Although it was just an invitational competition of a relatively low standard, with many strong Asian athletes gathered, three athletes from the Chinese track and field team won first place in the three semi-finals at the same time. This result can be called amazing.
While Ishida Kappei was praising, the other athletes present also looked in the direction of the three hurdle athletes of the Chinese track and field team in surprise.
"China's hurdle-crossing devil..." Endo Tatsuro looked at Zhou Tianjue with a hint of sigh, and at the same time turned to look at Su Zhe and Ye Jun outside the field with jealousy.
Ten years ago, when China's hurdles champion Song Chen had not yet retired, all hurdlers in Asia were buried under the shadow of China. In that era, Song Chen's strength from the 60-meter hurdles to the 110-meter hurdles was undoubtedly the best in Asia, and even in the world arena, he was a fearsome king.
"Is this a new dynasty...born?" Endo Tatsuro looked at Zhou Tianjue and others and sighed.
In this semi-final, Zhou Tianjue still ranked first with a score of 7.63 seconds, while Su Zhe and Ye Jun ranked second and third respectively.
Outside the stadium, Ye Jun looked at the stadium with a bit of amusement: "This kid, I was a little worried that he would be overexcited... Never mind, he was indeed overexcited, but he still controlled himself well."
Su Zhe also nodded with a smile. Although Zhou Tianjue had a silly and even childish personality, his passion and talent for hurdles, as well as his self-control on the court, had already reached a very good level.
"Every time I watch you and Jue'er compete, I wonder what heights you will reach after you grow up completely." Ye Jun suddenly sighed: "I wonder how much I can catch up with you on the court?"
Hearing Ye Jun's sigh, Su Zhe turned around and was about to say something, but Ye Jun shook his head at him: "I just suddenly felt a little emotional. After seeing you and Jue Ge'er, I have a new vision for my future. It is my luck to meet opponents like you in this arena."
In the domestic track and field kingdom forum, the big brother who had worked hard to climb the official website of Fuji TV's live broadcast after the competition, returned to the domestic forum and was in a bad mood.
[Brothers!!! 3 teams in the semi-finals, 3 first places!!!]
After posting passionately, the original poster edited the post and added all the details of the semi-finals in Japan that night, and concluded: [That commentator has gone crazy, saying that Jun Ye, Jue Ge'er and Zhe Shao are the new big devils! Look at this screenshot, the players at the scene are looking at Jue Ge'er and others as if they were gods!!]
1L: [First floor reserved seats, huh, does that mean Junye and his friends were divided into three semi-final groups, and then took first place in each group? ? That’s awesome! ]
5L: [Eh? Brother, find a way to download the live video! How can you enjoy it just by talking like that! Oh, looking at the results in the main building, they can run such data during the winter training period. Are the three of them in good shape? It seems that after the previous two days of competition, Zhe Shao's condition has also returned. ]
11L: [Hahahaha, three new big devils, I laughed. It's been a long time since I last saw such a title. I'm a little excited now. Ten years. Our cross-column project has been cold for 10 years. This year, in addition to Jue Ge'er and Zhe Shao, Jun Ye also looks like he will become a great talent. It feels like it won't be long before we can see three stars shining!]
13L: [Without further ado, I have already bought the tickets for the N City World Indoor Track and Field Championships in March. I am just waiting for the three big guys to become superstars! ]
Because of this race where they took first place in three semi-finals, the official Weibo account of the national track and field team also posted a congratulatory post: [On December 12, the third day of the Japan Indoor Track and Field Invitational, our athletes @周天爵, @蘇哲, @葉俊, took first place in three semi-finals in the men’s 60m hurdles! Wish them all the best results in the final on December 13! ]
Many sports celebrities also forwarded this Weibo post to express their blessings. In this winter training season with few competitions, this news is rare.
Suddenly, many people began to turn their attention to the last day of the invitational competition on December 13, ready to see who would win the championship trophy in the final of the 60-meter hurdles.
One night passed in the blink of an eye.
