March 5, 2004,

The 11th World Indoor Track and Field Championships officially opened.

(Some people are used to calling the first 1985 World Indoor Track and Field Games, and the first 1987 is called the first 1997. So this time in 2004 is also ranked in the tenth 1994.)

The indoor World Championship lasted three days, from March 5 to 7, with a total of 26 events, including thirteen events for men and women, and the Chinese team had to participate in only 7 events. They were men's 60 meters, men's 200 meters, men's 60 meters hurdles, men's 7th athletics, women's shot put, women's long jump and women's high jump.

Like all indoor competitions in the past, the schedule of the event is very compact. As a sprint event with relatively less physical energy consumption, the preliminary finals of the competition are basically held on the same day.

On the first day of the competition, women's shot put, women's 800m finals, women's 60m, men's 60m, women's triple jump and women's pole vault will be held.

Speaking of the first day, it is undoubtedly 60 meters for men and women, and this is also the focus of the entire Chinese delegation.

There are 12 athletes in China, 7 men and 5 women, and the most core men's sprint event accounted for 4 people. Except for Yang Zuyao who participated in the 200-meter event, the other three were all 60-meter events, and the two national 60-meter record holders, Asia and the national 100-meter record holders. No matter which direction they look at, they have enough reasons to attract attention.

Not only China, but also all the delegations who came to participate, have set their sights on the 60-meter event. Although the indoor competition has relatively small size and influence in the world of track and field, as athletes and coaches who lead the team, as long as they come to participate in the competition, they will never really pay attention to it.

9:30 am,

The athletes who are about to participate in the men's 60m preliminaries are already preparing to go to the preparation area.

"Shawn, I'm still watching, I'm going to prepare!"

Budapest Stadium, Team USA rest area, Grimes, who had just won the Levin Invitational Championship a few days ago, checked his equipment again and looked at his teammate, Sean Crawford.

"Oh! God, when I think you are about to grab this 60-meter gold medal with me, I feel that the world is full of malicious intentions towards me!" Grimes screamed strangely!

"I'm just training my first half to start. I still have a lot of shortcomings in the first half. I don't want to happen again in the finals last year!" After closing the booklet in my hand, Crawford smiled: "But it would be nice if I could win a gold medal!"

Although he did not run many 200 meters in special events and 60 meters, his explosive power and starting speed were not weak. In the past, when he was in good condition, he often ran 6 seconds 53 and 6 seconds 55. Just now he looked at the list of players in the entire 60 meters competition, and there were very few players who could make him pay great attention to it. It was not surprising to win the gold medal.

"Get the gold medal. If you want to win the gold medal, it would be great if you run your 200m!" Grimes was speechless, "By the way, you didn't participate in the World Championships last year. The 200m champion was the Chinese player. You don't want to defeat him. Prove that you are the king of 200m?"

"Haha~" Crawford laughed and shook his head, "I watched the video of the game. The Chinese is not an opponent worthy of my attention. His steps are bottomed, his arms swings, his knees are raised, and his body is stable... The skills are too mediocre! Except for the absolute speed, they are still far behind in other aspects. Although it is a sprinting technique that depends on training, it cannot be produced by thinking about it. Good technology requires enough physique and strength to support it, and the yellow people...

I am not racist, but I have to say that in terms of physical fitness, it is difficult for a yellow race to threaten me even if it breaks out to the limit. The showdown with him is not very attractive! If he really has the ability to rush out, it will not be too late to show up in the Olympics!"

Grimes nodded in agreement. He won the Levin competition. Although the two or three players were all from China, he also felt that their strength was not bad, but he actually did not pay special attention to it. Even the World Championship champion who ran into the 100-meter and 10 seconds.

"I can't meet the champion of 200 meters this time, but isn't the champion of 100 meters here?" Crawford smiled strangely: "I only participated in the 60 meters when I applied for a wild card, and I don't know how good it is? Green and Capel are also idiots, and they can actually lose so thoroughly! You won the Levin game!"

Grimes just smiled with him. Team USA has many famous players, but no matter how you count, Green is one with enough weight. Crawford can say, but he will not agree. Invisibly, there will be a level invisible existence. Grimes believes that he is obviously not the above layer.

