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

Chapter 219-220

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 10/08/2023

Chapter 219: 110-Meter Hurdles Preliminaries - Cui Luoheng

"Ladies and gentlemen watching on TV, the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries are about to begin. In this event, China has two athletes who have qualified for the World Championships. They are none other than Lu Mengfan and Cui Luoheng, who are preparing to compete shortly."

In the sports channel's broadcast studio, as the schedule progressed to the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries, Shao Minyi and Li Sen began introducing Lu Mengfan and Cui Luoheng.

"Lu Mengfan is a renowned figure in our country's 110-meter hurdles event. Before Cui Luoheng's rise, the flag for the domestic 110-meter hurdles event was carried by Lu Mengfan for nearly two years. Although compared to Cui Luoheng, Xiaolu is considered a seasoned veteran, in reality, Lu Mengfan is only 25 years old this year, which is the prime age for hurdlers. At this age, he's in the golden stage of his career. We can also expect Xiaolu to make significant strides in his performance during this cycle."

"According to Coach Lü Shengbin, there have been new adjustments to Xiaolu's training plan. If everything goes smoothly, Xiaolu's performance in the coming year is expected to see a substantial breakthrough. We hope that Xiaolu can indeed achieve the improvement Coach Lü mentioned in the next year."

After introducing Lu Mengfan and his current situation, Shao Minyi and Li Sen shifted their focus to Cui Luoheng, who was entering the field under the guidance of the staff.

"Oh, Cui Luoheng is appearing in the first group of preliminaries today," Shao Minyi said, glancing at the relevant information for the first group of preliminaries on hand. "This first group of preliminaries is relatively strong in terms of overall strength. Besides our own Cui Luoheng, there are six other athletes from the United States, Jamaica, Cyprus, South Africa, Italy, and Bahrain. There is also one athlete competing as an individual, and this individual participant is quite familiar to fans of the 110-meter hurdles. He is Vladimir, known as the contemporary ruler of the 110-meter hurdles."

"Perhaps some of our viewers are not very familiar with Vladimir. In the 2018 outdoor season, he was the only athlete in the 110-meter hurdles to run under 13 seconds. Last year, all the sub-13-second times in the 110-meter hurdles were achieved by him alone, and 8 of the top 10 110-meter hurdles times in the world last year were his."

At this point, even Li Sen couldn't help but let out an exclamation, "With such records, it's safe to say that Vladimir is the contemporary ruler of the 110-meter hurdles, and I don't think anyone would disagree with that."

At the same time, in the sports channel's online broadcast room, some casual viewers who hadn't paid much attention to the 110-meter hurdles before were also taken aback.

【What the heck? What does this mean? Last year, 8 of the top 10 times in the world in the 110-meter hurdles were from this guy?】

【Seriously, where did this amazing athlete come from? With such incredible results, it seems like there won't be any suspense in this year's World Championships...】

【Wait, come to think of it, why is he competing as an individual? Oh, right, I haven't seen the Russian team in the competition these days?】

【Not just these days, right? Even in the previous World Athletics Relay Championships, there was no Russian team! What's going on?】

On the public screen, viewers chatting together suddenly discovered this blind spot—somehow, Russian track and field athletes seemed to have disappeared.

【..._(:3)∠_You guys are just realizing this now?】

Someone finally pointed out the obvious and immediately asked what was going on. After all, the broadcasters Shao Minyi and Li Sen hadn't mentioned it, as if they assumed everyone already knew.