Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 254 I only need to make a small move, and it is already the limit of this stage.
"Set——"

"Snapped--!"

With the sound of the starting gun, the audience in the 80,000-person stadium in the Magic City quickly became excited, and various cheers and shouts came one after another.

On the 200-meter curve, eight athletes were galloping around the field like the wind.

"Let the game begin!" 』

"In terms of startup acceleration, Wenhao is relatively fast. His acceleration ability is currently ranked among the top three in the world. 』

“In the corner, Wen Hao clearly established a considerable lead, and Zhang Peimeng was also working hard to catch up. 』

"When the curve entered the straight, Wen Hao ran first, and the runners behind him were almost lined up. This game should be there!" 』

"In the last fifty meters, Wen Hao gradually reduced the amplitude of his arm swing in order to conserve his energy for the subsequent 100-meter flying contest. 』

"19 seconds 94, a very good result!" Although I didn’t perform at my full strength, I still set a new record for the Magic City Golden Grand Prix.』

At 9:28 on the evening of September 19, in the commentary box of the 35-person stadium in Shanghai, CCTV Sports Channel commentator Yang Jian provided live commentary for the national audience.

It's Friday night. After a week of hard work, many people turn on the TV and jump to the CCTV Sports Channel as soon as they get home to watch this major international high-level track and field event held "at their doorstep" tournament.

The venue for the Golden Grand Prix, the 80,000-person stadium in the Magic City, was also bustling with activity at the moment.

Although it is known as the "80,000-person stadium", the actual number of seats in the Magic City Stadium is only 56,000. Since there will be no concert after the game on the day of this Golden Grand Prix, the seats for the game this time are full Open.

座位数的变化也使得门票价格也产生了调整，前两年黄金大奖赛的门票共分为五个档次：50元、120元、200元、500元和1880元。

The 60 yuan student discount tickets account for 28% of the total, and the number of tickets in the first three tiers accounts for nearly 90% of the total.

With such a change this year, I thought that the number of mid- to low-end tickets would increase. However, after the tickets were opened on September 9, I found that this was not the case at all.

今年的黄金大奖赛门票从五个档次变为了六个档次，分别为：60元、120元、240元、480元、980元及1880元，其中60元的学生优惠票占总数的24%，前三档门票数量占总数近80％，平均票价为286元，比2006年的253元还提高了13%！

It stands to reason that with more seats open, the ticket price should also be diluted, but the ticket price of this year's Magic City Golden Grand Prix is ​​so magical, it does not decrease but increases.

Before the ticket was issued, a reporter interviewed the event director of the Magic City Golden Grand Prix—Jos Hermens, the head of Global Sports Communications, the largest track and field agency in the world.

Helmens said that since Liu Xiang is determined not to participate in this year's Golden Grand Prix, although Wen Hao will still support the scene, ticket sales may not be as optimistic as last year due to the opening of more seats.

结果到了9月25日的第一次新闻发布会上，赫尔门斯欣喜的对外表示：在9月22日的开票当天，980元和1880元两个档位的门票就完全售罄了，60元的学生优惠票和120元的普通民众票也售出了近80%。

On August 8, when Wen Haocai had just returned from Stuttgart, all tickets for the Golden Grand Prix were sold out. Except for a very small number of refunds, latecomers had no choice but to buy scalper tickets.
It is certain that there are scalpers involved in ticket hype, but this also proves Wen Hao’s ticket appeal.

Even Wen Hao himself was surprised.

因为前世2019年的时候，他就到现场看过魔都钻石联赛，相隔十几年虽然“升级”成了钻石联赛，但票面价格依然是50元、80元、120元、180元、380元和680元。

Looking at it this way, the ticket price in the future will be much lower than now. The reason is that there was a lack of local superstars like Liu Xiang at that time.

For any sports event, the biggest source of spectators must be the national/local people. Once there is a lack of local superstars, the attraction of the event to the national/local people will inevitably be greatly reduced.

And now, Chinese track and field has two "superstars" with enough ticket appeal!
On the northeast side of the main stadium, there is a slightly smaller open-air track and field, which is usually used as a warm-up auxiliary field.

There was an hour and a half between the men's 200m and 100m races. It is easy for the body to cool down after such a long period of time, so after taking a short rest and replenishing his strength after running the 200m, Wen Hao came to the side track to warm up.

