Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 234 The third superstar in Chinese sports is born

Chen Ran had one more thing to do before leaving Paris.

He had to reciprocate the favor and abide by the agreement he made with Liu Xiang.

Liu Xiang has already reached the finals of the 110-meter hurdles at the World Track and Field Championships, and Chen Ran also had to go there to cheer for Liu Xiang.

Chen Ran had no impression of what Liu Xiang had achieved in his previous life at this World Championships in Paris.

But the unknown is the most exciting.

Chen Ran is also somewhat curious about whether his butterfly effect can have cross-project effects.

CCTV always said that his French Open win would inspire other Chinese athletes, so Chen Ran wanted to see if the facts were as CCTV said.

In fact, the performance of the Chinese track and field team at the World Championships in Paris was unsatisfactory and could even be described as terrible.

So far, only the women's race walking has won a bronze medal, and nothing else.

Liu Xiang is now the last hope of the Chinese track and field team to win a medal.

After the French Open ended, CCTV's huge live broadcast team still stayed in Paris, and Liu Xiang had already reached the 110-meter hurdles final, so they naturally transferred their huge broadcast resources to the World Track and Field Championships.

At the turn of the century, Chinese people were very enthusiastic about sports competitions. In addition, there were not many entertainment activities, and the Internet was not developed. After experiencing the exciting victory of Chen Ran at the French Open, they turned their attention to urgent matters. At the upcoming World Athletics Championships.

In fact, compared to the three or four hours of torture in a tennis match, the 110-meter hurdles match lasts only ten seconds, which anyone can persevere in.

So, Chen Ran also came to the Stade de France with the CCTV broadcast team.

The Stade de France has always been the home stadium of the French national team and has hosted high-level football matches such as the World Cup, European Cup, and Champions League. However, Paris Saint-Germain, which represents Paris, chooses the Parc des Princes stadium as its home stadium.

At this moment, although the huge stadium was not full of seats, it was almost full.

Not long after Chen Ran sat down, a familiar reporter from Yanjing TV came to him and said that a football player was also here and wanted to get to know Chen Ran and asked him to be his introducer.

Are the Chinese football players here too?
Could it be that he studied abroad?The European season is now over.

Are there any Chinese players playing in France? Why am I not impressed?

"He plays in Spain."

"Are there any Chinese players in the Spanish Serie A?" Chen Ran continued to be confused.

In his memory, there was only one later martial arts king who played in Spain and also scored a goal against Barcelona.

"He is from the Spanish Second Division. He came from our Guoan team." a reporter from Yanjing explained.

Chen Ran seemed to have some impression.

Under the recommendation of a reporter from Yanjing, Chen Ran met a Chinese football player who was playing in Spain.

This person is Shang Yi, who was born in the Yanjing Guoan team. Now he plays in a Spanish second division club. Of course, he mainly plays soy sauce.

When netizens in later generations mocked Shang Yi, they would always mention that sentence: I beg Shang Yi for his top five goals.

Because he is a forward, he scored a total of 4 goals in official games.

3 goals are in Guoan and 1 goal is in Spain.

But in the future, his son Shang Juncheng once became the star of hope for Chinese tennis.

The number one teenager in the world, he entered the main draw of the Australian Open before he was [-] years old, and won the only victory in the Australian Open main draw for a Chinese player, at least that was the case before Chen Ran traveled through time.

So Chen Ran also guessed the reason why Shang Yi wanted to meet him.

In his previous life, while playing football in Spain, Shang Yi and his wife, table tennis world champion Wu Na, jointly decided to let their future children play tennis.

Sure enough, when Shang Yi saw Chen Ran, he became very enthusiastic after getting over the initial restraint and becoming familiar with him.

"So... you want your child to play tennis instead of football in the future." As Chen Ran expected, the other party raised this point.

Shang Yi nodded firmly: "Yes, this is a decision that my wife and I discussed together."

"The tour is actually very cruel..." Chen Ran sighed lightly. He was not speaking in a discouraged way.

Although the future Shang Chengcheng was the world's number one as a teenager, he struggled very much after entering the tour stage.

To be precise, his skills are very comprehensive, and his net skills even inherited the touch of his mother who was a table tennis player, and he is better than Zhang Zhizhen and Wu Yibing. However, he often suffers from physical problems when reaching the third set. Causing cramps.

Chen Ran looked helpless in front of the computer at that time. He didn't know whether it was because of physical problems or because he was too young and had not yet grown up.

"I know it's cruel. It seems that only the top 100 can earn money, but I really don't want my children to play football in the future..."

"Zhang Zhizhen's father thinks so too..."

But Chen Ran immediately comforted him: "Actually, our Chinese players can make money if they rank in the top 150. After all, the market behind it is huge."

In the future, let alone business endorsements or shopping malls, you can open Douyin or Kuaishou for marketing, and you can get extra income. Many players ranked above 500 do this, and they are better off than the 200 or so foreign players. Moisturize.

