The Su God of the Reopening of the Sports Arena

Chapter 2531 The God of the Great Straight Path! Just how fast can humanity's Great Straight Path go?
Bird's Nest.

All eyes were focused on the deadly fight between the two.

He is the most outstanding 200-meter athlete in human history.

They began to attack and defend against each other.

"From the curve to the straight!!!"

With Yang Jian's shout.

It is gradually entering the straight section.

Bang bang bang bang bang.

The moment Bolt's foot crossed the white line at the apex of the corner.

Bolt's impact when entering the straight from a curve is extremely strong.

Up close, it looks like a train engine suddenly drifting.

Those who watched it thoroughly enjoyed it.

The sound of the entire stadium seemed to have been cleaved in two by an invisible knife.

The vast majority of the cheers were deafening, belonging to the man who was the first to step onto the straight road, his back resembling a black iron tower.

Another small group clenched their fists and held their breath.

Focusing on lane six, the one who was nearly six body lengths behind, yet still taut like a cheetah poised for battle…

Yohan Blake.

Blake actually has quite a few fans in the country.

Therefore, without considering athletes from their own country.

Especially when it's impossible for one's own athlete to win, it becomes only natural to pay attention to one's favorite athlete.

This is true for competitive sports in any country.

The wind on a straight road is completely different from that on a curve.

If I had to use a metaphor, it would be like... the wind on a bend pulling you along with centrifugal force.

It's like an invisible shackle stuck to the skin.

The wind on the straightaways is fierce, blowing along the tangent of the track, lifting the hem of Bolt's signature loose-fitting jersey, and also stirring up Blake's tight-fitting racing suit.

Beneath that thin fabric, every muscle was throbbing, like a bomb about to explode.

Although we're still so far behind, we've at least made it this far...

Entering the straightaway phase.

The moment Bolt stepped onto the straight, he did something that all top sprinters do.

His hips sank slightly, his arm swing widened by two inches, and his stride continued to extend with the help of inertia.

Like a speedboat that has broken free from the constraints of a curve, it uses the momentum accumulated in the previous six seconds to speed toward the finish line.

He tilted his head back slightly, his gaze sweeping over the electronic timer on his left, a faint smile even playing on his lips.

That is the composure of a king, a relaxation built on absolute advantage.

In his mind, a difference of six body lengths on a 100-meter straight track is almost equivalent to securing victory in advance.

Even in a 200-meter race, victory is almost guaranteed.

After all, his ability to finish strong in the second half of the season is not bad either.

While not the strongest in history, it is certainly one of the strongest.

At this point in time, Lyles has not yet appeared.

The only ones better than him are Forrest Johnson and Blake.

There are really few others who are more capable than him.

With such a significant advantage, he believed he had the upper hand.

But he forgot.

Following behind him was Yohan Blake.

It was the man known as "The Beast".

He was the one who dared to go head-to-head with him on the training field during short-distance acceleration.

He's a madman who dares to push the training intensity to the point that even the team doctor frowns.

It is the beast that excels at, in seemingly hopeless situations, using an almost savage method to slowly erode the opponent's advantage.

Yussane.

at last.

The bend is over.

It was my turn.

That's the only thought in Blake's mind right now.

Shou Deyun Kai see Yueming.

Blake's first step onto the straightaway completely shattered the "defense" stance.

The half-second delay at the end of the curve was just a brief moment of charging up his energy to switch to a new technique.

When the inside of his forefoot slammed heavily onto the red synthetic track on the straightaway.

A force surged from the soles of my feet to the top of my head.

It instantly ruptured all the muscle chains in his body.

Previously, in the corners, in order to counteract the centripetal and centrifugal forces of the corners, Blake's body always maintained an inward tilt, with the hip rotation angle pulled to the limit and his ankles plantarflexing with a clear inward tendency.

It's a passive, defensive power generation mode. The core of all movements is to "stay steady"—to maintain body balance, to maintain stride frequency, and to prevent Bolt from leaving you further behind.

But the moment he stepped onto the straight road, his logic for exerting force completely reversed.

After all, his talent on curves is not as good as Bolt's.

There are physiological differences.

This is something that has to be acknowledged.

He himself did not deny it.

Bang bang bang bang bang.

