That night, domestic track and field enthusiasts were all excited. After Song Chen retired, the hurdling event that had been silent for more than ten years has emerged again. This time, the performance of Su Zhe, Zhou Tianjue and Ye Jun can be regarded as a rare highlight moment in the past ten years of the hurdling event.

Domestic sports commentators wrote articles to celebrate the collective victory of the hurdler event in the Olympic preliminaries.

[Although this is just a preliminaries, the status of Su Zhe, Zhou Tianjue and Ye Jun gives us the hope of the hull project team coming together.]

While everyone was celebrating on the Internet, in the Tokyo Olympic Village in Japan, in a small conference room belonging to the Chinese team, Su Zhe and his men were communicating with the hurdler coaching team before the second day of the game in the conference room.

Lu Fei sat at the conference table and clicked the semi-final group list that he had already won. The grouping on this list was not very friendly to Su Zhe and others of the Chinese team.

Or it should be said that on this semi-final roster, any semi-final group can be called a death group.

Like the 100-meter event, the semi-finals of the 110-meter hurdles are also divided into three semi-final groups. The top 2 players in each group will be qualified to advance directly. Finally, among the remaining players, the two players in the top 2 can also be qualified to advance to the final.

In the semi-final group list, Ye Jun is in the first group of the semi-finals, and the guy Holness is in the same group as him. In addition, Spanish strongman Alcides, American star Louis, and French player Adolfo are also in this group.

Among these people, Holness's current personal pb is 12.97 seconds he ran in the domestic Jamaica event this year, Alcides' personal pb 13.05 seconds, Louis 13.17 seconds, Adolf 13.28 seconds, and Ye Jun's previous personal pb was 13.27 seconds, but barely higher than the French player Adolf's level.

Although in actual events, we do not look at the player's personal PB, but the personal status and performance in the game, the personal PB that the player has reached represents the upper limit for most of the time, and is also an important reference for dividing the player's strength level.

If Ye Jun wants to advance in this group, then no matter whether it is Holness, Alcides or Adolf, anyone in this semi-final group will be his strong opponent.

The situation in the group where Su Zhe is in is similar.

In the second group of the semi-finals where Suzhe is in, there are Brazilian star Ellano, American team Teren, French team Yuber, and Percival, who also comes from Jamaica.

Among these people, Ellano once ran into the 13-second pb, 12-second 98, and Train's personal pb, 13-second 07. Both of them were higher than Su Zhe's 13-second 10. Although the remaining players were not as good as Su Zhe in personal pb, they may not be without threats. For example, Yu Bell from the French team, his personal pb, whose personal pb, 13-second 16-second 10, is already the world-class level.

Let’s look at the third group of the semi-finals where Zhou Tianjue is in. He is currently in pb13.24, and he will face the American star Lister who is pb12.95, Brazilian star Gomez who is pb13.13, and British star Andre who is pb13.22, and other famous players from various countries.

"You have also seen the group list." Lu Fei sat at the conference table, with his right index finger tapping the table from time to time, looking at Su Zhe and others who were also sitting in the conference room, "How are you? What do you think?"

After staring at the list for a moment, Su Zhe withdrew his gaze and shook his head with a smile: "I have no idea."

For athletes, no matter what kind of opponent they face, they should not be stage frightened or fight with fear.

He had already implemented this idea into his own bones, and it had no meaning to him about what kind of opponent he would encounter.

In fact, it is not just him, but also the same for Zhou Tianjue and Ye Jun.

Zhou Tianjue's sharpness, Ye Jun's calmness, and their personality traits are all destined. They will not be people who fear the enemy on the battlefield.

Just as Su Zhe thought, Zhou Tianjue hummed and said nothing.

Ye Jun just said very calmly: "I will do my best."

After Ye Jun's answer, the conference room was quiet for a long time, leaving only the sound of Lu Fei's index finger tapping on the table.

Deep, deep, deep...

It was not until after a minute or two that Lu Fei said: "Although you should not put these pressures on you before the game, I still want to make a request to you."

"Work harder, I hope to see our Chinese track and field players in the finals."

