Before the third stop of the Diamond League in Stockholm, Chen Zhi, Zhou Tianjue and Ye Jun, who had participated in two consecutive challenge tournaments, had returned to their training base in Germany.
When they arrived at the training base, Su Zhe had just finished a set of training and was taking a break. He saw Chen Zhi and Ye Jun walking in front, while Zhou Tianjue was following behind them listlessly, with a bad look on his face.
"Brother Xiaozhi, Brother Ye, and Brother Jue." Su Zhe greeted the three of them from a distance. Chen Zhi and Ye Jun also responded to him with a smile. Only Zhou Tianjue at the back looked listless and just nodded at him.
After watching the previous two games, Su Zhe naturally knew why Zhou Tianjue looked so listless.
After Zhou Tianjue was promoted to the adult group last year, although he encountered bottlenecks in the middle, he had never experienced setbacks in two consecutive competitions before.
As an athlete whose performance is on the rise, if you suddenly suffer a setback while your performance is on the rise, even if you know that there are reasons for the decline in performance, it still takes some time to adjust your mentality.
Su Zhe didn't know how to comfort Zhou Tianjue at this moment, but fortunately they had returned to the training base. Su Zhe felt that both Lu Fei and Ye Jun should have time to do some psychological work for him.
However, even though he wanted to think so, this time, Lu Fei and Ye Jun seemed unable to persuade Zhou Tianjue well.
On the afternoon when they returned to the training base, Zhou Tianjue showed up on the training ground with a bad look on his face and started training on the ground.
Su Zhe was a little surprised by his appearance. After hesitating for a moment, he walked forward. After Zhou Tianjue finished a set of training, he stopped him and prepared to pull him to the side to ask him why he didn't take a good rest before training.
Zhou Tianjue didn't look very good after just completing a set of training movements. After seeing Su Zhe, he felt a little discouraged, but he didn't insist too much. He followed Su Zhe to the shade of the trees at the edge of the training ground and sat on the ground with his legs crossed.
Su Zhe did not speak first, but just waited for Zhou Tianjue who seemed to be brewing emotions.
After about 10 minutes of silence, Zhou Tianjue, who looked unhappy, finally spoke.
"Since I was promoted to the adult category last year, my performance has been pretty good. Apart from you, I have never met any rivals in the country. Even you, Little Sheep, have temporarily surpassed me because of your improved skills, but once I complete my technical transformation, I believe I will not lose to anyone!"
Perhaps it was because he had been in a low mood these days, or perhaps it was because Su Zhe found him at the right time, Zhou Tianjue rarely spoke his true feelings to Su Zhe.
"Ever since I started learning hurdle jumping, everyone has regarded me as Song Chen's successor, even though my master always told me that I am not Song Chen and I should not always think about others and just do my best. But how can I not compete with him? Only when I am not inferior to him in every step and truly surpass his achievements, can I prove that I... this master, am a true genius!"
Zhou Tianjue's words stunned Su Zhe.
This guy usually looks arrogant, immature and awkward, but the pressure in his heart is no less than that of any other player.
Su Zhe thought about it and said sincerely: "Brother Jue, you don't need to prove it this way. You are a true genius."
This was the truth that Su Zhe truly believed in his heart. Zhou Tianjue's cross-hurdle talent was not only certified by Lu Fei, but also Zhou Tianjue's progress was so fast that even if he used the system training space and trained around the clock, he was only slightly better than him.
Not to mention, during the period when his technical transformation from eight to seven columns was not yet completed, Zhou Tianjue had surpassed his personal PB many times in daily training.
If there was one area where Zhou Tianjue was slightly inferior to him, it was probably luck.
If he had not been knocked down by France's Adolph during last year's World Championships, the final results of the two players would have been unknown if they had both reached the finals.
Hearing Su Zhe's words of comfort, Zhou Tianjue turned his head to look at him, then snorted unhappily: "Of course I know that I am a genius! But ordinary geniuses and Song Chen are two different things! One day, I will let everyone know that I am a more powerful genius than Song Chen!"
This sudden flag made Su Zhe laugh at first, and then he immediately nodded and said "hmmmm" to show his agreement.
For Zhou Tianjue, he didn't really need Su Zhe's approval at this moment. It seemed that he just said whatever he thought of simply and without purpose.
