When the award ceremony ended, the three-day World Indoor Athletics Championships officially came to an end.
The biggest winner of this year's competition is still the United States team, which dominates the track and field events, followed closely by the European Army and the African Army.
Of course, the Chinese team's progress in speed this time also impressed all participating countries.
Not only does the hurdles event now have three strong athletes, but many national teams still remember Chen Zhi, who represented China's speed before last year. It is said that the former Chinese sprint king has recovered from his injury and resumed training. So when he returns to the arena, the Chinese team will have two strong athletes with the potential to win medals in the indoor 60m event!
After this speculation came out, teams from various countries secretly put the Chinese track and field team's sprint and short-distance events on the list of events that need attention.
Out of Chinese hospitality, after the competition, the Athletics Management Center arranged travel itineraries to City N and City B for all teams that were willing to stay and play. As the hosts, the national team members naturally also took on the responsibility of accompanying the players.
Starting from the second day after the competition, many passers-by took photos of athletes from various countries strolling around the famous attractions in City N. Many citizens who had been paying close attention to the competition enthusiastically invited the athletes to take photos with them. For a while, a large number of photos of passers-by and athletes from various countries appeared on Weibo.
The athlete who was stopped for photos the most was not any famous foreign athlete, but Su Zhe.
Throughout the whole day, Su Zhe was a little confused while taking photos. Not only passers-by, but also many athletes sought out Su Zhe to take photos with them, commemorating their meeting in China and the competition between them on the field.
After the three-day tour, the national team finally returned to the national team's training base, where they calmed down, received training, and learned about the schedule and training arrangements for the next few months until the Tokyo Olympics.
When Su Zhe returned to the indoor training ground on March 8, the first person he saw was Chen Zhi who was doing physical recovery training. While his father and coach Lu Fei were not there yet, Su Zhe sat cross-legged beside the track and watched Chen Zhi's training for a while.
Nearly two months have passed since Chen Zhi officially returned to the team for training. During this period, Chen Zhi's training has been proceeding in an orderly manner, from the initial physical recovery training to the rehabilitation of various skills and the planning of new track technology.
Perhaps the one-time repair aura provided by the sand sculpture system was really powerful, and the recurrence of Chen Zhi's injury that everyone was worried about did not occur. In fact, with the gradual consolidation of training, Chen Zhi's condition has become better and better.
Every day, the national team's doctor would closely monitor Chen Zhi's training data and status on the field to prevent any possibility of recurrence of injuries. To date, Chen Zhi has removed all the support bands on his legs and can easily complete various trainings that require the support of strong leg bones with his own strength.
When Chen Zhi finished a set of speed training, he wiped the sweat off his face and came to the sidelines with a smile.
"Xiaozhe, after watching me for so long, what do you think of my running?"
"Ah, Brother Xiaozhi." Su Zhe stood up with a smile, then walked around Chen Zhi. Seeing that Chen Zhi was safe and sound, he was very satisfied: "Very good, it feels like you have recovered 70% to 80%."
Chen Zhi let out a long breath, turned around and looked at the indoor race track, and smiled helplessly: "What a pity, if only we could have a little more time... I'm too greedy."
Su Zhe knew what Chen Zhi meant - it was almost mid-March, and according to the usual practice in previous years, the major championships in various domestic races would begin in April.
According to the plan arranged by his father and Tian Fangzheng for Chen Zhi, starting from April, Chen Zhi will travel to various parts of the country to participate in various sub-races of the grand prix, use competitions as training, gradually restore his best condition, and strive to break 10.05 seconds in these sub-races, and obtain the qualification for the Olympics before June 29.
After expressing his feelings, Chen Zhi saw that Su Zhe didn't move. He turned around and saw Su Zhe frowning with a serious look on his face. He thought about it and understood, then rubbed Su Zhe's head with amusement.
"I'm just expressing my feelings. What are you worried about? Your brother's recovery before the game was beyond our expectations. But people's hearts are always infinite. I've recovered to this point now, so of course I hope I can recover to a better state. That would be great."
After hearing what Chen Zhi said, Su Zhe awkwardly slapped away his big hand that was messing with his hair: "Brother Xiaozhi, I've already told you, I'm already this old, stop rubbing my head..."
"Okay, okay." Chen Zhi smiled and put his hands away, as if surrendering: "I haven't congratulated you yet, you won two medals in this competition!"
