"Su, who do you think will be your biggest opponent in the men's 100-meter sprint event at the Paris Olympics?"
——"Su, do you think you can win a medal in the men's 100-meter sprint at the Paris Olympics?"
——"Su, who do you think will be the final champion of the men's 100-meter sprint in the Paris Olympics?"
A series of questions were put to Su Yu.
If it was the Su Yu of the past, he might have been able to refuse to answer, but as the current face of the Chinese track and field team's men's sprint event, 'Captain Su Yu' must face this aspect that he was not good at and did not like.
Outside the bustling crowd of foreign media, two old friends, Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong, did not prepare to squeeze into the crowd, but quietly watched Su Yu being interviewed not far away.
After thinking about it, Liu Yu waved to the photographer beside him to record the scene of Su Yu being surrounded by foreign media reporters.
Compared with Su Yu who was teased as the "autistic caterpillar" four years ago, Su Yu is now able to calmly answer questions with the microphone when facing a group of foreign media cameras.
"I will give my all for tomorrow night's semi-final - but I believe that my number of appearances in Paris will not be less than that in Tokyo."
“My biggest rival is always myself. What I need to do is to break through and challenge myself. I may have many rivals, and they will appear at different stages of my career, but the strongest ‘me’ at the current stage will always stand in front of me, waiting for the ‘next stronger me’ to defeat him.”
"Regarding the medal, that is of course my pursuit and I will try my best to do it - of course, if you ask me if I have confidence, then my answer is 'of course'. You must have enough courage and confidence to stand here and face the best in the world."
"Who will be the final champion?" Su Yu looked at the reporter calmly: "Why doesn't this question ask me 'whether I can become the final champion'?"
The reporter in front of him seemed stunned by Su Yu's calm yet determined tone.
The reporter asked cautiously, "...Of course, you know, this is only because the Chinese team has no experience of winning the men's 100-meter sprint gold medal in the past..."
Su Yu asked seriously, "Before Federico, had Italy ever won an Olympic gold medal in the men's 100-meter sprint?"
The reporters in front of Su Yu were speechless.
Of course not.
Federico Segli's gold medal in the men's 100-meter sprint at the Tokyo Olympics is also the first Olympic gold medal in the men's 100-meter sprint in Italian history.
At this moment, the reporters in front of them fell silent. They were shocked by the strong aggressiveness displayed by Su Yu at this moment - although the young contestant in front of them spoke very slowly from beginning to end, and even his attitude was very friendly, they could fully feel the strong confidence in his answers in the interviews.
As the current captain of the Chinese men's sprint team, there is no doubt that the attitude he displays is exactly the confident posture that the Chinese track and field team needs to show under the attention of the whole world.
***
Not far away, Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong couldn't help but feel Su Yu's growth when they saw Su Yu's attitude when facing these foreign media.
Four years ago, they also saw Su Yu's state when facing foreign media in the same occasion and at the same time. It is true that Su Yu had already shown a good enough response attitude when facing foreign media at that time, but four years later, Su Yu, who now completely represents the face of the Chinese team's sprinting - his decisive attitude of taking on all doubts and temptations made Liu Yu and Lin Weixiong deeply feel the peace of mind that Su Yu, as a Chinese sprinting team captain, brought to everyone.
Pei Dingshan, who was also standing next to Su Yu and accompanying Su Yu throughout the interview, could feel that Su Yu was full of tension when facing these reporters when he looked at his confident posture and straight back.
But even so, when answering these questions from foreign media, Su Yu never wanted to affect the foreign media reporters' impression of the Chinese team just because he did not like being interviewed.
On such young shoulders, since Doha five years ago, a new world has been firmly created for China's sprinting events.
At this moment, Pei Dingshan couldn't help but touch his left chest, feeling the beating of his heart and the slightly sour pain in his heart. The expression on his face tightened slightly, and then relaxed again.
When Su Yu was being interviewed in front of him, Pei Dingshan, who was standing not far away, was also thinking calmly in his heart - since he was the one who pushed Su Yu step by step to his current position and shouldered the current burden, let him accompany Su Yu to share the pressure.
***
Just after the end of the preliminary round that day, Su Yu's answers to the foreign media were forwarded back to the domestic Internet. For a while, the public opinion on the Internet was -
[Fuck, who is talking about the autistic caterpillar? Our Yudi is so awesome! ! 】
[Ahhh, our Yu Emperor, it’s really our Yu Emperor! ! ! 】
[Woo woo woo, you see, after the foreign media interview was over, when Liu Ji and Lin Ji were interviewing him later, Yu Di was still in the same state as before... But when facing some questions from foreign media, Yu Di directly entered combat mode! ! 】
[I really shed tears. I am an autistic caterpillar inwardly, but a super-evolved combat mode externally. Who can understand this feeling?! 】
I declare! ! ! Our Yudi is really awesome! ! ! 】
After seeing Su Yu's answer, these track and field fans and Olympic spectators on the Internet couldn't help but get excited on the spot.