"I know you're great, Little Sheep, but I'm not bad either. Of course, I also know that Brother Ye is great, but I still think I'm not bad either." Zhou Tianjue picked up a blade of grass and stared at it. He continued, "Take this training match for example. I know this is my first time competing across continents and countries. I have jet lag and my condition will definitely be affected. But I think, even if it's affected, I can still maintain a certain level of performance."
After a pause, Zhou Tianjue threw away the grass in his hand and said unexpectedly calmly: "But I didn't do it."
"Not only did I fail to do it in the first game, I also failed to do it in the second game."
"I still remember Song Chen's first cross-country competition. Although his results were not that good at that time, they were not as volatile as mine."
"Not to mention Brother Chen and Brother Ye who are competing with me outside this time."
At this point, Zhou Tianjue looked at Su Zhe seriously and said, "Since everyone is fine, why am I affected? This shows that I haven't trained enough and I can't adapt to the pace of this competition."
"Since I haven't practiced enough, I will continue to practice until I can compete in cross-country and cross-continental competitions without any impact on me."
Although what Zhou Tianjue said seemed to make sense, but... Coach Lu Fei didn't seem to agree with him.
Su Zhe glanced at Lu Fei, who seemed to have just passed by, but in fact seemed to have been eavesdropping for a while. He felt that Coach Lu's face did not look very good at the moment.
In fact, Zhou Tianjue's idea of adjusting his condition through training is not wrong, but training also needs to be methodical. For example, athletes' competitive conditions may fluctuate due to jet lag, acclimatization, or simply fatigue caused by cross-border flights, and the coping methods required by athletes are different.
Because Zhou Tianjue and his companions had a tight schedule before, he naturally missed the corresponding course lectures at the training base during this period. Moreover, he himself had a weird personality, so even if he felt tired or uncomfortable after the flight, he would probably say that he was fine when Ye Jun and Chen Zhi asked him, which made his condition particularly bad.
Before Su Zhe could think of how to comfort Zhou Tianjue, Lu Fei next to him no longer planned to hide. He simply walked out, and his domineering look was somewhat similar to Su Zhe's father Su Yinsheng.
When Zhou Tianjue noticed Lu Fei's appearance, he was stunned at first, then turned his head and glared at Su Zhe with a look of betrayal and anger.
Su Zhe could only raise his hands in surrender, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and then shook his head to show that he was innocent.
However, regardless of whether he was innocent or not, it was too late for Zhou Tianjue to escape now. Lu Fei glared at him unhappily, and finally, while muttering, "Can you overcome the problem of crossing combat with your mindless training?", he carried Zhou Tianjue, who had become listless again, away.
No matter how talented an athlete is, he or she will always encounter various problems during competitions that may have a negative impact on his or her competitive state.
Zhou Tianjue’s condition in recent days is the best example.
Mature and experienced athletes also gradually master the skills to keep themselves in the best competitive state through repeated setbacks and self-adjustment.
Just as Zhou Tianjue said about Chen Zhi and Ye Jun, it is because of their rich experience that they can always maintain a good condition during the competition, and they are not overly affected even when fighting across countries.
He still has a lot to learn!
Su Zhe smoothed his hair, watched Lu Fei carry Zhou Tianjue away, then he patted his butt, stood up from the grass slope, and returned to the training ground to resume training.
The next day, everyone including Su Zhe, Ye Jun and others were given half a day off and their training volume was temporarily reduced.
After a few people were crammed into a few bicycles, they were driven out of the training base and asked to go out and relax together.
This was probably the decision Lu Fei made on the spur of the moment after he lectured Zhou Tianjue the day before. In Lu Fei's words, "You guys will need to spend more time on training, but don't overtrain yourself."
It's not just Zhou Tianjue. The coaching staff was obviously worried that other athletes also had some psychological pressure and problems that they were unwilling to express, so they kicked them all out of the training base and let everyone play outside together to vent the negative burdens accumulated from long-term training and competitions.
Neither Su Zhe nor Zhou Tianjue had ever been to this training base before, but Ye Jun and Chen Zhi were relatively familiar with the German city H where they were.
This is a city full of bridges. Ancient and charming buildings are interspersed with modern urban planning, full of charming retro feeling.
