On the field, the athletes in the second group of preliminaries have also completed their preparations. Among this group of athletes, the strongest one is Alcides from Spain. He has been in great form this season and has run a personal best of 13.05 seconds. His results in many major competitions are also close to this number. He is one of the favorites to win the 110-meter hurdles in this year's World Championships.
At the start of the second group of preliminaries, Alcides seemed to be seeking stability. He did not pursue an extreme reaction speed to the gunshot at the start, but started very steadily.
Although he did not have an advantage at the start, his steady pace allowed him to take the lead after crossing the fifth hurdle, and he maintained this lead steadily until the end.
Finally, in the second group of preliminaries, Alcides undoubtedly advanced to the next round with a time of 13.23 seconds. The fourth place went to Kazunari Ogura from Japan with a final time of 13.44 seconds.
When the third group of players came on stage, Ye Jun also stepped onto the field. Standing on the track, he took a deep breath and suppressed the nervous emotions in his heart.
Judging from the first two groups, as long as he can run a score of less than 13.45 seconds, there is a high probability that he will be able to enter the semi-finals. So as long as he performs steadily, entering the semi-finals should not be a problem.
The one who really needs to worry is Zhou Tianjue... His team has gathered many good players, and it is not easy to fight for the top four spots...
This situation made Ye Jun a little worried, but he immediately cleared the unnecessary thoughts from his mind and focused on the game he was about to face.
There are many strong competitors competing with Ye Jun. Percival from Jamaica has run a good time of 13.22 seconds this season. Louis from the American team has a season best of 13.17 seconds, ranking sixth in the world. Adolphe of France's result of 13.28 seconds is also not to be underestimated.
Even the players who ranked behind him in this year's season performance should not be underestimated.
Thinking of this, Ye Jun shook his head, completely getting rid of his messy thoughts, standing on the track, and completely focusing his mind on the competition.
In the stands of the Chinese players' area, Zheng Wensheng and Lu Fei both straightened their bodies involuntarily and looked at the track attentively.
Before this year, before Su Zhe appeared and Zhou Tianjue officially entered the adult group, Ye Jun had been carrying China's hopes for the 110-meter hurdles for a long time.
In terms of talent in the 110-meter hurdles, Ye Jun is not as good as Song Chen, Zhou Tianjue, or Su Zhe. Compared with the former prodigy Song Chen, and rising stars like Zhou Tianjue and Su Zhe, it can be said that Ye Jun has a certain gap in talent in the 110-meter hurdles compared to them.
However, he never cared about the hard work in training and the difficulties when he encountered bottlenecks. His strong will and diligence allowed him to achieve breakthroughs in his performance again and again.
This is an excellent representative who makes up for his lack of talent with his diligence and self-discipline.
Emotionally speaking, Zheng Wensheng is more inclined towards Ye Jun. In the past few years, when he was competing abroad, Ye Jun was the member he relied on most in the 110-meter hurdles. He has also experienced the ups and downs of various competitions with Ye Jun.
On the field, Ye Jun and other athletes were already squatting on the starting blocks, ready to start, and the referee's voice was also heard on the radio.
"Everyone, take your positions!"
“Ready!”
Everyone was fully focused, just waiting for the sound of the starting gun - "Bang!"
At the starting point, all athletes responded to the gunshot, quickly stepped on the starting blocks and sprinted forward with explosive force!
Ye Jun had a very stable start, with a reaction time of 0.152 seconds, which placed him in the middle of all the runners. On his left, a Swiss runner made a serious mistake in the reaction phase, with a reaction time of 0.193 seconds, which instantly put him behind everyone else.
When Ye Jun started to enter the hurdle stage, he saw that the Swiss athlete on his left became more and more flustered, knocking over three hurdles in succession, and his rhythm was completely messed up. In the end, he even gave up chasing and gradually stopped along the way.
The constant noise of the railings being knocked over from the left side still had a certain impact on Ye Jun, but relying on his rich competition experience over the years, he calmly controlled his nervousness, and even forced himself to speed up his pace, adjust his habitual rhythm between the rails, and quickly cross the area that would affect him.
