The temperature in Guangdong Province in summer is quite high, and at seven or eight o'clock in the morning, under the blazing sun, there is already a bit of heat.

People don't have to move much under the sun, the sun shines on the body is a burst of anxiety, and standing for a little longer will be extremely hot and sweaty.

On the track and field field of Xiangshan Sports School, a burst of popping footsteps flew by.

On the runway was a childish young man, not tall, but very well-proportioned. Before the finish line, the boy's brows were tangled together, his hands were on his knees, panting, and a large amount of lactic acid was produced, at this time his muscles were sore, and his whole body was quite tired.

Running a 100-meter run is not much of a burden on the body for teenagers. But after a dozen or so trips back and forth, most people don't have it that easy to persevere.

"One more trip." The boy gasped twice, straightened up again, and slowly walked back to the starting line, shaking his hands, feet, and arms as he walked, performing simple muscle relaxation.

This kind of speed and endurance training is a pain for many sports school students, the intensity of running is too high, and the rest time is too short. But this teenager doesn't need the supervision of others at all, and after setting a goal, he can go on with it one group after another.

Because the weather is so hot, except for a short meeting in the morning, many training sessions can not be carried out until the evening, and the teenager just grasps this meeting time in the early morning and insists on training.

Just as the boy walked back to the starting point, leaned over and bowed his head, his front and back feet arched slightly, his right hand hung down to the track, and made a starting motion, when suddenly a voice came from the side.

"Keep your head down a little more, pay attention to your center of gravity, and look straight ahead."

The boy listened to the sound and did not look back, although there was no starting point under his feet, he began to slowly adjust the movements of his body under the guidance of the voice. The center of gravity is slightly forward, and the angle between the body and the starting line has become straight from a slightly skewed position.

The owner of the voice is all too familiar to him, it is Coach Ning, who brought him from middle school to the sports school, a middle-aged man who has just been confused.

"Ready, run!"

The word "run" fell, and the teenager on the track suddenly exerted his strength, and ran out quickly, and the sound of footsteps sounded again.

After another group of runs, when the teenager walked back with heavy breathing and sweat, the middle-aged man walked over with a smile, "Oh my God, your start is not bad, give full play to the advantage of your cadence." ”

"Hmm...... Got it, Coach. The boy gasped and nodded in reply.

"Don't worry, your progress is fast, a small step a year, a big step in two years, and your grades will get better and better. There will be an open track and field competition in the province in November this year, when you can try to run 60 meters and 100 meters and compete with high-level athletes. By the way, the results of last night's World Championships came out, and Suzu entered the final first in the semifinals. ”

"Yay!" The boy clenched his fists slightly and made a celebratory gesture, "It's amazing, I knew that I would definitely enter the finals, and I would be the first in the semifinals." ”

The middle-aged man looked at the movements of the young man in front of him and smiled faintly, "Tonight is the final, I have already discussed with a few other coaches, find you a TV, and watch the game in the cafeteria tonight." Anyway, it's a holiday now, and there aren't many people. The 100-meter final was not watched, but don't miss the 200-meter final this time. ”

"Great!" The young man's face showed ecstasy, "I can watch the game tonight!" ”

The middle-aged man shook his head slightly and smiled, in the past two years, with the appearance of Su Zu, these athletes who practiced sprinting seemed to have found a bright light, and stood there vividly.

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Xinhuanet Helsinki on August 10 schedule news, a total of 11 people from the Chinese team participated in a number of competitions, and 7 people successfully advanced in 5 events: Su Zu entered the men's 200-meter final with the first place in the semi-finals, Liu Yangyu and Shi Dongpeng entered the men's 110-meter hurdles semi-finals, and they ranked first and third in the overall results of the preliminaries respectively; Xing Huina and Sun Yingjie entered the women's 5000m final; Occlusion embroidery entered the women's hammer throw final; Wang Xiaoxiao entered the second round of the women's 400m. ”

"Suzu overtook Gatling and advanced to the semifinals in the 200 meters."

"On August 10, the weather in Helsinki improved, and Suzu successfully advanced to the semifinals of the men's 200m semi-finals with the first place in the group."

