Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.

In the terminal building, Zhang Pingqiu looked at Su Zu helplessly and said, "Why don't I go with you?" ”

"No need, Brother Zhang, you just wait for me in Zurich! I haven't been to Europe many times, I haven't traveled everywhere, but this time I just had time, so I went around, and you know my English level. ”

Su Zu smiled and comforted Zhang Pingqiu, persuading Zhang Pingqiu to agree to him to go around alone, but it was quite difficult, and it was not as good abroad as at home. And Zhang Pingqiu is an assistant coach, these things can be coordinated and reported, and Su Zu will not make a fuss about the sudden disappearance of people.

After all, he is really a public figure now, and if he suddenly disappears for a few days, I am afraid that he will make a fuss.

"You ......" Zhang Pingqiu shook his head, "I'm still not so relieved!" ”

"I'll go back and call my master. You can go to Zurich with Coach Sun and them with peace of mind, it just so happens that Coach Sun is not enough, I am an adult, how much can I do. ”

"I knew this earlier, so I let Master Jiang stay, he wanted to hear that you were going to travel, so you had to be happy to die."

"Alright, Xiao Zhang, it's okay."

Sun Pingjiang, who was standing next to him, patted Zhang Pingqiu on the shoulder, "Take advantage of the rest time these few days, it's good to take a walk." As he spoke, he pointed to Liu Yangyu on the side and said, "That stinky boy used to go to other places to visit." ”

"Really?" Su Zu asked Liu Yangyu with a smile.

It's the first time he's heard of it, but Liu Yangyu has been competing in various Grand Prix races in Europe since 2001, and if you want to say that he hasn't gone out to play, it's definitely impossible.

When the delegation goes out as a group, the space for athletes to move alone is relatively small, but when this kind of group is small, many things are much easier to say. Like Su Zu last time in Eugene, the whole team walked around in Eugene.

"I'm not in the mood to play right now." Liu Yangyu saw that the topic burned to himself, and waved his hand, "It's almost like a champion, I went to Zurich this time to 'take revenge'." ”

In Zurich's Golden League, it has been confirmed that Alan Johnson, Ducarre and others are going to participate, and now the points of the men's 110m hurdles are biting tightly.

"Then you calculate the time, call me if you have something, and remember the phone number of the embassy." Zhang Pingqiu shook his head and handed a sealed plastic bag to Su Zu as he spoke. "I've got the visa for you, pay more attention to safety."

Ireland is not a Schengen country in the European Union, and it still needs a visa, of course, this is not a difficult thing for the track and field team at all.

Although Zhang Pingqiu was not so happy, he was an athlete after all, and the rest during this time was a free activity, Su Zu went to Ireland to wander around, and he couldn't restrict anything, but he just explained some precautions to Su Zu.

After the World Championships in Helsinki ended on August 14 and the Chinese delegation returned to China, Su Zu did not follow the delegation back, but stayed with Zhang Pingqiu and others.

Of course, it was not only Su Zu who remained, but also Liu Yangyu and Sun Pingjiang, who were preparing for the IAAF Golden League Zurich on August 19.

However, in Zurich's Golden League, Suzu gave up for the time being.

His situation is different from Liu Yangyu, he has competed in 10 consecutive races in the World Championships, 100m, 200m and relay races, and he is too tired and needs to take a break.

He is sure that he will play in the Golden League in Brussels on August 26, and as for the Golden League in Berlin and the Golden League final in Monaco on September 4, Suzu may not participate now.

Although it is important to brush up on points, the Asian Athletics Championships will be held in Incheon, South Korea, from August 30 to September 4. He has been absent from domestic tournaments this year, and the Asian Championships are regional events and must be indispensable.

So, in general, these days belong to the free time of the holiday.

Now Su Zu's world ranking has been extremely eye-catching, and on a stage like the International Grand Prix, Feng Shuyong, the head coach of the track and field team, and Yu Liwei, the deputy head coach, are quite supportive.