On December 13, the Japan Indoor Track and Field Invitational came to the last day of competition, and the final of the 60-meter hurdles was scheduled for 21:10 in the evening.
On the last day of this invitational tournament, the Japanese organizers and TV stations arranged a special time for each player to appear on stage. At night, before the players appeared on stage, all the lights in the venue were dimmed and the spotlights were focused on the players, allowing each player to be the center of attention.
In tonight's schedule, the 60-meter hurdles final is the last event of all the competitions. As such an important final, the director even signaled all the athletes to wave to the audience when they came on stage and stay longer under the spotlights at the entrance.
As the only Japanese player among the 8 finalists, Endo Tatsuro was scheduled to appear first, and the remaining 7 players were waiting behind the door.
Zhou Tianjue was a little confused, not understanding why the Japanese would make such a big fuss: "Isn't it just a competition?"
Ye Jun shook his head with amusement and said, "This is the case in all major international competitions. Have you forgotten the finals of the World Championships? The players were eager to do something fancy when they came on stage."
Hearing Ye Jun's words, Su Zhe also remembered the grand scene of the World Championships finals when the players appeared on stage. He smiled and said, "Think about it, how long can our competition take? The whole process takes less than 10 seconds in total. When the TV station broadcasts it, there must be other scenes, right? It is completely understandable that this arrangement is needed."
While Su Zhe and the other two were chatting, the other finalists had already appeared one after another. The three players of the Chinese team were the last three to appear on the stage under the arrangement of the organizers.
In the commentary booth, Ippei Ishida had already regrouped and was ready to commentate on the final 60-meter hurdles. When Ye Jun, the first of the three, took the stage, Ippei Ishida's voice of commentary also began to sound.
"Oh! Here he comes! This is one of the three great demons from China! Athlete Ye Jun! In this season, athlete Ye Jun has continuously refreshed his personal best results. Currently, his best result in the 110-meter hurdles is 13.32 seconds. In the Tokyo Olympics next year, he will also appear on the Chinese track and field team's hurdles event list! At the same time, he is also the most senior of the three Chinese hurdles athletes! What kind of results will he bring tonight?"
Under the spotlight at the stage, Ye Jun smiled and waved to the audience, and as he waved, the audience gave him enthusiastic applause.
In just one day, the names of the three hurdles kings from the Chinese Empire have been deeply rooted in the hearts of Japanese track and field enthusiasts. For today's final, many people bought tickets at high prices and came to the scene to witness the 60-meter hurdles final with their own eyes.
After Ye Jun walked into the venue, Zhou Tianjue also stepped out with his long legs and his unique middle school temperament and stood under the spotlight after the door of the agency opened.
Perhaps the spotlight was too bright, Zhou Tianjue frowned slightly, then stood there with his hands on his hips, easing the audience's concerns.
This kind of middle school and domineering demeanor made all the audience burst into exclamations, and then they welcomed his appearance with even more enthusiastic applause and cheers.
"This one! He is the youngest of the three great devils of the Chinese Empire! He just entered his 20s this year! But don't underestimate him... His head coach is the coach of the legendary champion Song Chen!"
After Ishida Ippei finished speaking, there was a burst of gasps from the audience.
"Athlete Zhou is known in China as the absolute successor to Athlete Song Chen! His consecutive first place rankings in yesterday's preliminaries and semi-finals also prove his strength... He is definitely the most amazing of the three great demons! He is looking down upon the entire arena. Oh, this great demon is looking at our tiny arena as if he is inspecting his territory... This stern gaze is really frightening!"
Following Ippei Ishida's commentary, the audience at the scene gradually fell silent as Zhou Tianjue looked around. Finally, Zhou Tianjue frowned in confusion, then strode out of the spotlight area and walked towards Ye Jun's position in the field.
After Zhou Tianjue also entered the competition area, Su Zhe finally became the last player to appear tonight. After the door of the entrance machine opened, he stepped into the spotlight area.
