As a hurdles enthusiast, he certainly would not miss this grand event as there are three Chinese athletes competing in today's Olympic hurdles preliminaries.
In particular, these three Chinese athletes all have the ability to advance to the semi-finals. For hurdles fans, this is simply a refreshing competition to watch their own athletes happily advance on the field.
Before watching today's game, Huang Ming had already prepared himself mentally for the victory of Su Zhe and his team. But even so, when he saw Su Zhe's relaxed posture at the end, Huang Ming couldn't help but be shocked.
"Damn, Master Zhe is too awesome, isn't he?"
Before the start of the first group of preliminaries, Huang Ming was chewing a melon in his hand. When he saw Su Zhe still had enough energy to slightly tilt his head to observe his opponent after his last ride, he really felt that he had experienced what it meant to eat so much melon that it was about to fall off.
At the competition site, Holness, as a competitor in the second group of the preliminary round, was watching the real-time images of the live event on the TV screen in the waiting area and exclaimed "Wow".
"My partner is so awesome!" Holness looked at the scene where Su Zhe tilted his head slightly at the end with some excitement, and then showed his big white teeth: "The last one is so handsome. As a member of the Dwarf King Group, he can't lose!"
At this time, other players from the same group as Holness were also waiting in the waiting area. These players were still marveling at Su Zhe's performance. After hearing Holness mumbling to himself, everyone's faces became stiff to varying degrees.
Jamaican talent Holness.
Although he only started participating in some 110m hurdles events this year and has not actually encountered many opponents on the field, his performance in the 60m hurdles at the previous World Indoor Athletics Championships has already proved his strength.
This is the guy who was able to outperform Su Zhe at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in March, while Su Zhe was a monster who was able to crush other athletes in the same group in the first group of the preliminaries just now.
Even though they seemed much taller than Holness, these players couldn't help but show a look of jealousy when facing this "small" Jamaican player.
On the field, the results of the first group of preliminaries have been announced. Su Zhe easily won the first place with a score of 13.22 (wind speed +0.4m/s), while French athlete Adolf ranked second with a score of 13.38.
When Su Zhe left the stage and the second preliminary group that Holness was in took the stage, the domestic track and field kingdom's forum was already boiling over Su Zhe's exaggerated performance in the preliminaries.
Subject: [Damn, that last side of Zhe Shao's head, wasn't it too easy to let go? ]
1L: [I was also stunned just now. I have seen many people slackening off and lowering their pace in the final stage. After slackening off, they can still turn their heads to the side to observe the back... This level of slackening off is the first time I have seen it in the 110-meter hurdles.]
3L: [To be honest, everyone was lame in the preliminaries, we are used to this, but even the second place Adolf didn't run at full speed, so the difference in results between him and Zhe Shao is a bit too much, isn't it? ]
6L: [After watching today's preliminaries, I think Zhe Shao is going to break his personal best again! Zhe Shao's start today was extremely smooth, and it felt much smoother than the previous seven steps before the hurdles. Is this because his skills have improved? ]
8L: [Tsk, I agree with 6L, breaking the 13.10 mark is just around the corner! ]
While everyone was discussing, the second group of the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries, where Holness was, had already started.
Just as Holness said to himself before the race, this guy who always thinks ahead of others was far ahead of everyone else with a reaction time of 0.124 seconds after the starting gun sounded. Then in the following stages, whether it was the track in front of the fence or the attack stage, he completely crushed all the players behind him.
In the second group of preliminaries, the second strongest person was Andre, a 110-meter hurdler from Britain. His personal strength was very close to that of Adolf. In this group of competitions, he was also completely left behind, just like Adolf who was completely crushed by Su Zhe.
During the competition, this crushing performance of the strong players greatly stimulated the atmosphere on the scene. The players on the scene had just cheered loudly for Su Zhe in the previous group of competitions, and in this group, they began to go crazy for Holness's performance.
“Come on, come on, come on!!”
The voices of the audience in the stands echoed throughout the stadium. In the commentary booth, Ishida Ippei's voice was also very surprised: "If the Chinese Empire's player Su is a white snow leopard, then this Jamaican Holsney is a black cheetah!"
"To them, the other players on the field are just prey that can be easily captured... What a terrifying couple!"
Amid Ishida Ippei's praise, Holness had already conquered 10 hurdles and entered the final sprint stage.
This guy's relaxed posture during the sprint stage was almost the same as Su Zhe's, and when he was about to cross the finish line, his hands had relaxed and he no longer needed to swing his arms. Then he did another action exactly the same as Su Zhe - turning his head to look behind him.
