Before 8 o'clock in the morning, Su Zhe, the other 14 members of the national team and officials accompanying the team such as Zheng Wensheng, headed to the Olympic Sports Park on a bus with the national team logo.
Traffic control has been implemented today on some roads leading to the Olympic Sports Park, and only buses carrying athletes from various countries are allowed to enter the restricted area.
On both sides of the road where vehicles are restricted, there are various cordons with the logo of the World Indoor Athletics Championships. All the way from the athletes' accommodation center in City N to the Olympic Sports Park, promotional flags with the logo of this indoor championship can be seen everywhere.
Along the way, many citizens had joy and anticipation on their faces. Not only were they holding small national flags in their hands, but they also had national flag stickers on their faces. It was obvious that they were planning to go to the indoor track and field hall of the Olympic Sports Park to watch the first day of indoor track and field competitions.
When the Chinese team bus carrying Su Zhe and others passed by, the citizens along the way cheered in the direction of the bus.
"China team!!! Come on!!!"
People started shouting spontaneously and loudly. This passionate atmosphere and pure support made the athletes in the bus straighten their backs.
Zheng Wensheng in the car was looking outside with some emotion. Citizens were still waving and cheering for the Chinese team's bus.
After the car gradually drove into the Olympic Sports Park, the sound gradually disappeared.
"Did you see that?" Zheng Wensheng turned to the athletes in the car and said, "This is the support and expectation of our compatriots. In the competition at home, please show your efforts and live up to everyone's support!"
The athletes in the car all nodded.
In fact, Zheng Wensheng didn't need to say anything. The thunderous and continuous cheers along the way had already made them even more enthusiastic about the game. Facing these enthusiastic spectators, they didn't want to see disappointment on their faces.
"We will do our best." Su Zhe was the first to speak seriously.
Everyone in the car, including a clumsy kid like Zhou Tianjue, had a serious look on their faces at this moment.
This is a competition held in China!
They are the representative group of the Chinese team!
In a competition like this, how can we not give our all?
With a sense of mission to win glory for their country, everyone cheered each other up after getting off the bus, and then walked towards the track and field hall of the Olympic Sports Center with smiles on their faces.
This time, in addition to building the country's largest track and field stadium that can accommodate nearly 5,000 spectators, City N also built a huge swimming pool, which will be used as a warm-up venue for athletes during this competition.
Compared to the outdoor stadium that can easily accommodate tens of thousands of people, the indoor track and field stadium with less than 5,000 spectators does seem a little small, but the enthusiasm of the domestic spectators is enough to make up for this shortcoming.
Unlike the previous Japan Indoor Invitational, this World Indoor Athletics Championships is larger in scale and is one of the world's top events, gathering indoor athletes from all over the world. However, the entire competition only lasts for 3 days.
During these three days, the overall schedule is arranged very tightly. Just from the arrangement of the schedule, it can be seen that these three days will bring about wave after wave of competition climaxes.
Take Su Zhe for example. He will also compete in the men's 60m sprint and men's 60m hurdles in this indoor championship. The preliminaries and semifinals of the 60m sprint are scheduled on the first day of the competition. If he can make it to the 60m finals, he will first face the preliminaries of the 60m hurdles on the second day of the competition, and then compete in the 60m finals in the evening.
This time, our country's organizers finalized the schedule based on different events, the audience's attention and interest in the events, as well as the athletes' respective participation in multiple events.
Among the team members, those who were going to participate in the competition in the morning, such as Su Zhe, said goodbye to their teammates who had no competition in the morning after entering the Olympic Sports Park, and went to the warm-up venue specially arranged by the organizer for the athletes.
Before saying goodbye, everyone tacitly made a cheering gesture to cheer themselves or their teammates.
When Su Zhe stepped into the warm-up hall, reporters from the sports channel and the live broadcast team were already waiting there. In the entire warm-up hall, in addition to the reporters from the sports channel, only some local official media from City N were qualified to enter for interviews.
The sports channel reporter who came to interview this time is also an old acquaintance of Su Zhe. It was Xu Zhi who interviewed him in Country D during the World Championships.
