When Su Zhe was called over, he was a little confused. He didn't know why the leaders of the sports team looked so solemn.
"Nonsense! This is absolutely nonsense!" Su Yinsheng shouted angrily, "Are you asking a 100-meter runner to run the 100-meter hurdles? Can you submit a registration form like this?"
"Old Su." Li Mingdeng patted Su Yinsheng on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down. "This matter is ultimately a mistake made by the staff below. We have also contacted the National Championships Qualifiers Organizing Committee. They said that the list cannot be withdrawn, but the players can choose to withdraw."
Hearing this, Su Yinsheng's face became even uglier.
Withdraw?
Su Zhe was just scolded a few days ago when he participated in the provincial sports meeting. Now he overestimated his ability and signed up for the 110-meter hurdles in the national championship qualifiers and then chose to withdraw? ? ?
Even if this is a case of staff error leading to the withdrawal, in the end, aren't the athletes the ones being criticized by those who enjoy the excitement?
Let’s not talk about anything else, just the matter of Chen Zhi’s injury. From the time Xu Zhi posted the article to now, many people have been jumping up and down to blame Chen Zhi, saying that as a professional athlete, he didn’t know how to protect himself, increased his training volume beyond his ability, didn’t listen to the coaching staff’s advice, and was stubborn and self-willed…
In short, it’s all Chen Zhi’s own fault!
Some even said that his performance had declined and he could not run to the Olympic standard, so he deliberately got injured to evade responsibility.
Su Yinsheng was so furious at seeing such heartbreaking remarks. If Zhao Changhe hadn't stopped him, he would have fought with Zhao Changhe for eight hundred rounds!
Obviously, Li Mingdeng was a little wary of this kind of thing after Su Zhe became a hot topic last time. You know, Su Zhe is getting a lot of attention now, and he was worried that after announcing his withdrawal, it would have a negative impact on both Su Zhe and the sports team, and it would be too big and ugly. The last time Su Zhe withdrew from the sports circle, there was a lot of noise, and the S Province Sports Team and he were criticized several times in various meetings.
The influence of the Internet is too great nowadays. In addition, because they are not in real life, some people become reckless and only care about their own momentary pleasure, without caring whether their words are true or whether they will hurt others.
After listening for a while, Su Zhe finally understood what had happened.
The new staff member of the sports team unexpectedly checked an extra event, the 110-meter hurdles, when submitting the registration form for the national championship qualifiers. Now his father and others are having a headache over this matter.
Su Zhe was about to comfort them, saying it was no big deal, and that he could actually run the 110-meter hurdles, when the familiar mechanical sound rang out again.
“Newly added goal: Participate in the 110m hurdles event at the National Track and Field Championships and achieve a time of under 14.30 seconds.
Mission Reward: Unlock the sprint LV3 upgrade function."
This reward...
After hearing the content of the reward, Su Zhe couldn't help but complain in his heart. This stupid system is actually very cunning. Although it does not force him to do any tasks, it sets nodes in the key parts. As long as you want to become stronger, you have to complete its tasks.
And now, he really wants to be stronger.
He had discovered before that after reaching LV2 in sprinting, even with sufficient skill points, the option to upgrade to LV3 was still locked in gray. He had tried to find the unlocking conditions, but there was no prompt in the sand sculpture system.
It turns out that to unlock higher-level skills, you also need to complete system tasks.
Thinking of this, Su Zhe scratched his head and spoke to the few people who were still silent: "I think I can give it a try."
This incoherent sentence made everyone stunned at first, and then they all frowned.
"Azhe, stop talking nonsense." Zhao Changhe spoke first: "You know how big the technical gap is between the 100-meter sprint and the 110-meter hurdles. If it's the 100-meter and 200-meter, it's fine, but have you ever heard of a 100-meter athlete crossing over to run the 110-meter hurdles?"
There are some sprinters who are able to master both the 100m and 200m techniques, and even achieve top results in both events. However, such athletes are a minority after all, and more athletes choose to focus on their own events and achieve top results in their existing events.
But as Zhao Changhe said, even if there are athletes who can compete in both the 100m and 200m events, I have never seen anyone compete in both the 100m and 110m events. The technical characteristics between the two are very different.
The 100-meter sprint requires strong explosive power, focusing on the connection between the start and the acceleration, the ability to maintain the maximum speed after accelerating to the top speed, and the sprinting ability at the finish line.
