October is not a good month for athletics athletes.

However, due to the extremely hot weather in the host country, Country D, this year's World Athletics Championships had to be postponed from the original date of August to the cooler season of October. Even with the time postponed to this point, the capital of Country D is still unbearably hot.

Moreover, for track and field athletes from various countries, October should have been their annual off-season, and their competitive condition should have fallen to the bottom by then. However, in order to achieve good results in the World Championships, the athletes have to collectively adjust their competitive condition to the peak of this stage.

Before this competition, many people in the sports circle were discussing whether the athletes would still be able to perform at their best after forcibly delaying their peak competitive state.

There was much discussion on this matter, and no conclusion was reached until the opening of the Games.

Athletics fans all over the world are looking forward to this biennial event, hoping that the country and athletes they support will win the highest crown in this event.

On October 2, this grand event finally unveiled its veil amid the eager anticipation of track and field fans around the world.

Located in the city center of Country D's capital, the Hillion Stadium, which can accommodate 70,000 people, has been renovated for this event. In order to ensure that the athletes can better display their competitive skills and not be affected by the scorching heat, the wealthy Country D has installed a high-tech open-air cooling system for this huge open stadium, so that everyone who enters the stadium can feel the coolness of the summer that is not native to Country D.

At this time, the grandstand area of ​​this huge venue was already occupied by spectators from various countries. All 70,000 seats were filled. In the VIP box of the venue, the king of country D and members of the royal family also arrived to watch this grand event in person.

This is Su Zhe's second time participating in a world-class event since he retired from the entertainment industry in June and became a formal athlete. However, he has already stood on the world's top track and field competition stage. This experience alone is enough to be called a legend.

Elites from all over the world are gathering here, vying for the crown of the strongest. It is hard not to be overwhelmed by this intense atmosphere as long as you stand here.

Sitting in the player's seat, Su Zhe looked at the heated atmosphere at the scene and felt a slight shiver all over his body that he couldn't help but tremble.

"Azhe, what's wrong?" Zhao Zhixuan, who was in the player's seat area with Su Zhe, noticed that Su Zhe's hand seemed to be trembling a little, and turned around to show concern.

"Ah." Su Zhe shook his head and laughed, "I don't know why. During the previous closed training, although I felt that my condition had improved, I felt that I could run faster, but I couldn't run to my ideal fastest state..."

“But just sitting here, feeling the passion of all the people here, I suddenly feel like I can run even faster!”

This feeling of being surrounded by strong opponents and the excitement of facing the upcoming competition made Su Zhe feel impatient - he really wanted to stand on the court immediately and feel the thrill of flying on this court.

Zhao Zhixuan was slightly stunned when he heard Su Zhe's answer.

He didn't expect to get such an answer.

Obviously, Su Zhe, who used to be completely nervous because of competitions and was always on edge, has quickly gotten rid of his past mentality after experiencing the baptism of several competitions.

This kind of player who is excited about being in the arena and even feels that his performance can be improved before the game starts, apart from the possibility of blind arrogance...

Competition player!

This type of athlete will not be able to arouse physical excitement during training because there is not enough strong pressure from opponents. Only during competitions, or even major tournaments, can they achieve the best competitive state because of their physical and mental excitement!

There are many training-type athletes among athletes. They can often perform well in training, but in competitions, they may find it difficult to achieve the same good results as in training due to various reasons.

As for competition-type athletes... they are born for big competitions. In large-scale competitions, their condition is often much better than their performance in training. They can even constantly break through themselves and set new records in one competition after another!

Looking at Su Zhe's shining eyes, Zhao Zhixuan also smiled beside him - now, he also began to look forward to the next game!

On the first day of the World Championships, after the opening ceremony, a series of competitions will begin.

Among them, the men's 100-meter sprint preliminaries, in which Su Zhe belonged, were scheduled to start at 7 pm.

There are 48 confirmed participants in this men's 100m sprint, but in fact, not all of them are athletes who have run 10.10 seconds during the competition registration period. Only about 42 athletes have achieved the standard during the competition evaluation period, and there are 6 athletes who are supplementary participants according to their personal best performance this season.