When Xu Zhi saw Su Zhe and other national team members entering the warm-up hall, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately walked up to Su Zhe and others with the photographer.
"Su Zhe, Minghao, are you free to accept an interview?"
Su Zhe and Zhang Minghao turned around and saw that the person coming was Xu Zhi, and they greeted him very relaxedly.
Zhang Minghao said to Xu Zhi in a careless manner: "Xu Ji, it's you who will compete again this time?"
In response to Zhang Minghao's question, Xu Zhi said with a smile: "What's the matter? I am a veteran reporter of track and field events. Am I not qualified enough to interview you?"
Zhang Minghao immediately waved his hands and said in a serious tone, "Hey, hey, Xu Ji, please don't make up stories about me. I've seen you interviewing me since I was a rookie. You don't know how much dirt on me you have. How could I dare to dislike you?"
Xu Zhi looked at Zhang Minghao with a face that didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He knew that this was Zhang Minghao's speaking style. Although he was also one of the ace players in the high jump group of the national track and field team, this guy had no control over his mouth and would talk nonsense as soon as he opened his mouth.
Su Zhe watched the conversation between Xu Zhi and Zhang Minghao with a smile, and then greeted Xu Zhi.
"Hey!" Xu Zhi nodded with a smile and said, "Alright, that's enough. I won't waste any more time on you. Each person will only have 3 minutes to interview you. Just ask two questions. It won't affect your warm-up. Su Zhe, go first!"
Xu Zhi and his photographer moved very quickly. After finding a solid color board on the sidelines as a background wall, the photographer turned on the camera and Xu Zhi asked the first question.
"Su Zhe, you will be participating in the 60-meter sprint preliminaries at 10:15 this morning. What are your expectations for this competition?"
Su Zhe thought for a moment and answered directly: "This indoor track and field championship will be a test of my winter training results and a new challenge for me. My bottom line for this competition is to make it to the finals."
Xu Zhi did not expect Su Zhe's answer to be so straightforward and tough, so he added a question: "Have you ever considered how many seconds you need to run in order to enter the finals?"
"Of course." Su Zhe nodded: "I think I should run under 6.55 seconds."
"In the indoor invitational competition in Japan, your best final result was 6.60 seconds. It seems that you have gained a lot during the winter training period?"
Hearing Xu Zhi's question, Su Zhe laughed and said, "The reason why winter training is meaningful is that it can help us improve our skills, performance and condition."
Su Zhe's answer also made Xu Zhi laugh: "Okay! Then I would like to wish you, Su Zhe, to achieve your goal and successfully enter the final of the men's 60m event in this World Indoor Track and Field Championships!"
After the interview, Su Zhe said goodbye to Xu Zhi and went to the warm-up training area specially prepared for 60-meter athletes in the warm-up venue.
There are as many as 56 athletes participating in the men's 60m event this time, and all of them are divided into 7 preliminary groups to compete. Among these athletes, Su Zhe saw many familiar faces, such as Evenson, Gates, and Lewis from the American team, Baragon from the British team, Hill from the Jamaican team, and so on.
These top 100m runners are also very strong in the 60m track.
In addition, because there is no 200m event in the indoor championships, some 200m athletes who are strong in the first 60m also compete in the 60m track.
The Japanese team also included Yuki Minamiyama, Kimihiko Kobayashi and Shota Shiraishi. After seeing Su Zhe coming, the players who were already slightly familiar with him waved to him to welcome him.
After seeing Su Zhe, Shiraishi Shota also waved to him enthusiastically. Although he was restrained due to the nervousness before the game, he still looked very happy.
After meeting Shiraishi Shota, Su Zhe earnestly asked how his previous injury had recovered, and Shiraishi replied in Chinese: "The injury is healed. Thank you for your concern. Don't worry."
This vocabulary...!
Su Zhe smiled. Although he didn't know how Shiraishi Shota's grades had improved in recent times, the improvement in his Chinese level was very good.
In addition to the athletes' warm-up, there are also staff from the recording team in the venue who are performing recording-related work for the athletes.
As a domestic athlete, Su Zhe's registration went very smoothly. Amid the blessings of the staff, Su Zhe smiled and waved to them, then turned around and started warming up before the game.
