For domestic track and field fans, although the World Championships have ended long ago, September 8 is still a day worthy of attention.

On this day, not only can we see Wei En make his debut at the IAAF Diamond League Zurich Finals, but we can also see domestic track and field athletes working hard in the National Track and Field Championships and Olympic Qualification Competition.

According to the requirements of the IAAF, athletes participating in the London Olympics must meet performance standards within the specified time: all relay events are from January 1, 2011 to July 2, 2012, and long-distance events such as 10,000 meters, marathon and race walking are

January 1, 2011 - July 8, 2012; other personal projects are from May 1, 2011 - July 8, 2012.

For each track and field event in the Olympic Games, each team can send up to 3 athletes to participate, provided that all 3 athletes have reached the A standard for the event; if there is no A but multiple athletes have reached the B standard, only 1 athlete can be sent.

Athletes who meet the criteria participate.

In previous Olympic Games and World Championships, domestic track and field fans have been arguing over who should be sent to compete in the men's 100-meter event, because usually Chinese men's 100-meter athletes can always achieve multiple B standards, but no one can achieve it.

A mark.

Under such circumstances, the only participating spot becomes very precious.

But this is different in the 2012 London Olympics. Among China's current men's 100-meter athletes, a total of 3 have reached the A standard and 1 has reached the B standard. As a result, there is no controversial point.

The 2011 National Track and Field Championships and London Olympics qualifying event is the highest level, largest number of people, and most important event in China's track and field this year. It is also the selection of Chinese track and field events to participate in the London Olympics.

Therefore, except for Wei En, who is still in Zurich, and Liu Xiang, who needs training, almost all high-level domestic athletes are on the stage, competing for 42 gold medals.

In addition, for the first time in this championship, performance level awards were established based on the IAAF Diamond League award model, which became one of the special highlights.

The performance level award is based on the 2010 world track and field athletes ranking third, sixth, and tenth as benchmarks. Those who meet the performance standards in this competition will receive first prize, second prize, and third prize respectively.

The prizes and rewards are 100,000 yuan, 80,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan respectively.

It is a pity that no one has touched the first prize of the performance level award specially set up for this event. Of all the awards, only Gong Lijiao's performance in the women's shot put event has reached the reward standard of 80,000 yuan for the second prize.

Although the men's 100-meter event at this year's championships lacks the participation of Wei En, the level is not low.

Surprisingly, the men's 100-meter champion in this championship is not Zhang Peimeng, but Su Bingtian, who has been suppressed by him for a whole year.

Many track and field fans believe that if the wind speed in the final is greater than 0.5m/s, based on the performance of Zhang Peimeng and Su Bingtian at the Daegu World Championships, they have a good chance of hitting the 10-second mark.

But unfortunately they forgot one thing, that is, the men's 100-meter preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals of this championship were all squeezed into the same day.

Under such circumstances, it was difficult for the players to return to their best physical condition, so Zhang Peimeng and Su Bingtian were not able to create new miracles.

The final result was that Su Bingtian won the championship with a time of 10.06 seconds, tying the competition record set by Wei En at the Jinan Olympic Sports Center last year.

Zhang Peimeng finished second with a time of 10.08 seconds. When interviewed by reporters after the game, he said bluntly:

“Because it’s just a few days before the World Championships in Daegu, Su Bingtian and I are in pretty good shape. But like this, the preliminaries, semifinals, and finals are all squeezed into a one-day schedule. It still feels a little inappropriate.

A schedule like last year would be good..."

Except for the unreasonable schedule that caused Su and Zhang to fail to perform at their current ultimate level, this time the men's 100m final was quite satisfactory.

Lao Yi won the bronze medal with a time of 10.17 seconds. Although he is still not at his peak form last year, he has also reached the London Olympics A standard. So far, four Chinese athletes have reached the London Olympics men's 100m A standard.