Even the so-called substitute athletes, their personal PBs are basically within 10.10 seconds, but they were unable to achieve better results because of their poor condition during the competition assessment period.

In tonight's competition, Su Zhe will compete against 47 of the world's strongest 100-meter runners.

With the opening of the World Championships, a large number of people on the domestic Internet have begun to discuss topics related to the World Championships. The focus of the general discussion is of course what kind of results Su Zhe can get in the World Championships. Many people even wonder if he can take home one or two medals.

Recently, due to the live broadcast of sports channels and the popularity of Su Zhe on the Pear public account, the general public's attention to track and field events has indeed increased a lot. However, the public does not have a clear understanding of the actual results in the competitions, nor the strengths and weaknesses of the country's sprint events.

Track and field fans are much more calm about this.

After noticing the direction of discussions among netizens on the Internet, many sports bloggers have spontaneously started to do popular science related to the project.

Lao Bai looks at track and field: [I am very happy to see everyone's eager anticipation for the competition, but to be honest, our country does not have any advantages in the sprint and short jump events. Just look at the quota for this World Championships. In the men's track and field events, from 100 meters to 15,000 meters, the only one who got a place in the World Championships was Su Zhe's men's 100 meters. If Chen Dashen was not injured, we would at most get one more place in the men's 100 meters... After reading this, everyone should also know how big the gap is between our country and the track and field powerhouses. ]

As a sports blogger, what Lao Bai said was both cruel and realistic. After being criticized by sports fans, it also poured cold water on the enthusiastic spectators.

Many people who were watching the incident expressed their shock under Lao Bai's Weibo.

[Although... I only knew that Su Zhe was the only one who participated in the men's 100m at the World Championships... It turns out that among all the events from the men's 100m to the men's 15,000m, only Su Zhe successfully qualified for the competition???]

[Feeling the sense of fantasy in reality... How can the world of geniuses be so scary... To be honest, his emoticons are still lingering in my mind until now, and this emoticon is actually the only one among so many running events? 】

[Emm... After reading this Weibo, I have deleted the emoticons I had saved on my phone to express my respect for the big boss. ]

[Ahem, my friend above, that’s not necessary. Those emoticons are quite cute after looking at them for a long time…]

[I am here to ask for some scientific knowledge. So, isn't it true that the only thing that matters about Su Zhe's participation in this competition is his participation? ]

Among many comments, Lao Bai only responded to this comment asking for scientific knowledge.

【Based on past experience, as long as you perform well in the preliminaries and run a time of around 10.12 seconds, you will have a chance to enter the semifinals. Just looking at Su Zhe's performance in the training report test some time ago, he still has a good chance of running under 10.12 seconds, but the athlete's condition will be affected by various factors. Now we can only look forward to it and wish Su Zhe a good result! 】

In addition to these track and field fans, "philosophers" on the Internet have also been busy producing various popular science articles related to track and field.

After experiencing a series of Su Zhe's competitions, these "philosopher" girls are no longer in the state of knowing nothing about track and field as they did at the beginning. Many of them sorted out and compiled the points that confused them when they first watched the competitions, and made a popular science tutorial of "Athletics for Newbies".

Although the original purpose was to provide scientific knowledge for Su Zhe's competition, because the content produced by the girls was simple and easy to understand, and it was indeed a collection of misunderstandings of many viewers who saw track and field for the first time, the scientific content they produced was soon forwarded and praised enthusiastically by various sports circle big Vs, and even the official Weibo of the national track and field team forwarded their scientific series.

The official Weibo account of Su Zhe's fan club, which initially sent out this push, even seemed to have transformed from a star-chasing blogger into a sports blogger because of this Weibo post and the subsequent interactive Q&A.

Among the fan base, the "philosopher" girls who participated in the content production were all happy and proud of this - their kids were fighting outside, and behind the scenes, they were working as hard as their kids to create a better public opinion environment for them and spread their beloved sports career to more people.

