Chapter 303: Mindset Adjustment
"We are very happy to have Su Lai train in Paris, we have a very close relationship with Chinese athletics, and we were also in Paris last year when Liu Yangyu was preparing for the Golden League and the World Championships.
Do you say there is a fee? No, no, no, we will provide training venues and accommodation free of charge. Su and Liu are both legendary track and field athletes in China, and although they are still young, their achievements are evident to all.
At the Golden League in Paris on July 8 and later at the Lausanne Grand Prix, Sue's choice is here a testament to the quality of the French sports facilities. We will make every effort to meet Sue's training requirements and provide good conditions for his trip to France.
Of course, we want them to do the best and we welcome the best athletes from all over the world to train and communicate with each other, and we have the likes of Doucoure, Denut and Stephani Diajana. Su is a three-time Olympic medalist, a double champion in the men's 100m and 200m at the World Championships, and a world record holder in the men's 100m. Su will be sincerely and warmly welcomed by all those who care about the love of athletics......"
On June 4, the French Athletics Association held a press conference, and the president of the French Athletics Association, Amsalaam, answered questions from reporters on the spot, and said that it was a great honor to invite Su Zu to choose Paris, France as his training base for the summer games.
The scale of this press conference was not large, but there were still a lot of reporters from local media in France, especially when Su Zu and Li Zhizhong were on the road at the press conference, which caused a lot of sensation.
Many reporters at the scene raised their hands again and again to ask Su Zu and Li Zhizhong questions, and this process lasted until the end of the speech and answer of Assamram, the president of the French Athletics Association, and then officially handed over the microphone to Su Zu.
"Sue, why did you choose Paris, France as your training base for your summer events?" A Reuters reporter asked a question at the scene.
"The next few important competitions in July will be held in France, and the French people love athletics very much, and last year's teammate of my national team, Olympic men's 110m hurdles champion Liu Yangyu told me that France is his blessed land, his dream started to take off from here, and I also hope to be my blessed land, maybe we will all break the world record here."
"Sue, are you confident in Powell's challenge?"
"Can you talk about your goals for the Golden League?"
One question after another, Su Zu kept a smile throughout the whole process and answered them briefly one by one.
He is already very experienced in interviewing reporters, and the entire research team, including Li Zhizhong, knows about this and is not worried about what he says wrong.
In preparation for the Golden League, the French Athletics Association is willing to provide good training venues and accommodation conditions, reciprocate the favor, and blow each other's business, so naturally they also need to repay the other party's goodwill at the press conference.
After leaving the press conference, Su Zu successively met with Amsalaam, the president of the French Athletics Association, in private, and after a brief greeting, he came to the training base under the arrangement of the French side.
The training base is on the outskirts of Paris, more than 10 kilometers away from the main city of the city, but the environment is beautiful and well-equipped, and it is a place where the French track and field team often trains.
As soon as they entered the training base, Su Zu and Li Zhizhong, who got out of the car, felt a burst of relaxation.
After all, although the master and apprentice inevitably have to attend many various activities, in essence, both of them are not willing to face these.
The daily necessities in the training base are basically prepared in advance, and Zhang Pingqiu, Jiang Daheng, Yu Yaling, Yi Zhen and others are in charge, so there is no need for the two masters and apprentices to worry about.
"Master, how did you contact the French Athletics Association?"
After settling down briefly, Su Zu and Li Zhizhong first walked around the training base, looking at the clean track and field field, Su Zu asked with some doubts.
After the Golden League in Oslo, Norway the day before yesterday, I rushed directly to Paris, France yesterday, and then attended the press conference early this morning, and the pace was really fast.
"Didn't you just say it at the press conference, it was Coach Sun's side that greeted him in advance."
Li Zhizhong walked around the field, jumped on the track of the track and field, felt the texture of the other party's plastic track, and replied.
The relationship between the Chinese Athletics Association and the French Athletics Association is not bad, although there are all kinds of dirty and unpleasant things in other aspects, but the relationship is quite harmonious in track and field. Last year, Liu Yangyu participated in the Grand Prix Golden League in Europe, which was mainly in the training base here in France.
"And when are they coming?" Su Zu thought about it, and he and Liu Yangyu hadn't seen each other for a while. After last year's National Games, he went to southern Yunnan Province for sub-plateau training, and until this year's Doha Grand Prix, the two races were basically staggered.
