Magic City.
This year’s Gold Race is full of stars.
Because of Liu Xiang, the 110-meter hurdles will continue to be held as a reserved program in Shanghai.
The gold medal event held in Shanghai is divided into seven events for men, including 100 meters, 110 meters hurdles, 400 meters, 1500 meters, shot put, long jump and high jump. There are 7 events in the women's group, including 100 meters, 100 meters hurdles, 400 meters, 400 meters hurdles, 5000 meters, 3000 meters hurdles, and pole vault.
The game basically takes a day or two to finish quickly and won't drag on. Because it's a single-shot system, it runs pretty fast.
The absolute big name in this Golden League is definitely Liu Xiang.
It was only half a month ago that he failed in the World Cup and won the silver medal. This time at home, everyone hopes that he can win a championship. At the same time, some sponsors have offered extra prices to the champions. The individual champions will be awarded 800,000 yuan for a house. If they can break the world record, they will be rewarded with a 5 million villa.
The purchasing power of 5 million was still very strong in 2006. Unfortunately, Liu Xiang didn't even think about this gimmick when he was interviewed, and just said, "No, I didn't even think about breaking the world record this time."
His reason was simple - he was too tired.
However, this time facing his old rival Alan Johnson, he still wanted to defeat him and did not want to repeat the mistake he made in Athens half a month ago.
But as before, since we are in China, we need to go through all the necessary procedures. Compared to Su Shen and others, it is relatively simple. Liu Xiang has not stopped from the beginning of this Magic City Golden Game. . And after that, we have to sing and promote Special Olympics, to be honest...
This is really unbearable even for hard-core people.
After high-intensity competition, there are also messy things. It has been really difficult for Liu Xiang these years.
During the adaptive training in the afternoon, Su Shen and the others arrived at the venue.
Most of the athletes who came to participate in the competition were there, but Liu Xiang was not there, because he had just finished his activities and was currently training in a closed training base at his private training base, Xinzhuang Training Base. After all, don't forget, this is Liu Xiang's home court and his doorstep, and he really doesn't need to come with him.
The people who came over the 100 meters this time were supposed to be Tyson Gay, Sean Crawford, Marcus Bronson, Ronald Pognon, Trammell, Andre .Essien, Yang Yaozhu and Hu Kai. However, because Gay canceled his trip temporarily, he was replaced by his American teammate Karen Conright, who was the first relay player of the American team in the Athens World Cup.
Because the flower grower is the organizer, there are 2 quotas.
After some discussion, one was given to Su Shen and the other to Zhao Haohuan.
This is also the first time that Zhao Haohuan and Su Shen participated in the Golden League.
It was even a first time for Su Shen. Because of the original timeline, the Golden League was later changed to the Diamond Tournament, and Su Shen did not make the trip.
In this way, the eight people standing at 100 meters in Shanghai become Sean Crawford, Marcus Bronson, Ronald Pognon, Trammell, Andre Essien, Karen Conright, Su Shen, Zhao Haohuan.
Su Shen remembers that the champion this time should be Marcus Bronson.
This year is his peak year, and opening it for 10 seconds for the first time is not bad.
However, Crawford, who was supposed to be better, failed, which was a bit surprising. After all, although Crawford is the main event in the 200 meters and is the Athens Olympic champion, he is actually also very good in the 100 meters.
The best score ever reached an astonishing 9.86.
In the early 2000s, even the 100-meter event was considered a super result.
And last year, he was open for 10 consecutive seconds, which cannot be said to be out of shape.
It almost opened again in June this year. Logically speaking, the hard power is much stronger than Marcus Bronson. Throughout Marcus Bronson's career, if Su Shen had no memory errors, he only had one shot that opened for 10 seconds, and it was still 9.99, which was exactly the kind that opened. The two are of the same age, and there is no peak difference. From this point of view, Marcus Bronson is really a "dark horse" in winning the Magic City Golden League.
Anyway, this shot, which was highly anticipated and favored by the outside world and the favorite to win the championship, Sean Crawford, was just a false shot.
The condition of the rest of the people was actually not that good. On the contrary, Trammell, who came here to "play", ran well this time.
Well, this time, there is also the possibility of hitting the top three.
Although it is only a sub-station of the Golden League, if you can get a ranking, it will be very good.
Although the companies were all focused on Liu Xiang this time, they still didn't forget to give Su Shen and the others some soup.
If you can win the first place, you can sell the same 800,000 real estate at any time.
Secondly, a house worth 600,000 yuan.
The third one is a house worth 500,000 yuan.
In addition, there is some appearance fee, which is actually okay, but I am not a big name yet, otherwise it would be similar to Bolt later, the appearance fee would be 500,000 US dollars. That's called top.
However, it is also a good thing to increase personal points.
As for the future gold trophy and million-dollar grand prize, Su Shen also wants to win it once.
After all, I didn’t have this opportunity in my previous life, right?
The Golden League is still in 2009, so I have a chance.
