25 minutes 58.36 seconds!
As Bai Yu's results were announced, the entire audience erupted in enthusiastic cheers that echoed through the sky!
This achievement not only means that Bai Yu broke the world record, but also that for the first time in a competition, a human has run the 10,000-meter record in under 25 minutes!
Although it has only just entered the 25-minute mark, it is still a stunning achievement that has shocked everyone, especially since the person who achieved this result is of Asian descent.
Although long-distance running is not as influential as sprinting, Bai Yu's identity as an Asian still brought that influence to its peak.
It is a well-known fact that, due to racial factors, people of East Asian descent are not as naturally gifted as people of Black and White descent in track and field, especially in track events.
Black people, in particular, have an almost unparalleled talent in this area. Every year in track and field events, almost 80% of the champions are Black.
Like this competition, there were 15 contestants in the finals, but there was only one Asian and one white person, while the remaining 13 contestants were all black.
But even under these circumstances, Bai Yu broke through the crowd of black people and won the championship of this competition, breaking the world record.
Moreover, the original record of 26 minutes and a half seconds was increased by more than ten seconds, directly entering the 25-minute range.
It's worth noting that prior to this, some race organizers had gone to great lengths to improve the 10,000-meter record to 25 minutes, even installing indicator lights on the course and providing pacers for the runners.
Even so, the time still couldn't be improved to twenty-five minutes!
Of course, even if the time is improved to 25 minutes, the world record authorities will not recognize it, as this kind of result violates the spirit of sports.
However, Bai Yu's performance today was achieved without any favors from anyone. In fact, the race organizers would rather Bai Yu hadn't achieved this result; they wouldn't have offered him any assistance.
The reason is simple: Bai Yu is an Asian, and they will not allow an Asian to become a world record holder, since running is a talent of black people!
However, to their surprise, Bai Yu set a new record, and even with all the weather and other factors being in compliance, he broke the world record.
In addition, as the leading contestant, Bai Yu's scores were all timed in real time, and the final scores announced were corrected scores, which would not have much error.
This resulted in the fact that they couldn't change Bai Yu's grades even if they wanted to, and they could only accept the reality.
After the race, sports channels around the world began to publish new trending news, and the news that a person of Asian descent had set a new world record also attracted attention on the Internet immediately.
Bai Yu was immediately surrounded by reporters from all over the country, who were eager to interview her.
However, these reporters overlooked one thing: Bai Yu was a poor student, and he was only admitted to university through a special admission program.
So when these reporters asked questions, no matter which country they were from, Bai Yu couldn't understand a word they said.
Even though some of them had Asian faces, Bai Yu still couldn't understand what they were saying, because these Asian faces were either from Japan or South Korea; there wasn't a single one of our own reporters.
It's not that our domestic reporters didn't come. For international events like this, our country will definitely send people, at the very least a team.
However, these reporters don't seem to be targeting long-distance running events. They didn't see any of these people when Bai Yu broke the meet record yesterday, and the same is true today.
Then he found himself in an awkward situation. Bai Yu was surrounded by a bunch of reporters. It wasn't that he didn't want to be interviewed, but the problem was that he couldn't understand what they were saying.
In the end, it was their own translator who came and solved Bai Yu's immediate problem. After dealing with a few questions, they told the reporters present that they could have time to interview them after the awards ceremony.
Bai Yu still has things to do, the first of which is to collect blood or urine samples, something he knows very well.
As people of Asian descent, once we achieve remarkable results in sports, the first thing we have to deal with is accusations of doping or drugs. We have learned this the hard way.
In the past, whenever Bai Yu won a competition, he would take a sample, and he would take two samples at once, one for the opponent and one for himself.
After he finished taking the samples, the stage for the awards ceremony was almost ready, and Bai Yu could go on stage to receive the award.
The $200,000 reward, plus a gold medal, was still quite attractive to him.
Moreover, Bai Yu broke the world record and the tournament record this time, so there are bonuses for that.
Bai Yu wasn't the only one happy; his team, including Coach Li, were also overjoyed, since Bai Yu's victory meant they would receive a prize.
After receiving the prize money and medal, it was time for the interview.
This time, our own media finally received the news and appeared during the interview, but among a large group of reporters, our domestic reporters seemed so inconspicuous.
