March 8th.

Valencia, Spain, where the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships continue.

On March 7, after Ye Qin won the men's 60-meter indoor world championships, the momentum of the Chinese track and field team has fully increased, and Ye Qin's performance in the 60-meter field has given everyone unparalleled confidence.

From 400 meters to 200 meters to 100 meters, and now the men's 60 meters, Ye Qin has almost shown super adaptability and amazing results from the long-distance sprint event to the current 60-meter ultra-short distance sprint.

For athletes who compete and train together, the pressure is obvious, but it can also inspire a lot of people to win.

What Ye Chin was able to do, and did it so beautifully, we should be able to too!

Even if you can't reach the height of Ye Chin, even if you make a discount and run into the final of a world-class competition, it is a huge improvement.

Ye Qin was able to run 9.90 seconds in the 100-meter event, and maybe even 9.80 seconds later, everyone didn't want to be able to reach his height, but perhaps, there was a little possibility of running 10 seconds, and that was not in vain after so many years of practicing sports.

At this point, it is like Shi Dongpeng's feelings towards Liu Yangyu in the men's 110-meter hurdles event.

With Liu Yangyu here, it is impossible for him to become the first person in the domestic men's 110 meters, whether in terms of fame or commercial value, the difference between the two is cloudy.

But to a large extent, it is precisely because of Liu Yangyu's excellent performance that he has won gold and silver in world-class competitions again and again, breaking world records, which has made Shi Dongpeng see a glimmer of possibility.

And, he's gradually turning this possibility into a reality.

In the World Championships, he may not have a chance to win the championship, but he can stand on the final scene of the world-class competition with his good enough performance.

When many people's eyes are focused on Liu Yangyu, perhaps three or five people can notice that he also participated in the semifinals and finals and is an excellent sprinter in China.

After him Shi Dongpeng, there are many other men's 110-meter hurdles players, who follow Liu Yangyu's footsteps and continue to forge ahead, and they can run quite good results.

That's the groundbreaking role of having a strong teammate in front of you, who can encourage other domestic athletes in this sport, as long as you do it, there is always a glimmer of possibility.

This year's Indoor World Championships is also like this, Shi Dongpeng stood in front of the starting line of the men's 60-meter hurdles semifinals, looking at the hurdle in front of him, and his teammates around him, even if he was already a veteran of the field, he was still a little excited and nervous in his heart.

The biggest difference between the 60m hurdles and the 110m hurdles is that the distance is shorter, which may not be enough for sprinters to increase their speed, while for hurdlers, the impact is mainly reflected in the lack of enough hurdles, and the space between hurdles is narrower.

Shi Dongpeng understands that his speed ability and explosiveness are not particularly strong, relying on his fairly good pickup skills, and the 5 hurdles of the 60-meter hurdles are too few for him, and he can't fully play his advantages.

It is much more difficult to reach the final in the 60m hurdles than in the men's 110m hurdles.

But as an athlete, you're already on the competition stage, and no matter what you do, you naturally give it your all.

Syllable!

Match guns rang out.

Shi Dongpeng started very well, he can feel that his rhythm is very good, and it should be one of the few times he has run the 60-meter hurdles that is particularly good. He was joined by strong players in the men's 110m hurdles of the United States, Alan Johnson, and British star Alan Scott.

The black rider is much more explosive in the short distance, and if he wants to gain an advantage in the 110m hurdles, the most important thing is the hurdle technique, and it is very difficult to win against such a top hurdler with a distance of 60m and 5 hurdles.

7.57 seconds!

On the timing board, the results of the men's 60m hurdles championship in this group have come out.

The first to cross the finish line was Britain's Alan Scott, followed by America's Alan Johnson in 6.64 seconds.

Shi Dongpeng looked at the time card on the scene, he was third in 7.65 seconds, just a hundredth of a second slower than Alan Johnson.

Shi Dongpeng couldn't help but feel a little helpless, the 60-meter hurdles are three semi-final groups, and the rules for advancing to the finals are that the top two in each group will advance directly. He finished third and did not qualify directly, so he can only wait for the results of the next two semi-final groups to come out and see if he is in the fastest two places to get a chance to enter as a substitute.

Leaving the field, Shi Dongpeng did not leave directly, but walked in the direction of the Chinese track and field team in the stands on the sidelines.

"Dongpeng, you ran well!"

"There should be a chance to make it to the finals!"

"Come on!"

Shi Dongpeng walked past the stands, and several Chinese athletes and coaches greeted him along the way, and finally Shi Dongpeng sat down between Coach Sun Chaosheng and Ye Qin next to him.

"Brother Dashi just refreshed his personal PB?" Ye Qin watched Shi Dongpeng run a time of 7.65 seconds, and suddenly asked.

In his memory, this result should be considered a very good result for domestic athletes.

There is a certain gap between the explosiveness and speed ability of domestic sprinters compared with European and American athletes, but the victory lies in good physical coordination, strong rhythm and technical ability, so the results of the 60-meter hurdles are still worse than those in the 110-meter hurdles.

Just like Liu Yangyu was able to break the world record in the men's 110-meter hurdles with a time of 12.88 seconds, but the gap from the world record in the men's 60-meter hurdles is still obvious.

In Düsseldorf on February 28 this year, Cuban teenager Dyron Robles ran 7.33 seconds, which is still the second all-time record, after Colin Jackson's 7.30 seconds in 1994.

Ye Qin knew that Liu Yangyu's best time in the men's 60m hurdles was 7.42 seconds, which he ran in Karlsruhe on February 11, 2007.

In fact, it can be clearly seen that in the short distance hurdles, Liu Yangyu and Shi Dongpeng obviously performed better in the 110-meter hurdles than in the 60-meter hurdles.

Shi Dongpeng shook his head and smiled, "I didn't refresh, although 7.65 seconds is not bad, but it's a little worse than my last World Championships." ”

At the 2006 Moscow Indoor World Championships, Liu Yangyu was unable to participate due to injury, and Shi Dongpeng was under a lot of pressure to participate at that time, and finally ran a personal best of 7.63 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles.

"That's not bad." Ye Qin smiled and pulled him to sit down, and threw Shi Dongpeng a towel, "There may be hope to advance to the finals." ”

"It's hard to say." Shi Dongpeng shook his head slightly, "There have been a lot of track and field talents in the past two years, not only your sprints, but also the sprints. ”

Ye Qin nodded and did not continue to say more.