However, the situation changes once you enter the straightaway.

The first change occurs in the hip.

As Blake's hips rotated inward in the bend, they snapped back to their normal position the instant they touched the ground, like a bowstring snapping back.

The biomechanical principle behind this movement lies in completely releasing the hip flexor muscles that were previously bound by centrifugal force—in a curve, internal rotation of the hip is to counteract the tendency of the body to float outward.

This means that some of the hip flexor muscles are used to maintain balance rather than to propel the body forward.

When the hips return to center on a straight path, the contraction direction of the hip flexors completely aligns with the direction of the body's forward movement.

It's as if every time Blake lifts his leg, he pours all the power of his body into the moment he pushes off the ground.

The power can finally be fully concentrated.

To perform freely and enjoyably.

It's no longer like a curve, where you have to fight against this and that.

It cannot be fully mobilized.

Um!???

Bolt caught a glimpse of the movement behind him out of the corner of his eye.

His previously steady breathing suddenly faltered.

He could feel the current of air that had been thrown off behind him...

They are catching up at an astonishing speed.

That wasn't ordinary acceleration; it was aggressive.

The oppressive feeling almost swallowed up all the space behind him.

There are very few people in the world who can give me this feeling.

Blake's second killer move was his arm swing.

If Bolt's bent-arm swing is a "precise closed loop of power transmission," it emphasizes the resonance between the upper and lower limbs and pursues the minimization of energy loss.

Blake's arm swing was pure "violent aesthetics" through and through.

His elbows remained close to his ribs, but the frequency of his arm swings had already exceeded the conventional limits of human sprinting.

The sway, which is slightly restrained in the curves to accommodate the body's lean, is completely unleashed on the straights.

When swinging forward, the arms are like two hammers gathering power, and with the rotation of the shoulders, they smash forward fiercely.

When swinging back, the shoulder blades tighten sharply, and the lines of the latissimus dorsi muscles bulge out, like two hard rocks.

This arm swing method sacrifices some energy transfer efficiency, but in return, it results in an extreme increase in stride frequency.

From a biomechanical perspective, Blake's current arm swing belongs to the "actively driven arm swing" type—unlike Bolt's "hip-driven arm" linkage mode, he uses the high-frequency swing of the upper limbs to forcibly drive the stride frequency of the lower limbs.

This is an extremely energy-consuming method, like overdrawing every last bit of your body's reserves.

It requires extremely strong physical capabilities to support it.

But for Blake at this moment, physical fitness was never a concern.

His blood flows with the stubbornness unique to Jamaican sprinters, the kind of obsession that "as long as you haven't crossed the finish line, you've never lost."

Despite the burning effect of lactic acid, his muscles continued to contract and relax wildly.

In terms of the desire to win, and in terms of the drive to improve in the face of the monotony of training.

You could say that Bolt has improved a lot in recent years.

But Blake, he was there from the very beginning.

It's always been like this.

For so many years.

Never changed.

Bolt's stride continued to extend, but he could clearly feel the shadow behind him gradually closing the distance between them.

For the first 30 meters of the straight, Bolt still held a commanding lead, but Blake gradually chipped away at it...

has already started.

With each step Blake took, it was like driving a nail into the track. His center of gravity was extremely forward, almost leaning forward, a posture that minimized air resistance and allowed his reaction force from pushing off the ground to act more directly in the direction of his forward movement.

His gaze was fixed on Bolt's back, on the hem of that tall battle robe.

That was his goal, the mountain he wanted to climb.

Su crossed this mountain peak.

Is that how they became number one in the world?
Is that why he became the first in history?
The handwriting is the same.

I want to become the strongest.

Then you should get rid of the guy who was originally in front of you.

We have to wipe them out completely.

Bang bang bang bang bang.

His calf muscles began to tremble.

The soreness felt like countless needles pricking his muscle fibers, but he showed no sign of slowing down.

On the contrary, his arm swing frequency increased to another level, with a larger swing amplitude of the elbows, more violent rotation of the shoulders, and even his head swaying slightly in rhythm with the arm swing.

This is the scariest part of Blake.

This is also a point that has been repeatedly emphasized before.

While other athletes were experiencing muscle fatigue and distorted movements during high-intensity sprints, his movements maintained an astonishing rigidity.