It was his instinct as an idol artist, and it was also his physical instinct caused by the devilish teaching of the recent camera performance course that was engraved in his bones. The moment Su Zhe stood under the spotlight, he released the most friendly and appropriate business smile, and his eyes also met with the camera that was staring at his face with a smile.
All of a sudden, the big screen at the scene was filled with Su Zhe's smile, which looked particularly dreamy and charming under the spotlight. The audience seats, which had been a little cold because of Zhou Tianjue's look around, suddenly erupted in thunderous cheers, especially in the area where Su Zhe's fan club was located. The crazy cheers gradually attracted all the other audience members at the scene, and more and more people shouted Su Zhe's name at the same time.
"Su! Su!"
The passionate voices made the whole scene hotter and hotter.
"Here he comes!" Ishida Ippei's face was filled with uncontrollable passion: "It's him, the athlete Su from China! He is not only a talented athlete in the men's 100m event, but he has also made extraordinary achievements in the 110m hurdles! His beauty and friendly smile are like his deceptive disguise. On the track, he wears this deceptive disguise and takes steps that can shatter people's confidence to reap his victory!"
"Well, his beauty and strength make me love and fear him. He is the most frightening of the three demon kings from China... He is like the most beautiful beam of light in the abyss of hell. When he smiles at you, he can lead you into the abyss..."
"Under the attack of these three great demons, can our Endo-kun break through tonight and take one of the three winning seats? This is a battle that Endo-kun is betting on. Let us look forward to Endo-kun's performance together!"
After a lengthy introduction, all eight contestants of the final finally arrived. At the starting point, Su Zhe, Zhou Tianjue, and Ye Jun were in lanes 3, 5, and 6 respectively, while Endo Tatsuro from Japan was in lane 4.
In addition to these four people, the remaining four tracks are occupied by four athletes from Kuwait, Kazakhstan and other countries.
Before the start, everyone was warming up in their own way. Before going on stage, the slightly lengthy introduction session cooled down the eight players a little. Now, taking advantage of the last time before the game, everyone seized the last time to improve their condition.
Su Zhe patted his legs and arms, and tried to relax his body a little.
After a few minutes of preparation, the judges beside the track made gestures to prepare for the start of the competition, and the lights on the scene also became brighter from the previous dim light.
Soon, everything was ready. The eight athletes had already squatted on their starting blocks, with their hands on the ground. Everyone calmed down and prepared to fight it out on this short 60-meter track.
All the audience members in the audience seats held their breath, not letting their voices affect the players' guessing.
"The competition... is about to begin!"
After Ippei Ishida's final pre-match commentary, the referee also gave instructions.
"Everyone, take your positions."
"Ready... Bang!"
When the gunshot sounded, all the athletes stepped off the starting blocks at the same time, but before everyone started to exert force, a sound from the alarm sounded...
This is, someone broke the rules and ran away!
During the starting phase of the anti-gun reaction, the human body's maximum anti-gun reaction speed is 0.1 seconds. On the detector connected to the starting block, if an athlete's starting reaction time is found to be lower than this maximum time, he or she will be judged as jumping the gun.
After a brief burst, all the players sprinted forward a few steps following their body inertia, and then gradually retracted their steps. Zhou Tianjue rushed too hard and stopped in front of the first railing, accidentally knocking down the railing in front of him.
"What's going on..."
Zhou Tianjue turned around and looked at Su Zhe and Ye Jun. Su Zhe pointed to the prompt on the display, Lane 2, Kuwaiti athlete Seron was in the lead.
At this time, the Kuwaiti athlete patted his head with a look of regret, but did not say much. After regretting, he calmly left the stadium according to the staff's instructions.
In today's official competitions, starting from the national level, the rules basically adopt the zero-rush rule, that is, a rush will be penalized. Unlike competitions many years ago, athletes not only had to compete in reaction time after starting, but also had to be careful not to be distracted by athletes from other countries using rush tactics.
Due to the existence of the zero-rush rule, rushing rarely occurs in official competitions, but once it actually happens, it will still have a corresponding psychological impact on the athletes in the same field.
