Lao Yi's promotion was unexpected, but it seemed reasonable.

At least that's how it seems to Wayne.

Don't look at the Indoor World Championships and the World Championships, the difference between them is "indoor". On the surface, both are world competitions second only to the Olympic Games, but track and field fans who have a little knowledge of the relevant knowledge know that the gold content of the Indoor World Championships is higher than that of the World Championships.

It is indeed not as good as the World Championships.

The first is the issue of time: the World Indoor Championships are usually held in March, when spring has just arrived, and the track and field athletes have just finished their winter training, so their condition is naturally not the best.

Taking only the indoor 60-meter event and the outdoor 100-meter event recognized by the IAAF as an example, most of the world's first-class and top 100-meter athletes actually don't pay much attention to the indoor 60-meter event.

First, the indoor world championships receive less attention than the world championships. Second, the prize money offered by the organizers of indoor events is also lower than that of outdoor events, and participating in indoor events may actually increase the risk of injury.

Therefore, instead of expending energy on indoor competitions too early, it is better to take advantage of the period between the end of winter training and the start of the outdoor season to relax, and then train with all your strength to prepare for outdoor competitions.

The two top prospects in today's sprint events - Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell. The former has never participated in the indoor 60-meter competition, while the latter has competed in the two years between 2002 and 2004.

I have participated in it, but after entering my peak period, I have never participated in an indoor 60-meter competition.

Therefore, it is really a certain amount of luck that Lao Yi can reach the finals. At least starting from the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland, it is absolutely impossible to get a seat in the finals with a time of 6 seconds 59.

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The setting sun has just dipped below the horizon.

The Chinese track and field team members and coaches at the Asbair Stadium in Doha have already begun to celebrate. The previous disappointment of failing to achieve anything in several events and not even being able to see the finals has long been left behind.

to the back of the head.

In the past, only Liu Xiang and Shi Dongpeng were able to reach the finals of world-class short track events, but now there are two more names on the list - Wei En and Lao Yi!

There are two people at once, and it looks somewhat similar to the men's 110-meter hurdles at the Osaka World Championships in 2007, but everyone knows that Wei En's current strength cannot be compared with that of Liu Xiang in the past.

Just as the team members were cheering and celebrating, a team of CCTV reporters, led by Yu Weili, walked in and said they wanted to conduct a live online interview with Wei En and Lao Yi.

The reporter doing the interview was, of course, no surprise, the tough Ms. Tong Rina in the background.

The live interview is naturally different from the one in Yanjing last week. That interview was canceled because Wei En and Lao Yi directly gave up.

In order to avoid "surprising" questions in the live interview, although Tong Rina was in charge of the interview this time, the person who actually asked the questions was Yang Jian, who was thousands of miles away and was responsible for the live broadcast commentary.

Putting on special connection headphones, Wei En and Lao Yi stood on the right side of Tong Rina, waiting to complete the connection with the live broadcast room in Yanjing.

In the live broadcast room of CCTV Sports Channel, because there were no Chinese athletes appearing during this time period, the screen should have been cut to other sports. After all, the ratings of track and field competitions were really shockingly low.

But because Wei En and Lao Yi made history, Yang Jian continued to explain the men's pole vault final of the Doha World Indoor Championships. After the news came back from Doha, he signaled to the director that the connection could begin.

"Beep...beep...beep..."

After a while, Tong Rina, Wei En, and Lao Yi appeared on the live broadcast screen. Yang Jianli immediately greeted: "Hello, Tong Rina."

Tong Rina: "Hello Yang Jian, I am currently at the Asbair Stadium in Doha, the capital of Qatar. The second day of the 2010 IAAF Doha World Indoor Track and Field Championships is taking place here. The two young men standing next to me are

, are the Guangxi athletes who broke through the history of Chinese track and field and won tickets to the finals in the men's 60-meter event that ended not long ago. They are Wei En and Lao Yi."

Wei En and Lao Yi greeted each other: "Hello everyone, I am Wei En" and "Hello everyone, I am Lao Yi".

Yang Jian: "Okay, welcome to our live interview. Although we are thousands of miles apart, I am very excited even when I see your feat of reaching the finals on TV. So now I

What I want to know is, how do you feel about your performance?"

After Yang Jian asked the question, Tong Rina directly handed the microphone to Lao Yi. Wei En really didn't know what she was thinking, because he was standing in the middle, and now he was directly blocked by Tong Rina.

Although Wei En is 1.88 meters tall and can still show his head, this situation is actually considered a live broadcast error.

Tong Rina was ignorant, but Wei En was not stupid, so he put his arm around Lao Yi's shoulders, brought him over, and asked him to switch places with himself.

Tong Rina didn't react when she saw this, she still held up the microphone and waited for Lao Yi to speak.

Lao Yi: "If you think about it... I'm very happy. When I think that I can wear the national flag and achieve things that many predecessors have not been able to do, I will feel proud of myself."

Wayne: "Me too."

Yang Jian: "In another hour and a half, you will officially step onto the final stage. Do you have any ideas or goals you want to achieve at this moment?"

It was Lao Yi who answered first: "For the final... I actually have a relatively clear understanding of my own strength. I think there is still a big gap between me and famous British and American players like Chambers and Rogers. But.

No matter how powerful the opponent is, I will not be timid or flinch in the slightest, and will definitely fight at my best!"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Next it was Wei En's turn. He paused and said: "78 years ago, a man named Liu Changchun stepped into the Los Angeles Olympic Stadium. He was also the Chinese

For the first time in the world, athletes participated in the Olympics, a world sports event. This was an Olympics that belonged to him alone. Due to the weak national strength, the Chinese government at that time only sent a representative of 6 people.

team, and Liu Changchun, he is the only athlete among them!"

"The final result was naturally unsatisfactory. Liu Changchun arrived at the Los Angeles pier at 16:00 on July 29. After landing, he was dragged to attend the exhausting dinner and alliance meeting. The next day was the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympic Games."

"On July 31, Liu Changchun stopped in the men's 100m preliminaries with a time of 11.5 seconds, ranking fifth in the group."

"On August 2, although Liu Changchun made relatively sufficient preparations before the race, he was still in second place when he started to 170 meters. However, he overtook him in the last 30 meters and was fourth in the group and missed the finals."

"On August 4, Liu Changchun, who was exhausted, chose to give up the 400-meter event, and then on August 21, he left the city that made him sad and shed tears and his dream fell."

"When I learned about Liu Changchun's reality from "One Person's Olympics", I thought: If I can become a sprinter, I must try my best to win everything. Now this opportunity is in front of me.

Now, I have to consider whether this will be my only chance in this life."

"I am able to stand on this field at such a young age because of the experience accumulated and the environment created by each generation and every sportsperson who has dedicated to China's sprinting career since Senior Liu Changchun. I have fulfilled the aspirations of my ancestors.
Chapter completed!