Run Out of My Life - Chapter 373

    Hedao City.

    In a residential apartment building on the island, Su Zu looked at the pile of sweaters and coats that his mother Ye Qingmei took out of the closet, and said helplessly: “Mom, it’s almost there. , I will go for a few days, and I will be back home soon.”

    “Bring two more sweaters, I heard that the weather in the Soviet Union is very cold.” Ye Qingmei looked inside the cupboard and found a thick sweater, while measuring to Su Zu.

    “What is the Soviet Union?” Su Yuanhua was sitting on the sofa beside him, watching the news from both sides of the Taiwan Strait on TV, when he heard Ye Qingmei’s words, he couldn’t help but retorted, “Does Russia understand now? I understand, when did the Soviet Union have an old account?”

    “You know as much.” Ye Qingmei rolled her eyes at Su Yuanhua, and found a few thick sweaters from a pile of clothes, and gestured on Su Zu one after another, frowning. Suddenly he frowned slightly, “It’s a little small.”

    Su Zu looked at the clothes in his mother’s hand, and it really didn’t fit so well. Although he didn’t grow as fast as before in the past two years, he still grew a little. It’s almost 1.9 meters now, and because of the high-intensity strength training, the shoulder width and muscles are more prominent than ordinary people.

    “You bought it the year before, it must be small.” Su Yuanhua threw the remote control aside, “Don’t worry about that, Su Zu is a country people, the state takes care of their clothing, food, housing, and transportation, and there are special personnel to take care of them…”

    “My son, I have to worry about it, are you not happy?!” Ye Qingmei threw the sweater in her hand directly at Su Yuanhua and complained, “It’s rare to come back for a while Years, it’s not even fifteen years old.”

    “You are unreasonable.” Su Yuanhua caught the sweater thrown over and pointed at Su Zu, “He is not going to the competition, he is going to participate in that… awarding. “

    “It’s all right, Mom, just bring it all.”

    Su Zu stood in the middle of the two, watching his parents bicker, nagging about the parents’ shortcoming, and a warm feeling surged in his heart.

    My parents have grown accustomed to living in Hedao City over the past few years, and have their own life circles. Compared to what he thought before, he might not be used to it, but he finally got used to it.

    But since taking the road of sports competition, he has been somewhat guilty. Compared with his peers, he has spent too little time at home these years. In addition to the domestic and foreign competitions, the training bases for the usual training are not in Hedao City. It can be said that he has never been with his parents well.

    The time spent at home is almost the same as when I went to work in the society in the past. Every year, I take it with me at home for ten days and a half during the Spring Festival.

    “Mom, why don’t you and my dad come with me.”

    Su Zu looked at her mother who was continuing to rummage through the pile of clothes, and persuaded again.

    “I can, but the key is that your mother doesn’t dare to fly.”

    Su Yuanhua, who was sitting on the sofa, spoke first, and then gestured with the sweater in his hand, “I think these clothes are too big for me, but Su Zu’s panting is too small. Don’t buy it, let’s see what you do now.”

    “If you don’t go, you won’t go.” Ye Qingmei shook her head repeatedly, “You can go with your coach. I saw a few foreigners on the street that day and panicked. I was going to the Soviet Union. That’s not scary.”

    Su Zu turned to look at his father, Su Yuanhua. Seeing him shaking his head helplessly, Su Zu suddenly laughed.

    “Mom, you are even afraid of foreigners, then I will go back and find you a foreign daughter-in-law, what should I do?”

    “You have to be able to speak Chinese, otherwise you can’t understand the babble.” Ye Qingmei raised her head and looked at Su Zu, “Don’t be too early, I heard that foreign women are very old. Come on, it won’t look good by then.”

    “Hey, look at your son’s sullen appearance and a foreign daughter-in-law. If he is not an athlete, a Chinese daughter-in-law may not be found.” Su Yuanhua also smiled and echoed.

    My father has been living in the city for the past few years, and his eyes have opened up a lot. This time I also want to follow him to Moscow, but my mother is still a little timid and afraid to go out. Going abroad is almost impossible. The two father and son summed it up, and finally gave up the idea of ​​letting their parents go to Moscow with him.

    “Then both of you have to go to the competition at the Imperial City Bird’s Nest this year!”

    Su Zu changed the topic aside, this life may be because the family has a lot of financial well-being, and because he did not go to college, his parents were six or seven years earlier than before. Start talking about this.

    However, in any case, Su Zu enjoys more and more time with his parents and family, only in front of his parents, he is completely stripped of his athlete status, not a world champion, not a world record holder, just An ordinary teenager.

