Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 245 Red Lightning, another miracle!
"On Your Marks!"

An internationally accepted command to get to your stations sounded like a prelude before the outbreak of war.

And with the sound of "On your marks" and the eight athletes taking to the starting line to make final preparations, the atmosphere at the scene couldn't help but become tense.

In the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, which was originally very enthusiastic and noisy, the audience stopped cheering in their hands and cheering in an orderly manner. The huge stadium that accommodated nearly 50,000 people soon fell silent. down.

Corresponding to the viewing area in the middle of the 20-meter straight, there is a VIP viewing box with an area of ​​about square meters, and the owner of this box is naturally the owner of the stadium - Daimler Group.

In the VIP box, Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler Group, stood by the window. Next to him stood an old man with a gray beard wearing sunglasses. If the live TV camera was aimed at him at this time, I believe many people at the scene and in front of the TV would The audience will be surprised.

Phil Knight - founder of sporting goods giant "Nike".

Since the 80s, Phil Knight has retired three times and returned twice to fire his personally appointed successor. After several twists and turns, he is still at the helm while selecting a suitable successor.

While traveling in Europe recently, he received an invitation from Daimler Group CEO Dieter Zetsche and came to Stuttgart to watch the 100-meter race, which attracted worldwide attention.

"What do you think, Mr. Knight?" Dieter Zetsche took twice the beer from his secretary, handed one of the glasses to Phil Knight, raised his glass and smiled at him: "Do you think it's possible that Wen Be the next Jordan?"

Phil Knight was stunned for a moment, then smiled and clinked glasses with Dieter Zetsche.

In 1983, Phil Knightnike handed over management to veteran employee Bob Woodall, and he went to China for a long trip.

At that time, the jogging craze in the United States subsided and aerobic exercise was on the rise. As a result, under Bob Woodall's rule-abiding management, industry newcomer Reebok caught up from behind, and Nike's turnover that year plummeted by 6%.

In 1984, Phil Knight returned to the company to regroup, and Woodall and other veterans left the company. Then under his leadership, Nike successfully tapped celebrities such as Michael Jordan for endorsements, and it has soared since then.

The use of Michael Jordan as the brand spokesperson is the most praised endorsement cooperation since the establishment of Nike. It is self-evident that Dieter Zetsche raised this question at this time.

After taking a sip of refreshing beer, Phil Knight smiled and said: "I also asked this question when I was in Eugene. I said to this Chinese boy, do you think you can become the next Jordan? I remember that time This is what he answered me"

"I will not become the next Michael Jordan, but the first Wenhao. I will work hard throughout my life to become the undisputed king of sprinting. I want people to compare me with Muhammad Ali and Pele. I want to be The world is clamoring for praise - the greatest athlete in history!"

"Set——"

The starter's preparatory call sounded in the stadium. At this time, the audience in the stadium and in front of the TV set their attention completely on the starting line.

The 100-meter race is fleeting, and if it is just an ordinary competition, it would be fine. But it would be a pity if we miss any second of this focus battle at the end of the season!

At the starting line, the eight runners reacted quickly to the sound of the preparation call and raised their waists and hips to get into the starting position.

"Snapped--!"

The starting gun sounded, and the eight athletes squatting on the starting blocks made uniform starting movements. The Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, which accommodated nearly 50,000 people, also changed from a quiet state at this moment. As soon as they left, the sound of cheers and cheers like the roar of the angry sea suddenly swept across the audience.

The entire stadium seemed to be boiling!

The moment the starting gun sounded, Wen Hao's powerful legs burst out with shocking power in an instant. The huge driving force of the explosive start made him eject instantly like a bullet!

This time, the shot went very smoothly, with a starting reaction time of 0.150 seconds. Although it is not particularly fast, it is at least not as slow as the Osaka World Championships, which was seriously lagging behind and exceeded 0.2 seconds.

In contrast, Asafa Powell's starting reaction in lane 4 was 0.142 seconds, and Tyson Gay's starting reaction in lane 5 was 0.155 seconds.

There are slight differences in the starting reactions between the three, but they are all within a very normal range. The difference of about 0.01 seconds in starting reactions alone is not enough to determine who has a better start.

In sprints, especially 10-meter events, "start" usually does not just refer to the starting reaction, but the starting reaction + the pure running of the first meters.

At this time, the same scene as at the Osaka World Championships was playing out on the field.

