Chapter 23 IAAF Eugene Station
On May 30, Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang set out directly in Shanghai and set out for Eugene, Oregon, USA.
The United States is a country with extremely developed sports commerce, but in China, the more famous ones are the NBA teams and the cities they are located in.
But in fact, more cities in the United States have their own business cards in sports.
For example, the city of Eugene where the two are now located.
This city is a city that track and field enthusiasts are sought after. It has a history of decades and has held many competitions. Countless track and field athletes have achieved record-breaking results here, and are known as the American track and field city.
Su Feng wants to compete for this year's World Track and Field Finals, and he has to get enough points in 25 games in total. Eugene Station is a place that cannot be given up.
There is another thing that only Su Feng knows so far, that is, Su Feiren in later generations broke the ten-second mark and was in this city.
So no matter what, Su Feng is here.
But when she thought of this, Su Feng felt a little heavy.
In 2008, Chinese people's enthusiasm for track and field was concentrated on Liu Feiren, but as a track and field enthusiast, Su Feng clearly remembered it.
2008 was a not very friendly year for China’s Hundred Meters. How to say it, it was just that it was not suitable for the young and blue.
In the 100-meter Olympics, the Chinese team not only has A-mark athletes, but even B-mark athletes.
Su Feng had already started practicing 200 meters when he was in Shanghai. This was not only for preparations for participating in the 200-meter competition in the future, but also for relays.
Coach Zhang, who is in charge of relay in the national team, has consulted Su Feng and He Jun more than once and invited them to the relay group.
However, Su Feng practiced with some national team members in Shanghai, and he was not familiar with the baton. But what about the others? The fastest speed is probably beyond 10 seconds and 30 seconds. He is not strong enough, and it is difficult to achieve good results.
Think about the future, if he, Su Feiren and Xie Zhenye formed a relay team, even the United States and Jamaican Legion, he would have the confidence to go to the first gang.
Long-distance flights are quite cumbersome, either tiring or boring.
After more than ten hours of flight, the group finally arrived in Eugene City.
Lao He and Coach Sun have contacted the training location, and the next step is jet lag and adaptive training to prepare for the IAAF Grand Prix - Eugene Station, which will start on June 4.
At 2:30 pm on June 4, Su Feng arrived at the famous Hayward Stadium.
Hayward Stadium underwent a thorough renovation in 2004 and is now one of only five IAAF certified stadiums in the world.
The entire stadium adopts a rare open model. There are more than 15,000 spectators watching the game at ordinary times, and it can be expanded to more than 20,000 seats when needed.
The 100-meter athletes who participated in the competition this time are quite powerful.
According to the information obtained by Su Feng, Powell also participated in this competition. As for Gatling and Green, I heard that they were going to participate in any event.
This is the case in the United States. Once athletes become famous, fame and fortune will come one after another.
Although he lost to Su Feng in Osaka, Japan, it was a relatively distant place after all, and the Osaka Station was just a small competition for the Olympics and World Championships.
Therefore, Gatling and Green care about it, but they have not yet reached the point where they specifically change their plans for Su Feng.
However, even if the two of them did not come, with the strength of American track and field, the few people who came this time should not be underestimated.
According to the information in hand, in addition to Su Feng and Powell, six people participated in this competition.
Davis Patton, with the strength of breaking ten in 100 meters, is an American men's 4×100 meters relay member at the Athens Olympics.
Kobe Miller, also a member of the American men's 4×100m relay at the Athens Olympics, breaking ten in 100 meters and breaking 20 in 200 meters.
John Capel did not break ten in the 100-meter, but at his peak he scored 200-meters.
Leonard Scott, the best score of 10 seconds to 10 in the 100-meter scale, is also a top strength if placed in Asia.
Frances Obicvillu, fourth in the Athens Olympics after Su Feng, was able to run a peak of 9.88 seconds.
King Collins, the finalist of the Athens Olympics, finished seventh in the final, 10 seconds 12.
Aziz Zakari is also an athlete who once ran into the ten-second mark.
After carefully looking at the athletes participating in the competition, Su Feng shook his head. The title of American track and field power was not in vain. Just the American athletes on this list on their hands cannot be collected in China, let alone some experts who have not come at all.
At this time, Su Feng was in the stands, and his game was a little behind. At this time, the 110-meter hurdles game was about to start.
Since there were no strong competitors, Liu Yuxiang led the way after the game began and finally won the championship with a time of 13.12 seconds.
In fact, once the athlete's strength reaches a certain level, it is difficult for low-level athletes to pose a threat to them. Although it seems to be a few tenths or a few percent seconds to outsiders, for athletes, this is the difference between one day and one place.
At 3:15, the men's 100m race will begin.
As an event with extremely high attention in track and field sports, the noise on the sidelines began to decrease, and people were watching the athletes in front of the starting line.
The focus is Powell and Su Feng.
At this time, Powell was more famous in the eyes of American audiences than Su Feng. Even though Su Feng won a 100-meter bronze medal at the Olympics, no yellow-skinned people could run fast, while black people were the opposite. This stereotyped prejudice caused by the long-term monopoly of black people and the absence of yellow people cannot be reversed in one or two games, unless Bolt's amazing results were seen.
However, Su Feng is obviously not enough now.
But the purpose of him and generations of Chinese track and field workers is to break this prejudice.
Su Feiren, who was later, barely did it when he was 32 years old, but he would not be so difficult in this life. Not only was Su Feng clearing the way for him, but just like Su Feng longing for good teammates, for Su Feiren in the future, Su Feng is now the reliable teammate he longs for.
Standing in front of the starting line, Su Feng simply greeted Powell.
In fact, Su Feng has met with Kobe Miller and Kim Collins, but he is really face-blind. In order not to have an embarrassing situation, he is not going to say hello.
Su Feng’s track this time is the third one, which is pretty good.
As the only athlete in the world who is not black to run into the ten-second mark, the audience, as a track and field enthusiast, is still full of curiosity about him.
Moreover, among the black athletes, yellow skin and fiery sportswear are naturally eye-catching.
"Hi, Jack, why are you here too? Your country's sports is the second largest sports newspaper in the country. Is it so idle?" This is a tall white man, from the famous American Impurity Track and Field Weekly. He was born in the conservative Tennessee. Although he has never admitted it, he has always been a white man.
The person who was called Jack looked at him. They were originally competitors, but now they seemed much cute. He knew the other person's character, and he also showed that kind of ridicule from the other person's tone. Of course, it was not to himself, but to the yellow-skinned guy on the field.
"You are also the ace reporter of the Athletics Weekly. Why can't I come? I just come to see that Su Feng. I don't believe it. Even we white people didn't break for ten seconds. He, a yellow man, must have used some medicine. I didn't go to Japan too far. This time I came to the United States, so I naturally want to come and have a look."
"Oh, our big reporter, you are racist. Are you not afraid that Old John will fire you directly?"
"FK, don't say this, we two know that even if others hear it, do you think those yellow people will go to the government to protest? What trouble can there be?
And why did you come here? Isn’t it the same purpose as me?"
Another white man shrugged his shoulders, saying that the track and field field is not a place for yellow people to play wild, so they should play table tennis.
Chapter completed!