Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 210 Military Order and Red Gold Boots
[Xinhua News Agency, Yanjing, August 8th, Yu Weili, director of the National Team Management Department of the Track and Field Management Center of the State Sports General Administration, announced the list of Chinese team participants for the 14th World Track and Field Championships here this afternoon. Olympic champion Liu Xiang, world champion 11 athletes including 66-meter record holder Wen Hao will compete in Osaka. 】

[According to deputy director and head coach Feng Shuyongjin, 66 of the 44 members of the national track and field team have never participated in top world competitions such as the Olympics or World Championships before. 】

[Feng Shuyong pointed out that the Chinese team’s goal in participating in the Osaka World Athletics Championships is to surpass the total score of the Helsinki World Athletics Championships two years ago and have more athletes enter the finals. At the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki two years ago, the Chinese team had 11 people enter the top eight, with a total score of 43 points, ranking ninth in the world. 】

[Feng Shuyong said that he believes that the first task of the young athletes of the Chinese team is to strive to improve the success rate and performance rate. "As long as 20 athletes perform normally or exceed the standard, we may achieve transcendence."]

[Yu Weili also revealed that the Track and Field Management Center of the State Sports General Administration has signed task confirmation letters with participating athletes and coaches to improve the sense of responsibility of athletes and coaches]

As the Osaka World Championships are approaching, various TV media, news newspapers, and portal websites have gradually begun to follow up on the warm-up reports. Each eye-catching report attracted the public to stop and watch.

"The Osaka World Championships are about to start, and China's track and field will usher in the Olympic "mock test""

"Osaka World Championships calls for world records, Wen Hao is the first to bear the brunt and is expected to achieve China's sprint "zero" breakthrough"

"The General Administration announced the Osaka World Championships roster, no one in the Chinese women's 10,000 meters can run"

"2007 World Athletics Championships - Competing among the strongest, who can be the king?" 》

"Osaka World Championships Preview: There is no suspense about the United States' defending relay, China and Japan are fighting for Asia's first medal"

"How is the world record achieved?" ——The technology team behind Wenhao》

"Mission confirmation letter? There is such a thing."

In Paris, Wen Hao, who had just woken up, heard this report from China and suddenly felt that the noodles in his mouth no longer tasted good.

The mission confirmation is somewhat similar to a military order.

However, in today's modern society, even if you really fail to complete the task, you will not be punished. However, if your performance is really bad, it is possible to be kicked out of the national team or have training resources reduced after the World Championships.

Except for the relay events, the other events in track and field are extremely individual-oriented. Basically, one coach leads one athlete.

The coaches in charge of athletes are usually the "masters" of their provincial and municipal track and field teams, such as Liu Xiang and Sun Haili.

It is quite rare for people like Wen Hao and Hu Kai to not be affiliated with provincial or municipal track and field teams, but to join the national team as individuals.

Therefore, for the vast majority of athletes, once they are kicked out of the national team, or their training resources are reduced, the quality of training will be greatly reduced, and it will be difficult to join the national team again in the future.

Although the overall strength of China's track and field is still far behind that of track and field powerhouses like the United States, many strong newcomers emerge in each event every year.

Just like Wen Yongyi, who would have thought that in less than a year, he would be squeezed out of the quota by Su Bingtian, who was also from the Guangdong track and field team, and would not be selected for the national relay team?
Moreover, in this year's summer training camp for the national men's relay team, newcomers like Su Bingtian can train with Wen Hao and enjoy almost the same training resources.

In fact, there is not much difference in strength. Winning or losing all depends on the state.

But if you do this, you may not know how big the gap will be when the time comes.

Just like now, Wen Yongyi's personal best of 10 seconds 28 has been tied by Su Bingtian
"The tasks set by the General Administration and the Competition Management Center for you are actually very reasonable. After all, they are no different from the goals you have set for this season." Li Qing laughed and handed the fax document to the others. Team members check.

"The national team's men's 4×100 meter relay event strives to break the Asian record, ensure that it breaks the national record, and the minimum goal is to enter the finals." Hu Kai, the oldest, took the file, found the line corresponding to the relay team, and read it to Everyone listens.