In addition to his lead in starting reaction, Asafa Powell relied on his more exquisite starting skills and stronger explosive ability to occupy the leading position the moment after the gun fired.

At present, the neon NHK TV station has not invited Asafa Powell to produce the special documentary "The Miracle of the Body". Naturally, the name "Explosive Start" has not been officially coined yet, but experts from all over the world know one thing - —Asafa Powell’s starting technique is absolutely unmatched in the world.

The essence of Asafa Powell's "Explosive Start" is not to pursue the ultimate starting reaction and starting speed in the first 10 meters, but to rely on good starting reaction control and starting speed in the first 10 meters to pave the way for subsequent acceleration and even the entire race. Rhythm lays a good foundation.

Therefore, in the starting contest, Asafa Powell did take the lead. In the first 10 meters (including starting reaction), Asafa Powell was 1.87 seconds, Wen Hao was 1.90 seconds, and Tyson Gay was 1.92 seconds.

If it is at top speed during the running stage, if the difference between Wen Hao and Powell is 0.03 seconds, that is a positional gap of about 0.35 meters.

At the starting stage, the difference of 0.03 seconds is only about 0.15 meters between the positions. This difference is not obvious when reflected in the visual effect.

10 meters, 20 meters, 30 meters.
On the track, as the speed continues to increase, the position gap between the players becomes more and more obvious.

The one in the lead at this time is still Asafa Powell!
The unparalleled explosive start has always been Asafa Powell's weapon to kill everyone on the court. This has been fully confirmed at the Osaka World Championships more than half a month ago.

Behind Asafa Powell is Wen Hao in lane 6. He is holding on to Powell at a distance of one body, while Tyson Gay in lane 5 is half a step behind Wen Hao. Body position left and right.

It was said to be "bitten", but in the range of 10 to 30 meters, Wen Hao was still slightly ahead of Powell.

When reaching the 30-meter position, Wen Hao's time was a relatively normal 3.83 seconds, but Asafa Powell's time was an extremely exaggerated 3.78 seconds, which was even faster than when he broke the world record at the Rieti Grand Prix. 0.01 seconds!
What you need to know is that when he broke the world record at the Rieti Grand Prix, the wind speed on the field reached +1.7m/s. At this time, the wind speed at the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium was only 0.8m. /s.

In order to defeat Wen Hao, Asafa Powell really showed an unprecedented competitive state!
With the end of the low center of gravity acceleration phase, the athletes began to stand up and raise their heads, and their technical movements gradually transitioned to the state of running on the road.

After gradually raising his head, Wen Hao naturally noticed that he was in a relatively lagging position compared to Powell while accelerating hard.

But his mentality will definitely not be affected by this. As a competitive athlete, as long as the starting gun sounds, what he can and should do is to rush to the finish line with all his strength!
On the racing track, the dense footsteps around him and the roaring cheers and shouts in the stadium together constitute the most beautiful music in the world. In this warm and noisy atmosphere, Wen Hao, who is lagging behind, still maintains his own running. Rhythm.

As he stood in the top competitions again and again, he accumulated countless practical experiences, which gave Wenhao a deeper understanding of "running faster".

The starting acceleration phase of the first 30 meters is important, but it is not the most important.

For him, whose technique has reached the bottleneck period, he only needs to run down the first 30 meters. The most important thing is that after entering the running stage, he should run as fast as possible while reaching the ultimate speed that he can reach. Maintain the speed!
He couldn't do it in the past, but after continuous strengthening, he was convinced that he already had such ability.

Come on Powell, the real bloody battle has just begun!

40 meters, 50 meters, 60 meters.
Entering the high-speed stage of running on the way, all eight players on the field entered a state of striding and running at high speed. As their speed continued to increase, the gap between the players became more and more obvious.

Asafa Powell is still in the leading position. His running posture is very graceful, the core of his body is extremely stable, and his superb and stretched technical movements of running on the way perfectly explain what is called "textbook of running on the way"!
On the other hand, Wen Hao's running posture is less graceful than Powell's, but he is also more wild and domineering than him.

Because from a technical point of view, Powell is a typical front-side technical representative. During the running process, the proportion of back pedaling involved in exerting force is less, and instead more force is exerted on the ground.

Therefore, when Powell entered the most relaxed stage of running on the road, his whole body posture was as if he was sitting on an invisible chair. If there were no reference objects in the picture for comparison, it would easily be seen as being in the original position. Lift your legs high.

