Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 283 Never forget the color of the wind
"Don't be nervous, PB is often a bluff. It's only late January, and many athletes are actually still in the winter training period, and their condition is far from being adjusted."

Li Qing carefully helped Su Bingtian pin his number plate while rationally analyzing and cheering him up.

Winter training for track and field athletes can be long or short, and generally lasts for 2 to 3 months. They constantly "eat" to improve strength, endurance and other physical qualities, so as to meet the basic requirements for technical improvement.

But not all athletes have enough time to "eat".

American athletes, especially professional athletes who have graduated from school, no longer have the resource guarantees provided by colleges and universities as they did in the past, and they must take on the responsibility of supporting their families, and some have to repay the loans they owed when they were in school. You can only earn modest competition bonuses by training in competitions.

This is the current situation of middle and low-level track and field athletes in the United States, because most of them do not have blockbuster talents, and they do not have much means of making a living without track and field. They also need to hire coaches to develop training plans for themselves at their own expense.

This is still in the United States. If it were a few island countries in the Caribbean that are not wealthy, especially the "sprinting kingdom" Jamaica, which is full of talents, most elite athletes would hardly have a chance to get ahead, so they would choose to become naturalized. route, joining countries in West Asia that have a demand for sprint talent.

This is also why at the Asian Championships and Asian Games, black athletes can often be seen in some relatively weak sports in Asia.

Because if you want to build a competition training system from beginning to end, you must continue to invest resources, and it often takes more than ten or twenty years to reap the results. In this way, it will cost more to naturalize athletes from other countries. much lower.

China is relatively complete and has the advantage of having a population of more than one billion. Even if the talent discovery work is not sufficient, it can basically maintain its talent reserve. This is just because the competition and training system lags far behind that of established European and American countries. Therefore, it has been difficult to produce world-class track and field athletes in the past.

With the rise of Wen Hao and the rapid development of the Chinese track and field sprint team, this situation has entered a new chapter.

The reason why Li Qing brought Su Bingtian, the youngest member of the team, to the Boston Indoor Games was mainly because judging from various data from winter training, Su Bingtian indeed has higher development potential in the 60-meter event than other team members.

Su Bingtian's weakness is Su Bingtian's late speed, but this young man's cadence talent is extremely high, which is very suitable for an anaerobic explosive event such as 60 meters, where aerobic energy supply accounts for less than 1%.

"Don't be stressed about the competition. The one-shot competition ends in just over 6 seconds, leaving no time to think too much. This competition is mainly for you to accumulate experience. If you can't meet the standard with one shot, we will change the city and fight again. Judging from the growth of your winter training indicators, it is certain to get the ticket to the World Championships."

Seeing Li Qing keep saying words of encouragement, trying to relieve the pressure on the inexperienced Su Bingtian, Wen Hao on the side just laughed silently and continued to do pre-game preparations.

Thinking back to the beginning, why wasn't this the case for me?

Su Bingtian nodded while listening, but his eyes seemed a little distracted and his concentration was not very concentrated.

Time really flies by.

At this time last year, he was still a high school student who had been promoted to the main force of the provincial team for less than half a year. Although he knew that he had considerable talent, his expectations for the next year were only to get into a college and then look forward to winter training. After finishing, I can only make a breakthrough in the National Track and Field Grand Prix.

Unexpectedly, after coach Yuan Guoqiang innovated his training theory, his progress in training also improved by leaps and bounds.

Entering the 2007 indoor season, he almost defeated his eldest brother Wen Yongyi, who was also a teammate of the Guangdong team, in the indoor grand prix. He significantly refreshed his personal best with a time of 6 seconds, and was only just one step ahead of Wen Hao's national record. The difference is only 58 seconds!

Due to his outstanding performance at the Indoor Grand Prix, he was temporarily selected to enter the national team and was given the opportunity to participate in the men's 4×100 meter relay event at the IAAF Osaka Grand Prix.

It is precisely because of this national team preparation that he received guidance from coach Li Qing, and was able to further improve his technical details and further enhance his personal strength.

So in the outdoor season, at the World Championships trials held in Suzhou, he once again performed well and was successfully selected into the national team lineup. After that, he went through arduous preparations, and finally won the championship with the team on the world's top stage second only to the Olympic Games. Won a gold medal in the men's 4×100m relay at the World Championships.