The men's 60m preliminaries can be said to be one of the highlights of the morning of March 1st. After a simple opening ceremony, the men's 60m preliminaries for seven groups arrived!
From the moment the contestants came on stage, the audience in the audience area burst into enthusiastic cheers. No matter which country the contestants came from, they were not ignored when they took the stage. This is also the unique warm welcome and attitude of the Chinese audience.
Of course, when Su Zhe appeared on the stage with the contestants from the fourth group of preliminaries, the enthusiasm of the audience instantly reached its peak!
"Su Zhe!! Su Zhe!!!"
"China team! Come on!!!"
Many people held small bright red national flags in their hands, and some even brought large national flags to the scene. Holding the national flags, people voiced their support for the players of their own national team in the loudest and most enthusiastic way. After Su Zhe came on stage, the voices of support lingered for a long time. This overwhelming enthusiasm made the players who were in the fourth group of the preliminaries with Su Zhe feel a little nervous.
Su Zhe turned around with a smile and waved to the audience in the 360-degree circular seats, thanking everyone for their support and enthusiasm.
This is the advantage of playing at home. Inspired by such enthusiasm, who wouldn’t be excited?
Among the fourth group of athletes that Su Zhe is in, the strongest one is Gordon from the Bahamas, who once ran a 60m time of less than 6.55 seconds. There is also Bustaman from Jamaica, who is also capable of running a time of less than 6.60 seconds. The remaining athletes, such as those from Germany and Trinidad and Tobago, are not very strong in the 60m sprint.
When the athletes stood at the starting point, the excitement of the scene had reached a boiling point. Even if the athletes on the scene were just adjusting the starting blocks and conducting trial runs, they could still set off wave after wave of enthusiasm.
In the commentary booth, the commentators responsible for the entire competition day today were the now well-known track and field event commentators Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan. In order to be able to give a more accurate commentary on the event, Su Yinsheng was also invited to sit in the commentary booth for today's competition.
Looking at the players on the field making various preparations, Wang Miaochuan turned the conversation to Su Yinsheng.
"Coach Su, in this competition, we only have one athlete, Su Zhe, participating in the men's 60-meter sprint. I'm sure he must be under a lot of pressure. As his coach, we also want to hear your thoughts. Do you have a prediction for what kind of results he can achieve in this preliminary group?"
Wang Miaochuan raised this topic in order to let Su Yinsheng also introduce the strength of other players in the current preliminary group, and then make a prediction about Su Zhe.
After frowning, Su Yinsheng said, "Among the seven groups, this group's overall strength is not that strong. The only ones worth paying attention to are Gordon from the Bahamas and Bustaman from Jamaica. The performances of the other players are relatively mediocre."
After a pause, Su Yinsheng said bluntly: "When it comes to the number of contestants, quality is more important than quantity. In previous competitions, Chen Zhi also carried the entire 60-meter sprint event by himself. The pressure of participating in the competition is something that every athlete needs to face and withstand. There is nothing much to say. As for this preliminary round, there is no problem for him."
Su Yinsheng's words were very firm, which made Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan feel a little nervous, fearing that Su Zhe would encounter some accidents during the competition.
Amid the slightly tense conversation in the commentary booth and the heated atmosphere on the scene, the fourth group competition of the men's 60m preliminaries officially began.
Su Zhe was squatting on the starting blocks of the fifth lane. The athletes in his group were also very nervous and cautious. Everyone was staring at the final finish line - 7 preliminary groups. Only the top 3 in each preliminary group and the top three of the remaining athletes could advance to the semi-finals. This was the qualification that everyone wanted to compete for.
After the athletes squatted on the starting blocks, the originally heated atmosphere in the stadium came to an abrupt end. Every spectator at the scene was nervously watching Su Zhe on the fifth lane, fearing that the extra noise in the audience seats would affect his listening reaction.
In this tense and quiet environment, the referee's voice rang out on the radio.
"Everyone, take your positions."
"Be prepared."
"Bang!"
The starting gun sounded, and the athletes on the track responded quickly.
The moment Su Zhe heard the gunshot, he stepped on the starting blocks, and in the blink of an eye, he used the explosive force of stepping on the starting blocks to send himself onto the track!
