This European trip started in Germany.
The national team members will use the national team's overseas training base in H City, Germany as their base. According to their respective training and competition arrangements, they will travel from here to various countries to participate in the higher-level European competitions that the national team has screened and registered for them.
Among all the contestants, Su Zhe and Chen Zhi still have the heaviest tasks in the competition.
Chen Zhi's reason is self-evident. He needs to qualify for the 100m event in the Olympics before the end of June. Although his condition has gradually recovered, whether he can get the distance back under 10.05 seconds will depend on his luck during the competition and his subsequent recovery and improvement.
Su Zhe's reasons are somewhat different.
As the first athlete in China, and even the first in the world, to enter both the men's 100m and 110m hurdles events at the Diamond League, Su Zhe has not only attracted attention in China, but his popularity has also been further enhanced in the world track and field circle.
Without going into details, first of all, his name had already appeared on the official website of the IAAF before the Diamond League officially started, contrary to everyone's expectations.
[A magical boy from China—a talented athlete who can cross the 100m and 110m hurdles! ]
Since April 15, when the race dates and events of the Diamond League were officially announced, such a report article appeared on the IAAF website. Even the domestic media were a little slow to realize it until some track and field fans habitually checked the IAAF official website and were stunned by the familiar face of Su Zhe on the homepage.
This track and field fan immediately took a screenshot of the report and posted it back to the domestic forum. He even didn't have time to say anything more in the title because he posted it in such a hurry. He just posted three "sucks" in an extremely excited tone!
Subject: [No more words, brothers, take a look at what this is! (Attached picture, screenshot of the IAAF official website homepage)]
After this article was published, it was as if all the track and field fans in the entire building could no longer speak, and all they could say was the three words in the title.
1L: […Bed?!]
2L: [Sleeping tank?!]
3L: [………………Shit?! The IAAF’s official website reported on Zhe Shao?!]
As we all know, it is not easy to be featured on the official website of the IAAF. In China, the only person who has ever been featured on the front page of the IAAF official website is Song Chen. Even when Chen Zhi broke the Asian men's 100m record with a time of 9.90 seconds, he did not receive such treatment as a front page headline report on the IAAF official website.
In March, Su Zhe also appeared in a small article in the IAAF report because of his outstanding performance in the indoor championships. However, even in this indoor championship in March, since there were no record-breaking results in the men's 60 meters and men's 60 meters hurdles in this year's competition, the winning athletes in the related events did not receive any more coverage on the homepage.
Moreover, it is not the peak period for any important competitions during this period, and the indoor track and field championships have already ended. Logically, there would not be any important news to report, so the domestic sports media did not pay much attention to the official website of the IAAF.
Who would have thought that just because I was relaxing, I almost missed this extensive report on Su Zhe by the IAAF?
In this report, the IAAF reporter can be said to have done a lot of homework. The accompanying pictures even include photos of Su Zhe's stage performances. The reporter also found photos of Su Zhe during the S Province Games and displayed them on the official website as the starting photo of Su Zhe becoming a formal adult athlete.
[This is a magical Chinese athlete——Su Zhe!
He was a member of an idol group for two years, and judging from his appearance, it is not surprising that he became an idol. He has ample capital to attract both women and men!
It's a pity, but fortunately, his performance as a member of an idol group was not good, which is also an important reason why this talented young man was able to return to the game.
When he returned to the arena to officially participate in the competition, he entered the arena as a men's 100-meter athlete. In his first appearance, Su ran a score of 10.18 in the final and won the championship of the event.
In the following competitions, Su participated in both the men's 100m and 110m hurdles events, and achieved superior results in both events.
What really made Su stand out in the world track and field competition was the World Track and Field Championships held in Country D in early October last year. This amazing young man from China not only participated in both the 100m and 110m hurdles, but also made it to the finals in both of these extremely wide events!
Whether in the 100-meter or 110-meter hurdles, this athlete from China has left a deep impression on the world track and field community with his or her own strength.
At the same time, at the World Indoor Track and Field Championships in March this year, this amazing young man once again created a magical whirlwind on the field! He not only won the silver medal in the men's 60-meter sprint, but also won a bronze medal in the men's 60-meter hurdles.
You know, he was far from this level of strength at the World Championships last October. In less than half a year, he completed the technical transformation of changing his eight steps before the hurdles to seven. At the same time, he also strengthened his starting explosiveness and improved his starting acceleration ability...