This feeling of working together for something is the most beautiful thing on this road of chasing stars.

At the Hillion Sports Complex in Country D, the time has turned to 6:00 p.m.

The time for the men's 100m runners to check in has arrived, and Su Zhe, following the staff's instructions, has officially entered this huge venue.

At this time in the competition venue, 48 athletes from various countries are queuing up and waiting for the registration.

When Su Zhe arrived at the checking point, Bahraini player Balman, whom he met on the first day of arriving in Country D, happened to see Su Zhe. He sneered and gave Su Zhe a thumbs-down gesture of contempt, then without waiting for Su Zhe to respond, he turned around with his head held high and went to the waiting area for the competition.

Su Zhe did not have any excessive feelings towards this arrogant opponent. Bahraini athlete Balman was not a top player among the naturalized athletes. Although he had run a score of 9.95 before changing his nationality, his personal sb has been between 10.06 and 10.07 for three consecutive seasons since he changed his nationality.

Judging from his current personal performance, he really does not have the ability to crush Su Zhe, and it is even hard to say whether he can enter the semi-finals.

If such a person needs to keep the fear in mind all the time, can he still fully devote himself to the competition in such a big arena?

Just as Su Zhe was observing the spectators in the stadium and waiting for the inspection, an excited voice with a strange accent suddenly appeared.

"Su, Su!"

The visitor was none other than Shiraishi Shota, a Japanese friend whom Su Zhe met at the Asian Champions Invitational.

After the invitational tournament ended, Shiraishi Shota pestered Su Zhe to learn how to use WeChat and Weibo. Even though he didn't know any Chinese, Shiraishi often tried to send Su Zhe some greeting messages. During the difficult communication between the two, Su Zhe had already learned the pronunciation of Shiraishi Shota's name and some simple Japanese vocabulary.

"Hello, Shiraishi-san."

As a track and field powerhouse with top-notch sprinting capabilities in Asia, the Japanese team naturally has more than just Shiraishi Shota participating in this competition. In addition to him, Minamiyama Yuki and Kobayashi Kimihiko standing next to him are the first and second ranked athletes in Japan before Shiraishi Shota.

Among them, Yuki Minamiyama set a new record in Japanese sprinting with a time of 9.99 seconds last year. However, he was always suppressed by Chen Zhi in previous Asian competitions and even fell into a slump due to excessive pressure from Chen Zhi.

Not only for Yuki Minamiyama, but for all the Japanese players and even the current generation of Asian players, Chen Zhi is a nightmare in their hearts, a mountain that is difficult to overcome.

Although his teammates were around him, Shiraishi Shota did not hide his happiness when he saw Su Zhe. Minamiyama Yuki and Kobayashi Kimihiko beside him seemed to be very accustomed to it and gave Su Zhe a friendly smile.

Even after Su Zhe left under the guidance of the staff, Shiraishi Shota did not hide the happy expression on his face.

"Ah, she is as beautiful as the legend says!" Nanshan Yuki also said, "Although I have already watched the video of the competition, it is even more shocking to see her in person!"

"Yes." Kobayashi Kimihiko also nodded and said, "What Ishida Ippei said is not an exaggeration at all... With such beauty and strong strength... she is really an exciting opponent!"

"Wow wow wow!" Shiraishi Shota looked at his two teammates with a vigilant look on his face: "Su is mine! Are you trying to snatch Su from me?"

"Pfft, hahahaha." Nanshan Yuki couldn't help but burst out laughing when he heard what Shiraishi Shota said: "I'm not saying this, Shiraishi-san, it seems that player Su just treats you as a friend, right?"

"Ah... damn it." Shiraishi Shota lowered his head in a slightly dejected manner: "I can feel Su's focus and persistence on running. I don't have the confidence that I can surpass the status of running in his mind..."

"Don't be discouraged." Kobayashi Kouhiko patted Shiraishi's shoulder: "At least you can be an opponent that he will never forget!"

Naturally, Su Zhe had no way of knowing what was being said by Bai Shi and the others.

