Chapter 320: Million Jackpot
August 20 was the Monaco Super Prix, and Suzu, who had just finished the Zurich Golden League in Switzerland, did not go to the Super Grand Prix.
With a tight schedule like the Zurich Gold League and the Monaco Super Prix, athletes will basically only choose one to participate.
Accepting the invitation to the Zurich Golden League, it was natural to abandon the Monaco Super Prix.
Monaco Monte Carlo is not too far from Zurich, Switzerland, but it needs to arrive on August 19, and the next day is the game, which is a field that few people can handle. Athletes' condition adjustment is not an empty word, it also needs to rest.
But to Suzu's surprise, Asafa Powell, who had just finished the Zurich Golden League, did not let go of the Super Grand Prix in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
After Li Zhizhong learned the news, he and Zhang Pingqiu glanced at each other, and Qi Qi let out a sigh of relief, and let go of the heart that had been hanging.
Powell fought like this and rushed to Monaco to participate in the Super Grand Prix, which has obvious implications, and the other party is afraid that he will give up the next Golden League.
Sure enough, Asafa Powell did not appear again in the following Golden League in Brussels, Belgium on August 25, and Suzu won the fifth round without incident.
On the contrary, on August 27, Suzu could not make it to the Italian Rieti Grand Prix, and Powell won again with a time of 9.86 seconds.
With Powell withdrawing from the Golden League, the heated discussion about the "Battle of Subau" in the European media has gradually subsided.
A new men's 100m world record was set, and after the Zurich Golden League, Suzu won the Brussels Golden League, just waiting for the final race in Berlin.
Powell, on the other hand, won a Monaco Super Grand Prix and a Lieti Grand Prix in Italy.
In the following games, neither of them could break the world record again, after all, such a peak result was only created by the long-established Su Zu and Powell battle.
Powell staggered the race against Suzu and tried to see if he could break the world record again without pressure from a strong rival, as he had done at the previous Gateshead Grand Prix.
But God didn't fulfill people's wishes, a super grand prix and a grand prix, although Powell won the championship, but there is still a lot of difficulty in breaking the world record.
September 3rd, Berlin Golden League, Germany, the last stop of the 2006 IAAF Golden League.
So far, there are a total of four players who have won the first five Golden League championships in a row, including the men's 100m Chinese player Su Zu,
U.S. men's and women's 400m stars Jeremy Varina and Saya Richards, and Ethiopian T. Dibaba in the women's 5,000m.
All four are unbeaten in five races and will compete for six wins in the final round of Berlin to share a million gold medals.
15:30 p.m. local time, Olympic Stadium, Berlin.
It is the largest international stadium in Germany and one of the most recognizable sports and entertainment venues in the world. In addition to being used as an athletics venue, the stadium has its own football tradition.
As it was the last leg of the six-event Golden League, it also attracted the attention of many athletics enthusiasts in Germany and Europe. There were more than 70,000 seats for the audience, and the attendance rate reached more than 60%. The crowd of 30,000 or 40,000 people gathered around the stadium, and almost every moment erupted in earth-shattering cheers and applause.
Standing in the fourth lane in the middle of the track, Su Zu, as the number one favorite sports star in this year's Golden League and the holder of the men's 100m world record, was enthusiastically followed and cheered as soon as he appeared.
The tournament was the final leg of the Golden League and featured the likes of Leonard Scott, Tyson Gay, Obikwiru and Olusoki Fasuba.
In Powell's absence, these players, although very strong, will not be an obstacle to Suzu's championship at this time.
After the guns rang out, Suzu started not as perfect as the Zurich Golden League before, slightly behind Leonard Scott, but the gap was not big. With his strong running ability and excellent speed retention in the second half of the race, Suzu quickly overtook Scott at around 70 meters.
Tyson Gay, who was in the same race, didn't play particularly well at the start and in the first half of the race, and despite his strong pace retention in the second half, he only overtook Scott in the last two metres before the finish line and couldn't pose a threat to Suzu.
In Powell's absence, Suzu beat Tyson Gay and Leonard Scott in 9.78 seconds to win the men's 100m at the Berlin Golden League and set a record for the men's 100m at the IAAF Golden League in Berlin. At the same time, this also marks the great honor of Su Zu successfully winning the six championships of the Golden League.
After the men's 100m race, Su Zu did not leave the field immediately, but after an interview with a reporter, he then watched the remaining events on the spot.
Su Zu's passion for track and field competitions has always been high, whether it is long-distance running, sprinting, or field competitions, he can find many shining points from the performance of athletes.
