The Su God of the Reopening of the Sports Arena

Chapter 1851 The winning advantage is actually... extremely fast sniping? !

London Bowl Live.

The men's 110-meter hurdles had entered the final round of the championship. Richardson and Roberts had clearly lost the chance to win the gold medal.

Especially Roberts...

He even pulled his thigh and iliopsoas muscles while running, and continued to move forward with his middle finger pointing in pain.

This moment.

He has become a useless person in the Cuban Athletics Association. The treatment and status given to him will disappear after this Olympics.

Don't think that small countries are easy to talk about friendship.

In fact, because small countries have weak foundations, they tend to be more calculating and profit-oriented.

Roberts is injured. If it had happened before, it would have been a big event, but this year, because Roberts ran too little and Merritt emerged, the attention on him was greatly reduced.

In this way, even he withdrew from the competition painfully.

Not many people would keep their eyes on him, even for a second.

Competitive sports are cruel.

Now everyone's eyes are focused on the front.

Liu Xiang vs Merritt.

This was also the most likely scenario before the match. Now that it finally appeared, the two seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and it was not surprising that they would face off.

Compared with Merritt, Liu Xiang's running style was to slow down the pace in the front. In other words, although Liu Xiang had already run to the first place in the first four hurdles, he did not fully exert his strength.

It was simply because his starting reaction was superior to everyone else's, and coupled with the fact that he could reach the hurdles in seven steps, he had already become an expert, so naturally he took the lead.

But Liu Xiang did not completely free himself.

The strategy he set for himself in this race was not to burst out at the fourth hurdle. With his ability, he burst out at his top speed at the fourth hurdle, which was not uncommon in his career.

But he chose to suppress it here.

The primary purpose is of course to reduce the burden on your Achilles tendon and ankle. Even if you get a closed injection, it will only relieve the pain and suppress the pain, but the injury in your body is still there and will not recover just because the pain disappears.

So Liu Xiang decided to control the pace in the first four hurdles.

Don't go all out.

This not only reduces the amount of ankle tendon that needs to be worn out in advance, but also...

When faced with the situation where Merritt was catching up, he had enough physical strength to adjust.

Don't be passive.

Since the semi-finals, Liu Xiang has never underestimated Merritt. He even believed that when he came out of the finals...

Merritt will definitely catch up.

There will be absolutely no surprises.

In the semi-finals, I was able to run within 12.95. How could I not perform better in the finals?

The main reason why he had to run so fast in the semi-finals was...

He is confident that he can run faster in the final.

Otherwise any athlete would do this.

They will all be severely criticized by the coach.

Merritt is here, and he has reached top speed at the 4th hurdle. Normally, he has been used to pushing his body to top speed at the 4th hurdle this year.

Even though it is just one hurdle ahead of time, it is difficult to accomplish this task without extraordinary physical fitness and strong ability to maintain speed. Because at the top speed output of an athlete, the distance between a hurdle is close to 10 meters.

You want to maintain one more extreme speed segment in 10 meters.

How difficult is this? I'm afraid I don't need to explain it in detail.

Even in a short span, the top speed cannot be fully developed, and it will not be as exaggerated as a 10-meter sprint. But if you want to maintain a -meter top speed segment...

Based on this, Liu Xiang burst out after releasing the fourth hurdle with this shot, and pressed down one more hurdle before releasing it.

Compared with Merritt, Liu Xiang took measures to control the time from starting to support with legs apart to leaving the ground. His body has been developed to a much higher level in recent years. After this wave, his supporting ability is naturally completely different from before.

Liu Xiang, a 110-meter hurdler, has advantages in starting acceleration and three-step frequency between hurdles, but his hurdle step technique has some weaknesses, such as large starting angle, long distance under the hurdles, and long time in the air. This was also Liu Xiang's weakness in the past, but he has gradually overcome it in the past few years.

For example, if the take-off angle is large, it can be adjusted at the moment of back pedaling.

Use a stronger back pedal to solve the problem of excessive take-off angle.

The first hurdle to jump over also has this factor.

That’s why his change from eight to seven was so smooth.

  So here in the middle, if you want to go faster, what should you do?

……

"Liu, your hurdle time is significantly different from that of foreign athletes. The main reason is that your hurdle stride is obviously too long, which is reflected in the long distance under the hurdle. If you don't solve this problem, you are getting older and your functional burst is getting weaker. You can only dream of recovering to your previous level."

……

Ralph Mann did raise this question.

This is also the problem of Liu Xiang's entire mid-distance running or the unified mid-distance running of Chinese athletes.

Because the hurdle stride is obviously longer, the distance to the hurdle will also become longer.

So how to do it?

Rise from far and land close.