Zheng Dongsheng ranked fourth with a time of 10.27 seconds, and Xie Zhenye ranked fifth with a time of 10.29 seconds. It can be seen that the Chinese men's 100 meters in 2011 has definitely improved overall compared to last year.

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It will be 20:10 pm on September 8, Zurich time, and 3:10 pm on September 9, Yanjing time.

Although it is late at night, there are still many track and field fans in China waiting for the men's 100-meter annual finals in Zurich of the Diamond League.

This game was still narrated by Yang Jian, who is familiar to domestic track and field audiences.

Speaking of which, in fact, last year CCTV almost never broadcast live broadcasts of the IAAF Diamond League in Europe and the United States. They bought the rights in advance and waited until noon the next day to record and broadcast the edited event content on the sports channel in the afternoon.

However, the special nature of the men's 100-meter event cannot be overridden. Since the Asian Games last year, the track and field craze started by Wei En has never stopped, and the sprint craze has never stopped, and is getting more and more intense.

So now, as long as Wei En participates in the Diamond League, regardless of whether the game time is late at night in China, CCTV will directly purchase the copyright and broadcast it live.

Ten minutes ago, the domestic audience had just witnessed Dairon Robles win the championship and called it "unlucky". Fortunately, the most anticipated men's 100m final was next.

Bolt, the most anticipated figure, did not appear on the field, but the "year-end showdown between the Red Lightning and the Jamaican Beast" that was exaggerated by the IAAF and various media before the game was still very interesting.

Coupled with the addition of Asafa Powell, the creator of this season's best performance who has returned from injury, this Diamond League annual finals, which is not inferior to the lineup in the World Championship finals, is still attractive to track and field fans.

very huge.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Since Bolt announced that he will not participate in this year's Diamond League men's 100 meters and 200 meters competition, he will only participate in the Brussels station exhibition match, so before the battle begins, Wain has already

It has become the focus of interviews by major media.

To be honest, the main reason why Bolt did not participate in the men's 100m finals in Zurich and the men's 200m finals in Brussels was the arrangement of Glenn Mills.

Although he was sent off for jumping the gun in the men's 100m final of this year's World Championships in Daegu, Bolt still proved himself in the 200m event. For Bolt, a Grand Slam player, he is the annual Diamond League champion.

It's not necessary.

But for Blake, who is now thriving, the Diamond League Annual Finals is a very important stage.

Although no matter how you calculate it, Blake's points are not enough to win the Diamond Championship and become the annual championship. But if he can win these two highly valuable finals, it will still greatly increase Blake's popularity and influence.

Promoting.

From this point of view, Glenn Mills is actually quite good to Yohan Blake. Not only does he not favor Bolt, but he takes great care of him.

At 20:13 Zurich time, the players were finally ready and returned to the preparation area to wait for the pre-game introduction.

At this time, a roster panel for this competition flashed on the live broadcast screen, and it could be seen that a total of 9 players participated in the Zurich Men's 100m Annual Finals.

There are four players from Jamaica, two players from the United States, one player from China, one player from St. Kitts and Nevis, and one player from Trinidad and Tobago.

The panel lists the players' grades, countries, and names. In addition, there is a shining diamond icon on the far right of Wayne's column.

This diamond icon represents that Wei En is currently the player with the highest diamond points in the men's 100-meter event in the IAAF Diamond League.

Yang Jian: "Okay, the Diamond League Zurich men's 100-meter annual finals are about to begin. In this game, Asafa Powell is returning from injury. He will face the 100-meter flying man of the New World Championships. my country's famous guard kindness."

"In the current Diamond League men's 100-meter standings, Wayne has 14 points and Powell has 12 points. That means whoever wins this battle will be this year's Diamond League men's 100-meter champion."

"Lane 1, this is Michael Flatt, the Jamaican athlete who just set the 4x100m world record with his teammates not long ago. He is the second member of the Jamaican 4x100m relay team."

