Chapter 408 Hundred Meters
In the CCTV building, in the office of Ma Guoli, director of the Sports Department, Dong Ri came to him.

Dong Ri Na said, "Director Ma, Liu Xiang and He Zhongqiu will both participate in the upcoming Osaka World Athletics Championships and the next four Golden Leagues. I can follow them all by myself, so why not leave it to me? There's no need for the five of us to owe favors to the four."

He frowned and said, "I'm afraid not. First, you have to be with Liu Xiang, and second, I promised Li Hong."

"Director Ma..."

Dong Ri still needs to fight for it. Ma Guoli said: "Dong Ri, you are busy enough with Liu Xiang. Let Li Hong take care of He Zhongqiu. She performed very well today and communicated very well with He Zhongqiu."

"Director Ma..."

Dong Ri was not giving up. She would never give up such an important opportunity easily.

She said anxiously: "I am more professional than Li Hong, and she is not familiar with sports at all, so just leave it to me, and I promise to complete the interview task well.

Ma Guoli was helpless, Dong Ri, do you want me to say it clearly?
He had no choice but to say, "Dong Ri, let me tell you this, the matter has been decided. It was decided from above to transfer Li Hong over to help.

Not only will Li Hong be in charge of the next four Golden League events, but if she continues to perform well, she may even be in charge of next year's Olympics."

"what?"

Dong Ri was dumbfounded. She had never expected that the Olympics would also be given to Li Hong. Why? Why should an outsider take away five sets of the best interview opportunities?

If she could congratulate Cai on the Mid-Autumn Festival, it would be known to the whole world immediately, and the whole world would know her as the reporter who congratulated Cai on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Ma Guoli said: "As for whether they are professional or not, it depends on how carefully you do your homework before the interview. After all, there are not many journalists who are majoring in sports news.

Dong Ri, you and Li Hong both graduated from Yenching Broadcasting Institute, so you are classmates. Your abilities are both trustworthy.

I also noticed that Li Hong's preparations were very thorough, she had a clear understanding of all the track and field data, and she also had a deep understanding of He Zhongqiu."

"Ugh!"

I don’t know that there is no hope now. I can only hope for some changes in the future. There is still a year left. I will see if there will be any chance in the future.

Next up is the 400m preliminaries, which will start at 10:30.

The men's 400m world record was 1999 seconds set by American Michael Johnson in 43.18 and has stood for eight years.

The 400 meters is recognized as the most difficult event in track and field.

It is between short-distance running and middle-distance running, with anaerobic activity accounting for the majority and aerobic activity accounting for a small portion, and the physical fitness requirements for athletes are almost harsh.

Especially the last 100 meters of the sprint, which requires completing a sprint with maximum intensity while the body's internal organs are extremely lacking in oxygen. It is an extreme intensity sport.

Generally speaking, sprinters only practice the 100m and 200m.

For example, Bolt only ran 200 meters before, and now he only runs 100 meters and 200 meters, and has never practiced 400 meters.

The main reason why He Zhongqiu practiced 400 meters was that his physical fitness was good enough to withstand extremely intense events.

现400米世界记录保持者迈克尔约翰逊也是这样的运动员，他是世界上唯一一个在奥运会上包揽200米和400米冠军的运动员，他也保持着200米和400米的世界记录。

In 1996, he broke the 17-meter world record of 200 seconds, which had stood for 19.66 years, at the U.S. Track and Field Championships.

A few months later, at the Olympic Games in Alameda, he broke the record of 19.66 seconds with his own hands, and the time of 19.32 seconds was called the run of the century and the greatest track and field moment in the past 25 years.

19.32 seconds, which is also the current 200m world record.

China's current men's 400m record is 45.25 seconds, set by Xu Zhizhou in 01.

The Asian men's 400m record is 44.56 seconds, set by Oman's Maleki in 1998.

He Zhongqiu's 200m and 400m are not as good as his 100m. His cornering technique is not up to standard and his best training result is 43.65 seconds.

There is still some distance to the world's first-class level, but there is no problem in breaking the Asian record and the Chinese record, and there is no problem in getting an Olympic A standard.

