He did it!
Su Yinsheng sat in the player area with his fists clenched. Looking at Su Zhe who was also waving his fist in celebration at the finish line, he couldn't help but feel his eyes slightly red and a trace of moisture welling up in the corners of his eyes.
He did it.
He achieved what he wanted and fulfilled his unilateral and stubborn idea of sharing the pressure of glory with Chen Zhi.
Thinking of this, Su Yinsheng finally couldn't help but silently wipe away the tears that welled up in his eyes.
Before the end of the World Championships training, or even before today, he had never thought that Su Zhe could really run under 10.05 during the Olympic performance assessment period.
The period after the Provincial Games was the most difficult time for him. His beloved disciple Chen Zhi was injured because of his haste in training. After he recovered from the injury and returned to the team, he didn't know what his condition would be like, and whether he would be able to meet the Olympic performance standard of 10.05 within the Olympic performance assessment period.
As a leading figure among domestic sprinters, Chen Zhi's injury immediately caused a magnitude 10 earthquake in the domestic track and field community - his qualification for the men's 100-meter sprint, which had been a sure thing, was now in jeopardy.
What was the status of the 100-meter event in China at that time? Of all the male 100-meter runners in the country, there were only six who could run under 10.20 seconds, including Su Zhe who finished the provincial games.
The qualification requirement for the World Championships is a sub-10.10 second run.
The qualification requirement for the Tokyo Olympics is a run of less than 10.05 seconds.
The qualification standards for these two competitions are the most stringent ever.
At that time, the only person in China who had actually run under 10.10 seconds was Chen Zhi.
As the strongest athlete in the country and even in Asia, Chen Zhi is collectively called the pride of the yellow race by the sports circles of Asian countries. In the Asian sprint events that are gradually dominated by naturalized athletes, only Chen Zhi is the strongest athlete who can suppress the naturalized athletes and regain the Asian records that were once held by the naturalized athletes.
At the 2017 Asian Championships, the then 26-year-old Chen Zhi overwhelmed all the naturalized athletes in the field and broke the Asian record with a score of 9.90 seconds, becoming the king standing at the pinnacle of Asian sprinting.
That battle brought Chen Zhi to the pinnacle of history. After that, he tried countless times to reach his peak, but failed every time.
In subsequent training and competitions, although Chen Zhi was still able to run under 10 seconds from time to time, he was still some distance away from breaking his personal best.
In order to break through his own bottlenecks and peaks, after discussions with the foreign coaches hired by the national team and the coaching staff, he resolutely chose to follow the foreign coaches' plan and adjust his existing technical habits that were already very mature but difficult to improve his performance.
The process of technical adjustment was difficult and tortuous. In order to devote himself to training and complete his technical transformation as soon as possible, he temporarily bid farewell to various competitions until the World Championships were about to begin and the Tokyo Olympic Games participation standards were officially announced.
The responsibilities and pressure from the Athletics Administration, the national team, and even the entire track and field community, as well as the eager expectations from fans, all these factors began to weigh on Chen Zhiyong when there were no new athletes in the country who could hold up the men's 100-meter sprint.
His sense of responsibility and mission as an athlete made him persistently request to increase the intensity of training.
In the end, this heavy pressure caused Chen Zhi, who had already accumulated many injuries from years of training, to fall down again.
It can be said that the day Xu Zhi announced Chen Zhi's injury was a gray day for the domestic track and field circle.
As the gold medal coach of the domestic men's sprint event, he soon received a question from the Athletics Administration Center after that day - besides Chen Zhi, who else has the hope of running under 10.10 seconds?
At that time, everyone in the Athletics Management Center was filled with a sense of urgency.
But how easy is all this?
Even if Chen Zhi had not been injured, the Athletics Administration Center has been paying attention to domestic sprinters for several years, but it is really too difficult.
Compared with all the domestic players, Chen Zhi's strength is far superior.
At that time, the only person who Su Yinsheng thought had the potential to reach Chen Zhi's level of strength was Zhao Zhixuan. However, although Zhao Zhixuan's performance was improving rapidly, it was still far from reaching the level that could replace Chen Zhi.
In fact, although the Track and Field Center had been screening a list of key domestic sprinters during that period, they were just doing their best and leaving the rest to fate. Everyone was in a gray state at the time, and they were even prepared for no one to meet the Tokyo Olympic Games standards.
At that time, Su Zhe had just returned to the sports circle.
In the controversial topic of #Get Su Zhe out of the sports circle#, he is still a guy that everyone wants to beat. No one believes that he, who has just returned to the sports circle, is qualified to compete in the provincial games.
Until he stunned everyone with his record-breaking victory.
The guy who just ran 10.18 seconds was worried about Chen Zhi, so he tried to share the pressure with this top domestic athlete.
