Chapter 426: Before the Final
The men's 100m preliminaries and semi-finals on the first day ended, and after the results came out, they gradually began to affect people's hearts.
On the evening of the 25th, the Internet and TV media began to report on the rematch and preliminaries for next year, which is the most watched event in the World Championships, and the hype of the head-to-head battle between Asafavir and Jason Gaby was also hot for a while, and then Ye Qin joined in and became a three-way melee.
No matter who wins or loses, there are controversial topics to attract attention.
Asafavir, Jason Gaby, Yechin and Derek Atkins are the top four athletes in the IAAF men's 100m rankings this year, with Yechin jumping to the top spot in the world with three consecutive wins in the Golden League.
Although the other three have lower points than Yechin, both Al-Safavir and Jason Gaby have better personal bests than Yechin, and their performances in various competitions are also evident.
In addition to many domestic media, the Japanese media also received huge attention at this World Championships.
Compared with the men's 110-meter hurdles in Asia, there is no doubt that the men's sprint event has attracted more attention and has greater influence.
For the commentary of the men's 100m race, Japan's TV Tokyo even invited Koji Ito, who has retired, to be the guest commentator to analyze who can finally win the championship.
Koji Ito, who is 37 years old, did not actually leave the track and field world after retiring, but began to work in track and field and senior management.
At the peak of his career, he performed well from 60m to 400m, and was the real No. 1 flyer in Asia until the 90s and the millennium.
At this moment, sitting in the guest seat, he seemed to be a little uncomfortable, first twisted his body slightly, and then followed the host's words and started to comment.
"In the men's 100m, Asafavir is clearly stronger, but he had an injury at the beginning of the year and missed two months of training, but I still believe he should be able to win. The other is Jason Gaby, who has obviously become more skilled since the change of coach, and even ran an amazing time of 9.76 seconds under the super wind speed this year, and the strength of the two can be said to be very close.
As for the Chinese player Ye Qin, first of all, I have to say that he is very great, he can be said to be the greatest sprinter in Asian history, not only because Ye Qin is the first Asian runner to run the 10-second mark, but also because Ye Qin has a strong competitiveness in the men's 200m and men's 400m events, he shows us that the yellow race can also do it, even more than many European and American athletes.
After the Asian Games last year, Shingo Sueji and Shinji Asahara, both had some exchanges with me, and we both believed that after Ye Qin broke the 10-second barrier and the 20-second barrier, more good athletes will definitely be born.
In next year's 100m final, I'm not sure what kind of results Ye Qin can run, but Ye Qin is currently ranked first in the IAAF men's 100m event, and has run the 10-second mark several times in a row, which we couldn't believe in the past. I've been following Ye Qin since the '04 Olympics, and even though he's still young, Ye Qin is a big player, and his performance in big competitions is better than his average performance, and it will be interesting to see if he can break through under the attack of the two strongest 100m athletes at the moment.
Finally, I would like to say that they are all Asian players, Chinese players can do it, and Japanese players can do it, our relay project has grown a lot this year, Japanese juniors, come on! ”
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At the same time, in a hotel arranged by the Osaka organizing committee, the sound of the remote control turning off the TV sounded.
Asafavir half-leaned against the head of the bed, casually throwing away the remote control in his hand, too agitated to know how to dispatch.
He basically couldn't understand the various Japanese programs on TV, and occasionally there were one or two English stations, and some boring programs, and he stood up and glanced at the night outside the hotel, where the streets that had been lit up a few hours ago were now only the neon lights of the street lights on both sides of the street.
The large billboards flashed in various colors, and at this time they were completely gone, and it was pitch black, this was a strange city, a strange country.
It's late at night!
Tomorrow is the semi-finals and final of the men's 100m, and he should hurry up and rest well to keep his body in the best condition, but he can't sleep at the moment.
He stood there in a daze, a little distracted, when suddenly, he heard the sound of the door opening behind him.
"Asafa, I knew you weren't sleeping."
Pushing the door in, a short, middle-aged black man with a DV camera in his hand, and following the door open, Asafavil could see the entire hall lit up.
"Dore, what are you going to do here?"
Asafavil asked with some confusion as he looked at his agent Dole with the camera in his hand.
"Take a picture of how you're feeling right now." Doler lifted the DV camera and looked at Asafavil, "The others don't know the pressure you're under right now, but I know that I can understand you, and I hope to be able to record this." ”
"What do you do with the record?" Asafavir was puzzled.
The agent Dole was silent for a moment before he continued: "Crisis PR, hey, Asafa, after you listen, you have to let other people know your heart, your thoughts, whether you lose or win, you have to let people know the pressure you are under." ”
"This ......," Asafavil felt a little annoyed in his heart.
Agent Dole followed up and said: "You don't have to worry about this, you just want to chat with me now, talk about your current mood, and talk about your troubles and pressures." ”
"It's up to you!"
Asafavir was lying down at the head of the bed again, and Asafarville reached for the switch of the bedside lamp, turning it on and off in boredom.
"Asafavil, say something?" Dole, the agent on the other end, said, "Tell me all your troubles, and you'll be comfortable when you say it." Is the reason for your insomnia a feeling threatened? ”
Asafavir half-squinted, he could feel the exhaustion of his body, but he knew that he couldn't sleep at all, and looked at the DV machine indifferently, "If I feel threatened, I will increase my speed even higher, surpassing the current world record." ”
"And what about someone who wants to beat you?"
Asafavil waved his hand in annoyance, "I see some people teasing my record, saying that they want to break it, but, my record, it's not a joke, I will still advance my record, some opponents want to steal my record, I won't give them anything, that's mine, you know what I mean!" ”