At the scene, the live camera was not turned off. Because of Su Zhe's high attention, the sweeping camera still showed Su Zhe's back. In the commentary booth, Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan were still replaying the game, explaining in detail to the audience how difficult it was for Su Zhe to take the second place in the game. Suddenly, Wang Miaochuan saw Su Zhe's slightly awkward walking posture on the live screen.
Wang Miaochuan: "Dear audience friends, we can see from the live footage that Su Zhe's walking posture is a bit awkward, and he seems to be a little uncomfortable. It is possible that he accidentally hit the fence during the game and was injured. Let's take a look at the footage of Su Zhe's game just now..."
The live broadcast screen was switched to the scene during the game. The instep of Su Zhe's leg while crossing the railings hit the shaking railings, even causing the railings to shake more.
Zhang Jing: "From the pictures, it seems that Su Zhe was indeed injured while hitting the hurdles. I hope his injury is not serious and will not affect his performance in the 100m final this afternoon."
The audience in the live broadcast room were also shocked by this sudden change, and the screen was full of complaints and worries, but Su Zhe had already left the court with the help of Zheng Jian and Zhao Zhixuan, and netizens were unable to understand Su Zhe's true injury for a while.
After Zheng Jian and Zhao Zhixuan discovered that Su Zhe seemed to be injured, Su Zhe's protest was ineffective. Zheng Jian carried him on his back without saying a word and took him to the medical team's station.
After the nurse took off Su Zhe's right shoe, she found that the instep was bruised, which was a sign of injury, and the wound was slightly swollen. After the doctor on duty examined him, he said that the injury was not serious. He took out a bottle of compound chlorohexane spray and sprayed it on Su Zhe's wound, then used a bandage to bandage Su Zhe.
After coming out of the medical team, Zheng Jian and his companions finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It is common for athletes to get injured, and both of them have suffered a lot of injuries of varying degrees. But if Su Zhe's injury today is serious and he has to withdraw from the competition, it would be a pity to miss the next two finals.
Fortunately, the doctor did not stop Su Zhe from continuing to compete, which shows that his injury was not serious.
Since the men's 100-meter sprint final was scheduled for two o'clock in the afternoon, traveling back and forth between the hotel and the stadium would only make them more tired and detrimental to the competition. So after leaving the medical team, the two took Su Zhe to find the temporary rest room prepared by the organizing committee for the athletes and settled down temporarily.
On the Internet, the topic of Su Zhe's injury during the game also spread to a small extent, and the discussion group of the topic was mainly concentrated among sports fans, "philosophers" and some netizens who just wanted to watch the show.
On the track and field kingdom forum, clips of Su Zhe hitting the hurdles during the competition and his walking posture after the competition were cut out separately for people to study. Netizens continued to discuss Su Zhe's injury repeatedly, and they were all worried about whether his injury would affect subsequent competitions.
In Su Zhe's super topic, "philosophers" posted messages to pray, hoping that Su Zhe would be healthy and free from illness and disaster.
As netizens discussed, the time gradually turned to 1:40 p.m.
Su Zhe and Zhao Zhixuan came to the athlete preparation area for the 100-meter final together. Several athletes who also entered the final were already in the preparation area waiting for the competition to begin.
Meng Hao and his companions had obviously also heard about Su Zhe's injury, and they came over to ask about Su Zhe's condition.
Meng Hao patted Su Zhe's shoulder and frowned, "I was expecting a big fight with you this afternoon, but you got hurt first."
Although Su Zhe was able to appear on the scene, the injury was definitely not serious, but even a minor injury would inevitably affect the player's personal performance.
Not to mention, Su Zhe had just run such an intense 110-meter hurdles preliminaries in the morning. The 100-meter athletes present watched this morning's race for the purpose of evaluating Su Zhe's strength. Su Zhe's comeback in the race was too exciting, but such a race consumes a huge amount of energy and physical strength from the athletes.
Many people present had already silently excluded Su Zhe from the list of final competitors.
If Su Zhe could win first place in the final despite being low on energy, not in peak physical condition, and even injured, then what are the players who have adjusted their competitive condition to the best and are just waiting for the final?
In response to everyone's sympathy, Su Zhe smiled and didn't say much. After thanking everyone for their concern, he quietly squatted aside and did some simple warm-up exercises.
In the stands, many "philosopher" girls were waiting at the scene early, anxiously waiting to see if Su Zhe would show up. In the front row of the stands, Tao Sheng and some track and field fans were also anxiously looking at the location of the 100-meter preparation area.
Fortunately, after seeing Su Zhe show up and in good condition, the girls and Tao Sheng and others finally breathed a sigh of relief - being able to appear on the court at least proved that the injury was not serious.
