Day 5 of the World Championships in Osaka.

At this time, it begins to enter the climax of hurdling.

It is also a game that the people of the whole country care about the most.

Many people who don't usually watch the game know that today, there is Liu Xiang's game.

This is the degree of nationality and the influence of the people.

At this point, if you haven't won an Olympic medal or even a gold medal, it is difficult for you to compare with Liu Xiang.

Compared with the country's gold medal requirements, Liu Xiang spoke out for the first time after coming to Osaka-

"To tell you the truth, when I come to the World Championships in Osaka, my goal is to finish in the top three, and I can accept any color medal."

In fact, Liu Xiang and Su Shen discussed this, and suggested lowering everyone's expectations at the beginning, otherwise, it would be easy to have problems.

Especially now everyone believes that Liu Xiang must win the championship, which is the most important gold medal, once it is won, it can break the embarrassing situation that our Huajia track and field team has not won a gold medal in the World Championships after entering the 21st century.

You have to know that the last gold medal was won at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain.

In the past 8 years, the Huajia track and field team has only won two bronze medals and one silver medal in the three World Championships, of which Liu Xiang alone contributed one silver and one bronze. Yes, but before that, Liu Xiang had not won a gold medal at the World Championships.

In addition, next year's Olympic Games are imminent, and many people hope that before the Olympic Games, they will achieve a breakthrough of 0 gold medals in the 21st Century World Championships.

In particular, some media began to hype, saying that Osaka was Liu Xiang's blessed place to win gold, and he came here four or five times before, and each time he won the gold medal.

Then this time is no exception.

Seriously, this is meaningless, because the gap between the OW game and other competitions is very large, and it is not the same.

But everyone is willing to listen to this kind of talk, and naturally they are willing to write it.

But because he was too fanatical, Su Shen still suggested that it would be better for Liu Xiang to take the initiative to cool down.

So there is this passage -

"I feel like I'm in the same shape now as I was at Athens 2004. However, the outside world's requirements for me are rising, and it seems that if I am not in the top three, it is not normal. In fact, the level of several masters in the 110-meter hurdles is about the same, and it is normal for anyone to lose and win. This time in Osaka, I will give it my all and take the game seriously, and that is enough. ”

Regarding the "Osaka blessed land" promoted by the media this time, Liu Xiang also responded, saying:

"In the past, the level of competition in Osaka could not be compared to the World Championships. Moreover, in those games, the opponents were not very strong, and some masters did not attach much importance to them. This time at the World Championships in Osaka, everyone will go all out, and it will be much more difficult. ”

Yes, in this way, everyone basically has a bottom.

It's not that easy to know.

Especially at the end, Liu Xiang also smiled and said-

"We had a lot of fun coming to Osaka this time, taking care of each other, talking and laughing. It's not like when I went to Europe alone and felt lonely. ”

He actually wanted to point out Su Shen, but thinking about it, he didn't want to give him extra attention pressure.

These media know by themselves that they are not fuel-efficient lamps.

But when this kind of words are spoken, people who understand it will naturally understand.

Especially when it comes to breaking records, he doesn't mention it at all, and this kind of talk is completely like roasting athletes on the fire.

Don't say yes easily.

Of course, there are also examples of the exact opposite, such as Trammell, who lost to Liu Xiang in '04.

He is a typical high-profile type, and his opening is-

"Look, I will definitely be able to break the world record set by Liu Xiang. I will continue to work hard for this! (sic)

Well, that's a very Amerika.

Sprint teams rarely take a moment to catch their breath, after all, track and field competitions are short and don't consume much time. And it's been in a tense game atmosphere, it's too long, and the spirit will be tired. "Relaxation" and "combination of work and rest" are also an important training concept of the "Su Shen Department", otherwise it will become the previous "three from one big".

Coming to watch Liu Xiang's game is obviously the easiest way to mobilize excitement and relieve mental fatigue.

In the end, this is indeed the most promising gold medal event for our track and field team this time.

Even if it was the preliminaries, it was crowded with people, and it seemed that my enthusiasm for Liu Xiang was still very high.

"Wow, it's really worthy of Brother Xiang, this momentum, it seems that this place has become his home field." Liang Jiahong came out and looked at the audience shouting "Liu Xiang", which was really shocked, envious and admired.

This is Liu Xiang's influence on the world, especially in Asia.

The gold medal in the first sprint event was really exciting.

In addition, the team's short-span project was originally stretched, and the gap was too big, so naturally there was no comparison, and I just wanted to cheer for myself as an Asian.

Liu Xiang was in the second group of the group stage, the fourth runway, and when the on-site commentator read his name, the audience immediately responded enthusiastically. Liu Xiang himself raised his arms with a smile and greeted everyone with his trademark wave gesture.

"Brother Xiang is so domineering! I love it! Liang Jiahong and the rest of the young team members were also driven, and their enthusiasm had begun to stir.

Bang ————————

This kind of competition, to be honest, Liu Xiang took it too easily, although someone rushed to the first shot, Liu Xiang still rushed out with a super starting speed of 0.141. You have to know that in the preliminaries, many people can't get to the start of 0.150s, and the preliminaries can't consume too much attention.

Liu Xiang is naturally the same, so this shot is actually the reaction speed after he relaxes his reaction.

It's just too strong.

Relaxation can be so quick to react.

It is worthy of being a super strong man with a perennial 0.12x reaction.

The race went smoothly in the process, Liu Xiang seemed to be a stag on the track, easily jumping over the hurdles, and even ...... In the back of the big screen, you will see that he is even smiling.

At the end of the sprint, Liu Xiang actually followed the example of Su Shen and them, came to "look back at the moon", and then contracted his pace, reduced his swing arm, and won the first place in the group with a time of 13.36 seconds, easily reaching the semifinals.

