After Leaving the Sports Circle, I Became a Cooking God (Completed BL)

Chapter 203-204

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 10/02/2023

Chapter 203: Men's 100m Preliminaries at the World Championships

After the national team arrived in Doha, they spent the next three days adapting to the time difference and the local conditions by practicing at the Doha Stadium as per the organizer's schedule.

Considering that the Chinese team arrived in Doha only three days before the competition, which wasn't particularly early, the athletes had only a short time to adjust. On September 27th, the most important international competition of the year finally kicked off.

Due to the scorching weather in Doha, the event schedule for this year's World Championships was different from previous years. All events were scheduled for after 4:30 PM.

When Su Bai arrived at the Doha Stadium with Pei Jin'an, Jiang Wentao, and others, the massive stadium was already filled to capacity, with only a few reserved seats remaining.

Doha had been eagerly anticipating hosting the World Championships, and the excitement and enthusiasm of the local population were palpable. The anticipation for this long-awaited event in Doha was no less than what the Chinese people felt when hosting the Olympics.

"It's a sea of people..." Jiang Wentao smiled as he glanced at the scene and then led Su Bai and others to the reserved seats in the Chinese athletes' section.

It was now 3:30 PM, and with the first event starting at 4:30 PM, there was about half an hour left for the opening ceremony. The atmosphere was already heated.

Jiang Wentao and the others were not particularly interested in the opening ceremony. What they were truly concerned about were the athletes and events scheduled to debut on the first day of competition.

Back in China, it was close to 10 PM, but due to the opening of the World Championships, many track and field enthusiasts were excited. After all, this year, the Chinese team had a strong lineup, and there had been significant improvements in several key track and field events compared to previous years.

Compared to previous years, such as the 400m sprint event, where there wasn't even one athlete qualified to participate, track and field enthusiasts had to watch athletes from other countries shine on the world stage in this event. However, this year was different. Regardless of the results, they could look forward to their own country's athletes performing on the field!

On the first day of the World Championships, the most eye-catching event was undoubtedly the men's 100 meters qualifying rounds and group stage.

In the men's 100 meters sprint at this World Championships, although only Fang Yu had run under the 10.10-second qualification standard, in reality, there were not enough athletes who met the standard to fill the originally designated 48 slots. Therefore, the remaining slots would be filled through the qualification rounds, which would be contested by athletes who didn't meet the standard but were invited based on their world rankings or by countries that had no athletes qualified and were allowed to nominate their top-ranked athlete.

Zhao Shu, who ranked second in domestic sprinting, had secured his spot in the qualification rounds thanks to his historical best time of 10.12 seconds achieved earlier in the season.

The qualification rounds for the men's 100 meters and men's long jump were the first two events to begin after the opening ceremony.

For this event, whether it was the spectators at the venue like Jiang Wentao and others or domestic netizens, there wasn't much concern. In the qualification rounds, due to the unique composition of participating athletes, most of the nominated athletes were not able to compete against athletes like Zhao Shu, who had qualified based on their own rankings.