Su Yinsheng still remembers that he had asked him at the time: "Do you know how many people spend their entire lives trying to make up for the gap between 10.18 and 10.05?"
How long has it been?
He even remembered how this unfortunate child looked when his mental state was unbalanced after being injured.
And now...
Su Yinsheng leaned against his seat in the stadium, looked at the joyous atmosphere of everyone around him, and let out a long sigh.
Domestic, Athletics Management Center meeting room.
On the first day of the World Championships, everyone at the Athletics Administration Center, from Sun Zhihai to ordinary staff, found it difficult to go home peacefully after get off work.
Everyone spontaneously stayed late into the night, gathered together in the conference room, and watched the key events of the day through the live broadcast of the World Championships on the sports channel.
At 11 o'clock in the evening, when Su Zhe crossed the finish line in first place in the third group of preliminaries, everyone in the conference room cheered excitedly!
Zheng Wensheng, who was at the scene, also sent back information in real time - Su Zhe advanced first in the preliminary group.
Just this good news is enough to make everyone excited and cheer.
No one expected that the real surprise was yet to come.
Sun Zhihai and Chen Guangzhi were still happily congratulating each other and praising Su Zhe for his excellent condition when the commentator on the scene began to announce the results of the athletes in the third group of preliminaries.
When Su Zhe's score of 10.05 seconds was announced by the commentator, the originally enthusiastic and excited conference room suddenly fell silent.
Everyone looked at the live broadcast screen in disbelief.
"Gudong."
Someone swallowed and looked at the result displayed on the screen - Su Zhe (China): 10.05 (+0.6).
...10.05 seconds?
Damn, is it really 10.05 seconds?
"Is this... the Olympic standard?"
Someone asked this question tentatively, and then Sun Zhihai and Chen Guangzhi stood up suddenly and stared at the live broadcast screen.
"Fuck you!!! This is fucking Olympic standard! Su Zhe has reached the Olympic standard!!!"
Suddenly, noises erupted in the conference room that were ten or a hundred times louder than before!
Everyone present was so excited that their faces turned red. Even Sun Zhihai and Chen Guangzhi were so excited that they could hardly control themselves and their voices were choked with sobs.
"Good, good...! Su Zhe did a great job!"
Sun Zhihai praised repeatedly, but he was so excited that he no longer wanted to think about more praises and just kept praising over and over again.
The joyful atmosphere and mood infected everyone at the scene. It was only after a long time that the staff responsible for media information remembered that this important good news should be announced as soon as possible!
Not only the Athletics Administration, but everyone in the sports circle who pays attention to track and field events has been blown away by this news at this moment.
As a reporter sent by a sports channel to the capital of Country D, Xu Zhi immediately sent on-site photos and hastily written press releases back to the country after getting first-hand information.
After reading the news draft, the domestic editor on duty at the sports channel made a prompt decision and sent it directly to the official WeChat staff to push the news directly.
Sports Channel official microblog: [#D国龑世界錦赛#On the first day of the World Athletics Championships, in the men's 100m sprint preliminaries, Su Zhe won first place in the third group of preliminaries with a score of 10.05 (+0.6), and won the precious Tokyo Olympic Men's 100m qualification for our country! #蘇哲世錦赛预試小组首首##蘇哲获東京奥运会男百米届足赛#]
Along with this Weibo news message, there was also a more detailed report from Xu Zhi on the scene. However, after this news message was sent, everyone who saw the news was no longer in the mood to care about anything else.
The Athletics Kingdom forum was already in an uproar by this time.
Those in the forum are all sports enthusiasts who care about track and field events, so they naturally cannot miss the first grand event of the World Championships.
Originally, before the men's 100m preliminaries started, there were still many enthusiasts posting and discussing on the forum.
[Discussion, can Su Zhe make it to the semifinals tonight? I think it's a bit suspenseful...]
1F: [It depends on his condition. He ran 10.12 seconds in the previous training test. This condition is still good. If he can maintain this condition during the competition, as long as he runs this result, he will have a good chance of entering the semi-finals.]
2F: [The second time he participates in a world-class competition is at the World Championships level... I just hope he doesn't panic. ]
5F: [Apart from anything else, Zhe Shao has been very stable since his debut, with very little fluctuation in his performance. If it weren't for the fact that he has played too few games and has insufficient reference data, I'd still be optimistic that he'll make it to the semifinals this time.]
10th floor: [Don’t be too optimistic. There are so many strong players in the World Championships. Even if it’s just the preliminaries, how can it be so easy to get through? Anyway, I am a little worried...]
The discussion posts from not long ago are still fresh in our minds, but when everyone came out of the live broadcast room of the sports channel, the previous discussion posts were pushed into the corner by various celebratory posts and left to gather dust.