This is the six-word principle summed up by Ralph Mann. It was translated into Chinese by Su Shen himself, which allowed Liu Xiang to understand Ralph Mann's intention more clearly. Professional translation ability has always been a shortcoming of our country, and it has a major impact on the improvement of athletes. Because the coach's ideas cannot be accurately translated, errors will occur in the transmission.

The more athletes practice, the more mistakes they make.

The last step was wrong, and all the steps were wrong, which was completely different from the original meaning of what the European and American coaches said.

Attacking the hurdle.

The swinging leg and calf continue to fold and swing forward and upward.

Fold and swing the swinging leg high and forward.

Thus.

Naturally, the swing radius is shortened.

If the swing radius is shortened, the corresponding leg swing speed will also increase.

This would be in line with Ralph Mann's characteristic of "starting from far and spanning far".

Make the entire starting action of attacking the hurdle more natural and smooth.

And that's not all. When you finish the striding over the hurdle, the hip, knee, and ankle joints of the striding leg should remain straight, and the head, torso and striding leg should basically form a straight line.

This is to allow the body to land faster.

It won't be like before, where you land too far away and waste the entire running time.

and……

Liu Xiang was here, as if he knew Merritt would come up, and suddenly broke out at the fifth hurdle.

Completely unlock the entire speed.

That is to say, completely unlock your own phosphagen system and reach the maximum speed.

"Is Liu going to confront Aris head-on? I'm afraid he will choose the wrong approach!"

"Courage must be combined with ability."

The commentator's words clearly indicated that it was not a good idea for Liu Xiang to run at top speed to confront Merritt.

But when it comes to Su Shen, it is...

You did the right thing!

  Good sense of smell!

As expected, he is Brother Xiang!

Why did Su Shen make a completely different judgment from the on-site commentator?

that's because……

In this Olympics, Merritt's top speed...

Not an exaggeration.

Even with Merritt's strongest time of 12.80s, his entire hurdle speed was only comparable to Liu Xiang's.

In fact...most of the time, he is not as good as Liu Xiang.

For example, this Olympics is a typical example.

Even though Merritt had an advantage of 12.95s in both the semifinals and the finals, his top speed was not particularly exaggerated, especially in the finals... Su Shen remembered very clearly that his top speed between hurdles was only 0.99s.

What is the top speed? Take some of Liu Xiang's previous life as an example. The slowest time under 12.97 seconds was 13s in his comeback after the rain in Shanghai. He got back under 0.97 seconds. That time, Liu Xiang's top speed reached s.

And it has been achieved more than once.

I did it three times in one race with three hurdles.

In the 07 Osaka World Championships final, he also achieved 0.97s.

There are also places like Lausanne.

Not to mention 0.98s, almost all the results within 12.80 seconds have been achieved, and even some results that have not been achieved are achievable. Merritt's entire extreme speed output stability, minus the s shot, is usually not as high as Liu Xiang's output.

Therefore, another suggestion Su Shen gave him was -

Don't hide at high speed.

Face to face with Merritt.

Head-on pressure can not only give you more confidence and motivation and make your adrenaline surge, but also suppress your opponent's momentum and make it impossible to break through the rhythm blockade.

Just how to do it.

That is Liu Xiang’s own business.

But Su Shen always believed that Liu Xiang could do it.

Just like it appears now.

Liu Xiang was in the extreme speed zone, confronting Merritt head-on. This scene was unexpected to Merritt himself. He didn't expect that a yellow man would dare to compete with a black man like him at an extreme speed. And Liu Xiang's flat running has always been not very good, at least compared to them, it is not fast.

Merritt was a little excited. Since Liu Xiang had issued a challenge, he had to accept it.

He is also aiming to win three prizes in a row this year.

Besides, his coach, Andreas Beem, also thought that it was crazy for the yellow man to fight Merritt.

Merritt's running ability is much better than Liu Xiang's. At one point, his coach even said that Merritt was capable of running within ten seconds.

Of course, even if it is a deliberate exaggeration, it also shows that his running ability is definitely not bad.

This made Merritt take it for granted that it was too much for the yellow people to compete with him in speed.

He admired Liu Xiang's unparalleled rhythm ability, but...

This never includes Liu Xiang's extreme speed.

Unfortunately.

This is the 110-meter hurdles, not the 100-meter. The key is how to maintain speed output during the hurdles.

Liu Xiang can obviously do better than him in this regard.

Liu Xiang and Merritt faced off at the fifth hurdle.

Extremely fast confrontation.

And then in full view of everyone.

Liu Xiang is here...

They actually forced Merritt, a black man, who claimed to be able to run 100 meters in 10 seconds...

Press behind you.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

No mercy at all.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xiang and Merritt gained the upper hand in the duel in the fifth hurdle.

Here, he even continued to widen the gap with Merritt.

  This... is impossible! ?

Merritt coach Andreas Beem was a little dumbfounded.

Merritt was also a little bit unbelieving.

