In 2008, Su Zu and Liu Yangyu did not participate in many competitions, Su Zu only participated in the "Good Luck Beijing" track and field open in May, Liu Yangyu in addition to this open, in March participated in the World Indoor World Championships won the 60-meter championship, and then there were two New York Grand Prix and Eugene Grand Prix, but one of them retired, and the other was sent off.

And now, will it still be the same as the plane it once was?

Su Zu was not sure for a while.

After 2004 and 2005, as they reached the peak of their careers, even if they were on the same track and field team, they had their own task groups and teams, and although the two usually communicated occasionally, they did not have a lot of communication.

As early as the previous Olympic Games preparation training, he and Liu Yangyu's training venues were not together. And in today's men's 110-meter hurdles competition, the time interval between the two competitions is more than an hour, and they did not meet at the warm-up venue, and Su Zu can't be sure of Liu Yangyu's current state.

The men's 110m hurdles at 2008 was held in four rounds, similar to the previous Games. A total of 43 players participated in the first round of the preliminary round, divided into 6 preliminary groups. The rules are basically the same as other sprint track events, the top four in each group will advance directly, and then the eight best results among the remaining runners, a total of 32 people, will enter the second round.

In terms of the total number of participants and the number of people who advanced in the second round, the elimination rate is actually not high, as long as Liu Yangyu can play a little well in the first shot, with his strength, it will be easy to advance.

From 11:10 a.m. to the official start of the men's 110-meter hurdles preliminaries, Su Zu felt that he had waited for almost twenty or thirty minutes.

The first five preliminary groups completed the competition one after another, with Chinese athletes Shi Dongpeng and Ji Wei both qualifying for the next round of semi-finals, and the athletes from the sixth group appearing on the field.

Due to the different number of participants in each group, there are only seven players in the sixth group of the men's 110m hurdles, and Liu Yangyu is in the second lane.

From the moment he entered the athletic field, the crowd shouted his name and cheered for him.

In the 2004 Athens Olympics, the men's 110-meter hurdles champion, the first men's track and field gold medal in the history of the Chinese Olympic Games, even if Su Zu won three medals in the same Olympic Games, 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, he could not completely block his light.

After that, he won the World Championships and the World Cup, won the Grand Slam of the individual event, and broke the world record.

In another time and space, Liu Yangyu is the most important iconic figure in Chinese track and field, and the first athlete in Chinese track and field in the men's sprint sprint event to amaze the world.

Standing in the stands on the side of the runway, when Liu Yangyu appeared in front of the starting line, Su Zu did not see too much abnormality from the other party's face, he was very calm, there was no anxiety and pain, but there was no ease as before.

While the audience kept chanting his name and cheering him on, he didn't turn his head to look at the stands and waved.

Su Zu's heart instantly lifted, he couldn't remember clearly the scene when Liu Yangyu retired from the game in that time and space, but looking at the other party's expression at this time, he couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Probably not."

For example, Su Zu himself was under pressure before the men's 100m race, and Li Zhizhong was almost a little out of breath, afraid that he would lose. and Zhang Pei Mengwei was able to advance to the first round of the men's 200m preliminaries, and Su Zu clearly felt that the athletes had to bear a lot of pressure to compete at their own doorstep.

Almost all athletes have this kind of pressure, but the more they are in the weak events, the more concerned projects rise, and they are favored by the people of the whole country, the more worried they are that they will not be able to see Jiangdong's parents because of their poor performance.

In this life, from the rise of Su Zu in the men's sprint event, although Liu Yangyu is still eye-catching, the outside world's attention on him is undoubtedly a lot less.

The influence of the men's 100m is huge, and this is naturally not comparable to the 110m hurdles.

Su Zu also knew very well that his appearance weakened Liu Yangyu's popularity in China to a certain extent, so that a large part of the focus of attention was shifted to himself.

Whether it is domestic, Asian, or global, his influence in Chinese sports has completely ranked ahead of Liu Yangyu and Da Yao after the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.

He once reminded Liu Yangyu to pay attention to the intensity of the game from his own point of view, or from the side, because there was no specific competition data of Liu Yangyu to compare, and Su Zu had no way of knowing how intense Liu Yangyu's game was in this life.

But there are still some minor injuries, but there is no too serious news to break out.

Everything seems to be moving in a good direction.

With Su Zuding in front, although Liu Yangyu may not be as dazzling as before, at least the attention and pressure from the outside world will be less, and the intensity of the game and the strategy of coping will also change.

He still remembers the scene when he saw Liu Yangyu for the first time in the track and field Grand Prix, at that time he was watching each other's games on the sidelines like today, and he wanted to go up and talk after the game, not to chase stars, but at that time, the hero was still reckless, and he was not yet a moment, he wanted to say a word to the other party, no matter what the content was, probably just to express his appreciation.