The team members looked at each other, but their expressions did not change.

Indeed, as Li Qing said, the tasks set out for the relay team in this task confirmation are indeed the goals they want to achieve.

Even compared to "striving to break the Asian record", the goal set by the team members is actually higher-running within 38 seconds!
男子4×100米接力的亚洲纪录，目前是霓虹队在多哈亚运会上跑出来的38秒19，他们自己已经在谢菲尔德大奖赛上把国家纪录提升到38秒21了。

The Neon team will never stop at 38 seconds 19. This is the consensus of everyone in the relay team.

Tsukahara Naoki's season best this year was 10 seconds, which failed to break the personal best of 20 seconds he ran last year. However, judging from his performance change curve, he is getting stronger as he approaches the World Championships.

The Japanese Championships were held in early July, and more than a month and a half would have passed by the time the Osaka World Championships opened. No one knew whether he would improve.

末续慎吾今年只在大阪大奖赛上跑了一枪100米，成绩是10秒12，他的200米赛季最佳则是在日锦赛上跑出的20秒14。

Compared with last year, Sushu Shenwu's competitive state seems to have declined slightly, but Li Qing has analyzed his game videos and found that Sushu Shenwu's slight decline is mainly reflected in the starting speed.

For Shingo Suetsugu, who is guarding the second leg, this slight decline in form will not have any impact on the relay results.

Compared with Naoki Tsukahara who played in the first team and Shingo Suetsugu who played in the second team, Shinji Takahira who played in the third team did show a significant decline in his condition.

去年跑出过20秒35、20秒42的他，今年的200米最好成绩只有20秒52，不过在霓虹也属于是矮子里拔高个了，除了他确实也没有更好的第三棒选择。

最让人感到吃惊的伤愈复出后，在日锦赛上跑出10秒19力压冢原直贵夺冠的朝原宣治，要知道1972年6月21日出生的他，如今已经年满35岁了！

At last year's Doha Asian Games, the configuration of the Chinese team compared to the Neon team was inferior in the first and second sticks and superior in the third and fourth sticks. However, there was a major mistake in the handover of the second and third sticks, which turned Yang Yaozu's small advantage into a He was so bad that even Wen Hao couldn't help him.

否则就凭当时霓虹队担任第四棒，赛季100米只有10秒4x水平、200米只有20秒6x水平的大前祐介，无论如何都是会被文浩爆虐成渣的。

But now, Nobuharu Asahara, Asia's top star, has returned from injury. Although he is no longer as strong as the second man in Asia's 100-meter history, he is much better than Ohmae Yusuke, a parallel import.

The Neon team's originally weakest shortcoming in the fourth leg was quickly made up for. Judging from the analysis of paper strength alone, as long as they don't make mistakes in the handover, the record of 38 seconds is definitely easily breakable.

After analysis, Li Qing believes that this year's neon relay team of Tsukahara Naoki + Suetsugu Shingo + Takahira Shinji + Asahara Nobuharu has a high probability of running under 38 seconds if the handover is smooth.

With a perfect handover and a perfect flat run, it is possible to run under 38 seconds.

For the upcoming Osaka World Championships, the goal of all members of the Chinese relay team is to defeat the Neon Team and complete their revenge!
Therefore, to achieve this goal, they must run within 38 seconds and significantly refresh the Asian record.

Therefore, the "tasks" set for them by the General Administration of Sports and the Competition Management Center are also goals that they must achieve.

After the circulation was completed, the team members immediately took out their pens and signed their names on the task confirmation form without any hesitation.

Su Bingtian, who was the last to complete his signature, suddenly thought of something. He turned to Wen Hao and asked: "Brother Hao, what is your single task?"

"If you want to know, just see for yourself." Wen Hao didn't even raise his head after saying this, and drank the noodles in the bowl in a few mouthfuls.

As a key training target of the national track and field team and a "big earner", the General Administration and the Competition Management Center did not set any particularly outrageous tasks for him.

World records are not something you have to strive for in the world competition. Medals that symbolize honor are the key.

There is no highest goal, no minimum requirement, just four words - fighting for gold and guaranteeing cards.

