On May 30, Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang set off directly from Shanghai to Eugene, Oregon, the United States.
The United States is a country with extremely developed sports business, but domestically, the most famous ones are the few NBA teams and the cities where they are located.
But in fact, there are more cities in the United States that have their own calling cards in sports.
For example, Eugene is where the two of them are now.
This city is a city sought after by track and field enthusiasts. It has a history of decades and has hosted many competitions. Countless track and field athletes have achieved record-breaking results here. It is known as the track and field city of the United States.
If Su Feng wants to compete in this year's World Athletics Finals, he must earn enough points in a total of 25 competition venues. Eugene Station is a place he cannot give up.
There is another point that only Su Feng knows until now, that is, it was in this city that the Su Fei people of later generations broke the ten-second barrier.
So no matter what, Su Feng is coming here.
But thinking of this, Su Feng felt a little heavy in his heart.
In the original year of 2008, the 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 not a very friendly year for China's 100m. How should I put it?
In the Olympic 100 meters, the Chinese team not only has A-level athletes, but also only one B-level athlete.
Su Feng had already started practicing the 200 meters when he was in Shanghai. This was not only to prepare for participating in the 200 meters competition in the future, but also for the relay.
Coach Zhang, who is in charge of relays for the national team, has approached Su Feng and He Jun more than once and invited them to join the relay team.
But Su Feng practiced with some members of the national team in Shanghai, and he was not yet familiar with the handover, but the other people, how should I put it, the fastest speed is probably only 10 seconds and 30 seconds, and the hard power is not enough
, it is very difficult to achieve good results.
Thinking about future generations, if he, Su Fei and Xie Zhenye form a relay team, even if it is the American and Jamaican legions, he will have the confidence to go to Gangyi Gang.
Long-distance flights are quite tiring. It's not that I'm tired, but it's just boring.
After more than ten hours of flying, the group finally arrived in Eugene.
Lao He and Coach Sun have already contacted the training location, and the next step is to overcome the jet lag and adapt to the training to prepare for the IAAF Grand Prix in Eugene, which will start on June 4.
At 2:30 pm on June 4, Su Feng came to the famous Hayward Stadium.
Hayward Stadium underwent a complete renovation in 2004 and is now one of only five IAAF-certified Level 1 venues in the world.
The entire stadium adopts a rare open model. It can usually accommodate more than 15,000 spectators to watch games, and can be expanded to more than 20,000 seats when necessary.
The 100-meter athletes participating in this competition were relatively strong.
According to the information obtained by Su Feng, Powell also participated in this competition. As for Gatlin and Green, it was said that they were attending some activities.
This is the case in the United States. Once an athlete becomes famous, he or she will gain fame and fortune. When fame comes, fortune will follow.
Although he lost to Su Feng in Osaka, Japan, it is a relatively far away place after all, and for the Olympics and World Championships, Osaka is just a small competition.
Therefore, Gatlin and Green did care, but not to the extent of changing their plans specifically for Su Feng.
But even if these two people don't come, given the strength of American Track and Field, the few people coming this time should not be underestimated.
According to the information in hand, in addition to Su Feng and Powell, six other people participated in this competition.
Davis Patton, who has the ability to break ten in the 100 meters, is a member of the American men's 4×100 meter relay in the Athens Olympics.
Kobe Miller, also a member of the American men's 4×100m relay team at the Athens Olympics, broke 10 in 100 meters and 20 in 200 meters.
John Capel did not break 10 in 100 meters, but he broke 20 in 200 meters at his peak.
Leonard Scott, with a best time of 10.10 seconds for 100 meters, would be among the top athletes in Asia.
Francis Obikewelu, who finished fourth behind Su Feng in the Athens Olympics, was able to run a peak time of 9.88 seconds.
Kim Collins, a finalist at the Athens Olympics, finished seventh in 10.12 seconds.
Aziz Zachary is also an athlete who once broke the ten-second mark.
After carefully looking at the information of the athletes participating in the competition, Su Feng shook his head. The title of the United States' track and field power is not for nothing. Just the American athletes on this list cannot be found in China, let alone some.
The master didn't come at all.
Su Feng is in the stands at this time, and his competition is a little behind. The 110-meter hurdles competition is about to begin.
Since there were no strong competitors, Liu Yuxiang led all the way after the competition started, and finally won the championship without any doubt with a time of 13.12 seconds.
In fact, once an athlete's strength reaches a certain level, it is difficult for low-level athletes to pose a threat to them. Although it may seem like a few tenths or a few hundredths of a second to outsiders, to the athletes, it is a matter of one day and one place.
difference.
At 3:15, the men's 100-meter race is about to begin.
As an extremely high-profile event in track and field, the noise on the sidelines began to decrease, and people were paying attention to the athletes in front of the starting line.
The focus is on Powell and Su Feng.
At this time, Powell was more famous than Su Feng in the eyes of the American audience. Even though Su Feng won the 100-meter bronze medal in the Olympics, people with yellow skin could not run fast, while the opposite was true for black people. This was due to black people
The long-term monopoly and the stereotypes caused by the constant absence of the yellow race cannot be reversed in one or two games, unless there are unparalleled results like Bolt's.
But the current Su Feng is obviously still not enough.
But the purpose of him and generations of Chinese track and field people is to break this prejudice.
Later Su Fei people managed to do it at the age of 32, but it will not be so difficult for him in this life. Not only did Su Feng pave the way for him, just like Su Feng longed for good teammates, but for future Su Fei people, the current
Su Feng is also the reliable teammate he longs for.
Standing in front of the starting line, Su Feng briefly greeted Powell.
In fact, Su Feng, like Kobe Miller and Kim Collins, had met each other before, but he was so face-blind that in order to avoid embarrassing situations, he was not prepared to say hello.
Su Feng's track this time was the third track, which was pretty good.
As the only non-black athlete in the world to break the ten-second barrier, the audience present, as track and field enthusiasts, were still curious about him.
And among all the black athletes, their yellow skin and fiery red sportswear are naturally eye-catching.
"Hey, Jack, why are you here? Your country is the second largest sports newspaper in the country. Are you so idle?" This is a tall white man from the famous impurity track and field weekly in the United States. He was born in conservative Tennessee.
Although the state has never admitted it, it has always been a white man.
The man named Jack glanced at him. They were originally competitors, but now it seems that the other person is much cuter. He knows the other person's character, and he can quite tell the ridicule from the other person's tone. Of course, it is not towards himself.
, but to the yellow-skinned guy on the field.
"You are also the ace reporter of Track and Field Weekly. Why can't I come if you can come? I just came to see that Su Feng. I don't believe it. Even us white people haven't broken ten seconds. If he can enter as a yellow man, he must be
What kind of medicine was used? Japan is too far away and I didn’t go there. When I arrived in the United States this time, I naturally wanted to come and have a look.”
"Hey, our great reporter, you are so racist. Aren't you afraid that Old John will fire you directly?"
"Fk, don't say this. Only the two of us know about it. Even if others hear it, do you think those yellow people will go to the government to protest? What trouble will they cause?
And why you came here, isn’t it the same purpose as mine?”
Another white man shrugged his shoulders, agreeing with the other person's statement. The track and field is not a place for yellow people to run wild. They should go and play table tennis.