This was in Chen Ran's previous life, when tennis was far less popular than football, basketball, and table tennis. Tennis in this time and space will only become more popular.

"Hey, if you say that, I feel more confident about letting my children play tennis." Shang Yi said with a smile.

Chen Ran chuckled: "Since parents support their children to devote themselves to tennis, I, as the leader of Chinese tennis, will also provide some help within my ability."

This can also be considered as a reassurance for the other party.

While the two were chatting, all eight contestants in the 110-meter hurdles finals had already stepped onto the track.

Liu Xiang's is runway five.

The positioning of the 110-meter hurdles in track and field is actually somewhat neither high nor low.

It is popular compared to most track and field events, but compared to sprint events such as 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters, it is relatively unpopular.

But most people also know that it is difficult for Asian athletes to achieve breakthroughs in the 100m, 200m, and 400m events, including the 110m hurdles.Chen Ran participated in sprint competitions such as 100 meters and 200 meters in school sports meets in his previous life.

He knew the feeling of squatting on the ground waiting for the gunshot before taking off. It was extremely tense and exciting, and his heart beat faster.

After the gunshot, you ran as hard as you could, hoping to release all your accumulated energy in an instant.

That’s the excitement of sprint racing.

The 110-meter hurdles is the same as other sprint events. When the competition starts, all other events stop and the eyes of the audience focus on these eight athletes.

At this moment, Liu Xiang had a determined expression and murderous intent in his eyes!
The eight players have their hands on the ground, ready to go.

"Everyone, get ready."

"boom!"

The starter fired a gun, and the eight players rushed out like arrows.

These short ten seconds will be so thrilling.

Chen Ran also stood up instinctively and stretched his neck.

Liu Xiang's start was quite satisfactory, ranking almost between fourth and fifth.

But during the run, Liu Xiang showed unparalleled hurdles skills.

After all, if Asian athletes want to achieve a breakthrough in the 110-meter hurdles, they can only study on hurdle technology.

"Liu Xiang is catching up!"

“There’s hope for a medal!”

The CCTV reporter beside Chen Ran was jumping up and down excitedly.

Yes, Liu Xiang was already in third place when he crossed the seventh railing.

Today, three railings remain.

At this time, even Chen Ran's heartbeat began to accelerate.

In the blink of an eye, we have reached the last railing.

Liu Xiang has reached the second position, and the gap between him and the first American player Alan Johnson is very small.

"Second time!"

"God!"

The CCTV reporter was going crazy, and Chen Ran also held his breath.

When Liu Xiang crossed the last railing, he landed lightly and easily, and his movements were as coherent as flowing clouds.

Although his opponent Alan Johnson seemed to move very smoothly when he crossed the last railing, Liu Xiang, who was catching up, also put a lot of pressure on him, and he seemed to stall a little when he landed.

Go-ahead!
The distance from the tenth hurdle to the end is 14.02 meters.

Alan Johnson fought hard to catch up, while Liu Xiang gritted his teeth and ran with all his strength.

In the end, the two crossed the finish line almost at the same time.

"Who exactly won?"

This was the doubt of everyone present.

Some Chinese reporters covered their mouths and looked at the big screen nervously.

Liu Xiang, standing on the runway, also had his hands on his hips, panting and looking up at the big screen.

On the big screen, through slow-motion playback and electronic eyes, it was finally confirmed that Liu Xiang's time was 13 seconds, while Alan Johnson's time was 11 seconds.

With a slight advantage of 0.01 seconds, Liu Xiang finally won the men's 110-meter hurdles championship at the World Championships in Paris.

At this moment, Liu Xiang covered his mouth and squatted on the ground, with tears filling his eyes and a look of disbelief on his face.

champion!

Incredible!

You know, his goal before was just a medal.

At this time, the Chinese reporters beside Chen Ran also went crazy and cheered.

Of course, Chen Ran was also very excited.

Liu Xiang in his previous life probably didn't win this world championship, right?Otherwise, he would have become famous long ago.

This is another great championship since Chen Ran won the French Open.

Liu Xiang was draped in the national flag, and CCTV reporters began to connect live.

"Who said that yellow people can't win the 110-meter hurdles championship at the World Championships? I want to tell the world that I can do it!" Liu Xiang cried and said this to the camera.

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PS: I admit that I also scolded Liu Xiang in 2008, although I also knew that he couldn't help himself.Now that times have changed, I think many people who scolded Liu Xiang like me back then will also have regrets in their hearts.

So in this novel, let him reach the top of the world in advance.

Although Liu Xiang originally won the bronze medal at this World Championships, everyone knows that the gap between the third place and the champion is actually very small.It is reasonable for Liu Xiang to be inspired by the protagonist and burst out with great strength to win the gold medal.

(End of this chapter)