Two hours later, at the training ground of the Michel Yazi Track and Field Club.

Wen Hao took the towel handed by Liu Xiang and wiped his sweat, then walked towards a middle-aged white man who had been watching at the training ground for several minutes. This man was Donoghue, Nike's head of technical innovation.

"Hi, Liu, and Wen!" Donoghue put on a bright smile, and even said hello in Chinese, but the pronunciation was probably learned before coming here, and the tone was very stiff, but at least it explained attitude.

"We finally met. You know, as early as when you set a new world record, I couldn't wait to fly to Europe to meet you, but unfortunately I never got around to it."

"Congratulations by the way, your new song 'Viva La Vida' is amazing, I absolutely love it!"

"I'm glad you like it. "Viva La Vida" is also my most satisfying song so far." Wen Hao smiled and shook hands with Donoghue. His third English single "Viva La Vida" was officially released at 8:10 on August 0th, Eastern Time. It is currently far ahead in sales and number of plays. It is a certainty that it will top the B-list in the first week.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but if “Viva La Vida” in this time and space achieves the top spot in its first week, then “Shape of You” will also be the same as Boss Huang’s version in the original time and space, and it will happen to win the 12th week championship.

All we can say is that there is God’s will in the dark.

After Donoghue chatted with Liu Xiang for a while, he called his subordinates to bring two shoe boxes and handed them to Wen Hao and Liu Xiang respectively.

"Open it and take a look, you will like it." Donoghue made a gesture of invitation.

Wen Hao smiled, looked at each other with Liu Xiang, and then opened the shoe box.

In the shoe box, a pair of red-gold spikes lay quietly. The style and color showed an indescribable eye-catching and domineering look, almost exactly what Wen Hao expected.

As early as after the Reebok Grand Prix in New York, Nike said it would tailor-make a World Championships boot for him and Liu Xiang, the "Chinese track and field twins."

International competitions are not only an arena for athletes from all over the world to compete, but also a natural launch conference and testing ground for the world's major sporting goods companies to showcase their latest products and technological innovations.

Sportswear and shoes for sports delegations and star athletes from various countries are provided by well-known large companies. Many of them are tailor-made according to the characteristics of the athletes. The goal is to help athletes improve their performance, even if it is only one hundredth of a second or one hundredth. One centimeter.

After waiting for two months, it was finally delivered to them.

Compared with Morris Green's black and gold boots and Michael Johnson's gold boots, the red and gold colors are undoubtedly more in line with Chinese aesthetics and are more visually eye-catching.

The shoe plate uses Nike's latest carbon plate technology, which is lighter and harder than similar running shoes. At the same time, the position of the spikes is also tailored according to their landing habits and the landing point of their feet.

Wen Hao's special boots have 7 spikes, which is considered a normal design, while Liu Xiang's pair has 10 spikes.

The reason why two people with similar heights and foot lengths have such a big difference in the number of spikes is mainly because of the different characteristics of the events. The 110-meter hurdles require spikes with greater grip.

After putting on these red gold boots, Wen Hao felt that they fit perfectly with the soles of his feet, as if his steps were a little lighter.

Many people who don't know the industry think that track and field sports are purely based on the talents of athletes. This view can only be said to be superficial and does not have a deep understanding of modern sports competition.

The role of scientific theory and science and technology in promoting modern sports competition is self-evident.

Especially for short-track events where milliseconds matter, perhaps this pair of special spikes can only bring him an improvement of 0.01 seconds, or even less.

But perhaps this improvement of less than 0.01 seconds can help him seal the victory in the game, or become an important factor in setting the world record again!
After Nike and his team left, Wen Hao got used to it for a while and was quite satisfied with the red gold boots.

"Okay, let's put this treasure away first, and then show it off at the World Championships." Li Qing quickly greeted him and asked him to continue training.

There are still 10 days until the opening of the Osaka World Championships. At present, Moon Hao's training volume has gradually decreased, but the total volume to be completed every day is not something that ordinary sprinters can easily bear.

Wen Hao quickly threw himself into training again. After sweating profusely, he asked Li Qing: "Coach, when will we leave for Osaka?"