The 100-meter race is at the forefront. If it weren't for the Magic City, I'm afraid the 100-meter race would be the highlight of every Golden League. Unfortunately, in Shanghai, the 110-meter hurdles took away a lot of the heat. However, compared to other projects, it still has an absolute advantage.
The 100-meter trapeze battle.
It has always been a bright aura in athletics.
No one can erase it.
During the warm-up, Su Shen and the others began to be greeted by other players.
This is actually a manifestation of your improved status in the international circle.
Otherwise, no one would care about you before.
Originally, Asians have little status in sprinting. If you don’t have some strength and honor, no one will leave you.
Su Shen himself has experienced this before and has said this many times in interviews.
It's different now. He doesn't have to wait for more than ten years. He already has many honors.
There are several honors from international competitions alone.
This is a symbol of his athletics worth.
"Xiao Tian, they seem to be a lot nicer to us." Zhao Haohuan said after the test run.
"Definitely." Su Shen said: "The Waiguo people only recognize 'fist'. If the fist is big enough, their attitude will become more and more respectful."
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The next day, the Magic City Golden League officially started.
The 100-meter race bears the brunt.
Liu Xiang also came to the scene to cheer Su Shen and the others.
Liu Xiang is really too tired. Su Shen feels tired just looking at him. After coming back, he will be running around non-stop. He also has to take into account training and jet lag. It is really not easy. But some heroes cannot stop until they fall once.
Whether it is external pressure or their own expectations, they will make them persist and persist.
Su Shen used to have this kind of character. He thought that this might be the way to be an athlete. He would not leave the line of fire even if he was slightly injured, and he would be a man if he did not complain about pain or tiredness. But later he discovered that...as a top athlete, you actually want to maintain good health the most. , but your body.
This is your greatest capital to challenge the future.
On the same day, Randy Huntington and his group of about ten people arrived in the Magic City.
The original plan was for them to go to Ersha Island to adjust their condition and jet lag, but they didn't expect these people to be so "dedicated" and said they didn't need to rest at all. Instead, they wanted to go to Magic City to see the upcoming Golden League.
I heard that both Su Shen and Zhao Haohuan will play this time.
These are also the two young geniuses that Randy Huntington believes are the strongest flower growers today.
So it's strange that the "little old man" didn't come over to take a look.
Magic City Stadium.
"The atmosphere is quite good." After Randy followed the people over, he looked at the crowds of people and said with a smile: "It seems that the track and field atmosphere and the enthusiasm of the audience are much better than I imagined."
He must not have understood when he first arrived. In fact, most of these people really came to see Liu Xiang.
Instead of looking at 100 meters.
In Shanghai and among flower growers, the 110-meter hurdles are now the national concern, and the 100-meter hurdles have to be moved back.
"It's all ready to start." Randy quickly walked in with the staff and watched the performance of the 100-meter flower grower athletes from the front row.
"Sean Crawford, Marcus Bronson, Ronald Pognon, Trammell, Andre Essien, Karen Conright... the personnel are really good, this time Although Tyson Gay is not here, there are still many powerful ones. There are several who broke the PB within 10 seconds, and Sean Crawford is here. Old man, otherwise we will be a newbie flower grower. The little lucky number, guess what..."
"How will our future disciples rank? How about that?" Randy Huntington's eyes flashed and he said, "I'll bet on the box of wine you brought, uh, one of them."
Originally he wanted to say a box, but when he saw Ralph Mann’s expression changed, Randy Huntington immediately changed his mind and only wanted one bottle.
"Humph. You must have been thinking about it along the way." Ralph Mann said angrily: "One bottle. How many more?"
"Just one bottle." Randy Huntington said with a smile: "I bet they can kill a card in this game. How about it, do you dare to guess."
Unexpectedly, Ralph Mann looked at Randy Huntington's face, smiled "disdainfully", and said: "There are flower growers here, so you don't think highly of your bosses? I think this game can win a silver medal."
"Silver medal?" Randy shook his head and said, "There are several players here who can break ten, I'm afraid it won't be easy. Even the boss has to be realistic, right?"
"Otherwise, what's the point? Let's make a deal first. If I win, the wine I want will be auctioned next month. You can bring me a bottle." Randy weighed it up and felt that he should have a better chance of winning, so he nodded. He said: "Okay, if I can achieve this result right after this time, then it will be worth the money I lost."
On the runway.
Naturally, Su Shen and the others didn't know that these people were already here. The plan was to go to Ersha Island to meet, but they didn't expect these people to be so "restless". He was so anxious to report to his new boss.
On the TV, Yang Jian's voice sounded at the right time, saying: "This match is the Golden League of the Magic City Station. The first thing to start is the men's 100-meter competition. Generally speaking, the Golden League is a one-shot system, and only when there are more people Two shots are used, but usually no more than two shots. This is a single shot game suitable for all-out bursts. For example, the current world record holder Asafa Powell is a frequent player in the Golden League."
"The player in this game, Gay abstained before the game, and his American teammate Karen Conright will play instead."
"Now the contestants are out."