Li Zhizhong said: Su Zu's physical fitness is not a problem, but the opponent should be paid attention to enough. Coach Sun Pingjiang said: Su Zu's condition is better than Liu Yangyu's, but both of them have hopes of winning gold. ”

After last night's men's 200m semi-finals, the men's javelin final ended with Finland's Teddy Pitciemeki finishing fourth with 81.27m. The champions, runners-up and runners-up were won by Estonia's Farnik, Norway's Tohildsen and Russia's Sergei Makarov.

In the first round of the men's 110-meter hurdles preliminaries held in the morning during the day, Liu Yangyu advanced to the semifinals without any suspense with the first preliminaries of 13.73 seconds. There are three rounds in the men's 110m hurdles, with the first round of six groups of preliminaries, the second round of three group semi-finals, and the third round of direct finals.

On August 11, the sixth day of the World Championships.

Today's competition schedule is not much, except for the men's pole vault final and the men's triple jump final, today's competition is mainly track competition, and the schedule is all in the evening.

Starting at 18:35, there will be the men's pole vault final, 18:40 men's 5000m first round preliminaries, 19:25 women's 200m semifinals, 19:50 women's 400m hurdles semifinals, 20 men's triple jump final, 20:20 men's 800m first round preliminaries, 21:20 women's 100m hurdles final, 21:30 men's 110m hurdles semifinals, and finally 22:05 is today's finale men's 200m final.

Because there was a long free time during the day, and the 200 finals were relatively late, Su Zu did not go to training on the morning of the 11th, but slept lazily.

The competition for several days was physically supportable, but in order to get enough rest for his body, Li Zhizhong still let him stay in the dormitory, and Jiang Daheng did some simple physiotherapy to relax.

At 5 p.m., Su Zu appeared at the athletics field in the athletes' village, performing several sets of jogging and simple stretching exercises, gradually moving his body and preparing for the finals in the evening.

On the track and field, there are also many athletes who are active at this time, and the boys of the Chinese relay team are now busy with the final baton handover training.

Everyone has experienced last night's semi-finals of Suzu, and to some extent, there has been a change in perception. This is like many Chinese people, and it is impossible for anyone to do it. And when someone really does it, they find that perhaps the first thing to break through is the thinking barrier. The incentives are endless.

You can recognize your level, and running 10 seconds so far is definitely not possible. But China is the 4×100m relay champion of last year's Olympic Games, and in addition to Su Zu, the achievements of other Chen Jian, Shen Yunbao and Yang Guangzong are not out of reach.

If we can win the men's 4×100m relay once, why can't there be a next one, why can't we?

In addition to personal strength, tacit cooperation is definitely the most important part of the relay race. The relay race in Athens was analyzed several times later, and the overall strength of the American team was undoubtedly the first at that time, but there was a problem in the handover, and the Chinese team and the British team seized the opportunity.

Su Zu also did a few sets of simple baton handover training with everyone, the intensity was not large, but a team, tacit understanding always needs to be cultivated slowly. In this relay race, the expectations of the team were not high, but the young athletes were all full of energy and did not dare to relax at all.

Especially like Zhang Peimeng, his best result in training has touched the edge of 10.30 seconds. And Wen Yongyi's current 60-meter score is second only to Su Zu in the domestic record, surpassing the former Shen Yunbao and Chen Jian.

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"CCTV, CCTV, now brings you the semifinals of the men's 110m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki on August 11, and I am the live commentator Yang Jian......"

At 21:30 Helsinki time and 3:30 a.m. Beijing time, the semifinals of the men's 110m hurdles began.

In front of the domestic TV, many people who stay up late or go to bed early and set an alarm clock also sit in front of the TV with their eyes wide open at this time.

Tonight's schedule is still relatively friendly to domestic audiences, after all, there are the semifinals of the men's 110-meter hurdles and the men's 200-meter finals, both of which are a feast for domestic track and field enthusiasts.

In the past, when everyone watched track and field competitions, only women's long-distance running and race walking and other events had Chinese athletes appear, but now in the men's straight sprint sprint sprint event, there can be Chinese figures, this feeling is self-evident.

“…… The players in the first group of the men's 110m hurdles have already taken to the field, in this group, China's Shi Dongpeng ranked fifth, and he ranked third in the preliminaries. In addition, our Olympic champion Liu Yangyu will be in the semi-finals of the next group......"