"I don't know how Su Zhe is doing... Oh, what a pity. This is his first national competition, and he got injured before the final." A middle-aged sports enthusiast from City G shook his head and discussed Su Zhe's injury with Tao Sheng.
"From the current situation, he is in good condition." Tao Sheng's face was still filled with anxiety. Although from the state of Su Zhe's movements in the preparation area, the injury on his foot did not seem to have much impact, he still felt worried: "The game in the morning was too intense. I don't know how much he can perform after the injury in the afternoon... and his injury is on the instep, which will more or less affect his explosive power... Sigh."
Soon, the staff began to guide the players into the venue and the competition was about to begin.
Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan were still the commentators at the desk, but today they were facing not only the audience in the live broadcast room, but also the TV viewers of the Chaoting TV Sports Channel.
The two of them slightly restrained their extroverted state in the previous live broadcast, and began to introduce the 8 players present to the audience. They also tacitly turned the topic to Su Zhe's injury - this is currently the issue that the majority of netizens are most concerned about, and it is also appropriate to use this incident to illustrate the relationship between the strong and the weak on the field at this moment.
Wang Miaochuan: "According to what we learned from the medical team, Su Zhe's injury is not serious, just a slight soft tissue contusion. Of course, no matter how minor the injury is, it will still affect Su Zhe's performance. For Su Zhe, who is participating in the national top competition for the first time, this may be a bit regrettable."
Zhang Jing: "Yes, we can see that Su Zhe is preparing for the race in front of the starting blocks. He paid a little attention to his right foot. The bandage seemed to make him feel a little uncomfortable."
On the field, Su Zhe is currently on Lane 2, and like all the other athletes, he is adjusting his condition.
He tried to rotate his right ankle and stomped the ground hard, then did a simple set of high leg raises to feel the condition of the injured area on the back of his foot. Although there was some tingling, it was still within the normal tolerable range.
Wang Miaochuan: "Su Zhe seems to be quite satisfied with his condition. I hope he can show his strength in the next game without being affected!"
As soon as Wang Miaochuan finished speaking, the referee signaled all the athletes to take their positions on the starting blocks.
After Su Zhe got into the starting position, he focused his attention on the ground in front of him and completely put the pain in his feet behind him - on the field, he couldn't afford to divide his mind on that little bit of pain.
"Everyone, take your positions!"
After hearing the referee's call, all the players took a deep breath, squatted down, and supported themselves on the ground with their hands.
"Prepare—"
After all the players raised their hips and got into ready position, soon, the starting gun sounded!
"Bang!"
On the track, all the athletes quickly stepped off the starting blocks and the race began!
At the moment of starting, the system in Su Zhe's brain emitted a real-time mechanical sound.
Sprint LV3 state is activated, and the sprint state bonus is 15%.
In the commentary booth, the two commentators also began to tense up, staring at the changes on the field: "All players start! Su Zhe and Meng Hao's starting speed is very strong, but Meng Hao's explosive power is stronger. He is very strong in the connection of starting acceleration, and currently ranks first!"
Although the injury on the instep did not affect Su Zhe's pain, at the moment of starting, the contusion on the right instep still affected the force-generating action of pushing backwards at the start, causing Su Zhe's acceleration at the start to be slightly slower than usual.
Even though the system's sprinting skill has been upgraded to LV3, the percentage increase in status cannot make Su Zhe completely immune to the pain in his feet at this time. In the case of low overall competitive status, the bonus effect of the sprinting skill has been significantly weakened.
After clearly realizing that his starting explosive power was insufficient, Su Zhe quickly adjusted his state, increased his stride, quickened his pace, accelerated his arm swings, and began to gradually increase his speed to catch up with the ferocious Meng Hao!
Meng Hao lived up to his nickname "Meng Ge". In domestic competitions, he always had a nearly dominant strength in the first 30 meters of the race. He had a quick reaction and strong explosive power, and his technique of starting and accelerating was also very smooth and skilled.
At this time, the top three advantage groups on the field were Meng Hao, Su Zhe, and Zhao Zhixuan.
Zhao Zhixuan's explosive power is slightly inferior to Meng Hao. Su Yinsheng once said that he is a stride frequency type athlete. He is naturally more sensitive. His current stride frequency can reach an average of 4.2 steps per second. Once there is a breakthrough in stride length and stride frequency, it will not be difficult to break the 10.10 mark.
Zhao Zhixuan on the court was completely different from his usual gentle and steady temperament. His eyes were fixed straight ahead, his mind was highly focused, he was controlling his own condition, concentrating all his efforts on running forward, his sharp gaze was like a sharp lightning.
On the commentary stand, Wang Miaochuan and Zhang Jing were also highly focused on the fierce competition on the field.