May is a good season for traveling in Germany. Led by Chen Zhi and Ye Jun, Su Zhe and his friends rode bicycles and had a great time traveling around the surrounding areas.
Everyone also took a group photo by the port, commemorating this rare leisure time during the European training camp.
That night, many fans of Chen Zhi, Su Zhe, Ye Jun and others discovered that the people they had not followed for 800 years had actually posted on Weibo - although the content of their Weibo posts was extremely similar.
[Half-day holiday, had a good time in H City, next I have to continue to train hard and prepare for the competition! ]
After a short half-day holiday, Su Zhe and others returned to their daily training mode.
Training-competition-training-competition during the competition season has become a rhythm that every athlete is very familiar with. After a few days of training, this time, he said goodbye to his teammates in the training base alone, went to the airport, and took a flight to Stockholm to prepare to participate in a new Diamond League race.
Compared to Zhou Tianjue, who was in poor condition due to cross-country and cross-continental competitions, Su Zhe felt that his luck was pretty good.
Whether it was the trip to Country D to participate in the first stop of the Diamond League, or this trip to Stockholm, he had relatively ample time to prepare and could better prepare for the game.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the coaching staff attaches more importance to the Diamond League games. Compared with other competitions that are more training-oriented, the coaching staff still left him more room in preparation for the Diamond League.
Stockholm and H City in Germany are not far apart, and we arrived there smoothly after only an hour and a half of flight.
There was no men's 100m event in the second stop of the Diamond League in Stockholm. Su Zhe only had to participate in the 110m hurdles.
According to the registration information obtained by the coaching staff, there are a total of 9 athletes registered for the 110-meter hurdles competition at this site, including Lister from the United States, Elano from Brazil, and Percival from Jamaica.
However, Holness, who has now completely earned the title of "Dwarf King" in the international hurdles world, was not eligible to participate in this year's Diamond League because he had no world championships before this year and did not have enough IAAF points.
Ever since Su Zhe successfully broke the 10-second barrier in the first round of the Diamond League, domestic sports channels have simply won the live television rights for all rounds of the Diamond League.
This Stockholm race is Su Zhe's first important international 110-meter hurdles event this season, so the domestic live broadcast will naturally not be missed.
On the Internet, many spectators who had missed the live broadcast of Su Zhe's sub-10 100m race said that they could not miss Su Zhe's 100m race again this time. Then, after being informed by sports fans that this station only had the 110-meter hurdles race, the enthusiasm of the spectators did not subside. Instead, they held their heads high and said that the 110-meter hurdles race was just as important and they were waiting for Su Zhe to achieve another success!
There has been a lot of discussion online about whether Su Zhe can achieve another good result in the 110-meter hurdles this time.
As a cross-hurdle double rising star who has been attracting much attention since last year, Zhou Tianjue's low form has also caused a lot of discussion on the Internet.
Rational track and field fans certainly know that this is a normal ups and downs for athletes, but there are also some irrational spectators or track and field critics who, when Zhou Tianjue is in a low point, start mocking him.
There are all kinds of comments, such as Zhou Tianjue has been unable to recover since arriving in Europe, young people are in an unstable state and it seems that they are doomed, or he is mocked as the second generation of Hong Mingwei.
When these track and field critics and spectators saw that Su Zhe was about to start the competition, they suddenly changed their tone and directed all their previous malicious attacks and speculations against Zhou Tianjue at Su Zhe.
No matter what the truth is, just spray it first.
If someone accuses them of being trolls, these guys will raise the banner of reason and shout, "We are just having a normal discussion. What? Are we not giving people the freedom to discuss?"
Amid the confusion among these people, some people on the Internet also began to worry about how Su Zhe would perform in this competition.
In the Athletics Kingdom forum, all the forum members in the cross-column section supported Su Zhe overwhelmingly, and their ideas were reasonable and well-founded - after a relatively hasty technical transformation, Jun Ye was able to improve his results to less than 13.30 seconds in one go. So there was no reason why Su Zhe, who also underwent technical transformation, had more training time after the transformation and had better results before the transformation, would lose to Jun Ye.
Not only that, Su Zhe was in excellent condition in the first stop of the Diamond Race, even running under 10 seconds against the wind. So compared to Zhou Tianjue who was not used to the local climate due to the cross-border competition, Su Zhe's personal condition should be much better.