Before Su Zhe could say anything after being praised by Chen Zhi, Chen Zhi suddenly smiled and said, "Come to think of it, Xiaozhe, why don't we have a competition?"
"Hmm?" Su Zhe was stunned for a moment when he heard this request: "Brother Xiaozhi?"
Chen Zhi pinched his muscles and turned to look at Su Zhe: "It's been a long time since I ran a serious race. I just trained every day..." He smiled and looked at Su Zhe who was a little dazed: "Come on, let me see how far I am from the top players now."
Although Chen Zhi's tone was gentle when he said this, there was an aura that Su Zhe had never seen before. This was an aura that belonged only to athlete Chen Zhi. It was an aura that he had accumulated over nearly 10 years of standing alone at the top of China's sprinting events.
Su Zhe saw the seriousness in Chen Zhi's eyes, so he nodded without hesitation.
"Sixty meters?"
"Yes, 60 meters." Chen Zhi nodded with a smile.
Although the 60-meter race is not enough to fully translate into a 100-meter result, it is a competition that fits his current training status.
Before he is about to switch to full 100-meter race training, he wants to take another look at his current training gains and, at the same time, feel how far he is from the peak.
While Chen Zhi and Su Zhe were talking, Su Yinsheng and the short-distance running coaches had already arrived at the indoor training hall.
Everyone saw Su Zhe warming up, and through Tian Fangzheng, they also learned that Chen Zhi and Su Zhe were preparing for a 60-meter practice race.
In the indoor gym, many athletes who had temporarily stopped training also gathered at the track after learning about Chen Zhi and Su Zhe's competition plan, wanting to be the first to watch the duel between these two current top athletes in the sprinting events.
After seeing his father and others, Su Zhe nodded to them.
Including Tian Fangzheng, Su Yinsheng and other members of the sprint coaching team, everyone had no objection to the two's practice match.
Just as Chen Zhi said, he hadn't participated in a competition for a long time. As a top player, his desire for the competition is unimaginable to ordinary people. Even with Chen Zhi's self-control, his patience has almost reached its limit.
He wanted to see how much of his strength had recovered, and how much of his ability he could exert in a competitive state. At the same time, he also wanted to try to compete with this junior brother whom he had looked up to since he was a child.
Letting him vent his long-accumulated emotions in this game and then continue to devote himself to the next training is also a good way to adjust his training status.
Even though there was no actual honor involved in this sudden practice match, Su Zhe still made complete preparations and warm-ups very seriously.
If you really want to talk about it, this is his first confrontation with his senior brother Chen Zhi, who has been like a brother to him since childhood, since he returned to the sports circle!
Thinking of this, there was a hint of anticipation in Su Zhe's eyes.
Since Chen Zhi had already completed a set of training before Su Zhe appeared, his warm-up preparation did not last too long.
After Su Zhe finished warming up, the two walked to the starting point of the indoor track in tacit understanding and stood in front of Lane 4 and Lane 6 respectively.
At the scene, some players have already taken out their mobile phones and started recording this first doubles match between Chen Zhi and Su Zhe.
On the track, someone had already set up the electronic timer accordingly. Chen Zhi's head coach Tian Fangzheng personally served as the starting referee for this practice match. He took out the starting gun, stood beside the track, and after seeing that the two were ready, he began to issue instructions.
"Everyone, take your positions."
"Be prepared."
Su Zhe rarely focused all his attention on the competition before the start, but instead glanced at Chen Zhi out of the corner of his eye.
At the starting point of Track 6, Chen Zhi was already fully focused, placing all his attention on the track.
Su Zhe was stunned by Chen Zhi's full concentration. He immediately shook his head and focused all his attention back on the game.
At this point, in the indoor track and field gymnasium of the national track and field team, no one took this simple practice match lightly, and everyone even had a vague feeling in their hearts - starting from this practice match, the sprint events of Chinese track and field will truly enter an era of two shining stars.
"Bang!"
Tian Fangzheng personally fired the electronic starting gun.
At the moment the starting gun sounded, Su Zhe and Chen Zhi both jumped out at the starting point of the track!
Everyone's attention was on the track. Before seeing the real statistical data, no one could tell who had the advantage in the reaction to the gunshot between the two. But judging from the starting stage alone, Su Zhe's reaction was still slightly faster.