The 110-meter hurdles not only require the athlete's flat running speed, but also require the athlete's hurdle jumping technique, the coordination and coordination between flat running and hurdle jumping, and the ability to control the rhythm of the overall running.
Su Zhe smiled and insisted, "I can try."
During this period of time, he has completed the 60-hour cross-bar technique tutorial assigned by the system. At the same time, the system automatically lit up the cross-bar LV1 skill for him. Because he had plenty of skill points, he simply upgraded the cross-bar skill to LV2 at once.
He is now a master of the 110-meter hurdles in theory, but apart from daily training and 10-kilometer running, he does not have much time to actually try the 110-meter hurdles.
"In fact, I have always been interested in the 110-meter hurdles, and I have done some targeted training in private." Su Zhe laughed awkwardly and lied: "Why don't we go to the hurdles hall and try it out and we will know."
Since the sand sculpture system came into being, Su Zhe felt that he had a profound understanding of the self-cultivation of an actor.
Although Su Yinsheng and others did not believe what Su Zhe said, after looking at each other, they still followed Su Zhe to the training ground of the sports team's cross-hurdle group.
Several people were slightly moved by Su Zhe's proposal. After all, the best solution for this matter is for Su Zhe to compete in different events and achieve certain results, so that the trolls on the Internet will have nowhere to mock him. But rationally, everyone felt that this was an impossible solution.
In front of the track, Su Zhe was doing some preparatory relaxation exercises. Beside the track, Su Yinsheng still had a serious face, and the other three were not in a optimistic mood either.
"Old Su... no, Old Zhou." Li Mingdeng glanced at Su Yinsheng's face, but didn't dare to talk to him. Instead, he turned around and asked Zhou Hongzhi, the head coach of the sports team's 110-meter hurdles: "What do you think... is this kid Azhe capable of running the 110-meter hurdles?"
Zhou Hongzhi also frowned, his face gloomy, "It's a bit suspenseful. Azhe is a boy with a height problem. He is 177cm tall, which makes him a second-class cripple in the hurdles event. Let's not talk about the top hurdlers. Among the boys in our sports team, the shortest one is Wang Peng, who is 183.5cm tall."
After hearing what Zhou Hongzhi said, the faces of the others became even worse.
Glancing at the old guys beside him, Zhou Hongzhi sighed, "That's enough. What's there to be angry about? The requirements for each event are different. Fortunately, Azhe has a good body proportion and long legs. There are indeed world-famous hurdlers of his height."
Zhou Hongzhi held back his last words but didn't say them out loud - but such examples are very rare.
A hurdler who is 177cm tall wants to compete with athletes around him who are generally 185cm tall or above?
Zhou Hongzhi couldn't help but sigh again.
On the track, Su Zhe had already made preparations for the race. He squatted on the starting blocks and signaled that everything was ready.
Zhou Hongzhi picked up the starting gun and took on the role of starter.
"Everyone, get ready--"
"Bang!"
The moment the gun sounded, Su Zhe quickly left the starting blocks, ran forward as fast as flying, and after reaching a certain speed, he quickly raised his upper body.
Zhou Hongzhi's eyes lit up when he saw this action: "Hey, this is a good time to get up!"
Hearing Zhou Hongzhi's praise, Su Yinsheng and Zhao Changhe looked at each other.
The timing of Su Zhe's upper body lifting is completely different from the rhythm of the 100-meter sprint, and it is indeed in line with the characteristics of the 110-meter hurdles!
Is this a coincidence or...?
Everyone's attention was focused on Su Zhe who was running.
He ran very fast in front of the hurdles. When he was about to reach the hurdles, he slightly shortened his stride, pushed off the ground with his legs, quickly leaned his upper body forward, and swung his arms, forming a unique "attack hurdle posture" when jumping over the hurdles.
"Good jump!" Zhou Hongzhi's eyes brightened. He had never expected that Su Zhe's hurdle jumping technique was so skillful. Although the hurdle jumping action, rhythm and connection in front of the hurdles were still a little immature, the overall technical action was crisp and neat. Judging from a single action alone, it could almost be called a textbook example.
Next, Zhou Hongzhi and the other four saw Su Zhe attacking the barriers all the way forward like a whirlwind. The ten horizontal barriers were completely unable to hinder him. His flying posture was like a cheetah that kept leaping up, strong and fast.
After 10 hurdles, the final sprint was Su Zhe's strong point in accelerating in the latter part of the sprint. When he crossed the finish line neatly, Zhou Hongzhi and others around him had not yet recovered from their surprise.