It was during the interview that Bai Yu heard someone speaking Mandarin, which made him realize that there were domestic reporters present. Otherwise, he would have thought that no domestic reporters had come to interview him again.
During the interview, Bai Yu only briefly answered questions about his training content and responded to the situation of being surrounded by other players during the competition, without saying anything else.
Just as the interview was about to end, our domestic reporter finally asked the question that Bai Yu most wanted to hear: what were his hopes for the upcoming Olympics?
Upon hearing this question, Bai Yu immediately took the microphone from the other party and said briefly:
"Wait for me, I'll take you to see the flag-raising ceremony at the Olympics!"
After saying this, Bai Yu immediately turned around and left, leaving all the reporters present with a domineering back view!
Maybe it was his domineering presence, but Bai Yu felt his actions were quite cool; he left without even looking back.
Moreover, it wasn't just Bai Yu who thought this move was cool. At least after he met Wang Hai, the latter gave him a thumbs up and sincerely said, "Brother Yu, you're really cool!"
After hearing Wang Hai's praise, Bai Yu went to Coach Li and asked him to get the interview content from the domestic reporter, especially the last part of the interview, which he wanted to post on his account.
As a video creator who is extremely devoted to his fans, it's only natural that he would share such a big event as winning the championship with his fans as soon as possible, so that they could share in his joy.
As for the interview video, that's very simple. Just say hello to them, and they'll send you a copy.
Five minutes later, news about Bai Yu breaking the world record appeared on major domestic platforms.
However, since it is late at night, most domestic media outlets, marketing accounts, and netizens are still asleep.
So this news didn't cause any stir at all, and it didn't even generate as much buzz as a young male celebrity being photographed meeting a woman in the street in the early morning.
It wasn't until Bai Yu himself posted a video that it became clear he had achieved his goal. The video included his 10,000-meter race, his new world record, his award ceremony, and his final interview.
In particular, Bai Yu's video, which begins with a quote from his interview, garnered significant attention on both Douyin and Kuaishou platforms as soon as it was released.
Moreover, as time went by, the popularity continued to rise, gradually spreading to other platforms.
Bai Yu posted this video more than an hour later than the relevant media outlets. After all, his video still needs editing, and the content needs to be rich and interesting.
Unlike official news media, which only need to take a few photos and write an essay, this is different.
So this process takes longer, but there are advantages to it. By the time Bai Yu posted this video, it was already close to dawn in China.
Some of the exploited cattle and horses either hadn't slept all night or woke up early and then saw the video, which brought the video its first wave of popularity.
Then it spread to all platforms, making the news previously published by the media go viral!
The discussion was particularly heated in Bai Yu's comment section, with all his fans talking about one thing: wanting to support Bai Yu during the Olympics.
They even started forming teams in the comments section, discussing how many national flags each of them should bring.
At that moment, they had only one thought: to fill the entire stadium with red flags the instant Bai Yu won the championship.
Bai Yu naturally saw the netizens' reactions, but he only saw them when he was preparing to rest.
Due to the time difference between China and other countries, this video attracted a lot of attention in China because it was during the day, while it was already nighttime in Bai Yu's country.
In just a few hours, Bai Yu looked at the millions of comments in her comment section and wondered whether this high level of popularity was a good thing or a bad thing.
The higher the popularity, the more fans will likely go to watch him compete in person when the Olympics begin.
He wasn't worried that with so many people around, he wouldn't perform well or would get scolded for a bad performance.
He was confident in his abilities. Even if things went wrong, he still had Brother Tongzi. He refused to believe that Brother Tongzi would stand by and watch someone die if something unexpected happened.
After all, he has accumulated tens of thousands of luck points that he can freely allocate. Even if he has to spend all of them, he must ensure his victory in the competition.
His only concern now is making money with the notebook!
After all, if more people go to the little notebook, it will inevitably bring a lot of money to the little notebook. Whether it's food or accommodation, the money spent is all real RMB!
Bai Yu felt uneasy when Xiao Benzi started making money; we couldn't let him take advantage of us.
But if he doesn't have fans, even if he wins the championship, it won't be enough to create a sense of awe for the fans. If outsiders find out, they might think that our family can't afford to go abroad.
So Bai Yu was caught in a dilemma, and in this state of confusion, she drifted off to sleep.
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