Compared to Su Zhe's movement of just slightly tilting his head, Holness's posture was very exaggerated. He even smiled with his big white teeth showing and waved to the players behind him after crossing the line.
Domestic sports channel live broadcast room.
Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan laughed out loud when they saw Holness's action.
Zhang Jing shook his head and said, "As for this Jamaican talent, his flamboyant and eccentric personality is as much talked about as his amazing hurdles ability."
Wang Miaochuan also smiled and said, "Yes, at the World Indoor Track and Field Championships held in China before, Holness once called himself the Dwarf King, and also claimed that he and Su Zhe formed the Dwarf King combination. The relationship between the two athletes should be very good."
As for the nickname "Shorty King", many reporters who interviewed him at the time heard Holness's shouting, so even if he didn't mention it in the formal interview, he would mention this nickname in the news such as the anecdotes about athletes written privately.
Many cross-bar fans have laughed at the combination name of Holness and Su Zhe many times. Now they suddenly heard two sports commentators on the sports channel seriously mention this combination name during the live broadcast, and they immediately burst into laughter again.
In addition to sports enthusiasts, many ordinary spectators who had never paid attention to sports events before couldn't help but show confused expressions after hearing the name of this combination.
Suddenly, there were many questions about Su Zhe's height on Weibo.
[What's up with that dwarf king combination? Su Zhe doesn't look short, does he? And that Holness, he looks okay in height... But after hearing this name and watching the live broadcast, Holness seems to be shorter than the other players around him. So how tall are he and Zhe Shao? ]
Many confused people began to doubt the heights of the two people because of Holness's self-proclaimed name and the group name.
Someone dug up various statistics about Su Zhe when he was an idol, which showed that Su Zhe's personal height was 1.77 meters. Then Chigualu posted this data back to Weibo.
Before people could come to a conclusion on this data, someone directly looked up the individual data of the athletes on the list of participants in the Olympic hurdles events, which showed that Su Zhe's height is now 181.5.
[Huh? This height change... is it secondary growth after physical training? ]
【_(:з」∠)_Actually, he is not that old, right? It is normal for a boy of this age to be a bit taller. But his height is not that of a short guy, right? How tall is Holness? 】
[…I looked up the data on Olympic athletes and found that this guy is 182cm tall, 0.5cm taller than Su Zhe!]
???
Seeing that both Su Zhe and Holness’ heights are over 180cm, the onlookers are confused - since when does a person with a height of 180+cm have to call himself the King of Shorty?
It was not until track and field enthusiasts saw these discussions and jumped out to explain to everyone the height requirements that excellent hurdlers usually have that the bystanders finally understood what the three words "dwarf king" meant in the hurdles event.
After looking at the height list of domestic and international hurdles champions compiled by a track and field enthusiast who came to learn about the science, the onlookers were convinced, then retreated to a corner and kept silent.
On Weibo, a post by a melon-eater accurately summarized the mood of the melon-eaters.
[The world of cross-bars is too cruel, the combination of the dwarf king with a height of 181.5 and 182... QAQ then what am I who is less than 165cm tall? ? ? ]
Internet spectators were discussing the height gap between the Shorty and the King combination, and the results of the second group of the on-site preliminaries were also officially announced.
Holness easily advanced with a time of 13.15 seconds (wind speed +0.2m/s), leaving the British athlete Andre behind him a full 0.24 seconds behind him.
In the forum of the Kingdom of Track and Field, everyone was just immersed in the surprise of Su Zhe's slight tilt of his head to look back, and then Holness's even more exaggerated turning back shocked countless people in the forum.
Topic: [Bet 1 dollar, the 110-meter fence of Lister, Alcides, Gomez, Elano... these guys' kingdoms are all in danger! The next era belongs to the era of the dwarf king combination! ]
In this post, there are still two groups of people holding different views.
Some people felt the extraordinary strength of Su Zhe and Holness from the way they turned around, and believed that the next step would be Holness and Su Zhe's era.
Some other netizens believe that Holness and Suzhe are indeed talented athletes who have the potential to impact the status of Lister and others, but this does not mean that the two can now easily crush Lister and others - these top athletes can stand at the top of the 110-meter hurdles event, which in itself proves their strength, and it does not mean that they can crush the whole world by letting off in the preliminaries.
Regardless of their own views, in fact, in everyone's subconscious, they have already recognized the reality that Holness and Su Zhe will definitely exist at the top of the future cross-hurdle world.
Unlike Su Zhe and Holness, Zhou Tianjue and Ye Jun's preliminary groupings were not ideal.
