"Ye Chin, what are you auctioning tonight?"

"Ye Qin, can you tell us in advance what you think of this Golden Grand Prix? Ever wanted to win the championship? ”

At the entrance of the Regal Hotel, as soon as Ye Qin and Chen Zhongzhou entered the hotel gate, they saw several media rushing over.

In order to welcome international superstars and media friends to Shanghai, the organizing committee specially arranged a charity dinner at Regal Hotel. Among the 144 Chinese and foreign athletes participating in this competition, there are 18 world champions and Olympic champions, and 8 of the 14 events have the world's No. 1 athletes.

According to Phildi Groms, the technical director of the Golden Grand Prix, almost all the big-name athletes in these 14 events are gathered in this competition, and it can be said that the standard of the competition is higher than that of the Golden League!

The Golden League Grand Prix has also received worldwide attention and will be broadcast live to 53 European countries on September 17. It also attracted media reporters from all over the world, including more than 200 Chinese and foreign journalists from more than 100 media around the world, including the Associated Press, Reuters and other world-renowned media.

At this time, among the several media that suddenly appeared in front of Ye Qin, there were several icons that Ye Qin did not know at all, and when he heard the reporter's question, he smiled and said to everyone: "It is the spikes that I won the World Championships, I hope someone will like it." As for the game the day after tomorrow, let's go all out and try to win the championship. ”

After entering the hotel, he first left his name on the signature board in the outfield, and then Ye Qin saw some of the athletes' personal belongings on display at several booths. There are Liu Yangyu's combat boots and T-shirt, and I also saw the spikes I prepared for the organizing committee in advance.

"Brother Chen, it's okay if you don't wear formal clothes tonight, right?"

After signing the name, Ye Qin noticed that some reporters were still dressed quite formally, and asked in a low voice to Chen Zhongzhou next to him a little uncomfortably.

"You remember now." Chen Zhongzhou smiled, "I just urged you to be old for a long time, but you didn't listen." ”

"Isn't that to pick up people?" Ye Qin was also a little embarrassed, when he was at the door, the reporter had already said that he was the latest to come, and it was a little embarrassing to hear Chen Zhongzhou say this.

Over the past year, Yechin has improved his sprint performance and participated in some celebrations, but this is the first time he has participated in some formal dinners or something.

"It's okay, you're an athlete, just wear tracksuits." Chen Zhongzhou saw Ye Qin's discomfort, and smiled and relieved.

"Okay."

Looking at the road from the entrance of the hotel to the banquet hall, occasionally seeing a reporter notice him, he couldn't help but get up and go inside.

Fortunately, after actually entering the banquet hall, Ye Qin looked at the costumes of everyone in the venue before he breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Chen Zhongzhou next to him and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows at him.

Jax Thelin and long jump champion Phillips sitting at the main table in the banquet hall were all dressed in loose T-shirts and wide jeans, and the only one dressed was Williams Darlene, the queen of the 400 meters, wearing a Chinese-style cheongsam, which captured the footage of many media at the scene.

The banquet began at 8:30 p.m., and a group of Sheng Hai teenagers holding lanterns performed a traditional Chinese dance. After that, the champion singer of a variety show in Shenghai in 2004 sang at the dinner, and Ye Qin didn't watch much entertainment and couldn't recognize it.

Finally, there was an auction session, where Liu Yangyu and Alan Johnson's signed shirts were sold for 15,000 yuan, while the men's pole vault legend Bubka's signed shirt was also auctioned for 12,000 yuan. Ye Qin's World Championship championship boots were auctioned for 30,000 yuan by a wealthy businessman in attendance, which made him a little unbelievable.

Looking at Ye Qin's somewhat surprised eyes, Chen Zhongzhou couldn't help but shake his head, Ye Qin still didn't quite know how huge his influence was. In the eyes of ordinary people, this price is not low, but the spikes on the field of the first world sprint championship are completely normal in Chen Zhongzhou's opinion.

This is also because this dinner party is mainly for athletes, if it is a different occasion, maybe the meaning of this pair of spikes can be doubled several times the price.

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Time passed in a blink of an eye, and on the evening of September 17, the Shenghai 80,000-person stadium was crowded and lively.

The International Athletics Gold Grand Prix is one of the outdoor events officially approved by the IAAF, the first international top track and field competition held in China, and the world-class single sports event that has settled in Shenghai after the Masters Cup and F

Combined with the current hot track and field atmosphere in China, the Grand Prix is divided into five grades, and tickets of 50 yuan, 80 yuan, 120 yuan, 500 yuan and 1880 yuan have been sold out before the start of the competition.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, Ye Qin had already seen the players from all walks of life participating in the Shenghai Station Grand Prix in the on-site preparation area. Due to the rehearsal of the event broadcast by the organizing committee yesterday, the infield of the 80,000-person stadium was closed very early, and everyone warmed up at the outside venue.

Jason Gaby, who he is familiar with, as well as John Capel, Christopher William and other top players are on the scene to prepare for the upcoming match.

Ye Qin naturally knows that as a commercial competition, it can attract these world-class masters, in addition to exploring the way for the 08 Yanjing Olympics first, but also to hunt for gold.

Not to mention the appearance fee and bonus, the organizer has changed the tradition of awarding trophies and medals in previous events, and specially found a jewelry sponsor of a certain brand to create 14 pure gold decorations for the champions of all 14 events.

Tonight's schedule is tight, with a total of 14 events in the Grand Prix.

From 18:30 to 19:30 the women's pole vault is the first competition to start tonight, followed by live dance performances, opening ceremonies, national anthem and leadership speeches.

Then the second event was restarted at 20:05, the men's high jump, followed by the men's long jump, the women's 100m race, and so on.

The whole game ended at around 10:10 p.m., and then the live concert began at 10 p.m. Since there is no men's 400m event, Ye Qin will compete in the men's 200m tonight at 21:25, followed by the women's 5km and the finale at 10 p.m., the men's 110m hurdles.

When Ye Qin arrived at the outfield at eight o'clock to start the warm-up, he could faintly hear the loud noise coming from the Shenghai Stadium, and Ye Qin estimated that according to the time, this time should be the men's 100-meter race.

He didn't see Gukai and Jax Gatlin, Maurice Green and others when he arrived, and they were all competing in the men's 100m, which was a little earlier than him.

It wasn't until half past eight in the evening that Ye Qin saw Gu Kai appear in the mixed passage area, and his expression was quite excited.

"How's the result, so excited?"

Ye Qin saw that the sweat stains on Gu Kai's face had not completely disappeared, but a satisfied smile had appeared on his face, and he asked with some curiosity.

"10.28 seconds, seventh, 0.01 seconds slower than my best, but I'm happy to finally be able to compete with the best of Jax Thering."

Gu Kai evened his breath, still with a smile on his face, "Of course, you can't compare with you, you have won against them." ”

As an athlete, you always want to be able to compete with the top athletes, and the Chinese 100-meter sprinters are not performing well in Asia at this time, let alone being able to compete in the world's top 100-meter masters.

Like the Olympic Games and the World Championships, it is often difficult to run the standard in the 100-meter event, and being able to run a race with these top athletes in his own country is naturally quite exciting for Gu Kai.