The Paris Olympics took a unique approach, with the opening ceremony on the Seine and the games scattered around landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, Place de la Concorde and Versailles, but the Stade de France was the center stage for all the glittering lights.
The athletics competitions that will be held here will be filled with stars and stars, and as many as 10 world record holders will be presented. From August 2nd to 11th, the Stade de France will be the time when the stars of humanity shine.
Athletics, swimming, and the three balls have always been the three major sports of the Olympic Games, and the gathering of superstars in these three sports at the Paris Olympics will feast the eyes of the audience.
For example, in men's basketball, the United States team, which lost miserably in the World Cup last year, wanted to get back on the court, and the forty-year-old James brought three generations of United States stars out, with an average starting age of more than 33 years old and an average annual salary of more than $45 million.
In this Olympic men's basketball competition, in addition to Doncic, the global basketball elite gathered, France, Serbia, Canada are not idle, high income does not mean strong ability, they meet the United States rich team is not asking for autographs.
Over the years, the world swimming world has pushed the back waves forward, and China, Australia and United States have competed for hegemony. In the men's 100-meter freestyle, Zhejiang teenager Pan Zhanle and Romania prodigy Popovich are looking forward to the battle for the world's first flying fish.
Looking far, opening up the pattern, and stepping out of one's own one-acre and three-point land, the track and field competition of the Paris Olympics may be more suspenseful and ornamental than men's basketball and swimming.
The Stade de France is the track and field venue of the Paris Olympics Courtesy of Visual China
One
From the early 80s to the early 90s of the last century, there was a golden decade for world athletics. A group of gods descended to earth and left behind an incredible set of records, of which nearly twenty have been maintained to this day, becoming beard records.
Kratokhvilova, a former Czech Slovakia girl who originally ran 400 meters, made a cameo appearance in the women's 800 meters one day in 1983, running 1:53.28. Today, 41 years later, she has reached the age of teasing her grandson, and even her country has long since changed its name, but this record has not changed at all.
East German women's discus star Gabriel · Reinsch threw 76.80m in a throw in 1988, which is equivalent to 9.50m in the men's 100m and 12.37 seconds in the men's 110m hurdles according to the IAAF's scoring system.
In this golden decade in the history of athletics, why so many talents have emerged has become a mystery, some of which may never be solved, such as Joyna, who almost ran in the women's 100m and 200m and died young after almost 100 years.
There are also miracles that can only be understood, not spoken. The countries of the former Eastern Europe have invested enormous human, material and financial resources in sports, and have been armed to the teeth in scientific research and logistical support. Most of the beard records are from that era and those countries.
After this golden decade of mountain climbing, world athletics has fallen into a long period of mediocrity, and if it were not for the soaring of Bolt and the Jamaica in sprinting, nearly two decades can be called the black iron era of athletics.
The way of heaven is constant, not for Yao, not for death. Since 2018, another group of talented track and field athletes have been pouring out one after another, creating amazing results.
The 1.92-meter-tall Venezuela women's triple jump wizard Rojas won four consecutive World Championships in athletics, jumping 15.74m before setting her next goal to jump 16m.
Courtesy of Rojas Visual China
Cuban long jumper Echevarria jumped 8.83m in 2018 and 8.92m in 2022, and the world record of 8.95m, which has been in the dust for more than 30 years, is just around the corner. In those years, whenever he participated in the competition, the venue staff had to temporarily modify the sand pit to prevent him from jumping too far and hitting the edge of the sand pit and injuring himself.
Echevarria fell short at the Tokyo Olympics and mysteriously disappeared from the rivers and lakes in the last three years, and it is unknown whether he will participate in the Paris Olympics, but the night sky at the Stade de France will not be tarnished by his absence, as there are still 10 world record holders ready to go.
Last year, track and field experts from all over the world caught up with each other and set nearly 20 world records (including road running, relay and other non-Olympic sports); At the recent European Athletics Championships, the champions in many events far surpassed the champions of the Tokyo Olympics. There is no need to worry about the quality of the track and field gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
Two
Ukraine's Mahuchik, who broke the women's high jump world record last week, will be the brightest star at the Stade de France. The Ukraine, who looks and looks like Princess Sissi, is a symbol of jumping to new heights and holding her face like a little girl getting a Christmas present, jumping and jumping with excitement, shouting and screaming, and shaking vigorously with the coach.