Zhou Tianjue's group 4 includes the world's No. 1 player, List. Ye Jun's group 6 includes the strongest player, Alcides from Spain.
In addition to these two players who dominated their respective preliminary groups, there are several other players with similar strengths.
Before the competition, many domestic cross-hurdles enthusiasts had discussed that Su Zhe, Ye Jun and Zhou Tianjue would advance to the semi-finals as the first in the preliminary group. However, after actually looking at the group list of each group, these cross-hurdles enthusiasts also lost their enthusiasm.
When the fourth group of players in the preliminaries came on stage, the two commentators in the live broadcast room of the sports channel began to introduce Zhou Tianjue's historical achievements to the audience.
Wang Miaochuan said with a smile: "Don't be fooled by Zhou Tianjue's tall and strong figure. He is one year younger than Su Zhe. He will be 21 years old this year. He is truly a young hurdles player."
Looking at Zhou Tianjue who was bending down to adjust the starting blocks and doing various relaxation exercises, Zhang Jing smiled amiably, "Yes, not only that, Zhou Tianjue has also grown up under the expectations of domestic hurdles enthusiasts. Compared with the sudden emergence of Su Zhe, he carried much greater expectations before last year."
"Fortunately, he lived up to everyone's expectations and achieved excellent results in the hurdles event."
Following the introduction of the two commentators, at the Tokyo New National Stadium, Zhou Tianjue had already squatted down, took a deep breath, and began waiting for his own preliminaries to begin.
Just now, when he and Ye Jun were waiting in the back, he saw with his own eyes the amazing speed displayed by Su Zhe and Holness in the preliminaries on the live screen.
The speed and results they both showed on the field had a great psychological impact on him.
Since Su Zhe began to improve his technique from eight to seven under the guidance of his master Lu Fei, his performance has improved significantly. Not only that, in addition to his footwork in front of the hurdles, Su Zhe's speed of improvement in personal physical fitness, explosive power, technical movements and other related aspects has made him feel amazed and urgent at the same time.
For Zhou Tianjue, he was very sure of his talent. To a certain extent, his confidence in the 110-meter hurdles was even a little bit arrogant. His middle school mentality made him set his goal on competing with his senior brother Song Chen.
He longs to surpass Song Chen, get rid of the title of Song Chen's successor, and have his own legend.
On the road of chasing and surpassing Song Chen, Su Zhe has now walked ahead of him, and is moving faster and faster.
Zhou Tianjue squatted on the starting blocks and squinted his eyes at the track and railings in front of him, asking himself in his heart - on the 110-meter hurdles track, is he willing to give the title of the No. 1 talent to Su Zhe?
For this kind of thing, let’s compete first!
With the mentality of "I am the best genius in the world", Zhou Tianjue, stimulated by Su Zhe and Holness, took a deep breath and focused all his attention on this preliminary round.
Lister, who was in the same group as Zhou Tianjue, was in the fifth lane, with Zhou Tianjue on his left.
When the referee gave the signal "everyone is in position, ready", Lister was in a very relaxed state - for him, this preliminaries was not difficult at all, and advancing in the preliminaries was an inevitable thing in itself.
When the starting gun sounded, the eight athletes on the track stepped on the starting blocks at the same time and started. Suddenly, the alarm system connected to the starting blocks sounded a whistle, indicating that someone was running too fast.
It turned out that a Lebanese athlete in the eighth lane seemed to be too nervous and broke the rule by sprinting.
After this player was penalized for a foul, there were only 7 players left in the fourth group of preliminaries. Among these 7 players, only the top 4 players were required to advance directly to the semi-finals.
Because of the ample quota, most of the seven contestants present had already relaxed their minds. At the same time, in order to ensure that they would not be penalized for a foul, when the second starting gun sounded, the contestants in this group subconsciously paused. Most of them started at a relatively safe speed instead of choosing to start as quickly as possible.
Among the 4th group's average reaction time of 0.156, Zhou Tianjue's reaction time of 0.128 can be regarded as a standout.
This middle school boy didn't have the mentality to slow down and keep calm after the second shot.
He still stubbornly started with his fastest reaction to the gun, explosively stepped on the starting blocks, then started in front of the hurdles, then accelerated, and then arrived in front of the hurdles, and began to attack the hurdles step by step in his best condition.
Lister, who was slightly slower than Zhou Tianjue at the start, was somewhat surprised by his performance - from Zhou Tianjue's speed and performance, he certainly knew that this Chinese athlete had the ability to advance to the semi-finals easily, but the level of certification of this Chinese athlete in the preliminaries was completely beyond his expectations.
Zhou Tianjue's attitude towards the game made him involuntarily take it seriously.