Step one, step two, step three…
In simple yet powerful steps, Su Zhe has quickly completed a series of technical movements including reacting to the gunshot, pushing off the starting blocks, quickly rushing forward to start, raising his body, and then entering the acceleration phase.
Among the players in this group, perhaps as Su Yinsheng said, they were not very strong. Just at the start of the race, three of them showed a slow reaction of 0.5 seconds - this directly determined that on this 60-meter track, these three players had almost lost the chance to advance to the semi-finals.
After the gunshots, the atmosphere in the audience became lively again. Everyone waved the small red national flag in their hands and cheered loudly for Su Zhe.
This kind of on-site power made Su Zhe's condition stronger. After entering the acceleration stage, the power of daily training and systematic training completed in the winter training stage was fully demonstrated. He was not good at acceleration originally, but after the corresponding training in winter training, his maximum acceleration has been improved to a certain extent. This allows him to improve his starting speed more quickly, thereby speeding up the pace of the early competition.
From the moment he heard the gunshot to the start and then the acceleration, Su Zhe had undoubtedly taken the lead in this preliminary round.
Both Gordon and Butasman, who Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan had worried about before the game, were more than a body length away from him.
"Good!" Zhang Jing couldn't help but shout excitedly in the commentary booth: "Su Zhe has gained a clear advantage right from the start!"
The audience at the scene naturally saw how obvious this starting advantage was. The cheers from the crowd brought passion and enthusiasm to Su Zhe, and the results that Su Zhe fed back made the scene even more excited.
"Come on, Su Zhe! Come on, Master Zhe!!"
The audience in the audience seats shouted with red faces, not letting the cheering stop for even a second.
On the track, Su Zhe has entered the mid-run stage. His speed endurance and ability to maintain maximum speed allow him to gain an increasingly larger gap with the two athletes behind him in the mid-run stage after winning the start.
On a track of just 60 meters, Su Zhe ran out of the gap between the top 100-meter runners and ordinary runners. This can be said to be a naked suppression of physical strength.
Behind Su Zhe, Gordon from the Bahamas and Butasman from Jamaica were both very surprised. Although they knew that Su Zhe had strong strength in the 100-meter race, his greatest advantage in the analysis reports of all sprint coaches was his ability to accelerate in the later stages. In theory, such an athlete should not be very competitive in the 60-meter track.
Previously, Su Zhe's performance in the Japan Indoor Invitational Tournament was of course noticed by coaches from various countries. In the only 60-meter race he participated in, his final score of 6.60 seconds was consistent with the initial judgment of coaches from various countries, who believed that this athlete should not pose much of a threat in indoor championships.
At least, for Gordon and Butasman who can run under 6.55 and 6.60 seconds, they think there shouldn't be such a big speed gap between themselves and Su Zhe.
The facts that were happening on the field made them feel mentally unbalanced for a moment.
That’s right!
It must be because this is the Chinese team’s home court!
Amidst the boiling and incomprehensible cheers, the pressure on them was too great, which is why there was such a huge gap between them and the Chinese athlete!
This completely unexpected distance difference between them and Su Zhe made Gordon and Butasman feel heavy in their bodies, and even found it difficult to mobilize their strongest state.
No matter how Gordon and Butasman comforted themselves in their hearts, the gap between them and Suzhe was already obvious.
From the beginning of the 10-meter stage, Su Zhe took the lead all the way, and amid the cheers of all the spectators, he maintained this advantage all the way to the finish line!
In the fourth group of the men's 60m preliminaries, first place winner Su Zhe easily made it to the finish line!
In the commentary booth, Su Yinsheng nodded and said, "Not bad. Su Zhe slowed down a bit in the last 4-5 meters and didn't sprint at full speed. Compared with the early games, Su Zhe now has a more mature competition mentality, which deserves praise."
Compared to Su Yinsheng's calm commentary, the audience in the stadium had already fallen into excitement.
"China team! China team!!! Long live!!!"
"Su Zhe is awesome!!! Master Zhe is awesome!!!"
