Liu Feiren lowered his voice and continued: "A few days ago, I heard the coach casually say that the association hopes that you can break a world record in this Golden Grand Prix. I heard that we can win this event. It’s not easy to hear. There is a lot of resistance from the IAAF. Many people question the level of track and field in our country and whether it can host a competition of this scale. After all, this is the first time that the Golden Grand Prix will be held, and there will be four more in the future. Now, if we can break the world record once in a competition, it will make this competition a hit, and it will be much easier to hold it again in the future.”
"The world record is so easy to break. They think it's like going to a restaurant to order food and ordering whatever they want. This idea is too whimsical." Although Zhang Guan said this, he also knew the difficulties of the association in his heart. .
"That's right, so the center blocked this matter. Director Luo also asked not to mention this matter to you, so as not to cause unnecessary pressure on you." Liu Feiren secretly glanced at Liu Feiren's expression and continued. : "But I want to give it a try."
"Oh? You want to challenge the world record?" Zhang Guan immediately became interested.
Liu Feiren nodded and continued: "Actually, in recent years, I have rarely participated in domestic competitions, especially after the Olympic Games last year. And this is the first time we have held such an international track and field event. The competition is held in our own home, and the audience is also the common people of our own country. They have been supporting me all these years, so I want to rush! But the recent state has not reached that level, I am afraid that it will not last for 13 seconds. You can’t even get in, let alone break the world record.”
"Since you have a goal, let's do it!" Zhang Guan patted Liu Feiren on the shoulder, and then said: "Go and try, even if you can't break the world record, no one will blame you!"
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The Athletics Golden Grand Prix is held at the 80,000-person stadium, which is also the venue for the Chinese Super League. However, for the purpose of the Athletics Golden Grand Prix, the Chinese Super League match between China State and Guoan, which was originally held on the 17th, was moved to the 16th.
On the afternoon of September 17th. The events of the Golden Grand Prix of Track and Field have basically been completed. Pole vault queen Isinbayeva has not been able to break the world record. The diamond pendant prepared by the organizer has not been given out yet.
At this time, there are still two final events that have not been held, one is the 110-meter hurdles, and the other is the 100-meter dash.
Liu Feiren had not yet appeared on the stage, but the audience knew that the next step was the 110-meter hurdles competition. Continuous applause and shouts continued until Liu Feiren stood on the track.
This is Liu Feiren's hometown. Liu Feiren does have unparalleled popularity here. For this city, Liu Feiren is a flag. For the residents of this city, Liu Feiren is like their relatives.
The loudspeaker in the stadium reminded everyone to be quiet so that the athletes could hear the starting gunshot. The spectators also consciously quieted down and waited for the starting gunshot to sound.
"Bang!" After the gunfire, the audience immediately began to cheer, but the athletes who had just started to start stopped.
Someone got away!
The athletes returned to the starting point and prepared to start again. After less than a minute of adjustment, the starter raised his gun again.
A gunshot rang out, followed by the referee's whistle to pause the game, and someone jumped the gun again. The frontrunner is American star Dominic Arnold.
Arnold is the second-biggest player in the 110-meter hurdles event in this Golden Grand Prix, second only to Liu Fei and Alan Johnson. Although his reputation is not as good as the first two, he is still a very capable player.
Under normal circumstances, if there is a false start in the first shot, athletes will choose a more conservative start in the second shot. Especially for strong athletes, the risk of a false start in the second shot is too great. However, some athletes do the opposite. While others are conservative, they have to be unrestrained. Once successful, they can gain many advantages.
Unfortunately, Arnold failed and was sent off.
Da Shi, who competed with Liu Feiren, had much better luck. He was influenced by Arnold when he started, and his body started to move involuntarily. Fortunately, his feet did not leave the starting block, so the sensor device did not indicate that he was Start. Otherwise he would also have been ejected.
Zhang Guan looked at Coach Sun next to him in the 110-meter hurdles. At this time, Coach Sun was frowning and staring at the track seriously. Obviously, Liu Feiren's road to winning the championship in his hometown was not that simple this time.
The adjustment time this time was much longer than before. After about three minutes, the athletes stood on the starting line again. Arnold was sent off, and there were only seven athletes left on the track.
"Set..." Following the starter's reminder, the athletes held their breath and waited for the sound of the gun.
A gunshot sounded, and the whistle for the suspended game sounded for the third time. Someone still jumped the gun on this third shot!
It was Japanese player Masato Naito who got the first start. An athlete has already been sent off, and he is a very capable player like Arnold. It stands to reason that this will definitely have a deterrent effect on other athletes, but there are still people who work so hard and use the tactic of pressing the gun and running. Definitely not normal.