Therefore, at the beginning of the hurdle attack phase, Lister's speed and rhythm gradually increased, and then at the fifth hurdle position, he surpassed Zhou Tianjue, who was originally in first place.
The remaining five players in this group of preliminaries had no idea that Zhou Tianjue and Lister would actually run this competition at the state and pace of the semi-finals.
Immediately, two players who originally had poor control over their own rhythm of the game, after seeing Lister's rhythm suddenly speed up, lost their own rhythm of crossing the hurdles, which directly resulted in a series of consecutive hits on the hurdles and no hope of advancing.
Even the other three players who were not greatly affected by the rhythm had more or less rhythm disruptions and minor breakdowns during their attack on the hurdles.
At the fifth hurdle, Zhou Tianjue noticed Lister approaching on the right, but his concentration on the game was not comparable to those players whose rhythm was easily distracted.
Even though he knew he had been caught up and was about to be surpassed, Zhou Tianjue still maintained a steady rhythm of attacking the hurdles and pace between the hurdles, only speeding up his pace as much as he could while still being able to control it.
In the competition, speed is required, but control is also necessary.
If during a competition, an athlete's speed is so fast that he loses control...it usually does not mean that the athlete's performance has made a leap forward, but rather that the athlete cannot control his own abilities.
Because of this, even if you may run faster in a competition, if you cannot control your technical movements while increasing your speed, then what awaits you is likely to be deformation of your movements and continuous hitting of the hurdles, and ultimately your performance will end because of these reasons.
It is also because of this that even though Zhou Tianjue has a middle school soul burning in his head, he has engraved the words speed and control in his mind since he was a child. He still maintains his own rhythm steadily and is not affected by Lister.
He has reached his maximum hurdle speed in the stage of attacking the sixth hurdle, and at the same time, he began to steadily maintain his speed and rhythm, slowing down the speed of his hurdle speed.
Every step he took on the ground and every node he ran between the hurdles was firmly under his control.
In the Chinese area of the stadium, Lu Fei was sitting quietly in the first row, watching Zhou Tianjue's every move, then nodding with a smile.
In this preliminary round, Qiu Zhongwen, Zheng Wensheng and others maintained a relaxed state. Just as netizens judged, the staff of the General Administration of Sports and the Athletics Administration Center had already made corresponding predictions. As long as there are no accidents, it will definitely not be a problem for the three athletes to advance at the same time.
It is for this reason that the members of the Chinese delegation who came to watch the game today were in a very relaxed mood.
On the live track, shortly after Lister crossed the finish line, Zhou Tianjue also crossed the line at the same time. Subsequently, the third and fourth direct-qualified players in the group also advanced smoothly, but there was a huge performance gap between these two players and the first and second players.
In the end, the preliminary results of this group were led by Lister with 13.21 seconds (wind speed +0.3m/s), and Zhou Tianjue ranked second with 13.26 seconds and advanced.
After them, the third place athlete's score was only 13.40 seconds, and the fourth place athlete's score was only 13.52 seconds.
In the track and field kingdom, many track and field fans couldn't help but complain about the stroke rhythm of the third and fourth runners, but this is indeed a common situation in the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries, and there is nothing much to say.
When Ye Jun came on stage with the 6th group of athletes in the preliminaries, the domestic audience had been waiting for a long time - as long as Ye Jun maintained his normal performance and advanced, then the Chinese team would have truly achieved the epic task of having 3 110-meter hurdlers advance to the semi-finals at the same time in the Olympics for the first time!
With everyone's expectations, Ye Jun lived up to expectations and easily won the second place in the preliminary group with a score of 13.30 seconds (wind speed +0.4m/s).
The moment Ye Jun crossed the finish line, Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan shouted "good" at the same time in the live broadcast room of the sports channel.
In the Chinese players' area, Qiu Wenzhong and others also smiled and waved their fists.
In this Olympics, in the 110-meter hurdles event, all three Chinese athletes advanced to the semifinals!
In China, major official accounts on Weibo also immediately pushed this good news.
Official Weibo of the National Track and Field Team: [#Tokyo Olympics##All 110m hurdles advance to the semifinals# In the 110m hurdles event in the evening session today, our 110m hurdles athletes @Su Zhe, @Zhou Tianjue, @Ye Jun, all advanced to the 110m hurdles semifinals! This is the first time that three 110m hurdles athletes from our country have qualified for the Olympics, and three 110m hurdles athletes have advanced to the 110m hurdles semifinals together! The semifinals of this event will be held in the morning session on August 5th. Let us look forward to their wonderful performance tomorrow! ]