This requirement is indeed a pressure for Su Zhe and others, but it is also the motivation to press them behind them and urge them to move forward.

Sometimes, pressure and motivation are only in one thought.

Compared with Su Yinsheng, Lu Fei's coaching philosophy and ideas are more delicate, and he is more experienced in the psychological control of the players than Su Yinsheng.

He said this to Su Zhe and his men, including this state that seemed to be putting pressure, after his careful consideration, he was very convinced that for Su Zhe and his men, these words and his attitude would not only not crush them, but would instead stimulate them to get a better competitive state on the field.

After the conversation with Su Zhe and others, Lu Fei also waved his hand and put a few people back to Su Zhe. Then, Lu Fei and his coaching team members were left in the conference room.

"Tao Lu, do you think Jue Geer and others will reach the finals in tomorrow's game?"

Wang Zheng, a co-sponsor in the coaching team, asked with some concern.

Lu Fei rubbed his forehead and smiled calmly, "Don't you know what's going on in the field? No one can tell the truth before the real game. If you really want to talk about the current results, of course, Su Zhe is the one who is most confident in entering the finals. His results have been stable at 13.10 seconds before... In today's preliminaries, he seemed to have a clue in front of the bar. If he finished the game well today, he should have been able to open the 13.10 seconds mark."

What Lu Fei didn't say is that Su Zhe's most terrifying trait was always his extreme stability in his personal state. When other players, such as Lister, may have ups and downs in the competition, Su Zhe will usually have a fluctuation of about 0.1 seconds as long as Su Zhe does not deliberately let the water down, his special score will usually be stable at about 0.1 seconds.

An athlete who still has unlimited potential to tap, and whose achievements continue to expand and improve, can always play a high level steadily...

Whenever Lu Fei thought of this, he was a little envious of that guy Su Yinsheng.

There was nothing to say all night. The next day, because the 110-meter hurdles semi-final was arranged in the morning unit on August 5, Su Zhe and his friends got up early. After breakfast and a series of preparations, they took a special bus to Tokyo's New National Arena.

It's exactly 8 am in China.

Due to the time difference between China and Japan, in order to watch the semi-finals of the 110-meter hurdles as soon as possible, at this o'clock, many friends from the Track and Field Kingdom Forum have been squatting on the forum, browsing the forum posts while waiting for the live broadcast to start.

After the easy and refreshing preliminaries the day before, many friends in the hurdle section of the Track and Field Kingdom today began to fall into anxiety again, especially after the semi-final group list was announced, the anxiety atmosphere on the forum became even stronger.

Topic: [Research, which group is not a death group in these 3 semi-finals?]

1L: [...Research, all of these three groups are death groups.]

3L:【Additional.】

4L:【Additional.】

5L:【Additional.】

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In this post, when the big brother on the first floor said the answer, no one raised any objections. It can be seen how powerful this grouping list is to everyone.

17L: [...I'm so stupid, really, I just know that Mr. Zhe, Jue Ge'er and Jun Ye easily advanced in the preliminary round, which made people feel happy, but I didn't expect that the semi-finals would be such a scene.]

18L: [Don’t mention it, I thought the semi-finals were actually fine. It was not until I saw the group list of the semi-finals that I finally woke up. I was smoking a cigarette now, so worried!]

For friends in the track and field kingdom who have been watching various 110-meter hurdles international events all year round, this semi-final group list is simply too familiar.

Each group has familiar and impressive names, and the reason why these names leave a deep impression is because they have performed wonderfully in the competition.

But no matter how worried the forum friends are, the competition is coming as scheduled.

At 10:10 a.m., the semi-finals of the 110-meter hurdles officially began.

Su Zhe, who had finished warming up in the warm-up venue, watched Holness and Ye Jun wave at him at the same time, and then watched them step onto the field first.

In the waiting area waiting to play, there was a huge live TV screen hanging on the wall. Ye Jun, Holness, Alcides, Louis and others had all walked to the starting point of the track and began to adjust their respective starting machines.

Not only Su Zhe, but also Zhou Tianjue frowned, looking at Ye Jun in the live broadcast with a serious look on his face.

