Chapter 405: The Passionate Arena
At exactly 9:00 a.m., under the attention of nearly 30,000 spectators and reporters, New York City Mayor Rudolph walked onto the rostrum in the center of the sports field and delivered a speech to the National College Games.
After a brief speech, as Columbia University President Lee Berlinger announced the start of the sports meeting, the sports field suddenly turned into a sea of joy. First, the opening dance performed by hundreds of beautifully dressed female students. Then there was nearly half an hour of literary performance. Lu Wei and others even saw the performance of the orchestra from the Curtis Conservatory of Music. Although it was just a performance at the opening ceremony of the sports meeting, these programs all had extremely high standards.
Next is the entry of athletes. With the introduction of the host, college athletes wearing school uniforms of different schools entered the venue one by one. Harvard University, Princeton University, MIT, Stanford University... familiar names appeared on the placards held by athletes, which attracted reporters in the stands to take photos.
Although the appearance order was not arranged according to the order of the last competition, the Curtis Conservatory was still arranged to play in the last few. Compared with the dozens and hundreds of athletes at the first few well-known universities, the athlete team of only four people in the Curtis Conservatory seemed much shabby. Fortunately, they were not alone. Behind them is the famous Julie-Piao Tianwen--it was like coming for vacation.
"Tom. Didn't you participate in the 100 meters? Why haven't you been to the inspection yet?" Looking at Tom Sonny, who was having a happy chat with Jenny, couldn't help but remind him.
"Oh, why are you anxious? At least one hour, let's take a look first." Tom looked indifferent. In fact, Tom reported the initial motivation for 100 meters. He felt that the schedule was relatively short. He ran over.
"But Lu Wei has already made preparations." Sunny continued.
"If he wants to prepare, go and prepare. Anyway, he can't escape. Why are you anxious?" Tom said with an indifferent look on his face. Then he continued to show his attention to the beautiful Jenny.
"Oh, Jenny. The hairpin I bought yesterday is really good for you. If you bring it, you will be as cute as an elf in the flowers."
"Yes. Thank you Tom. But I still think that blue one is more beautiful."
"It's okay. Wait until the morning game is over. I'll go buy it with you."
"Really. That's great. By the way. Wouldn't you go and warm up?"
"Forget it. Why don't you spend that effort? Why don't you chat here for a while? Oh. It's so hot today. I'd better have you known to bring a parasol."
“I have it here.”
"marvelous."
On the orange-red rubber track, the women's 100-meter preliminaries Group A competition is about to begin. The 8 female athletes have begun to stand on their respective tracks and start to move slowly. The speakers of the field also introduce their respective names and teams.
The electronic timing system issued an electronic prompt tone for the start. The 8 female athletes made standard starting postures on the track at the same time.
"Beep!" With a short sound, the eight female athletes rushed out of the runway in an instant like arrows off the string. At the same time, there were shouts like tsunamis in the stands.
This is the first time Lu Wei has participated in a sports event of this size. Before that, the largest sports meeting he has participated in must be considered a school sports meeting. However, compared with this time, the school sports meeting is just like a game.
Listening to the cheers of more than 20,000 people, Lu Wei felt a burst of blood boiling. At this moment, he deeply felt the charm of sports. Looking at the athletes running rapidly on the track and the waves in the stands, listening to the cheers coming from his ears, Lu Wei felt that all this was like a majestic symphony, which made him tremble with excitement all over his body.
The eight female athletes rushed across the track like a whirlwind. Almost not long after, the huge electronic timing card showed their results. The first place was Alice, who was sophomore from Yale University. Although the score of 10.80 seconds did not allow her to break the female record in this event. However, as a female athlete, she was quite proud of running this result. Alice herself was obviously very satisfied with this result. After the competition, she was still running slowly on the track and waved to the people who cheered her.
Fifteen minutes later, the women's 100m Group B preliminaries began. Due to rumors that Anna, a black female player from Princeton University, once broke the Universiade record at 10.60 seconds in the school sports meeting. Therefore, the Group B competition was particularly eye-catching.
Anna, wearing a blue sportswear, is located at the fourth road, 1.72 meters tall. She is a little overdeveloped for women. She shows the amazing explosive power hidden under her body. After hearing the instructions to prepare for the start, Anna crouched on the starting machine like a female leopard.
"Beep. A short sound of sound rang out. Eight contestants rushed out of the track in an instant!
Accompanied by huge cheers, eight contestants galloped rapidly on the track!
Anna waved her arms vigorously. Her broad stride and rhythmic frequency made her quickly establish her leading position. Just halfway through the schedule, Anna was already ahead of the second place and nearly two positions. In the second half, she ran faster and faster! Anyone could see that there was no suspense about this female player winning first place. And from her more vigorous fighting eyes, people even understood what she meant - her goal was not the champion, but the record of the women's 100 meters in the Universiade!
The audience cheered even more crazily when they thought of this. The reporters also raised their equipment in their hands and prepared to record the scene of Anna sprinting towards the finish line.
Like a black whirlwind, Anna crossed the finish line. Until the last few meters, Anna was still crossing the line without reservation. After continuing to rush forward for more than twenty meters, Anna gradually stopped. However, she, who got the first place, did not cheer. Instead, stared at the big screen in front of her.
The audience knew what she was waiting for. They couldn't help but look at the big screen with her:
10 seconds 57!
Seeing this result, Anna jumped up excitedly, and at the same time she yelled and waved her arms high.
The audience was in full swing. On the first day of the competition, they witnessed the birth of a new Universiade record. And Anna's result was only less than one second behind the women's 100-meter world record of 10 seconds 4. This is definitely an amazing result!
Chapter completed!