Sprint champion: start standing on the Olympic field

Chapter 29 Ready to go
On the runway, Su Feng was about to run another 100 meters. Suddenly, He Jun answered the phone and called Su Feng.

"Asafa Powell is out of the World Championships."

"What?!" Su Feng stood there in surprise, what's going on?
Not only Su Feng, several other young people in the Su team who were responsible for recording Su Feng's data also looked up at He Jun.

Asafa Powell has just broken the world record. It can be said that he is currently the strongest athlete in the men's 100 meters. Even in the eyes of the Chinese, Su Feng is slightly inferior to the opponent. Why is he not participating in the World Championships? This is apart from the Olympics The highest level and popularity of the game.

"Director Jiang from the General Administration of Sports called me and just confirmed the list for this World Championships, without Powell. It is said that it was because of a torn muscle in Powell's thigh, and he is currently being treated in Europe. Although it is not serious, this kind of injury , It won’t be good without two or three months, and I will definitely not be able to participate in the World Championships.”

"What about Gatlin and Green, they have no problem." If you want to run the best results, you need not only your own strength, but also the best opponents. Most athletes are like this, and Su Feng is the same.

This is Su Feng's first time participating in the World Championships. In the previous session, his time was still 10 seconds away, so he was not qualified at all.

"No, both Gatlin and Green have already decided to participate. Unless they are accidentally injured in the past few days, they will definitely go."

"That's good." Su Feng suppressed the shock in his heart and nodded.

Powell is now the opponent he most wants to challenge.

Then there are Gatlin and Green who defeated him in the Olympics last year. After this year of training, he has made great progress and wants to compete with them.

Unfortunately, neither of the two races in the United States participated.

In the first game, Powell was still there, so Su Feng still had a comparable opponent.

In the second round, just in time for Su Feng to get angry, and without a top opponent, Su Feng won easily in the end.

Although it is shocking to open a distance of three or four meters between opponents on the field, Su Feng is still a little disappointed in his heart.

Fortunately, although Powell didn't come this time, Gatling and Green came, just for Su Feng to avenge the Olympics.

There are only a few top athletes, that is to say, the Olympics and World Championships can ensure that these people get together.

But having said that, Powell in his previous life was injured before this World Championships, and he didn't expect it to be the same this time.

But in this case, this game will become a contest between Su Feng and two famous American generals.

Su Feng looked at the sky, is this what God meant?Is this what I did with the United States?

If I lose, needless to say, the American media will definitely belittle and gloat.

If I win, I'm afraid it will be even more lively.With the pissing nature of the American media, I am afraid that it will belittle its own athletes, and then arouse the common people's hatred and hatred, and turn the blame on themselves.

Anyway, the media is not guilty of being a middleman, and at the same time, they only need to make money.

He Jun then told Su Feng about the lineup of the track and field team participating in the World Championships.

A total of 36 Chinese athletes competed in 24 small events.

The team is led by Zhang Guozheng of the General Administration and head coach Guo Jiangping.

Only Su Feng participated in the men's sprint, 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters.

The World Championships also have A and B standards like the Olympic Games, and the standards are the same. This time, only Su Feng has reached the 100-meter A standard.

This is also the reason why the leaders of the General Administration want Su Feng to run 200 meters at the same time. After all, as long as Su Feng runs 200 meters, there is no problem entering the A mark, and the scene is not so ugly.

The gold points for the World Championships this time have not been announced to the outside world, but internally they are actually different. It is not a requirement, but everyone knows it.

The main gold points are Su Feng's 100-meter hurdles, Liu Yuxiang's 110-meter hurdles and Xing Huina's 10000-meter hurdles.

However, the three also have their own problems and difficulties.

Among them, Xing Huina, she is going to face the Ethiopian Army. 10000 meters can be chaotic, and there will be some tactical things in it.Xing Huina won the championship last time, and it was also related to the overconfidence of several Ethiopian athletes. It can be said that although Xing Huina is strong enough, she also took advantage of loopholes.

Next, many athletes from Ethiopia are likely to double-team Xing Huina, disrupting her rhythm and keeping her gold medal.

As for Liu Yuxiang, like Su Feng, he participated in the Osaka, Eugene, and New York Grand Prix successively.After Su Feng returned to China, he continued to participate in the Lausanne and Rome Grand Prix.

The advantage of this is that Liu Yuxiang ranks first in the latest IAAF men's 110-meter hurdles event.

The disadvantage is that Liu Yuxiang's physical fitness has declined significantly, and he has not undergone systematic long-term preparations, and his body has not reached its peak state.

And he has a lot of challenges in the World Championships. France's Docuri and America's Alan Johnson will all come to participate.

Among them, Alan Johnson has already said that he must defend the championship at the World Championships and complete five consecutive championships.

And Docuri, a French rookie, has so far maintained the best result in the 110-meter hurdles this year, second only to Liu Yuxiang in terms of points.

As for Su Feng, although Powell, who has just broken the world record, is unable to participate due to injury, the champion and runner-up who defeated Su Feng in the Athens Olympics last year will come, and the pressure is not small.

Although these internal analyzes were not stated to the outside world, but now is the information age, the external analysis is basically the same as the internal analysis of the General Administration, nothing more than the General Administration did not admit it.

As gold points, the newspapers and media have high expectations for the three, and the attention is also extremely high, causing a lot of pressure.

So now the team mainly focuses on releasing the pressure on the three of them, for fear that they will be affected by the pressure. When the track and field team comes back without getting anything, it will be difficult to explain internally and externally.

But there is no way, the results bring glory, but also the expectations of countless people, and this expectation falls on the athletes, which is a heavy responsibility and pressure.

This is still the World Championships. If it is the Beijing Olympic Games three years later, the pressure will be even greater.

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On August 8th, 4 athletes including Su Feng and more than 36 leaders and staff members boarded the plane to Europe after making all the preparations in Beijing.

Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland.

Of course, it is incomparable with China's big cities in terms of size and population.

But the environment here is excellent, and enjoys a high reputation throughout Europe. The beautiful coastline and archipelago are famous tourist destinations in Europe.

As soon as Su Feng and others arrived at the airport in Helsinki, Finland, they felt the superiority of the environment here.

In August, most places in the northern hemisphere are hot summer, but it is very cool here. According to the real-time temperature displayed on the plane, the outdoor temperature at this time is only 26 degrees, which is more than 10 degrees lower than that of BJ. Almost air-conditioned.

"It's really comfortable!" Su Feng stretched himself as he stepped off the plane.

Good weather will give people a good mood. It seems that the weather in Finland really gave the Chinese team a face, which is undoubtedly a good sign.

(End of this chapter)