In the track and field field of Xiangshan Sports School, a burst of footsteps quickly swept across the track.

As soon as Ning Decheng walked into the track and field, he saw the teenager who had just returned from Yangcheng and was engaged in training, and a smile of relief swelled on his face.

Athletes, talent determines the upper limit, but this upper limit is never visible or touchable, only enough hard work and diligence can touch this upper limit.

Another sound of footsteps passed by, Ning Decheng, who was standing on the sidelines, watched for a while, and waited for the teenager in the field to complete a group of accelerated runs, and stood in the lounge in the middle of the runway out of breath before he said hello: "Ah Tian, come over here." ”

In Guangdong, Guangxi, Qiong provinces, Hong Kong and Macao, many people are accustomed to adding an A-character to the last name of acquaintances to show cordiality.

"Coach Ning, why are you here?" The boy heard the sound and hurriedly trotted over a few steps.

"See if you're lazy." Ning Decheng teased with a smile.

The young man touched his head and smiled, "I'm not lazy, I don't think it's good to accelerate, I want to practice again." ”

"This is very good, Ah Tian, you have to maintain this state in the future, and your results will definitely get better and better." Ning Decheng nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Ah Tian, I just received a call from the province, and several coaches of the provincial team told me that in your track and field invitational tournament a few days ago, Coach Yuan has seen the video of your game, and you may be about to enter the provincial team, maybe not only the provincial team." ”

This disciple is not only the most talented among the many sports school students in Xiangshan Sports School, but also the most diligent, and his grades have improved very quickly in the past two years, and Ning Decheng is very optimistic about the other party's future.

"Coach Yuan?" Su Bingtian was slightly puzzled, "Which Coach Yuan?" ”

"Which Coach Yuan are you talking about?" Ning Decheng laughed, "Yuan Guohua, the head coach of the national relay team, he is also our coach from Guangdong Province, and it is estimated that he will invite you to do a test in a while." ”

"Really? Is it Coach Yuan Guohua? Su Bingtian shouted in disbelief, how could Yuan Guohua, the head coach of the national relay team, not know that there are not many people who practice track and field in Guangdong Province, especially sprinting.

Yuan Guohua is a coach from Guangdong Province and has a temporary position in the national team. In 2003, Coach Yuan led the men's 4×100m relay team to win the Asian Championships, breaking the Asian men's × 100m relay record. In 2004, the men's 4×100m relay team won the Athens Olympic Games for the first time.

"Of course it's true." Ning Decheng bowed slightly, looking at the excited teenager in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness in his heart, and dug the teenager in front of him from an ordinary middle school to a sports school.

In the competition between Guangdong Province and Hong Kong Island in July, he had already run 10.59 seconds in the 100 meters, and more than 21 seconds in the 200 meters. At the Provincial Invitational Championships in September, he won the 100m with a time of 10.66 seconds.

With such an age and such results, the provincial team can no longer sit still, and when he goes to the provincial team, it is time to separate from him, the coach of the sports school.

Thinking of this, Ning Decheng was both relieved and a little disappointed, patted the shoulder of the young man in front of him, and said in a harmonious voice: "Whether you enter the provincial team or the national team in the future, you must maintain your current diligence." There are many talented people in this world, but there are very few people who can strive to give full play to their talents. ”

"Well, I'll remember, Coach." Su Bingtian nodded solemnly.

"By the way, you go back and pack two changes of clothes." Ning Decheng said suddenly.

"What's wrong, Coach?" Su Bingtian asked puzzled.

Ning Decheng smiled mysteriously, took out two tickets from his pocket and handed them to Su Bingtian, "See for yourself." ”

"Tickets to the Grand Prix of the Magic City?!" Su Bingtian screamed in surprise and looked up at Ning Decheng.

"Yes, I asked my old classmates who worked in the magic capital to help me buy the tickets for the Grand Prix, and we set off together on Friday. Well, it's my gift to you. ”

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“…… The IAAF announced the latest world rankings, and Chinese flyer Su Zu ascended to the first place in the world in the men's 100m individual ranking. Jamaica's Asafa Powell was pushed into second place by Suzu, while American Tyson Gay rose to the top to finish third in the men's 100m and fourth in the 200m.

In addition, in the men's 110m hurdles individual rankings, Liu Yangyu also topped the world No. 1, Cuban rookie ranked second, and veteran Johnson rose to fourth place. ”

September 23rd, Grand Prix of the Magic City.

