After the IAAF Finals, aside from the reports of various news media in China and the carnival related to track and field, a large number of media directly sent a large number of people to Athens, Greece, Europe.

Before the IAAF Finals, everyone actually felt that they had attached great importance to it, but they didn't expect another world record, and for a while, everyone's eyes were on the Athletics World Cup after the IAAF Finals.

September 16 and 17 are the events of the IAAF World Cup, also known as the Athletic World Cup, which was renamed the IAAF Continental Cup in 2010 and is held every four years.

The founder of the IAAF World Cup is Nebbiolo, the former president of the IAAF, and unlike other competitions, the World Cup is the only one who represents the competition of the continent of the country, not the country.

The IAAF World Cup consists of both men's and women's categories, with eight teams competing in each event, usually five continental teams and three national teams. Of the three national teams, the United States qualified alone. The winners and runners-up of the European Championship (track and field) are eligible to play as a separate national team, just like the United States. In addition, if the venue has a ninth track, the host country can also join a team.

In the men's 2006 category, the teams were Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, the Americas, as well as European champions France, European Cup runners-up Russia, and finally, the United States. The women's category is slightly different, with Russia and Poland winning and finishing second in the women's European Championship.

From the Athletics World Cup, it can also be seen that the United States is currently the big brother in world athletics, and that European athletics is a step above other continents.

The IAAF World Cup is one of the higher levels of all the IAAF events, at the third level, along with the Golden League and the continental championships.

The first level of the IAAF is the Olympic Games and the World Championships, the second level is the IAAF World Athletics Finals, the IAAF World Indoor Championships, the IAAF World Trail Running Championships, and the third level is the IAAF World Cup and Golden League, as well as the continental championships.

In this IAAF World Cup, Su Zu and Liu Yangyu and others represent the Asian team.

Suzu was much more relaxed against this World Cup, which was his final European race of the 2006 season, and the men's 100m was still competed.

After the World Cup, all that was left for Su Zu was the Magic Grand Prix in China and the Asian Games in December.

Before the start of the competition, Li Zhizhong, Zhang Pingqiu and other team members learned the lessons of the last IAAF finals, and had learned from the organizers and the organizing committee in advance that Powell had confirmed his absence from this competition due to physical exhaustion.

This is one of the reasons why Suzu and his team have relaxed a little, and if Powell competes, Suzu will need to be much more cautious in the men's 100m event at this stage.

Of course, even in Powell's absence, Tyson Gay, an American who has risen rapidly this year, should not be underestimated.

At the IAAF Finals, Suzu only competed in the men's 100m event. In addition to winning the third place in the men's 100m, Tyson Gay ran 19.68 seconds again in the men's 200m event, running his personal best twice.

According to the original plan, he was going to participate in one more men's 200m event, but the IAAF World Cup is different from other competitions, because he represents the entire Asian team, and if Su Zu signs up for one more event, he will have to occupy one more place. For this kind of team, which is united by the Asian continent, it is a very troublesome thing to coordinate.

On September 16, at 17:10 p.m. Athens time, the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.

Su Zu crossed the road and walked to the men's 100-meter track at the Olympic Stadium, and his heart was slightly flustered for a while.

When he returned to the field two years later, he was already crowned the fastest man in the world today.

In the audience at the stadium, countless spectators were cheering and applauding Su Zu, and many local Athenians watching the game vaguely remembered the Chinese who won three medals at the Olympic Games two years ago.

That deep memory comes from the fact that in the top men's 100-meter final, there was a Chinese, a non-black runner, when Su Zu was still a little immature, but now, Su Zu is a well-deserved superstar.

The World Cup is based on the number of players from each state, and there is exactly one person from each team participating in each event, plus one person from the host country, for a total of nine participants.

Standing in front of the starting line, Su Zu looked at the players competing in the same group, some of them were more familiar, but there were also many unfamiliar.

Team Europe is Lances Obikviru, Team America is Mark Burns of Trinidad and Tobago, Team Africa is Orusoki Fasuba, Team Oceania is Joshua Rose, Team USA is Tyson Gay, Team France is Ronald Bonon, and Team Russia is Andrey Sergeevich.

Speaking of Sergeevich Andrey, he finished second in the 60m at this year's World Indoor Championships in Moscow, setting a personal best of 6.52 seconds and a national record. He also won a silver medal in the 100m at this year's European Athletics Championships and set a new national record of 10.10 seconds.

The other host country, the Greek athlete, Aristotle Guerreras, finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships and won gold at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, setting a career-best time of 10.14 seconds.

Despite the absence of Asafa Powell in this match, Suzu still did not dare to take it lightly. It was his last race in Europe of the year and he was hoping to finish it on a perfect note.

Facing Tyson Gay, Su Zu knows very well that the other party has the strength to challenge him, but the current Tyson Gay is to some extent not enough in the men's 100m training, and there are also areas for improvement in technique, but no one is sure whether he will suddenly break out.

A player who has never run the 10-second mark, of course, no matter how he breaks out, Su Zu will not believe that he can suddenly run the track 9.90 seconds, 9.80 seconds.

But Tyson Gay is different, he remembers his opponent's best very well, because this time was set at the Magic City Golden Grand Prix, 9.69 seconds, an amazing time. As the second fastest person in another space-time world, even if he has not yet reached the peak, who dares to underestimate him.

Su Zu ran 9.78 seconds in this race and won the men's 100m championship in the World Cup, but Tyson Gay in the same group also had a very eye-catching result. Under the stimulation of Su Zu, he ran a time of 9.85 seconds.

From the American Championships at the beginning of this season, Tyson Gay was still around 10 seconds, and by the end of the season he has been able to stabilize under 9.90 seconds, such an amazing performance really marks the all-round rise of Tyson Gay.

On the sidelines, Li Zhizhong saw Su Zu win the last championship in the European competition, and the whole person slowly collapsed from a standing posture to the seat.

Zhang Pingqiu, who was on the side, also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the past few months in Europe had been as long as if several years had passed.

Li Zhizhong could see that Su Zu had gone all out in this game, but after a long period of continuous games in Europe, his physical exhaustion was almost to the limit.

Just as Powell finally withdrew from the World Cup, it was Trinidad and Tobago's Mark Burns who played in his place. The whole season of Golden League, Super Grand Prix, Grand Prix, IAAF Finals, National Championships and other events has accumulated Su Zu's fatigue to a certain extent.

And now, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

By the end of the Grand Prix on September 23, there will be two months before the Asian Games in December, so you can take a good rest.

As for the Daegu International Stars Game in South Korea on September 28, it has not yet been put on the agenda.