With the sound of the on-site commentary, the players in front of the camera appeared in the eyes of everyone, among which some sharp-eyed spectators who knew something about the men's 110-meter hurdles could see at a glance the black French player in the same group as Shi Dongpeng, Doucoure.

The biggest favourites in the men's 110m hurdles at this World Championships, Liu Yangyu and Alan Johnson, were soon surpassed by Abdoulaye Doucoure again after Liu Yangyu topped the men's 110m hurdles rankings in June and July.

In the semi-finals of the first group, Doucoure easily won the first place in the group with a time of 13.35 seconds, and Shi Dongpeng was third with a time of 13.44 seconds. According to the promotion rules, the top two players in the three groups of the men's 110m hurdles semi-finals directly advance to the finals, a total of six athletes, and then the remaining two will be replaced by the two best semi-finalists.

Shi Dongpeng is the third in the group, this result is more dangerous, and he can only wait for the semi-finals of the three groups to be finished before he knows if he has a chance.

Countless viewers in front of the TV couldn't help but get nervous when they saw this, Shi Dongpeng's results in the first group could not enter directly, and it was difficult to say the opportunity to make up for the two best scores.

Fortunately, in the semifinals of the second group of the men's 110-meter hurdles, Liu Yangyu played steadily and won the second place in the group with a time of 13.42 seconds and successfully entered the final.

According to the results of the second group, there is still hope for Shi Dongpeng to advance to the finals. Liu Yangyu finished third in this group with Latvia's Stavislav Olias with a time of 13.53 seconds.

Soon the men's 110m hurdles semi-finals in the third group began, and Alan Johnson, the American star in this group, also ran surprisingly well. Alan Johnson clocked 13.23 seconds, while the third and fourth finishers were the best in the group with 13.39 seconds and 13.43 seconds respectively.

Shi Dongpeng's time was 13.44 seconds, missing out on the final qualification for the men's 110m hurdles by one hundredth of a second.

When the sighs of Yang Jian, who were commentators on countless TVs and at the scene, sounded in front of countless TVs, Su Zu was also making final preparations in the check-in area of the men's 200-meter runners.

I ran several sets on the indoor track in a row, and while familiarizing myself with the starting movement and running rhythm, I gradually warmed up my body.

Next to him, warming up with Justin Gatlin, there was a murderous look in his eyes at this time. The men's 100-meter championship was taken away from Su Zu, and he could not tolerate Su Zu reaching the top 200 meters again.

In 2004, it was a year of Justin Gatlin's explosion and glory, whether in terms of world rankings or Olympic honors, he was a well-deserved king of the 100m, winning the previous generation of 100m ruler Morris Green, with the honor of the top event.

But in 2005, he faced more challenges, first Asafa Powell broke the world record, and then Suzu won the gold medal in the men's 100m at the World Championships, and he fell from the crown.

To be honest, he and Su Zu are still very familiar, and they can occasionally smile and say hello, but this is a battle of honor, and he will never lose.

In addition to Justin Gatlin, the other three American players are also eyeing Su Zu.

It can be said that before the start of this final, the four American players were under a lot of pressure, and in the World Championships, if four Americans still failed to win, it would be quite a shame to pass it out.

And now, they're trying to prevent that from happening.

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“…… Audience friends, tonight's finale, the men's 200-meter trapeze battle will start soon. China's Su Zu entered the final with the top result in his group, and he will face the challenge of four of the best 200m athletes in American track and field today. This is the second time Suzu has faced such a flanking siege since this year's Eugene Grand Prix. Last year, Suzu lost to American Shaun Crawford in the men's 200m final at the Athens Olympics by 0.17 seconds, and this time we are expecting Suzu to perform better and stand out from the crowd. ”

As the voice of the commentary sounded, the camera turned, and the eight finalists stood on the track one by one, began to take off their coats and stretch their muscles.

The first is Stefan Buckland from Mauritius, and this is the third time he has reached the final of the men's 200m at the World Championships, where he won bronze at the last World Championships and is currently one of the best 200m athletes in the world.

Second American star and last World Champion John Capel ......"

With Yang Jian's introduction of a famous player, on the big screen and TV set on the scene, the names and international names of the eight players were typed out.

