Osaka, Japan.

Nagai Park in Higashi-Sumiyoshi Ward has long been a tourist attraction in Osaka, and since mid-August, the number of visitors to Nagai Park has skyrocketed every day.

In addition to the large number of people in mainland Japan from other urban areas, a large number of tourists from all over the world have also set foot on this land.

Many tourists from China soon received some special issues carefully printed by the organizing committee, and even many Japanese TV stations began to publicize them on a large scale. In particular, the four highlights and six superstars launched in it have made many Chinese people proud.

Three of the six superstars are men's 100m runners, with Suzu, Asafa Powell and Tyson Gaye accounting for half of the most watched events in track and field. The other three are the men's 110m hurdles Chinese player Liu Yangyu, the women's 5000m Ethiopian long-distance runner Difar, and the women's pole vault Russian star Isinbayeva.

These six superstars are considered the most likely to challenge the world record at this tournament.

The 9.72-second men's 100m world record is placed in the middle of the special issue, along with a full-page photo of Suzu sprinting to the finish line in eight consecutive races from the Paris Golden League in July.

Titled: Who will be crowned king in the war of the fastest man on the ground?!

"Whether Suzu can break his own record again in Osaka and replicate the crazy three-break record of 2006, in addition to the Chinese, Japan and the world are waiting at this moment."

Since the beginning of the year, Su Zu ran a shocking 19.48 seconds in the 200 meters, and his performance in the 100 meters seems to have entered a bottleneck.

The 100-meter defeat in three consecutive heavyweight Grand Prix races briefly silenced the media and spectators who were expecting to see him break the record again.

However, just when everyone wondered if Suzu would collapse in the 100m, he made his comeback at the Paris Golden League last month.

Su Zu has won all eight of the most important IAAF Tour events, and his results have gradually improved to his best form last year.

It can be seen that as the current world No. 1 flyer, he is ready to face the World Championships in Osaka.

The battle of the Flyers was full of suspense and gunpowder, and Asafa Powell, the former world record holder and the top runner after Suzu, lost by just a narrow 100th of a second in many of the races in which Suzu set the world record.

His best result this year is ranked third in the world, and his form and injuries are severely hampering his form, but who can underestimate him?

Since 2004, the black athlete has crossed the 10-second barrier more than 30 times, and his extraordinary time of 9.829 seconds has firmly established him in the history of the 100m.

Tyson Gay was an unknown runner in the 200m two years ago, finishing fourth in the World Championships, but after Justin Gatlin was banned last year, he has become a major figure in the American sprint world.

Not only did he win the 100m and 200m titles at this year's US National Championships and World Championships trials, but he also held the men's 100m and 200m in 9.84 and 19.62 seconds, second only to Suzu.

The highlight of this year's World Championships is undoubtedly the men's 100m trapeze battle.

As a double champion of the last World Championships, Suzu will be defending his title, while Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay are the current top contenders and challengers for the world No. 1 flyer title.

August 25, 11:10 men's 100m heats;

August 25, 19:15 men's 100m quarterfinals;

August 26, 19:10 Men's 100m semifinals;

August 26, 21:20 men's 100m final;

Who is the real flyer on the 100-meter runway? The answer will be revealed on the evening of August 26. ”

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On the flight from the imperial capital to Osaka, Su Zu listened to the prompt sound of the plane in Chinese and Japanese, felt the tilt angle of his body, and slowly closed the special issue printed by the Osaka Organizing Committee.

The change in the direction of media public opinion is naturally needless to say after the Golden League in Paris. Instead, it's about the upcoming World Championships.

Unlike last year and even the year before that, in the 2005 World Championships, although before the game it was also a situation where Suzu, Justin Gatlin, and Asafa Powell competed for supremacy.

But at that time, Gatlin was the champion of the 04 Athens Olympics, Powell was the world record setter in the men's 100 meters that year, and although Suzu's results before the World Championships were very eye-catching, what really made him famous in the world was the two gold medals in the World Championships.

After that, he really began to rise to become a world-class sprinter.

It was only in the 2005 World Championships that Powell was absent due to injury, and the final result was a big battle between Suzu and Gatlin. After that, Su Zu broke the world record for the first time in a multi-talk race with Gatlin.

When Powell recovered from injury, Gatlin began to suffer a ban again, and it became a situation where Suzu and Powell continued to compete.

Strictly speaking, the trio have not competed in a world-class tournament since they reached the peak of their careers.

And this year's World Championships in Osaka ......

"I hope to win my first World Championship gold medal in Osaka and be able to beat my arch-rivals, Suzu and Tyson Gay, and preferably break the world record! This is the battle for the number one flyer in the world, and I will give it my all! ”

"There's no way I'm going to be beaten, and so is Suzu and Asafa Powell, but one of the three of us will lose at the World Championships in Osaka."

Su Zu closed his eyes slightly, and his body could feel a slight sense of weightlessness, and due to the change in air pressure, there was a slight tinnitus.

Su Zu didn't care about these take-off and landing phenomena of the plane, and what came to mind was the answer he saw Powell and Tyson Gay, who had arrived in Osaka for an interview, before getting on the plane.

Full of fighting spirit!

Just sitting in the seat in the cabin, Su Zu felt a fire burning in his heart when he thought about the upcoming game.

Enthusiastic, squirting, filled him with great anticipation.

"I'm about to get off the plane, so everyone should pay attention to their respective things." The voice of Feng Shuyong, the leader of the Chinese delegation, sounded in the cabin.

The Chinese delegation to the World Championships is a charter flight directly to Osaka, and the Chinese team has sent a total of 61 team members to participate in the World Championships, of which 38 have never participated in the World Championships. But these players are all the main players in next year's Olympics, and the World Championships in Osaka will be the last all-round test before the Games.

Compared with the last World Championships, there are still not many events that can take on winning gold, only men's 100m, men's 110m hurdles, men's high jump, women's marathon and other events.

Among them, the men's 100m and men's 110m hurdles are the most important gold points, and others, such as the women's 5,000m and 10,000m of the original Chinese track and field fist events, have been abandoned due to injuries and bans.

In recent years, China's track and field has become very popular, and there are various selection events from local teams to national teams, but in the short term, they cannot achieve immediate results.

On the World Championships, 45 men and 6 were B, while 58 were A and 6 were B. Even fewer of them are in good form and can compete without injuries.

In all events, the men's 1,500m, 5,000m, 10,000m, shot put, discus, hammer throw, 4×400 a total of 7 events did not meet the standard, and the women's 100m, 200m, 400m, 10,000m, 4×100m and other 6 events failed to meet the standard.

Because there is no National Games this year, the Athletics Management Center will require the coach to report the results of the World Championships for the team members he leads, and reward and punish accordingly.

And in order to prepare for next year's Olympic Games, the athletics management center signed a result confirmation letter with each coach and athlete to urge the coach and team members to prepare for the competition seriously.

However, these are not for Su Zu to worry about now, his goal is simple - to defend his title.