At the same time, a topic called #中国信心# broke out on all platforms across the Internet. After clicking on it, you can see all the answers Su Yu gave to these foreign media interviews.
The sentence [Who will win the final championship? Why doesn't this question ask me whether I can become the ultimate champion? 】 and 【So before Federico, had Italy ever won an Olympic gold medal in the men's 100m sprint? 】In an instant, it became a classic interview answer that set the entire Internet on fire.
yes!
Why are you asking 'who will be the final champion? ', why can't you ask 'Do I have the confidence to become the ultimate champion this time'?
Why should we assume in our minds that the Chinese players are not good enough before asking this question?
Since Italy's Federico created a miracle that the Italian team has never seen before at the Tokyo Olympics.
So why can't Su Yu of the Chinese team also create a miracle for the Chinese team in this Tokyo Olympics?
You know, four years ago, the Chinese team defeated Federico's Italian team and became the gold medalist in the men's 4*100m sprint relay at the Tokyo Olympics.
So why can't the Chinese team create a more glorious legend once again in this Paris Olympics? !
At this moment, after seeing Su Yu's answer, everyone's hearts were ignited with strong expectations and desires.
What they expect and desire may not necessarily be the final gold medal, but what they expect and desire is definitely "in the Paris Olympics, there will be a player like Su Yu, who confidently represents the Chinese team and moves forward on the field."
At the same time, they also look forward to having more confident and aggressive Chinese players like Su Yu behind them, who can forge ahead in the Olympic Games and show the confidence and pride of the Chinese team!
***
Soon, it was the next night.
It’s 7:10 p.m. on August 3rd, local time in Paris, which is 1:10 a.m. on August 4th, local time in China - the men’s 100-meter sprint semi-finals of the Paris Olympics will start at this moment!
As the three male 100-meter sprint contestants of the Chinese team, Chen Yifei, Ye Minghao and Su Yu had already completed their warm-up preparations. As the semi-finals approached, the three of them had been guided by the staff to the athlete entrance channel to wait for their appearance.
Whether it is Chen Yifei or Ye Minghao, both of them have more or less changed the trajectory of their lives because of Su Yu.
If it weren't for Su Yu, Chen Yifei might not have been willing to grit his teeth and choose to join the national track and field team's winter training program while preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination. In the end, while successfully being admitted to the graduate school of the same university, he also became a regular player of the national track and field team. Even now, four years later, he is standing in the semi-finals of the men's 100m sprint at the Paris Olympics.
Because of Su Yu and his existence, some people even joked on the Internet that the national team should authorize Qiao Feiyu to stay at Q University to screen young athletes. 100-meter athletes who cannot go to Q University are not good candidates for the national team.
Chen Yifei thought, if it weren't for Su Yu, he would not have such courage and perseverance.
And now, he is standing on a path that is completely different from the life trajectory he once expected, carrying the expectations of all Chinese audiences, waiting to create excellent results for the Chinese team.
Not only Chen Yifei, but Ye Minghao is the same.
If it weren't for Su Yu's persuasion, he might have already obeyed his family's expectations, retired from the G Province Track and Field Team, studied hard, and embarked on the life trajectory that his parents had originally planned for him.
Maybe he will be unwilling, maybe he will still choose a career close to his former dream after he grows up, but by then he will definitely have missed everything he loves now.
Whether it was Chen Yifei or Ye Minghao, they looked at the scene in front of them and listened to the noise from the stadium outside the passage, their eyes full of excitement and desire.
They can't wait to get on the field - go ahead and fight!
They want to be like Su Yu, and put all their efforts into this competition to help the Chinese team achieve better results - to declare to the world that the Chinese team is no worse than any other team!
They can be very strong, and they are getting stronger step by step!
It was with such stubbornness and drive that Chen Yifei and Ye Minghao appeared in the first and second groups of the semi-finals respectively!
In the first group of the semi-finals, Chen Yifei took the lead. Facing strong opponents from different countries including the United States, Canada, Kenya, France, Jamaica and others, Chen Yifei showed no intention of backing down or being afraid.
This young athlete, who only really started his career as a professional athlete at the age of 20, tried his best in today's men's 100-meter sprint semi-final!
In the end, in this semi-final, Chen Yifei won the fourth place in the group with a score of 9.99, successfully breaking his personal best in the preliminaries. He also successfully broke the ten-second mark for the 100 meters, becoming the third active athlete and the fifth young athlete in Chinese history to break the ten-second mark for the 100 meters!
Then, in the second group of the semi-finals, Ye Minghao, who was only 22 years old, also took to the field. With his indomitable courage and strength, the current second man in the Chinese team's men's 100-meter sprint successfully won the third place in the group in this semi-final with a time of 9.97 seconds.