    February 16, the tenth day of the first lunar month.

    Su Zu went out from home, and the team members of the research team had already come to pick him up and go directly to the airport.

    After meeting Li Zhizhong again at the airport, the group changed boarding passes and boarded the international flight to St. Petersburg.

    Moscow, Pulkovo Airport, a large passenger plane flying directly from China to Russia, landed slowly.

    As soon as he got out of the cabin door, Su Zu felt the chill coming from the shop.

    Ten hours ago, it was still in Hedao City, where the average daily maximum temperature reached 20 degrees, and ten hours later, I was in the icy and snowy environment of Russia. discomfort.

     “Oh, this weather is really pouring water into ice.”

    After getting off the plane, Li Zhizhong took a deep breath and couldn’t help sighing.

    He left Hedao over the years and took Suzu around to participate in the competition. He has experienced all kinds of weather, but when he first came to Moscow, he realized that the winter in many cities before was more than There is still a big gap from Moscow.

    Moscow in February has a daily maximum of minus 8 degrees Celsius and a daily minimum of minus 16 degrees Celsius, which are the two coldest months of the year.

    “It’s really cold.” Su Zu was wearing a thick down jacket and heaved a sigh of relief. Although his mother stuffed a lot of clothes in his luggage, his usual clothes were actually made by special staff. supply.

    As early as when Su Zu was nominated, Yu Yaling and Yi Zhen and other logistics team members had already prepared for the clothing issue.

    After all, like Liu Yangyu in 2005, not everyone can do it directly in jeans and short sleeves.

    However, Su Zu couldn’t bear the kindness of his mother, so he just brought it all.

    “It’s really right that I didn’t come to the Indoor World Championships the year before.” Li Zhizhong looked at the vast white snow and remembered that during the Moscow Indoor World Championships the year before, he refused the team’s arrangement and did not let Su Zu come to the competition.

    Although indoor competitions are all indoor competitions, it is always necessary to go out. He could feel the coldness of Bianren’s bones when he went out of the cabin door for such a short time.

    “By the way, Master, has Leonard Scott retired?”

    Su Zu heard Li Zhizhong mention the indoor World Championships the year before, and suddenly thought of someone.

    The location of the 2006 World Indoor World Championships was Moscow. At that time, the men’s 60-meter champion was Leonard Scott of the United States. In the two seasons of 2005 and 2006, a relatively successful American sprinter.

    However, in 2007, Suzu only played against Scott once in the 2007 Rome Golden League, and in that game Scott ran 10.23 seconds, ranking the last one. After that, Su Zu almost never heard the news of Scott’s competition.

    “May be retired or engaged in other sports.”

    Li Zhizhong shook his head, this athlete was the most active sprinter in the world track field except Justin Gatlin in 2005 and 2006, but only one or two years , gradually disappeared.

    In the sprint and sprint events, although the United States faces the challenges of the Caribbean countries, the competition is still fierce due to the endless stream of local talents. Most of the active players in other countries are old-fashioned athletes, but the United States has a large number of new players every year.

    After the Osaka World Championships, the Zurich Golden League, which is known as the one-day Olympics, in the men’s 110-meter hurdles event, American players reached 7 out of 9 competitors, and among the 7 people , the worst one also reached 13 seconds 42.

    This is the confidence of a big country in track and field. In addition to race, there is also a very good talent training mechanism in the country.

    Thinking about this, it is not surprising that athletes like Leonard Scott who were briefly active in the world field and won the indoor world championship may eventually be due to fitness or injury. And gradually fade out.

    February 18th, 7pm.

    St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Opera House, star-studded.

    The 2008 Laureus Sports Awards ceremony was held at the Mariinsky Opera House in St. Petersburg, and many celebrities from the sports and literary circles attended the ceremony.

    Zhang Pingqiu, Yu Yaling, Jiang Daheng and Yi Zhen, who followed Su Zu and Li Zhizhong to the award ceremony, just arrived at the door of the Mariinsky Opera House and felt a little confused.

    “That’s…Bobka?”

    When Su Zu and Li Zhizhong walked the red carpet and stood at the entrance of the theater to sign their autographs and take photos, several other people directly entered the venue and did not walk the red carpet. Jiang Daheng looked at a middle-aged white man in a black dress who had just passed by, and stuttered for a while.

    “It’s him, I’ve seen his videotape.” Zhang Pingqiu nodded. As a track and field coach, even as an assistant coach, he is familiar with all the top players in the world.

    “I’m going to ask for an autograph later, no, take a group photo.” Jiang Daheng was excited.

