Chapter 212: Meet the American Track and Field Superstar
On June 2, the Diamond League in Eugene, the United States began, and Zhu Tianyun did not participate, because after all, no one could participate in all the games of the year, and the game in Eugene was too close to the game in Rome so it did not attract attention. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Huaxia player Liu Xiang won the men's 110m hurdles championship in 12.87 seconds under super wind speed, covering up the impact of Zhu Tianyun's absence from the competition in one fell swoop. However, other Chinese players played averagely, only Zheng Xingjuan played in her true colors, and won the sixth place in the women's high jump with 1.91 meters. A total of eight world bests were set in this tournament. Former World Championships and Olympic champion and veteran American Gatlin won the men's 100m, his fourth title of 2012, giving Gatlin a head start on the U.S. organising the organizing committee. American player Spearmon won the men's 200m championship in 20.27 seconds, this result is very poor, so that Coach Gao is very sorry, if it is not for the opportunity formulated by Song Jingwen, then Zhu Tianyun will definitely be able to win the championship.
In the men's 400m, world champion James was fouled at first, but the starting referee and the starting technician negotiated with each other and asked him to re-compete. In the end, American player Merritt surpassed James in 44.91 seconds to win the championship with the last 15 meters of force, which made Zhu Tianyun secretly shake his head, the home advantage is too obvious, if this game is not in the United States, James will definitely have no chance to continue to play. Sudan's Kaki won the men's 800m in 1:43.71. Great Britain's Farah won the men's 5,000m in 12:56.98, setting a world best this year and breaking the Games record.
In the men's field competition, Latvia's Vasilyevsky won the men's javelin championship with 84.65m and set a meet record. American Hofa won the men's shot put with 21.81m and set the best time in the world this year.
Felix of the United States won the women's 200m in 22.23 seconds. Richards of the United States won the women's 400m in 49.39 seconds, setting a world best this year. Morocco's Sersoli won the women's 3,000m in 8:34.47 and set a world best this year. Kenya's Chemos won the women's 3,000m steeplechase in 9:13.69, setting a world best this year and breaking the Games record.
In the women's field competition, Britain's Proctor won the women's long jump championship with 6.84 meters, also creating her personal best record, and Lu Minjia, a Chinese player with a bandage on her left thigh, only jumped 6.01 meters to rank ninth. Brazil's Muller won the women's pole vault with 4.63m. Russia's Chicherova won the women's high jump championship with 2.02m, setting the world's best result this year and breaking the Games record.
On the evening of June 1, local time, the men's triple jump and the women's discus were also held in advance, and the results of Croatia's Perkovic won the women's discus championship with 66.92 meters, and the American Christian Taylor won the men's triple jump championship with 17.62 meters, and created the best result in the world this year. In the women's 10,000m non-diamond event, Ethiopia's Tirunese Dibaba won the championship in 30:24.39, setting a world best this year.
The American players basically won half of the championship by virtue of their geographical advantages, which has to make people sigh at the strength of the American Legion, and the disappointment with the current situation of Chinese track and field, of course, this is also because Zhu Tianyun did not participate in the competition The reason why China found comfort in China, and although Liu Xiang exceeded the wind speed, he comforted many people by tying the world record.
On June 7th, the fifth stop of the Diamond League in Oslo, Zhu Tianyun did not participate in the competition, and the domestic audience had different opinions for a while, but because many famous players did not participate in this competition, they did not form a momentum, because they had to prepare for the Diamond League New York Station a few days later and the National Championships (Olympic Trials) at the end of the month, a large number of American first-line players did not participate.
In the 100-meter race, Jamaica's self-confrontation became the theme, and the flying man Bolt reversed and defeated the former world record holder Asafa Powell, who was the former world record holder who won the championship three times in a row, in the 100-meter trapeze battle, and ran a time of 9.79 seconds to become the first person to run 9.7 seconds in 12 years, Powell has been leading and has a clear advantage in the first half of the race, but Bolt's rear acceleration ability is too strong, and after 30 meters, Bolt surpassed Powell, and the race was very intense.
The 200m and long jump are non-diamond events, so a large number of good athletes did not participate, and the results were lackluster, but the women's event showed more excitement than the men's event, and Australia's "female Liu Xiang" Sarah Pearson won her first title of the year outside her home country in 12.49 seconds in the women's 100m hurdles, which is also her fourth consecutive championship this year.
The women's 100m hurdles competition was quite difficult, the first shot was signaled that the player was not ready, and the second shot British heptathlon beauty Ennis was sent off. The third shot went straight and the skilled Pearson quickly established his superiority. But this time she met her opponent, American Castherine in the second half of the race, and she showed signs of catching up, but Pearson was a little faster in the final sprint, winning in 12.49 seconds, breaking the meeting record and equalling her own world best of the year. Castherine finished second with a personal best of 12.56 seconds.
In the absence of the American Legion, the European Legion won most of the championships, and only the long-distance running and other events of the Afrika Legion defended their position.
Zhu Tianyun doesn't care about the Diamond League game, on June 10, Johnson, the former 400-meter flyer in the United States, gave a speech in New York, USA, Han Li successfully used Gatling's relationship to get a ticket, and Zhu Tianyun was going to the United States to learn from experience.
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the core of the New York metro area, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. For more than a century, New York has exerted a tremendous global presence in business and finance. New York is a world-class city that directly influences the world's economic, financial, media, political, educational, entertainment and fashion industries, and is also home to the United Nations headquarters, so New York is also recognized as the world capital.