In the commentary booth, Ippei Ishida was also explaining the relevant matters of the rush: "Gentlemen! The rush has appeared! This is a major event that will affect the starting speed of the athletes! The threat of the three Chinese devils has created tremendous pressure in the hearts of the athletes in the finals, forcing some of them to choose the long-forgotten tactic of rushing! Now, the athlete who rushed has been sent off, and for the 7 athletes on the field, the real test is about to begin... At this moment when someone has been sent off for rushing, will the athletes still dare to start at their fastest speed?"
What Ishida Kappei said was also what Ye Jun was worried about. He glanced at Su Zhe and Zhou Tianjue, wanting to see if there was any nervous look on their faces, but to his surprise, neither Zhou Tianjue nor Su Zhe showed any particular nervousness about this.
Zhou Tianjue might be born to be a thick-skinned person in this kind of thing, but when Su Zhe first participated in a formal competition, he encountered Deng Wei, who took advantage of the two-shot competition rules of the provincial games and deliberately used a sprint tactic.
He was not affected by this at the time, let alone now that he has gradually gained more competition experience.
When the remaining seven finalists crouched at the starting point again, the scene became quiet again, and everyone was feeling nervous - with the first player breaking the rules by rushing, would the remaining players be able to start normally?
The answer was soon revealed to everyone.
"Bang!"
After another gunshot, Su Zhe still exerted force without hesitation, stepped on the starting blocks, and rushed out!
His reaction speed of only 0.128 seconds showed his stable mental state, which was not affected by the violation of the Kuwaiti player in the previous shot.
Like Su Zhe, Zhou Tianjue also had an extremely fast reaction speed to the shot, with a reaction speed of 0.138 seconds, ranking second among all the players, followed closely by Ye Jun who was in an equally stable state.
Just as Ishida Kappei worried, Su Zhe, Zhou Tianjue and Ye Jun all performed at their strongest level in this game!
As the only home player in the competition, Endo Tatsuro was a little slow in reacting to the gunshot, but the cheers from the audience inspired his boundless fighting spirit.
This is his country, and he wants the citizens present to be proud of him instead of looking disappointed!
Endo Tatsuro was just a little slow in reacting to the gunshot, but his explosive power was still very strong. After quickly raising his upper body, he began to accelerate forward. Beside him, Su Zhe and Zhou Tianjue were less than a body length ahead of him!
There is still a chance!
Su Zhe and Zhou Tianjue paid no attention to what was happening behind them or to their left and right. They were focused on their own race track and the goal of the finish line, and kept sprinting forward.
Zhou Tianjue's height advantage and explosive power allowed him to quickly make up for the slight speed loss to Su Zhe in the stage before the hurdles. He was the first to arrive in front of the first hurdle, but Su Zhe's speed was not inferior to his at all!
In front of the first railing, the two of them almost simultaneously stepped forward, pushed off the ground, swung their legs, and flew over the railing!
Beautiful attack!
Both Su Zhe and Zhou Tianjue have been extremely meticulous in their offensive techniques. Even though Zhou Tianjue looks tall and strong, his offensive techniques have been very precise in all technical details after years of instruction from Lu Fei.
In addition to the two of them, Ye Jun and Endo Tatsuro also arrived at the first railing just a moment later and started attacking it.
Before Ye Jun joined the national team, his coach assisted him in adjusting and improving his skills. After joining the national team, his coach also followed up with the national team. As Lu Fei's assistant coach, he also communicated with Lu Fei about Ye Jun's own technical characteristics and the shortcomings that needed to be improved.
This included the problem of him spending too much time in the air when passing the hurdles.
After Lu Fei and Ye Jun's original coach Shi Lei's training sessions during the World Championships and multiple technical sessions during this winter training, Ye Jun's technical weakness of swinging his legs slowly when attacking the hurdles has been gradually improved, which has further improved his rhythm between the hurdles. This is one of the reasons why he was able to refresh his personal PB again during the World Championships.
