Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 245 Zurich

The annual IAAF Diamond League has 14 stations, of which Zurich is the most prestigious.

Since 1928, countless world-class track and field stars have come to Zurich to measure themselves.No other sporting single-day event can achieve the world-class scale and bring together such a high density and number of world champions and Olympic champions as Zurich.

Numerous athletes strived to break records in running, jumping, throwing and other events, and brought the most exciting sports moments to the 25000 spectators of Zurich's Letezgrund Stadium.

The Diamond League Zurich station is also known as [world-class Zurich]. It provides the world's best track and field athletes with the best chance to compete in the same field. There will be more than 1700 million TV viewers around the world during the live broadcast of the final All focus their attention here.

At 8:24 on the evening of August 19th, Zurich Letzgrund Stadium.

The IAAF Diamond League Finals - Zurich station kicked off.

Wu Ziyi (men's 100 meters), Daphne Hippels (women's 200 meters), Mo Farah (men's 5000 meters) and several other athletes rode in an open car in the stadium to greet the spectators who came to watch the game. This is a warm-up ceremony specially arranged by the Zurich organizers. Every athlete who plays is the biggest favorite in this year's Diamond League.

Of course, there are also big favorites who did not play, such as Balshim who was tying his shoelaces on the playing field.

There was a light rain in Zurich earlier today, which kept the temperature at the Letezgrund Stadium at a moderate 18°C. This temperature is just right for track athletes, and the venue is not slippery.

On the lawn near the 32-meter runway, [-] diamond trophies are neatly placed on a white marble tabletop, and more than ten security personnel and hostesses are guarding them. Tonight, there will be [-] diamond trophies Welcome to where they belong.

In the warm-up field, after the warm-up, Wu Ziyi chatted with Sibney, Ronnie Baker and Powell, and Gatlin naturally stayed with his younger brother Isiah Yang.As for the famous general Wu Jia, he is the master of Zhengheiqi England, so he is naturally with Adam Jimmy of Zhengbaiqi.

After the London-London World Championships, there was a burst of internal strife in the English team. Uja, who was on the black flag, pushed out Mitchell Blake, who was on the black flag. The teams were all leading, but Blake actually lost the championship in front of the British people.

How can Mitchell Blake stand it?To put it bluntly, if you want to come, you will also be blasted by Uzi. After all, I managed to win a runner-up. Is this how you treat your teammates?Even the citizens of Britain think that the performance of the master is very good, why are you so noisy?
Therefore, Mitchell Blake, who was originally eligible to participate in the men's [-]-meter finals in Zurich, gave up in a fit of anger, and the place was postponed to Adam Gemilli, who was behind him.

"Uzi, are you sure you're going to come to Kingston next year? You can come to my house as a guest at that time. My house has a big banana orchard. I can take you to pick bananas, and you can ship them back to China."

"Asafa, you three Jamaican brothers are really interesting. One wants to drag me to a nightclub to have fun, one wants to invite me to train together, and one wants to invite me to pick bananas."

"If you don't like it, you can come to New York to watch Swift's concert with me."

"Or come with me to South Africa to see lions?"

At 19:18, the venue for the women's shot put final.

Gong Lijiao grabbed a handful of non-slip powder and applied it to the right side of her neck, then grabbed the shot put to start her fifth shot.

Yang Jian: "Here it is, Gong Lijiao's fifth shot. Currently, Gong Lijiao ranks first with 19 meters. I hope this shot can go further and stabilize my advantage."

"Fast slide, turn around, shot, look at this shot, ah no, this shot - not bad! Another shot very close to 20 meters, look at the final score. 19 meters 60! There, this shot It should be stable!"

It is indeed stable. The fifth round of the women's shot put is over. Apart from Gong Lijiao, the best result is the Hungarian star Anita Marton's 18 meters, which is far from Gong Lijiao's 54 meters.

The ranking points of the Diamond League finals are twice that of the previous 1 stations. Anita Marton, who was ranked first before, is only one diamond point more than Gong Lijiao. If Marton can't beat Gong Lijiao in the last shot , then the annual championship is destined to belong to the Chinese female player.

At 19:26, this season's IAAF Diamond League Women's Shot Put Finals ended. Except for Gong Lijiao, there was still no player who could break through 19 meters. Therefore, it was announced that the Chinese star Gong Lijiao won the Diamond Award for Women's Shot Put .

It is worth mentioning that Gong Lijiao's first throw was 19 meters 52. In hindsight, she was actually the annual champion from the very beginning.

"Congratulations to Gong Lijiao for becoming the annual champion of the Diamond League! Among the top 10 women's shot put results this year, Gong Lijiao has 5 places, including the world's best score of 20 meters this year. Gong Lijiao deserves this annual championship! Absolutely Strength, there is no suspense."

"Missing the medal in the Rio Olympics once made her feel very sad. Gong Lijiao was even depressed at that time. Now, it is very difficult to get on the right track from the failure, and she survived after all. How can you see the rainbow if you don't see the wind and rain?! Now Gong Lijiao is only one Olympic gold medal away from achieving the grand slam, no matter what the road ahead, the Chinese people will silently support you behind, come on, Gong Lijiao!"

Yang Jian's speeches are always so heartfelt and inspiring. After seeing Gong Lijiao finally won the championship, domestic audiences couldn't help looking forward to the men's [-]m final.

Wu Ziyi will definitely not disappoint the Chinese people, right?

20 points.

Yang Jian: "Congratulations to Balshim for winning this year's Diamond League championship. This is also the third time that Balshim has won the Diamond Award. Next, let's enter tonight's grand finale, which is also the most anticipated event of the audience. ——Men's 100m annual finals!"

In the original schedule, the men's 100-meter race was held at 20:05, but the popularity of the men's 100-meter race has remained high on the major search platforms before the race.In addition, Wu Ziyi, Gatlin, Powell, Sibney, Uja and other famous players participated in the competition, so it is still put at the end.

Wu Ziyi came to the competition with the preheating of the London-London World Championships. At the same time, he faced Asafa Powell, who won the Diamond Award with a slight advantage in points last year, and World Championships silver medalist Justin Gatlin and other famous players from various countries.

In fact, what track and field enthusiasts are most concerned about is not whether Wu Ziyi can win the diamond award, because almost no one thinks that Wu Ziyi will lose this game, but what people care about is whether Wu Ziyi can hit a higher level in Zurich—for example, hit his own personal best result.

Wu Ziyi's current 9-meter personal best is 75 seconds in the Diamond League Monaco station. This result also makes Wu Ziyi ranked sixth in the history of men's 9-meter personal best. Going further, at least 74 seconds [-], right?

Wu Ziyi stood behind the starting line. From London to Zurich, his mentality gradually changed.

Now he is a double world champion and an Olympic gold medalist in the men's 200m. Before he knows it, he has grown into one of the strongest active male sprinters on the planet.

It is still early before the Winter Beijing Olympics, and Wu Ziyi's next step is nothing more than preparing for the Doha World Championships in 19, and arranging relevant affairs in advance to prepare for the challenge of the epidemic.

After this year's winter training is over, Lyles, Coleman, Corley and other athletes, including Ronnie Baker beside him, as well as Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye and other young athletes far away in China will usher in a wave of improvement.

Wu Ziyi is very much looking forward to the Doha World Championships next year and the year after, but now, he needs to draw an end to his journey of international competitions this year.

(End of this chapter)