Chapter 234: The World Championships that opened in the rainstorm

Helsinki, a Nordic city, is becoming more and more lively as the World Championships approach.

Between 2,000 and 4,000 people enter Helsinki Airport every day, and more than 30,000 tourists and spectators are expected to visit and watch the games throughout the World Championships.

For the Finns, the upcoming World Athletics Championships are their biggest sporting event of the year. Arriving in Helsinki, large slogans for the World Championships can be seen everywhere on the streets, and even some commercials are directly linked to the World Championships. Helsinki is not big, the big tournament is approaching, and you can feel the strong atmosphere of the World Championships everywhere.

Before the game, Su Zu was interviewed by a short reporter sent by CCTV, and also learned from them that the hotels in Helsinki were basically full, and almost all the accommodation prices were raised.

In terms of security, Finland's national police are on standby for the World Championships, and the Finnish military has deployed 600 personnel to assist with security at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium and Athletes' Village.

During the World Championships, the Helsinki Olympic Stadium and the Athletes' Village are all no-flying, and the Finnish Air Force monitors them around the clock. There are other strict security measures that need not be talked about.

Su Zu has already experienced many events, especially like the previous Athens Olympics, and he also understands that this kind of large-scale event, with a huge flow of people, has always been under the strict control of the host country.

This kind of large-scale international event is mobilized by the whole country, and all aspects are the same in any country.

On August 5th, there was even a brief sunny day in the morning, which should be good news for everyone, as if it were a sign of better weather. Unfortunately, the afternoon was cloudy. When it came time for the opening ceremony in the evening, it even rained heavily.

Because of the weather, Su Zu did not attend the opening ceremony this time. On the first day of the World Championships, he was in the men's 100m preliminaries and semi-finals, and at this time, Li Zhizhong and the rest of the team could not let him brave the rain to participate. If you catch a cold at this time, it will be really fun.

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“…… The first World Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki in 1983, and 22 years later, the World Athletics Championships are back to their old places, but the landscape of international athletics has changed dramatically. Since 1991, the World Championships in Athletics have been changed from quadrennial to biennial. In the past 22 years, superstars have emerged in the international athletics world, generation after generation, and in the men's 100m event alone, there have been superstars such as Lewis, Christie, Pele, and Green who have been leading the way for several years. With the retirement of American veteran Michael Johnson, British triple jumper Edwards, pole vault "Tsar" Bubka and others, the biggest feature of today's international athletics is the replacement of the old and the new.

At this World Championships, people will see a group of 20-year-old rising stars creating their own new era in the international athletics arena, such as our Asian lightning Suzu, hurdles prince Liu Yangyu, as well as the United States 100m champion Gatlin, Ethiopian long-distance running wizard Bekele, Russian "female Bubka" Isinbayeva and other cutting-edge representatives. ”

At 15 o'clock on August 6th, Beijing time, CCTV Sports Channel began the live broadcast of the World Championships. This time, CCTV still sent a special broadcast film crew to Helsinki to broadcast some of the events of this World Championships.

Time passed minute by minute, until about 16 o'clock, at this time, the host of the live broadcast room of the CCTV sports channel finally began to connect the live picture.

“…… CCTV, CCTV, I'm Yang Jian, and now the 10th World Athletics Championships are brought to you at the Olympian Stadium in Helsinki, and the women's triple jump group AB qualification will start soon, followed by the women's heptathlon 100m hurdles...... At 16:45, the first round of the men's 100m preliminaries will begin, and my country's sprinter Su Zu will compete...... The weather conditions at this point were not ideal......"

As Yang Jian's voice sounded in front of the TV, the picture of the TV camera shifted to the scene of the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, but the first picture, the audience watching the game in front of the TV was still a little stunned.

Helsinki's Olympic Stadium still has a bit of history, having been built in 1938 to host the 1952 Summer Olympics and later the first World Athletics Championships. In the 90s, the stadium was modernized and renovated again before the World Championships, with more than 40,000 spectator seats, but in the 1952 Summer Olympics it had a capacity of 70,000.

What appeared in front of the TV at the moment was that there were barely any empty seats in the more than 40,000 auditoriums, and it was surprising that these audience members were sitting in ponchos. The slightly white scene in the camera reminds the audience in front of the TV that it is raining at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki.

"Wow, no! How to race this rain and how to race! ”

"It's not just not ideal, it's raining, and it's a ghost to be able to play a good score."

"Will it affect Su Zu's performance, if this rain affects him and he can't enter the semi-finals, it will really be over!"

"You look like the runway is reflecting, isn't there standing water......?"

"But these Finns really love athletics!"

At this time, many viewers who are watching the Helsinki World Championships in front of domestic TV are chattering, everyone has seen a lot of sports games, but there are not too many games in the rain. Moreover, many viewers paid attention to the trend brought by Su Zu and Liu Yangyu at the World Championships in Athletics.

Moreover, the attention of the World Championships in Helsinki is especially higher in the magic capital, and there is even a special team rushing from the magic capital. In addition to Su Zu and Liu Yangyu and other factors, another reason is that a month later, in the magic capital, China finally has its own track and field feast - the magic capital International Gold Grand Prix.

The IAAF divides the Modu Golden Grand Prix into the IAAF Grand Prix and the IAAF Super Grand Prix, which is the first stop for the first Golden Grand Prix in China.

This time, the organizers of the event in the magic capital sent a team to the World Championships in Helsinki to learn some aspects, mainly to deal with some unexpected situations.

For example, the heavy rain encountered in the opening ceremony of Helsinki is actually not perfect in Helsinki, and in the Paris Golden League, a disposable plastic raincoat is placed on the seat of each spectator, which can not only block the wind but also protect from the rain.

As the voice of the commentator Yang Jian sounded, the game on the scene began.

First, in the women's triple jump, the audience in front of the TV could even see water droplets slipping from the hair on the athletes' arms. In the women's 100m hurdles at the back, a gust of wind blew, which also affected the final result announcement. In the midst of such storms, the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki officially kicked off.

At 10:45 Helsinki time and 16:45 Beijing time, the first round of the men's 100m heats is about to begin.