"Hey Vin!"

As soon as he walked onto the track, Fasuba, who was doing warm-up exercises with wheel running, ran over, patted him hard on the shoulder and said, "What's going on? Didn't you agree to warm up? Why did you run for 19 seconds?" 94? You are clearly trying to show off to us!"

"No, no, no, you misunderstood." Wen Hao shrugged: "I'm not targeting any of you, but the level of 19x in 9 seconds is really just a warm-up level for me."

"." Fasuba was speechless for a moment, because Wen Hao's pretense was really perfect.

Strength is king in competitive sports. When there is a person who is so strong that even his warm-up is at his limit, then you don’t even have the thought of competing with him, and you only think about it - Damn it, this guy is really tough. The horse is so handsome!

They only made a slight move, which is already the limit of our segment.

Wen Hao smiled and patted his back, gesturing to go back to the starting point together: "It's your third day in Magic City. How do you feel? Have you tried the restaurants I recommended to you?"

Although Fasuba is the holder of the 10-meter record in Africa, he has only broken twice, and he has not yet won a World Series medal, so he was not invited to the cruise dinner last night and had to stay. In the hotel, you either have to go out to find food on your own.

"I went. I think the Chinese food tastes pretty good, and the waiters are also very enthusiastic. It's just that the chopsticks are a bit difficult to master." Fasuba replied with a smile.

"It's normal for it to be difficult to use. When I was a child, I was taught a lot by my grandfather when I was learning to use chopsticks to pick up vegetables."

The two of them came to the starting point while chatting and laughing, and then joined Hu Kai and Martina. The four of them warmed up and chatted together, preparing for the finale of the men's 100-meter race.

On the other side, Wen Hao's old rivals Powell and Guy were accompanied by their respective partners when they warmed up.

Asafa Powell is flanked by Michael Flatt, and Tyson Gay is flanked by Wallace Spearmon. These two pairs of Americans and teeth belong to the same club and come from the same coach. .

Although there is still a lot of time before the game, the clear pattern on the warm-up field is like silent gunpowder smoke, gradually filling the battlefield that is about to begin.
In the stadium with 8 people, the atmosphere at the scene subsided after Wen Hao temporarily left the field. However, thanks to the good performance of Chinese athletes in several events, the host country's scene was finally upheld. In the men's long jump competition, none of the top three finishers from the Osaka World Championships came to Shanghai. Therefore, American Brian Johnson, the silver medalist in the track and field finals, became the biggest "winner" and ended up easily with a score of 15 meters. Win the championship.

Li Runrun, a player from the Jiangsu team sent by China, performed well and surpassed the 8-meter mark amid the cheers of the audience, and finally finished fourth with 8 meters.

In the women's 100-meter hurdles, American star and two-time world champion Michelle Perry undoubtedly won the championship with a time of 12 seconds, crushing all her opponents.

Born in 1977, the 30-year-old Asian Games champion Liu Jing, although her condition has declined significantly compared with the past few years, still ran a time of 13 seconds and ranked fourth.

In the women's 400-meter hurdles event, the contestants seemed to have experienced a collective decline in form. Australian star Janna Pittman, who won the championship, only ran a time of 54 seconds, while in the semi-finals of the Osaka World Championships, she ran a full PB time of 42 seconds. Huang Xiaoxiao only ran 54 seconds this time.

However, for the vast majority of the audience at the scene, they actually have no impression of Huang Xiaoxiao. Just like tens of thousands of viewers came here for Liu Xiang in 05, they also bought this ticket tonight because of Wen Hao. .

For a domestic athlete whose name may have been heard for the first time, being able to get fourth place in such a high-level international event is worthy of their cheers and encouragement.

Time continued to pass, and it came to 20:50 before I knew it.

"Shi Dongpeng's performance is still very good. 13 seconds is only 25 seconds away from the personal best time of 13 seconds he ran at the Osaka World Championships. Moreover, considering the impact of the headwind on the scene, this shot was also This is indeed the highest level he can perform so far.』

Not long after the men's 110-meter hurdles competition in the stadium ended, multi-angle footage was being replayed on the big screen and live TV.