Wang Miaochuan: "You can see that the current leader is none other than Meng Hao, nicknamed Meng Ge. His dominance in the first 30 meters was also evident in today's finals, but Su Zhe behind him is also catching up! The gap between them is not that big! Following closely behind is Zhao Zhixuan, who also graduated from Su Yinsheng!"
Zhang Jing: "The three of them form the first echelon on the field. Meng Hao is trying to speed up to shake off the pursuit of Su Zhe and Zhao Zhixuan, but his lack of endurance during the race prevents him from completing this plan. Su Zhe's endurance advantage and late-game acceleration advantage are likely to make him overtake Meng Hao in the latter part of the race!"
Zhang Jing stared at Su Zhe on the field, and once again felt like he was looking at a god - an athlete who was injured and had participated in the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries, and obviously had no physical advantage, could actually gradually surpass a master like Meng Hao in the 100-meter final? !
In the stands, no one was able to sit in their seats and watch the game calmly. Tao Sheng and a few others stood up, staring at the figures on the track with clenched fists, afraid to miss any moment when Su Zhe might overtake.
"Su Zhe!! Come on!!!"
Many sports fans couldn't help but shout at the top of their lungs.
On the other side, clearly separated from the sports fans, the "philosophers" of Su Zhe's family were also waving banners and small flags to cheer for their idols!
Even if they were not fans of Su Zhe, ordinary citizens of City G who came to watch the game had already felt the intense atmosphere on the field. Everyone was staring at the field eagerly, watching the boy who was like light galloping and rising on the field.
On the track.
Su Zhe could no longer feel the pain in his feet. All he had eyes on was the track ahead. Even though Meng Hao was still in front of him, he did not devote any extra energy to him.
Hurry up!
He could be faster!
The pace of his feet was adjusted again - if Zhao Zhixuan was an excellent pace type player, then Su Zhe's talent in pace rhythm control could be called divine.
After discovering his talent for cadence, Su Yinsheng and Zhao Changhe deliberately strengthened Su Zhe's training on cadence control ability during training, allowing him to more calmly control the rhythm throughout the race and distribute his physical strength to more appropriate stages.
After adjusting his pace again, Su Zhe pushed his pace to its limit. He had already forgotten to save his energy for the 110-meter hurdles final the next day. He just kept adjusting his breathing and running forward.
The players behind had already seen Su Zhe's condition, and many of them were wondering in their hearts, "Is he crazy?"
Veteran Wang Ming, who was ranked 5th, went crazy after seeing Su Zhe's speed: [Where is the injury? Where is his physical condition declining after participating in the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries this morning? Why can this guy still run so fast? ? ? I felt like a fool to sympathize with him before the game! ]
In fact, Meng Hao was also devastated. He was in great shape today and was confident that he could run under 10.17 or even better today. Su Zhe was even injured, and now he was gradually catching up with him and was about to surpass him?!
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, the barrage is filled with crazy cheers!
[Down, come on Su Zhe!!! Fuck him!!!]
[Come on! This game makes my blood boil! Su Zhe, go for it! ]
Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan’s commentary almost never stopped, and soon, Zhang Jing’s cry of surprise reached the live broadcast room and the TV!
Zhang Jing: "Overtaken! Su Zhe overtook Meng Chao at nearly 70 meters! The race began to enter the sprint stage, and Su Zhe's back-up acceleration ability was once again used. He was shaking off Meng Hao's pursuit at a speed visible to the naked eye! The last 20 meters! The last 10 meters!! Win!!"
Zhang Jing was so excited that his voice broke. He almost forgot that he was also commentating on the TV broadcast. He shouted loudly: "The winner is Su Zhe! Su Zhe, who had an injured foot, started to exert his strength in the middle of the race and overtook Meng Chao at 70 meters. In the end, he left all the players behind with his unparalleled acceleration ability in the latter part and stood alone in the front!!"
Wang Miaochuan also looked incredible: "Before the game, we had predicted that Su Zhe's personal performance might be affected by injuries and physical decline, but now it seems that his condition on the field is still first-class! Now the referee team is nervously counting and checking the players' scores, let us look forward to what Su Zhe's final score will be!"
In the stands, many excited male spectators roared, mixed in with the shouts of many girls.
"Su Zhe!! Well done!!!"
"Master Zhe is so awesome! Incredible!"
"Long live the cub!!"
At this moment, no matter whether they were fans of Su Zhe in athletics or fans of his looks, they were all impressed by his demeanor on the field, including ordinary citizens of City G who came to watch the game. All eyes were focused on the young man who was like a ray of light.
The bullet screen in the live broadcast room was also boiling.
