Chapter 79 Moscow World Indoor Athletics Championships
On March 8, the team participating in the 11th IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships held a press conference and set off for Moscow at BJ Airport.
Although the influence of the Indoor Championships lags far behind that of the World Championships, and many people did not even know there was such a competition in the past, but because of the relationship between Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang, the domestic public first became aware of the World Indoor Championships as exaggerated by the media.
Immediately, just as the General Administration and the Tianma Management Center thought, almost all the people's eyes were fixed on it.
The popularity of this topic can be seen from the number of reporters attending the press conference, the ratings, and the number of comments made in the website's discussion area.
After seeing this situation, several major leaders secretly wiped away cold sweat.
Although people related to track and field know in their hearts that the World Indoor Championships are actually a second-level event of the IAAF, after all, there are three words: World Championships. After the media deliberately avoids the important and trivial, it seems to be the same as the World Championships in the hearts of the domestic people.
A competition second only to the Olympic Games.
Fortunately, they let Liu Yuxiang and Su Feng join in beforehand, otherwise if the track and field team ate duck eggs, many of them would be in trouble due to the public attention.
But to be honest, although the status of the World Indoor Track and Field Championships is not the highest level, the requirements are still very high and are divided into A standard and B standard. This is why the country can only send 12 athletes. There is really no one!
Liu Yuxiang and Su Feng looked down upon it, and other people couldn't go if they wanted to. Even the ten other people who participated took it seriously as a rare opportunity for a world-class competition.
After all, it is a world-class competition. If you can win a bronze medal, you can be said to be third in the world. If you win a gold medal, you can be said to be the world champion.
After more than six hours of flight, on the afternoon of the 8th, Su Feng and others arrived at Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport in Russia, which is located in the southwest of the Moscow Municipality in Russia and is 27 kilometers away from the center of Moscow.
, is a standard 4F international airport.
Although he had expected it and had put on more clothes, Su Feng still felt the cold in Moscow as soon as he got off the plane.
Winter in BJ is cold enough, but compared with Moscow, let alone BJ, the three eastern provinces are pretty much the same.
And the most important thing is that there is very little sunshine in Moscow in the winter, you rarely see the sun, and it is always covered by clouds.
And if the clouds disperse, although you can see bright sunshine, without the greenhouse effect produced by the cloud cover, the temperature will drop rapidly.
Well, in short, it is just one word "cold".
After coming out of the airport, the group met dozens of fans of Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang. They were all Russians. It seemed that there were not many people. After signing autographs and taking photos, the two boarded the board with the rest of the group.
The bus arranged by the organizer will go to the hotel booked by the organizer.
After arriving at the hotel, a dozen athletes and their entourage simply packed up and went to the Moscow Stadium to adapt to the venue regardless of exhaustion.
Due to the venue, indoor competitions usually only have 4 to 6 tracks, and each track is narrower than the outdoor track. Although Su Feng also used indoor competitions for training when he was in China, for him who has always run outdoor competitions
You still have to get used to it in advance.
This is also the reason why many well-known athletes who are already famous in the world are not willing to participate. The level of the competition itself is not high, it is not easy to get good results because of the track, and it is easy to foul when stepping on the line.
After a half-day of adapting on March 8 and another day of adaptive training on March 9, Su Feng received the final confirmed list of participants for this competition on the morning of March 10.
"Tyson Gay!" Su Feng looked at the name with some caution, "Are the five track and field tigers going to get together in advance?"
The original Tyson Gay should have started running both 100 meters and 200 meters in the summer of 2006, from Stockholm to London, and then from Brussels to Zurich, and only after competing in Europe did he truly become a world famous athlete.
And in 2006, when Gatlin was banned, Tyson Gay became the fastest man in the world based on IAAF year-end points because he was involved in both the men's 100m and 200m events.
Unexpectedly, he started running 60 meters now. It seems to be the influence of the butterfly effect.
Yes, it is indeed 60 meters. This is a competition that 100-meter athletes generally participate in. Regardless of whether they win or not, this is very effective in training starting reaction and starting acceleration.
Many famous 100-meter athletes once ran 60 meters at the beginning and achieved good results.
Tyson Gay seems to be preparing to run 100 meters, so he came to participate in this 60-meter race.
Su Feng also participated in 60 meters, because there is no 100 meters in the indoor competition! This is mainly because the track is short and there will be curves.
There are 26 events in the World Indoor Athletics Championships, 13 for men and 13 for women.
The main events are 60 meters, 400 meters, high jump, shot put, etc.
Su Feng was qualified to participate in the 60 meters, mainly because he ran 60 meters in China last year and directly reached the A standard.
At that time, he participated in the competition as part of a mission, but later he forgot about it and never thought about participating in the World Indoor Championships, but he still came.
As for Justin Gatlin, two months ago, he finally raised the possibility of doping through external contact with the IAAF during the 2003 to 2004 competitions, which caused an uproar in the United States.
After all, Gatlin is now recognized as the player in the United States who can defeat Su Feng.
The IAAF naturally launched an investigation immediately, and the facts proved that this was indeed the case. However, perhaps because Gatlin took the initiative to report it, or perhaps because of the pressure from the American media, the final penalty was only 1.5 years.
Far less than the eight years in the previous life and then reduced to four years.
In this case, Gatlin will not miss the 2008 Olympics. And unlike the white world's previous verbal and verbal criticism of Gatlin, this time the media in the United States and Europe are mostly sympathetic to Gatlin.
Su Feng didn't care that Gatlin participated in the 2008 Olympics. If he didn't defeat the Five Tigers, how could he be worthy of being reborn?
However, the contrast between the European and American media opened Su Feng's eyes again. In his previous life, in 2022, the European and American media's double standards for Russia had shocked Su Feng. This time, he did not expect that they could break through the lower limit again.
Back then, Gatlin was of no use to the United States, and he was still black, so the media tried to punish him to death.
Now that Green has gradually withdrawn from the field, Gatlin has become the only one who can defeat Su Feng and is useful to them, so he tries his best to protect him.
It is a pity that only Su Feng was reborn, and Su Feng could only suppress the ridicule towards the European and American media in his heart.
On the evening of March 10th, after a wonderful opening performance, the Moscow Indoor Track and Field Championships officially began!
Since there are only less than 4 days, the event schedule is quite tight.
The men's 100-meter race was divided into three shots in this competition. That night, 36 athletes from all over the world were divided into 6 groups to compete for semi-final qualifications. The top two in each group entered the semi-finals.
When Su Feng entered the venue wearing a fiery red sportswear, he received the biggest cheers since the start of the game.
At this time, only Gatlin, Powell, and Su Feng can be called the men's world champions. Due to various reasons, only Su Feng came to participate in this competition!
The men's 100 meters is the most dazzling jewel in the crown of track and field competition. Su Feng is one of the fastest runners in the world. Especially the red color of the Chinese team's uniform is extremely eye-catching. Naturally, all those present who love track and field are attracted by it.
The Russian people immediately became excited.
Su Feng and the other five athletes in this group followed the staff to the starting line, waving to the surrounding spectators as they walked. Just like in the motherland, Su Feng was greeted with louder cheers every time he waved.
The relationship between China and Russia has been good since entering the new century, so the Russian people are more envious of Su Feng as a yellow man who broke through 100 meters and 10 seconds. If Su Feng goes to the United States to compete again, it may be difficult to see such neatness.
There was a uniform cheering scene.
Standing in front of the starting line, Su Feng looked around habitually, but there was still no familiar person.
This is also because Su Feng's vision is high, and he can remember and recognize the top players in the world.
But the other athletes looked at Su Feng differently!