After the Xiamen Marathon yesterday, many runners left a message, as a special invited runner, why did Not Appear in the Race Rankings, and what was his final result?
Xiaobian checked the race data, showing that Li Zicheng ran a good result of 1:06:34 in the first half, but was suspected of withdrawing after 35 kilometers, in addition, he was also photographed by runners on his lonely back.
Many runners wonder: Li Zicheng's recent state is not very good, and this year's results do not seem to be ideal?
Before 2019, when it comes to the biggest winner born from the popularity of the Chinese marathon in recent years, I am afraid that many people will think of Li Zicheng, whose personal best marathon result was 2:11:49 created in 2010 when he won the runner-up.
After a frustrated exit from the London Olympics, Li Zicheng quit the professional team in 2013, after which he was quickly promoted to a brother outside the domestic marathon system, even more beautiful than the professional athletes in the system.
After retiring, Li Zicheng participated in more than 40 marathons a year, won up to 42 championships a year, and repeatedly set new personal bests: in 2015, he set a staggering record of 42 championships in 45 races; 42 in 2016; 41 in 2017, of which 17 full marathons won 12 championships, and also created the best record of Chinese half horses in the year.
In 2018, Li Zicheng ushered in the "peak moment" of his career in many people's eyes. This year, his achievements are quite eye-catching: The domestic champion of the Wuxi Marathon, the defending domestic champion of the Wuhan Marathon, the defending domestic champion of the Beijing Marathon, the domestic champion of the Guangzhou Marathon... With the good results repeatedly created, Li Zicheng won the first Asian Marathon Grand Slam champion and the first Chinese Marathon Grand Slam champion without suspense, and once again sat firmly in the seat of a brother outside the domestic marathon system.
Many runners call him the champion harvester. In the marathon circle, his reputation can be described as thunderous.
However, when Li Zicheng won the 2019 Xiamen Domestic Championship in 2 hours 15 minutes and 08 seconds, he never broke through this result. Since then, in 2019, we seem to have rarely seen Li Zicheng at other gold label competitions.
When Li Zicheng did not have a breakthrough, the 2019 China Marathon ushered in a recovery: Dong Guojian, Peng Jianhua, Dobjie, Yang Shaohui and other runners in the system continued to achieve breakthroughs in performance, and guan yousheng, Jia Errenjia and other masters outside the system also refreshed their personal best results.
For athletes, if they want to make a big breakthrough, they must pay a long period of systematic training.
In recent years, when Li Zicheng maintained a high frequency of competition, domestic elite players have completed many trips to Africa for professional training.
Li Zicheng's high-frequency participation for many years has made it impossible for him to carry out systematic training, and it is actually very rare to be able to maintain such a level of sports in 2018. But the 2019 Xiamen Marathon seems to be a node - he has never broken through this result again.
In addition, after leaving the system, in addition to bonuses, there are a lot of endorsements, while his company and private brand are also gradually on track, and he is praised as "the most successful marathon runner in the transformation of the country". But these also distract a lot of training effort to varying degrees.
By 2019, the frequency of Li Zicheng's participation in the competition has dropped sharply, and when facing the media, he once said that 2019 is an ultra-long physical recovery period for himself. And it will continue to scale back the game and return to training. In the summer of 2020, there may be plans to go to Africa for training.
He is still full of expectations and expectations for the Olympic Games. Indicates that "I will make some choices according to my goals." "
The "peak" of 2018, the self-adjustment in 2019, and today's Li Zicheng, do you think of Bekele? In the marathon, the situation is always changing, and what will happen in the next few years is unknown - no matter what, by 2024, Li Zicheng will be 34 years old, and I look forward to that time, we will see Li Zicheng running at the Olympic Games.