【Cat cat cat cat cat! Long live Zhe Shao!!! Men’s 100m Olympic qualification obtained! 】
[I almost smashed my fucking exciting display screen, damn, Master Zhe is awesome! ! ! ! ]
[It was late at night, and I, a grown man, was at home with tears in my eyes. My wife asked me what happened… Another person took up the banner of the 100-meter event. I was so excited! Master Zhe is awesome!!!]
[My mother asked me why I was kneeling to watch the game. It was because there was a powerful guy in the game, and only by getting weak on my knees could I show my respect and sincerity...]
At this time, sports enthusiasts on Weibo were already caught up in the frenzy.
#Su Zhe has qualified for the men's 100m race at the Tokyo Olympics# This topic was quickly added to the hot search list by track and field fans, and the speed of its rise shows no sign of slowing down.
Various influencers forwarded the news from the sports channel, and the atmosphere of celebration was as joyous as if it were Chinese New Year.
As Su Zhe's biggest fan, Mr. Tao Sheng posted 10 Weibo posts after the competition, each of which showed his uncontrollable excitement.
【Su Zhe ranked first in the preliminary round and advanced to the semi-finals! Well done!!!】
【！ ！ ！ 10.05 seconds? ！ ！】
[Su Zhe ran 10.05 seconds in the World Championships preliminaries! ! Has he qualified for the Tokyo Olympics? ! ! ]
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…………
[I can’t believe it… I’m still so excited that I feel like I’m dreaming…]
[I pinched myself hard to make sure I wasn't dreaming... I've qualified for the men's 100m Olympic event! Su Zhe created a miracle! ! ]
After posting 10 microblogs in a row, Tao Sheng finally forced himself to calm down. However, after organizing his words for a long time, he found that apart from the idea of applauding Su Zhe, he could not think of any way to calmly analyze the performance of the game.
In the end, Tao Sheng still posted a tweet that sounded like a rainbow fart: [I can't sleep tonight! Since Chen Zhi was injured, the haze that shrouded the men's 100-meter sprint event has finally been blown away by a gust of wind. In just a few months, @蘇哲 has grown from an unnoticed athlete to a new banner in the men's 100-meter event! Thank you for being here, your appearance must be a miracle given to us by God! ]
No sports enthusiasts were disgusted by this flattering Weibo post. They all enthusiastically forwarded all the content related to Su Zhe in this preliminary match from various sports celebrities, and cheered and celebrated on Weibo.
Very good.
Everyone had the same feeling in their hearts.
Sports enthusiasts, who followed the World Championships because of the live broadcast on sports channels, also joined in the frenzy.
If there are still people at the World Championships who don't know the importance of this event in track and field, then Su Zhe's qualification for the Olympics is a national event that even passers-by can't help but admire.
Just when everyone was cheering and rejoicing, the Pear public account published a new masterpiece from Zhuo Siming.
【#Entertainment circle welcomes Su Zhe's return##Let Su Zhe get out of the sports circle#From being despised by all to being a hero by all, have you ever encountered any obstacles on Su Zhe's road to becoming the king?】
This public account content details how the sports circle rejected Su Zhe during the national language violence incident. Its progressive and in-depth analysis allows everyone who reads the main content of the public account to feel how unfriendly the environment of the sports circle was to Su Zhe at that time.
Afterwards, Zhuo Siming even highlighted the various difficulties that had occurred in the men's 100m event in track and field, and emphasized Chen Zhi's injury.
Afterwards, every game and every progress of Su Zhe was clearly listed by Zhuo Siming.
Competition, participation with injury, and qualification for two world championships;
During the training, he was temporarily assigned to the 4*100m relay team and became a core member of the sudden relay team.
Every piece and every detail makes one's blood boil, and one can't help but admire Su Zhe's talent and strength.
Finally, the timeline turns to tonight. Su Zhe, relying on his own efforts, advanced to the first place in the group preliminaries in a competition like the World Championships, and also won the qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.
Su Zhe's brief sports career alone is enough to be called legendary.
Many people who read Zhuo Siming's article were excited - what kind of a god is this? A true genius is breathtaking.
After seeing the topic brought up by the Pear public account, the onlookers burst into laughter.
[Hahahaha, what the hell? The entertainment industry welcomes Su Zhe's return? Isn't this topic too bold for you? But you are right, if Su Zhe wants to return to the entertainment industry, I will also welcome him with open arms and legs at any time! ]
Obviously, the contrasting impact of these two topics is actually the means of pulling down and criticizing that is commonly used in the entertainment industry. The only difference is that the targets of this pulling down and criticizing have changed to the two huge circles of sports and entertainment. The spiritual core of the essential operation is still the same.
After seeing this news, many spectators and celebrities in the entertainment industry burst into laughter. Adhering to the spirit of entertainment, they also forwarded the news to stir up the topic.