Ye Jun is not just an ordinary teammate for Su Zhe and Zhou Tianjue.

He silently cares for everyone around him, cares for every friend, considers everyone seriously, relieves worries, and has a firm heart.

Whether it is Su Zhe or Zhou Tianjue, they all ask themselves that they can't do perfection like Ye Jun.

This is a gentle but firm person. He climbed up step by step from adversity. He has passed his golden age as a hurdler, but he has been constantly breaking his personal records after he reaches 28 years old.

Since last year, everyone said that Ye Jun was late for great success. Everyone sighed that his achievements finally hit new highs step by step. But only by being by his side and looking at his ultimate efforts can we feel how much effort he has made for this "latecome" and "accumulating strength".

Come on.

Su Zhe took a deep breath, looked at Ye Jun on the field, and shouted for him silently.

On the field, the referee's voice had already sounded, and all the players stopped their own movements, squatted on their own starting gear, and made a preparatory posture.

"Everyone is in place, prepare..."

"Bang!"

When the gunfire sounded, eight contestants on the track moved at the same time and began a battle for speed on the track!

"The competition has begun!"

In the live broadcast room of the Sports Channel, Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan also lost the ease of the previous day. The two looked at the track nervously, looking forward to Ye.

Jun was able to perform miraculously in this game.

On the track, the black lightning bolt of Holness was still the one who rode out. This genius boy from Jamaica not only had his own physical fitness, explosive power and technology, but also had a terrible speed that was beyond ordinary people in terms of his acuity of hearing gun reactions.

The 0.121-second gun-responsive reaction time, coupled with his strong personal explosive power, makes him look like a flash of lightning on the field, and it seems that it will disappear in front of everyone in just a blink of an eye!

The second place in the track is Alcides from Spain. He is worthy of being a top 110-meter hurdle. His 0.127-second gun-listening reaction time is also stronger than many people on the field. His front of the clutch also uses the seven-step clutch technology, and his explosive power and forward impetus are excellent. During the hurdle, his excellent clutch technology and rhythm are also smooth and pleasing to the eye.

Ye Jun's response time in this game was not slow, and he was even slightly better than Alcides when he reacted 0.126 seconds. He is now familiar with the pace in front of the rail. He used to start with his right leg, but now the explosive power of stepping on the starting device with his left foot is no longer part of his right foot.

He used the perseverance of ordinary people thousands of times to forcibly change his personal habits in a short period of time. Just this perseverance is enough to make people amazed.

After a brief front-line stage, his current attacking skills have reached a higher level. The technical details of swinging his legs too slowly have been corrected by him. When passing the rail, his millions of practices have also made him approach the limit.

Every pass-by movement, when he does it, is already a manifestation of strength and beauty.

Not only that, these precise technical movements also helped him perform better on the field.

In this game, even Luis, who was better than him in the personal PB, was just standing with him in the first four barriers. As he kept controlling the rhythm, his personal rhythm became smoother and faster. Soon, he successfully threw Luis away and began to chase Holness and Alcides in front on the track.

He always maintained a calm and calm attitude during the attack of the railing, but if he could look at his eyes carefully, he could know that there were also a blazing flames in his chest, and he also had unparalleled persistence in chasing victory.

When he crossed the tenth railing, he was already very close to Alcides, the second in front, and there was less than two positions between the two!

"Come on Ye Jun!!!" Zhang Jing shouted loudly in the live broadcast room of the sports channel.

But with Zhang Jing's cheering, the two people who were the first to cross the finish line were still Holness and Alcides.

Ye Jun tried his best to catch up, but at the last moment, he failed to succeed in overtaking.

"Ah... Ye Jun has crossed the line!" Looking at Ye Jun's moves in the picture, Zhang Jing paused and said: "In the semi-finals of the 110-meter hurdles, Chinese player Ye Jun won the third place in the first group in the semi-finals."

"In this game, Ye Jun showed his strong personal strength. Although he has not yet been able to directly advance to the finals, his third-place score in the group still has certain advantages."
To be continued...