    It’s not that he hasn’t seen the world, Su Zu is one of the most influential sports stars in the world, but in the eyes of Jiang Daheng’s generation, some athletes in that special era gave His influence was completely different from what it is now.

    Sergey Buboka, pole vault legend, broke the men’s pole vault world record 35 times during his illustrious career. Among them, 17 times are outdoors, and he is the person who has broken the most world records in the history of track and field. Buboka usually improves the world record by one centimeter every time, so some people call him “Mr. One Centimeter”. “Queen of pole vault” Isinbayeva’s goal is to surpass Bubka’s record of 35 times.

    Outside the Mariinsky Opera House, the heavyweights who participated in this year’s Lawrence Sports Awards appeared one after another, boxing champion Klitschko, F1 racing star Hakkinen, tennis king Federer… When the most important guests arrived, many sports stars, both on and off the court, lost their luster for a while.

    In a black suit, not tall, with a bright forehead and slightly sparse hair, the Russian President, Putin, appeared at the Mariinsky Opera House as a guest.

    When Su Zu saw Putin in the middle of the venue, he was also slightly taken aback. When he participated in this Lawrence Sports Awards, he never thought that he would be able to meet such a heavyweight.

    After entering the theater and taking a seat, Su Zu felt that Li Zhizhong’s breathing was a little heavy, and his body was shaking slightly.

    Su Zu reached out and patted Li Zhizhong on the shoulder lightly, and whispered, “Master, why are you more nervous than me? You used to be said by the media to be the calmest coach.”

    “Nonsense, you are facing Federer and Woods this time, can I not be nervous?”

    Being interrupted by Su Zu like this, Li Zhizhong felt a little relieved and scolded with a smile.

    The Mariinsky Opera House, Russia’s premier state theatre. The Lawrence Sports Awards, one of the most influential awards in the world of sports, is currently the only global sports awards ceremony.

    Sports superstar, literary celebrity, high-ranking politician, even though he is now the deputy head coach of the national track and field team, he once thought that he would have the opportunity to sit here.

    Athletes nominated for the 2008 Lawrence Sports Awards for Best Male Athlete are:

    Swiss tennis player Roger Federer won Wimbledon for the fifth time in a row, tying Borg’s record. In the four major championships, except for the French Open, he won the runner-up and the other three averaged Won the championship, and the final Masters Cup also successfully won the championship.

    Chinese track and field athlete Su Zu, two consecutive World Athletics Championships men’s 100m and 200m double champions, broke the men’s 100m world record three times in 2006, and broke the men’s 100m world record again at the 2007 World Championships , the IAAF’s 2007 Athlete of the Year, a veritable first flying man.

      World Footballer.

    American swimmer Michael Phelps won 7 gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships and set 5 world records at the same time.

    Finnish racing athlete Mika Hakkinen (Jimmy Raikkonen), after switching to Ferrari in 2007, won the first F1 Grand Prix Driver of the Year championship in his career.

    American golfer Tiger Woods, PGA Player of the Year, seven PGA Tour champions, and the number of PGA Tour championships exceeded 60.

    Compared to Liu Yangyu’s Best Rookie of the Year in 2005, Su Zu won the Best Athlete of the Year…nomination, the competition is rare, and the competitors he faces are also current The world’s top.

    Before the lottery draw, the organizer was vague and could only say that there was a chance, but it was not completely sure whether Su Zu could win the prize. Fee “King” and “Tiger” Woods’ dominance over the past year has not changed. Federer has won the honor three times in a row, while Woods is nominated for a record seventh time.

    In 2006 and 2007, Su Zu was nominated, but in the face of Federer, who was in full swing at the time, he knew that he had no chance of winning the award, so he simply did not participate in the previous awards. Two Lawrence Awards Ceremony.

    Only in 2007, when Su Zu not only won the men’s 1200m double at the World Championships, but also the world record, was he qualified enough to compete for this award.

    In addition, another important reason is that after the 2007 Osaka World Championships, Su Zu has become the global spokesperson of Mercedes-Benz. Compared with the earlier one, which was only a model in China Spokesperson, completely heaven and earth.

    Lawrence Sports Award itself was founded in 2000 by two companies, Daimler and Richemont, and is supported by global partners Mercedes-Benz and IWC. Well, Mercedes-Benz is also part of the Daimler Group.

    And after Federer won the best male athlete at Lawrence three times in a row, judging from the situation in the entire sports world, both the media and the audience want to see new faces.

    As awards began to be issued one by one, even Putin’s speeches and beautiful ballet dances and other entertainment performances in the middle, many athletes off the field have been unable to listen or appreciate.