So, just after the topic #Su Zhe qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games men's 100m# rushed into the top ten of the hot search list, the two topics #Entertainment circle welcomes Su Zhe's return# and #Let Su Zhe get out of the sports circle# also followed closely and rushed into the top 30 of the hot search list.
This hot topic caused by Su Zhe's qualification for the Tokyo Olympics has completely set Weibo on fire.
After reading Zhuo Siming's manuscript and title, some professionals could not help but sigh at Zhuo Siming's unique and good angle - using the entertainment industry's perspective to write an article about a hot news topic in the sports industry. What's even better is that the person he wrote about is now a superstar in the sports industry, and he was indeed once a figure from the entertainment industry.
Whether it is the topic character, topic angle or exquisite writing style, Zhuo Siming's article is already perfect. Just two articles about Su Zhe have allowed Zhuo Siming to gain a firm foothold in the editorial department of the Pear Public Account and even won a large bonus.
The excitement of the entertainment industry’s gossip topics naturally spread quickly back to the sports industry through the @ comments of bystanders.
Although people in the sports circle understand that these topics have received so much attention and forwarding only for the sake of entertainment, can the attitudes of sports fans be ignored for this reason?
Of course not!
If Su Zhe comes back and sees the topic inviting him to return to the entertainment industry, and he is tempted...what should he do then?
After someone raised this dangerous hypothesis, sports fans began to spread the news and started to bring up other topics related to Su Zhe, striving to suppress the two topics of "the entertainment industry welcomes Su Zhe's return" and "Su Zhe should be kicked out of the entertainment industry" to the absolute bottom.
The uproar on the domestic Internet had nothing to do with Su Zhe who was on the scene in Country D for the time being.
After confirming that his result had reached 10.05 seconds, Su Zhe finally waved his fists happily to celebrate his success.
He has dreamed of running into the Olympic qualifying standard countless times in the past few months.
Even with the help of the system, he still experienced many setbacks on the road to this dream. Whether in the real training ground or in the training ground of the system space, he used every minute of his time to the extreme.
In addition to his intensive training, his lack of competition experience almost got him into trouble.
Fortunately, he succeeded!
Looking over to the stands, everyone in the Chinese players' area was waving to him excitedly. Looking up, the Chinese spectators at the scene were waving their small national flags crazily. Even from a long distance, one could feel their intense and passionate pride.
Feeling all this, Su Zhe couldn't help but smile happily.
It’s great to be able to run on the field.
It’s great to be able to represent your country on the track and to be able to race for all your compatriots behind you!
It’s great to be able to look up and see a group of red people supporting me in such a foreign competition!
After saying goodbye to all the players on the field in a friendly manner, Su Zhe left the field and came to the Chinese players' seat.
After seeing him, Su Yinsheng waved at him and then handed the phone that was on a video call to him.
On the other side of the video, Chen Zhi was looking at him with a smile in an environment that was obviously a hospital rehabilitation center. His eyes were slightly red on his gentle smiling face, and there seemed to be traces of tears wiped from the corners of his eyes.
When Su Zhe saw Chen Zhi in the video, his eyes lit up at first, but after seeing that Chen Zhi had not yet recovered from the surgery, he became a little worried: "Brother Xiaozhi..."
"Why do you have that expression? Don't worry, my surgery was successful." Chen Zhi first greeted Su Zhe with a smile, and then quickly said seriously: "Xiaozhe, I just watched your game, you were great."
Without waiting for Su Zhe to reply, Chen Zhi suddenly asked, "Are you happy chasing speed on the field?"
Hearing this question, Su Zhe was stunned at first, and then he immediately understood what Chen Zhi meant.
Chen Zhi understood the 14-year brotherhood without him even having to explain it. He had once pursued the Olympic qualification with the intention of sharing the pressure.
He remembered what Chen Zhi once said to him: "I like running, I like chasing speed. Even if I have a heavy responsibility on the track, the first thing I want to catch is the pursuit of speed in my heart."
He understood that Chen Zhi was worried that if he placed too much emphasis on sharing the pressure, he would forget what he was really pursuing on the field. Once this happened, he would lose his competitive spirit over time.
Looking at Chen Zhi on the other end of the video call, Su Zhe said with a smile: "Brother Xiaozhi, don't worry, I really like the feeling of running on the court... I still remember what you said, the blood never stops, the running never stops."
In the video, Chen Zhi smiled with satisfaction when he heard Su Zhe's words: "The blood never stops, and the running never stops. Xiaozhe, I'm already looking forward to the day when we meet on the court."
Seeing Chen Zhi's confident and stunning smile in the video call, Su Zhe also smiled: "Well, I am also looking forward to the day when we meet on the court!"
I believe that the day when they compete on the field will never be too far away!