At 8 o'clock in the morning, Lou Xiaopeng, as secretary-general of the China Athletics Association, appeared in his office on time. The World Youth Championships just ended and the Chinese track and field industry entered a relatively calm rest period, and his work was relatively relaxed. Moreover, this year is not the year of the major competition. Apart from the 15th Doha Asian Games and the Shanghai International Track and Field Golden Grand Prix at the end of the year, the Chinese track and field team no longer has any major competition tasks.

Lou Xiaopeng had just finished processing some of the documents in his hand and was planning to make a cup of the best Tieguanyin given to him by an old friend of the F Provincial Sports Committee two days ago. He savored it carefully, but unexpectedly, his assistant Cai Yuanqingfeng ran in quickly and raised a fax in his hand to him with an excited look on his face.

"Secretary-General, fax sent by the IAAF headquarters!" Cai Yuanqing's voice was trembling with excitement.

"Oh! Come and show it to me!" Lou Xiaopeng was stunned when he heard Cai Yuanqing's words, and his hands holding the tea were stiff in the air, but then he immediately reacted and hurriedly waved to his assistant.

There is not much content on the fax, but the whole text is written in internationally common English. At the top, it is the abbreviation of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) and the logo of the International Athletics Federation. Fortunately, Lou Xiaopeng's English proficiency is very good, and the English content is not difficult for him. After browsing it quickly, a bright smile appeared on his face.

"It's so great. The focus of this year has finally come. I didn't expect that Li Tian would have the chance to participate in the Golden League this year!" Lou Xiaopeng stood up suddenly, slapped his thigh.

The content of the fax is very simple, which is to specially invite Chinese track and field athlete Li Tian to participate in the men's 100m competition of the IAAF Gold League in 2006. The signature below the fax letter is the seal of the IAAF Gold League Organizing Committee.

I believe that anyone who cares about sports has heard of this event. It has been the ninth session since its establishment in 1998. It has been known as the two major events of the IAAF annually, along with the IAAF Super Grand Prix, and is one of the highest star-rated and most influential track and field events today. It aims to attract the best track and field athletes in the world to participate in the competition and further promote track and field athletes around the world. The high prize of $1 million is indeed

It is extremely attractive. Almost all the top experts who are in the international arena have participated in this event, and being able to stand on the field of this event is a huge honor and recognition. The only thing that Chinese track and field athletes really remember the name in this top event is Liu Xiang, the men's 110-meter hurdle champion at the 2004 Athens Olympics, but unfortunately, this Olympic gold medalist has not been able to reach the championship of the Golden League in the six sub-stop competitions he went to.

"But Secretary General, it's the end of May now. How could Li Tian have the chance to participate in the Golden League?" After being excited, Cai Yuanqing couldn't help but be confused again, because according to the practice of previous years, the International Golden League lasted from early June to early September every year, spanning the entire summer. Now it's the end of May, and the registration has already passed. Seeing that the Golden League was about to begin, Li Tian didn't expect that Li Tian was lucky to take the last train.

"I don't know much about this. If the registration time for participating in the competition was over based on previous experience, it would have ended before May, and now the list of final contestants should have been determined long ago. Li Tian was still far away in Germany and had no time to register. But no matter what, the content on the fax at the IAAF headquarters is not fake. As long as Li Tian can participate in the Golden League, it will be a big help." Although Lou Xiaopeng was also confused about this, he thought more about his future work arrangements.

In fact, this time Li Tian was able to join the Golden League with a "miraculous" "lightning" this time. First of all, I have to thank someone, that is, the chairman of the IAAF, Mr. Diak. It was because of his special recommendation to Li Tian that Li Tian was lucky to take the last bus. During the Beijing World Youth Track and Field Championships, Mr. Diak had a considerable favorable impression of Li Tian, ​​a Chinese magical boy. Li Tian's outstanding strength made the old man feel that if he didn't let him appear in

The Golden League was simply a burial of geniuses, so he used his special status as the chairman of the IAAF to specifically recommend Li Tian to the Golden League Organizing Committee. After careful review, the organization committee confirmed that Li Tian was indeed a very suitable player. So he added Li Tian's name to the list of participants that had been drafted before, which also made a promise that Chairman Diak would give Li Tian a special gift at the World Youth Championship award ceremony.