Wenhao's technical characteristics are the same as Tyson Gay's typical rear-side technique. The back-pedaling movement is more obvious, and the visual effect will also give people a sense of obvious forward displacement.

After entering the running stage, the situation on the field changed again.

Wen Hao, who was in second position, always maintained a gap with Powell at this stage of 30 to 60 meters. He did not catch up and was not widened as before.

Tyson Gay, on the other hand, was pulled further apart. At 30 meters, he was only half a body behind Wen Hao, but at 60 meters, the gap between them had widened to one body. Got it!

This scene is completely different from the Osaka World Championships, and it is also a new visual experience for the audience watching this game.

It's not that Tyson Gay isn't strong enough, but that Asafa Powell is in great shape! Tyson Gay's split time for the first 60 meters was 6.41 seconds, and the time for each 10-meter section was the same as the 9 seconds he shot at the Osaka World Championships. This shows that he has not improved at all since the World Championships. Neglect of training.

文浩的前60米分段用时是6.36秒，这不是他第一次跑出6.40秒以内的数据，黄金联赛罗马站创造9秒76前世界纪录时，他曾跑出过6.39的数据。

In that game, his performance in the first 10 meters was better than now, but in the first high-speed stage between 30 and 60 meters, he was far from as good as his current shot.

This time, Wen Hao increased his speed to over 50m/s after 12 meters, and the time from 50 to 60 meters was only 0.83 seconds.

It can be seen that the adjustment of his running method is effective!
However, despite showing better mid-range running ability, he still failed to take advantage of Powell.

Asafa Powell's first 60-meter split time is - 6.31 seconds!
An unprecedented 6 seconds 31 seconds! ! !

Being in a fierce competition, Wen Hao naturally didn't know how long it took him to reach a certain position, but he clearly felt that the physical feedback from adjusting his running method this time was very good.

But even so, he had not been able to catch up to Powell even half a point after entering the running stage, which inevitably frightened him.

However, although he was surprised by Powell's tough performance in the future, Wen Hao became even more excited because of it.

Through the relevant data in his past life memory, he knew that Powell had the ability to run into the 9 mark at legal wind speeds, and the full-on Powell in front of him really gave him such a feeling!

Defeat him!
As long as you defeat him, you will definitely be able to set a new world record!
Only by defeating the full-fire Powell in front of us can we have more confidence to face that black lightning in the future!
On the track, Wen Hao, who was running fast, was already filled with blood.

Outside the track, the atmosphere in the stadium has also reached its climax tonight. All the spectators have stood up and shouted wildly. In the absolute speed competition of the 10-meter movement, in this short seconds, in the superstar Their joint performance can make people's blood boil with excitement!

70 meters, 80 meters, 90 meters.
Entering the most anxious final stage, the audience, whether on site or in front of the TV, all widened their eyes after seeing the sudden change in the situation on the field, for fear of missing the exciting scene that is very likely to happen next. !

Perhaps because the burst of Qiancheng consumed too much energy, Asafa Powell experienced a slowdown after 60 meters. The time for the 60-70 meter section dropped from 50 seconds for 60-0.83 meters to 0.84 Second.

Powell's ability to maintain speed in the rear is actually not bad, but it also depends on who he compares with, especially in this kind of competition where the wind is downwind but the wind speed is not too high and the explosion in the front is too violent. If you want to be 60 to 70 meters Continuing to maintain top speed is obviously unrealistic.

与之相对的，是在60~70米的区间内依旧将速度保持在12m/s以上的文浩，60~70米的用时为0.83秒，正式追回了0.01！

And once the momentum of this pursuit arises, it cannot stop there.
From 70 to 80 meters, Powell’s time was 0.85 seconds, and Wen Hao’s time was 0.84 seconds, recovering 0.01 seconds again!

From 80 to 90 meters, Powell’s time was 0.86 seconds, and Wen Hao’s time was 0.84 seconds, recovering 0.02 seconds again!

In the first 60 meters, Wenhao was originally 0.05 seconds behind Powell, but within the thirty-meter distance from 60 to 90, he was chasing 0.04 seconds!