At that time, he had just turned 18!
What a fantastic year!
After returning to China after the World Championships, he received numerous awards and praises from the National Sports Bureau, Guangdong Sports Bureau, Zhongshan Sports Bureau and other relevant units at all levels.

Especially after returning to his hometown in the ancient town, he became the "big hero" of the Su family, a family star who is expected to open a single page of family trees.

For a moment, I always felt that life was perfect, and I went to sleep with a happy smile every night.

Until the arrival of winter training, I followed the team to this strange and unaccompanied land, and saw with my own eyes that Wen Hao, whom I regarded as my idol, had already started training before they arrived.

Wen Hao, who was already on top of the world, still tried to improve his skills in order to achieve further breakthroughs, even if he practiced until he vomited every day, he still managed to do so regardless of the weather.

Su Bingtian was a little puzzled at first, because Wen Hao had already become famous. Even without any technical improvements, it would be difficult for Powell or Guy, who were older than him, to beat him. Why should he be so strict with himself?

With this doubt, Su Bingtian asked Wen Hao questions in private.

Wen Hao just smiled and gave a rather literary answer: "In order to leave no regrets in life, I always remind myself in my heart - never forget the color of the wind."

"Bingtian?"

"Don't be in a daze, hurry up and get ready to enter!"

Li Qing's reminder sounded in his ears. Su Bingtian woke up from his divergent thoughts. He took a deep breath and patted his cheeks. He cheered up and followed the entry team.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the next event is the men's 60 meters!"

As the on-site announcer announced, eight athletes from the men's 60-meter group A of the Boston Reebok Indoor Games appeared on the track one after another.

The atmosphere in the stadium also became lively. After all, the men's 60 meters has always been the most interesting indoor event, especially among the contestants competing today, there is also a superstar like Wen Hao!

The auditorium was crowded and bustling.

A plain-looking black woman tilted her head and asked a black boy next to her: "Cui Wang, is that guy in the red sportswear your idol?"

Traiwan Bromell shook his head: "No, Mom. That's Wen's teammate. Wen is much taller than him, almost 6.2 feet."

"Really? 6.2 feet is really tall for a sprinter, especially a yellow man." The black woman muttered over and over while drinking Coke, "It's really strange to say that when it comes to American sports, Can we actually see Chinese people?”

Bromel sighed helplessly: "Mom, times have changed. Don't always look at people with the same eyes as in the past. Don't forget that the 100-meter world record is now held by Wen, who is Chinese."

"Okay, okay, it's whatever you say." The black woman waved her hands, looking disapproving.

Bromel curled his lips and did not hold back on his mother. After all, he was very satisfied that his mother could take time to take him to watch track and field events.

He tried his best to stretch his neck and look down. Being under 14 years old, he was still a bit short among his peers. However, the black man sitting in front of him was very tall, and his hair style was a fluffy afro, which seriously obstructed him. caught his sight of watching the game.

Among the eight athletes on the track, although there were seven Americans and one Chinese, he only recognized two of them.

One is Leroy Dixon, who served as the fourth member of the relay team at last year's World Championships, and the other is idol Wen Hao's teammate - "Su" who served as the third member of the Chinese relay team at the World Championships. Maybe it was Aiwujiwu, or maybe it was because Su was relatively short like himself, so Bromel had a very good impression of him.

"Come on, SU!"

A sound of cheering reached his ears, which surprised Su Bingtian on the track.

It’s not that no audience cheered for him before, but before that, most of them were Chinese and Chinese speaking Mandarin or Cantonese. Now a sentence in English suddenly aroused his interest.

Looking up, he turned out to be a handsome black boy.

It was a bit strange, but it made him feel happier, so Su Bingtian smiled and waved in the opposite direction of the black boy.

Most of the Chinese people present were fans of Wen Hao, and cheering for him was basically incidental.

For black people, this shouldn't be the case, right?

Hehe, I also have fans!

"On Your Marks!"

Following the starter's instructions, the spectators in the stadium gradually became quiet, staring intently at the eight runners walking to the starting line.

"Set——"

"boom--!"

The dull sound of the starting gun echoed in the stadium. The eight runners on the starting line kicked forward almost at the same time, raised their arms high and back, and started to start.

