The National Track and Field Grand Prix is one of the highest-level track and field events in domestic track and field, where athletes participate in the national Grand Prix to accumulate points and rankings, and finally get cash money in the finals.

Generally, athletes participate in this kind of competition, mainly hoping to show themselves, attract the attention of the national team, and be able to further represent the national team to participate in international level events, another goal, mainly to participate in the National Games, domestic Grand Prix and championships are linked to the National Games through the calculation of points, and athletes must accumulate a certain number of points in order to qualify for the National Games.

Of course, the prize money of the event is also a key point, but if there is no record-breaking result, in fact, the prize money of the track and field Grand Prix is not very objective, but the rewards in some regions of the track and field championships are okay, but generally the majority is the National Games bonus.

This time, the National Track and Field Grand Prix held in Baozhou is already the third stop, and the last stop next month is the National Track and Field Championship and Grand Prix Finals.

On the plane from Hedao City to the imperial capital, Su Zu listened to the new assistant coach Wang Yuanbin impatiently explain to him the system and significance of this track and field Grand Prix, but after only listening to a few words, he felt that it was really a bit unworthy of the name and quite troublesome.

The domestic track and field Grand Prix seems to be of a high level, but in fact, the popularity and the number and quality of athletes participating are average, and the domestic Grand Prix points are low, so it is difficult to stimulate athletes to perform at a high level and attract famous athletes.

The complex competition system is sometimes not clear to even professional athletes, and the audience is even more unsophisticated, and the layman only looks at the star athletes, and the lack of stars and high-level results makes the competition naturally uninteresting.

"In fact, this Grand Prix is similar to the IAAF Grand Prix and the Golden League, and many places have the same competition system, but there are not so many domestic Grand Prix sites, and the points are lower than those of international events, and the settings of some competition systems have also been adjusted." Assistant coach Wang Yuanbin was very interested in popularizing science for Su Zu.

There is no direct flight from Hedao City to Baozhou, you need to go to the Imperial Capital Airport first, and then transfer to the train. It's still a little boring to travel all the way, and Su Zu is also happy to listen to the knowledge of these sports events.

The IAAF Golden League is divided according to the IAAF events, and it is a third-level track and field event, and the specifications are already quite high. The IAAF divides various track and field events into 10 levels, and the first level is the well-known Olympic Games and the IAAF World Championships. The second level is the IAAF World Athletics Finals, the IAAF World Indoor Championships, and the IAAF World Trail Running Championships. The third level is the IAAF Golden Championship, the IAAF World Cup, and the state championships that the two just talked about.

Events at all levels have points and rankings from high to low, Su Zu roughly estimated that the domestic track and field Grand Prix is already the sixth or seventh level, and the total points are relatively low, which is not very attractive to high-level athletes.

At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Su Zu and his entourage arrived in Baozhou, first contacted the Organizing Committee of the competition area to settle in the hotel, and then went to the organizing committee of the competition area to go through the registration procedures.

At 10 a.m. the next day, the organizing committee of the competition area also held a technical meeting in the press hall of the Baozhou People's Gymnasium, and each participating unit sent a team leader and a coach to participate in the announcement of the competition and confirm the list of participating athletes.

In addition to the sprint event in which Su Zu participated, the competition management center also sent two long-distance runners and a relatively unpopular javelin thrower.

In the afternoon, I checked the venue of the Baozhou Station of the Grand Prix, and the number of people in the venue was quite small compared to the invitational tournament and the Chinese Games that Su Zu had participated in before, and only a few team members were doing adaptive training.

After all, many of the people who participate in this kind of track and field competition are old birds, and they are familiar with each competition area, and a few are coaches who train with newcomers.

The next morning, the National Athletics Grand Prix began.

The time of the entire Grand Prix in Baozhou is three days, as a simple track and field event, the time is quite sufficient, after all, there are not many players who really come to participate in some unpopular events.

Su Zu has seen the 100m preliminaries of his race, less than 30 in total, in the morning preliminaries, the afternoon semi-finals and the final.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the first start was the men's 110-meter hurdles preliminaries, which was a little less than the 100-meter competition, but there were 23 people, and the four preliminaries were finished.

And in these preliminaries, Su Zu finally saw it for the first time in the arena, and the last time the Chinese Games were still lamenting that he couldn't appreciate Liu Feiren in the 110-meter hurdles. In 2002, most of them began to participate in international competitions, but this year's National Track and Field Grand Prix, everyone came without falling behind.

