Chapter 470: Liu Yangyu's Grand Slam (Part II)

On the field, the second group of the men's 60m hurdles heats has ended, and the top two are Germany's Thomas Blashek and Russia's Yevgeny Borisov, with a time of 7.59 seconds and 7.61 seconds respectively.

The first two were okay, and when the third place results came out, Shi Dongpeng's face couldn't help but be slightly embarrassed, and the third place in the second group of preliminaries was 7.63 seconds run by Spain's Jackson Nienes. For Shi Dongpeng, with one more player who surpasses him, his hopes of advancing to the final are one less point.

Soon the third group of competitors in the preliminaries appeared in front of the starting line of the men's 60m hurdles.

Liu Yangyu is the fifth, and from the moment he appeared, the Chinese track and field team and some of the Chinese spectators at the Louis Pug Stadium instantly boiled.

The current track and field competitions are very watchable for many overseas Chinese students in Europe and the United States, and it is particularly worthwhile for many people to be able to see the competition between Ye Qin and Liu Yangyu.

On the field, Liu Yangyu moved his body slightly, and after the password sounded, he stepped onto the runner and quietly waited for the start of the race.

After a gunshot, Liu Yangyu started very crisply, and soon rushed out of the starting line.

Ye Qin can clearly see that Liu Yangyu is obviously much higher than Shi Dongpeng in terms of starting rhythm and speed, and there are many other opponents present who may be faster than Liu Yangyu in terms of speed and ability, but there are almost no who want to beat him in terms of hurdle technology.

In just six or seven seconds, the speed of the eight players on the field was as fast as lightning.

Liu Yangyu crossed the finish line first, and the time shown on the timing board was 7.57 seconds.

And just after the results on the timing board appeared, Ye Qin heard Shi Dongpeng beside him sigh silently.

Liu Yangyu's other semi-final results have also come out, the second, third and fourth results are 7.60 seconds, 7.63 seconds and 7.65 seconds, according to the promotion rules of the semi-finals, the top two in each group will be directly promoted, and then there will be two best results to advance, and now in this situation, Shi Dongpeng has missed the finals.

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Two hours later, at 20:35 p.m.

Louis Pugue Stadium ushered in the finale of the second day of the World Indoor Championships, the men's 60m hurdles final.

Originally, today's men's 60m hurdles final will be staged between Liu Yangyu and Cuban star Dai Long Robles.

Liu Yangyu won the men's 110m hurdles at last year's World Championships and is currently the highest-ranked athlete in the men's 110m hurdles. Dai Long-Robles is Liu Yangyu's most powerful contender in the men's 110m hurdles event in recent years.

In February, he ran an astonishing time of 7.33 seconds in the 60m hurdles, and he came almost with the mentality that he would win the World Indoor Championships.

It's a pity that Dai Long Robles, in the 60-meter hurdles preliminaries, was unable to fully exert his strength because of a starting error, and finally went out in the preliminaries with a time of 8.53 seconds.

This makes many athletes who want to see two heroes fight, and feel a lot of regret.

Fortunately, in this final, there is also the American star Alan Johnson, although Alan Johnson is no longer at his peak and has been replaced by rising stars such as Liu Yangyu and Robles, but such a veteran with incomparably rich competition experience, no one will ignore his performance and strength.

"Steady, steady."

Ye Qin looked at Coach Sun Chaosheng, who was a little nervous next to him, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Although Coach Sun Chaosheng said that he should let go of the pre-game guidance for Liu Yangyu, so that Liu Yangyu can adapt and face the competition independently, and will not be psychologically dependent on others.

But in fact, Liu Yangyu's competition this year, from the preliminaries to the semifinals, and now the finals, Coach Sun Chaosheng couldn't let go at all, and he was still extremely nervous and excited to pay attention to Liu Yangyu.

The significance of this indoor World Championships for Liu Yangyu is to see if he can achieve the Grand Slam, although the Grand Slam is just good, and the gold content of the competition may not be comparable to the champions of other major competitions, but for an athlete, it is always necessary to be able to win the championship of various major competitions to be considered a success.

This indoor track and field championship 60-meter hurdles competition is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Liu Yangyu.

In the past two years, Alan Johnson has grown older and is no longer in his peak form, and the threat to Liu Yangyu in this 60m hurdles competition has decreased a lot.

And Liu Yangyu's real biggest opponent, Cuban player Dai Long Robles, started slowly in the preliminaries because of a mistake in his performance, and he was already out, which created an unprecedented good chance for Liu Yangyu to win the championship.

Now everything depends on Liu Yangyu's performance in this indoor World Championships, as long as he can maintain his condition, he basically has a great hope of winning the championship.

On the field, soon the men's 60m hurdles competition began.

After a gunshot, the Latvians in lane 3 had the fastest start response, ranking first among all runners with a reaction time of 0.136 seconds, and were the first to cross the starting line.

She was followed by Great Britain Alan Scott in lane 4, who was just as quick to start, with the two having the fastest start of almost all the runners.

Then there's Alan Johnson, a 37-year-old veteran with plenty of experience and just as fast starts.

Liu Yangyu may be under pressure, but his reaction to the 60m hurdles start was much slower than many of his previous races, ranking fifth. The starting reaction time is 0.217, which can be regarded as a slow starting reaction in many competitions of Liu Yangyu.

But soon, starting from the second hurdle, Liu Yangyu's superb hurdle technique gradually came into play, and gradually overtook the position from the back to the front.

In the third hurdle, Liu Yangyu was already running second on the track, behind Alan Johnson, followed by the fourth hurdle and the fifth hurdle......

In the audience, almost everyone in the Chinese track and field team tensed up in an instant, staring intently at Liu Yangyu's running movements one by one.

Rush the line!

In an instant, a huge shout erupted from the position of the stands of the Chinese track and field team.

The time shown on the chronograph is 7.46 seconds!

Liu Yangyu crossed the finish line first and won the championship!

After Liu Yangyu, Alan Johnson won the second place with a time of 7.55 seconds.

"Beautiful! Liu Yangyu won the Grand Slam! ”

"Olympic champion, world champion, world record, indoor world champion, Liu Yangyu has collected all the championships he can win in hurdles before this year's Yenching Olympics!"

Coach Sun Chaosheng was embarrassed, and it was unimaginable to think about the journey all the way, full of all kinds of difficulties and obstacles. In 02 and 03, the two masters and apprentices stumbled all the way, from home to abroad, and participated in various competitions.

Now, in the 2008 IAAF Indoor World Championships, Liu Yangyu finally got the achievement of the Grand Slam.