First Lane, Stefan Buckland, Mauritius;

Second Lane, John Capel, USA;

Third Path, Wallace Spearmon, USA;

Fourth, Suzu, China;

Fifth Road, Tyson Gaye, USA;

Sixth Lane, Justin Gatlin, USA;

Seventh Way, Patrick Johnson, Australia;

Eighth Way, Tobias Benjamin Unger, Germany;

At this time, whether on the field or in front of the TV, many people have noticed a situation, three of the eight men's 200m finalists are not black.

Su Zu, Chinese, Han Chinese.

Tobias Benjamin Unger, a German, is currently the second fastest man in Europe, of pure Germanic descent.

Australia's Patrick Johnson, born in 1972 on May 5, 2003 to an Irish father and an Aboriginal Australian mother, became the first non-black man to run the 10-second mark with a time of 9.93 seconds. At that point in time, he was also the 17th fastest ever and the holder of the men's 100m record in Oceania and Australia.

“…… It was a rare sight on the track and field, with three non-black runners in the men's 200m final at a major event such as the World Championships. ”

This is a bit of a subversion of almost everyone's impression, given that in international sprint events, black runners, especially those from West Africa, are largely monopolized.

Among the eight current players, three of them are non-black players, and I dare not say that it must be the first time, but it is definitely a rare situation.

In the world of athletics, it is basically black West Africa that dominates the sprint, and East Africa dominates the long run. Naturalized sprinters, whether in Qatar or elsewhere, are mostly from countries such as Nigeria in West Africa. The strongest countries in long-distance running, Ethiopia and Kenya, are all black East Africans. Blacks in the United States and the Caribbean are also mostly of black descent in West Africa.

Of course, this is only one aspect, and sprinters are also inseparable in the selection and training. For example, although Jamaica has a small population, it has a strong national sprinting atmosphere, and the selection of materials from a young age far exceeds that of other countries. In a country like Nigeria, one is the relationship between the general environment, and the training level and industrialization are low, and the base of material selection is not large, and many excellent seedlings have chosen football.

……

Su Zu stood behind the starting block of the fourth lane, slowly stretching his muscles and adjusting his body to the best state.

Although he didn't deliberately pay attention, he could still feel the gaze of Wallace Spearmon and John Capel behind him when he turned his head occasionally.

And in the fifth and sixth lanes in front of him, when Tyson Gay habitually drank water before the game, and when Gatling moved his body calmly, his eyes would sweep over Suzu.

Invisible gunpowder smoke filled the air, and Su Zu could feel that this game was by no means easy.

But the more this happened, the more he lifted his spirits.

The mind is empty and calm, excluding all kinds of irrelevant distractions, and the body is gradually heating up in slow activity.

This race will not be less than his challenge against the Grand Prix in Eugene, and it will be much more intense because of the level of competition.

Tyson Gaye, Justin Gatlin, Wallace Spearmon, these are the top athletes on the planet, and before the Jamaican Lightning officially reached the top, these guys, plus Asafa Powell, were basically the absolute dominance of the men's 1200-meter sprint.

And now, here I am!

Su Zu made a belly jump on the spot, exhaled lightly, and slowly walked onto the starting block with the referee's command.

At this time, he felt that his heart was extremely hot, and the blood flow rate of his whole body seemed to be accelerating!

Competing with the best in the world, outperforming them, time and time again, that's what he's here for.

The expressions of the four American athletes are also very calm, and the competitive spirit of each athlete in competitive sports is extremely strong, let alone when this kind of competition involves national honor.

From before the tournament, U.S. team leader George Williams began to adopt a strategy, allowing several players to consume as much energy as possible in the semifinals and semifinals, in order to ensure that the final can be crowned.

The other two competitors, Australia's Patrick Johnson and Germany's Tobias Benjamin Unger, who are both seventh and eighth, are also calm, and although they are not far behind the rest of the competitors in terms of personal bests, anything can happen on the field.

Doing everything you can to win the championship and get a good place is the goal of every athlete.

Outside the arena, the boiling noise and cheers gradually fell silent.

Tens of thousands of spectators were staring at the men's 200-meter starting line, and although there were no Finnish runners in the final today's race, there were few spectators at the scene, and they all craned their necks in anticipation of the showdown.