From the perspective of the national team, what was originally supported was that athletes could win gold and silver in international competitions, and the higher the ranking, the better. And Su Zu is now in two events, and he has a good chance to hit the first place in the IAAF men's overall rankings. This honor is much higher than the number one individual athlete in the world.

Li Zhizhong and the other members will return to China to attend some press conferences, and then come to Europe before the start of the Golden League in Berlin next month.

At Vantaa Airport, after chatting for a while, the group began to separate.

Zhang Pingqiu followed Liu Yangyu and Sun Pingjiang and his party on the plane to Zurich, leaving Su Zu alone.

Seeing all the people around him leave, in a strange foreign country, Su Zu suddenly felt a little relaxed.

In the past few years, I have basically been active in a small circle most of the time, and although I have also competed in various countries, in general, there has never been such a person as now.

Moreover, because he is abroad, even if he does not wear a hat and sunglasses, many foreigners with a blind face will not recognize him.

If he was in China now, he probably wouldn't be able to be so idle. Since the Athens Olympics, anyone who appears on that occasion can recognize him, and then cause a commotion.

This is the shackles that are pressed on the body after becoming famous.

Su Zu almost didn't have to think about it, after the end of this year's National Games, there would probably be more advertisements and endorsements. And he has gone all the way to the present, winning two championships at the World Championships, and at this juncture, it seems that he can also take a breather.

After waiting in the airport waiting hall for more than 1 hour, Su Zu heard the sound of the airport radio prompting boarding.

Grab your suitcase and hop on an Aer lingus flight to Dublin.

……

Dublin Stadium, Ireland.

At this time, the cheers and boiling sound of the audience was simply deafening.

It was hard to imagine that Su Zu was sitting in the audience that a niche sport like hockey could attract such a large number of spectators.

Dublin, one of the oldest stadiums in history, has a capacity of 50,000 spectators, but there are almost no seats available at all.

The boiling atmosphere at the scene made Su Zu feel that the World Championships in Athletics a few days ago were inferior to this.

"Sue, is this your first time watching a hockey game?"

Next to Su Zu was a middle-aged white man with a withered face, who was not sitting in the audience like the rest of the audience, but in a wheelchair.

"It's the first time." Su Zu nodded.

Regardless of his past or present life, he doesn't know much about the hockey project, after all, this project is still quite niche in China, and it was not until after 2010 that it was slightly popularized.

"Ireland has a long history of hockey, and hockey here has its own unique style of play, called Irish hockey, also known as the brave sport. Of course, there is a difference between formal hockey and Irish hockey. ”

The white man pointed to the court word by word, and said slowly, because he spoke slowly, although the accent was a little weird, but Su Zu had greatly improved his English listening and speaking skills in the past two years.

Hockey is not common in China, but it is still very popular in Europe and the United States. This is an exercise that can exercise flexibility, flexibility, coordination, endurance, physical strength, IQ, willpower and courage, which is conducive to cultivating children's will to endure hardships and stand hard work, as well as team spirit. In European and American youth movies, many sunny and handsome male protagonists are hockey players.

To put it simply, this is a fierce sport.

And like Irish hockey, the intensity is more intense than regular hockey, savage, violent, and rushing, which can be compared to Irish rugby.

"Beautiful!"

"Kill them!"

In the audience, there was suddenly another violent cheer.

On the field, the Dutch women's hockey team is playing against the British women's hockey team. With the complicated relationship between Ireland and the United Kingdom, seeing the British team being abused, the cheers of tens of thousands of spectators at the scene were extraordinarily loud!

"Sue, goal! See no, score! Do you feel a completely different charm from athletics, this is hockey, I love hockey to death. ”

The middle-aged white man next to him was already very weak, but after seeing a beautiful goal at this time, he couldn't help but clap his hands.

And Su Zu, looking at the white man in front of him, a complicated color flashed in his eyes.

That's why he insisted on coming to Ireland.