The Olympic A standard is 45.55 seconds, and he can surpass it by a large margin.

At present, in the 400-meter event in China, no one has reached the A standard, and only two people have reached the B standard of 45.95 seconds.

These two people are from Guangdong Province, Niu Xiaosheng and Wang Liangyu. They are now next to He Zhongqiu. All three of them are in the first group.

Niu Xiaosheng's qualifying score was 45.79 seconds, and Wang Liangyu's was 45.95 seconds, but Niu Xiaosheng was injured and his condition has been average in the past two years.

Soon, the first group's 400m preliminaries began.

He Zhongqiu took the lead and ran in front.

Behind him, the second is Wang Liangyu and the third is Niu Xiaosheng.

In the end, He Zhongqiu ran 43.63 seconds, won first place in the preliminary group, and also ran China's first Olympic A standard.

Due to the temperature and television broadcasts, track and field competitions usually have no events in the afternoon, only in the morning and evening.

So after He Zhongqiu finished running 400 meters, he accepted an interview and then left the Yutung International Center Stadium.

When I returned to the hotel, Yang Xue and the others had already returned to Yanjing, so I called to ask about the situation.

At this time, the media and the Internet around the world were hotly discussing his height of 8.99 meters.

The momentum is no less than the popularity of the previous finals when the team scored 101 points in a single game.

He Zhongqiu has received too many congratulatory text messages, and a large number of track and field-related sports brands have contacted his two agency companies in China and the United States and offered him super-large contracts.

Both Frank Zhang and Lin Xue contacted him, but he did not intend to take these endorsements, but called Yang Xue and asked her to speed up the construction of the sporting goods company.

Now he has neither shortage of money nor influence, so these advertising endorsements do not mean much to him anymore.

So what he needs to do now is to launch a personal sports products brand and build his own business empire.

At 5:30 in the afternoon, He Zhongqiu had dinner and took a bus to Yutung Stadium.

Li Hong has been following him. It is pleasing to the eye to have such a beautiful host by his side to interview him. It is much better than having Zhang Heli and a bunch of old men following him.

After getting in the car, Li Hong received a call. She looked a little surprised. After hanging up the phone, she said to He Zhongqiu:
"Mid-Autumn Festival, it's like this. The women's 7-meter preliminaries will be held at 7:20 sharp, and the men's -meter preliminaries will be held at : sharp."

"Your second set of competitions will be at 7:25. One set will start at 7.23:30, reporting your morning long jump news, and then continue with your 3-meter preliminaries, a total of 7.26 minutes, and end at 30:."

"what?!"

He Zhongqiu was really dumbfounded. The 7 o'clock news broadcast his 100-meter preliminaries live? This treatment was simply out of this world.

"I should be the first person to broadcast live at 7 o'clock, right?"

At 100:, the third group of the women's m preliminaries was underway on the m track.

There were 28 women's 8m runners in total. Except for the 20 who were running, the remaining 18 were watching He Zhongqiu and didn't really watch the race. There were also 19 men's m runners warming up with He Zhongqiu, and a total of people participated in the m preliminaries.

He didn't know any of these athletes, and there was not a single well-known domestic sprinter.

He seemed too tall next to these athletes. It was totally different from playing basketball and felt very weird.

"Master, you are so flexible!"

When Su Bangtian saw He Zhongqiu doing stretching exercises, his jaw almost dropped. His flexibility was much better than his.

"What's your name? Which group are you in the preliminaries?" He Zhongqiu asked casually.

"My name is Su Bangtian, and I'm in the same group with you." Su Bangtian said with a smile.

"How far can you run? You look young." He Zhongqiu asked.

Su Biaotian said modestly, "I'm almost 18 years old, and my grades are not good enough. Last time I participated in the Wu Han City Games, I came fifth in the 10.45-meter race, with a time of seconds."

"Good, keep it up, we'll run together when you're done."

Thinking of what head coach Feng Shuyong had just said, that the best result in the country was less than 10.4 seconds, He Zhongqiu immediately encouraged him.

"it is good."

Su Bangtian said excitedly.

Not long after, the women's 7.20-meter preliminaries were over and it was the men's turn. At , the first group of men's preliminaries started on time.