Liu Yangyu and Shi Dongpeng, who had just finished the semi-finals, also stood on the sidelines to watch the 200-meter trapeze battle, and it was rare for a Chinese player to face a bag of four American athletes. At this time, they are all staring at the starting line with a cautious face.

In the sports school in Xiangshan City, Guangdong Province, a teenager who has just received less than a year of professional training, staring closely at the camera screen, this master of sports has stood on the highest stage of track and field and competed with countless European and American strong players.

Li Zhizhong stood on the side of the arena, still looking calm in the eyes of everyone, only the hands behind his back trembled lightly from time to time, showing his heart that was by no means calm at the moment.

Since the Chinese Games a few years ago, he has been sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai in front of everyone, but every time Su Zu competes, his heart has never been calm.

At the scene, in front of the TV, at this time, all the Chinese people who watched the game walked on the starting block with their sports eyes, and all stopped what they were doing.

“SET！” The voice of preparation sounded.

Su Zu began to get up with the sound, and the muscles of his whole body seemed to light the fuse in this sound, pressed the switch, and waited for the moment the gun rang out to start exploding.

My mind was empty, my ears were listening quietly, and there was only the track in front of me, only the race.

Syllable!

Race guns rang out!

The musculoskeletal muscles of the body suddenly began to explode with the sound of this gun, from loose to tense, and suddenly exerted force!

Both feet were pressed against the metal starting gear, and they seemed to be impacted by a tremendous force, making a subtle creaking sound.

And the moment these inaudible sounds appeared, the legs that were stepping on had suddenly left and began to step on the track.

Start and accelerate!

Su Zu stabilized his rhythm, swung his arms quickly, and began to speed up.

Each step ran out according to the rhythm of the habit that he had practiced thousands of times, and behind him, Spearmon also suddenly increased his speed at the moment when the gun rang out.

Change from stationary to the maximum speed of the human body.

Ahead of Suzu, Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin in lanes 5 and 6 didn't start very fast, but they both took great steps.

In the 200-meter sprint competition, everyone will not purely chase the gradual frequency, but more reasonably improve their acceleration stage with a more reasonable stride.

On the field, as all the competitors rushed out, countless noises rang out again, and all kinds of Finnish mixed with English and other languages were roaring.

The most pulsating moment of the sprint begins.

Fifty meters, the difference between the eight players in the front and back positions is not significant, and the audience on the side of the field and in front of the TV cannot see the difference from the naked eye, but if you look closely, you can still see that at this stage, the runners in the two, three, four, five, six and five passes are obviously faster.

This is the difference in absolute strength, which is directly reflected from the start of the start.

The footsteps are getting faster and faster, and fifty meters, all the runners are starting to enter the high-speed stage of running on the way!

"It's game on! Suzu had a very good start, he was accelerating, and the four Americans were very fast......"

After the gunshot, Yang Jian's commentary voice also increased by several decibels at the same time, and passion erupted wildly.

And in his short commentary, the athletes on the field have already run a distance of dozens of meters, and they will soon reach a distance of 100 meters, and the curve will enter the straight.

At this time, Yang Jian's voice almost pierced the microphone hanging on his lips, and he had just finished explaining the men's 110-meter hurdles semifinals, but it did not lower his voice at all.

"Corners into straights, Su Zu! Su Zu is ahead! Suzu is in the first position right now, and he is very fast, Tyson Gay and Gatlin are catching up, and Spearmon is catching up. ”

The corners entered the straights, and the boiling sound on the field became more enthusiastic.

At this moment, everyone saw clearly the positions of the players in front and behind on the field.

Suzu took the lead, and there was also a gap in position with Justin Gatlin, who was the fastest runner. Behind him, Gatlin was the fastest runner, while Tyson Gay and Spearmon were almost neck-and-neck, one position behind.

Compared to the two 100m runners, Suzu and Gatlin, they did not have any advantage in the first half of the race.

Behind the four was John Capel, who was also very fast, but still behind the four in front. The last three Stefan Buckland, Tobias, Benjamin Unger and Patrick Johnson are also chasing after several people in full force.

One hundred and fifty meters straight.

Su Zu's speed has increased to the extreme, and when he runs to this stage on the way, the speed has begun to decay, and Su Zu also felt that several people behind him were pulled apart by him, but he didn't dare to slow down or have the idea of releasing water.