"Let's go, I can't meet those people in the preliminaries, but I think they won't be able to pass the preliminaries. If I can meet the semi-finals in the afternoon, let's teach them what sprint is!"

...

At 10 a.m. local time, with the women's 60m group preliminaries ending, the men's 60m group preliminaries will be held soon at the indoor track and field of the Budapest Stadium.

The teams have already obtained the schedule. In their opinion, the arrangement is not very ideal, but it is considered ordinary.

However, for many foreign players, they already feel that three games a day are usually putting a lot of pressure on the athletes and coaches of the Chinese delegation.

The preliminaries are at 10:10 am, and the finals are at 14:30 pm, and the finals are at 18:10 pm.

No matter what pressure you have, you still have to compare. Even in the preliminary round, you have to use all your strength. Otherwise, you may not even have the qualification to compete in three rounds.

They also knew that as they gradually moved towards the world stage, such situations may occur from time to time, and there is still no joint force, otherwise the pressure would be greater. At this time, including Feng Yong and Yu Weili, they seemed to be able to understand why Lin Mu was not very enthusiastic about joint force. This made them sigh again, and they really looked far.

Lin Mu was not clear about their feelings, but if he knew, he could only smile. He was not very enthusiastic about both parties, but because of physical strength, physical strength has never been a problem. He would not be too persistent in the existence of the encyclopedia, but if he needed to use it, he would not be ruthless.

Run-in technology, focusing on technology to strengthen the body is the current theme, and the direction he planned is to keep this process going. And the process of digesting running-in experience is nothing more efficient than a real competition.

As long as you can achieve the ultimate perfection, how to participate, and how many items you participate, Lin Mu will never draw a final formula.

When he saw the schedule, he emphasized to the athletes that he had all his strength and did not have to consider the issues in the subsequent competitions. Only running with all his strength can truly make the body feel real. This is also the meaning of running-in.

...

Track and field sidelines.

Today, almost all the people from the Chinese delegation arrived, with only three days of competition. Today is the first competition on the first day. Whether the athletes and coaches who want to participate in the competition today or not, they are here...

After simplifying the government this time, there were not many coaches coming to Budapest. In addition to the two head coaches and team leaders, Lin Mu was in the relay team because of four athletes, so he, Yuan Guohua and Liu Ren were all here, which was the most popular team. In other events, there were only Sun Ping, who had been running with Liu Xiang for a long time, and Coach Lu, who was in charge of the jumping event. The head coaches of several other contestants did not travel this time.

The coaches and athletes were a little separated and got together. Before the competition began, they chatted about some gossip. At this moment, Liu Ren, who accompanied the athletes to the inspection and recording area, came back!

"Old Liu, are you back? Those who have led the team to win the World Championships, why do you feel nervous in an indoor competition?" Looking at Liu Ren, who was hurriedly returning with a serious look, Yuan Guohua teased with a smile.

There are not many people, and several coaches are familiar with each other. In addition, the athletes are not around, so they speak very easily.

"What do you know!?" As soon as his feet were settled, Liu Ren angrily retorted.

He was not nervous, he was worried. Both Xiao Shen are now considered athletes he led, so he was not worried about Chen Bao. After all, at such an old age, he has participated in many competitions! Moreover, since Chen Bao won the relay championship of the World Championships, his mentality has been completely relaxed. This relaxation has led to better and better running!

Compared to Chen Bao, Chen Huan is what he really worried about. He lost the indoor competition last year, and now it is another indoor competition. It seems like a cycle. He is not sure what Shen Huan will be in the mentality now. He can't communicate clearly, and Xiao Shen is still very focused, even though there have been many changes.

Liu Renzhen does not value the results if he fails, but his steady momentum cannot be affected by objective reasons.

Just now, he had been watching the preparation area and specially reminded Chen Bao to communicate with Shen Huan when he had time. The team had a good time with Shen Huan, so Chen Bao became Chen Bao.

Thinking of this, Liu Ren couldn't help but look at Lin Mu. At this time, Lin Mu also happened to look at Liu Ren.

He smiled slightly, and Lin Mu nodded gently.

"The first preliminaries have begun!"

Just as Lin Mu and Liu Ren were silently communicating, the players from the first group of the men's 60m preliminaries were already on the court!