This boiling emotion infected everyone present. Even though everyone knew that this was only the preliminary round, Su Zhe's performance already made them feel extremely proud and happy!
In this top competition, even if it is just the preliminary round, the pleasure of seeing the country's athletes crushing other athletes still makes everyone feel unable to stop.
In the commentary booth, there was also a hint of excitement in the voices of Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan.
Zhang Jing exclaimed: "In this 60m preliminaries, Su Zhe ran very well! From the start to the acceleration, mid-run, and finish run, his performance was very relaxed and calm. Just as coach Su said, Su Zhe did not run at full strength in the last stage. We have reason to believe that Su Zhe has not yet shown his true speed in this preliminaries!"
Wang Miaochuan: "Yes, in this preliminaries, Su Zhe's overall technical movements were very smooth and in place, and his competitive state was also very excellent. Now, I am looking forward to what kind of wonderful performance Su Zhe can present to us in tonight's semi-finals?"
At the crash barrier at the end of the track, Su Zhe was smiling and waving to the audience. He also bowed slightly to everyone, thanking the audience for their support and enthusiasm.
After a brief wait, the results of the fourth group of preliminary contestants were officially announced on the big screen on site.
Zhang Jing in the commentary booth happily announced Su Zhe's final score: "First place in the preliminaries, Su Zhe (China), 6.54 seconds, second place, Gordon (Bahamas) 6.65 seconds, third place, Butasman (Jamaica) 6.67 seconds..."
After the results were officially announced, Gordon and Butasman did not look very good. To them, this result was not considered a particularly bad one. They also clearly saw that the gap between them and Su Zhe this time was purely the strength of this Chinese player, which far exceeded their initial expectations.
Amid the cheers of the audience, Su Zhe finally waved to everyone, then turned around with a relaxed smile and left the stage with his fellow athletes.
The author has something to say: _(:з」∠)_ Well, about the hard drive yesterday, I'm planning to ask my colleagues for help after work to see if I can solve it...
I saw that some of you were curious about the question about how to take the pole for pole vaulting abroad mentioned in yesterday’s article. I originally replied in the comments, but after I refreshed the page, I found that my reply seemed to have disappeared again... So I will explain it again here.
1. Each country will have spare clubs when holding competitions, but generally only ordinary players will choose to use the organizer's spare clubs.
2. Strong players will have their own custom rods. For Chinese players, the old method is to use plastic pipes to fix and protect their rods, and then put some fillers to protect the rods. As for shipping, the Athletics Management Center and the national team will help with it. Of course, you still need to fly abroad, and you can use trains to ship domestically. =w=……
3. As for the problem of not bringing enough poles for pole vaulting… Such a tragedy really happened, and the athlete was in the leading position at the time, but the longest pole he brought broke… Then there is no doubt that the medal flew away…_(:з」∠)_ It’s really tragic. In fact, the team members must have brought more than one pole. They need to select poles according to the various environmental humidity and the progress of the competition. In the case of the longest pole breaking down and there is no spare custom-made pole of the appropriate length, they can only blame themselves for their bad luck…
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Today's strange scene
(Review how Mr. Shao sent the Spring Festival blessing message?)
Shao: (frowning, typing) Ah Zhe, I wish you even more brilliant results in the new year... The indoor championship is coming up soon, don't be too stressed, I will try my best to go to your competition, I hope to see your excellent performance... Have you seen the advertisement put up by Kuangbiao? You performed very well in the advertisement, I wonder if we will have the opportunity to work together in the new year...
Shao Da Lao: (stares at the information input box, frowns, and deletes everything after 5 seconds)
Shao Da Lao: (Re-typing) Did you see me on the stage tonight? What a pity! It would be nice if you could be there...
(Delete again, repeat over and over again, look at the time, it's almost midnight)
Shao Boss:!!!
One minute later, Su Zhe received a WeChat message: Happy New Year, I wish you good health and everything goes well in the new year.
Su Zhe: ^^Thank you, big brother, you too!
Li Cheng opened the door and saw Shao Da Lao with a cold face: What's wrong? It's New Year's Day?
Shao Da Lao: (Looking at the time he had wasted and the final result, he looked indifferent and sulked in low pressure mode)
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