Li Mingdeng couldn't help but ask Su Yinsheng, "Old Su, has this kid Azhe really never received any special hurdle training?"
Although Su Yinsheng was also surprised, he rolled his eyes at the words: "Since he came back, he has been watched by me and Lao Zhao every day. Where can he go to practice hurdles?"
The four of them looked at each other in amazement at Su Zhe's skillful and smooth hurdle jumping process.
This level has definitely reached the level of a professional hurdle athlete.
"Oh, right! What's the final score?!" Li Mingdeng was the first to think of this key question. He immediately turned to look at the electronic timer on the training track and was stunned by the numbers on it.
"Oh, 14.53? What a fast speed! This is above the national standard!" Li Mingdeng immediately turned to look at Zhou Hongzhi: "Old Zhou, how long did the champion of the previous Grand Prix East Lake Station run?"
Zhou Hongzhi was also very happy at this moment: "14.35 seconds, it's Zhu Ming from Province X. There weren't many good players in the last competition. If Azhe had achieved this result, he would have been in the top three!" Zhou Hongzhi patted Su Yinsheng on the shoulder and said: "Old Su, your son is amazing! He can run the 110-meter hurdles to the level of a national first-class athlete by practicing on his own?"
Su Yinsheng was also confused at the moment. He cast a puzzled look at Zhao Changhe, but Zhao Changhe also shook his head, indicating that he had never seen Su Zhe do related exercises.
When Su Zhe returned to Su Yinsheng and the other three, Li Mingdeng and Zhou Hongzhi looked much more relaxed. They patted Su Zhe on the shoulders happily. Zhou Hongzhi even asked Su Zhe with a smile whether he wanted to transfer to their cross-column group.
Su Yinsheng naturally had no good face for Zhou Hongzhi who tried to kidnap Su Zhe. He slapped Zhou Hongzhi's hand away, stared at his son from head to toe, and finally said angrily: "Since you can run, then go and run, but I have to tell you, the Athletics Management Center has issued an order that the top ten runners in the 100m this season must sign up for the World Championships preliminaries. This time the National Championships preliminaries and the National Championships 110m hurdles preliminaries are held together. If you can run in the top three in the 100m in the National Championships preliminaries and enter the National Championships, there will be the World Championships preliminaries right after... All of this will happen within half a month. You should know whether you can hold up to the competition."
"Huh? World Championship qualifiers?!" Su Zhe just learned the news at this moment.
Li Mingdeng and Zhou Hongzhi who were standing nearby were also stunned for a moment, and began to worry whether the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries would affect Su Zhe's subsequent competitions.
After straightening his expression, Su Zhe earnestly expressed that he would train hard and stay in the best condition for the competition.
He naturally understood that his father was telling him not to lose his focus and end up with nothing.
He knew in his heart that his father still wanted him to focus on the 100 meters and run a better result. If he hadn't seen that he was willing to participate in the competition, his father wouldn't have let him run a meaningless 110-meter hurdles preliminaries just because of a staff member's mistake.
At this point, the matter has been concluded.
Li Mingdeng promised Su Zhe that when the sports team released the team members' dynamics on Weibo, he would explain to him that it was a mistake made by the team staff in registering him, so that he could focus on the 100-meter race and not have any pressure on participating in the 110-meter hurdles.
Zhou Hongzhi patted Su Zhe on the shoulder and invited him to come to the cross-hurdle group's venue for practice at any time.
That evening, the sports team’s Weibo released the latest team members’ updates.
Among them, Su Zhe's itinerary is as follows:
Player Su Zhe:
August 3, morning, location, G city, national championship preliminaries, event, men's 100 meters
August 3 afternoon, location, G city, national championship preliminaries, event, men's 110m hurdles
Since Su Zhe officially switched to sports, his fans, the "philosophers", have regarded the official Weibo account of the S Province Sports Team as Su Zhe's studio Weibo account, and fans come to check in from time to time.
Today, I saw that the official Weibo of the sports team released the latest team member updates. The "philosophers" flocked in and clicked on the schedule. After a careful look, they saw their idols.
Many "philosophers" immediately made appointments under the official Weibo account:
[Oh my, my little one is going to run a new race! Sisters from city G, are you interested? ]
[Make an appointment! But...isn't Zizi a 100-meter sprinter? What's up with this 110-meter hurdle?]
Once this question was raised, someone finally noticed that something was wrong with the team's dynamics.