September 22, 12 a.m., Haneda Airport, Tokyo.

"It's your first time in Japan, right?"

Liu Yangyu and Su Zu walked at the back of the team, and after getting off the plane, the two chatted in a low voice all the way. Fang Cai was on the plane, and the two of them were far apart, and they didn't have a good chat. The members of the coaching staff of the track and field teams in front of them, led by the interpreter in charge of foreign affairs, walked all the way through the security check to the airport exit.

There are not many athletes invited to Yokohama to participate in the track and field all-star competition this time, in addition to Su Zu and Liu Yangyu, there are also a few female athletes, Asian good players in the hammer throw and shot put events.

"It's the first time I've been here." Su Zu nodded and looked left and right at the airport sign.

"It's my first time in Yokohama, and I've been to the East Asian Games and the Athletics Grand Prix twice before Osaka."

"How's your form going? Alan Johnson came prepared this time. ”

"It's okay. When I returned to the magic capital on the 16th, I didn't train for a day, and I had more than half a day of training at other times. Yesterday, after three half-hurdles, the coach tested me, and it was almost back to about 13.20 seconds. Liu Yangyu said with a smile, "I was quite nervous at first, but now I am much more down-to-earth." It was a bit of a distraction the other day. ”

"I'm pretty much the same, but not as much as you." Su Zu pointed at Lao Li, "I let the coach and Coach Yu block it, it's too tiring." ”

"My coach also said too much, and he was very busy, so it wasn't impossible." Liu Yangyu was a little helpless.

Su Zu smiled, "Under control, he will definitely be able to help you talk about your relationship with Director Feng." In the 08 Olympics, if the two of us didn't have any results, we would definitely be scolded to death. ”

"You're thinking so far." Liu Yangyu glanced at Su Zu in surprise, "This Athens has just passed." ”

"No, no. The last time I came home, my dad said that if it was the '08 Olympics, he would have to come and watch me compete. This pressure ......," Su Zu patted his chest and pretended to exaggerate, "It's much more exaggerated than in the final." ”

"That's what you say." Liu Yangyu smiled and didn't say anything.

Su Zu glanced at him, and didn't continue to talk about this topic, some things stop at the point, people are at the peak of their lives at the moment, and they may not be able to listen to everything. Instead, he said, "By the way, I have something to talk to you about to see if you're interested......"

The two were talking, and Li Zhizhong turned around in front of him, "Hey, don't talk, the person who picked up the plane from the Japanese Athletics Association is here." ”

When the track and field team invited to participate in the competition walked to the reception hall, they saw the staff of the Japan Athletics Association holding up the pick-up sign. And next to him, there were several people who seemed to be talking and negotiating something. When one of the middle-aged men saw Sun Jiangping, the head coach of Li Zhizhong and Liu Yangyu, he ran over with a smile on his face, shook hands with the two, and was talking in a low voice.

As an athlete, you don't have to pay attention to this kind of thing, just stand in the back and wait for the coach and translator to communicate.

In just a few minutes, Li Zhizhong and Sun Jiangping walked back with frowns, and the two sides seemed to be coordinated.

"It's our own people. In the afternoon, I will go to Yokohama Chinatown to attend an event. Li Zhizhong coughed lightly, a little helpless between his eyebrows.

"Be careful, if there are a lot of people, take care to protect yourself, don't get hurt."

Coach Sun Jiangping then explained that it turned out to be the organizer of the 08 Olympic Games Qindao Division, and held an exhibition in Yokohama's Chinatown, and learned the flight time of Su Zu, Liu Yangyu and others, and was blocked at the airport early in the morning, ready to invite the Olympic champion to participate in the "Meet at the Olympics, Yang Fanqin Island" activity, and signed for the event at Chaoyangmen in Chinatown.

Naturally, no athlete or coach can shirk such a thing as promoting the 08 Olympics.