Between Chen Zhi and Su Zhe, whether in terms of the competitive cycle or other aspects, Su Zhe, who is still at the peak of the cycle and has just experienced top international competitions and is still in the excitement of the competition, has an absolute advantage.
Not to mention, Chen Zhi's personal condition has not yet fully recovered. He has not participated in any competitions for a long time, and his personal competitive condition has not yet been adjusted to the peak.
This should have been a game without suspense, but no one watching the game in person would have felt that way.
From the start, Chen Zhi never gave up any chance of winning.
Even though he was a little slower than Su Zhe at the start, he relied on his many years of experience to improve his arm swing and stride frequency, allowing himself to catch up with the lost time during the acceleration phase.
Su Zhe did not give in to Chen Zhi at all. Even though he had an absolute advantage, he still ran at his strongest pace forcefully and seriously.
The competition of just 60 meters revealed the determination of Chen Zhi and Su Zhe from the very beginning.
The track and field athletes standing outside the track and watching the race couldn't help but hold their breath and concentrate with their hearts hanging in the air when they saw the race start, as if this was not a practice match but a crucial event of great significance.
Before the game, Su Zhe judged that Chen Zhi had recovered 70% to 80% of his condition, which is both right and wrong.
In terms of physical condition, Chen Zhi has indeed only recovered 70% to 80%, but during this period of time, under the guidance and training of Tian Fangzheng, Taylor Wei and others, he has made certain progress in the transformation of his personal skills.
In today's competition, it was also the first time that he tried to use this new technique and pace to compete with the current top players.
After correcting the habits of stride length, stride frequency and even the height of the foot off the ground, the awkwardness at the start was quickly regained to the state of training during this period of time. All these changes were completed within just 3 steps of acceleration at the start.
Afterwards, Chen Zhi completed his acceleration in a very short time, and even once reached the same speed as Su Zhe in the 30m to 40m section.
If Su Zhe is the king in the later stages of the race, then Chen Zhi has the world's top strength in the early stages of the race. At the same time, he also has relatively good speed endurance and has maximized his own speed maintenance. As his training progresses, his ability to maintain his maximum speed is constantly improving.
Even though he was slightly lacking in the final sprint stage, this series of abilities is enough for Chen Zhi to gain a place on the world stage.
Since resuming training, under the guidance of Taylor Wei, Tian Fangzheng and other members of the coaching team, he has completely broken his past technical habits and reshaped his own technical details. After applying them in this competition, he also truly felt that the new technology allowed him to run with ease and achieve results similar to the past.
This feeling made Chen Zhi sprint forward even more happily.
On Track 4, Su Zhe also seemed very excited. This excitement did not come from his crushing of Chen Zhi, but from the thrill of competing with his elder brother of more than ten years.
For him, Chen Zhi running on the track was like the strongest idol in his childhood. In his childhood memory, on this track, Chen Zhi was the absolute king.
For Su Zhe, this practice match with Chen Zhi on the track is no less meaningful than any top competition!
【Go ahead and give your best to this competition! 】
Su Zhe always carried this power in his heart. When he entered the final 40-60-meter stage, Su Zhe did not hesitate to borrow the power he had accumulated before and started his own strongest sprint on the 60-meter track.
Chen Zhi also started his final sprint at 40 meters, but he had not fully recovered after all. When he sprinted to 40 meters, most of his physical energy had been consumed. His current speed endurance was not enough to allow him to maintain the strongest sprint ability in the final stage.
In the end, this practice match ended without any suspense with Su Zhe being the first to cross the finish line, with Chen Zhi trailing behind him by about one body length.
After finishing the buffer section with a slight breath, Chen Zhi and Su Zhe smiled at each other and clapped their hands in tacit understanding.
"I lost." Chen Zhi said to Su Zhe with a smile, but there was no frustration or loss in his tone of voice for losing the game. Instead, a more determined light flashed in his eyes.
Su Zhe's eyes lit up, and he said, "Next time, we'll meet at the official competition."
When the two returned to the crowd of spectators, everyone in the track and field hall, starting with Su Yinsheng and Tian Fangzheng, applauded Chen Zhi and Su Zhe.
Although there were only a few dozen people applauding, the meaning behind the applause made Chen Zhi, who had always looked calm, have slightly red eyes.
He straightened his back, looked at everyone present, and with his usual gentle smile, he once again said earnestly: "Thank you everyone, I'm back."
