Chapter 36 Semi-finals, the battle begins!
"After the commercial, welcome back. Dear viewers, you are now watching the 2010 Doha World Indoor Track and Field Championships broadcast live by CCTV Sports Channel. I am the commentator Yang Jian..."
Yanjing is more than ten thousand miles away from Doha. Although it is already 22:00 in the evening, Yang Jian's work today has actually "just begun."
After taking over the work of his colleague Shao Shengyi, he will be the commentator for the second day of the Doha World Indoor Athletics Championships with more than two hours remaining.
In fact, rather than sitting in the studio and explaining on the TV screen, he would rather sit in the Asbel Stadium, feel the shouts of thousands of spectators in the stadium, witness the fierce competition with his own eyes, and then bring a surprise to the audience.
An emotional commentary.
But it is a pity that the leaders of CCTV 5 did not pay much attention to this Doha World Indoor Championships.
After all, everyone knows that Liu Xiang, who can best guarantee ratings, has not yet returned to his peak strength. He may have no problem reaching the finals at this World Indoor Championships, but it may not be realistic to compete for medals.
Therefore, Yang Jian also lost an opportunity for "official travel" and could only cheer for the athletes who were away from home in this studio thousands of miles away.
At the moment when he was in a trance, the live broadcast camera had moved from the ongoing women's triple jump area to the inspection area.
First, it stayed for several seconds on the British star Dewan Chambers, who has the highest claim to win the championship, and then used it to stop in turn on Michael Rogers, Daniel Bailey, Nesta Carter, Terrell Kimmons and other famous players.
Stay, finally...
It was fixed on Wei En.
Yang Jianshe immediately cheered up and began to introduce this super rookie who had sprung up like mushrooms after a rain to the domestic audience.
At the same time, commentators from world-famous television stations such as NBC, EU, and Al Jazeera also focused on Wayne.
NBC TV station: "If I don't take the initiative to introduce him, I believe many viewers will think that this is just another ordinary Chinese player. But if I tell you that he is only 17 years and 6 months old now, what will you think?
According to records on the IAAF official website, the Chinese teenager named Wei En ran a personal best of 6.56 seconds on the 6th of this month, and broke China's indoor 60-meter record. He
Absolutely a genius!”
EU TV: "A super young man who stood on the semi-final stage of the World Indoor Championships under the age of 18. Although we know that with his current strength, he cannot pose a threat to Dewan Chambers, we believe that many track and field fans
I am already looking forward to where such a young up-and-comer will grow in the future."
Al Jazeera: "Not only is he a super star in Asia, he can stand on this stage. At only 17 years old, he is already the top sprinter in Asia. I hope Allah will bestow good luck on him and allow him to compete with Francis, haha
Let's defend Asia's glory together!"
In fact, the IAAF World Indoor Championships have always been very popular, but for the track and field circle, a teenager under the age of 18 reaching the men's 60m semi-finals is already a big selling point.
Just like when Usain Bolt set the world youth (U20) record and junior (U18) record in Hamilton with a time of 19.93 seconds on April 11, 2004, it caused an uproar in the track and field circle.
Nowadays, Wei En has actually caused a wave of heated discussions in the track and field circle.
In the first group of the semi-finals, Dewan Chambers, the most favorable contender for the championship, took the lead. The people in the same group with him were:
Nesta Carter (Jamaica), Peter Emileze (Nigeria), Abe Moru (Liberia), Barakat Al Harshi (Oman), Angel David Rodri
Gus (Spain), Masashi Erichou (Neon), Rize Gassemi (Iran).
There is almost no suspense about the qualifying situation of this group from the outside. Although Chambers is 31 years old, his condition is still the same as before. He even refreshed his indoor 60-meter PB last year, reaching a terrifying 6.42 seconds.
If there are no accidents, the other direct promotion spot should be won by Nesta Carter. Although Carter's condition is a bit sluggish, the other players in the same group are not very strong either.
Sure enough, after the starting gun sounded, Dewan Chambers rushed out like a beast.
In the first 20 meters, Chambers' advantage is not very obvious, but Erikochi Masashi, Amy Reese, Moru and others do not seem to be inferior to him.
But once the 20 meters passed, when Chambers raised his head completely and entered the running posture, his powerful acceleration ability and mid-running ability were fully displayed, and he quickly left other opponents behind.
Carter's shot seemed to have the reputation of a "starting machine". His reaction at the start was last, he was second last at 10 meters, and he was still lagging behind at 20 meters.
But he did not panic because of this. Instead, he accelerated with all his strength and caught up with the opponents in front of him bit by bit. He overtook Moru and Rodriguez at 40 meters, tied with Halsey at 50 meters, and defeated Amy at 55~60 meters.
Lei Ze, won the second place in the group!
Chambers was 6 seconds 51, Carter was 6 seconds 64, and Emilese was 6 seconds 66...
"After watching the competition in the first group of the semi-finals, the young player that everyone is looking forward to next, who is also my country's indoor 60-meter record holder - Wei En, will appear in the second group."
Since he was on the phone with Wei En, Yang Jian already had an idea of the upcoming game and said with great emotion:
"I had a chat with Wei En half a day ago. During the chat, I learned about his ideals and ambitions. The first feeling he gave me was confidence. He told me personally: European and American athletes are not invincible.
They are also human beings, so they cannot be invincible."
"I also said at the time that our country's track and field level and sprinting level are still far behind those of European and American countries. We must not take it lightly. Wei En said that it is because the domestic track and field training system is too backward, and the training concept we adopt
, the training method used was something that others had rejected and abandoned twenty years ago. Only we still treat it as a treasure and work hard behind closed doors."
"Wayne said that the reason why he was able to improve so quickly at the age of 17 was because he took the initiative to learn and explore advanced sprint training concepts and training methods in the United States and other countries in his spare time. His starting technique
What I learned was Asafa Powell, the famous player from Jamaica and former world record holder, and it was a starting technique named [Explosive Start] by the Neon Road Athletics Federation."
"A week ago, Wei En and his senior brother Lao Yi showed the results of their four months of hard winter training to the Chinese people at the Yanjing Station of the National Indoor Track and Field Championships. Today, they will carry the hope of Chinese track and field and Asian track and field.
Chapter completed!