Without Liu Xiang's participation, Dairon Robles, who won the championship in Stuttgart six days ago, continued his excellent performance and won the championship with a time of 13 seconds, beating the second place American Anwar. ·Moore was a full 03 seconds faster.

The legendary hurdler Alan Johnson, who was able to "come back to his glory" last year and beat Liu Xiang with a score of 13 or 23, only ran seconds tonight and ranked third, while Chinese player Shi Dongpeng ranked fourth.

"However, the performance of the Chinese athletes tonight was still very good. They showed quite outstanding competitiveness in several events, which shows that our country's track and field sports are also developing in a better direction. So next, let's We follow the live broadcast footage and pay attention to tonight's finale - the men's 100-meter trapeze battle! 』

The scene turned, and under the leadership of a dignified conductor, the eight contestants of the men's 100-meter race lined up to appear one by one from the entrance of aisle 1.

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh--!!!"

"Wenhao!"

"Wen Hao, I love you!"

"Come on Wenhao! Win another championship!"

The moment Wen Hao's figure appeared, a burst of thunderous cheers and shouts quickly rang out in the stadium. It was hard to imagine that this extremely warm atmosphere would appear before the game started.

Wen Hao raised his hand to respond to the enthusiasm of the audience. Looking around, he saw red flags waving in the stadium, various support boards in the stands, and many uniformly dressed spectators uniformly shouting loud support slogans.

The audience wearing T-shirts with red letters on a white background and "Chasing Dreams and Pure Hearts" printed on their clothes are fans who fell in love with him because of the song "Chasing Dreams and Pure Hearts" before he became famous in the international arena. , and most of them are young people who are as energetic as him.

Next to Wen Hao, Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay had different reactions, but the same thing was that they were also shocked by the support from the audience.

Especially Asafa Powell, when he remained undefeated in the 2006 season and tied the world record by running 9 seconds twice, he always received the warmest cheers from the audience when he stood on the field.

But his supporters will not be so enthusiastic, because what they are looking for is the title of "world record holder" on Powell's head. Since the founding of the modern Olympics, people have been obsessed with the 100-meter world champion and 100-meter world record holder. The attitude has always been like this.

In other words, even if he is replaced by someone else, as long as there is "world record holder" in the title, people's attitude will be the same, just like Montgomery back then.

And what about Wen Hao?

Is it because in addition to holding the world record, he also has the honor of winning the "Triple Crown" of the World Championships?

It seems that it is more than that.

More importantly, Wen Hao has become a symbol of "national honor".

Asafa Powell learned this term from his agent in recent days. He was a little disapproving of it at first, but until this moment, he felt that the analysis from this perspective was very correct.

Because he remembered that after he returned to Jamaica last year after completing a season-long journey, the people of Kingston gave him an extremely warm welcome just like the Chinese audience now gave Wen Hao.
"Okay, next is the pre-match introduction. 』

"The first lane is our country's Hu Kai. He was the 1 World University Games champion with a personal best of 05 seconds. He guarded the second leg of the national relay team and was a contributor to the 10×16m relay championship at the Osaka World Championships. one. 』

"The second lane is Martina, a player from the Netherlands Antilles. He has played against Wen Hao many times this year, and his personal best time is 2 seconds. 』

"Lane 3 is the African record holder and Nigerian star Fasuba, with a personal best time of 9 seconds. He is also a frequent visitor and old face in international competitions. 』

"Channel 4, the famous Jamaican player and former world record holder - Asafa Powell! Six days ago at the World Athletics Finals in Stuttgart, Powell ran a super time of 9 seconds for the second time. He was also Wenhao's strongest rival in this game. 』

"Lane 5, world record holder, world championship champion, red lightning from China - Wen Hao! 』

"Lane 6 is the American star Tyson Gay, the silver medalist at the Osaka World Championships. He ran a good time of 9 seconds at the World Athletics Finals in Stuttgart six days ago, setting a new American record. He has always been a very strong top player. 』

"Lane 7 is Jamaican athlete Michael Flatt, a very good sprinter. His personal best time is 10 seconds. 』

"Lane 8 is American athlete Wallace Spearmon. He is a 200-meter athlete. He won the runner-up at the 05 World Championships in Helsinki and is currently ranked the fifth fastest 200-meter flyer in history. 』

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