The terrifying thing about this amazing young man is not only his extraordinary talent, but also his strong learning ability and speed of self-improvement.
Through the accumulated points in the past season, this amazing teenager, who has been in the sports circle for less than a year, has already qualified for both the men's 100m and 110m hurdles events in the Diamond League this season - this is unprecedented, and he is the first athlete in the Diamond League to compete in both events.
It is reported that when this statistic actually appeared, members of the organizing committee of the IAAF Diamond League also expressed surprise!
We eagerly look forward to this amazing Chinese boy creating more miracles!
Will we be able to see this amazing Chinese teenager at the Diamond League's year-end finals? I'm looking forward to it. 】
When the domestic media finally saw this report on the forum of the track and field kingdom, they belatedly flocked to the official website of the IAAF and scrambled to apply for permission to reprint the report.
Soon after, the full translation of the report quickly appeared in domestic media, and the national track and field team, the athletics center, and others simply posted the link to the report on Weibo for display.
A large number of media reports focused on the few days after the L City Grand Prix.
The bystanders and track and field enthusiasts first watched the reports about Su Zhe and Chen Zhi dominating the domestic major competitions. Then, an unexpected wave of "Su Zhe's international praise" appeared in front of everyone.
The term Diamond League is actually relatively unfamiliar to passers-by who do not watch the games, but this kind of certified report from the international official authority is enough to inspire people, not to mention that various words such as "magical", "miracle", and "beyond imagination" appeared in this report. Even though we know that this is an exaggerated narrative that foreigners are accustomed to, it cannot stop the excitement of the domestic spectators.
At the same time, the statement in the article that "Su Zhe is the first competitor to clear both the 100m and 110m hurdles" was also mentioned again and again by the media in various ways.
After all, for the domestic spectators, words like "first" and "first time" themselves represent a kind of pioneering spirit and are something worth showing off.
Fans of Su Zhe's "philosopher" had just happily watched the L City Grand Prix race in groups, and had just finished a round of domestic praise reports, but immediately saw new international reports coming to support them.
In the super chat, the philosopher girls immediately began to sort out the time and competition items of each of the 14 Diamond League tournaments this year. Many girls who were originally studying or working in Europe also started to shout excitedly, saying that the overseas party finally got benefits.
In addition to philosophers, spectators who have gradually developed the habit of watching track and field events during this period have also found sports bloggers to popularize information about the Diamond League. Many sports bloggers have also taken this opportunity to write short essays related to the Diamond League, starting with the Diamond League's predecessor, the Gold League, and talking about it in great detail.
The final summary of these small papers is that up to now, no domestic athlete has made it to the Diamond League Finals in the sprint and hurdles events. It depends on whether Su Zhe can create a miracle this time and make it to the Diamond League Finals to win face for the Chinese athletes in these two events!
The extensive coverage on the IAAF homepage had a great impact, and even the government TV station followed up with corresponding reports. After paying attention to the relevant reports, the Athletics Administration Center and the National Track and Field Team also received concerns from the Federation of Athletics regarding the report and Su Zhe's personal situation.
Finally, this report from the official website of the IAAF, after being circulated through a series of channels, condensed thousands of words into one sentence - come on, compete, and strive to achieve good results.
Behind these words, there is naturally care, encouragement and pressure, but it also shows that Su Zhe has already made a name for himself in the domestic sports circle and has the qualifications and ability to be entrusted with important tasks.
Because of this, Su Zhe was destined to start a large number of competitions in the next period of time.
There are 14 races in the Diamond League each year, held across Asia, America and Europe.
Although there are 14 league tournaments with 32 events for men and women, not every tournament will include all the events. According to previous rules, each event will only be held in 7 of the 14 tournaments. Participants can choose to participate in different tournaments according to their own circumstances, accumulate points and impact the year-end finals.
Having said that, Su Zhe's problem is that he needs to participate in two events, and not every competition has both the men's 100 meters and 110 hurdles.
In other words, compared to other athletes, Su Zhe is destined to appear more frequently in this year's Diamond League and show his face like crazy.
In addition to the Diamond League, there are also the Lausanne Grand Prix, La Chaux-de-Fonds, and various track and field challenge races. The national team coaching staff has arranged a large number of events for him, preparing to let him truly experience what a high-frequency event cycle is.
At the same time, the players from the national team who also came to Europe also received their own schedules.
