Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 65 Move to Europe!

"Director Feng, can you explain why Wen Hao suddenly left Luohe?"

"Director Feng, there are so many spectators here waiting to watch Wen Hao compete. Why did you just leave so quickly?"

"Director Feng, can you explain to us what Wen Hao's movements were after he left Luohe?"

On the afternoon of June 6th.

On the third day of the National Youth Track and Field Championships, all events are still proceeding in an orderly manner.

But before the afternoon match started, Feng Shuyong was surrounded by many reporters just as he was preparing to enter the stadium.

After Wen Hao's deeds of breaking the national record twice yesterday were widely spread, all walks of life paid great attention to it.

Many TV stations and newspapers immediately sent reporters to Luohe at night, hoping to catch up with the popularity and interview Wen Hao.

There was originally the men's 200m preliminaries this afternoon and the men's 200m finals tomorrow.

Originally, everyone was already prepared. Even if they couldn't get an exclusive interview, at least they could have a group interview and share the soup like they did after yesterday's 100-meter final.

As a result, news suddenly spread that Wen Hao and his head coach Li Qing, after leaving the hotel at 10 a.m., got into a car and headed directly to Zhengzhou.

This caught all the media people off guard.

You didn't even say hello, what are you going to do?

Feng Shuyong was really surrounded and couldn't walk, and he observed that in addition to these reporters, there seemed to be Wen Hao's fans watching.

Forget it, just make an explanation in this public place to avoid delaying the work later.

Feng Shuyong greeted the reporters present for a while, and the reporters turned on their cameras or recorders one after another to prepare for recording.

"Wen Hao's sudden departure from Luohe was indeed quite sudden, so he did not explain it to the outside world in time."

"The specific reason is that Wen Hao himself feels that there are currently no high-level competitions in China, and he cannot better adapt to the training content through competitions. In the past two days, coach Li Qing has been helping him contact high-level competitions in Europe. International competition, I just received a reply this morning.”

"As for the specific trends, I'm not sure yet and can't fully confirm them. We won't know until they land in Europe and spread the news back home."

"I can understand everyone's feelings, but as an athlete, and an athlete whose personal strength has begun to match the international level, Wenhao cannot avoid participating in high-level events abroad."

"Every competition opportunity is hard-won, so they didn't dare to delay as soon as they received the reply and set off directly."

"Don't worry, everyone. As soon as the news comes back from Wen Hao, the National Track and Field Team will make an immediate explanation to the media friends and fans who follow us."
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  Xinzheng International Airport.

Wen Hao and Li Qing were sitting in the waiting room, waiting to board the plane.

"Well, yes, Sister Anne, just go to the Capital Airport and wait for me. My flight will land at 5pm. We will see whether we fly to Paris or..."

After some communication with his agent Annie, Wen Hao turned to discuss specific itinerary arrangements with Li Qing.

Sometimes luck comes and you can't stop it.

Due to preparations in advance, Wenhao's consecutive 10 and 16 seconds at the Youth Championships yesterday were quickly submitted to the IAAF, and the world rankings were quickly updated.

After waking up in the morning, I received an email reply from Europe.

The replies given to the Golden League Paris and Rome stations on July 7th and 8th were:

"Sorry, your world ranking is not competitive enough in the registration list for the men's 100-meter event in this event. It is recommended that you work hard to improve your performance and world ranking first. You are welcome to continue to submit applications next year"      As for July 7 The Golden League Stockholm station on the same day has not yet responded, but the result is the same.

The Golden League has always been the most popular event among the world's top track and field athletes in the GL level because of its million-dollar gold prize.

名额较多的中长跑还好，但100米、200米、400米、跨栏这些固定8个名额的项目，那就真的是非世界前20名的选手而不可得了。

Not to mention, the local organizers of each event will basically arrange for one or two of their own athletes to participate in the competition, so the competition for this spot is even more intense.

However, since Wen Hao could immediately abandon the All-Youth Championship that he was preparing for and ran directly to the airport to fly to Europe, he naturally received an accurate reply.

On July 7, there was an IAAF Super Grand Prix in Athens, Greece.

The level of the Super Grand Prix is ​​also GL level, and the competition for places is not much lower than that of the Golden League.

For example, Justin Gatlin, who has not yet been involved in a doping scandal, tied the world record of 9 seconds today at the Super Grand Prix held in Doha, Qatar.

Normally, with Wenhao's current world ranking of 37th, it would be difficult to qualify for these top events.

But if Wen Hao is not lucky, the men's 100-meter event of the Athens Super Grand Prix is ​​a two-shot system of preliminaries + finals!

For the two preliminaries, the quota has directly increased from 8 to 16, and the success rate of registration has been greatly increased.

Otherwise, Wen Hao is lucky.

Originally, his spot was reserved for Justin Gatlin at the Athens Super Grand Prix. He wanted to create a strong showdown between Powell and Gatlin to give track and field fans a whole new experience.

But for some unknown reason, Gatlin, who was far away in the United States, declined the invitation from Athens. Just then Wenhao's registration application was submitted.

Ranked 37 in the world?

It seems a little low, but it makes sense, okay, that’s you!
  So, in a hurry, Wen Hao naturally chose to avoid the easy matter and give up the All Youth Championship, and hurried to Greece.

After discussing the itinerary with Li Qing, Wen Hao thought of another thing.

On July 7, there was also a Super Grand Prix in London, England, which was also a two-gun system.

There is no chance for the Golden League Paris and Rome stations. The roster has been decided. The results of the Stockholm station are not yet known. But since the Athens Grand Prix can be won, is there a chance for the London Grand Prix?
  Wen Hao immediately expressed this idea, and Li Qing also thought it was feasible, but he was about to board the plane and could not operate it yet.

It should be still too late to wait for the flight to fly to Yanjing for a layover, or to fly to Europe before submitting the application to the London Grand Prix.

After confirming that the idea was feasible, Li Qing continued to write and draw with pen and paper to make more detailed itinerary planning.

Wen Hao suddenly thought of something again and dialed the number of his agent Annie.

"Hello, Sister Annie?"

"Well, I have something I want you to help me arrange in advance."

"On July 7th, Armani will have an autumn/winter haute couture show in Paris. Can you help me arrange it? I want to watch the show live."

"Hehe~ Give her a surprise, don't let it slip."

"Okay, okay, thank you Sister Annie!"

"Yeah, see you in Yanjing!"

OK, done, let’s set off—to fight in Europe!
  (End of this chapter)