It's September 2006, which is pretty much the last month of the season.

However, this year, because of the Asian Games, the 2006 season will definitely be postponed to December. However, Li Zhizhong knew the level of players in the Asian Games, but he didn't take it too seriously.

In Li Zhizhong's view, the remaining games in September are the highlight.

On September 9, at the IAAF Finals in Stuttgart, Germany, this is Su Zu's first time participating in the IAAF Finals. And in this race, Asafa Powell will not necessarily give up, this is a very high-level competition in the IAAF.

At the Athletics World Cup in Athens, Greece on September 16-17, this match is equally important, and in such a World Cup at this stage, Su Zu and Liu Yangyu are basically the signature players. Li Zhizhong has already considered that if Su Zu's physical fitness can support it, he will let Su Zu participate in the men's 100m and 200m biathlon.

On September 23rd, the Grand Prix of the Magic City, the meaning of this game naturally goes without saying.

After finishing the IAAF Golden League Berlin on September 3, Suzu left for Stuttgart the next day.

Stuttgart is the sixth largest city in Germany, ranking among the top 20 cities in Europe in terms of GDP, and companies such as Porsche, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz and Daimler are headquartered here, so Stuttgart is also known as the "cradle of the automobile", where the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Finals were held.

The IAAF World Athletics Finals is an annual athletics competition held by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that replaced the original IAAF Grand Prix Finals in 2003.

The IAAF World Athletics Finals, part of the IAAF World Athletics Series, is the annual culmination of the World Athletics Tour.

Participation in the IAAF World Athletics Finals is based on the rankings of the 25 IAAF World Athletics Tour events each year. The ranking is calculated by scoring the athlete's five best performances (or four best performances in the throw) on the World Athletics Tour.

Over the course of a year, athletes earn points in numerous events, and the number of points depends on the athlete's performance in the competition.

The races with the highest points are the IAAF Golden League and the IAAF Super Grand Prix, followed by the regional Grand Prix where a limited number of points can be awarded. But even athletes with enough points must compete at least one higher-level competition to qualify for the World Athletics Finals.

In a season with the World Championships, the top seven athletes in each tournament qualify for the World Athletics Finals. In races over 1,500 meters, the top eleven athletes are allowed to compete in the finals.

In the event of a no-show or cancellation of a qualifying athlete, the IAAF will send an invitation to other athletes to come and compete.

After last year's World Championships, Su Zu did not participate in the IAAF Finals, so it was natural that he would continue to qualify for one athlete at that time.

But this year's IAAF Finals Suzu must participate, because the athlete who won the IAAF Golden League $1 million jackpot that year must participate in the IAAF Finals to receive the prize money.

In addition, the 2006 World Athletics Championships will feature 36 men's and women's events, and the IAAF will provide more than $3 million in prize money to encourage athletes to achieve good results.

The top three athletes in each event will receive $30,000, $20,000 and $12,000 respectively. The prizes for 4th to 8th places are $7,000, $5,000, $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000, respectively. In addition, the 9th to 12th places in the 1,500m, 3,000m, 5,000m and 3,000m steeplechase will all receive $1,000 in prize money.

In addition, the IAAF will also award $100,000 to athletes who break world records in the finals.

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Until 1993 the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium was known as the Neckar Stadium, but after July 30, 2008, the stadium was renamed Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

With more than 40,000 seats at the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium, the entire stadium is very impressive.

During the renovation before the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, the Mercedes-Benz Arena made a special addition to the roof, which was different from most open-air stadiums.

The stadium features a unique fabric roof structure made of precision custom-made membranes made of PVC-coated polyester, and the roof is thin and durable, enough to withstand a weight of 1,000 kilograms per square decimeter. Suspended from an aesthetic steel frame that weighs about 2,700 metric tons around the entire stadium. The steel cable that separately connects the roof to the frame weighs about 420 tons.

Standing in the middle of the stadium, it is obvious that several stadiums in Germany have very high facilities and architectural styles. The entire wide roof makes it very comfortable for spectators to watch the game, and they are protected from the wind and sun.