...

Check-in area

Dozens of athletes were arranged in different preparation rooms according to the group, waiting to appear in the game later.

There are 49 athletes in the men's 60m competition in this indoor World Championships, divided into 6 preliminaries. Each preliminaries takes the top two and advances directly to the semi-finals, and the remaining players take four best results to advance. A total of 16 people are divided into two groups of matches. The promotion rules are the same as those of the general competition. The top three plus two best results in the group advance to the final.

The three players of the Chinese team, Chen Huan, Chen Bao and Zhao Lin, were respectively assigned to the second, third and fifth groups in the preliminary round.

At this time, the first group had already appeared, and the staff of the preparation room of the second group had come to guide the players on the stage.

The competition went on very quickly, in just two or three minutes. With a violent noise in the gymnasium, the players from the second group walked into the stadium through the corridor under the guidance of the staff.

As soon as he entered the arena, Chen Huan felt wrapped in countless buzzing sounds, which made him breathe.

Even though he had already passed many big events and had been the protagonist and had been a supporting role, he still felt a little uncomfortable when he was in this small space surrounded by thousands of people. Especially when he listened to these buzzing sounds that he couldn't understand, he felt countless eyes that made him uncomfortable.

This reminded him of Birmingham last year again. It seemed that ten thousand people gathered together, and as soon as he appeared, he was attracted by countless surprising gazes. He very much disliked these gazes with some alternative gazes.

In China, this kind of look was because of his height and body shape. Later in Vienna, Birmingham, and Levin, it was because of his skin color, and now I think it is the same.

As his thoughts pounded, he silently followed the team and walked towards his own track. In a figure with black skin, Chen Huan, wearing a red sprint suit, seemed particularly conspicuous.

Different times and similar environments also reminded him of something that made him even more uncomfortable. They were sighs that seemed to be filled with sudden and destined sighs!

He meticulously checked the starting equipment and stretched his body again. Chen Huan gently adjusted his breathing, and his whole body seemed to be calmer and calmer.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the athletes in the second group of the men's 60m preliminaries have already played... The first one comes from... The third one comes from... The sixth one comes from the Eastern China. Not long ago, huan, she————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

The event host introduced the athletes’ personal situation one by one with the information in his hand. When Chen Huan was introduced...

Although he couldn't understand the introduction of the host on site, he could still hear his awkward name pronunciation.

He waved at the stands and waved his hand. Chen Huan still looked very calm, but the surging emotions in his heart were once again ignited!

I don't understand what to say! But in public, I think it's impossible to be bad words, but this tone is a little surprised with a slight smile...

What's wrong with Chinese people? So what about yellow people? Is there something wrong with shortness of height?

Coach Lin is right. The athlete's path needs to be stepped out with his own feet, for himself and for his mission!

In China, now I am no longer the short one. Then, in the future, my name will only be the Shen Huan of China, not... Oh?! Yellow people!

Missed the opportunity, I was already one step behind that person, I will not be later...

"The competition is about to begin, let's see how the players in this group perform? Look at the youth from the East..."

After introducing the contestants on the spot, the host introduced the players, and used a fast speaking speed and a passionate tone, and the background music to broadcast it again, and the sound echoed throughout the indoor hall.

The gymnasium gradually became quiet, suppressing the noisy audience on the scene to focus their attention in front of the starting line of the track.

“on    your    marks!”

The athletes were ready, and the referee checked the athletes for the last time. After everything was correct, the instructions were issued!

“Set!”

Bang!

The gunshot sounded.

"The competition begins!".

"Oh? Look, who is that? The young man from the East, he started quickly... He was ahead... Six paths, two paths, four paths, crossing the line..."

In just six or seven seconds, the host of the competition, who tried his best to mobilize the atmosphere on the scene, spreading passionate voices throughout every corner of the gymnasium!

"6 seconds 55, 6 seconds 55, Shen from Oriental Huaxia easily won the first place in the second group of the preliminaries with a time of 6 seconds 55. This is..."

After panting, Chen Huan raised his right hand and closed his eyes slightly after only taking a look at the timing card at the scene.

He turned a deaf ear to all the sounds around him, and only one voice echoed in his heart.
Chapter completed!