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“…… Although the U.S. team suffered a major setback in the men's 4×100m relay, on the final day of the competition, in the final men's 4×400m relay, the U.S. team won the championship again, defending their dignity as the supremacy of world athletics...... The performance is over, and each day for 9 days has a different mood, anticipation, anxiety, disappointment, envy, nostalgia, excitement, helplessness, moving, and calm.

I was so calm on the last day, the Finns organized a successful contest that made us feel their care, from the dedication of the opening ceremony in the rain to the idea of a time shuttle. The level of broadcast of the event is also very high, and the content of the check-in office and warm-up venue is emphasized, which can better restore the original face of this project. Now the center of world athletics is still in Europe, where the 100-year-old tradition allows the spectators to watch the games, the organizers know what the athletes, the spectators, the media need and think, and of course, the excellent packaging, which is based on their high level of competition. The two promote each other, a virtuous circle.

I had been looking forward to it for the first time in five years, and this was the first time I had been in the field for the first time in five years. Looking forward to the world's highest level of peak duels in each sport, looking forward to getting rid of the torment of leagues without national feelings, feeling the passionate collision of different races and different nationalities, and witnessing human beings break through one limit after another.

What touched me the most was still our own athletes, Su Zu, Liu Yangyu, Xing Huina, the boys of the relay team, their performance in this World Championships has been impeccable. Su Zu achieved the men's 100m and 200m double championship, I was so excited that I couldn't help myself, there has never been a Chinese athlete, an Asian athlete has won the World Championships sprint championship, and, one or two, Su Zu is already a well-deserved king of sprinting. These are also the only two gold medals won by the Chinese team in this World Championships......"

At 22 o'clock on August 14, Helsinki time, after the men's 4×400m race, on-site commentator Yang Jian delivered a touching closing speech.

Su Zu and others, who watched the last game at the scene, stood up and applauded. On the last day of the competition, there was no Chinese team, but seeing the performance of athletes from other countries on the spot still made people's blood boil.

The long period of rain at this World Championships has made the results generally not very ideal, but the starry sky of Helsinki is still bright.

At the final Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland's Eurovision Song Contest winner Gerronin sang the official song "Victory" from the 2005 IAAF World Championships.

The scene was jubilant.

In the song of "Victory", the 10th World Athletics Championships ended perfectly.

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On August 15, after the 10th World Athletics Championships officially came to an end in Helsinki, reports about the World Championships came out one after another.

In the early morning of August 15, Beijing time, the 10th World Athletics Championships ended in Helsinki, Finland, with a total of 21 countries sharing all 47 gold medals, 41 countries winning medals, the United States team topped the medal table with 12 golds, 8 silvers and 3 bronzes, Russia and Ethiopia ranked second and third, and the Chinese team ranked 7th with 2 golds and 1 silver, the highest since the Chinese delegation participated in the World Championships. In first and second place were the delegations of the United States and Russia, respectively.

This World Championships shows that the Chinese team has risen rapidly in the men's sprint event, and Su Zu won two gold medals to add luster to the entire Chinese team. The men's 4×100m event has been replaced by a new generation of young team members since last year's Athens Olympics, and they are still performing well.

At the same time, some events with relative advantages, such as race walking and women's middle-distance running, are gradually losing their original advantages, while some originally backward events, except for a few events such as the women's 400m hurdles, have not improved significantly. In the face of the challenges of the 2008 Olympic Games, Chinese track and field has opportunities, but also faces severe tests. ”

On the same day, U.S. Track & Field magazine selected the eight best performances of the World Championships after a comprehensive evaluation.

Best Male Athlete: Su Zu (Men's 100m, 200m China)

Best Female Athlete: T-Dibaba (Women's 5,000m, 10,000m Ethiopia)

Best Newcomer: Abdoulaye Doucoure (110m Hurdles France)

Best Coach: Li Zhizhong (100m, China), Yuan Guohua (4×100m, China), Longueret (110m, France)

Best Break: Inzkuru (Women's 3000m Steeplechase Uganda)

Best Improved: Clay (Decathlon USA)

Best comeback: Ivanova (women's 20km race walk Russia)

Team of the Match: U.S. Track & Field Team

Best Male Athlete Comment: Su Zu staged a myth with a near-perfect performance, winning the only two gold medals for China at this World Championships. He became the second athlete in the history of Morris Green to win gold medals in the 100m and 200m at the World Championships, and faced the challenge of many new and old sprinters on the road to the championship.

Best Coach Comments: Li Zhizhong, when people found out that there was a sprint world champion in China, our attention would inevitably only fall on the athletes themselves, but everyone couldn't ignore his coach Li Zhizhong. The coach, who spent his early years at universities and clubs in the United States, has extraordinary insight and coaching ability, and Su Zu's achievements in his hands are obvious to all.

Yuan Guohua, an athlete-turned-coach who used to be the fastest runner in China's telegraph era, implemented a relay-driven individual training strategy that had a remarkable effect.

Longuère, Doucoure's growth rate is admirable, and his catalyst is his coach Lon. Last year, the 110m hurdles at the Athens Olympics were out of the rhythm, but this year, they surpassed Liu Yangyu and Alan Johnson in the standings with a rocket-like upward trend.

On August 16, the IAAF announced the latest individual world rankings.

Having won the men's 100m and 200m titles at the World Championships, Suzu finished in the top five in the men's overall rankings, behind Qatar's 3,000m steeplechase star Shahin, Ethiopian long-distance runner Bekele, new men's 100m world record holder Asafa Powell, and American sprinter Justin Gatlin.

In the men's 100m individual rankings, Su Zu ranked third with the World Championships. In the 200m, he moved up from seventh to second.

In the men's 110m hurdles event, Liu Yangyu's total score slipped to third. With the World Championships and the Golden League in Oslo, Doucoure replaced Liu Yangyu as the new world No. 1 in the 110m hurdles. Although the American veteran Johnson only finished third in the World Championships, he also surpassed Liu Yangyu in the overall score and still ranked second.