Run Out of My Life

3AM.

In a residential building in Yangcheng, Guangdong Province, a ding ding ding sounded, followed by a ping-pong sound and rustling of clothes.

Zhao Zhuo put on his coat and slipped from the room to the living room. As soon as he opened the living room, he saw his father Zhao Xingguo lying on the sofa in front of the TV and sleeping soundly.

Zhao Zhuo tiptoely turned on the TV, took the remote control, and slowly stepped back to the sofa.

"CCTV, CCTV, welcome everyone to watch the second round of the men's 110-meter hurdles in the Athens Olympic Games, which will be broadcast live for you. I am the on-site commentator Yang Jian, and Chinese player Liu Yangyu will be there. The third group of the semi-finals... After the men's 110-meter hurdles semi-finals, I will bring you the men's 200-meter semi-finals. There are two Chinese players, Su Zu and Yang Guangzong, so please pay attention..."

As soon as the TV was turned on, the picture on the screen had not yet come out, and the familiar voice of the five hosts of CCTV had already come out.

Zhao Zhuo turned down the volume, then turned around and gently pushed Zhao Xingguo, who was sleeping soundly on the sofa, "Dad, wake up, the game is about to start."

"Huh?" Zhao Xingguo opened his eyes in a daze. He was nearly forty years old and couldn't stay up all night. His son was in front of him and asked in a hoarse voice, "What time is it?"

"3:15." Zhao Zhuo replied in a low voice, and looked at the bedroom on the other side. At this time, he did not dare to move too much. The top leader of the family suddenly came out, and the power supply As soon as the switch is closed, the remote control is taken away, and it will be a big problem.

"Didn't you say it started at four o'clock?"

Zhao Xingguo sat up slowly, picked up the tea on the coffee table in front of the sofa, took a sip, and became a little more energetic.

In the middle of the night and Zhao Xingguo got up in the middle of the night to watch the game, it was when he first watched the World Cup.

For many Olympic events, CCTV basically only broadcasts the semi-finals and semi-finals, including the men's 110-meter hurdles.

This time, the domestic audience can watch the second round of the men's 110-meter hurdles rematch, largely because the men's 200-meter semi-finals and the men's 110-meter hurdles rematch are successively connected.

At 22:15 on the evening of August 25th, Athens time, the men's 110-meter hurdles rematch, followed by the men's 200-meter semifinals at 22:55.

The Olympic Games lasted for more than ten days, and the gold-winning hotspots of various events have basically been introduced one after another, plus Su Zu's breaking the 10-second mark and the 100-meter bronze medal in domestic The sensation caused, many sports enthusiasts who were not too interested in the men's sprint and sprint events, have gradually shifted their focus.

"What's so good about the 110-meter hurdles?" Zhao Xingguo felt a little tired, and leaned on the sofa slowly, "Are there any Chinese athletes?"

"It seems there is." Zhao Zhuo said uncertainly, "Several hosts mentioned it when I was watching the event, and the time was just right, take a look by the way."

"What about the final?" Zhao Xingguo narrowed his eyes slightly and asked with his head resting on the sofa.

Zhao Zhuo glanced at the TV, and the voice of the live commentary was coming out.

"...The men's 110-meter hurdles rematch has a total of four group matches. Liu Yangyu is in the sixth track of the third group, and American star Alan Johnson is in the second group. The confrontation between the two is estimated this time. In the semi-finals and finals..."

When he saw this, Zhao Zhuo also noticed it and replied to Zhao Jianguo, "Rematch."

Zhao Jianguo waved his hand, indicating that he heard it too, "Who is this Liu Yangyu? The host seems to be very powerful."

"I'll check it out." Zhao Zhuo glanced at the TV, the athlete had not yet appeared on the screen, and Liu Yangyu was in the third group of the semi-finals, so you can wait.

He took out a brand new laptop from the room, which was rewarded by his uncle who was admitted to a key high school for business this year. Turn on the phone, enter the name in the search engine skillfully, and in a few seconds, rows of relevant information will appear.

"Dad, come and see, this Liu Yangyu is very powerful." Zhao Zhuo glanced at the webpage and suddenly shouted.

"Really." Zhao Xingguo leaned on for a while, and gradually regained his spirits. He got up and leaned in front of the computer beside Zhao Zhuo, looking at several portal websites listing Liu Yangyu's previous competition results, Suddenly surprised.

"This is still a champion seed!"

I really don't know, it turns out that in addition to the men's 100m and 200m events, our country also has a very strong athlete in the men's 110m hurdles.

In the TV, Yang Jian, who is also a host from short-span events, has been mentioning the name of Liu Yangyu at this time, from the domestic to the Asian Games to the World Championships, all kinds of There are many achievements in the Golden League Grand Prix, especially when Liu Yangyu has won all the athletes in the 110-meter hurdles in the world.

The two fathers and sons discovered that, as if they had never noticed, there is a favorite to win the championship.

Men's 110-meter hurdles, Liu Yangyu has participated in large-scale international events since 2000, and he has been training with the competition. Step by step, his reputation in this event has been completely made. Until today's Olympic Games in 2004, it was almost the number one champion seed.

But this fame can only be aimed at many track and field enthusiasts or people in the sports circle. For most ordinary people, it is far from being familiar.

But after Su Zu won the 100m bronze medal, many Chinese who had no interest in the men's sprint and men's track and field events suddenly lit up.

"The computer is turned off, take a good look, maybe this Liu Yangyu really has a show."

Zhao Xingguo got up and sat on the sofa again, staring at the game that was about to start on the TV.

Zhao Xingguo is a fan, and he doesn't pay much attention to track and field events, but this is the Olympic Games, when he sees his own national athletes, there are people who can run under 10 seconds in the sprint event Guan, when he ran into the final, he was excited.

The men's sprint event has always been the most concerned about in the Olympic Games. From the beginning of the Olympic Games, from the beginning of the Chinese athletes to participate in the competition, the first event is the sprint.

Even if you don't know much about track and field events, there are a few people who don't know about the men's 100-meter event in each Olympic Games.

How influential is the men's 100m event?

Simply speaking from a domestic point of view, there is no Chinese athlete from the preliminaries to the finals, but the most mainstream news media in the country will at least broadcast it over and over several times, and there will also be news broadcasts. .

"Yeah, okay." Zhao Zhuo closed the notebook. Although he wanted to browse the web pages for a while, the game on TV was about to start, so he should watch the game first.

At this time, in front of the TV, many viewers were originally waiting for the semi-finals of the 200-meter event. As early as the day’s notice was released, two Chinese athletes advanced to the 200-meter semi-finals.

Before the 200-meter event, there is a rematch of the 110-meter hurdles, which is really an ideal schedule.

On the TV, with the voice of the commentator Yang Jian, the first group and the second group of the semi-finalists quickly finished the competition, when Liu Yangyu from the third group, sixth channel appeared on the TV .

The two father and son smiled slightly, this... It seems that they have seen his soda advertisement.

And as Liu Yangyu easily advanced in the rematch with a score of 13.27 seconds, the two were completely excited.

Is our Chinese men's track and field event really up? Zhao Xingguo rubbed his chin and thought. When he watched the Olympic Games, he mainly watched the events that Chinese people participated in. He hadn't paid attention to it before because he couldn't see Chinese players.

Hey, at least this Olympics, the men's sprint event is no longer the same black and white as before.

This time, several Chinese athletes appeared in this Olympic Stadium.