Chapter 107 Three Stops in Europe
"On February 26, Basel, March 30 in Paris, April 13 in Brussels, there are not many competitions in the first half of this year." This is the norm in athletics, and in years without the World Championships and the Olympics, there are very few international sprint events, except for a few Golden League races, which are not big or small indoor races.
As for players of Li Xianfeng's level, Asian-level competitions and domestic Grand Prix have long been insulated from him, so he looked at the first half of the competition manual issued above and was worried.
"Don't think there are fewer games, we have to leave for Basel in three days, and you've only been back in training for less than a week, do you want to train normally if the games are intensive? At this level of intensity, we all have to train in Europe for three months, so if there are too many competitions, how can you have time to train? Yuan Cheng patted the back of Li Xianfeng's head.
"Hey, I understand the reason, it's just ......" Li Xianfeng also knows the truth or something, but every time he fights a master like Gatlin Powell, Li Xianfeng feels that he can get a significant improvement, so he desperately hopes to fight with them more, but the reality does not allow him to do so.
Fortunately, time passed quickly, and in the first battle of the new season five days later, Gatling, Powell, and other top players were all present, without the impact of the New Year's Buff, leaving their bodies in peak condition, which was bound to be a bloody battle.
As expected, in addition to Gatlin's adjustment to his best, Powell's revenge did not diminish at all, and Crawford and world champion Collins, who also performed poorly at the Olympics, also performed well, and in the end, Lee Xianfeng only finished fifth in 9.97 seconds and missed the medal.
Gatlin won the gold medal in 9.87 seconds, followed by Collins and Powell in 9.88 seconds and 9.90 seconds.
"It seems that everyone is holding back their energy!" In a year like this year, when there are no major tournaments, the Golden League has become the only stage for top players to show themselves, so it will be a huge challenge for Lee Hsien Feng to win a gold medal here.
"Maybe our plans are going to be adjusted." After the second race in Paris, Yuan Cheng held his forehead, because Li Xianfeng only finished fourth after this race, although the time came one step closer to 9.94 seconds, but once again missed the medal.
"There's no need, coach, I'm confident I can win the gold medal!" Li Xianfeng has no doubt that he can win the gold medal, but there is only one last stop left in the first half of the year, Brussels, where Li Xianfeng urgently needs to prove himself!
"Gatlin, do you have the confidence to complete the Golden League three in a row?" As soon as Gatling appeared on the track and field, he immediately became the focus of all the media.
"Of course I have that!" Gatling replied with a smile.
"Then who do you think will be your main opponent at this stop?"
"The main opponent? Everyone has a chance, but for me, the biggest opponent is always myself! It may be that the performance of the first two stops against the competition gave Gatlin full confidence, and he did not speak with as much reservation as before in the face of reporters, such an answer is in line with Gatlin's true character, and 2005 is indeed his peak, he is qualified to say such domineering words.
For Li Xianfeng, the Western media has long lost interest, if after the Olympics, there are still people who regard him as a supernova, then the loss of two consecutive races, and the results that have not improved significantly compared with a year ago, have long forgotten him, if it were not for the yellow eyes that appeared among the blacks in each final, I am afraid that I would not have remembered such a person for a long time.
And as the athletics editor-in-chief of the Torino sports newspaper once said, "Li Xianfeng? As a yellow man, running 9.95 seconds is something he is proud of, but it would be a bit whimsical to do well in the fiercely contested Golden League, and instead of spending time on such a yellow man who has not had much hope, let's focus on those black people with potential, such as Powell, who has beaten Gatling. ”
Li Xianfeng has long been accustomed to the coldness and white eyes of the outside world, because Westerners are always unwilling to admit the strength of the Chinese people, and slander and prejudice are always their way to cover up their weakness. It's like they never mentioned that they couldn't even see a single white person in the final of the Golden League, and they could only cover up their own weakness by hitting Li Xianfeng, but this time Li Xianfeng was ready to use his results to fight back against this group of guys who looked down on him.
"9.93 seconds! It's finally erupted! In the past three months, in addition to Li Xianfeng, the most pressure is Yuan Cheng, because Li Xianfeng has never run into 9.95 seconds in training in the past few months, which makes Yuan Cheng so anxious that his gums are swollen, but now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief, the competition-type Li Xianfeng can play at a high level in training, so Yuan Cheng is also full of expectations for tomorrow's Brussels station.
"Welcome to beautiful Brussels, Belgium, for the third leg of this year's Golden League today! Today there will be four major events and more than 20 small competitions!
And the biggest attraction tonight is who can break Gatlin's dominance in the men's 100m! In the history of the Golden League, there has never been a men's 100m athlete who has won the grand prize and shared the gold.
If Gatling can defend his title in Brussels, he could well become the first man ever to do so! Let's look forward to what Gatling will do tonight! The host reminded the audience in a high-pitched voice that the 100-meter final in a few hours was the focus of the race.
"After tonight's race, we are going to leave for China, so we will take 120 percent of the spirit to run this race well and try to get a medal back!" Yuan Cheng, who had long figured out Li Xianfeng's temper, knew that what he needed at this time was pressure, so he put pressure on Li Xianfeng!
"Yes, I haven't returned to China for three months, and I miss the hard bed at the base." Although Li Xianfeng and his entourage have the highest standard of food and accommodation in overseas training, they are always not as warm as their hometown in a foreign country, and the soft bed in the hotel is by no means more reliable than the hard bed in the dormitory.
"Then let me give this training a perfect finish, Gatling, you have to be careful!"