Let's be a world champion first! [sports]

The 200-meter race is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Compared with the men's 100-meter event, the topic of the men's 200-meter race seems to be less topical than the 100-meter race, but in fact, the 200-meter sprint is important for Japanese track and field. As far as the project is concerned, it is also a project that makes them extremely proud.

Based on Japan's land area and population, among their active athletes, there are 21 athletes who can run within 35 seconds in the last season, and China has a clear gap with Japan in the 200-meter dash. In the 200-meter event, there are only 2021 Chinese players who can run within 21 seconds in the 5 season, which is just a fraction of the Japanese players.

In Japan, there are at least 200 of the strongest players in the 5-meter event, and the results are within 20 seconds. This means that Japan has at least 58 active players who are capable of breaking the record set by China in 5. The 03-meter men's sprint record.

其中，日本在200米实力最强的宫城圭悟，他在200米这个项目上，2021赛季的最好成绩是20秒13，而他个人的PB是在2020赛季创造的20秒06，这个成绩也让他顺利在2020年的东京奥运上跻身男子200米项目的决赛。

Although he did not perform well in the final and failed to achieve ideal results, he was already the first athlete of yellow race to advance to the final of the Olympic 200-meter sprint, which made him once crowned a hero in Japan.

In this 200-meter event, the Japanese players who can sign up and get the participation quota, except for Miyagi Keigo, the rest of them are all 200-meter sprint rookies in the Japanese track and field circle. The age of the two is similar to that of Ryota Yoshijima , PB are all within 21 seconds, respectively 20 seconds 78 and 20 seconds 66.

As for Keigo Miyagi himself, in the 2021 season last year, Keigo Miyagi failed to reopen the 20 mark. During the 10-year offseason, he also went to the United States to participate in training. After returning from training, he He has already spoken to the Japanese media that his goal is to reopen the 21-second mark in the 2022 season, and strive to move towards the 20-second mark.

In addition to Keigo Miyagi, there are also Andre from Canada, Rodney from the United States, and Clarence from Jamaica. Most of these players' PBs are within 20 seconds. For Su Qian In other words, it is almost an opponent from another dimension.

Domestic track and field fans were still happy in the morning, but after seeing the data in the afternoon, they silently wiped their faces and faced the reality again.

Although they have always known that China will lag behind even more in the 200-meter and 400-meter events, but it is really only after facing such a world-class event that this kind of stark contrast in data can be compared. will hit them harder.

To be honest, facing such an opponent, even Jiang Weiming, who was at his peak, could not have enough impact on these people.

But now on the field, it is a 16-year-old kid like Su Qian who faces these players alone and will challenge them on the track.

In the morning, Su Qian's joy of successfully challenging the [-]-meter track and breaking the Asian teenager's [-]-meter record was replaced by heaviness at this time.

Of course they are delighted that Su Qian has the absolute courage to stand on this field without fear, but they also want to see more players like Su Qian who can continuously improve their own performance , to be able to stand on the international arena more bravely.

Only when there are more players who continue to challenge bravely and strive to break through themselves, can China's sprints have a more exciting future.

In terms of China's population base, China's reserve talent pool for sprint events is far less than Japan's.

In the conference room of the track and field national team, several coaches got together again at this time, watching the upcoming 200-meter live broadcast.

Seeing the public screen barrage of track and field fans in the live broadcast room, Qiu Mingxin could only smile wryly.

Reserve talent reserve, this matter is easier said than done, the level of grassroots coaches in China is still very limited, grassroots talent selection, willingness to choose athletes who are willing to flow to sprint events, and qualified talent training.

There are enormous difficulties at all levels.

It can only be said that in the past few years, two runners who broke ten in a row in the 100 meters brought great surprises to the domestic track and field events. It was only after that that the popularity of domestic sprint events improved qualitatively.

But to convert these improvements into a sufficiently thick talent pool and an increase in overall strength...

"There is a long way to go." Qiu Mingxin said with emotion.

Xing Yuanzhi also sighed, but quickly regained his energy, and said with a smile: "Although the responsibilities are heavy and the road is long, my way is not alone, and I will succeed in the future."

Speaking of this, Xing Yuanzhi smiled and said: "Japan has Japan's accumulation, but China has China's luck. Japan has accumulated many years, but the first to break the [-]-meter [-]-second mark is our two Chinese athletes."

"In the 200-meter event, we also have a talented athlete like Su Qian."