The men's 100m race was immediately followed by the women's long-distance running event.
This event is usually placed in front of the 100 meters, but the competition in the women's 5,000 meters is fierce, and in Powell's absence, the 100 meters of the flyers may not be as interesting as the women's 5000 meters.
Ethiopia's female middle-distance runner Dibaba is also a five-time champion, but she will face several other strong competitors from her home country in this race.
In the women's 500m, Ethiopia won the championship, second and third place, with middle-distance runner Mercedes-Dilfar beating compatriot Dibaba to win the championship with a time of 15:02.51, and Dibaba unfortunately finished second with a time of 15:02.87.
When this achievement appeared, Dibaba looked at the results on the big screen and wanted to cry without tears, and there were huge sighs and applause at the scene.
This is the arena, this is the competition, even if it is a player from your own country, when you compete in the arena, no one will keep your hand in particular.
Dibaba lost the women's 5,000m by 0.36 seconds, missing out on the six Golden League titles and missing out on a share of the gold.
At 5 p.m., the IAAF Golden League Berlin ended and the winners of the 2006 IAAF Golden League Million Gold Award have been contested: Men's 100m Suzu, Men's 400m Jeremy Variner and Women's 400m Saja Richards.
In the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, a huge box sits on the green grass on the inside of the track and field, with the English words of the IAAF Golden League on the front of the box.
At this time, the chest was opened, and the 15 pieces of gold were neatly stacked in the shape of a pyramid in the order of 54321 from the bottom to the top, shining in the light of the setting sun. The golden gold is almost dizzying to see at this moment.
Su Zu looked at the gold in the box closely, and his eyes were a little surprised.
According to his current income, the value of these gold is naturally not too rare, but for the first time in front of him, such a stack of 50 kilograms of pure gold ingots is really a big impact.
That's the IAAF Golden League's million-dollar prize, with three athletes winning six Golden League events this year, with Suzu, Jeremy Varina and Richards each receiving $250,000 according to the rules of the tournament, and the remaining $250,000 going to the other champions in the other six events.
In front of the million-dollar gold, when Suzu and Jeremy Varina stood next to Saya Richards on the left and right with flowers and certificates in hand, taking pictures from reporters on the spot.
Someone at the scene exclaimed again, the three players who won the six championships of the Golden League were Caucasian, yellow and black, which was the first time in the IAAF Golden League.
The number of champions in the six Golden League events is not large every year, the men's events are often byes, and the women's events are won every year, but it is relatively rare for three people to win the Golden League award in one year, not to mention that they are all sprint events, and the three people who win the championship represent people of different colors.
Since the rise of Su Zu and Liu Yangyu at the Athens Olympics and the World Championships in Helsinki, the debate about the yellow race in the sprint event has gradually dissipated, not to mention that Su Zu set the men's 100m world record.
Although there is no shortage of experts who point out that this is a unique and special talent, it is still a great inspiration to Asian sprinters. For example, several research groups in Japan have successively done several research groups around Suzu, and the mood is even higher than that of the domestic staff.
Outside the arena, Zhang Pingqiu looked at Su Zu, who was in front of a million gold at this time and was being photographed by various media, and asked Li Zhizhong next to him with a smile: "Coach Li, Su Zu seems to be the first Chinese to win the Golden League six championships, right?" ”
"Well, if I'm not mistaken, it should be." Li Zhizhong nodded with a smile on his face.
"That's good." Zhang Pingqiu sighed, "Su Zu has another record." ”
"It's still not easy to win." Li Zhizhong crossed his hands on his hips and sighed with a smile, "Powell avoided the next two Golden League games, otherwise the result is not certain." ”
In the Golden League of Zurich, although Powell lost to Su Zu, his strength was also recognized by Li Zhizhong. Comparatively speaking, a bit like Liu Yangyu and Alan Johnson in 04, the strength of the two is very close, and it is difficult to say whether Su Zu can win the next two stops if they continue to compete.
However, Asafa Powell's side naturally has his considerations, and he has lost four games, although both broke the world record in the fourth game, and the results are very close. But if he continues to lose, I am afraid that it will have a huge impact on Powell's confidence.
This is like Jamaica's professional athletes have their own agent team, holding 9.74 seconds, the second place in the global men's 100m, there are more factors to consider.
"Well, I don't know if Powell will be there in a few days at the IAAF Finals and the World Cup in the next two weeks."
Li Zhizhong looked at the warm atmosphere of the audience and began to think about Su Zu's later game arrangements.