The IAAF Golden League, which was held in 1998, has a history of 12 years and has now developed into the world's top track and field series.

This year, the IAAF integrated the previously famous Golden League, Super Grand Prix and Franchise Grand Prix to establish a 14-station Diamond League.

In the past, the Golden League, Super Grand Prix, etc. had different projects, and there was no unified standard for bonuses. Today's Diamond League will adopt a unified points method to allow athletes to compete for the final Zurich/Brussels championship.

Championship and Diamond Awards.

In the past, the requirements for the Golden League award were extremely high. Only athletes who won six championships could participate in the US$1 million gold medal. However, the current annual award will be based on points.

In the first 12 sub-stations, the top three in each event will score 4 points, 2 points, and 1 point respectively. The Zurich and Brussels finals will score 8 points, 4 points, and 2 points respectively. At the end of the finals

, the athlete with the highest points in each event is the Diamond League champion that year.

According to IAAF regulations, in order to qualify for the Diamond League, athletes must reach the top 20 in the world rankings of their events.

Of course, sometimes this rule is not absolute. For example, some middle-distance running events (such as 5000 meters) have more participants than sprint events, and some athletes ranked in the top 20 in the world are unable to participate due to injuries, schedules, etc.

Athletes ranked 20th or later can also qualify.

The other is the quota of organizers for each branch of the Diamond League. For example, the men's 200-meter event at the upcoming Diamond League Magic City Station. Except for last year's National Games champion Li Mingxuan, who got the qualification, the best result in the 2009 season was only

Zhang Peimeng, who clocked 21.32 seconds, also qualified for the competition.

This is the home field advantage. Other organizers of Diamond League stations can also use this method to arrange for athletes from their own countries to participate in the Diamond League.

It was under such circumstances that Wei En obtained a quota to participate in the men's long jump event at the Diamond League Magic City Station.

When Wei En jumped 8.20 meters at the National Youth Track and Field Championships, this spot was undisputed in the country, because last year's National Games champion Li Jinzhe's personal best was only 8.16 meters.

May 23, 18:30, Shanghai, overcast, 17~21℃.

When CCTV Sports Channel's Shao Shengyi connected with on-site reporter Tong Rina, the men's discus and women's shot put events had already begun the first round of throwing, with Gong Lijiao temporarily ranked second with a time of 19.42 seconds.

In addition, on the track, some track events jointly arranged by the China Athletics Association and the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau are also taking place to prepare for the various diamond track events that will start at 8 o'clock.

For this year's Diamond League Magic City Station, CCTV Sports Channel also made many elaborate arrangements, such as producing ten-minute personal short films for Liu Xiang and Bolt.

Another example is that Shao Shengyi presided over the entire event in the Yanjing live broadcast room, Tong Rina brought the latest progress information in the stadium to the audience, and the famous commentator Yang Jian gave commentary in the live commentary box of the Magic City Stadium.

On the open-air warm-up track and field less than 100 meters away from the 80,000-person stadium in Shanghai, Wei En was warming up, and his eyes occasionally glanced at an extremely tall black athlete on the 100-meter straight.

Jamaica Lightning - Usain Bolt!

Although he didn't get to compete on the same stage as Bolt, Wei En felt lucky to be able to observe Bolt's warm-up at such a close distance.

Zhang Peimeng next to him has never stopped smiling since he entered the warm-up field, because he once said that his idol is Bolt. Now that he can compete with Bolt on the same stage, it feels like he has done it.

Like a sweet dream.

"You are still laughing. You will cry when Bolt throws him 20 meters away during the competition." Wei En swore that he was definitely not jealous of Zhang Peimeng when he said this.

Well, in fact, it has turned into lemon essence.

"20 meters is just 20 meters." Zhang Peimeng said nonchalantly, "Anyway, my strength is just like this. It's good to be able to participate in the competition. It doesn't matter if I'm at the bottom."

Zhang Peimeng is self-aware. He was able to get this quota entirely because there are few domestic men's 200-meter athletes who perform well, and although Zhang Peimeng's level is not high, it is still on the rise.

Instead of giving spots to veterans who have started to mess around, it would be better to give them to young athletes like him who may be less capable but still have a lot of room for improvement.

Bolt was also Wei En's idol, so he couldn't miss such a moment, so he said hello to Chen Wenzhong, and Wei En pulled Zhang Peimeng over.

There was also a Jamaican athlete named Marvin Anderson who was warming up with Bolt. Since Daniel Bailey was not available, Bolt warmed up with him temporarily under the arrangement of coach Mills.

"Hi Bolt!"

Bolt was preparing to warm up by speed running when he suddenly heard someone greeting him. He looked back and saw two Chinese athletes and stopped.

"Hey kid, what's up?" Bolt knew that many track and field fans and athletes in China liked him, and he also liked China quite a lot, so he came to China again to compete.

Maintaining the same enthusiasm as the 2008 North Olympics.

"Nothing, just say hello, we are your fans (Nothing important, just come to say hello to you, we are your fans)."

Bolt was slightly surprised when he heard Wayne's answer. Although he himself was also a scumbag, it was the first time he heard such... "simple but distinctive" spoken language.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It’s rubbish spoken English, but Wei En has tried his best, because his spoken English is really rubbish. The meaning he wants to express and the words he speaks cannot be said to be his best effort.

Well, I can only say that I express my feelings directly.

"Oh, okay, you better get up and drive, look at me!" Zhang Pei suddenly saw this, pushed him away gently, and opened his mouth to talk to Bolt. But after talking for a few words, he found that he seemed to be communicating with Bolt.

There is indeed a small problem.

Although Zhang Peimeng's speaking was barely passable, Bolt's accent was somewhat different from the American English he had learned since elementary school, and he could not hear some slightly more complex words very clearly.

After chatting for a while, I couldn't continue talking, so I left with the excuse of "I won't disturb your warm-up" and even forgot to ask for an autograph.

"Brother Peimeng, you can't do this, why don't you ask Brother Hukai to come over?"

Zhang Pei rolled his eyes fiercely: "He is in Tsinghua University, why are you reimbursing him for his air ticket? You scumbag, you still dislike me, you should laugh at the same time, right?"

Wei En lowered his head in shame. It seemed that it was time to improve his English proficiency. After all, whether he went abroad to communicate with athletes from other countries or read English materials by foreign masters in the future, he would have certain requirements for English proficiency.

"Ding——, the host's desire for knowledge has been detected, and additional task rewards have been issued."

"Original mission: Place in the top two in the men's long jump event of the 2010 IAAF Diamond League. The champion will be rewarded with 2 attribute points, and the runner-up will be rewarded with 1 attribute point."

"Additional rewards are now added: champion reward - [English/French/Russian trilingual - proficiency], runner-up reward - [English/French/Russian trilingual - entry level]."
Chapter completed!