Chapter 140: Silver Medal

Compared with Zhou Wei, Chen Yanhao and Han Mingchao's mentality is much better.

After all, Chen Yanhao is now about to turn 28 years old, and if there are no accidents, he has basically entered the end of his career. And Chen Yanhao is also the former "Asian hurdle king", and he has already experienced those dazzling moments of honor. Therefore, there is no other meaning for Guo Zizhao's achievements now except envy.

Although Han Ming is still at his peak, he knows his own situation. In the past two years, Han Ming Dynasty has not made any achievements in the world arena. also understood the gap between himself and the world's masters, and this time he was able to participate in this World Championships by relying on the quota given up by Guo Zizhao. Therefore, for this teammate who is 4 years younger than himself, he has no other thoughts other than admiration.

On the contrary, Zhou Wei, who was the same age as Han Mingchao, began to be a little resentful of Guo Zizhao. The peak period of Asian athletes is very short, and the average track and field athlete should almost go downhill when they reach the age of 26~28. If you can run until you are about 30 years old, you can do it well. Unlike European and American athletes, they can still be active on the world stage in their 30s.

For Zhou Wei, who is now 24 years old, almost half of his peak has passed, but whether it is in the domestic or international arena, he has been suppressed by Guo Zizhao to death, and there is no hope of turning over. How could this not make Zhou Wei feel a little lost......

Succeed or lose...... That's how brutal this is for competitive sports......

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The teammates who came to congratulate Guo Zizhao just chatted for a while, and then they all went back to rest consciously. After all, everyone has a game tomorrow, so we have to rest and recharge.

Guo Zizhao also took time out to call Yelena, who was far away in Moscow, and reported the good news. But because of the time difference, it's almost early in the morning. So the two didn't talk much, just hung up the phone after a few simple words.

On the way back to their respective rooms, Chen Yanhao also deliberately lagged behind a few steps and came to the side of Zhou Wei, who was walking last.

Looking at this dejected national team teammate, Chen Yanhao also sighed and patted Zhou Wei's shoulder, "Are you okay, Xiao Zhou?" ”

Zhou Wei also shook his head listlessly, did not speak, and estimated that his mood was still not very comfortable. Chen Yanhao was also dumbfounded, it seems that Zhou Wei still hasn't figured it out. However, as the big brother of the national track and field team, it is still necessary to do ideological work for this buddy.

"You're still too young." Chen Yanhao also said softly, "We athletes, the most important thing is to compare with ourselves." As long as you can surpass yourself and break your own limits, you will be considered progress. Although the magnitude of this progress may be a little smaller, as long as we can persevere, slowly add up to a lot, there will be a time to make a breakthrough. We don't have to compare with others, there are so many masters in this world, everyone's physical fitness and opportunities are different, if you want to compare, then you are not tired. ”

"You...... To open a little. Now that Guo Zizhao is in front, the competition pressure of our athletes will be much less. Otherwise, just this World Championships, the pressure of the results arranged above will make you breathless. Now with Guo Zizhao's achievements, the training environment and investment of our track and field team will be greatly improved in the future. Now that we have less pressure, we can focus more on training and competing, so why not? ”

"Think about it again......" Chen Yanhao also patted Zhou Wei on the shoulder and walked towards his room. Alas, if you don't want to understand this kind of thing, then it's useless for anyone to say. I hope Zhou Wei can cheer up as soon as possible.......

However, neither Chen Yanhao nor Guo Zizhao expected that it didn't take long for this Zhou Wei to poke a small basket for the national team without concealment......

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The next day, Guo Zizhao got up early in the morning. There was nothing to do in the morning, Guo Zizhao still habitually went to the training room and simply moved for two hours.

In the afternoon of the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries, Guo Zizhao still ran down easily. Successfully entered the semi-finals as the first in the group.

Chen Yanhao's luck this time is also very good, the strength of his group is not strong, and he played very well this time. In the end, he won the second place in the group with a time of 13.34 seconds and narrowly entered the semi-finals of the World Championships.

But Han Ming Dynasty didn't have such good luck. In the men's 200-meter preliminaries in the afternoon, Han Mingchao was eliminated without surprise. He can only wait for the 400m preliminaries two days later, but with his current results, it is estimated that it will be a first-round exit.

In the semifinals of the men's 110-meter hurdles on the afternoon of the 23rd, Chen Yanhao's luck was useless this time. The strength is not good, and he was still eliminated. The players who can enter the finals can basically run about 13.20 seconds, and Chen Yanhao's strength is still a little worse.

Guo Zizhao also looked at the opponent in the final at night, and he was basically a common old face in the first half of the year. Jackson, Garcia, Rose, Creel, Trammell, Schwarthoff and others, everyone knows each other's level better, mainly to see who plays well on the spot.

However, Guo Zizhao feels that he is in good shape this time, after all, the high-level competition in the past few months has made him adapt to the pressure of such a competition. Coupled with yesterday's super-level performance, Guo Zizhao's spirit has been sublimated to a certain extent. Although there has been no change in terms of "spiritual" attributes, Guo Zizhao believes that his ability to resist pressure has definitely improved substantially.

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The "physical strength" is 82 and the "status value" is 78, which is really good! Since that's the case, then you're welcome, haha......

β€œon your marks…… set”

"Phew!"

As the guns rang out in the men's 110m hurdles final, Guo Zizhao once again launched an attack on another medal of his own.

In this final, Guo Zizhao has no pressure. With a silver medal in the men's 100m already in hand, Guo Zizhao is now relaxed. In addition, this time he was in good shape, so Guo Zizhao ran unusually relaxed.

Of course, physical relaxation does not mean mental relaxation. Guo Zizhao also has the meaning of challenging the veteran Jackson again. This time, Johnson failed to participate in this World Championships due to injury, so his only challenge target is Jackson.

As for Garcia, his current strength with himself is indeed in the middle of the match. However, this time his condition is very good, and Garcia is basically out of action this time. Then the other opponents, there is no problem.

Sure enough, the process of the game also confirmed Guo Zizhao's guess.

Jackson, Guo Zizhao and Garcia firmly control the advantage of the first group. After the 7th hurdle, the rest of the players were left behind. Let this medal battle no longer have any suspense.

And Jackson is worthy of being the most perfect athlete who combines speed and rhythm between hurdles among the current active athletes. By the time Guo Zizhao and Garcia hit the final hurdle at the same time, Jackson had already sprinted nearly two meters away.

Although the straight sprint behind is already Guo Zizhao's forte, because there is too much distance pulled down by Jackson in front, Guo Zizhao is still half a body behind his opponent when he finally hits the line.

In the final of the 110-meter hurdles, I once again regrettably won a silver medal!

Jackson was first with a time of 13.04 seconds, followed by Guo Zizhao in 13.05 seconds and Garcia in 13.07 seconds.

Despite this, Guo Zizhao is still very happy to offer his most sincere wishes to the 32-year-old British veteran. It's not easy...... Guo Zizhao also sighed silently in his heart, and he didn't know if he could still run so fast and win the World Championships at his age.

In particular, the height of this big man is only 1.72 meters, which is simply unique in the short span event of modern sports. This is the real cow man...... Guo Zizhao also had to admire.