On the sidelines of "Lao He", Zhao Youde and Li Guangfu had arrived at He Jun's side at some point. At this time, they were holding one of He Jun's hands. The veins on their hands were exposed, which showed their excitement.
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Lao He was like this. His hands were holding the two of them tightly, but none of the three felt any pain.
For Su Feng's competition this time, the leaders of the team did not have any requirements, and they were not optimistic about his performance. No one came. After all, there are hundreds of athletes in the Olympic Games, and they are too busy.
But a miracle happened. Su Feng actually broke through himself again, reaching a terrifying 10.09, raising the national record by 0.08 seconds! And he directly entered the 100-meter semi-finals!
"This kid, this kid." He Jun had already slowed down and was jumping as hard as he could, patting the shoulders of the two people around him while jumping.
"Hey, team leader, Su Feng has entered the semifinals, 10 seconds 09! 10 seconds 09! He has entered the semifinals!" Zhao Youde had already called the leader of the track and field team to inform him of the news.
There are many events in track and field competitions, such as running, walking, shot put, high jump, and all-around competitions, which all belong to track and field. In all previous Olympic Games, it has been said that those who excel in track and field win the world.
But China's performance in track and field has never been strong.
What the Chinese people see on TV is often that certain athletes in China win gold medals in table tennis, weightlifting, swimming and other competitions, but there are actually very few in track and field.
Therefore, the leaders in track and field in previous Chinese delegations have been under great pressure.
During the pre-departure meeting, I interviewed the leaders of the table tennis and swimming and diving teams. They all said their goals were to win a few gold medals and which events were guaranteed to compete for gold.
But when it comes to track and field, it's all about breaking through the previous results and embodying sportsmanship. It's not that they don't want to say tough things, but the situation really doesn't allow it.
Just like this time in the Olympics, the shot put and discus in the field events were better, but when it comes to the track events, the pressure is really high.
Specific to the 100 meters, when Su Feng ran into the semi-finals in the morning, Wang Zhilin, the leader of the track and field team, was already reciting Amitabha silently.
After hearing Zhao Youde's words, Wang Zhilin was stunned for a long time and didn't react. When he did, there was already a blind tone.
Let’s not mention Wang Zhilin for now.
On the field, Su Feng shook his fist hard after seeing the results. He entered the semi-finals, and his familiarity with the body has reached 90%, even if it is temporary.
After the next race, I believe his familiarity with his body will reach 100%, and by then he may really be able to win that 100-meter medal that Chinese people have not dared to dream of for decades.
In the evening, after Su Feng returned to the Olympic Village, He Jun blocked all the people who came to see Su Feng. Even the leaders of the team were persuaded to go back by him with good reason.
The leaders also greeted Su Feng with a smile and asked him to tell Su Feng not to be stressed but to keep up the good work.
If he really makes it to the Olympic finals, even if it's just a formality, it will be an incredible achievement, and the domestic media will definitely cover it.
At this time, Su Feng was quite relaxed and was chatting on QQ. His expression was sometimes happy and sometimes tangled, and he didn't know what he was talking about.
The matter of Su Feng entering the semi-finals was also fermented silently through wireless signals on this night, gradually attracting the attention of some people.
Day 2, August 22, 8:50 pm, Athens Olympic Stadium.
This time, the seats of more than 70,000 people in the main venue of the Olympic Games were once again full. This is rare during the entire Olympic Games, because tonight, the men's 100-meter semi-finals and finals will be held one after another.
The competition known as the 100-meter flying contest, a representative of the top speed of mankind, is about to begin tonight under the lights of the Olympic Games venue.
On the Chinese team's side, not only the chief and deputy leaders of the track and field team, but also the chief and deputy leaders of the Olympic delegation have come to the sidelines. They are chatting with several coaches at this time, looking serious.
"Lao He and Lao Zhao, especially Lao He, should take good care of the athletes. How is Su Feng's current condition and whether he is sure he can advance to another round.
We have already reached the semi-finals, which has caused a lot of heated discussion in the country. If we have to fight again, it will be the finals. If there is a Chinese standing on the men's 100-meter final track this time, it will definitely be a great influence on the development of domestic sports.