On May 12, Suzu competed in the Doha Super Grand Prix, while Liu Yangyu traveled to the Osaka Grand Prix and Eugene Grand Prix.
And in the IAAF Golden League and Lausanne Grand Prix in Paris, France in July, Liu Yangyu will definitely not be absent.
Su Zu's other memories may be wrong, but Liu Yangyu has always remembered the world record breaking at the Lausanne Grand Prix in July 2006.
"Probably next week." Li Zhizhong thought for a moment and replied, "He also came over to prepare for training in advance, but Coach Sun told me that he can't let you focus on beauty, and Liu Yangyu will also break the world record this year." In the past few days, you have to make up for the training you missed before and adjust your condition. ”
Su Zu nodded and smiled, and didn't say anything more, he was also very much looking forward to the next few races in July, hoping that there would be new results at that time.
Previously, Su Zu thought that after competing in Oslo's Golden League, he would continue to return to China. Unexpectedly, Li Zhizhong directly contacted him at the training base in Paris, France. However, it is good that at least for a few months, he can focus on training and competing.
Speaking of this, Li Zhizhong suddenly sighed with a little sigh on his face, "The conditions are really good now." I chatted with Coach Sun before, and he told me that he and Liu Yangyu came to Europe to participate in the competition, and only the two of them were running around, and they had to take care of everything by themselves. I'm not used to eating Western food, and I often bring a bunch of instant noodles in my bag. However, it wasn't that that was the most troublesome at that time. ”
"There's no training place." Su Zu looked at the open track and field track, and then replied.
Li Zhizhong nodded, and walked slowly on the runway with his hands behind his back, "No matter what the results are now, don't forget how you got to this point in the first place." ”
Su Zu looked at Li Zhizhong's back and understood that Lao Li was reminding him.
People will swell and float.
He chose the path of competitive sports for the first reason just to realize a former dream and live a completely different life. But when all this came to fruition and was in front of him, there was no doubt that his attitude towards training and competition had slackened.
Although Suzu himself knew that the time of 9.75 seconds was nothing compared to the time set by the Jamaican Lightning, there were many challengers behind him, such as Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell, Justin Gatlin, and John Blake, all of whom were able to surpass this time and push the record forward.
Su Zu himself has hinted again and again that there are countless strong players behind him, and there will be more and more top athletes. But when he reached the top for the first time, he couldn't help but feel a little trance.
After the Athens Olympics, he was still able to look at himself and felt that everything was far from relaxing.
But after breaking the world record in the Doha Super Grand Prix, this subtle change in mentality, others may not have noticed it, and in the eyes of outsiders, he is still focusing on training and playing, and this time the Oslo Golden League is just a temporary poor state, but he also won, right?
But he has been with Li Zhizhong for several years, and he can't see it.
Su Zu squatted down and stroked the rough ground with the plastic runway.
He has never been a gifted person, and even with the help of a data-based system, he needs to put more effort beyond others if he wants to gain a foothold on this runway.
And as long as you relax a little, the final result will only be surpassed.
Like this Oslo Golden League, he won very lucky.
In the past, even in the face of these trivial matters, he would still think about the arena and training.
Even in a hotel room, he would do handstands, push-ups, sit-ups, and be ready all the time.
But now I have inadvertently relaxed, like the rabbit in the tortoise-hare race, which can stop and rest.
But it wasn't the turtle that chased him, and he didn't reach the point of being unsurpassable.
The time of 9.95 seconds is arguably the worst drop in recent times. The attributes have not been reduced, and the negative state has no effect, but he has relaxed his mentality.
He said that he wanted to break the record, and during the interview, he expressed his importance to Asafa Powell, but subconsciously, his heart was actually relaxed.
It's just the Golden League, it's not the World Championships, it's not the Olympics, he doesn't have enough to take it seriously.
The next step should be from here.
Su Zu slowly stood up from the ground, there was no radiance, and the sky was full of auspiciousness.
Just seriously thinking back to the experience he had come all the way, he was likely to fall down just a little bit of relaxation.
If he was left alone, in a matter of years, not even months, he could have lost his qualification as the top sprinter.
The state can be fixed, but the desire to win and the determination to be firm and persistent can make people keep moving forward!
World record holder, this title is dazzling, and I, don't want to lose it!