Even in the starting stage, the speed of elite athletes is very fast. It is difficult for ordinary people to see clearly the performance of the athletes at this moment with the naked eye. It can only be compared through slow motion playback after the game.

But at this moment, thousands of spectators in the Reebok Indoor Stadium in Boston were invariably stunned by a red figure that stood out from the crowd on the field.

As the starting gun sounded, Su Bingtian, who was in lane 9, shot out like a bullet. In less than a blink of an eye, he was already at least half a body ahead of the other players!

The sound of spikes scraping the rubber track quickly echoed in his ears, as well as the enthusiastic cheers from the audience after they reacted. Su Bingtian felt that the shooting match seemed to pass very quickly, but also seemed to pass very slowly.

The moment he landed his first step, he always felt that something was wrong with his feet, but he couldn't think too much. The muscle memory honed by thousands of days of repeated training had already skipped his consciousness and automatically took the next step.

My feet still feel a little weird, but I can't turn back when I shoot. The field is like a battlefield, so I can only keep my head down and keep running forward.

It wasn't until he completed the technical connection of starting acceleration, straightened his torso and raised his head that Su Bingcai suddenly discovered that there was no opponent in his peripheral vision!

what's the situation?
Am I ahead?

Before Su Bingtian could figure out the problem, the finish line was already close at hand. He continued to subconsciously make pressing movements and passed the finish line like the wind.

The space in the indoor venue is limited, but fortunately, there is a large sponge pad at the edge of the venue extending to the end of the straight for players to cushion.

Su Bingtian bumped into him with a "bang" and was bounced back by the sponge cushion. Then he looked around with a blank expression. He vaguely heard the announcer saying his name, but the accent was a bit strange, it sounded a bit like " The cake is sweet and crispy.”

Then he felt like someone had slapped him on the butt. When he looked back, he couldn't find which brother was being naughty until Leroy Dixon, whom he had slapped before at the World Championships, patted him on the shoulder. , said "congratula", and Su Bingtian finally reacted.

Damn it?

Did I win the championship?

No, although this competition is divided into two groups, the results and rankings are calculated together, and the final ranking is not yet determined.

Just this result.
Su Bingtian looked at the large screen installed on the second floor, looked at the number lying behind his name, and swallowed involuntarily.
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Reebok Indoor Games, Boston, MA - USA
Men's 60 Meters——H1
1——CHN——Bingtian SU——6.55 NR
2——USA——Travis PADGET——6.60 SB
3——USA——TLeroy DIXON——6.61 PB
4 -- USA -- DaBryan BLANTON -- 6.62 SB --
"Hey, Lao Yuan, I have good news for you!" Li Qing had already dialed Yuan Guoqiang's phone number in the coaches' viewing area on the sidelines and informed him of the real-time results with a smile.

"The competition is over? Wen Hao must have set another national record, right? No, with his strength, he probably set the Asian record directly. Is it 6 seconds?" Yuan Guoqiang on the other end of the phone speculated one after another.

"It's not Wen Hao. We have just finished the first group and Wen Hao is just getting ready to enter."

"It's not Wenhao? Then... it's Bingtian? Could it be that?"

"Yes! It's Bingtian! Your apprentice just ran 6 seconds, breaking the national record!"

"." Yuan Guoqiang on the other end of the phone suddenly stopped talking, obviously stunned by the good news.

As Su Bingtian's head coach, he is well aware of his apprentice's progress during the winter training. He clearly knows that as long as Su Bingtian can adapt to the rhythm of the game, he can easily refresh his previous PB.

But he didn't expect that Su Bingtian would directly set a new national record in the first indoor 60-meter race of the season!

6 seconds 55, one shot qualified for the World Indoor Championships!
If this result had been placed in the last World Indoor Championships, it would have ranked fourth, but was it so easily beaten by Su Bingtian?
"I said, Lao Li, don't make fun of me!"

"Look at what you said, why did I lie to you?"

"That's good. 6 seconds 55 is indeed a good result. Ask Bingtian to call me later and I'll have a good chat with him."

"Okay, let's hang up first."

"Well, just watch the game."

Yuan Guoqiang hung up the phone happily, and then suddenly remembered - Wen Hao hadn't started the game yet!

Damn, this national record was broken by my apprentice, but it seems like it can’t even be maintained for ten minutes?
(End of this chapter)