    Everyone is waiting for the final answer of each award to be announced.

    2008 Team of the Year: South African Rugby; Best Breakthrough: British F1 driver Hamilton; Best Return: British Marathon runner Paula Radcliffe; Best Disabled: Netherlands Tennis player Esther Weigel; best extreme player: American skateboarder Sean White.

    The honor of the Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded. Before the award ceremony, Jiang Daheng saw the extremely excited pole vault legend Sergey Buboka.

    When the best female athlete was awarded, the atmosphere in the audience gradually became tense. In the end, Belgian tennis player Henin defeated the pole vault queen Isinbayeva and won the “Lawrence Best Female Athlete” for the first time. “title.

    At this time, Su Zu’s expression gradually became tense, no longer relaxed.

    At this time, he suddenly felt a little understanding of the award ceremony of the golden horse and Oscar films that he had seen.

    It is different from the race on the track. It is completely based on one’s own strength and can be controlled by oneself. No matter what kind of emotion, it is based on the understanding of oneself. And such an award is not won by the first, second and third runner-up in the arena, but by the multi-awarding association considering various aspects.

    Lawrence Sports Award winners are selected by the World Laureus Sports Association, which is composed of Beckenbauer swimming hero Popov gymnastics legend Khorkina, Nemov and Comaneci, tennis It is composed of sports legends such as the master Becker, and the most dazzling active athletes today are selected by these once brilliant futures.

    When the last two presenters, tennis champion Boris Becker and boxing champion Vladimir Klitschko appeared on the stage, the atmosphere now reached a climax again.

    The two will reveal the mystery of the 2008 Lawrence Sports Best Male Athlete, and the six nominees on the field have also become the objects of the live camera.

    “Boris, you have won the best male athlete in tennis three times in a row. I think you should give athletes in other sports a chance?”

    Wladimir Klitschko, who was the first to speak, was the presenter of the best male athlete for the active professional boxing champion tonight, and he joked about tennis as soon as he opened his mouth.

    “Like?” Boris Becker, the former tennis superstar, asked in a puzzled way. The two talked in English throughout the whole process, and the athletes present were basically able to understand it.

    Vladimir Klitschko pounded his firm chest, “How about boxing? I beat Ray Austin in two rounds last year.”

    “I personally have no problem.” Boris Becker smiled, handed the trophy to Klitschko, and then pointed to the audience, “It’s just, I’m not so sure if others agree with you.”

    The scene burst into laughter.

    Boris Becker and Klitschko made a few casual jokes on stage, and finally it was time to announce the best male athlete of this year’s Laureus Sports Awards.

    Boris Becker opened the envelope and took out a card with the answer printed on it. After humility with Klitschko, he finally shouted to the scene: “Get 2008 The Laureus Sports Award for Male Athlete of the Year is…SU…ZU…”

    In an instant, Li Zhizhong almost jumped up from the seat and gave Su Zu a hug.

    “I knew, you could, I knew, Su Zu, you can get this award!” Li Zhizhong was almost incoherent for a while.

    “Thank you, Master!”

    Su Zu patted Li Zhizhong’s back lightly, and his face was also filled with joy.

    Won the Lawrence Sports Best Male Athlete of the Year, which is equivalent to the actor winning the Oscar and the best actor of the three major European film festivals, and is the only global sports award.

    This honor is still the first among Chinese athletes. In 2003 and 2005, Chinese athletes also won the best newcomer by Dayao and Liu Yangyu, and the best athlete was the first.

    After Su Zu got up, he shook hands and hugged several other athletes around him successively. Before walking to the podium after passing the first row, he even saw Putin smiling at him: “Congratulations, boy!”

    “Thank you!” Su Zu was a little flattered for a while.

    This is no better than the great elder of his own country. Putin is a foreign head of state and has been in the top three in the world’s power figures for many years.

    …

    Stand on the stage, took the Cartier statuette trophy from Vladimir Klitschko, and walked to the microphone.

    “Thanks to the Lawrence World Sports Association for this award.” Su Zu smiled and raised the trophy to the audience, then continued, “Thanks to my coach Li Zhizhong, my team, thank you My parents, thank my country. This is my first time on the podium at Lawrence. This year is 2008. The Olympic Games will be held in my country. Excellent results. Including me of course, I hope I can have a good performance.”

    Su Zu advertised for the Olympics, and then smiled and gestured to Roger Federer off the court, “Next year and the year after, I hope I can be like Mr. Federer and win three consecutive Finally, thanks to all those who support me and my opponents, I know you are ready, I will be waiting for you in the imperial capital, in the Bird’s Nest! Thank you!”