Fight with all your might!

Tyson Gaye, Spearmon, Gatling, and even the runners are all good at speed endurance in the 200m or the second half. This is still far from the finish line, and if he relaxes a little, he is likely to be overtaken.

Bear down!

In the midst of the frantic running, Su Zu heard the sound of the wind in his ears, the footsteps of the fast pedaling on the track, and the deafening noisy cheering sound on the field.

Tens of thousands of spectators in the arena shouted wildly, and even cheers of "SU, SU......" sounded at this time.

One hundred and eighty meters.

Justin Gatlin has never been able to overtake Suzu, but Spearmon and Tyson Gay have gradually caught up.

Of the three, Spearmont and Tyson Gay are both 200m specialists and have excellent speed endurance in the second half. At the 180-meter mark, he was able to keep up, but it was still difficult to surpass Gatlin, who had entered his prime.

Gatlin wasn't a big player in the 200m, but he was also very good at speed and stamina, and his big stride gave him a big boost in the second half of the final 200m.

However, at this time, the finish line was already in sight, Gatlin was close to Suzu, and behind him was Tyson Gay, Guy had not fought a single battle with Suzu, and he was in better shape than Spearmon.

The four people in front were the fastest, and the other runners in the back opened up distances ranging from more than seven or eight meters to more than ten meters.

One hundred and ninety meters.

Su Zu had already locked up the victory, and several American players behind him were all extremely hideous at this time, as if they were squeezing all the strength of their bodies to sprint towards Su Zu.

In the original time and space, four American athletes almost dominated the 200 meters of this World Championships, and no one competed with them.

The championship is just a civil war for the American team, but this time it is different, this time someone is the first to run to the finish line under their layers of chasing and interception!

Two hundred meters!

Rush the line!

19.75 seconds!

"Su Zu! Su Zu won! Su Zu is the champion of the 200 meters, the king of the 200 meters, and after winning the 100 meters, Su Zu won the 200 meters championship. Unbelievably, Suzu came out victorious with four American competitors. In 19.75 seconds, Su Zu set a personal record again, the Asian record and the national record were broken again, we don't know where Su Zu will finish, but we are looking forward to it all the time, this young man who created miracles, he is fantastic, he is the champion......"

As all the runners crossed the finish line, the results of all the runners were announced on the big TV screen:

1. Fourth lane, Su Zu, China, 19.75 seconds;

2. Sixth lane, Justin Gatlin, USA, 19.84 seconds;

3. Fifth lane, Tyson Gaye, USA, 19.88 seconds;

4. Third lane, Wallace Spearmon, USA, 19.93 seconds;

5. Second lane, John Capel, USA, 20.30 seconds;

6. Lane 1, Stefan Buckland, Mauritius, 20.41 seconds;

7. Patrick Johnson, Australia, 20.58 seconds;

8. Tobias Benjamin Unger, Germany, 20.81 seconds;

The moment Su Zu came out, he also roared loudly, raised his right hand high, and then pointed at himself.

With a bang, the reporters around the finish line rushed into the arena almost like a barbaric escape.

The spotlight flickered, the camera just followed, and at this moment he was the focus of the audience.

"Red Flag!"

Su Zu greeted and cheered on the sidelines, and someone shouted loudly and threw a ball of cloth at him.

Su Zu took it and unfolded it, and a five-star red flag as red as blood flashed on all kinds of crackling cameras and video lenses.

Wearing the red flag and running around the field, this is our moment of glory!

Outside the arena, after Li Zhizhong crossed the finish line first in Su Zu, his tense expression turned into ecstasy for the first time, and his hands clapped wildly.

George Williams, the leader of the U.S. team, the gray-haired white old man's face turned red, and he roared in great annoyance, turned his head and left the field.

The Finnish spectators whistled and applauded, and all kinds of indistinguishable shouts surrounded the entire Olympic Stadium.

Many of the viewers who were squatting in front of the TV almost jumped on the spot, they couldn't hear what Yang Jian was saying behind them, they only knew that we had won again!

The 100-meter champion, the 200-meter champion, the men's sprint at this World Championships is our world!

On the track of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, the one wearing the five-star red flag and cheering around the stadium is us Chinese!