"When I see him smile, why do I feel so uneasy?"
"He can smile, just not at us."
Du Hua's progress over the past six months hasn't been significant either. His specialty is the men's 110-meter hurdles. A year ago, his time was 16.80 seconds. That was a hand-timed score, which didn't even meet the national second-level athlete standard.
Now, a year later, his best time is 14.87 seconds. Although he surpassed the second-level standard, he is still some distance away from the first level...
The key issue is, he will turn 20 this year. Next year, when he turns 21, the hurdles won't be the youth group height of 0.99 meters but the adult group height of 1.067 meters.
At that time, the difficulty will increase considerably. Not only might he need to change the number of steps between hurdles, but many technical moves might also need to change.