"On the 18th, go five days early, which is enough for you to adapt to the weather and venue in Osaka."

In fact, Li Qing also knew that for this group of young men who had been undergoing closed training for a whole month and had a bloody battle, they couldn't wait for it.

But on the world's top stage like the World Championships, going early or late can easily disrupt the original rhythm, and you may just miss the peak competitive state.

Go five days in advance, one day to travel, one day to rest, and at the same time adapt to the local climate conditions, and adjust the competitive state to the ideal state in the last three days.

Everything is best done according to a predetermined plan.

"By the way, the news from the advance team is that the weather in Osaka is getting hot. You must be prepared to face the high temperature when the time comes."

Wenhao nodded. Regarding the persistent high temperature in Osaka in the summer of 2007, his past life memory contained relevant information.

If I remember correctly, it seems that the marathon results of this World Championships are the worst since the World Championships were held?
I can’t remember clearly. Anyway, the results in middle and long-distance running events are generally not as good as expected. I should remember this correctly.

The impact of high temperature on sprint events is not as great as that on middle and long-distance running events, but if it is really high enough, it may also affect the athletes' competitive state and adjust their rhythm.

"Just in time, you go to Osaka to explore the road first, and then give me more feedback." Liu Xiang on the side couldn't help but intervene in the topic.

大阪世锦赛的举办时间是8月25日~9月2日，文浩和胡恺参加的男子100米项目，在25日上午、下午就要分别迎来第一轮和第二轮。

The first round of the men's 110-meter hurdles that Liu Xiang participated in was on the 29th, so he and Sun Hailian will stay in Paris until the evening of the 23rd before flying to Osaka.

"Okay, let's explore the way ahead first, and we'll contact you via email then."

After speaking, Wen Hao stretched, walked to the shade of a tree and lay down on his back, with the sun shining through the gaps in the whirling leaves.

In the blink of an eye, the first World Series of his career is coming, and it suddenly feels like a world away.

In the current IAAF men's 100-meter event, Wen Hao still ranks first in the world, followed by Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell.

In the men's 200-meter event, without Xavier Carter, who was originally the biggest competitive threat, Tyson Gay is currently far ahead.

The second place is Usain Bolt, the third place is Wallace Spearmon, the fourth place is not even Wen Hao's turn, but the American rookie Walter Dicks who has performed extremely well this season.

As a college student competing in the NCAA league, Walter Dix has actually reached a world-class level.

早在5月26日佛罗里达州盖恩斯维尔举行的NCAA东部锦标赛上，沃尔特·迪克斯就在200米决赛里跑出了19.69（+0.9）的傲人成绩。

19 seconds 69 also directly made Walter Dix jump to the sixth place in the history of the men's 200 meters, but his results were quite unstable. Except for this shot, the other results were all outside 6 seconds, so this season also Can only be ranked fourth.

Wen Hao, on the other hand, is temporarily ranked fifth in the men's 200 meters this season.

However, this is mainly because he rarely participates in 200-meter events. Otherwise, based on his performance of 19.82 (-2.3) in the Eugene Prefontaine Classic and participating in a few more Golden League or Grand Prix events, he would be completely sufficient. Impacting the world's first throne in this project.

"It won't be long, very soon, very soon you will be able to see it."

"Huh? What did you say?" Liu Xiang asked curiously after hearing Wen Hao's murmur.

"It's nothing. I said it won't be long before I can meet the audience in Osaka."

"Hey, I haven't played in a long time, and I miss that feeling."

A plane flew over Paris from high altitude, seeming to be flying towards the east, but I didn't know where it would land.

In a few days, they will finally end this arduous training camp and go to the top competitive stage to pursue their once-out-of-reach dream.

Osaka, here I come!

　I woke up today and saw the news that Kiptum, who had only participated in three marathons and set a new world record, died in a car accident.
　　By analogy, it can be roughly seen that after Bolt broke the world record by running 08 in New York in 9.72, he fell before the arrival of the North Olympics.
　　Excellent Kiptum, it’s a shame we didn’t get to see you become the first legal sub-2 hour marathoner, but you are already a legend!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)