"CCTV, CCTV, welcome to our broadcast of the 2002 National Athletics Grand Prix Finals, which will be held at the Siping Sports Center in Jiangnan Province...... The competition lasts for three days, and this competition is very similar to the level and rules of the national championships, and as a major track and field event after the Asian Games, it is also the last large-scale track and field competition in 2002......

"A total of 436 athletes will compete for the championship of 37 events, and this competition will also follow the rules of the IAAF Golden League, according to the sum of the points of the three series and the double points of the finals, one male and female champion will be selected and awarded a special prize of 10,000 yuan."

"This is the first day of competition this morning, and at 9 a.m., everyone immediately saw the first event in the men's decathlon – the 100m...... In track events, the women's 5000m final will be played later...... 11:00 a.m. is the men's sprint 100m preliminaries, and Chen Jian, a famous sprinter who has just won the third place in the Asian Games, will also appear in the race......"

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When Su Zu walked into the Shiping County Sports Center, he found that this competition was completely different from the previous ones, and the atmosphere was obviously much warmer than the last Grand Prix in Baozhou, and it was almost the same as the audience at the Chinese Games. What is particularly striking is the significant increase in the number of media crews moving back and forth on the field.

In the previous sub-stations of the Chinese Games and Grand Prix, there were only a few staff members carrying cameras and hurrying through the competition area. This time, it felt like there were machines in all directions of the entire arena, from the track of the track race, to the sand pit of the track race, the chain court, and the high jump field.

In the spectator seats and some important areas of the finish line, there are also special cameras facing them, and reporters can occasionally be seen interviewing athletes and coaches with microphones next to the stadium, and the clicking sound of the cameras has hardly stopped.

"Isn't it envious?"

Li Zhizhong stood aside, saw that Su Zu was staring at the media staff who were interviewing, and immediately asked with a smile.

"I really didn't expect such a media."

Su Zu took a light breath, this was the first time he had seen this kind of scene.

It is said that Siping County, Jiangnan Province is a county below the prefecture-level city, and the National Track and Field Championships and Grand Prix Finals were held here, which is relatively remote, and the result still attracts a large number of media.

And the appearance of various media in this kind of open posture made him feel a little uncomfortable, and I don't know if anyone photographed him in the occasional flashing spotlight.

On the field, not only some print media or local TV stations came, but also several cameras and microphones with CCTV logos.

"In the general track and field Grand Prix, even in the finals, there will rarely be so many media, mainly this time it is still stained with the light of the Asian Games, and CCTV is also willing to take advantage of this wave of broadcast to broadcast, about a day's competition will be condensed into an hour or two of broadcast of the competition." Li Zhizhong opened his mouth to explain.

"Coach Li, you know too much, don't you even know this?" Wang Yuanbin stood behind, carrying some sports goods such as the spikes used by Su Zu and others in the competition, and joked with a smile.

Li Zhizhong laughed, "Yuanbin, wait for you to explore this industry for a few more years, and the door will almost be cleared." Sports and sports are not separated, and the connection between sports and the media is even deeper than you think. ”

"Su Zu, I see that you are really going to be on TV this time, and you are going to meet the people of the whole country." Wang Yuanbin looked at the cameras in all corners of the arena and teased softly.

In the provincial invitational tournament that Su Zu participated in before, the Chinese Games and the Grand Prix sub-site events, there were cameras, but that was invited by the organizers of the event, mainly to record a little news material, which was basically an all-round overall picture, and it was not the turn of the individual to leave the country.

Moreover, he is still a newcomer in the domestic arena, and his results in one or two competitions once or twice are not enough to attract attention, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a nobody.

This time is different, basically the pre-competition broadcast will broadcast the profile of each athlete, the camera will follow one by one, and the participating team members will have separate shots.

If the results are outstanding, when the editing is broadcast on the TV station in the later stage, there will be a few more seconds, and the commentary host will also be relatively focused.

Some track and field enthusiasts or people who pay more attention to sports events will start to get to know the athletes from this post-game broadcast, which can be regarded as the first step to the public.

Of course, the scope of this aspect is not large, if it is really a competition of the level of the Olympic Games, and it can win the gold medal at one time, then it will become popular overnight and enter thousands of households.

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, just act as if those cameras don't exist, play well, and follow our usual training." Li Zhizhong patted Su Zu on the shoulder, he was still confident in Su Zu's pre-game state of mind.

But this kind of thing is completely uncertain, an unknown kid suddenly finds himself about to enter the public eye, more or less will have some impact.

Why the coaching staff has formulated a plan to focus on various major events from next year is also a consideration in the media. When athletes become well-known and go on the field again, they will no longer simply fight for themselves, but will bear the attention and expectations of others, and all kinds of tangible and invisible pressures will come one after another.

With Su Zu's improvement in the 100-meter level, many things are almost unavoidable. It's better to plan early and adapt early.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the 100 meters, one of the men's decathlon, began, and among the contestants was Qi Haifeng, the decathlon champion of the Asian Games, who was the first Chinese decathlon to exceed the 8,000-point mark. From the moment he appeared, almost several cameras focused on his position.

In the 100 meters, one of the decathlon, Su Zu and Li Zhizhong watched for a while, and the approximate athletes' 100-meter results were between 11 seconds and 12 seconds.

From the perspective of Su Zu and Li Zhizhong, a professional 100-meter athlete and coach, there is actually nothing to see, just to understand the overall level of the 100-meter event in the decathlon by the way.

Then the women's 5000m final and the 1500m preliminaries of the men's and women's groups, Su Zu did not continue to watch from the sidelines, and was arranged by Li Zhizhong to go to the lounge to recuperate.

At around 10:30, the women's 100-meter preliminaries began, and Su Zu appeared on the track and field again for some simple warm-up activities.

At 11 o'clock, the men's 100m preliminaries began.

This time, there are a total of 31 participants in the men's 100m preliminaries, 4 preliminaries groups, and there are no semi-finals and the like in other events before, and the top eight results are directly taken to enter the finals. The final was held at 7:30 p.m.

The championship is basically the elite from all walks of life, and the overall level score is higher than that of the station competition, and the competition in the preliminary group will be very fierce. This kind of 100-meter race, which only has two races in the evening and in the evening, is completely a hard fight, unless the strength easily crushes the competitors of the same level, otherwise the athletes have to go all out, and it is unlikely to release the water.

As the champion of the last National Track and Field Grand Prix in Baozhou, Su Zu was divided into the fourth lane of the fourth group in the preliminaries. Chen Jian, the third runner-up of the Asian Games, was assigned to the fourth lane of the third group last time he was absent from the Baozhou station, and it was obvious that the event organizers had made some considerations and adjustments according to the results.

As the first and second groups of the preliminaries were completed one after another, Su Zu listened to the introduction of the radio and finally saw what the third runner-up in the Asian Games looked like. He hadn't paid attention to it before, and there was a lack of photos and videos at this time, and it was the first time he had seen a real person.

Bronzed skin, not too tall, and quite thin to look at, was swept by the camera and smiled a little shyly, revealing a pair of rabbit teeth.

In terms of size, it does not have any advantage compared to other athletes, on the contrary, it looks thinner, but the sprint is about speed, and it still depends on who crosses the finish line first.

With the introduction of the athletes of each track one by one on the radio, the preliminaries of the third group walked onto the field.