Michael Flatt's "dress" is very special, because in commercial international events such as the Diamond League, players usually wear standard sportswear provided by their respective sports endorsement companies, but Flatt wore the Daegu World Championships

Jamaican team jersey.

It can be seen from this that the competition in the men's 100 meters in Jamaica is so fierce that Michael Flatt, a world-class athlete with a PB of 9.88 seconds, has not received any sponsorship endorsements.

"Lane 2, this is Terrell Kimmons from the United States, the first leg of the American 4x100 meter relay team."

"Lane 3, this is the men's 100-meter runner-up at the Daegu World Championships, and the Jamaican athlete who also broke the 4x100-meter world record, Yohan Blake, known as the [Beast]."

From Blake's body movements facing the camera, we can see that he is very relaxed at this time, his confidence is high, and his competitive state has reached its peak.

"Line 4 is the bronze medalist at the Daegu World Championships and the current anchor of American sprinting - Walter Dix."

Dix wears a pair of sunglasses so that no one can see his eyes, but it can be seen from his actions that he is not an athlete with a flamboyant personality.

"Lane 5 is the famous Jamaican player Asafa Powell. He was injured at the Budapest Invitational Tournament at the end of July. Unfortunately, he was unable to participate in the Daegu World Championships. Now he has returned to the competition after a month of training and faces the defending champion in peak condition.

Well and Blake, I don’t know if he can show his peak performance in the Diamond League Lausanne."

"Lane 6, this is the new world championship champion, Asian record holder, and our country's famous general - Wei En!"

"Lane 7 is Kim Collins from St. Kitts and Nevis. Collins is a veteran that I personally admire very much. He was born in 1976 and just finished fourth in the men's 100 meters at the World Championships in Daegu.

The young guys who also led three relay teams finished fourth.

"For a small island country with a population of only 100,000, the existence of Kim Collins is already a spiritual symbol, which is very valuable."

"Lane 8 is Nesta Carter of Jamaica, who is also one of the members who set a new 4x100m world record. He has always guarded the first leg."

"Line 9 is Richard Thompson, a famous athlete from Trinidad and Tobago, who set his personal best time this year to 9.85 seconds."

“There are two highlights in today’s game: First, the new World Championship champion Wei En can defend his glory, successfully defended in Zurich and became the Diamond League annual champion; second, he lost to Wei En three times this season.

, Blake, who is currently in his prime, can achieve revenge..."

As the introduction session ended and the starter issued the "Onyourmarks" command, Wei En walked to the starting line unhurriedly.

Looking at the finish line 100 meters away, Wei En took a deep breath, even though he knew that Powell's condition at this time could not threaten him, even though he knew that even if he lost to Blake, he could still become the annual champion.

But now that I have stood on this stage and happened to meet the [Beast] Blake who has reached his peak, how can I make sense if I don't fight with all my strength?

As for the question of whether there will be injuries, for a professional athlete, injuries are inevitable.

But if you don’t have an indomitable mentality, you will have a shrinking mentality when facing a strong enemy, thinking, "I may not be able to win even if I try my best, but I will definitely do it next time." How can I become a strong person?

In this way, you still want to surpass Carl Lewis and surpass Usain Bolt?

Then give your hope to the dream, after all, there is everything in the dream.

"Set——"

The audience in Zurich was of high quality, and almost no noise could be heard in his ears. Wayne was fully focused on his reaction to the next shot.

"boom--!"

The moment the gun rang out, Wei En's feet suddenly exerted force on the starting block, and he was instantly ejected.

At the same time, the other eight players on the field also started to kick and stretch in unison, and the audience in the stadium immediately started cheering and shouting.

Asafa Powell, who has returned from injury, is still "immortal". His starting reaction reached 0.144 seconds, while Blake, who has always reacted slowly, was 0.176 seconds.

I don’t know why, maybe Wayne thought too much before the game, and faced Blake at his peak, he lost a little bit of his previous confidence.
To be continued...