It was as if his core muscles were an iron plate, firmly locking his torso and preventing his upper body from swaying at all due to the high-frequency arm swings.

Especially when fatigued.

This core stability is the key to his ability to maintain his technical movements without distortion even at extreme speeds.

This is also the capital that enabled him to carry out the "nibbling and hunting" strategy.

This is also the guarantee that he can become the world's number one in the second half of the 200-meter race.

Unbeatable acid resistance.

An invincible will.

Unbeatable rigidity.

He is indeed not as physically or physiologically advantageous as Bolt.

But even so, he was able to achieve times close to Bolt's.

That's what makes it so shocking.

Without such talent, they can do things that only the gifted can do.

It is touching in itself.

Of course, Blake himself is a super genius, there's no doubt about that, but your status as a super genius depends on who you're comparing him to. If you're comparing him to Usain Bolt, the "Holy Body of Track and Field"...

Then you truly deserve the title of "physically disabled but mentally strong".

This is like comparing Kobe to Jordan in the basketball world.

In fact, Kobe's physical talent and physical condition are second to none among perimeter players.

But what if they faced the even more terrifying Jordan?

That would seem...

"Physical disability can lead to strong will".

Everything is revealed through comparison.

You may be stronger than this person, but you may not be stronger than that person.

Its acid resistance is almost unbeatable.

This is the core of the running style that Mills wanted to help Blake develop.

This is the only way Blake can defeat Bolt.

Otherwise, if you take other paths, you will have absolutely no chance.

This is why none of the other athletes can come close to Bolt.

Even someone as powerful as Lyles.

That won't work either.

Bang bang bang bang bang.

Bang bang bang bang bang.

Bolt finally realized something was wrong.

His previously relaxed expression instantly tightened.

The faint smile vanished, replaced by a solemn expression.

Because he could feel the growing pressure behind him.

It was so strong that it sent a chill down his back.

He subconsciously increased the frequency of his arm swings, trying to widen the gap again, but he soon realized that at this moment, his stride frequency... had reached its limit.

That's right, it has reached its limit and can no longer be improved.

This is not 100 meters.

No, he still has excess energy to squander.

At heights above 200 meters, Bolt's strongest advantage is maintained until around 150 meters.

This started with Bolt running the 200 meters.

That's it.

After Mills took over as coach, he started having him run the 200 meters using the Jamaican running style, which made this situation even more likely.

Bolt's acid resistance is certainly not bad.

It is actually one of the best in history.

However, it still comes down to what I said before.

Whether something is top-tier depends on who you compare it to.

Compared to others, who would dare say that Bolt's acid resistance is lacking?

But if you want to compare yourself to Blake, the acid-resistant superman.

That won't work.

That would make it seem a bit weak.

That's it.

As a sprinter who is over 1.9 meters tall, Usain Bolt's stride length advantage is innate.

His stride frequency is exceptionally high, especially considering his height, among 100-meter athletes.

But unfortunately, it's still the same old story.

This is not 100 meters.

This is 200 meters.

On the 200-meter stretch, his stride frequency dropped.

That would put you in a difficult situation.

It just doesn't feel right.

This is why you see Bolt's stride frequency slow down significantly towards the end, and he relies more on stride length to move forward.

That's why he noticeably slowed down after 200 meters. It's because his acid resistance wasn't holding up well.

Because his previous skills were too powerful.

Moreover, his stride frequency is too exaggerated for his height.

Excessive exertion forced his body to reach a certain limit and then adjust its parameters in a specific direction.

And Blake.

It is precisely a monster that has taken stride frequency to its extreme.

It was finally Bolt's turn.

Get a feel for what a monster looks like.

In the past, he was the monster in the 200-meter race.

How many people can make him feel the oppressive force of a monster?

If I had to say, there's a Su Shen in the 100-meter mark.

Currently, Blake is the only one who can run over 200 meters.

I can't find a third one.

No one noticed that Blake's second technical detail as he stepped onto the straight was hidden in the rhythm of his hip rotation.

So when Blake's running shoe tip brushed past the white line at the apex of the corner and took his first step onto the straight, his hip actually completed a textbook-perfect "zero-delay switch".