But, after all, guesses are just guesses.
A large number of spectators, track and field enthusiasts, and even track and field haters, turned on the TV when the live broadcast of the Diamond League Stockholm race began, ready to wait for Su Zhe to appear.
In the preparation area of the competition venue, Su Zhe is completing his warm-up exercises.
In Stockholm in May, it is still a bit chilly even during the day. If you don't do a good job of warming up, it will definitely affect the subsequent competitions and may even increase the chance of accidental injuries.
In the preparation area, Lister, Elano and others were also making preparations seriously. But after seeing Su Zhe, they all greeted him with a smile.
The only thing that made Su Zhe feel uncomfortable with these friendly greetings was that these guys now simply called him "Shorty King".
When Su Zhe first heard this title from Elano, his face stiffened for a moment, but after hearing this title from Lister and others, Su Zhe gradually calmed down.
Not only that, everyone also asked him to greet the other dwarf king on their behalf, and they even laughed and discussed how to distinguish between the two dwarf kings.
Su Zhe felt a headache after listening to these discussions, but he finally devoted himself to his training and pretended not to hear what these guys were talking about - it was all because of that guy Holness. If it weren't for that guy, he wouldn't have been given the title of the Dwarf King.
Carrying a series of grievances against Holness, after Su Zhe finally finished warming up, the staff also came to the preparation area and guided everyone to the stadium.
As a city qualified to host the Diamond League, Stockholm's citizens also have an extraordinary passion for track and field events.
After seeing the 110-meter hurdles athletes appear on the stage, the audience waved and cheered, expressing their warm welcome to the athletes.
In a small corner of the stands, there were actually three or five little girls from China, waving banners and flags in their hands, loudly cheering for Su Zhe.
Su Zhe really didn't expect that he would meet his supporters in Stockholm. After waving his hands with gratitude, the players on the scene all focused on their pre-match preparations.
After carefully adjusting his own starting blocks, Su Zhe stepped on the starting blocks and simply tried to start twice. Around him, Lister and Percival were doing the same.
For athletes, every stadium and every track has a different feel. In official competitions, they cannot choose the stadium and track, so they can only equip themselves with the ability to adapt to a variety of different stadiums and tracks.
After the trial run, and confirming his adaptability to the track, Su Zhe stood up, patted his muscles, and did the movement he had to do before every competition - only by maintaining the appropriate proportion of muscle relaxation and tension as much as possible can he better exert his strength in the competition.
After completing the stretching movements, Su Zhe closed his eyes and took a deep breath. After feeling the strength in his body, he squatted on the starting blocks and began to wait for the referee's call.
"Everyone, take your positions."
Finally, the referee's voice came from the radio, and the athletes on the track tensed up and began to wait for further instructions.
"Be prepared."
"Bang!"
After the sound of a gunshot, the athletes on the track immediately stepped off the starting blocks. For a moment, the track was filled with figures, and the competition officially began!
In the commentary room of the domestic sports channel, Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan were still the commentary partners today. After the gunshot, Zhang Jing said cautiously: "The game has begun! Let's see how Su Zhe performs today!"
On the court, Su Zhe has now completely adapted to using his left leg as the starting leg. When his left foot pushes off the starting blocks, the explosive power it can unleash is much stronger than that of his right foot.
Just this small change is enough to give him a bigger advantage at the start than before.
Needless to say, he has now completely mastered the seven steps in front of the hurdles!
Considering his height, seven steps in front of the hurdles is indeed a bit difficult, but Holness's performance in front of the hurdles at the previous World Indoor Track and Field Championships gave him some inspiration.
Since the seven-step approach allows players to gain greater potential energy in the forward-leaning state, why not further amplify the potential energy advantage of the forward-leaning state?
His lack of height makes his seven steps in front of the hurdles seem a bit extreme, but at the same time, his forward leaning state can become more extreme compared to taller athletes.
After communicating with Lu Fei, the coaching staff also made a more detailed analysis of Holness's steps in front of the hurdles and found that Holness did gain greater forward momentum by leaning more forward than ordinary athletes. At the same time, his steps in front of the hurdles also borrowed this explosive momentum in terms of frequency and stride, making him appear more calm, agile and fast.