This ability to calmly adjust one's own rhythm is something Ye Jun has accumulated over the years of participating in competitions. Although temporarily fine-tuning one's habitual rhythm during a competition may have a certain impact on one's own performance, if the players around him frequently encounter accidents and he is unable to quickly get out of the stage where the opponents have accidents, it is very likely to have an impact on himself as well, thereby completely ruining a game.
"Good!" In the Chinese player's seat, Lu Fei saw Ye Jun's handling and couldn't help but exclaimed. Ye Jun's on-the-spot handling experience and ability in the game are much better than Su Zhe and Zhou Tianjue, who are still young.
On the court, after improving his rhythm, Ye Jun increased his maximum hurdle speed to the limit between the second and fifth hurdles. His speed between hurdles then showed a slight decline, but he was prepared for this and worked hard to stabilize his rhythm and speed and continued to conquer the last few hurdles.
In front of him, Percival, Louis and Adolphe of France have already firmly occupied the top three positions, while on Ye Jun's right, Cypriot player Andros is competing with him for the fourth place in this qualifying.
Seeing Ye Jun's steady posture, Andros was obviously a little impatient. He intended to increase his speed in attacking the fence, but he accidentally hit the fence when attacking the eighth fence. This time, the hit disrupted his own rhythm, and his speed, which was originally comparable to Ye Jun, obviously slowed down.
Ye Jun obviously would not leave him any chance to turn around. After steadily crossing the tenth hurdle, Ye Jun caught up with the first group in front, and behind Percival, he successfully crossed the finish line in fourth place!
"Well done!" Zheng Wensheng waved his fist happily: "The second semi-final spot has been secured!"
Beside him, Lu Fei also nodded with satisfaction, but from the tense look on his face, it could be seen that he was not able to completely relax at this moment.
A few minutes later, the results of the third group of preliminaries where Ye Jun was were officially announced. Ye Jun successfully squeezed into the semi-finals with a score of 13.40 seconds. Standing at the end of the track, Ye Jun breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, he looked towards the athletes' preparation area with some concern.
In the preparation area, Zhou Tianjue was stretching his body, trying to relieve his nervousness, but when a person is nervous, it is difficult to control the emotion.
The more I want to calm down, the more tense I become.
Zhou Tianjue took a few deep breaths and tried to relax his body, but tension and anxiety still surrounded him.
This was not his first world-class competition, and he should not have been troubled by such nervous and anxious emotions, but nothing is absolute in the world, and he is now in this predicament.
He knew clearly that he had the ability to run 13.38 seconds, but this required a gamble of a probability of a few percent. The feeling that his own results were completely out of his control was too uncomfortable, making it difficult for him to regain his former confident self on the field.
Soon, the fourth group of preliminaries came on stage, and the only ones left in the preparation area were his opponents in the same group.
Among the five groups in the preliminaries, the group he was in could be called the preliminaries death group.
The American player Lister, who ranked first this season, the Brazilian player Gomez, who ranked eighth this season, the American player Train, who ranked fifth this season, and the British player Andre, who ranked thirteenth this season.
Just these four strong runners who have the ability to run under 13.30 seconds have almost secured the four semi-final spots.
In addition, among the remaining players, Jamaican player Frank has also run a score of 13.33 in this season... This makes the pressure Zhou Tianjue face even greater.
In the commentary booth, Chris and Beerus were admiring the performance of the fourth group of the preliminaries. The competition in the fourth group did not seem to be fierce, but many players achieved extraordinary results.
Even the strongest player in the fourth group, Brazilian player Elano, unexpectedly failed to advance as the first place.
In this group, the first place winner was French athlete Hubert, and the second place winner was Brazilian athlete Elano. In addition, the most crucial thing was that the fifth and sixth place winners in the fourth group of preliminaries also ran good times, 13.40 and 13.42 respectively.
Judging from the results of the first four groups, except for the top four athletes in each group who will directly advance to the semi-finals, the top four athletes among the remaining athletes are 13.40, 13.42, 13.43 and 13.45 respectively.
In other words, if Zhou Tianjue cannot finish in the top four in the preliminaries, he must finish better than these four runners.
