Sprint champion: start standing on the Olympic field

Chapter 214 Powell Arrives!
"Another sprint star in China is rising! 6 seconds shines in the audience." A newspaper in the Austrian Morning Post with Su Bingtian starting and crossing the line as the front page appeared on many media in the world the next day, especially European and Chinese media. , but also reproduced without hesitation.

Now that masters such as Su Feng and Bolt have disappeared due to winter training, such news can easily grab some headlines.

Moreover, after some media found out that Su Bingtian and Su Feng were the same master and came from the same school, this trend intensified.

Compared with the more cautious foreign media, the Chinese media is much more generous.

After all, Su Bingtian's 60-meter score is indeed too tough!
With such achievements at the age of 19, and being Su Feng's junior, he has great potential no matter how you look at it. Even if he can't become the second Su Feng, he still has the possibility to become a top sprinter.

But at this time, Su Bingtian has not seen this domestic trend yet.

After all, he was abroad at this time, and it was difficult to see domestic news.

At the same time, people like He Jun who can directly contact Su Bingtian, in order to give him a better environment, will definitely not take the initiative to tell him these things, which will add a lot of pressure for no reason.

At this time, Su Bingtian had flown across the English Channel to Birmingham.

Birmingham is the second largest city in the UK after London in terms of population and area. It is located in the central part of England and has very convenient transportation on the railway line connecting London to Liverpool.

Birmingham has the youngest population in Europe, and has been rated as the city with the best quality of life in the UK for three consecutive years. It has world-class companies, R&D centers, and more than 1900 innovative companies. It is a vibrant and prosperous business area and a major city in the UK. manufacturing center.

Birmingham has a wide range of industries, mainly heavy industry, with the world's largest metal processing scale, ferrous metallurgy, nonferrous metallurgy, aircraft, chemical, military, and automobile industries are all well developed.

In recent years, the economy has been shifting to the tertiary industry, and the financial industry and tourism industry have developed quite rapidly.

In the following years, including the IAAF Diamond League and the IAAF Indoor World Championships were held here, known as the European sports capital.

The gymnasium of the University of Birmingham, where Su Bingtian, who has finished the Linz Indoor Competition, is training here.

The University of Birmingham was founded in 1825 and has a history of nearly 200 years.

On March 3, the Birmingham Indoor Stadium was full of spectators with more than 17 people, which is very rare in indoor track and field events.

The reason is naturally not Su Bingtian's participation, but Asafa Powell has completed his winter training and put the first stop of 2009 here.

At the press conference before the game, Powell said confidently that his strength has improved a lot compared to last year, and he will challenge Su Feng and Bolt and so on.At the same time, he threatened to break the world record in the men's 60-meter indoor race!
This undoubtedly attracted the attention of a lot of people, especially in a big city like Birmingham, which easily attracted tens of thousands of spectators.

After all, 2008 has just passed, and the biggest sports news in 2008 is not which team won the Champions League. This happens every year. The biggest sports news is that Su Feng and Bolt both ran to 9 seconds in the men's 6 meters. marginal grades.

And Powell is one of the strongest competitors of the two, and he is the former world record holder. Such remarks at this time have enough weight.

"Bingtian, your challenge today is not small. You don't have to fight hard with Powell. He is not something you can challenge right now." On the sidelines at this time, Liu Yuxiang and Su Bingtian were sitting in the auditorium, watching the competition of the athletes.

Liu Yuxiang didn't participate in today's game, and Su Bingtian's game was also in the afternoon. He came with Su Bingtian.

At this time, it was obvious that there was no professional coach. Neither Jiang Yun nor Li Guoliang could give Su Bingtian enough help. Instead, Liu Yuxiang, who had gone through countless competitions, could help Su Bingtian adjust his psychology well.

Powell's entry this time is indeed beyond the expectations of many people.

After all, for long-term winter training, the first stop after winter training is often placed in some grand prix. I didn't expect Powell to come.

Although Su Bingtian has watched Powell's games on TV countless times, and even watched Powell's and Su Feng's matches live, but he is still a little nervous about competing on the same stage.

"I said, don't look so serious on your face. In fact, think about it, how many times has Powell lost to Su Feng, and how many times have you competed with Su Feng? You are not even afraid of Su Feng. Why are you afraid of Powell?"

"Brother Liu, I know." Su Bingtian took a deep breath. He was not a talkative character, especially at this time. Liu Yuxiang's consolation had some effect, but he had to adjust it by himself.

Afternoon, 14:30 London time.

After completing the inspection, Su Bingtian came to the exit of the corridor, and saw that familiar yet unfamiliar figure as soon as he turned the corner, Powell!
He was one of Su Bingtian's goals before 04, and after 04, Powell's performance improved year by year. Even if Su Feng and Bolt stole the limelight in the past year, he is still the best in the world. One of the strongest sprinters!

Su Bingtian was in the first lane, and Powell was in the fourth lane. Seeing Su Bingtian walking by at this time, Powell himself was slightly taken aback.

For a moment, when he saw the red figure, he thought it was Su Feng coming, but after a closer look, he realized it was not.

After all, although both of them have black hair and yellow skin, there is still a big gap in height.

"Another Chinese player?" The registration was made by the coach. Powell came to the UK directly from Jamaica, and he didn't watch the news in Europe. He didn't know the news about Su Bingtian. It was also a reason for a brief misunderstanding after seeing it at this time. Excuse me.

Soon, eight athletes began to appear on the stage, and the cheers that shook the sky in the room were almost all towards Powell.

"That guy, that is, Su Feng is not here, and there are no tigers in the mountains." Liu Yuxiang looked at Su Bingtian with a serious expression from the stands, wondering if he would be affected, and complained silently in his heart.

Indeed, if Su Feng came, Powell would definitely not have such attention, and Su Bingtian's pressure would be much less.

He understands the pressure of facing the world's top players alone. That's how he got there at the time. Now it depends on how Su Bingtian's pressure resistance is?

Soon, eight people came to the starting line.

"Hi, do you know Su Feng?" Powell asked Su Bingtian proactively before the starting line.

"Ah, I know him. He and I are the same master." Su Bingtian had studied English hard before going abroad. At this time, he stumbled and his pronunciation was not standard, but the general meaning was still clear.

"Oh?" Powell's eyes flickered, and he continued to ask, "Are you Su Feng's junior?"

"Yes."

"When will Su Feng participate in the competition, do you know?"

"It seems that it will start in Osaka, Japan, as it has been in previous years."

Powell nodded, not knowing what he was thinking, and then the two ended the conversation.

(End of this chapter)