Even Li Tao was a little worried about Liu Xiang doing this.

But the result...

A slap in everyone's face.

The fiery figure on the sixth lane actually pinned the opponent head-on.

In the high-speed segment when the black man is most confident, he was suppressed by force.

This made Merritt feel that his rising momentum had indeed stagnated.

It was like being hit on the head with a stick.

"Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang overpowered Merritt in a high-speed confrontation! He defeated Merritt in a high-speed confrontation!!!" "He continues to widen the gap!!!"

When Yang Jian saw this, the blood in his body bounced back with great force as if it had been hit by a spring.

How worried I was just now, how excited I am now.

"They actually... actually chose the most direct way to suppress Merritt."

"Hai Ping, you are really braver than the sky."

Sun Haiping was also feeling dizzy at this time.

Because he himself...

But no such order was ever given.

In fact, after being stunned by Merritt's performance in the semi-finals, he would never let Liu Xiang do that.

So, this can only be said to be Liu Xiang on the track.

A decision you make yourself.

Axiang.

you really……

So brave.

Liu Xiang took the opportunity to suppress Merritt at the fifth hurdle and continued to move forward.

The first step between hurdles is closely connected with the next hurdle movement.

When the swinging leg touches the ground on the lower hurdle, the knee joint is almost straight, and the extensor muscles involved in the back push are in a fully stretched state.

The swing leg knee angle has further shrunk compared to before 08.

This is to make his running between hurdles after he goes down the hurdles more rhythmic.

The leg muscles he had worked so hard to train had shown their effectiveness here, and he was now able to perform technical moves that he had not been able to do before through muscle explosion and increased strength. In particular, the continuous increase in intensity and capacity over the past month allowed him to release the potential he had accumulated in this area over the past few years on a large scale.

The current Liu Xiang is no longer the same person he was before. His physical fitness is far superior to his own at the same time.

Merritt was not convinced at this time.

As a black man, he also got angry. It would be fine if he didn't lose in the rhythm contest, but he lost in the speed contest. What's going on?

He took a breath here.

After crossing the hurdle, the foot of the swinging leg lands on the next take-off point above the foot of the take-off leg. In this section, Merritt speeds up the running rhythm between hurdles as much as possible, accurately uses the distance between hurdles, and increases running speed.

This creates favorable conditions for successfully crossing the next hurdle.

At the same time, in order to reduce the ups and downs of the body's center of gravity and maintain the center of gravity between the hurdles, Merritt raised his thighs high, landed on the forefoot, and even increased the speed of his arm swing.

This is because the distance between hurdles and the number of steps are fixed, and the stride length is relatively stable, so improving the speed of running between hurdles mainly depends on increasing the step frequency and improving the running rhythm.

Merritt did this to improve his pace and rhythm. From these technical moves, you can see that Merritt is indeed strong and deserves to be the strongest in history this year.

The technical control and execution are both extremely outstanding.

It's hard to find fault with.

He did this here to compete with Liu Xiang in the sixth hurdle.

We need to reduce the speed again here.

"Merritt is coming again?!" Seeing Merritt attacking again, Yang Jian's heart was lifted again.

This shows that now, everyone still recognizes Merritt's strength, so they feel nervous when Merritt launches another attack.

That's right, Aris, that's it, don't be afraid of failure once.

He actually wants me to compete with you in speed.

Then you compete with him.

Andreas Beem watched Merritt launch another attack and admired in his heart that this was the mentality that a world-class athlete should have.

Rather than something like David Oliver.

A bad rhythm.

Immediately became depressed.

Merritt was not one of those people.

This is also one of the things he admires about Merritt.

Liu Xiang could hear the spiked-shoe god next to him coming over, needless to say, it must be Merritt. In terms of flat running impact, he was indeed not as good as the latter.

There is nothing wrong with admitting this.

But I also have my own advantages.

……

"Liu, your special feature is that you can naturally reduce your vertical speed when you take off. This ability is meaningless and even has a negative effect if applied to the 100-meter sprint. But if applied to the 110-meter hurdles, it becomes an extremely important feature. Because if you can reduce your vertical speed when you take off, you can achieve a higher initial velocity in the air and a lower parabolic trajectory of your body's center of gravity."

"This is the important reason why, even though your flat running ability is not that good, you can still run faster and faster between hurdles, and not lose to those flat-headed runners who are much faster than you."

"If you can make good use of this characteristic, you will be able to run on the way and will not be inferior to any master."

……

Can I reduce my vertical speed during takeoff, achieve a higher initial velocity in the air, and a lower parabolic trajectory for my center of gravity?

In fact, Liu Xiang's main focus in this month's special training was on this aspect.

He wants to fully bring out his own characteristics.

So that when I meet Merritt in the Olympics, I can also have my own advantages.

That's it……

The only downside is that.

