Run Out of My Life

The National Athletics Grand Prix is ​​one of the highest-level track and field events in the domestic track and field event. Athletes participate in the national Grand Prix races to accumulate points and rankings, and finally win prizes in the finals.

General athletes participate in this kind of competition mainly to show themselves, to attract the attention of the national team, and to further represent the national team in international competitions. Another goal is to participate in the national team. Games, domestic grand prix competitions and championships are all linked to the National Games by calculating points. Athletes must accumulate certain points to qualify for the National Games.

Of course, the prize money is also a key point, but if there is no record-breaking result, in fact, the prize money of the track and field Grand Prix is ​​not very objective. The bulk of it is the National Games bonus.

This time the National Athletics Grand Prix held in Baozhou is already the third stop, and the last stop next month is the National Athletics Championship and Grand Prix Finals.

On the plane from Hedao City to the Imperial Capital, Su Zu listened to the new assistant coach Wang Yuanbin impatiently explaining to him the competition system and significance of this track and field Grand Prix, but only listening to After a few words, I felt that it was a bit unworthy of the name, and it was quite troublesome.

The domestic track and field grand prix looks very high, but in fact the popularity and the number and quality of the athletes participating are average, the domestic grand prix points are low, so it is difficult to stimulate the players to play a high level , and it is difficult to attract famous players to participate.

Sometimes even professional athletes are not clear about the complex competition system, and the audience is even more incapable of being elegant. Laymen only watch the competition by star athletes, lack of stars and high-level results, the competition is naturally worthless.

"Actually, this Grand Prix is ​​similar to the IAAF Grand Prix and the Golden League, and many places have the same competition system, but there are not so many domestic Grand Prix sites, and compared with international ones The points of the competition are low, and the settings of some competition systems have also been adjusted." Assistant coach Wang Yuanbin wrote to Su Zuko with great interest.

There is no direct flight from Hedao City to Baozhou, you need to go to Didu Airport first, and then transfer to the train. This journey is still a bit boring, and Su Zu is also happy to hear about these sports events.

The IAAF Golden League is divided according to the IAAF's competition. The IAAF divides various track and field events into ten levels. The first level is the well-known Olympic Games and the IAAF World Championships. The second level is the IAAF World Athletics Finals, the IAAF World Indoor Championships, and the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. The third level is the IAAF Gold Race, the IAAF World Cup, and the state championships that the two just talked about.

The points and rankings are calculated for each level of competition from high to low. Su Zu roughly estimated that the domestic track and field Grand Prix is ​​already the sixth and seventh level, and the total points are relatively low. Not very attractive to high-level athletes.

Around 2 pm, Su Zu and his party arrived in Baozhou. They first contacted the Organizing Committee of the competition area to settle in the hotel, and then went to the Organizing Committee of the competition area to go through the registration procedures.

At 10:00 am the next day, the Organizing Committee of the competition area also held a technical meeting in the press hall of the Baozhou People's Gymnasium. Each participating unit sent a team leader and a coach to participate to announce the competition-related matters And confirm the list of participating athletes.

Hedao city team leader this time is Li Zhizhong, in addition to the sprint event that Su Zu participated in, the competition management center also sent two long-distance runners and a relatively unpopular javelin thrower .

I checked the venue of the Grand Prix Baozhou Station in the afternoon. Compared with the invitational tournament and the Chinese Games that Su Zu participated in before, the number of people in the venue is quite small, with only a few players. Doing adaptive training.

After all, to participate in this kind of track and field generals competition, many of them are veterans, and the sites in each division are too familiar with each other, and a few are coaches with newcomers to train.

The next morning, the National Athletics Grand Prix began.

The entire Grand Prix will be played in Baozhou for three days. As a pure track and field event, the time is still sufficient.

Su Zu watched his 100m preliminaries, there were less than 30 people in total, morning preliminaries, afternoon semi-finals and finals.

At 8:00 am, the men's 110-meter hurdles preliminaries started first. Compared with the 100-meter hurdles, there were fewer runners, but there were only 23 people, and 4 preliminaries were finished.

In these preliminaries, Su Zu finally saw him on the field for the first time, and he still lamented that he couldn't appreciate Liu Feiren in the 110-meter hurdles at the last Chinese Games. Most of them started to participate in international competitions in 2002, but this year's National Track and Field Grand Prix, they all came without a game.

