That night, on domestic forums and Weibo, the news that three members of the Chinese track and field team's cross-hurdles group dominated the top three of the Japan Track and Field Invitational Tournament caused a sensation in the sports circle.
China Athletics Team official microblog: [#A new rise in hurdles! #On December 13, the Japan Indoor Athletics Invitational held in Tokyo, Japan entered the last day of the schedule. In the evening 60m hurdles final, our athletes Zhou Tianjue, Su Zhe, and Ye Jun won the first, second, and third place in the final, sweeping the top three places in the 60m hurdles final!! Warmly congratulate them for such a great result. I hope they will continue to perform well, accumulate strength in winter training, and shine again in the World Indoor Athletics Championships in March next year! ]
After this Weibo post was published, a large number of sports fans quickly gathered below. Everyone was in disbelief at first, and then showed expressions of ecstasy.
[Fuck! Jue Ge'er, Zhe Shao, and Jun Ye are so awesome! ! First they all made it to the semifinals at the World Championships, and now they've taken the top three spots in this Japan Invitational? ! How long has it been since our hurdles have been so awesome? ]
[Yesterday, they won first place in three semi-final groups, and today they took the top three! It goes without saying that Jue Ge'er, Zhe Shao, and Jun Ye are all real masters! ]
[Damn, my eyes are a little red now. Although it was just an invitational competition in Japan, I really saw that our country's hurdles project has risen again. It's a bit sad to think about it. We have been waiting for this day for ten years...]
[Brothers above, to be honest, my eyes are red too. I am a little excited now. I don’t know what to say. I just want to ask Brother Jue, Master Zhe and Master Jun to take good care of yourselves. You need to train, but don’t overdo it. Only by protecting your own physical capital can you achieve better results along the way!!!]
In addition to the official Weibo account of the track and field team, major sports commentators and various sports-related official channels have made detailed reports and comments on the Chinese team's dominance in the 60-meter hurdles event in Japan.
Zhao Zhiyong, the official commentator of the sports channel and a master among sports commentators, also wrote an article specifically for this game in his commentary column.
【The rising Chinese cross-country hurdles project, a brief discussion of the development of Chinese cross-country hurdles in the past decade, and the future prospects of Zhou Tianjue, Su Zhe and Ye Jun. 】
[Today, I paid attention to the news that Zhou Tianjue, Su Zhe and Ye Jun dominated the top three in the Japan Indoor Invitational Tournament. I was quite excited and couldn't help but write about their achievements and future prospects.
First of all, it is very unfair to discuss the results of a competition without considering the level and opponents, so let’s first take a look at what kind of competition the three of them are facing this time.
On paper, this looks like an invitational competition similar to a practice match, hosted by the Japan Athletics Association, which only invited 12 Asian countries to participate. However, let's first take a look at the organizer, which is Japan, a country that is very enthusiastic about sports. Friends who understand Japanese culture must know that Japan has a deep obsession with the culture of "running". As a long-established Asian track and field power, track and field events have a wide base of popularity in Japan. Against this background, the Japan Athletics Association has considerable confidence in hosting the event.
Although Japan only invited 12 Asian countries to participate in this competition, Japan chose Asian powerhouses in track and field events, including China, Qatar, Bahrain, etc. It can be said that this invitational competition has gathered the elite players in Asia.
In this context, it is also acceptable to call this competition a miniature version of the "Asian Indoor Athletics Championships" during the winter training period. The biggest difference between the entire competition and the official season is that the athletes are in winter training and are not in their best competitive form. But this is fair to all athletes because it is a worldwide norm - no athlete will adjust their best competitive period to the winter training stage.
After analyzing the above content, we can clearly see that Zhou Tianjue, Su Zhe and Ye Jun have firmly reached the top of Asia in the indoor 60-meter hurdles event.
After coming to this conclusion, I felt very emotional... I believe that friends who read this article should feel the same as me.
Since Song Chen retired 10 years ago, the level of my country's 110-meter hurdles and 60-meter hurdles has declined sharply.
To put it bluntly, our level dropped from the world's top level to Asia's first-class level overnight. I believe that friends who have a certain understanding of track and field events will understand the difference in levels.
Since 10 years ago, or even earlier, when Song Chen had not yet retired, we have been waiting for the emergence of a figure who can take over the Song Chen era, and this wait has lasted for so many years.
Over the past decade, we have seen many promising young athletes. During their teenage years, they often showed outstanding height advantages, good sense of rhythm between the hurdles, excellent jumping ability, etc. However, so far, there has never been an athlete who can maintain this good momentum after growing into the adult group.
This kind of situation makes us raise hope again and again, and then be disappointed again and again.
The cross-hurdle project has gone from being a hot project ten years ago to an increasingly scarce talent pool in recent years. The development of this project is truly regrettable.