After the Tokyo Olympics, this talented girl finally advanced to the queen of the high jump, stepping on the women's high jump world record that had been dormant for 37 years. Some netizens suggested that the Olympic slogan is higher, faster, stronger, and more beautiful, and then more united. With a beautiful face and strength, her goal in Paris is to complete the most important piece of the puzzle of her brilliant career.
Mahuchik, courtesy of Visual China
Sweden's Duplantis, who crossed 6.24m in the men's pole vault at the Golden League in Xiamen, China, in April, is the closest person to the sky on Earth. Bubka was hailed as one of the most incredible talents in track and field history, and his record is considered one of the most difficult to break with a beard, but Duplantis seems to have broken the world record eight times.
The eccentric-looking Sweden guy was the perfect golden boy and girl partner with Mahuchik at the Stade de France, but Lithuania Alecona, who is four years younger than him, also broke the men's discus world record in April, which had been dormant for 38 years.
Northern Europe is rich in giants and strongmen, and they often rise to the top of the world in powerlifting competitions. Alekona came from a throwing family, and his father won two consecutive Olympic titles and two world championships at the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, but he was helpless against the world record of 74.08m set by former East German Schulte in 1986.
Little Alecona is talented, comparable to the five generations of famous generals Li Cunxiao and the like in our script and romance, heroes are teenagers. In April this year, the 21-year-old bodyguard broke out completely, throwing the discus throw to 74.41m, breaking not only the family record of 73.88m, but also the track and field record for the longest life expectancy of a man.
In addition to these young boys and girls who are both online in terms of appearance and strength, seven or eight other world record holders at the Paris Olympics are also stunts. McLaughlin in the women's 400m hurdles and Cruther in the men's shot put both dominate their respective territories. Kenya's Mama Kipyegon ran 3:49.11 in the women's 1500m last year, and the next goal is the only bearded record held by Wang Junxia – the women's 3000m.
Three
The 10 world record holders at the Paris Olympics belong to eight countries: McLaughlin in the women's 400m hurdles and Cruther in the men's shot put in the United States; Ethiopia's women's 5,000m Tsegay, men's 3,000m hurdles; Kenya's women's 1500m Kipuyegon; Norway's men's 400m hurdles Valholm; Duplantis in the men's pole vault in Sweden; Venezuela's women's triple jump Rojas; Men's discus throw Alecona in Lithuania; Women's high jump Mahuchik in Ukraine.
In addition to these ten brightest stars, the possible superstars of the French stadium include Netherlands women's middle running talent Bol, Kenya marathon veteran Kipchoge, Norway 1500m and 5000m god Ingrigtsen, Greece men's long jump star Tentoglou, Spain men's triple jump master Diaz, their results in the past two years are only a fraction of a cent away from the world record.
Stade de France Courtesy of Visual China
The star-studded gathering, especially the amazing talent of a group of post-00s, has made track and field one of the most anticipated events of the Paris Olympics, and Paris is also expected to become a milestone in world athletics.
Compared to that golden decade, world athletics is now full of stars, and United States is still the boss but the hereditary territory is shrinking — their most physically gifted athletes prefer professional sports that can make a fortune. After Cyclone Bolt in Jamaica, the next Caribbean storm has yet to occur, and only Kenya and Ethiopians on the East African plateau are still trying to use their talents in middle-distance running.
The IAAF will award $50,000 to each track and field champion at the Paris Olympics, and $150,000 for each champion in the World Athletics Final League, which will be launched the year after that.
However, all aspects of world athletics are steadily improving. In addition to the abundance of talent, beard records have been broken one by one, and the sport has spread all over the world, rather than a few companies dividing up their spheres of influence.
In addition to the Nordic jumps and middle runs, there are also men's high jumps in Qatar, women's middle runs in Bahrain, men's javelins in India, sprints in Italy, and our women's throwing and race walking are all self-contained, bringing a cool summer breeze to the athletics field and making the sport colorful.
In less than three weeks, the lavender-coloured track of the Stade de France could unveil a new golden era in athletics.
Edited by Fan Fan
Source: Tide News