"The wind speed is 1.2 meters per second."

A referee recorded the wind speed.

"Bah!"

At the sound of a gunshot, eight athletes rushed out of the starting point.

He Zhongqiu was also ready, and as the first group of preliminaries began, he began to get excited.

The first group finished quickly, and the top two were selected to participate in the finals. The best time was 10.49 seconds, which was achieved by Wen Yongyi, currently the best m athlete in China.

Li Hong came up to interview and asked, "It's Mid-Autumn Festival, and it's almost time for the second group. Are you nervous?"

He Zhongqiu shook his head and said, "I'm not nervous. My first official 100-meter race is about to begin. I'm a little excited now."

"In the preliminaries, will you try to break ten?"

“Of course, this is my first track and field race and I hope to give it my all.”

“I am looking forward to your performance and I also look forward to your performance.”

Li Hong smiled and waved to He Zhongqiu and the other six athletes, sending their blessings.

He Zhongqiu, Su Bangtian and others walked to the starting point of the track. The applause and discussions in the audience began to become louder and louder.

After drawing lots, He Zhongqiu was on the first lane.

The first lane is usually arranged on the second runway. The first lane is easily affected by other events and is usually empty, with only lanes 2 to 9 running.

However, in the 100-meter race, the first to third lanes, and the seventh to ninth lanes were not as good as the fourth to sixth golden tracks, so his luck today was average.

At this time, the time was 7.23:30:, and a o'clock news program began to broadcast the news that He Zhongqiu broke the world record for long jump in the morning.

"Li Hong, pay attention, the 30-second countdown has begun." One minute later, Li Hong received a notification in her headset.

"10 seconds, 9 seconds, 6 seconds, 1 second, 0 seconds."

When the camera switched at 0 seconds, CCTV entered the live broadcast period. Li Hong said to the camera with a smile:

"Dear audience members, He Zhongqiu's first track and field competition and first 100-meter race are about to begin. This is his first run."

At this point, her tone turned passionate and she said: "He just created a great moment this morning, 8.99 meters, breaking the men's long jump world record that had been untouched for 16 years.

Now let us look forward to another historic moment! Looking forward to the first Chinese, the first Asian, the first yellow man, breaking 10 meters! "

In Shanghai, Liu Xiang got up from the sofa and sat directly in front of the TV.

Also in Shanghai, Yao Ming also sat up straight.

At the trackside, Director Liu from the General Administration of Sports, Luo Chaoyi and Feng Shuyong from the Track and Field Center, and leaders from the Yanjing Sports Bureau were all nervous.

Li Hong came to the side of the referee team at the start of the track and asked, "Hello, what is the wind speed now?"

"Oh, now it's +1.1 meters/second." said the referee responsible for measuring wind speed.

"That means, the results are valid under this wind speed?" Li Hong asked.

"Yes, it is valid within plus or minus two meters." The referee nodded.

"Oh oh oh……"

At this time, He Zhongqiu adjusted the running gear, squatted down and tried to start. When he rushed out of the runway, he immediately aroused cheers from the audience.

He tried it two more times, each time prompting cheers.

At this time, a referee signaled and shouted loudly: "Second group, get ready."

"Dear audience, the game is about to begin." Li Hong said loudly to the camera.

"call!"

He Zhongqiu let out a breath and squatted down on the second runway.

Su Bangtian happened to be next to them. The two of them, one big and one small, squatted together. It was very strange, just like an adult and a child standing together.

The starter raised his gun, He Zhongqiu took a deep breath, concentrated his attention, slightly tensed his body, and prepared to exert force.

At this moment, countless people in the audience and in front of the TV were tense.

Especially the leaders standing near the track, they didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of affecting the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations.

In the live broadcast studio of Yanjing CCTV, the three commentators were also very nervous. They were Sun Zhenping, Han Qiaoshen, and Liu Xiang's coach, Sun Haiping, who is also the deputy head coach of the Chinese Track and Field Team.

At this time, Han Qiaoshen said excitedly: "It's very tense. This is a crucial moment. Whether we can create a miracle belonging to the Chinese, Asians, and the yellow race depends on this moment."

(End of this chapter)