Before the Olympics officially begin, members of the national track and field team's sprint and hurdles groups will embark on a series of crazy competition-based training schedules, using high-frequency competitions to enhance their sense of the events, while becoming familiar with the venues and opponents, and using the pressure of a large number of competitions to achieve the goal of self-breakthrough as much as possible.
It was precisely because of this purpose and arrangement that from the second day after the players arrived at the national team training base in H City, everyone quickly connected with their respective coaches after a simple rest.
After a day of rest and adaptation, everyone has communicated with their coaches about their training arrangements and game schedules.
Two days later, Chen Zhi, Zhou Tianjue and Ye Jun left the training base first and flew to Brazil to participate in the first stop of the World Athletics Challenge to be held in Brazil.
With the departure of Chen Zhi and the other two, there were not many remaining trainees in the training base. Zhao Zhixuan and Meng Hao did not go to Brazil to compete for the time being. Their competition plans were still at a later stage, and the coaching staff had already made corresponding training arrangements for them.
In addition, the coaches at the training base began to devote all their energy to an in-depth analysis of Su Zhe's personal situation, and began to record all of Su Zhe's data in real time, striving to re-sort out Su Zhe's current technical habits and adjust the corresponding technical details for him as much as possible during the breaks between games.
At the same time, the coaching staff found that Su Zhe's personal physical fitness had changed compared to the indoor championship period in March. The extent of this change made the coaching staff mixed with joy and worry.
The good news is that Su Zhe's personal physical fitness has improved again, giving him more room for improvement in his performance.
The worry is that, because Su Zhe's personal physical fitness has improved again, the training content originally designed according to his previous physical condition needs to be changed. Not only that, some previous technical adjustments were also completed according to his previous physical fitness. Now, the improvements in his physical explosiveness, speed endurance and other qualities have made some previous adjustments inapplicable.
This kind of trouble, to be honest, is a sweet trouble for the coaching staff.
Soon, when the coaching staff was still worrying and arguing about adjusting and discussing Su Zhe's training plan, Su Zhe was thrown out by the coaching staff first - for no other reason than the first Diamond League game of this season was about to start, and Su Zhe needed to go to Country D in advance to make preparations before the game and strive to get a good result in the first stop of the Diamond League.
In this Diamond League competition in Country D, there is only the men's 100-meter sprint event, and there is no other 110-meter hurdles event that Su Zhe needs to participate in. Therefore, the schedule and pressure are relatively light for Su Zhe.
But perhaps because this is the first game since the start of the Diamond League, there are many strong players participating in the competition, including Su Zhe's old acquaintances, the famous players Gate and Evenson from the United States, and the famous player Sandy from Nigeria.
In addition, Yuki Minamiyama of the Japanese team also signed up to participate in the first stop of the Diamond League.
The appearance of these old acquaintances gave Su Zhe the illusion that he was meeting a group of acquaintances.
Not only did Su Zhe feel familiar with these people, but these athletes also felt very familiar with Su Zhe. After seeing Su Zhe, several of them hugged him warmly and praised his good performance in the 100m and 110m hurdles.
Everyone expressed their feelings that although they knew Su Zhe had good results in the 110-meter hurdles, they did not expect that he would participate in both the 100-meter and 110-meter hurdles events in the Diamond League this year.
"I hope to see you in the year-end finals of both events!" Gates exaggeratedly spread his hands and shook his head, exclaiming: "If you can really do it, I think the sports world around the world will be shocked by you!"
Nanshan Yuki also laughed and said, "The reports about you entering both the men's 100m and 110m hurdles events at the Diamond League caused a sensation in Japan. This time when I came to Country D to compete, the Japanese audience paid more attention to the athlete other than me! It really makes people jealous!"
Su Zhe was a little uncomfortable with suddenly becoming the focus of the players' conversation, but he received all the goodwill shown by everyone.
After thanking everyone with a smile, Su Zhe also smiled: "Thank you for your compliments, but I will definitely not let my guard down in today's game."
After a lighthearted laugh, once the competition actually started, the atmosphere between everyone became tense again.
Even though they were still chatting in a friendly manner with smiles when they met before the game, the moment they entered the player preparation area, no more conversations were held between anyone.
Everyone occupied a small area to warm up before the game. Everyone was fully committed to their own preparations, focusing on the present, without any intention of taking it easy.
The first stop of the Diamond League is the first major competition of the season for most top players. Everyone at the scene hopes that they can get a good start in this competition.