Liu Yangyu was born in 1983, and he was only 18 years old at this time. He was more than 3 years older than Su Zu, and he still looked young.

From 2001 to 2002, the national track and field championships, the National Games, and the IAAF competitions in China have entered a stage of high-speed explosion. The 4 preliminaries easily entered the afternoon final as the first group.

At 9:30 in the morning, the men's 100-meter preliminaries started, and Su Zu stepped onto the track to prepare for the competition.

Starting from this National Grand Prix, according to the event plan given by his coaching staff, in the next year, he will also begin to enter into large-scale competitions.

At this time, in a viewing area not far from the track and field track, Yu Liwei was touching his chin to observe the performance of each group of athletes.

"Liu Yangyu's performance is improving steadily now. Although he only won the runner-up in the IAAF competition in Switzerland last two months, he ran 13.12, which is the best level in his career. It is also the world youth record in the men's 110m hurdles so far."

"Lao Yu, I invited you over and over again before, but you just didn't have time to shirk. This time I didn't send you an invitation, so you won't be invited."

"I was busy with the youth training before, and I have been unable to get out. I finally got free these days, so I won't come over quickly."

Yu Liwei smiled, but his eyes stayed on the track and field.

"Did you come to see Liu Yangyu's performance this time? I have also paid attention to his recent performance. He has been steadily improving. After so many years in the sprint track and field event, he has finally come up with a person who can run in the international arena. yes."

Yu Liwei nodded, and the chubby man who was joking with him, named Jienianfeng, was a person in charge of the track and field organizing committee, and he was clearer about the normality of some current competitive sports than him a bit.

"Well, it's time to think about it later." Jienianfeng held it with one hand and his stomach was shy, "There was a meeting in the bureau a while ago, and the documents have already fallen on the 2008 Olympic talent reserve plan. , our step-by-step reserve talents are not enough."

Yu Liwei remained silent. He is now the deputy head coach of the national track and field team and the head coach of the youth team. This is what he is focusing on. The Athens Olympic Games are still two years away, but the higher-level instructions have already been placed in 2008. To fight this tough battle at home, the pressure on their sports system is not ordinary.

"Hey, Lao Yu, listen to what you mean, you didn't come for nothing this time, it seems that you are prepared? Tell me who has caught your eye." Zhou Jifeng responded. , Yu Liwei has always done things with a purpose, but Pingbai suddenly appeared in this track and field grand prix. If you really just have a look, why didn't the two sites leave the shadows?

Yu Liwei laughed, "I can't hide it from you, Zhou Chu, did you pay attention to last month's Chinese Games?"

"China Games?" Juvenile Feng was slightly stunned. Although the scale of the China Games is not small, it is still based on young people. The head of the sports system really didn't pay attention.

"What's the situation? Talk about it, don't sell it."

"The 100-meter sprint record for the Chinese Games was set just last month. 10.39 seconds, you say this result is worth running for me."

"10 seconds 39?" Juvenile Feng has been in the sports system for many years, not those who have turned over to gild it. After thinking about it for a while, I understand the meaning of this achievement.

For a few years, with a bang, all the grades fell.

The score of 10.39 is not to mention the Chinese Games, and the National Games will also have a chance to win a medal.

"I'm a high school student, I can run 10 seconds 39. If I'm still a high school student, it's probably seventeen or eighteen, not bad, not bad." Zhou Jifeng asked, and then he praised himself. .

"It's less than seventeen or eighteen, I learned a bit. I was born in January 1987, and I'm not yet 16 years old this year." Yu Liwei said slowly, on the track and field in the distance, the men's 100-meter runner The preliminaries have begun, gradually attracting his attention.

"Okay, this." Zhou Jifeng clapped his palms, "This is not another Liu Yangyu, 16 years old, 10 seconds 39, I remember reading the information, this sprinter is usually The peak period is 20-25 years old, hey, this talent is incredible, you boy, you can find talent everywhere!"

Yu Liwei said that Yu Liwei was a little itchy. There are many officials in the track and field system, but there are also some athletes and coaches who retired and changed careers. They really love to do this.

"Hey, show me, which one is it?"