Run Out of My Life

In 2008, Su Zu and Liu Yangyu did not participate in many competitions. Su Zu only participated in the "Good Luck Beijing" Track and Field Open in May. In addition to this open competition, Liu Yangyu, In March, he participated in the World Indoor World Championships and won the 60-meter championship. After that, there were two New York Grand Prix and Eugene Grand Prix, but one of them retired and the other was sent off.

And now, will it be the same as it used to be?

Su Zu was not sure for a while.

After 2004 and 2005, as they reached the peak of their careers, even if they were on the track and field team, they each had their own subject groups and teams. Not too much either.

As early as the previous Olympics preparation training, he and Liu Yangyu's training ground were not together. In today's men's 110-meter hurdles competition, the time between the two competitions was more than an hour, and they did not meet on the warm-up venue. Su Zu couldn't help Liu Yangyu's current state.

The schedule of the men's 110-meter hurdles competition in the 2008 Olympic Games is basically similar to the previous Olympic Games, and the competition is divided into four rounds. A total of 43 contestants participated in the first round of preliminaries and were divided into 6 preliminaries. The rules are basically the same as other sprint track events. The top four of each group directly advance, and then the eight with the best scores among the remaining competitors, a total of 32 people, will enter the second round.

In terms of the total number of participants and the number of promotions in the second round, the elimination rate is actually not high, as long as Liu Yangyu can play a little bit well in the first shot, with his strength, he will advance easy.

Since the men's 110-meter hurdles preliminaries officially started at 11:10 in the morning, Su Zu felt that he had to wait for about twenty or thirty minutes.

The previous five preliminaries completed the competition one after another. Chinese athletes Shi Dongpeng and Ji Wei both qualified for the next round of the semi-finals, and the sixth group of athletes appeared on the field.

Because the number of participants is different in each group, there are only seven players in the sixth group of men's 110m hurdles, and Liu Yangyu is in the second track.

Since he entered the track and field, the sound of shouting his name and cheering for him never stopped.

2004 Athens Olympic Games men's 110m hurdles champion, the first men's track and field gold medalist in Chinese Olympic history, even if Su Zu won three medals in the same Olympic Games, 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze Couldn't completely block his light.

After the World Championships, World Cups, I won the Grand Slam of individual events, and broke the world record.

In another time and space, Liu Yangyu is the most important and iconic figure in the Chinese track and field event, and the first Chinese track and field athlete in the men's sprint and sprint event to amaze the world.

Standing on the stand beside the runway, when Liu Yangyu appeared in front of the starting line, Su Zu did not see too much abnormality from the opponent's face, very calm, not anxious or painful, but also Not as easy as it used to be.

While the audience kept chanting his name and cheering for him, he did not turn his head to look at the stands and waved.

Su Zu raised his heart in an instant. He couldn't remember the scene when Liu Yangyu retired from the competition in that time and space. .

"Probably not."

If Su Zu himself was under pressure before the men's 100m race, Li Zhizhong was almost out of breath, afraid that he would lose. There is also Fang Caizhang and Pei Mengwei who did not perform well in the men's 200m preliminaries to advance to the first round. Su Zu could clearly feel that the athletes would have to bear a lot of pressure to compete at their own gates.

Almost all athletes have this kind of pressure, but the more disadvantaged sports, the more closely watched sports rise and are favored by people all over the country, the more worried they are that they will be disgraced because of poor performance .

In this life, from the rise of Su Zu in the men's sprint event, although Liu Yangyu is still attracting attention, the attention of the outside world on him is undoubtedly a lot less.

The influence of the men's 100m is huge, which is naturally not comparable to the 110m hurdles.

Su Zu is also very clear that his appearance has weakened Liu Yangyu's popularity in China to some extent, so that a large part of the focus has shifted to himself.

Whether domestically, in Asia, or in the world, his influence in Chinese sports was completely ahead of Liu Yangyu and Dayao after the 2005 Helsinki World Championships.

He once asked his coach to remind Liu Yangyu to pay attention to the intensity of the game from his own point of view, or from his side, because there was no comparison of Liu Yangyu's specific competition data, and Su Zu had no way of knowing. How strong is Liu Yangyu's game.

However, there are still some minor injuries, but there is no serious news.

Everything seems to be going in the right direction.

With Su Zu at the top, although Liu Yangyu may not be as dazzling as before, at least the attention and pressure from the outside world will be less, and the intensity of the game and the response strategy will also change Some.