When Ye Minghao saw his third place in the group and his score of 9.97 seconds, he clenched his fists and shook his head in pain.
Although as the third in the second group of the semi-finals, he had a very good chance of getting a substitute to advance to the finals, but at this moment, Ye Minghao still felt painful because of the feeling that his fate was at the mercy of other players.
But, despite the pain, he has already run the best result he can - if he still feels regretful, all he can do is to further raise his standards of himself in future training.
…
With the end of the two semi-finals of Chen Yifei and Ye Minghao, the next to appear was the last contestant of the Chinese team in the men's 100-meter sprint semi-finals - Su Yu!
The moment Su Yu came on stage, the audience burst into amazing cheers - as a young Chinese sprinter, Su Yu is not only extremely popular in China, but also in international competitions. This talented athlete who has mastered the 100m, 200m and 400m WU18B and WU20R has already become a legend around the world.
No matter where in the world they come from, there will always be viewers who know this young Chinese player who almost represents a miracle.
In an interview after the men's 100-meter sprint preliminaries the day before, this young Chinese athlete asked the world in a voice full of confidence and determination - Federico of the Italian team can do it, so why can't I of the Chinese team?
Everyone is looking forward to whether this genius from the Chinese team can bring new miracles and shocks to the world in tonight's final.
Of course, before he challenges for the final throne - he needs to win the qualification to advance to the final in this semi-final!
When Su Yu stepped onto the track of this semi-final, beside him were old friends like Romario Ferguson, as well as some new opponents who had not appeared in the last Tokyo Olympics.
In this semi-final, including the young talented player Elijah Rogers from the United States team and Romario Ferguson from the Jamaican team, as well as every other opponent, everyone was paying attention to each other cautiously, but they also had a common object of attention in their hearts - Su Yu.
Do you want to represent China and win the Olympic men's 100-meter sprint championship?
Then let’s try to see if we can get a chance to win the advanced ticket to the final 100-meter sprint battle in this men’s 100-meter sprint semi-final!
***
When the official starter on the scene gave the command of "on your marks", the whole scene had already fallen silent. All the runners squatted on their starting blocks, supporting themselves with their hands, waiting for the final command to sound!
Finally, when the "ready" and "bang" of the starting gun sounded one after another, the screams and cheers of the audience in the audience seats broke out at the same time.
“Come on! Come on!!!”
Fanatical screams rose wildly in the stadium, and on the fifth lane, the figure representing the Chinese team, from the first moment of the start, carried an unparalleled momentum, sweeping forward coldly and sharply!
"Su Yu!!!"
"The first place goes to Su Yu from the Chinese team!!"
Everyone can see that not only for the final championship, but even in the semi-finals, Su Yu wants people to feel the power from China!
He was like an unstoppable whirlwind on the court, breaking through all obstacles and rushing forward.
The Chinese audience in the audience were screaming wildly at the top of their lungs, and in the live commentary room of the domestic sports channel, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming were also cheering for Su Yu loudly.
"Su Yu, Su Yu!!!"
When Su Yu finally succeeded in crossing the finish line of the men's 100-meter sprint semi-final with his indomitable momentum, the audience at the scene and in front of countless TVs also burst into loud cheers and screams at this moment.
"Su Yu! First in the group!!! No doubt!!!"
This was almost a victory without suspense. The new generation leader from the Chinese team, with his strong strength and terrifying explosive power in the later stages, took the undisputed first place in the semi-final group in this semi-final.
At the same time, he also won the first place in the overall ranking of the players who advanced to the semi-finals of the men's 100m sprint at the Paris Olympics with a record of 9.85 seconds, which broke his personal best record.
Due to Su Yu's strong performance in the last group of semi-finals, all the players in this group were trying their best to catch up with Su Yu's speed.
In the end, the top four athletes in this semi-final group scored 9.85, 9.90, 9.91 and 9.93 respectively.
Ye Minghao's time of 9.97 seconds unfortunately failed to qualify for the final, but despite this, the media around the world did not doubt the Chinese team's current strength and future potential.
From the last Tokyo Olympics to this Paris Olympics, the two generations of Chinese men's 100-meter sprinters all advanced to the semifinals twice, and both times broke the 10-second mark in the 100 meters at the Olympics.
Almost everyone has recognized the strength of the Chinese team in the 100-meter sprint. Although there is still a certain gap compared with the United States, Jamaica, France, Britain and other teams with a large number of black athletes, the stability of the Chinese team's athletes in major competitions has also begun to attract the attention of these teams.
Of course, while everyone was paying close attention, they were also looking forward to the men's 100-meter sprint Olympic final in an hour and a half.
Now - Su Yu has advanced to the final with the first place in the men's 100m semi-finals. So in the next final, can he lead the Chinese team to the top of the men's 100m sprint battle as he wished?
At this moment, the whole world is looking forward to it!
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