In recent years, the only athlete who has truly grown from the youth stage is Ye Jun. However, he was not favored when he was a teenager. However, after being promoted to the adult group, he gradually gained a firm foothold and grew into a leading figure in my country's hurdles events in recent years.
But for Ye Jun, the pressure and expectations he had to bear in the past few years, to be honest, exceeded his ability at the time.
I originally thought that although Ye Jun's strength might be further developed, the degree of improvement might be limited.
But after the last World Championships and now at the Japan Indoor Invitational, I have to say that I have completely changed my mind.
The Chinese athletes competing in this Japan Invitational are, without a doubt, the three biggest names in hurdles in our country. I would not have believed this if I had been told of it earlier this year.
Over the years, we cross-bar fans have experienced too many hopes and disappointments. As for the new generation of talents in this project, everyone is actually in a state of very cautious judgment. Even Zhou Tianjue, the successor of Song Chen who was personally selected and trained by the famous veteran Lu Fei, was still in a wait-and-see state before he was promoted to the adult group, not to mention Su Zhe, who is almost equivalent to a person sent from heaven.
To be honest, when Su Zhe first debuted, I watched his first game with the mentality of watching fun, but it was the live broadcast of that National Championship Challenge that made me feel extremely amazed by his performance - his technique was precise and precise, and his sense of rhythm between the hurdles was unparalleled. If I hadn't told you, it would be hard to imagine that he was a player without sufficient cross-hurdle training background.
However, my initial impression of Su Zhe only went so far. His talent and potential for growth made me have limited expectations of him.
I didn't expect that Su Zhe's growth curve would be so amazing... Not only him, from the moment he appeared, Zhou Tianjue and Ye Jun all started to work together. Not only did the three of them successively reach the World Championships qualification standards, they even made it to the semifinals at the same time in the World Championships!
This kind of development is something I could never have imagined in the first half of the year!
Su Zhe and Zhou Tianjue, two talented twin stars in cross-hurdle events, have achieved almost the same improvement in their performance, both of which are astonishing upward curves. At the same time, Ye Jun, whose performance improvement was originally very slow, has also developed rapidly in the past six months, and the speed of his performance improvement is comparable to the total improvement of 2-3 seasons in previous years.
The rapid explosion of the achievements of geniuses and the gradual development of late bloomers have once again raised my expectations. And I believe that this time, our expectations will not be disappointed!
We have been in the doldrums of the Cross-Harbour project for too long. I think this time, I can announce that we have entered a new chapter of the Cross-Harbour project! 】
Zhao Zhiyong's long and eloquent article quickly received a lot of exposure and response after it was released.
As he said in his article, Chinese track and field enthusiasts have waited too long for the resurgence of hurdles.
Ten years...How many decades can there be in a lifetime?
Hurdles, as an event into which countless Chinese track and field enthusiasts have poured their passion and youth, truly carries the emotions of too many people.
This time, the victory achieved by Zhou Tianjue, Su Zhe and Ye Jun in Japan has given rise to new hope in everyone's hearts. This may be the beginning of a new era!
While domestic sports enthusiasts were getting excited about the arrival of this new era of hurdles, Su Zhe, who had just participated in the 60-meter hurdles final in Tokyo, Japan, was directly invited to the Fuji TV evening live broadcast room.
In fact, although Su Zhe himself did not know it, Fuji TV and the Japan Athletics Association had conducted relevant interviews with the domestic athletics management center after the game.
In the view of the Athletics Management Center, Fuji TV, as a well-known large TV station in Nihongo, has a high standard of news interviews. At the same time, after reading the interview manuscript communicated in advance, the Athletics Management Center believed that the questions raised by Fuji TV and the information required were within the scope of compliance, so it easily agreed to the relevant interview matters.
During the competition period from December 10th to 13th, Fuji TV inserted advertisements for the post-match interview during the relaxation period. The advertisement content was a very eye-catching title "Shocking! From idol artist to track king - Su Zhe, a talented athlete in both 100-meter horizontal and hurdle events!!! Fuji TV's student performance broadcast on the evening of December 13th!!!"
The footage used in this ad is a clip of Su Zhe's first controversial performance at the Asian Champions Invitational in Japan, as well as his wonderful performance during the World Championships. In addition to showing Su Zhe's speed and power on the court, these footage also includes wonderful close-ups of Su Zhe himself. His strikingly beautiful face and the sharp momentum he displayed during the game, when broadcast on TV screens, are sure to give the Japanese public an absolute visual shock when they see it for the first time.
The effect of this advertisement is excellent.
The lottery spots that Fuji TV had issued to invite viewers to participate in the filming were all snapped up on the first day the ad was aired. When Su Zhe arrived at the entrance of Fuji Building in the Fuji TV car, the audience who were waiting to be filmed along the way had already let out excited yet slightly restrained shouts.