Liu Yangyu was born in 83, and he was only 18 years old at this time, more than 3 years older than Su Zu, and he still looked young.

From 2001 to 2002, the National Athletics Championships, the National Games, and the IAAF competitions have entered the stage of high-speed performance. The four preliminaries easily qualified for the afternoon final as group winners.

At 9:30 a.m., the men's 100-meter preliminaries began, and Su Zu walked onto the track to prepare for the race.

Starting with the National Grand Prix, according to the schedule given by his coaching staff, he will also start to compete in large-scale competitions in the next year.

At this time, in a viewing area not far from the track and field, Yu Liwei was touching his chin to observe the performance of the athletes in each group.

Liu Yangyu's results are steadily improving, and although he only finished second in the IAAF competition in Switzerland last two months, he ran 13.12, which is the best level of his career and the men's 110m hurdles world junior record so far.

"Lao Yu, I invited you over again and again before, but you just shirked and didn't have time, but I didn't send you an invitation this time, so you came uninvited."

Next to Yu Liwei, standing was a somewhat short and fat man, laughing and joking, while holding a manuscript paper that he didn't know what to gently fan the wind.

"I wasn't busy with youth training before, and I couldn't get out, so I didn't hurry up and come over after a few days of freeness."

Yu Liwei smiled, but his eyes stayed on the track and field.

"You came to see Liu Yangyu's performance this time? I have also paid attention to his recent results, steady and rising, sprinting track and field events for so many years, finally a can run in the international arena. ”

Yu Liwei nodded, the short and fat man he joked about, named Nian Feng, is a person in charge of the track and field organizing committee, and he is a little clearer than him about the current normality of some competitive sports.

"Liu Yangyu is one thing, he is basically stable now as long as he pays attention to injuries. This time, I mainly want to reserve some young athletes and see if there are any good seedlings. Yu Liwei replied.

"Well, it's time to think about it later." Nian Feng held it with one hand and shyly his stomach, "Some time ago, the bureau held a meeting, and the document has fallen to the 08 Olympic Games talent reserve plan, and our ladder reserve talents are not enough." ”

Yu Liwei was silent, he is now the deputy head coach of the national track and field team, and he is also the head coach of the youth team. There are still two years left in the Athens Olympics, but the instructions from the higher authorities have been put in 08, and the pressure on their sports system is not ordinarily great to fight this tough battle at home.

"Hey, Lao Yu, listen to what you mean, you didn't come for nothing this time, it seems that you were prepared? Tell me who has entered your eyes. Nian Feng reacted, Yu Liwei has always done things with a purpose, but he suddenly appeared in this track and field Grand Prix. If it's really just to see, why don't the two sites be shadowed earlier.

Yu Liwei laughed, "I can't hide it from you, Zhou, I don't know if you paid attention to the Chinese Games last month?" ”

"The Chinese Games?" Nian Feng was slightly stunned, although the scale of the Chinese Games is not small, but the level is still based on teenagers, he is a sports system leader who says big or small, and he really hasn't paid attention to it.

"What's going on? Tell me, don't sell it. ”

"The 100-meter sprint record at the Chinese Games was broken just last month. 10.39 seconds, you can tell me that this result is worth my trip. ”

"10.39 seconds?" Nian Feng has been in the sports system for many years, not those laymen who turn to gild, after a little thought, I understand the significance of this achievement.

In the past two years, it can be said that in the field of 100-meter sprinting, China is in a time of green and yellow, in the early years of 97 and 98, there are still one or two who can run to about 10.2 seconds, but in the past few years, there has been an uproar, and the results have all fallen.

The result of 10.39 seconds is not to mention the Chinese Games, and there is a chance to win a medal in the National Games.

"It's a high school student, I can run 10.39 seconds, if I'm still a high school student, it's probably seventeen or eighteen, not bad." Nian Feng asked, and then praised himself.

"Less than seventeen or eighteen, I learned about it, I was born in January '87, and I am not yet 16 years old this year." Yu Liwei said slowly, on the distant track and field, the men's 100-meter preliminaries have begun, gradually attracting his attention.

"Okay, this." Nian Feng clapped his palms, "This can't be another Liu Yangyu, 16 years old, 10.39 seconds, I remember reading the information, this sprinter is generally at the peak of 20-25 years old, hey, this talent is amazing, you kid, you can find talents everywhere!" ”

Nian Feng was a little itchy by Yu Liwei, there are many official oils in this track and field system, but there are really some athletes and coaches who retire and change careers, and they really love to do this.

"Now, show me, which one is it?"