This level of results is actually not a problem at all in Zhou Tianjue's daily training. As long as he can exert the strength in daily training, he does not have to worry about whether he can advance to the semi-finals. However, his nervous and anxious state at this moment will definitely affect his final result, making his competition results an unknown.
Sitting in the Chinese player's seat, Lu Fei rubbed his forehead. The fifth group of preliminaries that was about to begin made his heart hang at the highest point.
Zheng Wensheng also noticed his nervousness, but things on the field had to be left to the athletes themselves to solve. He could only pat Lu Fei on the shoulder and tell him to relax and not to be too anxious.
As the fourth group of players withdrew, the fifth group of preliminaries also arrived on the field.
Zhou Tianjue is in the third lane in this group. On his left is American player List, who is ranked first in the world this season, and on his right is Brazilian player Gomez.
After actually standing on the court, Zhou Tianjue's original anxiety and trance unexpectedly calmed down.
Perhaps it was because there were top runners on both sides who could run under 13.20 seconds, and the pressure from the strong opponents made it impossible for him to maintain his tense mood.
This sudden feeling of relaxation made Zhou Tianjue feel a little at a loss. He neither regained his former confident and perfect state, nor did he lose the sense of oppression brought by his nervous mood. At this moment, he looked ahead at the track and suddenly felt that the track ahead was so long.
This feeling made him feel a little cold all over, so he could only pat his limbs hard to try to relax himself.
While all the athletes on the track were seriously preparing for the race, Zhou Tianjue felt a little lost.
Then, his reason made him suppress this confusion deep in his heart.
His eyes inadvertently swept towards the Chinese players' area. He saw Lu Fei standing up, looking seriously in his direction, and making gestures to him with his hands.
【Focus! 】
This was a gesture he had been accustomed to during training with Lu Fei since he was a child.
When he first started training, he was still young and couldn't concentrate on training very well. Whenever this happened, Lu Fei would make gestures to him and tell him to concentrate.
Whether it is during training or in competition.
When he participated in his first major competition, he was so nervous that he didn't know what to do. At that time, Lu Fei, who was watching the game on the sidelines, also made the same gesture to him.
Focus.
Seeing this gesture, the tension and confusion in his heart suddenly retreated from his mind, and the state he had in the game seemed to return to Zhou Tianjue.
He slapped his head hard, and suddenly he didn't know what he was thinking about.
Seeing that the athletes around him had already adjusted the starting blocks, and the assistant referee behind him blew the whistle to remind him to complete the preparations as soon as possible, he immediately squatted down and quickly completed the adjustment of the starting blocks.
The race track that seemed so long just a few seconds ago now regained the familiar feeling in his heart.
Damn it, it’s just a preliminary round!
A little sheep like Su Zhe can run so easily, how can Zhou Tianjue lose to him? !
This feeling of not wanting to lose suddenly took over Zhou Tianjue's body and mind. He stared at the scene in front of him, determined to run a result that was not inferior to that of the little sheep Su Zhe on this track!
At this moment, the referee's voice rang out at the right time.
"Everyone, take your positions!"
Everyone stepped onto the starting blocks and prepared to start.
“Ready!”
"Bang!"
As the starting gun sounded, all the athletes on the eight tracks shot out in their strongest postures!
In this group, the slowest reaction time was no more than 0.167 seconds. The fastest was Brazil's Gomez, whose reaction time of 0.122 seconds gave him a certain advantage. However, Lister and Train, who followed closely behind, only had reaction times of 0.128 and 0.133 seconds, which did not make him stand out.
Zhou Tianjue's reaction speed is not slow either. His reaction speed of 0.136 is only slightly slower than that of Trean. At the same time, his starting explosiveness is extremely strong. When he quickly connects and accelerates in the first 10 meters, his movements are extremely smooth, which makes him not much behind Gomez and others in the running stage in front of the hurdles.
This was an extremely advantageous start, allowing Zhou Tianjue to keep up with the pace of Lister, Gomez and others in the initial stage.
Lister on his left is 196cm tall, which is close to his height, and even their body proportions are very similar. Lister's stride and step frequency are actually of certain reference significance to Zhou Tianjue.