After these words fell, there was even more enthusiastic applause and cheers from the audience.
That afternoon, the official Weibo account of the National Track and Field Team uploaded the video of the practice match to the Internet after obtaining the consent of the coaching staff and Chen Zhi and Su Zhe.
The track and field team's official Weibo account didn't even explain the video in detail, but simply used the last words that Chen Zhi said in the video.
National Track and Field Team official microblog: [Video—He’s back. 】
Initially, not many people noticed this video, until curious track and field fans clicked on it and watched the entire process. Almost everyone who watched the video felt a tearful smile.
This video was immediately forwarded to the track and field kingdom forum, and the forum users who forwarded it added a series of exclamations to the video in an extremely excited state, and finally added a caption - Chen Zhi is back.
This is the first official news about Chen Zhi since he announced his official return to the team for training.
One of the topics that has been on the minds of track and field fans for some time is how Chen Zhi's training status is after his return.
Everyone is worried, is Chen Zhi, who underwent surgery last year, now really at the point where he can train at full capacity without affecting his condition?
This question has always been in the hearts of all track and field fans. Occasionally, someone can't help but ask it in the forum, and there will be equally calm and restrained fans who ask everyone to be more patient and wait, believing that the king will definitely return unscathed.
But reason aside, all the fans who care about Chen Zhi have an indelible desire for news related to Chen Zhi.
This time, the video released by the national track and field team finally put everyone's mind at ease - their great Chen has indeed recovered very well.
In this practice match, the competition between him and Su Zhe gave everyone a taste of the excitement in advance. The competition between two generations of sprint kings, even if it was just a practice match, was enough to make people cheer.
When seeing all the members of the national team applauding and cheering for Chen Zhi in the video, the track and field fans watching the video couldn't help but say the four words "Welcome back" in front of their computers.
[He hasn't changed. He is still the man who carries the sprint flag and stands at the top of the country. I look forward to his first official return race! ]
This post, which was looking forward to Chen Zhi's official return to the competition, was praised hundreds of stories high in a short period of time after the video was released.
National Track and Field Team, Training Base, Indoor Training Hall
After completing the practice match with Chen Zhi, Su Zhe also received a new round of training plans set for him by the coaching staff.
Previously, his left leg's explosive power had been thoroughly demonstrated in his technical transformation in front of the hurdles, but during the winter training period, in order to cope with the change from eight to seven, he did not have extra time to adjust his sprint starting action at the same time.
Now that the indoor championship has ended, there are still 1-2 months before the domestic grand prix and even the Diamond League in May. This time period also leaves him with ample time to adjust his skills and train.
He had a basic idea of the technical adjustments for this item before this. Apart from that, the training arranged for him by the hurdles coaching staff was still focused on further perfecting the seven-step hurdle technique, improving explosive power, and advancing the maximum hurdle speed and maintaining the highest speed.
In addition, in preparation for the indoor track and field championships, a lot of special 60-meter sprint and 60-meter hurdles-related training was carried out. Now that we are about to enter the official cycle of outdoor competitions, we naturally have to adjust the plan and include complete training for the 100-meter sprint and 110-meter hurdles in the training items.
While focusing on training, Su Zhe also had to take care of his studies and keep training and self-study as much as possible. All of this took up a lot of his energy and time.
Although he still keeps in touch with friends like Shao Xingchen, he is much slower in receiving news from the outside world than before. He only knows that Shao Xingchen told him that he got a supporting role in a very good movie and will join the crew to concentrate on filming. However, he doesn't know how much criticism Shao Xingchen received when the outside world knew that he got the supporting role in this big director's movie.
As time goes by, the March training cycle is over in a blink of an eye.
In April, with the arrival of spring, the National Track and Field Grand Prix officially kicked off.
On the first day of April, the official Weibo account of the National Track and Field Team also officially released the national team members' upcoming competition plan.
The author has something to say: _(:з」∠)_ Today, it’s not Shao who is the one who suffers the most, but his mother… I was beaten by my aunt for two days, and I am groggy and my typing is so slow that my head is bald. For the time being, I don’t have the energy to say anything… So today’s boss will be locked up in a small dark room for a day… (wiping tears)
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QAQ I don’t have time to post comments for today’s Speed of Life and Death. The comments for Chapter 84 will be posted together tomorrow night…See you all tomorrow [kneel down]
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