A huge motivation.”
The person who spoke was Zhang Guozheng, the leader of the Olympic delegation. It was only the semi-finals, but the leader and deputy leaders were allowed to watch the game at the same time, and he said such words, which is enough to show the importance of the 100-meter race in the Olympics.
When Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, agreed to add events, someone once said: "All life lacks vitality, unless there is sports; all sports lack spirit, except with the Olympics; all Olympics lack vitality.
Basic, unless you have track and field; all track and field is lack of passion, unless you have the 100 meters.
The human subconscious is filled with the worship of absolute speed and the awe of the god of lightning. When the Olympic men's 100-meter trapeze battle begins, all competitions will be suspended to witness these thrilling ten seconds together, and when the rest of the running events are carried out,
The javelin thrower continues to throw the javelin, and the shot put thrower continues to throw the shot put.
To this day, Americans still firmly believe that their victory over Germany in World War II began when slave Owens won the gold medal in the 100-meter race at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, making Hitler furious.
In fact, the Chinese people's determination to resist Japan can be traced back to Zhang Xueliang's heavy financial support for Liu Changchun to attend the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics alone.
At that time, Japan coerced and induced Liu Changchun to compete for the puppet Manchukuo in the 100 meters. In May 1932, Liu Changchun angrily complained in Ta Kung Pao: "I am a Chinese and will never compete on behalf of the puppet Manchukuo. My conscience is still there and my blood is still flowing. How can I forget it?
The motherland, working for the puppet country?"
When Liu Changchun was dying in 1983, he was still saying, "When the national fortune declines, the sports will decline; when the national fortunes are strong, the sports will be strong." He has been looking forward to the rise of a great power in the motherland and the emergence of flying stars.
In Japan, even later, in order to prove that the Yamato nation is a superior nation and the glory of Asia, Japan has been committed to the scientific and systematic training of men's 100 meters.
Koji Ito ran 10.00 seconds at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games. In the following decades, the Japanese Federation did its best to study the "10-break" plan, just to get ahead of China and enter the 9-second era.
In the original history, Kiryu Shohide's super wind speed of 9.87 seconds made the Japanese really rejoice, but then Su Bingtian's normal wind speed of 9.99 seconds made the Japanese feel like a basin of cold water was poured over their heads.
On the day Su Bingtian "broken ten", the major Japanese portal websites, "Su Bingtian broke ten in 9 seconds 99, before Kiryu Shohide" became the most commented news.
The Japanese really can't care less. The 100 meters is a direct reflection of the national spirit and the physique of the Chinese people. In Japan, the war between Kiryu Shohide, Yamagata Ryota, Su Bingtian, and Zhang Peimeng attracted far more attention than the China-Japan Football Association.
The battle for the crown.
"But this time the Chinese can't wait that long!" Su Feng, as an athlete in the first group of the semi-finals, said to himself while looking up at the starry sky beyond the lights.
Su Bingtian, who is only 1.72 meters tall, is not in outstanding physical condition among yellow people. His waist and abdominal strength has never been enough to support his starting speed and world-class speed maintenance ability.
Often after running the first 30 meters, which is considered the best in the world, he is unable to maintain high speed from the beginning of the run. The reason why he can achieve future achievements is absolutely related to his perseverance.
At the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, even though Su Bingtian won the runner-up, Zhang Peimeng, who was in better physical condition, received more attention.
But unfortunately, due to various reasons, Zhang Peimeng has never achieved better results than Su Bingtian.
The concept of blood has always been obscured by the vocabulary of civilization, but it has never been ignored because it exists objectively.
In 2022, before Su Feng traveled through time, more than 90% of the more than 100 athletes in human history who had broken the 10-second mark belonged to the West African race. Even other black races who "broken ten seconds" were rare miracles.
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Among the white athletes, the only one to enter 10 seconds was Frenchman Lematre.
The only yellow players are Su Bingtian and Xie Zhenye, a young player who later won the World Championships.
But this time, competing with Powell and Green on the same stage, if Su Feng wants to advance, he may have to run within ten seconds no matter what!