Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 284 Absolute strength, third in history!
January 1, US time, 26:17 pm.

After six or seven minutes of waiting, the men's 60m Group B competition at the Boston Reebok Indoor Games is about to begin.

During this short interval, the number of spectators in the stadium seemed to increase.

After many spectators who arrived in a hurry sat down, the first thing they did was not to catch their breath, but to take out cameras, banners, support lights and other items from their backpacks to cheer for Wen Hao, who was about to make his first show of the season. .

Looking at it this way, the difference between the treatment Wen Hao received and that of other athletes is really huge.

To say that other athletes don’t have fans is not a stretch.

It’s just that the commercial attributes of track and field have always been too low, and it is difficult to gather fan groups like highly commercialized sports such as football and basketball. As a result, most of the people who go to watch track and field events are passers-by, or several people. Fraternity fan of track and field athletes.

But Wen Hao is different. First of all, he is the current 100-meter world record holder and last year's triple crown winner of the World Championships. He himself has a very high reputation in the sports world.

Not to mention that he is also in a state of killing everyone on the pop music track. That is to say, his status as an athlete restricts him from participating in TV programs, commercials, and concerts. Otherwise, there are less than 4,000 seats for today's indoor track and field competition, and he would have been given up long ago. His fans were in awe.

In addition to the enthusiastic fans, the rest of the audience also has great expectations for Wen Hao.

As the 2007-meter world record holder and triple world champion, and the IAAF Male Athlete of the Year, any of Wenhao's matches is destined to attract massive attention.

Even ordinary people who don't watch track and field competitions are looking forward to him continuing to create speed miracles this year and pushing the limits of human speed to an even more incredible level.

In the spectator seats, many track and field enthusiasts set up cameras, and some industry insiders even prepared very professional high-speed cameras.

There will be no live television broadcast of the Boston Indoor Games. Although the organizers will videotape the events, judging from past events, the quality of the recorded videos is difficult to guarantee.

Therefore, if possible, it is best to bring your own equipment for recording, so that you can get ideal data and technical analysis.

Everyone in the track and field community knows that Wen Hao is training in the United States this year for winter training. Although this guy rarely showed up during the nearly two-month winter training period, he has received several exclusive interviews with the media.

Moreover, the USA Track and Field Association and the Chinese Track and Field Association have also released some news one after another, so many people know that biomechanics expert Ralph Mann and IMG Academy's top coach Renault helped Wen Hao improve his technique.

The indoor season started in late January. Wen Hao's winter training period is not long. Normally, it is difficult to make great progress in terms of technique.

But being able to return to the field after less than two months of winter training shows that his training results at least did not develop in a bad direction.

As for whether he has really made technological progress, we will naturally get the first clues after the game starts.

On the 60-meter track in the center of the Reebok Indoor Stadium in Boston.

As the most promising superstar in this indoor competition, Wen Hao was assigned to Lane 5 in the middle of the "Three Golden Lanes".

If you look at the competition list alone, after excluding Wen Hao, the overall strength of Group B is not much stronger than that of Group A. Even in the 60-meter PB contest, Group A has a slight advantage.

Among the players in Group A, including Su Bingtian, a total of four players had an indoor 60-meter PB of less than 6 seconds and 60 before this competition.

Although except for Su Bingtian, the other players failed to refresh their PB, the results of the top four were all within 6 seconds 65, which is a good result for a C-level indoor event.

In the Group B that is currently being held, except for Wen Hao's PB of 6 seconds, the other players' PBs are all around 56 seconds. The reason why they were able to qualify for the competition was because their PBs in the 6-meter event were relatively comparable. Excellent, some even ranked in the top 60 in the world last year.

比如第4道的特林登·霍勒迪，他的室内60米PB只有6秒74，但100米的PB却达到了10秒02。

Born in 1986, he is currently the top sprinter in the NCAA league. Last year's NCAA finals was second only to the super genius Walter Dix, who ran 9 seconds. He even defeated Dix in the US Championships and became the runner-up in the 93-meter sprint. winner.

Holiday's past record also makes him attract the attention of American track and field fans today, because in the relay event of last year's World Championships, the performance of Leroy Dixon, who served as the fourth leg, was too poor.

Many track and field enthusiasts complained after the game, feeling that if the fourth leg was replaced by Dix or Holiday, the U.S. team would definitely be able to maintain its advantage over the first three legs and guarantee a relay gold medal.