From a distance, only the middle part of the stadium is open on the lawn of the football field, a bit like a circular patio in Chinese architecture.

In Europe, these stadiums can be used for both football and athletics competitions, and the facilities are among the best in the world today.

In 2006, there were not many first-class stadiums in China, and compared to the requirements of Europe's prosperous football leagues, the gap in stadiums was naturally obvious.

On the afternoon of September 9, Su Zu, Li Zhizhong and others appeared in the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium, and he did not come to participate in the game today, but made a special trip to watch Liu Yangyu's game.

The IAAF Finals will be held on September 9 and 10, and Su Zu will only compete in the men's 100m event, which will be the last event on the 10th.

At 15:35 p.m., the men's 110m hurdles officially began.

Liu Yangyu is in the fifth lane, flanked by Cuba Robles Jr. and American rookie Merritt on the left and right. Trammell is in lane three, and three-time Finals winner Alan Johnson is in lane eight.

In the audience next to the arena, Su Zu and Li Zhizhong both looked at the runway scene a little nervously, and just after the starting gun was fired, Liu Yangyu rushed to foul.

Although Yang Jian, who was commenting on the game, explained to the rest of the audience in front of the TV that Liu Yangyu may have been a little nervous and caused him to rush, Su Zu and Li Zhizhong could obviously see that the other party was not nervous, but deliberately pressed the gun to run.

"Steady, don't worry!" Li Zhizhong looked at Liu Yangyu's calm face in the middle of the field, and unconsciously twitched the corners of his mouth and spoke.

Su Zu looked at Liu Yangyu's expression, and a hint of premonition rose in his heart.

Syllable! The starting gun went off again a second time.

Sure enough, Su Zu, who was on the edge of the field for a moment, clearly saw that Liu Yangyu's starting action was very fast, and on the timing board next to the track showing the starting reaction time, Liu Yangyu's starting reaction time was within 0.108 seconds.

That's an amazing starting reaction time, and a reaction time of less than 0.100 seconds is a rush!

The performance of these two shots completely demonstrated Liu Yangyu's super psychological quality, and it really made the audience outside the stadium tremble.

In a field like the IAAF Finals, after the first shot rushed, the second shot dared to run with the gun, and it was successful!

Su Zu and Li Zhizhong on the sidelines couldn't help but pat their palms and cheered in unison.

The closer the coaches and athletes are to the event, the more they will be able to know the difficulty.

After breaking the world record, Su Zu can know how Liu Yangyu feels now, it is really a feeling of self-confidence and omnipotence.

On the field, the situation is changing at this time.

Liu had a good start, but Robles, who was to his left, and Alan Johnson, who was on the far side, were neck and neck with him after the third hurdle.

The advantage of pressing the gun and running seemed to be caught up and wiped out at this moment, but Liu Yangyu was very calm and did not panic. With an excellent rhythm between the hurdles, he once again secured the first position after three hurdles, and played well in the final sprint, leaving the other opponents behind, and won the championship with an excellent time of 12.93 seconds.

Cuban teenager Robles finished second in 13 seconds, while Alan Johnson also played well, finishing third with a time of 13.01 seconds.

Seeing such results, whether it was Su Zu, Li Zhizhong, or Liu Yangyu's head coach Sun Pingjiang, they all applauded again and again and became excited.

There were many overseas Chinese who came to watch the game on the sidelines, and they shouted loudly and kept shaking the national flag in their hands.

12.93 seconds is the third time Liu Yangyu has broken the 13-second mark, the other two are 12.91 seconds at the Athens Olympics and 12.88 seconds at the Lausanne Super Grand Prix.

In the men's 110-meter hurdles event, this result is almost equivalent to about 9.77 seconds in the current 100-meter event, which is really eye-catching!

After Liu Yangyu won the men's 110-meter hurdles, the last remaining event was Su Zu's men's 100-meter race.

In this IAAF Finals, only Su Zu and Liu Yangyu are Chinese athletes who are eligible.

On the afternoon of September 10, the most important competition of the 2006 IAAF year, the men's 100-meter trapeze battle, kicked off again!