"The first lane is Karen Conright. He is in the first lane. His condition this year can only be said to be average. He probably no longer has the ability to run 10.05 in 2000. He was the first in the World Cup in Athens half a month ago, and he is also The United States is the slowest by a long shot. The current season's best is 10.23, and the best score in the last ten shots is 10.15 in Rethymno, but that game was a super tailwind of 3.0M/S, which is not recognized. Secondly That’s 10.23 in Thessaloniki. However, in the last ten shots, he has scored 10.30+ in many single shots, and his status fluctuates greatly.”
"The second player to appear is Andre Essien from the second lane. Those who follow the Soviet Union competition should be familiar with him. He is the top three in the 60m Moscow battle. He should be the best Russian runner now. PB is as high as 10.10. Recently, Ten shots are all around 10.20, and the best is only 10.17. I hope he can bring a wonderful game tonight."
"The third player to appear is the flower grower, Zhao~~~~~Hao Huan!"
"We are all familiar with Zhao Haohuan. He is now one of the strongest 100-meter runners in the country. He has a gold medal in the National Games, a silver medal in the World Youth Championship, and a bronze medal in the World Cup. He is also the first athlete of our younger generation to reach the Asian level."
Zhao Haohuan looked around, but still didn't make any extra moves, as if except for people from the "Su Shen family", he didn't want to talk to anyone else and didn't love anyone.
"This kid is really tall. It's really rare to run 100 meters at such a height." After seeing the flower grower's exercise, Randy Huntington immediately became interested. He squinted his eyes slightly and quickly began to analyze himself.
"Indeed, my champion model also lacks such tall specimens." Ralph Mann also nodded.
"The fourth person to appear is the gold medal of the Imperial Capital World Youth Championship, the silver medal of the Athens World Cup, the 60-meter world champion, and the national record holder..."
"Su~~~~~~~~~~~~~God!"
Yes, after the first battle in Athens, Su Shen became the new national record holder.
Leading Zhao Haohuan in the thousandth place, making 10.09 a national record.
He is also the only Asian dominant player in China whose two PBs have exceeded 10.10.
Su Shen waved to the audience at the Magic City Stadium, and then made his classic gesture, pinching his index finger and thumb slightly, "making progress a little bit each time."
Don't say it, it may be that honors and auras have begun to gain traction. Many of Su Shen's classmates and childhood friends feel that Su Shen seems to have become more handsome.
Isn't that handsome?
Barkley once said how could Jordan not be handsome? If I had so many billions, I would be handsome too.
This is a joke, but it is actually not unreasonable.
After honors and so on, a "strong man filter" will indeed appear, and it will definitely look better than before.
"The fifth lane is Athens Olympic champion Sean Crawford!"
"He is the biggest draw in this Golden League, the member with the highest appearance fee, and the favorite to win the championship. He is the only player among all the players who broke 9.90 in 100-meter PB and reached 9.80+. He came out and raised his arms, as if he had already started to advance. Celebrate victory.”
Sean Crawford really thought he had won this time, but he didn't know that running this time would stretch his crotch quite a bit.
"Coming out of lane six is American player Marcus Bronson."
"Marcus Bronson, an American athlete who just broke ten seconds this year, is much less famous than Crawford, Tyson Gay, Gatlin, etc. However, there are many sprinters from the United States who compete there. It’s also intense.”
It is estimated that no one would have imagined that this unpopular American was the champion of the original time and space.
"Seventh lane, cross-border player, our familiar old friend, Liu Xiang's old rival, Trammell from the United States."
"Although Trammell is the main event in hurdles, his 100 meters is not bad at all. In the 60 meters, he was even ranked first in the world for a time. He is characterized by a fast future. The best time in the 100 meters is 10.04, and this year he also has Excellent performance in 10.11. He is likely to be the dark horse in this game..."
That's weird.
Su Shen knew that while Trammell was good at running domestically, the 100 meters was not considered very good in the world arena.
So is this one.
A typical paper tiger.
However, he himself feels that he is quite good and capable, and his American self-confidence is undoubtedly on display.
"The eighth French player, Ronald Pognon. He is also an old rival of Su Shen and the others. We have met several times. The best PB9.99."
Ronald Pognon is actually a bit similar to Marcus Bronson above.
There was only one break of ten, and it was close to the top match of Gale Blessing. The real strength was definitely not ten seconds, it was far from it.
Only breaking ten once is the best evidence.
"If our young men want to make a breakthrough and achieve good results in this game, they need to adjust their mentality and show their strengths. Su Shen needs to prepare for the future, and Zhao Haohuan needs to prepare for the future, and then work hard, maybe there will be Chance……"
This is the mainstream view. After all, a large number of people here have scores of 10.10 or above, and a lot of people have broken 10. It is not easy to get into the top three.
But Su Shen knew that this time...
There is a chance.
Before starting, he said to Zhao Haohuan: "Leave early."
Zhao Haohuan was stunned, but he had no time to ask any more questions.
The call for the game has begun.
In the enthusiastic atmosphere of the Magic City Stadium, the gold game is about to begin.
Randy and the others all rubbed their hands on the sidelines, looking forward to the start of the battle in the Magic City.
PS: The first bigger chapter is here~~~