The warm-up period passed quickly, and under the guidance of the staff, Su Zhe and others once again stepped into the Shillian Stadium and stepped onto the long-missed pink track.
As a rich, free-spirited countryman who is also very fond of sports, D will certainly not miss the first Diamond League game of the year.
The attendance rate of the entire Hillion Stadium audience seats reached about 90%, which is enough to make people sigh at the popularity of this game.
In this station's men's 100m event, there are only 8 athletes registered to participate. The athletes do not have any preliminaries. The final ranking of the athletes in this Diamond League D country station will be directly determined by the results of one round.
When standing at the starting point, Su Zhe was still a little dazed.
Just last year, he had also participated in the race at the starting point of this track. At that time, he had similar opponents beside him, Gate, Evanson, and Sandy, who were his opponents in the World Championships final. At that time, the three of them ran a time of less than 10 seconds and eventually took the top three places in the World Championships.
After more than half a year, can he catch up with or even surpass these three powerful opponents?
With this thought in mind, Su Zhe gathered his mind again and focused on the game at hand.
After all the athletes squatted on the starting blocks and prepared to start, the referee's voice was heard on the on-site broadcast.
"On your marks, get ready!"
"Bang!"
After the crisp sound of the starting gun, the noise of the audience began to rise.
At the starting point of the race, the athletes on the eight lanes have already completed their starting positions.
Among all the players, Su Zhe still had enough advantage with his stable and quick reaction to the shot - 0.126 seconds, which ranked third among all the players in the field.
Before this competition, Su Zhe had basically completed the training of changing his starting leg. At this point, his starting leg had completely shifted from his right leg to his left leg.
The explosive power of his left leg also provided him with stronger explosive power at the start, allowing him to exert better strength in the acceleration phase of the start.
"Ohhhh! Come on!!"
In the audience, the audience from Country D were very excited and stimulated by the performance of the players on the field. In the commentary booth, the commentators Chris and Beerus from Country D were also shouting passionately.
"At the start, the leader is Evenson from the United States!!"
"Su from China is currently in third place!"
As Chris said, Su Zhe was temporarily in third place at the start. His acceleration ability, in the process of accelerating to the maximum speed, still lacked stronger competitiveness, but this was enough. After all, in the 100-meter stage, Su Zhe did not need to panic because of falling behind in the first 30 meters.
When entering the 40-meter stage, the athletes on the field have already entered the stalemate stage of the mid-distance run.
Evenson's condition today is obviously better than Gate's. Sandy's condition is also good. His starting reaction is 0.131, which is also a very good reaction time.
During the mid-run stage, Su Zhe's strong speed endurance and physical fitness were well demonstrated. Under the continuous anaerobic state, the fatigue that quickly occurred in the muscles did not bring much impact to Su Zhe.
Even Sandy gradually felt that it was difficult to continue his strong force when he entered the 60-meter stage.
Su Zhe's condition is still pretty good, or rather, his condition is perhaps the best among everyone.
Although Evenson in front is already in the lead, the gap between Su Zhe and him is not far.
He and Sandy were in a stalemate, but as the race progressed, when entering the final sprint stage, Su Zhe had basically secured his second position!
In fact, the wind speed at the venue today is not suitable for the players to perform well, nor is it suitable for the players to break their personal best.
Su Zhe could clearly feel that he was in a headwind today. When sprinting forward, the barrier of wind speed in front was obviously stronger than when he was in a tailwind.
But even so, it did not affect his current condition.
Dash forward!
With this sole belief, Su Zhe relied on the power accumulated from his strong explosiveness to race forward, and finally crossed the finish line in second place after Evanson!
"Oh oh oh! Let's congratulate Evanson from the United States, Su Zhe from China, and Sandy from Nigeria. They won the first, second, and third place in the men's 100m event of the Diamond League D country race respectively!"
In the commentary booth, Beerus made an excited sound, but Suzhe didn't care. After absorbing the pressure, he stood at the end of the track. Although he had already won the second place in the first stop of the Diamond League in today's game, what he really cared about was another problem.
What was his final score?
After a short wait, the referee team sent the results to the commentary booth. At the same time, everyone's results were also displayed on the big screen on site.
The moment Su Zhe saw his results, his eyes finally lit up and he smiled brightly, a rare moment.
On the big screen, the column of names belonging to Su Zhe showed the following results: Su Zhe (China), 9.99 (-0.7).
He finally broke the 10-second mark for the first time in an official competition!