[Fuck, fuck, fuck, I am a big 8-foot-tall man but now I have tears in my eyes. This is the first time I have watched a 100-meter sprint like this!]
[Hahaha, Su Zhe is poisonous! I was also overwhelmed with emotion after watching it, and I still can’t calm down…]
[Ah, so what about the results? Are the results out? I feel like his final speed was really fast, how will it compare to the results in the preliminaries?]
[But he was injured, right? Although we think he ran very fast, it can't be faster than the preliminaries, right? ]
In the live broadcast room, the public screen was filled with heated discussions, and the two commentators were in high spirits and kept throwing out various topics.
In the arena, all the athletes who reached the finish line looked at Su Zhe with dismay, as if they were looking at a living alien.
Anyone who had thought before the game that they didn't need to take Su Zhe seriously in this game would feel a sharp pain in their cheek at this moment.
Why does such a person exist? Even with an injured foot, he was able to fight back in the game and eventually win with an absolute advantage...
At this moment, another figure emerged in their minds—the country's 100-meter king, Chen Zhi.
Su Zhe's terrifying speed and momentum on the field made them unable to help but overlap his figure with Chen Zhi. Many people couldn't help but wonder in their hearts - Chen Zhi is a legendary figure who has run under 10 seconds many times, this Su Zhe... I wonder how far he can run?
At the finish line, Su Zhe finally sat down on the ground. He looked down at his right foot and could clearly feel that the injury to his right foot had worsened because of his full-speed running just now.
Zhao Zhixuan squatted beside him and took off his shoes. He could clearly see that the swelling on the instep of his foot seemed to have gotten bigger.
With a frown on his face, Zhao Zhixuan seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. He just tentatively pressed Su Zhe's feet slightly to relieve the pain and pressure in his feet.
The referee team's score statistics have come out, and the results were quickly sent to Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan.
After quickly finding the name at the top of the statistics table, both were stunned by the number following the name.
Wang Miaochuan: "Now, the final scores of all the contestants have been delivered to us." Wang Miaochuan simply gave up the usual way of counting from the first place, and started counting from the last place forward.
Wang Miaochuan: "5th place, Wang Ming, 10.36... 3rd place, Zhao Zhixuan, 10.18, 2nd place, Meng Hao, 10.17." After a pause, Wang Miaochuan continued: "1st place, Su Zhe, 10.11!"
The injured Su Zhe not only ran into 10.15 again, but his final result was infinitely close to the 10.10 mark!
The boiling sound rang out from the stands, the live broadcast room and even in front of the TV.
Su Zhe participated in the competition with an injury, but ultimately achieved such a brilliant result. The twists and turns and reversals in the process made everyone who paid attention to the men's 100-meter sprint final so excited that they could hardly contain themselves.
But when everyone was in an uproar, Su Zhe was not in such a good mood. He endured the pain in his right foot and looked back at his own results on the electronic timer.
Wind speed, 1.8 meters per second, speed, 10 seconds 11.
Whether it was due to poor condition or some other reason, he still failed to break the 10.10 mark, let alone the Olympic standard of 10.05.
Su Zhe knew that his mentality was wrong, but he could not control this eager and stubborn mentality. This was a flaw in his character, just like when he first participated in the talent show, even though he knew that his foundation was poor and his qualifications were not good, he still tried his best to practice and strive for it, and was so stubborn that he almost forced himself to stay awake day and night.
His father Su Yinsheng also knew about his problem, and that was why he did not stop him from participating in the 110-meter hurdles race. Instead, he supported him in the competition and only warned him before the start to know how to allocate his energy and strength and not to get carried away and try his best in all events.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried to control himself, he couldn't help but give his all in two consecutive games.
Zhao Zhixuan looked at his injuries and sighed: "In this condition, can you still participate in the 110-meter hurdles final tomorrow afternoon?"
Su Zhe pursed his lips, with a hint of rejection on his face.
He also knew that in his current condition, he was probably not fit to participate in tomorrow's 110-meter hurdles final, but the words "give up the competition" circled in his throat before he swallowed them back.
For him, it is extremely difficult to say the word "give up".
Zhao Zhixuan frowned and wanted to say something, but the stretcher and doctor that the staff had called for Su Zhe had already arrived. He had no choice but to help Su Zhe move onto the stretcher and wait until they got to the medical team to discuss everything.
Su Zhe was also in a low mood, but no one could tell because he was the recent winner of the men's 100-meter sprint.
Just as Su Zhe was lying on the stretcher and about to reach the medical team, the familiar mechanical sound rang out again.
"Ding, the host's reputation value has reached 20 million, activating the perfect maintenance aura upgrade system."
"Ding, the perfect maintenance aura has been upgraded successfully!"
"Perfect Care Aura LV2 version, at your service!"