The locked hip joint instantly unlocks its internal rotation position, the femoral head returns to a neutral position from the inside of the acetabulum, and the pelvis also changes from a tilted state to a horizontal and stable state.

More importantly, the contraction pattern of the hip muscles is reconstructed simultaneously.

Previously responsible for stability, the gluteus medius switched from isometric contraction to concentric contraction, forming a "hip extension combined force" with the gluteus maximus; the iliopsoas muscle, which had been restrained, was completely freed from the loss of force due to inward traction, and its contraction direction was completely aligned with the direction of the body's forward movement. With each leg lift, most of the force was converted into forward propulsion.

The brilliance of this move lies in the "purification of the force vector".

In a curve, the force vector generated by the hip is a composite direction of "forward + inward". However, the posture adjustment in the first step of the straightaway directly eliminates the "inward" component of the force vector, making the hip a pure "forward power source".

What's even more terrifying is that this transition was completely seamless, without any fluctuation in the body's center of gravity—Blake's core muscles tensed up synchronously the moment the posture changed.

Like a rigid splint, it firmly fixes the relative position of the pelvis and torso, turning the shift of force in the hip into an unnoticed "internal reconstruction" hidden between the muscles and bones.

When Bolt caught a glimpse of the movement behind him out of the corner of his eye, he only felt that the shadow's speed suddenly increased, but he did not realize that he was still maintaining the "slight internal hip rotation" posture left over from the bend.

His height and long legs naturally make his hip alignment movement half a beat slower than Blake's. This half-beat delay is the first breakthrough for Blake to erode his advantage.

I never expected that my natural advantage, my absolute physiological condition on curves, would be so great.

In fact, vulnerabilities will gradually emerge here.

Become the opponent's weak point.

Of course, this is also because they all have the same coach.

Mills knows Bolt very well.

That's probably something Bolt understands even better than Bolt himself.

Therefore, all of his attack points.

You could say it's all about striking the snake at its vital point.

It hits the vital point right at the head.

Blake's second killer move lies in the coordinated power generated by his ankles and calves.

When running on a curve, in order to conform to the curvature of the track, his foot lands with the inside of the forefoot first, and his ankle slightly protrudes inward. This landing method can maximize the friction of the track, but it also limits the explosive power of the push-off.

Blake, on the straightaway, completely subverted the landing method—his foot became a full forefoot strike, and at the moment of impact, the plantar flexion angle of his ankle was maximized. His calf muscles and Achilles tendons were like springs compressed to the extreme, before his body's center of gravity was fully on his supporting leg...

It then bounced back suddenly.

This is the "elastic force exertion mode" that he has honed thousands of times. Unlike Bolt's "large muscle group drive" which is cumbersome, Blake's calves and ankles are like a pair of precise gears, compressing the time of ground contact and cushioning to the limit of human physiology. Every push-off is like an arrow released from a bow, short, fast, and precise.

The stride wasn't intentionally lengthened, but the efficiency of each step was improved by a whole new level.

Six body lengths, five and a half, five...

Thirty meters before the straight, Blake was making a very subtle adjustment to his center of gravity—he lowered it by a full three centimeters compared to Bolt.

This seemingly insignificant difference is a game-changer in terms of aerodynamics.

Bolt is 1.96 meters tall with a high center of gravity, which naturally increases the drag coefficient of the wind when he runs; while Blake deliberately lowers his center of gravity, making his body like a speedboat skimming the water, with the wind sliding over his back and shoulders without creating any sluggishness.

More importantly, the low center of gravity allows his supporting leg to have a smaller angle with the ground, a shorter lever arm when pushing off the ground, and higher efficiency in muscle exertion.

Just like a weightlifter can lift more weight by squatting lower, Blake's low center of gravity allows him to engage more muscle fibers with each push-off.

Bolt finally realized something was wrong.

His junior brother had also come prepared.

Even with a six-body-length advantage exiting the corner, one cannot be completely careless.

His previously relaxed neck instantly tensed, and the veins in his neck bulged slightly.

Bolt tried to extend his stride using his height advantage, but found that his hip flexors were starting to protest.

The explosive burst of power during that 100-meter stretch around the bend had already exhausted too much of his large muscle group strength.

At this moment, each time he lifted his leg, there was a slight, almost imperceptible hesitation.

damn it!
Bolt cursed under his breath!
But Blake was like an engine that kept going wilder and wilder.