He still remembers the first time he saw Liu Yangyu at the track and field Grand Prix. At that time, he was watching the opponent's game on the sidelines like today. Star chasing, but at that time the hero was still in the wild, and he had not yet flourished. He really wanted to have a word with the other party, no matter what the content, probably just wanted to express his appreciation.

At this moment, standing on the starting line of the men's 110-meter preliminaries, Su Zu looked at the expression on the opponent's face, and his heart was still inevitably anxious.

“Onyourmarks!”

In the Bird's Nest Stadium, a voice reminding players to take their place.

In Su Zu, among the attention of the audience, Liu Yangyu stepped onto the starting gear.

He is the second lane. In the track where seven players compete, the second lane is the side lane closest to the infield.

The noisy venue gradually quieted down.

Before the starting line, the seven runners bent down and kept their bodies still.

"SET!"

Pop!

The match guns sounded.

Seven athletes just started and rushed out of the starting line, and the audience suddenly burst into an uproar.

The Dutch player Gregory Sedok in the fifth lane had an obvious rushing action. After the seven players rushed out of the starting line, they all stopped at a trot and was caught by the runners in front of the starting line. The recall referee will recall uniformly.

In an instant, through the big screen at the scene, Su Zu clearly saw that when Liu Yangyu turned around, there was a slight twitching of the muscles on his face.

The contest is back on!

Liu Yangyu returned to the starting line again, bent down and made a starting position.

Su Zu was standing in the stands. At this moment, he suddenly felt a little bit of how Li Zhizhong usually felt when he was watching his game.

On the sidelines, spectators and coaches may be more nervous than the players off the court.

Because I didn't participate in the competition myself, and because I couldn't understand the specific situation of the athletes, at this time, it seemed that I couldn't do anything except pray on the sidelines.

Su Zu feels like this right now. If he can, he really wants to go off the court and play for the opponent directly, which is better than being on the sidelines and unable to control the situation.

Su Zu at this time didn't know that when it was empty, Liu Yangyu had already withdrawn from the game after the first shot due to injury.

He only remembered that Liu Yangyu had withdrawn from the competition, and then fell into a huge public storm, but after two time and space, many details have long been forgotten.

Pop!

The gunfire of the game rang out again.

Everyone on the sidelines was watching Liu Yangyu start to accelerate.

In Su Zu's opinion, Liu Yangyu's start was not very ideal, it was slower than his previous start, but it may be affected by the first shot, and a few other players were also affected by influence.

One step, two steps, three steps…

Top!

In the first column, Liu Yangyu's back foot slightly brushed the hurdle. Fortunately, although the hurdle fell, Liu Yangyu had passed it smoothly!

The second, the third…

From the start, he was slightly disadvantaged, and when he crossed the first hurdle, he still stumbled, but Liu Yangyu ran smoothly.

In an instant, all the Chinese spectators including Su Zu in the stands of the Bird's Nest Stadium cheered.

In the men's 110-meter hurdles preliminaries, as long as a player like Liu Yangyu runs normally and smoothly, even if he has a slight disadvantage, it doesn't matter at all. If you want to advance, even the first place in the track group is easy.

Sure enough, after the sixth column, Liu Yangyu, who was slightly behind from the start, has successfully reached the first position.

FAST!

Every hurdle movement is as fast and vigorous as always, full of beauty of speed and skill.

Cross the line!

13 seconds 43!

The timing board in front of the finish line showed the first place in the sixth group of the preliminaries, and Liu Yangyu got the place to advance to the next round of the semi-finals!

Su Zu looked at Liu Yangyu who had crossed the finish line and started to raise his hands to gesture to the audience.

It is normal for athletes to retire due to injury. During training or warm-up, the intensity is not too strong. Sometimes some minor injuries may not be deeply understood. But when it comes to the arena, when it is necessary to break out with full force, many situations appear all at once. Many athletes, including Asafa Powell, have withdrawn or failed to finish the game many times before or during the game.

Even if Liu Yangyu just retired, Su Zu, who is also an athlete, can't feel any blame. Because the most wanted to run well, not only the audience looking forward to the sidelines, but also the athletes who competed on the field.

Only in some special games, some special occasions, expect too much, but some things are infinitely magnified.

After watching Liu Yangyu's preliminaries, Su Zu didn't care about the second round of the men's 110-meter hurdles, the semifinals, or even the finals.

It is not because of Liu Yangyu's good condition or possible achievements, but because of an athlete who can run without regrets in the Olympic Games held in his own country and the grand competition held in the stadium of his own country It would be great if the audience could see him run without any regrets!

He did not suffer from injuries at this time like the original time and space, and he did not retire!