When crossing the first railing, Zhou Tianjue subconsciously reached almost the same pace as Lister in front of him. This state was very dangerous but subtle. When crossing the second railing, Zhou Tianjue immediately realized that he was following Lister's rhythm. He decisively cut off this rhythm-controlled state and put all his attention on the front.
He began to gradually increase his speed, and as he continued to cross the railings, his speed gradually increased. In front of him on the left, Lister already had a complete lead, and Gomez on the right was also constantly moving forward to attack the railing.
Surrounded by these two, if you are not firm enough in your heart, you will most likely be disturbed by their rhythm, which will cause your own attack rhythm to change and eventually lead to a loss of control over yourself.
But Zhou Tianjue's heart was not shaken at all at this moment. After getting rid of the tension and anxiety that initially surrounded him, he returned to his simple and immature thoughts.
He firmly believed that he would not lose to Su Zhe in such a competition, and he also firmly believed that his talent and strength were not inferior to anyone present - he was the real successor to the king chosen by Lu Fei, and even compared with his senior brother Song Chen, he was confident that his talent was not inferior.
Perhaps this kind of second-year self-confidence can really give people special power.
At this time in the competition, Zhou Tianjue was actually closely behind Lister and Gomez. Theoretically, American player Train and British player Andre, whose personal PB were much stronger than Zhou Tianjue, were still a little distance away from him!
In the commentary booth, Chris and Beerus were also exclaiming: "Oh! Another outstanding Chinese player! He is following behind Lister and Gomez, and his movements and rhythm when jumping over the hurdles are very smooth!!"
In the Chinese player's booth, Lu Fei stood up straight, watching Zhou Tianjue jumping over the railings one after another with a smooth rhythm. His hands were clenched tightly and he didn't dare to relax for a moment.
On the court, Zhou Tianjue felt that his condition was just right!
Even though there were two guys in front of him who were pressing hard on him, it couldn't stop his confidence. His pace in jumping over the railings became smoother and smoother. He maintained his own pace steadily and never let his speed drop noticeably.
When he crossed the tenth hurdle, a strange sense of realization began to spread in his heart, but at this time he was still on the field, and this sense of realization only flashed by and was temporarily put behind his mind.
The final sprint stage!
Lister and Gomez had already started sprinting a little earlier than him. On another track, Andre and Train were about to reach this final battlefield!
Go!
This thought was engraved in Zhou Tianjue's mind. He spread his long legs and rushed forward at his maximum speed, leaning his body forward and making a perfect sprinting posture.
At the end of the track, Lister still successfully crossed the finish line in first place, followed closely by Gomez, who also crossed the finish line and firmly occupied the second place.
Afterwards, Zhou Tianjue also successfully crossed the finish line in third place!
"Well done!"
Zheng Wensheng waved excitedly in the contestant's booth. Three Chinese athletes entered the semi-finals of the World Championships at the same time! This is another record-breaking achievement! Zhou Tianjue's performance also reached the Olympic 110-meter hurdles qualification standard!
Two athletes have qualified for the 110-meter hurdles at the Olympics. This is great news for the Chinese track and field team!
Until this moment, Lu Fei could finally breathe a sigh of relief. What he saw was not only Zhou Tianjue's third place result in this competition, but also that his beloved disciple had finally crossed a psychological threshold.
Behind Zhou Tianjue, British player Andre and American player Train crossed the finish line one after another, but Train was still slightly stronger and successfully squeezed into the top four of the group and directly obtained a place to advance.
No one could have imagined this result before the game.
Su Zhe and Ye Jun, who had already left the stage, smiled easily after seeing Zhou Tianjue's cool and handsome face on the live broadcast screen.
13.26 (0.7), this was Zhou Tianjue's final result in the preliminaries.
After leaving the stage, Zhou Tianjue found Su Zhe and Ye Jun waiting for him to leave the stage in the players' area. He first ruffled Su Zhe's hair with a smug look on his face, and then said to Su Zhe with a proud look on his face: "How about it, little sheep, I won!"
Su Zhe slapped his claws away speechlessly, straightened his hair again, and rolled his eyes at him: "Okay, who is so nervous before the game that he can't even speak?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Tianjue immediately glanced in other directions, and a faint red appeared at the base of his ears. Obviously, after getting rid of his nervous state, he also felt a little ashamed of his previous mentality.