In the check-in area, Sean Crawford complained as soon as he saw Su Zu: "Sue, you are so uninteresting, you didn't invite me to the dinner a few days ago." ”

Before Su Zu could speak, Leonard Scott on the side shouted and said triumphantly: "Sean, you may not know how delicious the food was at that time. THERE IS A DISH CALLED 'FO TIAO QIANG', GOD, I DARE SAY I HAVE NEVER EATEN SUCH DELICIOUS FOOD IN MY LIFE. ”

The expression of the underwhelming made Tyson Gay, who was not enough to smile next to him, laugh, grinning and showing a mouthful of big white teeth.

Su Zu looked at Sean Crawford's complaining eyes, and spread his hands a little helplessly, "Sean, who told you to be late, you won't be delayed in the race with giraffes and zebras again." ”

As soon as the words fell, Leonard Scott and Tyson Gay and others burst into laughter.

Three years ago, before Shaun Crawford won the men's 200m at the Athens Olympics, he was invited by an American television program to race with giraffes and zebras, and he won against the giraffes and lost to the zebras. This was a relatively widespread news at the time.

"No, no, no." Sean Crawford grimaced, shook his finger and said, "Sue, I'm not running with animals now, I'm running with people." I'm going to challenge you, the world record holder. ”

Saying that, Sean Crawford sighed in annoyance, "Not necessarily, I'm in a bad state today, and I don't have a chance to win you, it seems that if there is a situation, I'd better run with the animals." ”

Su Zu patted Sean Crawford's broad shoulder, "Okay, Sean, don't sigh, it's a big deal, I'll treat you to another meal after the game is over." ”

At the previous dinner, Sean Crawford and Jeremy Variner and others did not catch up because of the flight delay, and as soon as they met, Sean Crawford heard Leonard Scott brag, and complained again and again as soon as he saw Suzu.

"Su Zu, I'm about to enter the arena."

While Su Zu was chatting with a few people, Zhang Pei Mengchao, who had just warmed up, shouted.

Su Zu nodded, turned to several American sprinters, and said, "It's time to play, boys, the prize money for the Grand Prix of the Magic Capital is very rich, now it's up to you to see if you can get it from me." ”

"Damn it, Sue, you're going to have no friends like that."

"I think I should go run the 200 meters."

In the stadium of 80,000 people, there was a lot of people, and tens of thousands of tickets were sold out early in the morning.

When the men's 100m race, which was the finale, began, the cheers of the audience suddenly set off a climax.

This year's Modu Grand Prix was originally scheduled to be the men's 110m hurdles event as the final finale, but the later events were temporarily changed, and the men's 110m hurdles event was mentioned earlier, and the men's 100m trapeze battle was the final closing event.

As for the reason for this change, it is not because the men's 100m trapeze is more attractive to spectators, but because Liu Yangyu will participate in the closing ceremony after the competition, that is, to sing on stage.

In the past few days, Su Zu looked at Liu Yangyu's itinerary and felt a little numb. Before the game, many sports stars should be entertained, the leaders of the local sports bureau should be visited, the training should not be delayed, the championship must be won during the game, and within 50 minutes after the game, you must receive the award, be interviewed, change clothes, and learn a song......

Although Su Zu didn't deliberately inquire, he already knew that this year's closing ceremony invited many entertainment stars from across the Taiwan Strait.

After the game, he went on stage to sing with the acting stars, which actually invited Su Zu, but he refused because he was too tired. Compared with Liu Yangyu, Su Zu is not from the Demon Capital after all, and there is much more room for maneuver, and there are some arrangements that he can refuse.

As the second year of the Grand Prix, the investment is obviously much higher than last year. Su Zu said that this year's bonus is very generous, not a lie.

Last year's Modu Athletics Gold Grand Prix was awarded to 14 champions with pure gold ornaments worth 24,000 yuan, and record-breaking athletes could receive 1-carat diamond pendants worth 108,000 yuan. In addition to the usual high appearance fees, the winners of the men's 110m hurdles, men's 100m and women's pole vault will also receive a special gold camera made by title sponsor Nikon. The organizing committee also specially designed a glass necklace based on the logo of the event and the little golden man as a special gift for the contestants. This alone is worth a lot of money.

Different from the previous year, this year's Grand Prix also added the "Record-Breaking Athlete Award" and "Most Valuable Athlete Award". The Record-Breaking Athlete Award is open to all athletes. The awards include: first, all athletes participating in the Modu International Athletics Golden Grand Prix will receive a record-breaking cash prize of up to US$50,000 if they can break the world record; Second, among all the Chinese athletes participating in the event, the Chinese athletes who break the world record will receive a set of Modu Riverside Garden Apartment worth about 5 million yuan. The athletes who received the most applause from the audience, the most screams from the audience, the most popular with the audience and achieved excellent results among all the participating contestants will be awarded the "Most Valuable Athlete Award", and the prize is a set of Binjiang New Town apartments worth about RMB 800,000.