"Ah, it's Sue!"
The moment Su Zhe got out of the car, the shouting at the scene became somewhat uncontrollable, but everyone still adhered to the area designated by the TV station, and just held their mobile phones, excitedly filming Su Zhe as he walked all the way from the parking lot to the studio inside the Fuji Building.
Before getting off the car, Su Zhe had always thought that this so-called interview with Fuji TV should be of the same nature as the post-match interview during the last Asian Champions Invitational Tournament. However, the moment he got off the car, the cameras of the surrounding fans and the public, as well as those from Fuji TV, were all aimed at him.
Su Zhe instinctively scanned the surrounding cameras and finally fixed his gaze on the Fuji TV camera. He nodded slightly towards the camera, and then, under the guidance of the staff, began to walk into the building.
The audience along the way covered their chests when Su Zhe's gaze moved around them. After watching Su Zhe walk into the TV station, everyone couldn't help but scream.
"Ahhh, player Su, he is really amazing! Such beauty and temperament are even more exciting than what we see in commercials and games!"
"He smiled the moment he saw me! I'm sure of it! How could there be such a wonderful person? Woohoo, I really want to marry him... How happy would it be if I could see such a face every day when I wake up?"
"Wow, he is so beautiful both in reality and on camera, I think he must be an angel!"
After a brief interaction with Su Zhe, the audience outside the venue quickly entered the audience seats in the studio under the guidance of the staff.
After arriving at the studio, Su Zhe waited only for a short while before he, accompanied by staff and an interpreter, prepared to enter the filming location.
In addition to the audience seats that are not in the shooting area, the studio has a huge TV screen and 4 seats for the host, Su Zhe, and the translator.
The lighting on site was bright, and the overall layout was simple, generous, and had a certain sense of design in the space. It was a relatively formal interview environment.
Standing outside the camera range, Su Zhe looked at the on-site environment and had some guesses about the style of the interview. Until then, he still thought that this would not be much different from past interviews.
The two hosts of the evening talk show entered the venue together, announcing the official start of the live interview.
"I'm Ishikawa Yusuke."
"I am Kyoko Yakushiji."
"Tonight, we will interview a Chinese athlete, Su Zhe, who has attracted widespread attention and discussion in Nigeria in recent days."
After the two hosts finished their opening speeches, Su Zhe, led by the translator, walked into the official recording area of the studio and nodded to the two hosts.
After a simple greeting, host Ishikawa Yusuke took the lead in opening the topic: "It's really hard to believe. Before today, I had only seen Su in game recordings and on Twitter. Just watching him like this already made me amazed at his strength and appearance. Now, the real Su is standing in front of me. I can hardly believe that this looks like a real human being!"
Kyoko Yakushiji beside her also nodded in agreement, with an admiring look on her face: "She is indeed a beauty that is called a racetrack fairy! With both beauty and excellent strength, contestant Su looks like a character from the second dimension!"
Su Zhe did not understand what the two hosts were saying at first. It was not until the translator relayed their words to him that he expressed his gratitude to the two hosts for their compliments with a little embarrassment.
After introducing and praising Su Zhe, Ishikawa Tomosuke changed the topic.
"Among the audience watching the interview right now, there may be many who don't know much about Su. Our interview live studio has prepared a video introducing Su. He has many sides, let's watch this video first!"
Following the translator's introduction, Su Zhe and the two hosts sat in their respective seats, and the large-screen TV on site began to play video materials specially produced by Fuji TV.
To be honest, Su Zhe had not expected that the TV station had actually prepared video-related introductory materials. After all, based on the experience of the last post-match interviews, the interviews with several players only consisted of a few brief sentences, and the introductory videos were all captured from the stadium.
Curious about what kind of materials Fuji TV chose, Su Zhe also focused his attention on the big screen.
When the footage first appeared, it was Su Zhe's stage performance during his idol period. This performance video was from the time when he hadn't yet been turned into an emoticon and was blackened by the entire Internet. At that time, although he had gone through the polish of the talent show stage, he still lacked the expressiveness on the real stage, so when the cameraman shot him, he chose to just frown.
In the audience area, when the zoomed-in image of his face appeared, there were gasps of "woo!"
There are not many footages from this period. After a few mixed cuts of stage footage, the timeline quickly moves to this year, and footage of Su Zhe starting to participate in various competitions.
The initial part of the data was provided by the domestic track and field management center. This part of the video data more reflects Su Zhe's strength on the field, and his sense of speed is demonstrated in these videos.
Then, the scene entered the Asian Champions Invitational Tournament period... The Japanese people's pursuit of beauty is fully reflected in the footage of this competition.
Su Zhedan only knew that in order to fully capture the intensity of the competition among the athletes and capture the actual game, there would be multiple camera angles such as track cars and jibs at the game scene. However, he did not expect that in Ni Huo's game, there would be scenes of chasing a single athlete and shooting from multiple angles.
