On March 5, the 11th World Indoor Athletics Championships officially opened.

The Indoor World Championships lasted for three consecutive days from the 5th to the 7th, with a total of 26 events, 13 for men and 13 for men and women.

Men: 60m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 60m hurdles, 4 x 400m relay, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump and shot put, heptathlon.

Women: 60m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 60m hurdles, 4 x 400m relay, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump and shot put, pentathlon.

The first day of competition will feature the women's shot put final, women's pentathlon 800m final, women's 60m final, men's 60m final, as well as the women's triple jump final and women's pole vault final, with a total of six events.

This time, the World Athletics Indoor Championships surpassed the 9th edition in Lisbon, Portugal, and the 10th edition in Birmingham, England, with 144 participating national and regional associations participating in the World Championships.

And because of the large number of participants and the huge scale of this competition, the host also spent a lot of money to renovate the venue before the start of the competition, and there are many TV stations for live broadcast and broadcast of the competition.

The stadium for this indoor competition is the Budapest Stadium, also known as the Rasnopapu Sports Arena named after the famous Hungarian boxer Rasnopap, which is the largest comprehensive stadium in Hungary. In addition, after being burned down and rebuilt in 1999, the new building, which opened in 2003, is capable of hosting almost all types of track and field events. After hosting the World Ice Hockey Athletics Championships in 2003, he was selected by the IAAF to host the 2004 IAAF Indoor Championships.

"Sean, why did you not participate in the 200-meter indoor race this time, but came to run the 60-meter with us?"

At the Budapest Stadium, in the rest area of the U.S. team, Grimes, who had a brief conversation with Suzu in Levin, France, looked at the stout black man who was examining spikes, and looked puzzled.

"The 200m is no longer challenging for Sean." James Horner, the leader of the U.S. delegation in a smart suit, replied with a smile, "But, Sean, you didn't participate in the 200m, and we have one less gold medal this time." ”

"Mr. Horner, how about I get you a gold medal in the 60m?" Sean Crawford straightened his spikes, got up from his chair, and jumped on the spot, his bodybuilder-like body moving, with a powerful impact.

Although Crawford is only 1.77 meters tall, he weighs more than 83 kilograms, and the muscles of his chest muscles, arms, and thighs bulge high, matching his dark skin, like a piece of iron. Just standing there gives a sense of explosiveness full of power.

"If you want to win the gold medal in the 60m, I'm afraid it's not that easy." James Horner shook his head, as the team leader, he knows a lot about the various players who participated, and he did not doubt the strength of Shaun Crawford, if it was 200 meters, there were almost no people who could compete in this indoor competition, but Sean Crawford chose to register 60 meters this time, which is a big risk.

"Don't worry, I mainly want to train for the first half of the 60m race, and I missed out on the championship at the track and field finals last year because I was too far behind in the first half of the race." Sean Crawhide jumped twice and said, "In this 60-meter indoor race, Green, Montgomery and Gatlin did not participate, and Britain's Chambers was also banned, and the main opponents are Gartner of the United Kingdom and Francesco Obicoviru of Portugal, I am still very confident." ”

"Hey, hey, Sean, you forgot about the individual, that Sue, won mine in Levin in France." Grimes chimed in.

"yes, that's right, it's a good opponent too. There are very few athletes in the world who can run under 6.55 seconds in the 60 meters. Sean Crawford nodded, "There are very few Asian athletes in the track and field sprint field, but if there is, their strength is not bad, think about Yao Ming, he scored 41 points and 7 main attacks in a single game against the Eagles last month." There are so many people in the whole of Asia, there will always be one or two who are good. Last year's Japanese athlete was almost on par with me in the second half of the 200m at the World Championships, and Liu, who was in the 110m hurdles, and I heard that Alan Johnson already saw him as a fierce rival. ”

As a top world-class athlete, you can have contempt and disdain for the overall level of competition in Asia, but measured by your own performance, the strength level of athletes who can stand on the same field as them will definitely not be much worse.

"Sean, that's not what you said." Grimes was a little unaccustomed to the sudden attention of Sean Crawford.

"This is a 60-meter athlete who can run 6.53 seconds, which is worth my attention. If it's 200 meters, no matter what skin color, if you can run on the track for 20 seconds, I will treat him as a fierce rival. ”

Sean Crawford looked on all fours, but his mind was clear, and his 60-meter time was around 6.53 seconds.