His quadriceps muscles on the front of his thighs bulged out in a menacing line as he ran at high speed, but there was no tremor at all.

This is thanks to his unique muscle contraction rhythm.

Unlike Bolt's intermittent "force-relaxation" work, Blake's muscle contraction is "continuous tension." This mode seems to consume more energy, but it can avoid muscle relaxation between exertions, keeping the power output always in the peak range.

He didn't lift his knee very high, but each time he lifted his leg, it was precisely at the point where his center of gravity shifted forward, switching between the supporting leg and the swinging leg.

Like the gears of a clock, they fit together perfectly, without the slightest slack.

Not finished yet.

Blake's third killer move is hidden in the rigid frequency control of his core muscles.

There is a well-known problem in the sprinting world:

An increase in stride length is inevitably accompanied by a decrease in stride frequency.

This is a natural constraint for tall athletes.

This is also the core reason why Bolt is easily overtaken in the second half of the race. But Blake, for the time being, has broken this rule.

It doesn't rely on the movement of the upper limbs, but rather on the "rigid locking" and "rhythmic bursting" of the core muscles.

Once he stepped onto the straightaway, his transverse abdominis and erector spinae muscles maintained an extreme isometric contraction, firmly fixing his torso into a stable "power base".

This base plate is the fulcrum for lower limb power generation and a stabilizer for stride frequency. Unlike Bolt, who relies on intermittent power generation from the large hip muscles to drive his stride frequency, Blake's core muscles contract rhythmically at the millisecond level.

Actively pulling the pelvis to complete the back-and-forth swinging motion, this contraction is not a loose "shaking" but a precise "springing".

This means that each tiny explosion of the core can drive the lower limbs to complete a rapid leg lift and push-off, keeping the stride frequency at its peak range as the stride length slowly expands.

Well, if I had to explain it...

This is equivalent to installing a "miniature engine" in the lower limbs, using the high-frequency vibration of the core to offset the inertial resistance brought about by the expansion of stride.

Next comes the fourth move.

Blake's fourth killer move is hidden in...

The efficiency of folding and lifting the swinging leg.

In sprinting, half of the propulsion comes from the push-off of the supporting leg and the other half from the lift of the swinging leg.

The faster the swing leg retracts and folds, the shorter the contact time of the supporting leg with the ground, and the higher the upper limit of the stride frequency.

When running on a curve, in order to counteract centrifugal force, the folding angle of the swinging leg is forced to shrink, and the thigh swings forward with an outward component force, which greatly reduces the lifting efficiency.

But the moment he stepped onto the straightaway, Blake's swinging leg completed a "folding lift optimization".

His knee flexion angle increased sharply from about 120 degrees on the curve to 150 degrees. His lower leg was no longer a "burden" that hung down naturally, but was quickly lifted up by the combined force of the biceps femoris and gluteus maximus, and pressed tightly against the back of his thigh, forming a compact "folding swing" posture.

The brilliance of this movement lies in transforming the inertia of the swinging leg from "resistance" into "power".

The rapid lifting of the lower leg can cause the pelvis to rotate forward, which in turn lengthens the hip flexors of the supporting leg, allowing for a greater range of muscle contraction and stronger explosive power when the supporting leg pushes off the ground.

More importantly, this folding and lifting motion does not rely on the upper limbs but on the autonomous linkage of the lower limb muscles, avoiding energy loss across parts of the body and ensuring that every bit of strength is used for "running forward".

Therefore, it wasn't until the straightaway was nearly 150 meters long that it began.

Blake has already outpaced Bolt by two body lengths.

It was only then that Bolt remembered.

Imagine yourself as the god of the 200-meter curve.

Then, after the curve, there's a 200-meter straightaway.

Not myself.

Don't be fooled by those commentators' loud and boisterous pronouncements about turning the corner into a straightaway and then it's Bolt time.

In fact.

You'll know if you're a true professional.

The correct way to say it is: Entering a straightaway from a curve, and then...

Then it was no longer Bolt time.

Especially when you encounter a competitor who is stronger than you in the later stages.

You only get that when you're not running into Blake or Johnson.

Only then can I say that.

In fact, it was the real Bolt time.