It is not easy for the IAAF to make such a decision. The Golden League is different from the World Championships and Olympics. It is divided into six sub-stop races: Oslo, Norway, Paris, France, Rome, Italy, Zurich, Switzerland, Brussels, Belgium and Berlin, Germany. Each sub-stop race adopts a one-day one-stop race mode, which means that a sub-stop race must be completed in one day (actually 2 to 3 hours of competition time). It can be said that the time is very short. All competition events do not have the division of preliminaries, rematches, and semi-finals, but the finals are directly held. Therefore, the number of players who can participate in each event is extremely limited. Take the men's 100-meter event that Li Tian will participate in. Usually, only eight players will participate, and up to nine are allowed. These people also have a place to leave for local players in each sub-stop race to increase the attention of the competition. This year's 100-meter competition "New World"

King" Gatlin, the double champion of the World Championships, has been confirmed to participate; "Old King" American star Green is said to have improved this year and has booked a seat; Powell, the creator of the new 100-meter world record, missed the entire schedule of the last Golden League due to injury last year, and this time, Gatlin will never be the first to be beautiful; coupled with the strong return of the British star European record holder Chambers after the suspension expires, these four sprint giants have already firmly controlled it.

Half of the quotas for the competition were competed for by top experts from all over the world. If any contestant quits midway, he would select candidates from others. It is conceivable how fierce the competition is. Moreover, when registering, Li Tian had not yet made his mark in the World Track and Field Youth Championships. Even if he had not even participated in a national competition, he would definitely not be selected, because the popularity of the contestants is also an important aspect of the review.

Li Tian was able to get this opportunity effortlessly, but also benefited from the huge Chinese local market support behind him. Because in early 2006, the IAAF decided to cancel the men's 110-meter hurdles event in this Golden League, and there were 11 competition events determined, including 100 meters, 400 meters, 1500 meters, 5 long jump and javelin, and 100 meters for women, 100 meters, 400 meters, 3000 meters or 5000 meters, 100 meters hurdles and high jump. In this way, Liu Xiang, a leader in Chinese track and field, did not

Having the opportunity to appear in the league arena, which has a direct impact on the overall plan of the IAAF, which has made China the focus of track and field promotion in recent years. Everyone knows Liu Xiang's influence in the Chinese track and field industry. When Chinese track and field talents withered, it was he who carried the banner of Chinese track and field. However, Li Tian's timely appearance just filled this gap and solved this contradiction well. After all, after he has won the "Four Championships" of the World Youth Championship, his influence in China is no less than that of his predecessors.

Before this, Secretary-General Lou Xiaopeng was worried about this issue. 2006 was a real year of adjustment for Liu Xiang. According to the events he reported, there were less than ten races, and most of them were domestic and regional competitions, and there were only two grand prixes in international competitions. There were too few things to attract attention. You should know that my country's track and field foundation is quite weak. The track and field boom in the past two years can be said to be entirely caused by him being driven by a man after winning the Olympics. Without him participating in major events, this boom may soon recede. It would be even more difficult to make it hot again. Now, when Lou Xiaopeng got this fax, the worries buried in his heart were finally wiped out. Li Tian's participation in the Golden League happened to inject a sweet spring in the dry season of Chinese track and field.

"No, it's definitely not as simple as spring water. Maybe he will make a huge wave again. For a genius like Li Tian, ​​who can quit his future?" Lou Xiaopeng thought happily in his heart.

"Import Li Tian immediately that the time for the start of the competition is imminent, and the news is spread. We can use the media to focus the public's attention on the track and field track again. This is an excellent opportunity for us to increase the promotion and popularization of track and field track." Lou Xiaopeng quickly issued instructions.

"I know what to do!" Cai Yuanqing hurried out. The reactions of various domestic media outlets who received this news can be imagined. They originally agreed that Li Tian missed the Golden League this year and felt a pity. It was not that he was not strong enough, but that he was "born at the wrong time". However, before the start of the game, the China Athletics Association actually gave official official news. Li Tian decided to participate in the 100-meter event of the 2006 Golden League, and immediately adjusted the taste of these media.
Chapter completed!