After completing the registration, he also found out his group, the third group in the preliminary round.

Bahrain's Balman is not in the same group with him, but Japan's Kobayashi Kimihiko will compete with him, and the two will be on adjacent lanes, in lane 7 and lane 8 respectively.

As the competition drew closer, Su Zhe became more and more excited. When he was in the waiting area, watching the first group of players take their positions, he couldn't help but feel eager to give it a try.

Around him, the players in his group all began to warm up by doing some exercises. The only one who noticed Su Zhe's excitement was Kobayashi Kohiko. He slightly sensed the gradually growing momentum in Su Zhe and couldn't help but show a cautious expression on his face.

In the men's 100m preliminaries, each group alternated very quickly.

Soon, the third group of players in the preliminaries were notified that they could go on stage and prepare.

When he stepped onto the court and saw the newly laid pink track at the Hillion Stadium, Su Zhe couldn't help but glance at the stands. This huge stadium, which was filled with 70,000 people, was still full of enthusiasm even at 7 o'clock in the evening. Tourists from various countries waved their country's flags and cheered for their country's athletes.

In the crowded stands, since Su Zhe came on the stage, there have been some figures waving red flags and desperately waving to Su Zhe. One can even hear the cheers coming from the top of their lungs, among which his name can be vaguely heard.

Unlike other athletes around him who were nervously preparing, Su Zhe stood on his eighth lane for a while and even closed his eyes for a moment. Some noisy sounds reached his ears through the air, and an indescribable mysterious feeling filled his heart.

It was not until the staff nearby reminded him to start pre-race preparations immediately that he smiled and nodded to the staff, then quickly squatted down to adjust his starting angle and distance.

"bite.

Objective: Advance to the semi-finals of the men’s 100m sprint at the World Championships.

Mission Reward: 5 hours of usage of the Perfect Idol Training Space. "

When Su Zhe was adjusting the starting blocks, the sound of the sand sculpture system sounded at the same time. It could be called an almost random reward, and it seemed to explain the system's judgment on the difficulty of his task of advancing to the semi-finals.

At the World Championships, the two commentators in charge of commentating the event were introducing the athletes in the third group of the men's 100m preliminaries. When introducing Su Zhe, there was a hint of sarcasm in the voices of both commentators.

Chris, the commentator, smiled and said, "Oh, the player in lane 8, Su from China, just now, he stood on his lane and closed his eyes. Maybe he was listening to the voice of God?"

Beerus also smiled and said, "This player is so exquisite that he looks like an angel from the East. Maybe he really heard the voice of God? Let us look forward to his performance later!"

Amid the jokes of the two commentators, all the athletes have completed their preparations. Beside the track, the starter has already stood with the starting gun in hand, and the referee calmly issues the prepared instructions through the microphone system.

"On your marks!"

"Set!"

After everyone was ready, the starting gun fired!

The game begins!

From the moment the starting gun sounded, Su Zhe reflexively stepped on the starting block with his right foot, and sent his body out with his strongest explosive power, using this powerful force to complete the original acceleration from 0!

The closed training during this period of time and all the exercises completed in the training space have become Su Zhe's strongest motivation and foundation at the moment.

In the World Championships, even if it is just a preliminaries, Asian athletes have no right to hold back.

This is what Su Zhe did at this moment. He released all the strength in his body without hesitation. At this moment, the explosive power in his body seemed to be inexhaustible, fueling his continuous rush forward.

The wind from the stadium blew across his face. At this moment, Su Zhe felt that even the wind from the stadium was hot, and the blood in his heart was boiling.

Plop, plop.

It's the sound of a heartbeat.

The rhythm of his heartbeat overlapped with the rhythm of his running, making his body even hotter.

During the acceleration phase at the start, he could also feel that on his left, Kobayashi Kohiko's starting reaction was also very fast, and he even held on to him for a while in the first 30 meters of the track.

But these few brief seconds were fleeting.

In the following stages, he seemed to be separated from the cheers of the crowd by an unknown space. The shouts of the audience echoed outside the space, and in his mind, only his own heartbeat remained, and in his eyes, only the finish line ahead was his only goal...

