Although Feng Quan has not appeared in international athletics events for a long time, when he appeared on the Diamond League Rome stage, he instantly set the stadium on fire.

For Italians who love food and football, they are definitely hardcore track and field enthusiasts who can walk into the stadium for a track and field event.

In fact, the initial ticket sales for the Rome leg of the Diamond League were not very good, with only about a quarter of tickets sold as of May 20. The reason why ticket sales are so unsatisfactory is that in addition to the low status of athletics itself in the hearts of Italians, the lack of superstars is the most important reason.

However, when the organizing committee of the Diamond League in Rome received the exact news that Feng Quanquan would participate on May 24, and immediately announced the news on its official website and major Italian radio and television stations, it took less than two days to sell out the remaining tickets.

Without the temporary rescue of Feng Quan, it would be difficult for the attendance rate of the Olympic Stadium in Rome to even exceed 5%.

In order to invite the great god Fengquan to play, the Rome organizing committee also paid 800,000 euros for this.

For the highly professional five major European leagues, 800,000 euros may not be a lot at all, but for the relatively less professional athletics, 800,000 euros is definitely a sky-high price.

You know, at the peak of Jamaica's lightning bolt, the appearance fee to participate in the Diamond League was only 400,000 US dollars.

The reason why Feng Quan was able to get such a "high" appearance fee is not only his absolute dominance in the track and field, but also one of the important reasons for the huge Chinese market behind him.

The day after the Rome organizing committee confirmed that Fengquan would participate in the competition, dozens of domestic companies expressed their desire to buy advertising space in the competition venue.

Due to the limited advertising space in the venue, even if the Rome organizing committee offered a price three times higher than the original price, it was still sold out. This alone allowed the organizing committee to earn back Fengquan's appearance fee.

Of course, with the help of Fengquan's huge influence in the world sports arena today, unlike other domestic companies that doubled their bids to buy the few remaining advertising spaces, the three advertising spaces of the "Fengquan brand" not only enjoyed a 20% discount, but also were placed in the most conspicuous position in the arena.

As a result, before the competition officially began, the first batch of on-site audiences saw that the three connected advertising spaces belonging to the "Fengquan brand" were constantly playing in the form of rolling subtitles: "Fengquan brand" will be released globally on June 10.

Although the sales of the "Fengquan brand" in China are extremely hot, in the case of not yet entering the international market, except for the loyal supporters of Atletico Madrid and some avid sprint enthusiasts, not many European and American consumers know about the brand of this standard horse.

However, when the advertisement of "Fengquan Brand" began to be played on the big screen at the scene, the audience was stunned. Many spectators who walked into the stadium purely because they loved Fengquan were even ready to buy "Fengquan brand" products.

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In the previous Diamond League, the men's 100-meter event was often arranged as the finale, but Feng Quan's participation in the men's 200-meter race was related, so the organizing committee put the men's 200-meter race to the end for the first time.

Although there are not many of the world's top players participating in the Diamond League in Rome, and there are even fewer superstars like Feng Quan, they still have quite good results in some sports.

Ethiopia's Oman won the men's 800m with a world best of 1:43.56; Kojercha, also from Ethiopia, set a world best of 12:58.39 in the 5,000m.

Cuban men's triple jump star Pichado, after a crazy jump of 18.08m last month, is still performing very well in this competition. His 17.96m mark not only helped him win the gold with ease, but also broke the record set by world record holder Edwards in 1998.

In the women's event, two of this year's bests were also born.

American Simpson, who won the women's 1500m championship with a world best of 3:59.31; Kenya's Kiyenge won the 3,000m steeplechase with a world best of 9:15.08 this year.

Perhaps stimulated by the wind, American sprinter Gatlin, who set a world best of 9.75 seconds in the 100m event in Doha on May 15, once again set a new world best of 9.74 seconds in this race.

It is worth mentioning that Chinese player Sun Bingtian won the third place with a time of 9.98 seconds, becoming the second Chinese athlete to enter the 10-second mark after Feng Quan.

Although there is a big gap between the time of 9.74 seconds and the world record of 9.36 seconds held by Feng Quan, in the eyes of many insiders and veteran track and field enthusiasts, if Gatlin can continue this excellent form at the World Championships in August, he may become a tiger in the way of Feng Quan's title defense.

After all, Feng Quan, who has devoted more energy to professional football in recent years, has rarely competed in athletics, and after a long period of La Liga and Champions League competitions, it may be difficult to adjust to the best form before the World Championships.

Unlike the "melon-eating crowd" who were skeptical about Feng Quan's state, none of the other 7 runners in the 200-meter race had the luck of "breaking the myth of Feng Quan's undefeated".

That's right, although Feng Quan is participating in the 200m race for the first time, as a "senior" 400m athlete, the 200m event is just equivalent to participating in the "half" 400m. Therefore, in stark contrast to Feng Quan's eagerness, the faces of the opponents invariably showed a solemn look.

Sure enough, the wind that tested the water for the first time for 200 meters did not "disappoint" the expectations of the audience and opponents.

Feng Quan, who was placed on track 4, overtook his rival on track 5 in less than 5 seconds (note: the starting lines of the two adjacent tracks in the 200m event are 3.425 meters apart).

Eight seconds later, all four opponents in front of Feng at the start had been overtaken by him. By the time we entered the stage, the gap between Feng Quan and the second place had widened to more than 2 meters.

Although the other seven competitors did not have the luxury of breaking the "undefeated myth" of Feng Quan before the race, they believed that Feng Quan, who was participating in the 200-meter race for the first time, would at least enter the final 30 meters of the race to establish the victory.

However, the harsh reality is that by the time the wind enters the final 30 meters, the gap between him and the second place has widened to more than 5 meters.

Although the wind in the lead slowed down slightly in the final 10 meters, the time of 19.66 seconds not only easily broke the Asian record held by Japan's Shingo Sueji, but also set the world's best time of the year.

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