Hearing that it was for the 08 Olympic activities, Su Zu was nothing, Liu Yangyu was stunned, just told Su Zu that the 08 Olympic Games was still early, and there was immediately a campaign to promote it with the help of two Olympic champions. For a moment, his expression flickered, as if he was thinking about something.

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As Japan's No. 1 port in the Kanto region, Yokohama is home to traditional temples and shrines, Western-style courtyard buildings with Western influences, Japan's most lively Chinatown, and a cool and charming harbor view.

What's more, Yokohama is a city that has a pretty good sports atmosphere. Every year, the local government spends a lot of money on hosting various invitational tournaments and hosting various important large-scale events. From the World Table Tennis Championships to gymnastics competitions, baseball and football, various competitions with international influence.

Japanese writer Shion Miura has a book called "The Strong Wind Blows", which describes the Yokohama Hakone long-distance running relay race, which is set in the Hakone Ekiden, a sports event that is popular with the whole of Japan.

From 2000 to 2007, the Yokohama International Stadium hosted the IAAF All-Star Event, which is known as the strongest super track and field competition on land.

In Yokohama's Chinatown for the 08 Olympic Games Kotoshima competition area, Su Zu and Liu Yangyu were surrounded by many overseas Chinese and local Japanese track and field enthusiasts in Chinatown, in terms of popularity, Su Zu faced more enthusiastic audiences than Liu Yangyu.

The Olympic gold medal in the men's 110m hurdles was heavy enough to tie the world record. However, compared with the men's 100m event and the men's 4×100m relay event, there is still a gap in popularity.

Su Zu even saw that someone in the crowd played the strongest banner on land, and there was any Japanese such as ten seconds, he didn't know it, and it was estimated that it would be a score of 10. After all, the 10-second mark is not only for the Chinese people, but also for Japan, for Asia, and for all yellow people.

Koji Ito, who had high hopes back then, ran a full 10-second time, which was really just a little bit short, and almost became one of the lingering shadows in the hearts of many Japanese.

At the Chinatown "Meet at the Olympics, Yang Fanqin Island" activity lasted until 4:30 p.m., Su Zu and Liu Yangyu shook their sore arms, and before they could catch their breath, a reporter from Japan's TBS TV station appeared.

TBS TV is one of the five largest private television stations in Japan and is the official broadcaster of the IAAF All-Star Game in Yokohama. In order to show respect and support the work of the organizing committee, this interview is naturally inevitable.

In the interview room prepared by TBS, the interview outline was very long, with more than a dozen questions, most of which were related to Olympic victories, personal life, and impressions of Japanese athletics.

However, near the end of the interview, the TBS TV host suddenly dropped a bombshell, "Are you against doping?" ”

"I am a staunch opponent of doping. If doping is added to the competition between players and players, then the competition will become unfair at all and lose the meaning of sports. Liu Yangyu said very seriously and resolutely.

"Then Su Zu, what is your opinion?"

"Of course not." Su Zu replied lightly, and the host suddenly asked a question, and the meaning of the words was already clear.

Sure enough, the host did not give up, and continued to ask questions, Su Zu stood up and directly interrupted the other party.

"Sorry, it's time, we have a game tomorrow."

After saying that, Su Zu didn't bother to pay attention to the other party, and Liu Yangyu and Liu Yangyu left the interview room directly, and there was no need to continue this kind of obviously ill-intentioned interview.

The next morning, the Yokohama General Stadium held a special ceremony before the competition, and Japanese hammer thrower Hiroharu Murofushi won the Olympic gold medal wearing an olive branch.

The gold medal was cancelled because the former gold medalist Hungarian Anus refused to take a drug test, and the two urine samples provided by Anus after the race turned out to be from two people, and when the doping testing center of the event asked for another drug test, Anus refused. Annus announced his retirement immediately after returning home and refused to hand over the gold medal. The Olympic Committee tried to conduct a drug test in his hometown, but was unsuccessful due to opposition from local villagers.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, after the reissue of the hammer throw gold medal of Hiroharu Murofushi, the Yokohama IAAF All-Star Game officially kicked off.