At this moment, standing at the starting line of the men's 110-meter preliminaries, Su Zu looked at the look on the other party's face, and his heart was still inevitably anxious.

“On your marks！”

In the Bird's Nest Stadium, the sound of reminding the players to take their places sounded.

In Suzu, in the eyes of many people in the audience, Liu Yangyu walked on the starting block.

He is the second, and the second lane of the seven runners is the side lane closest to the infield.

The noisy and noisy venue gradually quieted down.

Before the starting line, seven runners bent down and kept their bodies still.

“SET！”

Syllable!

Match guns rang out.

Seven athletes had just started and rushed out of the starting line, and the audience was in an uproar.

Dutchman Gregory Sedolph in lane 5 had an obvious rush to get out of the starting line, and after all seven runners rushed out of the starting line, they all stopped at a few steps in their trotting and were recalled by the recall referee in front of the starting line.

In an instant, Su Zu clearly saw Liu Yangyu twitching the muscles on his face when he turned around and turned back.

The game is back!

Liu Yangyu returned to the starting line again, leaned over and bowed his head, and made a starting posture.

Su Zu stood in the stands, and at this moment, he suddenly felt a little like Li Zhizhong when he was watching him play.

On the sidelines, many times spectators and coaches can be more nervous than the athletes who are off-field.

Because I didn't participate in the competition myself, and because I couldn't know the specific situation of the athletes, I couldn't seem to do anything at this time except pray on the sidelines.

Su Zu is such a feeling now, if he can, he really wants to go directly to the court to play for the other party, which is better than the anxiety of not being able to control the situation on the sidelines.

At this time, Su Zu didn't know that in the original air, Liu Yangyu had already withdrawn from the game after the first shot due to injury.

He only remembered that Liu Yangyu had withdrawn, and then fell into a huge public opinion turmoil, but after two time and space, many details have long been forgotten.

Syllable!

The guns of the game rang out again.

Everyone on the sidelines was watching Liu Yangyu start to accelerate.

In Su Zu's opinion, Liu Yangyu's start was not very ideal, and it was slower than his previous start, but it may have been affected by the first shot, and a few other players were also affected.

One step, two steps, three steps......

Up!

In the first hurdle, Liu Yangyu's hind feet slightly brushed the hurdle, but fortunately, although the hurdle fell, Liu Yangyu had passed smoothly!

Then the second, then the third......

From a slight disadvantage at the start, to a little stumbling when he crossed the first hurdle, Liu Yangyu ran more and more smoothly.

In an instant, all the Chinese spectators in the stands of the Bird's Nest Stadium, including Su Zu, cheered.

In the men's 110-meter hurdles preliminaries, players of the same level as Liu Yangyu, as long as he runs normally and smoothly, even if he has a slight disadvantage in front, it doesn't matter at all. If you want to qualify, it is easy to even win the first place in the runway group.

Sure enough, after the sixth hurdle, Liu Yangyu, who was slightly behind from the start, had successfully run to the first position.

Blazing fast!

Every hurdle movement is as fast and vigorous as ever, full of speed and skill.

Rush the line!

13.43 seconds!

The timing board in front of the finish line showed the first place in the sixth group of the preliminaries, and Liu Yangyu got the place to advance to the next round of semi-finals!

Su Zu looked at Liu Yangyu, who crossed the finish line and began to raise his hands to signal to the audience, pursed his lips, did not cheer, did not speak, just applauded gently.

It is actually normal for athletes to retire due to injury, and the intensity will not be too great during training or warm-up, and sometimes some minor injuries may not be deeply experienced. But when it came to the arena and it was time to explode with all its might, many situations appeared all at once. Many athletes, such as Asafa Powell, have withdrawn or failed to finish the race many times before and during the competition.

Even if Liu Yangyu just retired from the competition, Su Zu, who is also an athlete, can't have a trace of blame. Because what I want to run well the most is not only the spectators who are looking forward to it on the sidelines, but also the athletes who are competing in the stadium.

It's just that in some special competitions, on some special occasions, the expectations are too much, but some things are infinitely magnified.

After watching Liu Yangyu's group of preliminaries, Su Zu didn't care about the second round of the men's 110-meter hurdles, the semifinals, and even the finals.

It's not because Liu Yangyu is in good shape or possible results, but because he is an athlete, in the Olympics held in his own country, in the grand competition held in the stadium of his own country, he can run without regrets, and the audience can see him run without regrets, so it's good!

He didn't get an injury at this time like the original plane, he didn't retire!