Several of Su Zhe's fans in Japan were a little late when they entered the venue because they met up outside. When they entered with their banners, Su Zhe had already arrived at the registration point with the staff and started queuing for registration.
Several girls were discussing Su Zhe-related topics with some excitement, and brought each other self-made Su Zhe postcards. One of the girls was actually a painter, and the Q-version image of Su Zhe on the banners commonly used by "philosophers" was created by this painter.
Just as the little girls were exchanging information about Su Zhe, a Sakura girl nearby finally plucked up the courage to come forward and talk to them.
"Hello, are you fans of that Chinese player?"
Huh? ?
The girls were stunned for a moment, and then saw Sakura pointing at the homemade postcards in their hands.
Wow, these kids, did they get some cherry blossom pollen?
After receiving a positive response from the "philosopher" girls, Sakura girl immediately waved and called her companions, and began to ask the "philosophers" about Su Zhe's name and the competition he participated in, and requested the "philosophers" to lend them postcards and other materials.
"Ah, that's no problem at all!"
After handing over the various photo postcards of Su Zhe to the Sakura girls, several Sakura girls looked at them and uttered exclamations of praise. The sound of "Si Guo Yi" kept coming one after another.
After looking at a few photos of Su Zhe, Sakura Girl finally noticed something was wrong.
"Eh? Isn't athlete Su the Chinese men's 100m champion? Why are there stage photos in his photo album?"
This sentence caught the attention of the other Sakura girls, and they also found that the photos in their hands were obviously photos of the stage.
After learning that Su Zhe was once an idol in the entertainment industry, the Sakura girls burst into a new round of exclamations.
"Su is a really great player. Even though he has changed from an idol to an athlete, he has still achieved the best level!"
Well……
As for the Sakura girls' understanding, the "philosophers" looked at each other and explained that Su Zhe's popularity was extremely ordinary when he was an idol - they almost said "our kid is a big unknown."
However, the Sakura girls did not believe this.
"? With the beauty of contestant Su, is there anyone who doesn't like him after seeing him?"
The "philosopher" girls found it difficult to explain the confusion in the eyes of the Sakura girls. It was obvious that these Sakura girls were completely captivated by Su Zhe at their first sight.
Su Zhe's exquisite appearance, fair skin, and slightly cold temperament, as well as the conflicting feeling caused by his identity as a track and field athlete, are all reasons that attract Sakura Girl.
"China is really a place where beauties are born, but it is really hard to find a beauty like Sue who has touched my heart so deeply..."
"I didn't have any athletes I wanted to cheer for, but when I saw athlete Su...ah, I want to learn Chinese! I want to see more news about athlete Su!"
As the "philosophers" communicated with Sakura Girl, time passed quickly.
Soon, the six 100m preliminaries will officially kick off.
In the player waiting area, Su Zhe was quietly exercising alone. The player waiting area was divided according to the players' participating groups. Shiraishi Shota, the only person Su Zhe knew, was not in the area he was in. Moreover, with their languages, the two could not have any effective conversation even if Shiraishi Shota was nearby.
While waiting to go on stage, Su Zhe turned his gaze to the athletes present - in the rest area where he was, there were 16 athletes gathered. In theory, they were all 100-meter champions from various Asian countries, but Su Zhe saw some athletes among them who were obviously of African descent.
This reminded him of the large amount of materials that his father Su Yinsheng had prepared for him before he set out, among which were the mentions of the naturalized athlete programs that are now popular in Asian countries, especially West Asian countries.
For athletes of Asian descent, the explosive power required for sprinting is much weaker on average than that of black athletes, which makes Asian athletes lack innate conditions compared to black and white athletes.
Faced with their own bloodline disadvantages, some Asian countries, in order to quickly improve their own sports performance, attracted a large number of excellent and talented naturalized athletes from sprint powerhouses such as Jamaica, thereby achieving a rapid improvement in sports performance in a short period of time.
Judging from the naturalized athletes present here, we can see how serious this trend is today.
Even Japan, a traditional Asian track and field powerhouse, has begun trying to further improve its sprint results by training black and Japanese mixed-race athletes.
This choice is beyond reproach from the perspective of national interests, but if one truly wants to improve one's country's sports strength, it is impossible to rely solely on naturalized athletes.
As the preliminaries started, the atmosphere in the waiting area became noticeably tense.
The athletes present are all strong 100m runners from various countries, but except for countries like Garin and Qatar where naturalized athletes are popular, the 100m levels of other countries are uneven. Many countries are waiting, hoping that their athletes can run well in this Asian Champions Invitational and win a place in the World Championships for their country.
When everyone had a similar goal, the smell of war became thicker in the waiting area...
When the staff came in to invite the third group of athletes to participate in the competition, Su Zhe adjusted his number plate in front of him and followed the staff to the front of the track.
He is in lane 3.
Although it was only the men's 100m preliminaries, Fuji TV still arranged a live webcast for the race. At the same time, Kazuhei Ishida, a well-known Japanese track and field commentator, was in charge of the track and field series commentary for this race.
Ishida Kappei: "Oh, new athletes have arrived! Next up are the sprint champions from the Philippines, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc.! Now the athletes are getting ready..."