On the contrary, it's all along the curve.

Instead of on a straight road.

This can also be considered a blind spot detection tool for sports fans.

If you can't even tell this apart, you can almost certainly be a fake track and field fan.

The audience in the stands had gone from cheering to gasping in astonishment.

They could clearly see that the black shadow that had been left behind was gradually eroding Bolt's advantage at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Blake's gaze remained fixed on Bolt.

They didn't relax for even a second.

You truly are a god on the 200-meter curve.

I have never denied this issue.

But I also have my advantages.

Yussane.

Once you've entered the straight section.

Then 200 meters behind.

I am God.

You are no longer.

A 200-meter straight track.

I am the god in control.

Mills told Blake the same thing.

It's okay if you can't beat them on the curves.

Straight road.

He can't compare to you.

I am very happy with my two disciples.

These are the fastest curve and the fastest straightaway, respectively.

You two will each be in charge of the first and second legs of the 200-meter race.

Yussane.

Your highlight has already ended at the bend.

Everything from now on is mine.

Blake stared at Bolt, and then unleashed his fifth move.

It's hidden in the continuous isotonic contraction rhythm of the quadriceps muscle.

We reached about 150 meters.

As more and more lactic acid accumulates in the body.

His quadriceps muscles on the front of his thighs bulged out in a menacing line as he ran at high speed, but there was no tremor at all.

This is thanks to his completely different muscle-based work logic from Bolt's.

Bolt employs an intermittent "force-relaxation" work pattern, alternating between muscle contraction and relaxation. While this can temporarily relieve fatigue, it inevitably creates a window of inactivity in power output.

Blake, following Mills's advice, kept his quadriceps in a state of "continuous isotonic contraction," where the tension of the muscle fibers remained at its peak range as the length of the muscle fibers changed.

This is equivalent to completely abandoning the relaxation during the intervals between exertions.

This contraction pattern, while seemingly increasing physical exertion exponentially, allows the knee joint to consistently receive stable and continuous power support during flexion and extension.

More importantly, he precisely controlled the degree to which he raised his knees within the "forward shift threshold".

This means that each leg lift does not aim for absolute height, but rather is timed to be at the moment when the body's center of gravity passes the support point, allowing the reaction force of the supporting leg pushing off the ground and the lifting and pulling force of the swinging leg to form a perfect mechanical coupling.

The switching between the supporting leg and the swinging leg is like the gears of a clock, working together seamlessly to eliminate the power loss between stride frequency and stride length.

That's definitely a very clever approach.

It perfectly matches Blake's technical and physiological characteristics.

It even takes into account his body's high acid resistance.

Mills truly deserves to be called the greatest coach of our time.

No one can doubt this.

Even 10 years later, he trained a new Jamaican master.

One batch after another.

You can't say he's incompetent.

Moreover, these people are completely different in height, build, technical skills, and physical condition.

That would avoid the claim that he can only coach one type of athlete.

Such a genius.

This is truly a rare occurrence in the world.

No wonder Bolt has repeatedly emphasized that he only wants to be coached by Mills.

He would speak out whenever anyone attacked Mills.

That means they are truly convinced of his abilities.

Of course, Mills deserves to be convinced as well.

After this series of operations...

They couldn't even maintain their four-body-length advantage.

And Bolt is very clear about this.

The last 50 meters.

The most difficult time is for yourself.

Because at this point, one's speed will experience a significant drop.

If Blake makes any further progress.

That would probably take more than four body lengths to maintain.

Sure, junior brother.

You haven't wasted these past few years, have you?

It looks like you'll have no problem breaking the 9.10-second barrier in the later stages.

Ah.

Is he a god in the later stages?
Su is a god in the 100-meter dash.

The 200 meters from here became the later part of the race.

That's really great.

OK.

I've been a challenger before.

Then let me be on the 200-meter track.

Let's challenge you, you god of the 200-meter final stretch!

Don't make me do that.

Disappointment is good!

When Bolt thought this, there wasn't much panic in his eyes.

If Blake could see this.

It's estimated for the last 50 meters.

It will definitely be more urgent.

I'm not so optimistic anymore.

Even if he is the so-called one.

The god of the Great Straight Path.

the same alsp.

(End of this chapter)