During the past two months, Su Zhe and the national team's coaching staff have further adjusted his technique at the hurdles based on this feature. Today was the first time he officially used this improved technique on the court, and it was also the best time to verify the effectiveness of this technique.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan both discovered that Su Zhe seemed to be leaning forward more than before in front of the fence. This discovery surprised both of them. They didn't know whether it was because Su Zhe was in an unstable state today and his technical movements were deformed, or whether this was Su Zhe's technical adjustment... ?
Soon, the answer to this question was placed before the two of them!
This must be a completely new technical adjustment!
The speed at the hurdles that Su Zhe showed on the court speaks for itself!
This was an even better performance at the hurdles than in previous indoor championships. He took the top three positions almost in an extremely relaxed manner.
Neither Lister nor Elano, who were in good form today, could get rid of Suzhe in the front stage of the hurdle!
Su Zhe in the pre-column stage reminded Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan of the posture of Holness whom they had seen not long ago - if Holness was a black lightning, then Su Zhe at this moment was gradually turning into lightning.
In the next stage between the hurdles, it was still difficult to tell who was better among Lister, Elano and Suzhe. Elano was in a very stable state. He completely ignored the other two and just immersed himself in his own rhythm of attacking the hurdles.
Su Zhe also did not pay any extra attention to Elano or Lister. He moved forward steadily at the pace he was best at!
First column, second column, third column...
Lister, Elano and Suzhe all reached their maximum hurdle speed at their own pace. Each of them maintained their best condition today. In the process of flying over the railings, they showed their exquisite skills of accurately brushing the railings without hitting them.
During the commentary, Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan both expressed their admiration for this.
Wang Miaochuan said with emotion: "Today's competition is definitely the highest level of competition in the 110-meter hurdles so far this year!"
Su Zhe calmly maintained the rhythm of pushing the ground with his legs, pulling with his legs, swinging over the railing, leaping over the railing, and pulling over the railing with his legs, and then took three simple and neat steps between the railings and attacked the next railing again.
Each of his movements embodies the beauty of simplicity and precision. His ultimate precision in attacking the hurdles is enough to make every hurdle enthusiast feel a thrill deep in their heart - this is the pleasure that the perfect hurdle technique brings to the spectators.
As the railing continued to move forward, Su Zhe's speed became faster and faster.
For him, the ability to accelerate in the latter stages is still his strongest ability. Even in the hurdle stage, it is enough for him to display a higher level of speed in the final hurdle stage!
Hurry up.
Faster!
When Su Zhe attacked the 10th hurdle, Lister had just crossed the final hurdle before him!
The final sprint stage is here!
Lister, Suzhe and Elano have all reached the final track. Each of them takes their most vigorous steps and rushes towards the final finish line at the fastest speed!
In this final stage, Su Zhe took a slight lead thanks to his ability to accelerate in the latter stages, but Lister was actually slightly faster than him.
When the three of them crossed the finish line almost at the same time, it could only be seen that Elano was slightly slower than Lister and Suzhe, and it was difficult to tell with the naked eye who was faster and who was slower between Suzhe and Lister!
In the commentary room of the sports channel, Zhang Jing shouted: "Good run! Su Zhe once again took the top two spots in the 110-meter hurdles of the Diamond League. So who will be the first in the 110-meter hurdles of this Diamond League?!"
Whether it was Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan in the commentary booth or the audience in front of the live broadcast, their hearts were all nervous.
The question was finally answered only after the referee team at the game showed the video screenshots of the finish line.
In the commentary room, Wang Miaochuan said in a surprised voice: "Congratulations to Su Zhe!! He won the 110-meter hurdles championship in the Diamond League Stockholm leg! He has accumulated 8 Diamond points in this game!!!"
The author has something to say: _(:з」∠)_ Today is another day where I don’t have time to say much (and put the boss in the black room)… Awww, during the National Day, I will let the boss out (talking) for a walk… (covering my face, of course I will try my best in the plot… cough cough cough)
A little angel asked if there will be any additional updates during the National Day. Well, I will try my best then!
There are also little angels asking for the group number, ahem, the mysterious code for the speech in Chapter 80 of the Guide... orz, no time to say more or copy it, see you all tomorrow! Love you guys QAQ!
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