"What's going on? Someone jumped the gun three times in a row. Is it popular today to rush the gun? But going back and forth like this will have a great impact on the rhythm of the athletes! Or maybe they are sniping at Liu Feiren!" This idea suddenly emerged from Zhang Guan's mind.
On the track, Liu Feiren's face was much more solemn than before. He kept using his breathing to adjust his condition. It can be seen that Liu Feiren looked a little nervous at this time.
As the first Golden Grand Prix, playing at home and in his hometown, Liu Feiren was already very stressed. The suspension of the game after three false starts undoubtedly greatly affected Liu Feiren's rhythm and aggravated the situation. relieved his tension.
"Liu Feiren was sniped by foreigners! It seems this was intentional. Maybe athletes from other countries have reached a certain tacit understanding? They don't want us to win the championship in our own home court! That's right, in our own home court It would be a big blow if we can't win the championship. The world doesn't want to see our country rise in track and field events!" A cold light flashed in Zhang Guan's eyes. Maybe it was because he had been hacked too much before, and Zhang Guan didn't feel like it. There is not much anger, but more and more fighting spirit.
Then Zhang Guan looked at the six foreign runners in the 100-meter dash, and he felt more and more that these six people would most likely attack him during the competition. After all, in terms of fame and achievements, he is much better than Liu Feiren.
"These sticks, if they stick their faces out, I'll hit them rudely! Wait, if they are sticks, then who am I..." Zhang Guan suddenly laughed at himself.
On the field, after two people were sent off one after another, there were only six players left on the track.
Although Liu Feiren was affected to some extent, he was actually more focused.
The starting gunshot sounded again, and this time no one jumped the gun again, and Liu Feiren also showed extremely stable psychological quality. The start was not affected in any way, but he was the first to cross the starting line.
"Good job!" Coach Sun clenched his fists excitedly. Liu Feiren's starting reaction time was the shortest among the six contestants, indicating that the previous three false starts did not affect Liu Feiren.
However, Liu Feiren encountered some minor troubles next. He brought down the hurdle in the third hurdle and was overtaken by Alan Johnson. Fortunately, Liu Feiren was strong enough. He immediately adjusted his pace, caught up with Alan Johnson in the last hurdle, and won the championship in 13.05 seconds.
Although the whole stadium was filled with cheers, Liu Feiren felt it was a pity that he failed to take down the third hurdle and his speed was greatly affected. If he had not failed to take down the third hurdle, maybe he would have had a chance to challenge the world. Record impact.
Next, the 100-meter trapeze battle is about to begin.
There are nine people participating in the 100-meter dash. In addition to Zhang Guan, there are two Chinese athletes, one is Hu Kai, and the other is the former 100-meter sprint national record holder Zhou Wei. Both of them are wild-cards.
Zhou Wei once ran the national 100-meter record of 10.17 seconds in 1998, but this record was later broken by Zhang Guan. However, Zhang Guan had not played against Zhou Wei before because Zhou Wei was suspended due to doping issues. Now that the suspension period has expired, Zhou Wei has returned to the competition.
Among the American athletes, Gatlin is in the suspension period, Green and Crawford will also participate in the competition, and those coming to participate in the competition are John Capel and young player Leonard Scott.
Among them, John Capel is a veteran who won the 200-meter gold medal at the 2003 World Athletics Championships and the 100-meter championship at the 2003 Golden League Zurich Station. At that time, the world record holder Tim Montgomery happened to be involved in doping. Scandal, while Maurice Green was recuperating from a broken leg in a car accident, and Justin Gatlin had just entered the first line, so Capel was dominant during that period. However, by 2004, Capel's condition began to decline, and he is no longer considered a top 100-meter athlete.
Leonard Scott is a young American. He participated in this year's World Track and Field Championships and entered the finals. At that time, Scott was far behind Zhang Guan and Gatlin and did not achieve anything. Ranking.
In addition, the strongest foreign athlete is Ghanaian Aziz Ariza. He is considered the second person in Jamaica to win 100 meters, only behind Powell. He has also had many battle records with Zhang Guan and rarely wins. Got the ranking.
In addition, Zhang Guan’s old acquaintance Nobuharu Asahara also appeared on the track. The remaining two foreign players are Frenchman Bergnon and Polish Francis. These two people can be regarded as well-known 100-meter athletes in Europe, with experience in the Olympic Games, World Championships, and Golden League.
"They are all soldiers and generals! Even if I run normally, you can't beat me! I'll see what tricks you can do later." Zhang Guan no longer thought about these six foreign players and went directly to starting line.
The second update is delivered, please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket! There was a typo in the previous chapter. It should have been 9.92 seconds. It has been corrected. Thanks to all the book friends for reminding me.
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