This is why people are surprised. After being relatively lagging behind in the first half of the race, Wenhao seems to be about to stage an exciting and exciting drama like the Osaka Speed ​​Night!
Now, the gap is only the last 0.01 seconds!
The final 10 meters sprint.
In the first 80 meters, the expression on Asafa Powell's face was always calm and calm, not at all like the extremely strenuous performance at the Osaka World Championships.

But after 80 meters, he detected Wen Hao's rapid approach from the corner of his vision. His heart suddenly skipped a beat and he frowned.

It’s broken and I’m going to be caught up!

But fortunately, the finish line is coming soon, as long as we can cross the line perfectly
In the spectator stands, Steve Francis felt a black eye instantly after seeing his disciple Powell's response.

Powell actually made a line-breaking move just after passing 90 meters.
On the other hand, Wen Hao, who was separated by a runway from him, did not actively lower his center of gravity and lean forward to press the line even in the last 10 meters of sprinting.

Because Wen Hao knows - if you are not sure that you can press the line perfectly, then don't press the line at all!

In the final 10-meter sprint, there is no suspense about the outcome!

"Game start! Powell starts really fast! Lead in the first 30 meters! 』

"Powell is still in the lead in the middle section, and Wenhao and Guy should still be trying their best to catch up! 』

"The last 30 meters!" Wen Hao speeds up! accelerate! Fight! Won! 』

"The final result - 9 seconds 72! world record! ! ! 』

"Two months ago in Rome, we witnessed Wen Hao create a miracle of red lightning in the Golden League. For the first time, Chinese, yellow and Asian people were born in the 100 meters event known as the "Crown of Track and Field". The fastest flying man in the world ever! 』

"Twenty days ago in Osaka, at the World Championships, facing top players from various countries and countless powerful enemies, we witnessed Wenhao using his unparalleled personal ability to win the championship in three events in a row, becoming a legend by being crowned the Triple Crown Champion. ! 』

"Today in Stuttgart, just 13 days after Asafa Powell broke the 0.02-meter world record, Wen Hao once again used his strength to answer everyone's doubts and once again improved the world record by seconds! 』

"The miracle of red lightning reappears, and the 100-meter world record belongs to China again!" 』

While major TV stations explained the passionate comments, the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium once again erupted into a burst of extremely warm cheers and shouts:
"arts!"

"arts!!"

"arts!!!"

The sound of the mountain shouts became louder and louder, and nearly 50,000 people in the audience participated in it to express their admiration and admiration for Wen Hao's invincible performance and their joy at setting a new world record.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, Wen Hao ran along the curve, with a bright smile on his face, and opened his arms to fly freely in this world that belonged to him.

On the other side, after crossing the finish line in third place, Tyson Gay quickly slowed down and stopped, looking neither sad nor happy.

In his heart, although he felt helpless at the result of losing to Wen Hao and Powell again, the warrior's will that had been tempered over time was constantly motivating himself.

We lost the World Championships, so what does it matter if we win this game?

The most important thing is, come here with an unwillingness to accept it, even if you lose, you must lose beautifully!
Looking up at the big screen, the only thing Tyson Gay is looking forward to now is to refresh his personal best, so that he can be worthy of his hard work.
Not far away from him, Asafa Powell squatted on the ground, looking up at the figure of Wen Hao flying freely on the runway with his arms spread out on the big screen. The complex expression on his face was full of envy and unwillingness.

The final score has yet to be confirmed, but the wind speed is marked in the upper right corner of the big screen: +0.8m/s.

The wind speed was not as good as the +9m/s when he ran 74 seconds, but it was still pretty good.

有了放水跑出9秒74的经历之后，阿萨法·鲍威尔很确定自己具备在合法风速条件下跑进9秒70以内的能力，所以列蒂大奖赛的决赛上只跑了9秒78他也丝毫不气馁，他相信未来总是有机会的。

But now, he regrets it.

For example, during that game, the perfect conditions of +1.7m/s wind speed, 26°C temperature, and 36% air humidity may happen again in the future, but he may not be able to encounter it again.

Even if we can meet him again, who knows how far Wen Hao will be able to grow by then?

如果列蒂大奖赛的预赛上，他有未卜先知的能力，全力发挥下或许能够把世界纪录定格在9秒70、9秒69、9秒68。

In that case, he might still be defeated by Wen Hao tonight, but at least he could still keep the world record.

But now, the championship is gone and the world record is gone.

Nothing is left.

The long sky, why is it less than me?
If literature is born, why should I be born? !

(End of this chapter)