Being in a strange country and a strange competition venue, Su Zhe clearly felt that something was not right with himself. It was not that he was physically uncomfortable, but that he could not reach the ideal state of excitement mentally.
In previous competitions, he was already very nervous during the pre-race preparation stage, but at this moment today, he had originally planned to relax as much as possible in the preliminaries, try to make good use of the three opportunities of the preliminaries, semi-finals and finals, and strive to run a score of 10.10. Although what he thought in his heart did not change, it was difficult for him to fully immerse himself in the competition as in the past.
Su Zhe understood in his heart that this might be caused by his lack of competition experience - he was confident that he had the ability to break 10.10 seconds, but this confidence made it difficult for him to mobilize his competitive state at this moment.
This unprecedented situation made Su Zhe feel a little anxious. He took a deep breath and forced himself to be more focused.
The short preparation time passed quickly, and the referee stood at the designated starting point and began to shout out the preparation command.
"On your marks—ready!"
"Bang!"
The sound of the electronic starting gun is the signal to start.
After the gunshot, the eight athletes on the track responded and the competition was instantly ignited!
At the beginning of the game, Su Zhe's anxious state and overly calm physical condition improved slightly due to the influence of the sprint buff, but he still failed to reach his peak state.
Compared to his usual starting reaction speed which had been reduced and stabilized at 0.15 seconds, Su Zhe's starting reaction speed this time increased to 0.18 seconds.
A difference of just 0.03 seconds is enough to affect Su Zhe's chances of running under 10.10.
Although he knew that his reaction speed in the start was a little slow, Su Zhe still did not give up. After the start, he quickly completed the transition from the start to the acceleration. After several months of training, this set of movements has formed a perfect conditioned reflex in his body, so that he, who once lacked the technical transition from the start to the acceleration, has now completed this movement almost flawlessly.
Perhaps the live cameraman could not help but be attracted by Su Zhe's appearance. From the moment Su Zhe appeared on the scene, the live camera intentionally or unintentionally focused more on Su Zhe.
This moment is no exception.
From Su Zhe's third place at the start to his acceleration at the start and overtaking two athletes in succession, these scenes were faithfully recorded by the live camera.
Many Japanese people who watched the competition on Fuji Live instantly felt the impact of the beauty. Some people who were watching the live broadcast even posted a question: "What we are watching is indeed the live broadcast of the 100m preliminaries of the Asian Champions Invitational, right?"
After quickly overtaking the two leading athletes, Su Zhe clearly felt the gap in strength between him and the other athletes present. Most of the athletes in his group were from countries that did not have outstanding athletics strength and had not introduced naturalized athletes.
The strongest among them was probably the athlete from Indonesia - the Indonesian national record for men's 100 meters was set by this athlete who usually competes with Suzhe, but he obviously did not have the courage to run his personal PB of 10.13 seconds today.
When entering the mid-run stage, Su Zhe even felt that he still had enough energy to observe the athletes around him, but he quickly restrained this state and forced himself to continue to cheer up, maintain his pace and stride, and go all out to the finish line!
As he was about to enter the final 30-meter sprint stage, perhaps due to his personal technical characteristics, the champion from Indonesia finally improved his condition and began to quickly catch up with Su Che who was in front.
After feeling the pressure from the pursuers behind him, Su Zhe tensed up and his condition finally recovered. In the final sprint, his strong technical characteristics of accelerating in the latter part of the race and his recovered competitive condition finally allowed him to run like usual.
Unfortunately, the short 30-meter sprint was over in a flash.
After reaching the finish line, Su Zhe still had the urge to continue sprinting. His body warmed up and he finally felt fully fit after running over a hundred meters.
Although he was not satisfied with his own condition, the way Su Zhe easily won the first place was already amazing to the audience on the scene and the Japanese people who were watching the live broadcast!
Commentator Ippei Ishida exclaimed: "This is my first time seeing a Chinese player named Su. His strength is as amazing as his beauty! His sturdy and charming figure... what does he look like? Oh! He looks like a charming snow leopard. He has both bewitching beauty and extraordinary strength!"
Exaggerated commentary and praise have always been the style of Japanese commentary, and Ippei Ishida's praise has not yet ended.
"In the past, it was always Chen who represented China in the competition. His fierce and fast pace has always been a weapon to tear apart the confidence of Japanese players. But today... the Chinese Empire sent out an even more terrifying secret weapon! With such a beautiful appearance, is it trying to make everyone ignore his strength because of Su's beauty, and finally deliver a fatal blow to us?"
The exaggerated words stunned the "philosopher" girls who were watching the track and field competition for the first time. They thought they were already qualified "Su Chui", but they never thought that just a commentator seemed to have defeated their daily routines???
The Sakura girls and the men around them all seemed to agree with the commentator's words, and excitedly shouted out the last name Su Zhe that they had just learned from them.
The enthusiastic shouts from the stands finally caught Su Zhe's attention. He was a little surprised when he saw the girls holding his banners, but he still waved at them with a smile.
Amid the happy screams of the "philosophers" and the Sakura girls, the preliminary results of Group 3, to which Su Zhe belonged, were also passed to Ishida Ippei...