Well, this "Most Valuable Athlete Award" is basically a domestic player who competes with Su Zu and Liu Yangyu.

The men's 100m race has also changed a lot compared to last year.

The foreign players who came to Modu for the Grand Prix last year were Justin Gatlin, Morris Green, Leonard Scott, Francis Obikviru, Ronald Bonon, Aziz Zachary and Senji Asahara, and the two Chinese competitors were Su Zu and Zhang Peimeng.

This year, there has been no change in the two Chinese players, but there have been a lot of changes in the foreign players who came to participate.

Leonard Scott and Ronald Bonon were the two players who competed last year, while the other five players, Tyson Gay, Sean Crawford, Marcus Brunson, Jamaican veteran Christopher Williams and Nigeria's Uchena Emmodulli, are all competing in the Magic City for the first time.

The crowd cheered in earnest, and many of the spectators who came to see the game shouted at the sight of the athletes.

"Champion, Su Zu must be a champion again."

In the past few years, Su Zu and Liu Yangyu's main competitors are actually not low in popularity in China, like Justin Gatlin before and Asafa Powell now, they are all familiar figures to domestic audiences.

And in today's game, there was no appearance of Asafa Powell, and in the eyes of many people, Suzu should be the champion.

As for Tyson Gay, he was still not well-known in China at this time, and he was not as good as Shaun Crawford, the 200m champion of the Athens Olympics.

In the original time and space, he did not really enter the eyes of the Chinese people until the 2009 World Championships and Jamaica's lightning championship, and then ran a time of 9.69 seconds in the Magic Grand Prix.

Even so, compared to the Jamaican Lightning, which has been broadcast in the sky every day, Tyson Gaye's fame is much inferior at home.

“On your marks！”

As the on-site referees sounded the prompts to take their places, the nine runners walked onto the starting gear in front of the starting line one by one.

"Su Zu, come on!"

"Su Zu, come on, ......"

Some of the spectators who came to watch the race this time were not track and field enthusiasts, and they didn't know the need to be quiet before the start, so they still shouted hoarsely and loudly.

Su Zu stood in front of the starting line and stretched out his index finger to make a quiet gesture to his lips. On the big screen at the scene, the audience who were cheering and cheering suddenly understood, and they all quieted down.

“SET！”

Syllable!

Match guns rang out.

In an instant, the 80,000-person stadium, which had just been quiet, was in full swing again.

Flags, banners, cheering gangs and shouts mingled with the sounds of the people.

After 30 meters, Su Zu easily ran to the first position and maintained this advantage until the final finish line.

In this group of races, Su Zu's speed was average, but he still firmly occupied the first position, and in the last half, there was even some water release.

In such a competition, Su Zu knew very well that he could not break the world record. Although the 5 million generals are impressive, it is very difficult to break the world record without an opponent with sufficient strength and a certain level of preparation.

Since June, the whole season has been basically in Europe, and now the body inevitably has a lot of abnormal states that suggest fatigue.

Moreover, this phenomenon is not limited to him, because of the intensive competition of many competitions such as the European Grand Prix Golden League Finals, the performance of other players is also very average.

Suzu won the men's 100m race in 9.88 seconds, and when he crossed the finish line, the second place in the Grand Prix was not Tyson Gay or Leonard Scott, but another American athlete, Marcus Brunson, a former NCAA men's 60m record holder (6.46 seconds).

This time, Marcus Brunson ran 10.03 seconds, and the third-place Tyson Guy was 10.05 seconds. And Sean Crawford, who was quite active before the race, only ran 10.33 seconds, finishing seventh.

When Su Zu won the men's 100-meter championship of the Magic City Award again, the audience at the scene applauded again and again, and the feeling that he was finally not disappointed and did not buy the tickets in vain is really worth sighing.

And just when Su Zu went around the venue to celebrate and signal to the audience.

In the audience, a teenager from Guangdong Province who saw the Suzu competition for the first time clenched his fists tightly.

Excitement, pride, and honor, and an inexplicable yearning.

On the stage of the World Series, the world's famous players will compete, and one day, I will do the same!

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PS: Congratulations to Su Bingtian for setting a new Asian record of 6.47 seconds in the indoor 60m, congratulations to him! The good news came, and I was really happy!