At this time in the competition, Ye Jun also poured all his attention into moving forward. He did not pay attention to who was on the same level as him. His eyes were only fixed on every railing in front of him and the finish line in front of the railing.
What could be more important than having a great fight on the field?
Unlike Su Zhe and others, Endo Tatsuro's mental state at this time was slightly unbalanced.
This was his final in his home country. Before the final, he had already lost the first place in the semi-final. In the final, under the attention of all the citizens who came to watch, he was also competing with the Chinese player who lost to him in the Asian Championships... and the opponent's speed was not only on par with his, but even felt slightly faster than him.
Endo Tatsuro wanted to suppress the imbalance in his heart. He understood that in a real competition, one should not have any distracting thoughts in his mind. But at this moment, his self-control did not succeed.
Fortunately, these distracting thoughts in his mind did not seem to cause him to make the mistake of hitting the fence for the time being. He tried his best to concentrate and began to move forward to attack the fence!
The 60-meter hurdles are too short. Compared with the 110-meter hurdles, the lack of sufficient race time allows the athletes with strong performance in the latter stages to open up a larger gap with others in the middle and later stages of the race.
But even so, Zhou Tianjue, Su Zhe, Ye Jun, and even Endo Tatsuro have already opened up a visible gap with the three players behind them.
Su Zhe straddled each railing with great strength, his body leaning slightly forward, just like the snow leopard described by Ippei Ishida, with an elegant yet aggressive posture.
His swinging leg lift was crisp and decisive. After he pushed off the ground with his legs, he quickly used the explosive force of pushing off the ground to lift his body forward.
Each of his steps was strong, light and fast, making him rush forward like a flash of lightning.
Zhou Tianjue, who keeps pace with him, has a different style. This middle school boy also has a great talent for rhythm between the bars. Coupled with the advantages of his height and long legs, every move he makes looks full of power.
His taut thigh muscles and long arms and legs give people a visual impact, and during the competition, his sharp eyes that look immature and arrogant also make him look intimidating!
Although Ye Jun's speed seems to be a little slower than the other two, his posture is equally strong. His mature and steady aura allows him to hold his own in the fight. Every time he pushes off the ground and steps between the hurdles, he gives people a sense of solidity. He hasn't really exploded yet, and his speed is still increasing between the hurdles!
Under the siege of three people, Endo Tatsuro was almost under a mountain of pressure as he tried to force himself to move forward.
Can't lose to them!
The demon kings of China...can't let them look down on us!
On a 60-meter track, there are only five railings, which can be said to pass by in a flash.
Come on! Come on!!
In the audience, everyone was cheering for this final match with all their might.
"Endo-kun!!! Come on!!!"
"Su!! Come on!!!"
Everyone is cheering for the players they support, and victory or defeat depends on this short period of less than 10 seconds.
In the commentary booth, Ishida Kappei also loudly supported Endo Tatsuro: "Endo-kun!!! Keep going!!!"
After quickly attacking 5 hurdles, Su Zhe and Zhou Tianjue entered the final sprint stage almost at the same time. Only one position behind them, Ye Jun and Endo Tatsuro were also chasing closely!
The last 10 meters, 5 meters, 2 meters, 1 meter...!
Su Zhe and Zhou Tianjue dived across the finish line at the same time, and Ye Jun and Endo Tatsuro also crossed the finish line one after another after them.
"Finish point!!!" Ippei Ishida looked at the field with a complicated expression: "This is a battle that is hard to separate. The two devils from China crossed the finish line first with a glued posture, and it is also difficult to judge whether Ye Jun and Endo will come first!"
"In the end, Zhou and Su, contestants from China, won the final victory with obvious advantages. But who is the final winner among them? Is it the tall, young contestant with amazing momentum Zhou? Or is it Su, the beautiful fairy who can lead people to the endless abyss?"
After crossing the finish line, Su Zhe, Zhou Tianjue, Ye Jun and others rushed too fiercely and they successively crashed into the sponge wall at the edge of the court, which finally stopped their remaining momentum.