On the afternoon of June 9, Zhu Tianyun successfully avoided all media reporters and arrived at the world capital in a low-key manner. Johnson's speech was actually at the City University of New York in the United States, so Han Li booked a hotel next to it early. It can be said that American speeches permeate all fields, and they are very rare in China.
In the 19th century, with the development of the "School Movement", lecture halls began to be popularized, and the original purpose was to spread knowledge and promote education, and after two centuries of development, speech has become an indispensable part of American culture.
Americans have always admired individual freedom, and speech is an important way to achieve freedom of speech, and everyone needs speech to express their thoughts. Speeches are more acceptable than words, and not everyone who writes a book will be read.
When you make a speech to run for president, voters can feel the speaker's ideas through the speaker's expression, tone, movements, eyes, etc. And through speeches, it is also easier for the speaker to make his values known to the constituents. Giving a speech is about speaking your heart and your true feelings. A speech is a better way to see the sincerity of the speaker than to write a long speech. Therefore, it is not surprising that Johnson, who has devoted himself to the American education industry, gave a speech, but Zhu Tianyun was very happy to have this opportunity, if it was a star in China, it would be very difficult to see if he did not attend the event.
Zhu Tianyun did not go out to see the prosperity of New York, but waited in the hotel for Johnson's speech tomorrow morning, as long as there is a chance to replicate Johnson's corner acceleration, then Zhu Tianyun will make a qualitative leap in the 200 meters.
Universities in the United States are very free, and Zhu Tianyun took Han Li and Yang Gang into the lecture hall of the City University of New York without much effort, and chose a position before the exam.
Michael Johnson, once the world's 200m 400m superstar, his track and field career dominated the world of sprinting, in the history of the Olympic Games, only one person has won two gold medals in the men's 200m and 400m at one Olympic Games, he is the American Michael Johnson, who is known as "Forrest Gump". By the time of Atlanta 1996, Johansen had been unbeaten in 54 international 400m races for seven consecutive years. In the first 400m, Johansen won the race by more than 10 meters ahead of the second-place finisher, the largest lead in the history of the Olympic Games. In addition, Johnson competed in five World Championships in Athletics in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999, and just as he won only gold medals in the Olympic Games, Johnson won nine gold medals in five competitions, without a silver or bronze medal. He is a well-deserved track and field superstar.
However, as his 200-meter record was broken by Usain Bolt, his reputation gradually dissipated, which has to be said to be the sadness of the famous general, since ancient times heroes are like beauties, not allowed to see white heads in the world, but his 400-meter record has been preserved to this day.
Johnson showed up in the auditorium at 9 a.m., swarthy and muscular, wearing a sweatshirt and baseball cap, looking young, no different from when he retired from track and field in 2000. The content of his speech today is about youth sports in the United States, Zhu Tianyun did not have much interest in this topic, just listened to it boringly, but Johnson's words were still very humorous, making the audience laugh, you must know that in the United States, if a person does not have a sense of humor, it is similar to scolding.
2 hours ended under Johnson's humorous speech, as soon as the eyes ended, some American college students rushed over to ask Johnson to sign, Johnson did not refuse, smiled and said a few words to everyone and then signed, Zhu Tianyun stood up and looked at Johnson not far away, more than half an hour of things, the talent slowly decreased, Zhu Tianyun looked at Johnson not far away motionlessly, and finally signed the last one, Zhu Tianyun walked over.
"Do you need my autograph, young man?" Johnson didn't have a tired tone, and asked about Zhu Tianyun like a friend, he had already noticed the three Zhu Tianyun standing not far from him.
Zhu Tianyun took off his sunglasses, and he thought it was rude to talk to a senior while wearing them: "Hello, Mr. Johnson." ”
Zhu Tianyun stretched out his hand, he didn't know how long Johnson would stay, he learned from Liu Xiang's experience several times, to copy skills cleanly, he was still thinking about how to shake hands with Johnson for 10 seconds, you must know that the handshake between Chinese people is branded with oriental culture. The basic Western-style handshake etiquette is very simple, with the right hand outstretched, the thumb facing up, and the palm flat. Place your palm against your palm and firmly hold the other person's hand. Hands vertically up and down 2 to 3 times. In China, people tend to shake hands gently, and shake hands for a while after shaking hands. Therefore, like the Chinese people, the two of them shook hands and exchanged pleasantries for more than ten seconds or even longer, which is rarely seen in the West.
Unexpectedly, Johnson reached out and held Zhu Tianyun's hand, Johnson looked at Zhu Tianyun carefully and did not speak or let go, which made Zhu Tianyun, who was originally worried, start to copy.
"Elf, copy the corner to accelerate." 10 seconds passed quickly, and Zhu Tianyun looked at Johnson and said without any intention of letting go.
"The elf continues to replicate Johnson's 400-meter speed." Just four hundred meters after the elf had finished copying, Johnson spoke.
"Are you Zhu Tianyun of Huaxia?" Zhu Tianyun didn't expect Johnson to be overjoyed to know him, which made Zhu Tianyun a little surprised by Liu Bei's "Kong Beihai knows that there is Liu Beiye in the world".
(I saw Kobe Bryant's retirement from the news today, I was very sad, I liked to watch Yao Ming very much when he was in the NBA, but at that time my favorite was Kobe and Iverson, but with the successive retirement of these people, I paid little attention to it, I didn't expect that the last memory of my NBA Kobe Bryant also retired, time flies, the years are like water, the dusty past is worth savoring, the lost youth is still worth recalling, the road traveled, leaving the marks of the times, containing the footprints of growth.) )