But for Wen Hao, he almost never set his sights on Holiday from the beginning of the warm-up preparations.

Because although this is an NCAA genius and last year's US Championship runner-up, Wen Hao has no impression of him at all in his previous life. Instead, it is two other "little-known" players who impressed him in his previous life. profound.

第3道：迈克尔·罗杰斯，美国人，1985年出生，60米PB为6秒64，100米PB为10秒10。

第6道：理查德·汤普森，特立尼达和多巴哥人，1985年出生，60米PB为6秒64，100米PB为10秒09。

At first glance, this result seems a bit "unremarkable". After all, if the 10-meter PB in the United States cannot reach 10 seconds, it is not worthy of being ranked among the second best.

But Wen Hao knew how far these two brothers, both born in 85, could grow in the future.

It was the existence of the two of them that prevented him from feeling bored in today's game.

"Tom Cruise" and "Guardian Luo", I'm glad to see you on the court!
"Ladies and gentlemen, lane 5, the men's -meter world record holder and world championship champion is from China - Wen Hao!"

The pre-game introduction this time was very interesting. It was neither introduced from the 1st to the 8th, nor vice versa.

Instead, they were introduced from both sides to the middle, with Wen Hao at the end, in order to promote the atmosphere of the game.

Sure enough, when the host read Wen Hao's name, the stadium with only 4,000 people in total immediately burst into cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

This number of people may not make sense in an empty outdoor venue, but in an indoor venue that is much smaller and closed, the effect is completely different.

At this moment, the audience cheering gave people the feeling that they were at the NBA scene. It was not a scene that should appear in a C-level indoor track and field competition at all.

Amidst the warm cheers, most of the audience at the scene focused their attention on Wen Hao, and his opponents also glanced at him in unison.

Some had their helplessness written on their faces, some looked unhappy, and some looked full of fighting spirit. The development of many sports projects in the United States is driven by business. The special system has also made the American sports world extremely involution. Any aspiring athlete knows clearly: Only by becoming famous can you attract attention, and only by getting more attention Only then can you make big money!
World champion, right? World record holder, right?
If I win against you, I can appear on TV and in newspapers, become famous overnight, and then be favored by brand owners.

Just do it!

Of course, to be able to become elite athletes, in addition to having talents that are unmatched by ordinary people, they are not fools who lose their minds because of their passion.

Even if you know that your own strength is far from that of a peerless genius like Wen Hao, being able to compete with such a master may be an opportunity in itself.

After players in any competitive event reach a certain level, they are in great need of external stimulation from strong opponents. Competing with opponents who are stronger than themselves or who are between them can often stimulate a better competitive state than before. , and get better results in the competition.

Being on the same starting line as a super-level player like Wen Hao, we can set a clear goal: following him is a breakthrough and victory!
Wen Hao didn't pay too much attention to the burning eyes beside him.

When a person's strength is outstanding enough, then all those who are weaker than him will regard him as the target to catch up and surpass him. This is true in any field without exception.

As the sprint king in this time and space, what he has to do is not be afraid of anyone's challenge, continue to do his best to improve his strength, and hold on to the glory he has already obtained and needs to hold on to.

In addition, the time point has now entered 2008, and the day of Bolt's rise is getting closer.

Wen Hao knows that there is a system, and even if Bolt can show more terrifying strength under his pressure in this life, the final victory must be his.

But if possible, he would not lose a game!

The world record can be regained after being taken away, just like Powell ran 9 seconds after the Osaka World Championships, and he ran 74 seconds in Stuttgart to regain the throne.

As for the Olympic Games that are held once every four years, if you miss it, you have missed it. Even if you win the championship in the next Olympics with an absolute crushing attitude, you will not be able to make up for the regret of missing out.

Four years is too long, seize the day!
In order to live up to the expectations of the 1.3 billion Chinese people and the Olympic dreams in our hearts in this Olympic event at our doorstep, we must seize every opportunity to accumulate and improve!

Even if it is an indoor 60-meter competition, even if there is no Powell, no Gay, or Bolt among the opponents around you, you must treat it with an absolutely serious attitude.

"On Your Marks!"

After the starter's crisp and short instructions, Wen Hao stood on the spot and stretched his body again, then walked slowly to the starting line, leaned over and squatted down, and landed firmly on the starting block with his feet.