That is the impact on the supporting foot and the foot when landing.

Will be bigger.

There will be more damage.

This is why Liu Xiang's technical characteristics make it difficult to play continuously for 13 seconds in a short period of time.

No, he doesn't have that ability.

No, he doesn't have the technology.

His body simply couldn't take it.

This technical feature gave him an extremely strong short-stride talent, but it also limited his talents in certain areas, such as the ability of extreme dual guns. Based on this feature, it was difficult for Liu Xiang to bring out his talents.

And running like this puts too much pressure on the legs.

Especially the heel and Achilles tendon.

In fact, for someone like Liu Xiang, if he could be developed scientifically early on, he should have paid special attention to the basic construction in these areas from a young age, just like Su Shen made up for his natural deficiency of the soleus muscle.

It's just a pity...

Athletes of this era don't know anything at all.

Even the coaches only half understand it.

It is impossible to help Liu Xiang make up for these natural weaknesses and technical characteristics when he should lay a solid foundation.

And as his speed increased.

This technology causes damage to the body.

Also more and more.

Liu Xiang suffered various physical injuries in his later years.

But this kind of technical talent may also have something to do with it. Sometimes when you think back, it is true that success and failure are all due to Xiao He.

But at this time, Liu Xiang would not think about these things anymore.

His special training this month is no joke.

His extremely strong strength has allowed him to display his natural talent to the same degree as in 2006.

Otherwise, how could it be that even though Su Shen had given him so much basic training after 08, he still had problems during his training?

Because Liu Xiang really pushed this place to a very high level during this one month of intensive training.

This will put a greater burden on the body.

But when facing a master like Merritt.

He also has the ability to deal with it more calmly.

The vertical hurdle surface actively extends forward, causing the body to maintain maximum forward lean, and actively press down at the moment of passing the hurdle to reduce the time spent on the hurdle.

After the striding leg pushes off the ground, the thigh of the swinging leg continues to swing forward and upward until the knee joint exceeds the height of the railing. The calf swings forward quickly and the instep is hooked.

While the swinging leg is swinging forward, the opposite arm and shoulder are also extended above the railing, so that they are above the knee and the opposite arm is basically parallel to the swinging leg.

The ipsilateral arm swings backward, the upper body leans forward more, the torso forms an acute angle with the swinging leg, and the eyes look forward.

This is Liu Xiang adjusting the time of taking off through the swinging leg technique, allowing himself to more fully utilize his talent of "reducing vertical speed when taking off, achieving a greater initial velocity in the air, and a lower parabolic trajectory of the body's center of gravity."

At this time, Merritt also came behind him and used his flat running ability to narrow the gap.

He wants to fight with Liu Xiang again.

Still hard and fast.

Su Shen narrowed his eyes.

  I also want to see what the outcome of this round of confrontation will be?

turn out--

"Merritt, Merritt is still suppressed by Liu Xiang!!!"

"Liu Xiang was like a god today, his running ability was like he was back in 06!!!"

Yang Jian was going crazy.

Such an exciting confrontation made his nerves tense all the time. Li Tao next to him was in a similar state. He didn't even utter a word during this part. His attention was completely attracted by the extreme confrontation between these two people.

so amazing.

Liu Xiang, this is not an exaggeration.

Facing Merritt who was in such good shape, he was able to suppress him continuously in the extreme speed zone.

Just ask, besides him.

Is there another Asian athlete who can do that?

  Is there any other yellow athlete who can do this?

genius.

  What is genius?

This is genius.

After two consecutive defeats, Merritt finally felt uneasy. If even Ji Su himself couldn't withstand Liu Xiang.

So when we enter the final stage of confrontation, what capital does he have to be able to turn the tables?

  Blocked again???

Merritt was a little panicked.

He was blocked continuously by Liu Xiang at a very fast speed.

This caused a crack in his already strong fighting spirit.

Andreas Bim stared at the red figure in the 6th lane with wide eyes, and was speechless for a moment.

In the extreme speed zone, he continuously withstood Merritt's attacks.

There is even a trend of reverse pull.

This……

  Is he still a yellow athlete?

Liu Xiang maintained at least two 0.97s.

This is equivalent to two hurdles, which has opened up another 0.04s. Merritt's top speed of this shot was worse than he imagined.

And there is a big difference.

"Can't you outrun Liu at top speed?"

"In that case, Merritt is in some danger.

"Has Liu already smelled the scent of Olympic gold again?"

Liu Xiang confronted Merritt at high speed.

He is really a real man.

This is how you win by head-on confrontation.

It made all of Liu Xiang’s track and field fans feel as if they were seeing him again in Athens in 04.

Young and energetic.

Arrogant and unruly.

Don't obey anyone.

Don't believe in any fate.

ps: Merritt’s top speed between hurdles is not that high. In this Olympic final, it was only 0.99.