If he hadn't seen the live footage and knew it was from the live game of the Champions Invitational Tournament, he would have almost thought it was a special TV commercial presentation.
In the picture, Fuji TV's editors not only showed the intensity of the competition, but also took into account the beauty of the picture, which is truly a remarkable achievement.
When the entire introduction video was coming to an end, the screen suddenly showed the scene of Su Zhe being knocked unconscious on the sponge wall in the game two days ago. His slightly confused expression was very different from his calm or sharp image in the first half. Not only did the audience in the video praise him as "kawai", but the audience in the studio also whispered "kawai".
Seeing his confused look, Su Zhe's ears turned slightly red. In fact, when he was a child, he was often mistaken for a girl because he looked too cute. Even Su's mother once took a photo of him in his childhood wearing a double-breasted dress with a silly look. At that time, he was wearing a small hair bun and looked confused. His mother also posted the photo online. Fortunately, no one knew that it was his childhood picture.
In short, after growing up, he restrained his "milky" temperament. Even when he first debuted in the domestic entertainment industry, the company positioned him as an iceberg and aloof, and did not force him to sell cuteness to gain business.
Therefore, even Su Zhe seldom saw himself in such a cute image, and at this moment he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
However, he didn't expect that this confused image was not the end. A photo taken from Zhou Tianjue's Weibo was also put into the video. It was the image of him taking a nap on the bus. As the final critical photo, it was Su Zhe's unexpected childhood black history photos of himself in women's clothing...
The moment the photo was released, there was a loud bang, and the rationality in Su Zhe's mind was blown away. On his face, he could only barely maintain an awkward smile of hard work.
Why did such photos get sent to Fuji TV?
My childhood dark history has been exposed, what should I do? Waiting online, very anxious!!
The entire introduction video ended after showing the dark historical photos of Su Zhe's childhood that were like behind-the-scenes footage. Ishikawa Yusuke and Yakushiji Kyoko both smiled friendly and amusedly after seeing the last picture.
Ishikawa Yusuke first introduced the origin of the last photo: "Ah, the multifaceted nature of Su is really dazzling! But when it comes to this lovely photo, we still have to thank Su's father. When we asked China to provide some unique video data of Su, Su's father remembered this photo and generously provided it to us. Thank you very much!"
After hearing the translation, Su Zhe smiled awkwardly while mentally beating up his father in every possible way. He could almost imagine his father's train of thought - unique video data? Oh, that childhood photo of him in women's clothing!
At this time, Su Zhe could only be thankful that this program was broadcast in Japan and that probably no one in the country would notice it.
After showing Su Zhe's multi-faceted image, the program finally entered the normal interview session. After the shock of the dark history photos of his childhood, Su Zhe now had a strong immunity and resistance to the flattery that the hosts occasionally threw out during the interview.
For example: "Athlete Su, you have only been officially participating in competitions for a short time, but you have already achieved great success. In less than a year, you have already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. Do you have any expectations for your performance in the Olympics?"
Another example: "Ah, athlete Su, your beauty and strength are both amazing. The famous sports commentator Ishida Ippei loves you very much. He once called you the "beautiful snow leopard boy" and the "track fairy". Do you think such titles fit your image? Or what kind of athlete do you think you are?"
In addition, there are questions such as "After becoming an athlete, you sacrificed your idol career. Do you feel regretful?" and "What is your daily life like after becoming an athlete?"
The entire interview program lasted about 30 minutes. Apart from the initial shocking childhood dark history photos and the occasional exaggerated flattery that made people sweat, everything else was indeed just as Su Zhe had guessed. It was a very normal interview program.
During the show, Su Zhe also learned for the first time that he actually had so many embarrassing nicknames.
With a strong business mentality, Su Zhe finally completed the recording of the entire live broadcast program.
While he was relieved, he didn't expect that his dark childhood history had been quickly broadcast on the domestic Internet...
The author has something to say: _(:з」∠)_ Hi, the story of the Rainbow Kingdom has ended, and we will soon enter a relatively large dungeon!
New season, new instance~~~World Indoor Track and Field Championships, I'm ready to bring my baby with me!!!
Today I love you guys too, muah muah muah! =w=!
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Strange conversation time
Su Zhe: 0.0 Boss, what are you looking at???
Shao Da Lao: (calmly and quickly exits the childhood photos of someone on his phone and switches to Weibo) Nothing much, I just happened to see a commentary article about you and a few of your teammates...
Su Zhe: 0.0 Eh… is that so? Then I’ll take a look too!
Boss Shao: (ears turn red) Well, okay, okay.
(In the distance, Caicai, who witnessed the whole process, smiled kindly like an old mother =w=)
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