Su Zhe had completely forgotten about the opponents on the left track. He swung his arms and rotated his legs. The length of each step between his legs had been deeply engraved in his training during this period and became his instinct.

quick!

He can be even faster!

His legs were strong and powerful as he pushed off the ground, and every step he took almost gave him the illusion of flying.

He seemed to feel that he was flying all the way to the finish line.

Plop, plop.

Hot blood flowed through his body and the pulsating heartbeat sounded in his ears.

Amid the enthusiastic cheers from all nationalities in the arena, everyone looked in amazement as the young Oriental boy in red and white sportswear surpassed all his opponents and ran towards the finish line in a unique manner.

On the commentary stand, commentator Chris cried out in astonishment: "Oh my God, that Eastern Angel... He is suppressing all opponents. He seems to have really sensed the power of God! The way he runs is almost like he is flying..."

Amid Chris's exaggerated screams, Su Zhe crossed the finish line with an absolute advantage!

Athletics World Championships, men’s 100m preliminaries third group, first place, China team, Su Zhe!

When they saw Su Zhe crossing the finish line in first place, dozens of Chinese spectators at the scene cheered wildly. At the same time, in the athlete seats, the Chinese team leader Zheng Wensheng, the coaches of the sprint group, and other athletes from the track and field team who came to watch the game all shouted excitedly.

"Su Zhe!!! Well done!!!"

For this year's national track and field team, which lacks ambition, the Athletics Administration Center initially thought that it would be good enough if someone could win a place in the men's 100m world championships.

Zheng Wensheng never expected that Su Zhe would not only be able to secure a place in the World Championships, but would even be able to advance to the semi-finals as the first in the group in the preliminaries!

With such performance, even if Chen Zhi participated in the competition today, it would not be much better.

What else could be unsatisfactory?

In the Chinese team's player booth, everyone was hugging each other to celebrate Su Zhe's victory, except Su Yinsheng, who was still staring at the court.

After Zheng Wensheng excitedly brought the news that Su Zhe's team advanced to the semi-finals back to China, he looked up and saw that Su Yinsheng still had a serious look on his face, and he couldn't help but reveal a curious look.

"Lao Su, your Ah Zhe is so competitive, why are you still so serious? Shouldn't you celebrate properly?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yinsheng took a deep breath and pointed to the commentary booth, signaling Zheng Wensheng, indicating that he was listening to the results of all members of the third group of preliminaries that would be announced next.

It turns out that they were preparing to listen to the preliminary results!

Zheng Wensheng looked clear, but still looked relaxed - it was just the preliminary results, and he had already secured first place in the group, so what was there to be nervous about?

As they were talking, the commentators had already received the players' scores and began to announce them.

"Men's 100m sprint preliminaries, third group, first place, Su Zhe (China): 10.05 (+0.6)..."

When the results came out, Zheng Wensheng didn't react at first, but soon he froze on the spot, not caring about the other contestants' results...

"Old, Old Su...!" Zheng Wensheng stood up almost excitedly, and the players around him also showed surprised and ecstatic expressions.

10.05 seconds!

Almost everyone present could tell what this digital lock meant.

"Old Su...did I hear you right?! What was Su Zhe's score that was just reported?!" Zheng Wensheng's hands were shaking a little. He looked at Su Yinsheng nervously, afraid that he would hear a negative answer.

Only then did Su Yinsheng really let out a sigh of relief. He looked at Zheng Wensheng with certainty and said word by word: "Yes, the result is 10.05 seconds!"

Hearing this affirmative answer again, the surrounding Chinese players once again burst into excited celebrations, and Zheng Wensheng couldn't help but excitedly shouted "Great!"

At this moment, no one in the Chinese players' booth was willing to suppress their excitement. Even if some people from other countries' players' zones cast curious glances at them, it could not stop everyone's excitement at this moment.

On the first day of the World Championships, the Olympic qualification for the men’s 100-meter sprint was obtained!