Headwinds didn't affect him at all.

In an interview after the run, Liu Xiang deliberately said that because he thought "looking back at the moon" was very handsome and fun, so he also tried it.

Well.

It does feel good.

Sure enough, that's the benefit of reopening.

If you use it first, the trademark will automatically start to become you-oriented.

There's no way, just like Liu Xiang said, don't blame Brother Mo for his feelings, the main thing is that this action is too handsome, but anyone who knows it and has this ability, can't help it if he doesn't do it.

When asked by a reporter about the performance of the players in the same group, Liu Xiang could only say embarrassedly-

13.92s, well, yes not bad, still need to refuel, refuel, well, that's it.

embarrassed to cut out a three-bedroom living room.

After all, the score of 13.92s, how to say it, Liu Xiang can't say that I can run out of this score at the age of sixteen or seventeen.

Shi Dongpeng also played very well, and finally qualified for the group stage with the best result of 13.22s.

In fact, if there was no Liu Xiang, he should have glorified Asia, but unfortunately in the same era as Liu Xiang, his achievements were a little overshadowed.

However, what is surprising is that another "college student" who came out this time also ran to the second round.

All three of them made the cut, which also made everyone happy.

But in the semi-finals, the situation was not so ideal, Liu Xiang obviously had the impact of high fever and fatigue just a few days ago, plus he met Robles in the semi-finals, although Robles is still a young player, but has shown an extremely strong momentum. His characteristic is that he is extremely explosive, the peak is extremely high, although the peak is very short, but the peak is very strong, once he also broke Liu Xiang's 12.88s, but this time, Liu Xiang has run to 12.85s in advance, it is estimated that he and the world record, no chance.

Bang ——————

At the start of the race, the Dutchman Sedeko in lane 7 took the lead.

The game starts from scratch.

After the second shot, Liu Xiang and the fourth Robles immediately rushed out.

Liu Xiang kept his opponent's head down in the first 10 hurdles, only slowing down slightly at the end. Let Robles overtake him.

13.25s, everyone is a little regretful, but because Liu Xiang obviously deliberately let it go in the end, everyone still thinks that it is not a big problem in their hearts. But for professional athletes, it's very likely that something will go wrong.

Because......

Passes may be ranked in a bad position.

The outer path, if it's six or seven, it's fine, if it's the eighth, that is, the first one, in fact, the ninth, then it's in a very awkward position.

As long as you are a professional athlete, everyone knows that if you want to win this competition, it will be very challenging to say that it sounds good, but it is difficult to say that it is difficult to hear...... The difficulty will increase dramatically.

In fact, when it comes to history, many ordinary track and field fans may not understand it at all, but in history, it is clear that in the entire history, there is no history of winning championships on the side.

It's in the history of athletics, and it's not just hurdles.

Therefore, if it is distributed, it will give huge psychological pressure.

After everyone prayed all night, the next day after seeing the grouping of the game, they were all silent for a few seconds.

And then some people even depressedly "spit fragrant in their mouths".

Because Liu Xiang is really the most unwilling to be faced by everyone, the most marginal way, that is, the eighth (ninth) way.

As soon as this position came out, many of Liu Xiang's opponents were "excited".

After all, in the history of track and field, if you want to win the championship on the side, there has never been an OW competition.

So many people don't understand what this parting of the road meant back then.

Basically, when this path came out, many championship contenders thought that "Liu Xiang was cool".

Never before in history, and what else do you want to do?

Impossible.

And sprinting is different from middle-distance running, and the impact of the side road is greater.

Suddenly, the outside media, especially Reuters, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, and the local media, began to look a little down. After all, it's hard for you to have confidence in something that has never happened before.

Liu Xiang's team also became nervous.

Although Liu Xiang himself said that he didn't care which one he was in, when he reached the finals, his painting style completely changed.

The previous "low-key top three" remarks suddenly became-

"As long as I get to the final, whether it's lane 1 or lane 8, I can run, and I hope to get a taste of being on the podium tomorrow."

"I'm still in charge of myself, no matter what others do, just compete with myself."

At this time, the situation has changed, and naturally he can no longer look down on himself, as in history, Liu Xiang immediately opened his mouth after seeing the parting, and the direction of the whole discourse completely changed.

But at this time, there are too few people who dare to stand up and speak, after all, they are all knowledgeable people who dare not talk nonsense.

The ninth is really bad.

But just like Liu Xiang himself used to say "loneliness", this word, Su Shen in the international arena, why don't you understand?

He is also "lonely" on the international stage.

So at this time, Su Shen, as a medalist in the men's 100m at the World Championships, said in front of these foreign media when he was interviewed————

"I believe that tomorrow's gold medal will definitely belong to Liu Xiang."

"What's the side that no one has ever won?"

Su Shen smiled calmly, and said to these authoritative Omi media who wanted to see the flowers planted:

"Then I'll take it tomorrow, won't I have it?"

"The ninth miracle, I believe, is red."

When Liu Xiang was preparing for the war, he heard that Su Shen actually said this publicly, supported him so strongly, and didn't fight official and Tai Chi at all, he suddenly really felt ......

"I am not alone".

This boy I met at the Chinese Games.

Definitely the most important friend in my life.

PS: Add a handful today~~~~ Many people may not know the meaning and environment of the side road, it is really difficult, it is very difficult.

It's just that we know the result now, and when we didn't know the result back then, we can imagine how much psychological pressure Liu Xiang undertook.

I hope this linkage can make everyone recall together, the champion back then, it was really not easy.

Environmental pressure, physical pressure, is much greater than you think.