Facing the teasing looks from Su Zhe and Ye Jun, Zhou Tianjue still tried to save face and said, "Who hasn't gotten nervous before?"
Su Zhe and Ye Jun both looked amused at his statement.
"That's good, great run!" Ye Jun patted Zhou Tianjue on the shoulder, then stretched out a hand and looked at the two of them: "The preliminaries are over, and we must keep doing our best in the semifinals! I hope we can break through ourselves and run the best results in the semifinals!"
Su Zhe also placed his hand on the back of Ye Jun's hand, and finally Zhou Tianjue's big hand covered the two of them.
"Let's achieve the best results together!" Su Zhe said firmly.
"Humph." Zhou Tianjue nodded and said, "I will definitely run better in the semi-finals! Little Sheep, you and Brother Jun have to catch up with me!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Ye Jun and Su Zhe burst into laughter, and then the two of them grabbed Zhou Tianjue's dog head together, rubbed his hair, and said yes with a smile.
On the domestic Internet, sports fans who were following the game were also excited.
This year's World Track and Field Championships has brought so many surprises. In the past two and a half days, two athletes have advanced to the finals in the women's shot put event, with Liu Meng advancing with the best result in the qualifying round. At the same time, women's javelin athlete Zhang Wen also achieved a result that surpassed the Olympic champion in the same group in today's qualifying round, which has brought the Chinese track and field team two powerful gold medal opportunities in the World Championships.
Su Zhe's 100m result was the most eye-catching match point in the past two days. While qualifying for the Olympics, he also broke the best record of Asian athletes in the 100m event at the World Championships.
Not only that, in today's competition, Su Zhe was the first to advance to the 110-meter hurdles semi-finals with the first place in the group, followed by Ye Jun and Zhou Tianjue who also qualified for the semi-finals.
The three 110-meter hurdlers entered the semifinals at the same time. This feeling reminded many sports fans of the glorious moment when the Chinese team dominated the 110-meter hurdles.
After seeing Zhou Tianjue's results, many straight men also had tears in their eyes.
Three people advanced to the semifinals, and two qualified for the Olympics.
This grand occasion has given many sports fans a glimpse of hope for the resurgence of China's 110-meter hurdles.
[Zhe Shao is awesome! Jue Ge’er is awesome! Jun Ye is awesome!!! The Chinese track and field team is awesome!!!]
On Weibo, people are no longer in the mood to spend more words to describe their feelings, so this short sentence consisting of "XXX is awesome" has become the sentence that everyone is competing to forward.
This sentence is also the common voice in everyone's heart at this moment!
The author has something to say: _(:з」∠)_ The tragic speed of life and death... In order to rush home and update today, I took a two-hour leave... In order to not have to take a leave tomorrow... Cai Cai will continue to save up some manuscripts soon, wuwuwu...
As expected, healthy routine, work, and coding are all enemies...
A kiss to all the little angels!
Well, seeing everyone discussing the issue of the "Chasing Light" crew riding on the popularity, in fact, if you calculate the time, you will know that it has only been about two months since the crew finished filming, and it is in the process of post-production and gradual promotion...orz, it's just because Su Zhe has been competing here, so it feels like the crew seems to be slacking off... But this is also a problem of me, a rookie, not being able to arrange the rhythm of the content in this regard, including the fact that the boss's plot was buried too late, which is also a problem of my lack of experience orz
In the future, Cai Cai will pay attention to making everything go smoothly as much as possible without affecting the pleasure of the career line, oh!
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Today's mini-theater
Cai Cai: (wiping tears) My dear, look, I didn’t let you out yesterday, and many little angels were speaking for you!
Mr. Shao: =_=...I saw it. Some people also told everyone not to remind you, lest you remember to add emotional scenes to my story.
Cai Cai: (awkward laughter) Oh, is that so... Hahaha, don't worry, there will definitely be romance scenes... How could mom forget?
Shao Da Lao: =_= Oh... Then I will look forward to it eagerly... (Turns around coldly, closes the door, bang...)
Cai Cai: ...Alas, today's kid is not very cute =. =
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