Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 118 Reaction from the other side of the sea
  Neon, Kobe.

Home of the Land Track and Field League, the screening room.

Dongjing time is one hour ahead of Yanjing time. At this time on weekdays, the members of the Neon National Track and Field Team should have been resting in their dormitories.

But Koji Ito specially called all the members of the relay team over and asked them to watch tonight's World Youth Championship in Yanjing.

The TV screen displayed the icon of the NHK international channel, and what was playing on the screen was the men's 200-meter final.

"The game begins!" 』

"China's Wenhao is very fast! 』

"Sure enough, as we predicted before the game, he quickly gained a very big lead! 』

"Entering the straight, Wenhao continues to expand his advantage! 』

"With such a huge gap, does it mean that we are going to set another record?" 』

"The score after hitting the line - 19 seconds 97! Although we still have to wait for the referee to judge the photos taken by the high-speed camera, but nothing unexpected happens.』

『速报19秒97文浩在两周前就以20秒02的成绩，打破过末续慎吾的亚洲纪录，现在终于要将亚洲的200米极限，带进20秒的领域了吗？』

"The result is out - 19 seconds 97! New Asian record! 』

At the end of the men's 200-meter race, Nobuharu Asahara, Naoki Tsukahara and others glanced at Koji Ito, got a nod, and got up and left.

Only Koji Ito, the head coach of the neon relay team, and Shingo Suetsugu, the current ace player of the neon relay team, remained in the screening room.

The post-match footage was still playing on the TV, but Suetsugu Shingo's eyes seemed to have lost focus, and his eyes looking at the TV were clearly empty.

"Shingo," after a while, Koji Ito finally spoke, "do you have any thoughts about this game and Wenhao's performance?"

"My thoughts." Susu Shengo shook his head and cast his eyes on the high-spirited young man wearing the five-star red flag on the TV screen.

"As a sprinter, and an Asian sprinter at that, I am very pleased and excited that Wen Hao has achieved such a result."

"The 20-second mark is also the dream I have been chasing and the limit I have been eager to break through since I started my sprint career. Unfortunately, I have not been able to achieve it so far."

The closest time to the 20-second mark was already three years ago.

That year he was high-spirited and achieved many good results. He even ranked third at the World Championships in Paris and won Asia's first short track medal.

After the game, he and Liu Xiang, who won the bronze medal in the 110-meter hurdles, were jointly hailed as the "Two Heroes of Asia's Short Track" and were regarded as the most promising to break the 100-meter second mark in the 10-meter event and 200-meter second in the 20-meter event. A player with a second mark.

But now, three years have passed. Liu Xiang, one of the "Two Heroes" back then, has now become an Olympic champion and world record holder.

And he, Suetsugu Shingo, is no longer the "sprinting king" who dominated Asia before.

"Just happy and excited, no regrets or jealousy?"

Koji Ito still remembers his mood when he saw Wenhao break the 10-second mark in reporting.

As the former Asian record holder in the 100 meters and the first Asian sprinter to truly touch the 10-second mark, when he saw an athlete younger than himself surpassing him, and he was also a Chinese athlete, Ito Koji's heart was filled with excitement. Incredibly complex. I was relieved because those so-called Western experts who have the right to speak have always promoted and determined that 10 seconds is the -meter limit for yellow people.

Koji Ito has also struggled to hit this so-called racial limit, and he knows how difficult it is. Now that the shackles of thought have been broken, there will definitely be more athletes in Asia who can reach the 10-second barrier in the future.

Of course, there are regrets. I regret that the person who achieved the breakthrough was not me, and I am jealous that the person who achieved the breakthrough is still so young.
  "How could it not be?" Shingo Suetsugu sighed, "But no matter how regretful it is, the fact has already happened. As long as the IAAF completes the process, he will become the real Asian record holder."

"No matter how jealous I am, I have to face him head-on on the field. Competitive sports will not show mercy because of my age. Win is win, lose is lose!"

In any case, Wen Hao's rise in the field of sprinting is an indisputable fact.

Now, Wen Hao's rise has become Neon Dash's "serious problem" and the "Boss" that Neon Dash athletes must face in Asian events!
  "Shingo, I'm very happy that you can think so!" Ito Koji patted his shoulder and said sincerely: "The thing I'm most afraid of now is that you will suffer a psychological blow because of Wen Hao's repeated record-breaking things. , I no longer have the spirit of excitement.”

"Now in the 100-meter and 200-meter events of our neon track and field, experienced veterans like Nobuharu are getting older and older, while newcomers like Naoki and Shinji have not yet fully grown up."

"Shingo, the only person who can support Neon Dash now is You!"

Susu Shenwu was stunned for a while, then said with a wry smile: "Coach, it's not that simple to defeat Wen Hao."

"Of course I know that. I'm not asking you to issue a military order requiring you to defeat him."

Koji Ito took out a document and handed it to Suetsugu Shingo.

"This is?"

"This is my application to the alliance, and it has been officially approved this afternoon. In the next four months, I will lead you to prepare for the Doha Asian Games!"

"Prepare for war with all your strength?" Sutsu Shengo was very surprised.

In fact, as early as the start of the "new year" in April, the Land Track and Field Federation made detailed long-term plans for the Doha Asian Games, Osaka World Championships, Yanjing Olympic Games and other events.

In that plan, the Asian Games did not receive high attention.

One is because the Land Track and Field Federation pays more attention to the track and field events held "at home" in Osaka, and the other is that the Doha Asian Games will be held in December.

December is the time when track and field athletes start in-depth winter training. No one can show the same good competitive condition at this time as in the summer.

Unless changes are made to the training plan, winter training will be abandoned to fully prepare for the Asian Games.

It can’t be said to be giving up, it can only be said to be postponing the content of winter training.

But if this happens, those competitions originally planned to participate in next spring will definitely have to be abandoned, otherwise it will definitely affect the World Championships.

"Although I don't quite understand why the alliance issued such an approval, since the plan has been changed, I will definitely cooperate fully."

"Shingo, you don't have to feel too much pressure." Koji Ito put away the document and continued to comfort him, "I do have high hopes for you. I hope you can defeat Wen Hao in the Asian Games and defend the honor of Neon Dash. .”

"But no one knows whether Wen Hao will further improve his strength in the next period of time, and it is still unclear whether your competitive level can be restored to its peak state."

"In this Asian Games, you just have to do your best. The 4×100-meter relay event is the focus of our preparations!"

(End of this chapter)