After more than three months since the Urumqi Track and Field Championships, he finally returned to the extremely familiar arena.

In his first show in 2008, he didn’t want to break the world record with one shot, but he wanted to at least produce a result that would satisfy his fans and himself!
"Set——"

"boom--!"

The dull starting gun sounded, and eight strong figures on the track suddenly pushed out from a crouching posture ready to go at almost the same time.

Since they all start with the left foot, at this moment, the sixteen strong and powerful arms are almost mirrored and swung high back and forth at the same time. If played back in slow motion, it will definitely make people look at this neat and full I am amazed by the powerful and beautiful picture.

The moment the first step landed, Wen Hao, like Su Bingtian before him, felt a strange feeling on his feet.

This is due to the fact that too much strength training was done in winter training. Although the strength and quality of the body have been greatly improved, the accumulated game experience in the past conflicts with the current physical quality because there has been no competition for a long time.

In particular, he made very detailed technical improvements during winter training, so the appearance of this strange foot feeling was completely expected before the game.

This is a situation that all athletes will inevitably encounter. The only thing they can do is to follow the muscle memory formed by the body in training day after day, work hard to display the newly learned technical movements, and feel every detail in the competition field. Continuously adapt your body to new techniques and eventually achieve mastery.

On the field, there was no situation where a red figure immediately threw away the other players after the gunshot as in Group A.

Su Bingtian, who won the group championship in 6 seconds and 55 seconds, was able to show such a stunning effect, mainly because his cadence ability is indeed very good, especially in the starting stage, it is easy to get the lead. And none of his opponents have particularly outstanding starting ability.

Group B, where Wen Hao belongs, is different. First, although he has made all-round technical improvements, the adaptation of new technologies always takes a certain amount of time to integrate. Second, among the opponents competing with him, there happened to be another being who could also be called a "starting monster".

In the original time and space, in the 2021 Winter Olympics semi-finals, when Su Bingtian ran 9 seconds and set a new Asian record, the time for the first 83 meters reached the fastest time in history of 60 seconds!
而这前所未有的“6.29”当中，实际上10~50米的每10米分段，苏炳天都是逊色于博尔特、鲍威尔的，唯一的优势便是那达到了1.80秒的前10米用时。

Before Su Bingtian, there was another player who had achieved a time of 1.80 seconds in the first 10 meters. He was in lane 6 next to Wen Hao at this time. He won the 2008-meter silver medal in 9 seconds 89 at the Yanjing Olympics. It was the fastest "human" in that race - Richard Thompson!
However, the 1.80 super start cannot be used every time.

In the first 10 meters, the performance of Wen Hao and Richard Thompson was indistinguishable.

After 10 meters, Wen Hao quickly showed his super acceleration ability as a world record holder. When he reached 20 meters, he clearly protruded half of his shoulders forward.

The technical requirements for indoor 60 meters are slightly different from those for outdoor 100 meters. After 20 meters, Wen Hao immediately completed the technical transition and entered a running posture with his upper body straight, bursting out all the energy in his body without any reservation.

30 meters away, Wen Hao, wearing Nike's special red gold jersey, has already beaten Richard Thompson, who has a very strong acceleration ability, by half a body!
40 meters, 50 meters.
The eyes of all the spectators in the stadium were now focused on the unstoppable king, and they were extremely looking forward to what kind of reference result the timer would give after crossing the line.

The Boston Indoor Games men's 60-meter event record was 2000 seconds set by American star Maurice Green in 6. At that time, the event was still sponsored by Adidas.

而室内60米的世界纪录，同样是莫里斯·格林创造的——1999年马德里室内大奖赛/2001年美国室内锦标赛，6秒39！

So Wen Hao’s time will be 6 seconds?

Or 6 seconds 40?

Or will he directly surpass Maurice Green and collect another world record?
The distance of 60 meters flew by in an instant. Accompanied by the enthusiastic cheering and the sound of countless cameras, Wen Hao crossed the finish line like lightning and hit the thick sponge wall.

The numbers on the timer also freeze as he crosses the line:
6.42!

Absolute strength, new Asian record, creating the world's best result in the indoor 60 meters this year!
In the first show of the 2008 season, Wen Hao became the third person in the history of the indoor 60 meters with just one shot!

(End of this chapter)