He's not a racist, and he doesn't take any opponent lightly. Competitive sports have always looked at results, athletes who can stand at the starting line with you, and other people's running results are similar to yours, how can you measure them by skin color.

At 17 o'clock in the afternoon Beijing time, at 10 o'clock in the morning local time, after the women's 60-meter group preliminaries, the men's 60-meter group preliminaries are about to start at the indoor track and field field of the Budapest Gymnasium.

Su Zu got the schedule of the competition, and saw that the first day was the 60-meter final, and from the group stage to the semi-finals, and the final was an arrangement of three races in one day. The 60m group heats will be held in the morning, and the semi-finals and finals of the 60m will be held in the afternoon.

Due to the large number of athletes participating in the competition, the schedule is tight, and the intensity of the 60m is relatively low, so there is nothing to say about this schedule. If it is an indoor race more than ten years later, it will basically not be arranged like this, and the 60-meter sprint will be divided into two days and three days for the preliminary final. And, gradually, at that time, the atmosphere of the finals was all kinds of enthusiastic, and although it was still a competitive competition, it was already a bit similar to the nature of the show.

There are 46 athletes in the men's 60m race at this year's World Indoor Championships, divided into five preliminary groups. The top two in each preliminary group will enter the semi-finals with 12 people, and the remaining four places will be filled by the top 4 places from the group stage, a total of 16 people, and the semi-finals of the two groups will be played. Finally, in the semi-finals, the top eight will compete for the top eight results and enter the finals.

Su Zu was placed in the third lane of the fourth preliminary group, and after the usual check-in procedure, it was soon his turn to play in the group stage.

Maybe it's the overall football atmosphere in Europe, or maybe the indoor World Championships are at a higher level. The atmosphere of the spectators who came to watch the track and field competition was obviously much warmer than the previous competition, but it was only an indoor hall with 10,000 seats or 20,000 seats, but the level of enthusiasm was no less than the previous competition in Vienna.

All kinds of horns, castanets, and cheers in local Hungarian, English, German and other languages are all in one, and many rubber plate banners, light sticks, small flags and other things are also dazzling.

As soon as Su Zu entered the arena, there was some buzzing discussion on the scene, and even the referee and other athletes couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

In successive groups of 60-meter runners, with the exception of a few white runners, almost all of them were black athletes. Especially in Su Zu's group, there are black players with very dark skin on the left and right.

In fact, if Su Zu's complexion is serious in the country, it can be regarded as a relatively tanned type, but on this track and field, Su Zu is wearing a red national team uniform, and the skin of his arms and thighs is indeed very obvious in the crowd of swarthy people.

This is not an ordinary international indoor invitational tournament, there will be many white athletes participating, but the World Athletics Indoor Championships, one of the top track and field events, there is naturally a threshold for the results of the sprint event. The entire country can participate in the track and field indoor World Championships, and talk about a dozen people.

According to last year's 60-meter standard, the time was 6.64 seconds, which alone basically turned away 99 percent of the sprinters. Among the black athletes, there are also a few top-notch people who can achieve this result.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the athletes from the fourth group of the men's 60m heats have taken to the field...... The third is Su, who is from the far east, last year's Vienna and this year's French Levin International Indoor Championships men's 60m champions Su ——"

The conference broadcast a group of personal information about the athletes, and the on-site host was a little surprised when he introduced it in Hungarian and English after seeing Suzu's resume.

"The tournament is about to start, now let's see how the players in this group are doing?" The voice of the host of the conference resounded throughout the indoor pavilion.

The noise of the spectators has gradually quieted down, and before the starting line, the athletes are ready, and the two assistant referees check whether the athletes' running posture is in accordance with the regulations.

Syllable! The starting gun rang out.

"Game on!" At the same time, the voice of the host of the conference came out, and the cheers on the scene set off a frenzy at the same time.

"The athletes got off to a very fast start, it was spectacular, they were like a bunch of wild beasts out of the cage, rushing wildly towards the finish line. Look, who is that, Su, Su from China, Su ran to the first position, he crossed the line. ”

In six or seven seconds, the host of this hard-to-show arena shouted quickly and passionately, just like the roar of a player in a football game.

In 6.53 seconds, Su from China easily took first place in this group of preliminaries. It's unbelievable, is there going to be a sprint champion in Asia, don't miss it, this afternoon's semi-finals and finals, let's witness whether this sprinter from China can compete with a series of top athletes such as Jason Gardner and Sean Crawhead. ”