3 a.m.

In a residential building in Yangcheng, Guangdong Province, a dinging noise sounded, followed by the sound of ping-pong and

The sound of squirming and squirming.

Zhao Zhuo put on his coat and slipped from the room to the living room, and as soon as he opened the living room, he saw his son Zhao Xingguo lying on the sofa in front of the TV.

Zhao Zhuo tiptoed on the TV, took the remote control, and slowly retreated back to the sofa.

"CCTV, CCTV, welcome to watch the second round of the men's 110-meter hurdles of the Athens Olympic Games broadcast for you...... After the men's 110-meter hurdles semi-finals, we will bring you the men's 200-meter semi-finals, with Su Zu and Yang Guangzong participating in the competition, so please pay attention to the ......"

As soon as I turned on the TV, the screen had not yet fully come out, and the familiar voice of the host of CCTV5 had already come out.

Zhao Zhuo turned up the volume lower, turned around and gently pushed Zhao Xingguo, who was sleeping sweetly on the sofa, "Dad, wake up, the game is about to start." ”

"Huh?" Zhao Xingguo opened his eyes in a daze, he was nearly forty years old and couldn't stay up all night, and after waking up in a daze, he only felt that his whole body was sore, and when he saw that his son was in front of him, he asked in a dumb voice, "What time is it?" ”

"3:15." Zhao Zhuo replied in a low voice, and then glanced at the bedroom on the other side, this time is not too much, in case the top leader of the family suddenly comes out, the power is turned off, and the remote control is taken away, then it will be a big deal.

"Didn't you say it started at four o'clock?"

Zhao Xingguo slowly sat up straight, picked up the tea on the coffee table in front of the sofa, took a sip, and felt a little more energetic.

"The 200m semi-finals started at four o'clock, with Su Zu and Yang Guangzong. Now it's time for the 110m hurdles. Zhao Zhuo replied with a slightly excited expression, the last time he and Zhao Xingguo got up in the middle of the night to watch the game, it was when he was a freshman watching the World Cup.

CCTV basically only broadcasts the semifinals and semi-finals for many events in the Olympic Games, including the men's 110-meter hurdles.

This time, domestic audiences were able to watch the second round of the men's 110-meter hurdles rematch, largely because the men's 200-meter semi-finals and the men's 110-meter hurdles semi-finals were connected one after another.

The men's 110m hurdles rematch begins at 22:15 a.m. Athens time on August 25, followed by the men's 200m semifinals at 22:55.

The Olympic Games have been going on for more than ten days, and the gold hotspots of various events have basically been introduced, coupled with the sensation caused by Su Zu's breaking the 10-second mark and the 100-meter bronze medal in China, many sports enthusiasts who were not too interested in the men's sprint sprint event have slowly shifted their focus.

"What's so nice about the 110m hurdles." Zhao Xingguo felt that his body was still a little tired, and he leaned back on the sofa slowly, "Are there any Chinese athletes?" ”

"I think there is." Zhao Zhuo said uncertainly, "When I watched the event, several hosts mentioned it, and the time was just right, so take a look by the way." ”

"What about the finals?" Zhao Xingguo's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked with his head resting on the sofa.

Zhao Zhuo glanced at the TV, and the voice of the on-site commentary was coming out at this time.

“…… There are a total of four group stages in the men's 110m hurdles semi-finals, Liu Yangyu is in the sixth lane of the third group, and the American star Alan Johnson is in the second group, and the two are expected to meet in the semi-finals and finals this time......"

When he saw this, Zhao Zhuo also noticed it, and replied to Zhao Jianguo, "Rematch." ”

Zhao Jianguo waved his hand, signaling that he had heard it too, "Who is this Liu Yangyu?" Listening to the host's tone, it seems to be very powerful. ”

"I'll check." Zhao Zhuo glanced at the TV, the athlete on the screen had not yet appeared, and Liu Yangyu was in the third group of the semi-finals, and it was okay to wait.

A brand-new laptop was removed from the room, which was rewarded by his uncle, who was admitted to the city's key high school this year to do business. Turn on the phone, skillfully enter the name in the search engine, and within a few seconds, rows of relevant information appear.

"Dad, come and see, this Liu Yangyu is very powerful." Zhao Zhuo glanced at the webpage a few times and suddenly shouted.

"Yes." Zhao Xingguo leaned for a while, and gradually became energetic, got up and leaned in front of the computer next to Zhao Zhuo, and looked at several portals listing Liu Yangyu's previous competition results, and was suddenly surprised.

"It's still a championship seed!"

I really don't know what to do, but in addition to the men's 100m and 200m events, our country also has a very strong athlete in the men's 110m hurdles.

In the TV, the on-site commentary Yang Jian, who is also a host from the short span project, has been mentioning the name Liu Yangyu at this time, from the domestic to the Asian Games to the World Championships, many achievements in various Golden League Grand Prix, especially focusing on all the current athletes in the world's 110-meter hurdles events, Liu Yangyu has won them.

The father and son realized that they had not seemed to notice that there was a favorite to win the championship.

In the men's 110-meter hurdles event, Liu Yangyu has participated in large-scale international events since 2000, training with competitions, step by step, and his fame in this event has been completely outstanding. Until today's Olympics in 2004, he was almost the number one champion seed.

But this fame can only be aimed at many track and field enthusiasts or sports insiders, and for most ordinary people, it is far from being familiar.

But after Su Zu won the bronze medal in the 100 meters, many Chinese people who were originally not interested in the men's sprint event and the men's track and field event suddenly lit up.

"The computer is turned off, take a good look, maybe this Liu Yangyu really has a show."

Zhao Xingguo got up and sat down on the sofa again, and his eyes began to stare at the game that was about to start on the TV.

Zhao Xingguo is a fan, and he doesn't pay so much attention to track and field events, but this is the Olympics, and when he saw that his country's athletes could run into the 10-second mark in the sprint event and run into the final, he became excited.

Men's sprinting has always attracted the most attention in the Olympic Games, since the Olympic Games, since there were Chinese athletes to participate, the first event is sprinting.

Even if I don't know much about track and field events, there are a few people who don't know about the men's 100m event at every Olympic Games.

How influential is the men's 100m?

From a domestic point of view, to put it simply, there is not a single Chinese athlete from the preliminaries to the finals, but the country's most mainstream news media will broadcast it at least several times, and there will be news broadcasts.

"yes, okay." Zhao Zhuo closed his notebook, although he still wanted to look through the web information for a while, but the game on TV was about to start, so he should watch the game first.

At this time, in front of the TV, many viewers were originally waiting for the semi-finals of the 200-meter event, and the preview of the previous daytime had already come out, and two Chinese athletes advanced to the 200-meter semi-finals.

Before the start of the 200m event, there is also a rematch of the 110m hurdles, which is really the ideal schedule.

On the TV, with the voice of Yang Jian, the semi-finalists of the first group and the second group quickly finished the competition, and when Liu Yangyu from the sixth of the third group appeared in the TV.

The two fathers and sons smiled slightly, this ...... I look like I've seen his soda commercial.

And as Liu Yangyu easily advanced with a time of 13.27 seconds in the semifinals, the two were completely excited.

Could it be that our Chinese men's track and field program is really up? Zhao Xingguo touched his chin and thought that when he watched the Olympics, he mainly watched the events with Chinese participation, and he had not paid attention to it before because he had always failed to see Chinese athletes.

Hey, at least this Olympics, the men's sprint event is no longer the black and white it used to be.

This time, several of our Chinese athletes appeared in this Olympic stadium.