After stopping, Zhou Tianjue waved his fist again. He hasn't really run happily on the court since his unexpected retirement in the semi-finals of the last World Championships.
In the semi-finals, although he was already very excited, no one in his group at the time was his match. In this game, whether it was Su Zhe, Ye Jun or Endo Tatsuro, the power between different people made him have a more enjoyable experience.
Su Zhe also happily brushed his hair back and looked at the track with a smile. In four days, he went from being uncomfortable at first to gradually finding the feeling on the court again. This feeling on the court always fascinated him.
He clenched his hands nervously - he didn't know who would win in the end.
In the commentary booth, when the referee team finished sorting out the results of all the players, Ishida Ippei had already received the final results sheet. After seeing the results clearly, Ishida Ippei shook his head and smiled bitterly for a moment.
"Gentlemen, the final score sheet has been handed to me... The first place in this competition is from China - Zhou! His score is 7.65! The second place is also from China - Su! He ran a good score of 7.66!"
When Kappei Ishida announced the results, the results of all the athletes were also displayed on the big screen at the scene.
It’s the second…
Su Zhe's eyes widened slightly, and he quickly took a deep breath, rubbed his eyes with his hands, and then patted his cheeks.
This result was actually expected. Although his reaction at the start was slightly faster than Zhou Tianjue's, his height disadvantage and his disadvantages in explosiveness and acceleration at the start allowed Zhou Tianjue to catch up with the difference in reaction time in the early stages of the hurdles.
In the hurdle attack phase, at the 110-meter hurdle, Zhou Tianjue will reach his maximum speed earlier than him, and his maximum speed will only appear at the seventh hurdle. His real advantage, like in the 100-meter sprint, is in the latter part of the 110-meter hurdle.
Although I understand this result intellectually, it was only 0.01 seconds off...
I still feel unwilling.
Obviously, he had performed very well in this game, and even in the attack, he tried his best to improve his forward speed...but, he still lost in this 0.01 second.
Su Zhe rubbed his forehead. For the first time, not under Zhou Tianjue's provocation, he took the initiative to turn around and said to Zhou Tianjue: "Brother Jue, next time, I will not lose to you!"
Zhou Tianjue's eyes lit up when he heard Su Zhe's declaration. He looked at Su Zhe, put his hands on his waist and said, "I think I will be the winner next time!"
Next to the two of them, Ye Jun also had a smile on his face. He also saw his final ranking and results on the big screen - 7.70 seconds, third place.
This indoor invitational tournament initiated by Japan, in the final round, the top three winners were three players from China.
In the commentary booth, Ippei Ishida's voice was a little bitter: "Yesterday, three demon kings from China were born on our field, and today, the three demon kings have covered the sky and the sun... They have already dominated the 60-meter hurdles tonight, and what's even more terrifying is... In the field of hurdles, except for Endo-kun, we have no one who can challenge the rule of these three demon kings for the time being..."
"I seem to have seen a very scary image in the future of Asian hurdles... maybe... it will be an era ruled by the three devil kings of Chinese hurdles!"
The author has something to say: _(:з」∠)_Tianping... I also finished Speed smoothly after entering, and the word count was even higher!
Every time I finish writing about the competition, I get a little nervous and afraid that I won’t be able to catch up with the update that day, crying… Speaking of which, yesterday, in the reply… there were so many people calling me “stand by sister”!! Don’t you feel guilty? I’ve suffered so much, wuwuwu…
Damn, some even said that the boss is not as good as the fans! Is this appropriate! (righteously speaking) Although Caicai loves you guys, I still have to say that caring for the boss starts with you and me =w=...! (secretly making a heart shape again)
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Cai Cai: OvO kid, look up there! Is your mother righteous enough? Is she treating you well?
Shao Da Lao: =_=...That's true, thank you.
Cai Cai: =. =Alas, why are you still so cold? The baby has grown up, it's hard to take care of him...
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