Sprint champion: start standing on the Olympic field

Chapter 33 Semifinals

After briefly accepting interviews from reporters from several countries in the interview area, Su Feng quickly returned to the rest area, took a hot bath and changed into long-sleeved clothes before heaving a sigh of relief.

After the rain on the opening ceremony, the weather in Helsinki has been relatively cool, which is naturally very friendly to ordinary people, but for athletes, it is still easy to get sick after sweating after strenuous exercise.

Afterwards, Su Feng did not stay at the stadium, but returned directly to the sports village.

Although there is still a women's 10000 match today, Xing Huina will also play, but because the time is too long, He Jun and the members of the Su team unanimously suggested that Su Feng go back directly. Nothing to do.

The sports village for the World Championships is located at the Helsinki University of Technology, which actually temporarily occupied the school's student dormitory.

However, the security is very strict. All the students and staff of the school have left, and now only the members of the delegations with valid certificates can enter casually.

On August 8, Su Feng conducted simple and systematic warm-up training during the day, and then packed up his things and prepared to go to the stadium for pre-match preparation and inspection.

"Oh..." Su Feng sighed quietly while He Jun was away.

As expected, it was not much different from Su Feng's memory.

In the women's 10000-meter race yesterday, Xing Huina was double-teamed by four Ethiopian athletes. The rhythm of the race was severely disrupted, and she consumed too much energy, which eventually led to her failure to win the gold medal.

The Chinese team also lost one of the most important gold points.

In fact, it was not just this time. In the next few years of competition, facing many Ethiopian players, Xing Huina never ran a result that matched her strength.

She has strength, but the 10000-meter rule does not limit some tactical obstacles. There are so many opponents, so there is naturally no way.

Therefore, domestic attention is once again cast on the men's 100 meters that will start today and the men's 110 hurdles that will start in a few days.

That is to say, they set their sights on Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang.

The pressure on athletes of their short-track and straight track events is greater than that of middle-distance runners, and the pressure is naturally even greater now.

There are still two people, Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang. I can't imagine what it would be like when Liu Yuxiang faced all this by himself.

"Su Feng, let's go." He Jun came out of the house with a bag, which contained some emergency supplies for Su Feng, all of which were brought from China, and their safety and reliability were absolutely guaranteed.

"Okay." Su Feng nodded, and followed He Jun out of the room with a natural expression. No one could see that he was full of pressure just now.

Su Feng was sitting on the bus, with earphones plugged into his ears, playing some relaxing songs that he usually liked.

Seeing Su Feng's appearance, He Jun, Wang Zongfang and others beside him tacitly did not go up to disturb him.

Tonight's men's 100m semi-finals and finals will be held one after another. Whether or not the World Championships will return empty-handed will be decided tonight. It is normal for athletes to feel pressure at this time.

They also saw domestic news that the Chinese team hadn't won a medal so far, and Xing Huina, one of the champion seeds, had lost again.

It can be said that the eyes of the whole of China are now on Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang.

But there is no other way. It is said that if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. He and Liu Yuxiang have won the support of the people across the country, so they must bear this pressure now.

He Jun looked at Su Feng who had his eyes closed, and a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

He had never seen Su Feng under such pressure.

Su Feng actually won and lost in domestic competitions before, but there were so few people who paid attention to track and field back then.

For some individual track and field competitions, sometimes there is no one-tenth of the audience, or even one percent of the audience. It is almost an empty game.

Although the scene was disappointing, the pressure was also much less.

As for the Athens Olympic Games, after the first shot, the whole team had no demands on Su Feng's performance, even if the first shot failed, no one would criticize him.

As for the last step to reach the bronze medal, it is creating history step by step, and no one will put pressure on him to stop at any step.

But it’s different now. With the bronze medal in the Olympics and Liu Yuxiang’s record-breaking gold medal, the track and field event suddenly seems to be the son of all Chinese people, and the Chinese people will see it wherever they go.

This change is undoubtedly a good thing for track and field sports. If you pay attention, you will be popular. The Athletic Management Center and the General Administration have also received a lot of funds from Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang, which can increase efforts to train talents.

But that's not the case for athletes on the cusp.

Now Chinese people want to see two people win gold and silver. If they don't win anything in such a large-scale competition as the World Championships, then these waves may drown the athletes.

He Jun was already worried about Su Feng's state, but seeing him pretending to be relaxed, it seems that this worry has become a reality.

Su Feng doesn't have as many mental activities as He Jun now. He is just relaxing. There is pressure, but he has more confidence in his own strength.

The bus arrived at the Olympic Stadium smoothly all the way, Su Feng calmly got off the bus with the crowd, then ran a few laps on the field, and after a short rest, he came to the inspection room for inspection.

After finishing all this, Su Feng came to the side of the arena again, watching the ongoing game calmly.

Half an hour later, at 19:20 in the evening, the 100-meter semi-finals of the Helsinki World Championships officially started, and the athletes entered the competition venue one after another.

"Welcome everyone to watch the men's 100m semi-finals of this year's World Championships. I am the commentator Yang Jian. Now the athletes have started to enter.

It is 19:20 in the evening of Finnish time and 1:20 in the morning of BJ time. There may be many friends who are working and did not watch this game.

But according to the real-time statistics of the main station, the number of viewers who stayed up late to watch the game still exceeded [-] million. From this, we can also see that everyone pays attention to Su Feng.

As a track and field enthusiast, I would also like to thank everyone for their support to Su Feng.

We can see that the camera has been shown on the eight contestants, and they are already standing in front of the starting line.

In the first track, American player Walter Dix, this is a very powerful player from the United States. His best time was 9 seconds. beat him.

In the second track, Kuranti Martina of the Netherlands, with a best time of 9 seconds, is also a player who can break ten.

In the third track, Mark Burns of Trinidad and Tobago just ran a personal best of 2005 seconds in June 6.

Fourth, Sean Crawford, the 200-meter champion of the Athens Olympics, is best at 200 meters, but this time he only registered for the 100-meter World Championships. I don't know if he was affected by public opinion some time ago.

In the fifth track, Chinese player Su Feng, a bronze medalist in the Athens Olympic Games, had the best time this year to tie the previous world record of 9 seconds.

On the sixth track, the Portuguese star Francis Obikvelu, No.4 in the Athens Olympic Games is only second to Su Feng, with a personal best of 9 seconds, which is undoubtedly Su Feng's strong opponent.

On the seventh track, Kim Collins of St. Kitts and Nevis, the 2003 Paris World Championships champion, has a personal best of 9 seconds.

On the eighth track, the American player Leonard Scott is also a very strong player, and he is in good condition.At the IAAF London Grand Prix on July 7 that just passed, he ran a personal best of 22 seconds, which can be said to be well prepared.

(End of this chapter)