"Although Japan has a strong reserve of talents, it may still follow behind our Chinese team," Xing Yuanzhi joked with a smile, and also easily changed the atmosphere in the conference room.

Amidst Xing Yuanzhi's ridicule, the coaches in the conference room also laughed.

Yes, who said it must be impossible?

Amidst the laughter of the crowd, the men's 200-meter sprinters had already appeared on the track at the Kawasaki Stadium in Japan.

In the 200-meter race, Su Qian once again appeared on the ninth lane, the outermost lane, while Japan’s Keigo Miyagi was on the fifth lane. The closest to Su Qian was Hashimoto, one of the two Japanese 200-meter teenagers Si, he is only 20 years old this year, and his PB is 20. He is a young player with great potential.

Ever since Hashimoto stood on the starting block, he paid special attention to Su Qian who was on the ninth lane in front of him on the right.

He also paid attention to the men's 100-meter race in the morning. After the race, he went to find Ryota Yoshishima and asked him how he felt about Su Qian during the race.

Ryota Yoshishima said very frankly that he did not pay attention to Su Qian before the game. There was a gap in age and strength between the two. He did not expect that Su Qian could withstand the pressure in this kind of competition and completely He fell behind.

As for Su Qian's performance on the track...

The only feeling that Yoshishima Ryota can provide Hashimoto Division is that "his back acceleration ability is very strong, although his height is not high, but his stride is not small".

Standing behind the 200-meter starting block, Hashimoto was looking at Su Qian in front of him - he was arranged in the ninth lane. It can be said that Su Qian was in a relatively unfavorable position in this game. Under such circumstances, Can Su Qian still achieve an amazing result?

Hashimoto checked Su Qian's information at noon. This 16-year-old boy from China not only has the 100-meter Asian junior record in his hand, but also the 15-meter Asian junior record in the 200-year-old age group. he.

Although even his coach thinks that he is too cautious about Su Qian, Hashimoto Tsukasa has always been such a cautious character. He does not want to be affected by mistakes during the game because of his negligence. .

Su Qian, a young man from China, made him feel enough danger.

At Kawasaki Stadium, in the auditorium in the afternoon, almost 90% of the seats opened by the organizer were still filled by spectators.

The difference from the morning was that in the audience in the afternoon, someone even brought a temporary handwritten support card with Su Qian's name written on it.

Obviously they came here to support Su Qian.

When the on-site camera lens began to scan from the ninth track to the athletes one by one to introduce the players on the spot one by one, when the commentator introduced 'ninth track, China Su Qian, PB21 seconds 07' on the broadcast, there was a burst of sound on the scene Enthusiastic applause and cheers, and even cheers shouting Su Qian's name.

Kawasaki TV, the guests in the live broadcast room were also very surprised after seeing this scene.

"Amazing! The popularity of China's Su players has risen really fast!"

"Not only is his popularity rising very fast, but also on the daily Twitter, the topics about him are becoming more and more popular—the future big devil who is cheerful, cute and ruthless coexists. This kind of temperament and strength has really attracted many fans. attention!"

Ichiro Ishikawa also nodded: "If it is about strength, then in Su's age group, he is definitely a top player in Asia."

The host asked curiously: "Are the 100m and 200m both events? What about the 200m event in the afternoon? Can Su compete in the competition?"

Hearing this question, Ishikawa Ichiro shook his head seriously: "It's very difficult. Player Su may be able to set his own record, but in today's 200-meter race, the strength between him and other players is too great. If there is a huge disparity, he will not have a chance."

"And, even if we only discuss the strength of Asian rookies, our Hashimoto and Kimura players have far surpassed Su."

"There will be no accidents in the 200-meter race this afternoon!"

In the end, Ichiro Ishikawa was so categorical.

Other guests and hosts at the scene also agreed with Ishikawa's statement after hearing Ichiro Ishikawa's analysis of the advantages of Japan's domestic 200-meter sprint event compared with China.

In the domestic broadcast, most viewers could not understand the conversations of these guests, and some track and field fans who could understand Japanese wanted to refute, but after a while of depression, they still could not refute this argument.

After a short period of depression, the camera turned to the players on the scene again. In the camera, Su Qian, who was on the ninth track, was shining brightly and smiling brightly.

And with the sound of the whistle on the spot, the smile on Su Qian's face also subsided in an instant, and turned into a firmness towards the target goal, swearing not to back down - the competition is about to begin!