Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 142: Night of speed, first victory over Guy!

19:10!

As the eight athletes in the field have finished adjusting, they took off their warm clothes in the starting waiting area and stood still to wait, the men's 100-meter race of the Magic City Golden Grand Prix is ​​about to begin.

In the 80,000-person stadium in the Magic City, the atmosphere became lively as the prologue kicked off.

For the vast majority of the audience at the scene, the main reason for buying tickets may be to see Liu Xiang, but this men's 100-meter trapeze battle is also not to be missed!

Although the lack of Asafa Powell is indeed a pity, this is also the second separate battle between Wenhao and Tyson Gay in an international high-level event. The Asian record holder versus the American sprint leader has both gimmicks and It also has weight.

If we go back a year ago, no one would dare to believe that a Chinese sprinter could compete with famous American athletes in high-level international competitions.

At that time, China's sprint and men's 100-meter events were still led by Hu Kai, with Gong Wei, Pang Guibin, Yang Yaozu and others following closely behind, each shining brightly.

In Chinese track and field at that time, it was already full of gold for a figure like Hu Kai to win the World University Games.

In less than a year, a newcomer named "Wen Hao" appeared in people's field of vision. At a speed that is difficult for ordinary people to understand, he quickly grew to a level that can compete with famous European and American generals. .

Although in recent days, he has often been accompanied by unexplainable and unexplained tidbits, but so what?

As long as he can win glory for the country on the court, let alone being proven, even if he is proven, it is just a teenage romance.

Since ancient times, heroes have been born in young boys, but how many heroic boys are there who are not romantic?

Soon, the pre-game introduction session arrived.

"Let's follow the live footage and get to know these eight players! 』

"Lane 1, this is Naoki Tsukahara from Neon, with a personal best time of 10 seconds. Naoki Tsukahara is also the leader of the younger generation of Neon Dash. 』

The appearance of Tsukahara Naoki surprised Wenhao because he was the only neon athlete participating in the Magic City Golden Grand Prix tonight.

But when I think about it, it seems reasonable. After all, the level of the Magic City Golden Grand Prix is ​​high enough, and it is also the only international high-level track and field event in Asia before the Doha Asian Games.

However, out of caution, the Neon Land Track and Field Alliance did not send Shingo Suetsugu, but asked Naoki Tsukahara to come and show his appearance, probably with the mission of "probing information".

"Lane 2, this is Marcus Brunson, a veteran from the United States. He ran a personal best time of 9 seconds in the Zurich Golden League this year. 』

"Lane 3, this is Ronald Vernon, a player from France. He competed against Wen Haoduo this year. His personal best time is 9 seconds. 』

"Channel 4, this is American star Sean Crawford. As the 200m champion of the Athens Olympics, he did not participate in a 200m competition this year. It seems that he has made up his mind to switch to the 100m. His personal best The good time is 9 seconds. 』

"Lane 5, this is the current leader of American sprinting, Tyson Gay, who just won the men's 9-meter championship at the Athens Track and Field World Cup a week ago! His personal best time is 84 seconds, ranking second in the world this season! 』

Although he is already well-known, many viewers at the scene did not know much about Tyson Gay. They had basically only seen his name in previous reports about Wen Hao.

However, although they didn't know much about it, the audience still showed enough respect for this powerful American, cheering and applauding in full.

After Tyson Gay’s introduction, it’s next time

"Lane 6, national record holder, Asian record holder, World Youth Championship champion - Wen Hao!" 』

It was just the host's introduction to the 80,000-strong audience.

After the "Wen Hao" was recited, a tsunami-like cheer quickly swept through the stadium, as if it was about to overturn the huge stadium.

Wen Hao, on the other hand, faced the camera and made a tiger pounce action that is very familiar to many viewers. As he gradually became famous in the international arena, many domestic and foreign sports media were criticized because he had made this action. He was compared to the "Chinese Tiger" and the "Oriental Lion".

In fact, at the beginning, he just wanted to pay tribute to the beast Blake in his previous life. Unexpectedly, this action gradually fermented and has now become his signature action.

If I had known, I would have shown Bolt's bow-drawing and archery action, which would have been obviously more handsome and unrestrained.

"Track 7, this is a very familiar face to many viewers who follow the hurdle event. Liu Xiang's old rival Trammell. He did not choose the hurdle tonight but ran the 100 meters. To be honest, it was quite impressive. What people expect. 』

"Lane 8, this is one of the main members of the Chinese relay team, the former national 200-meter king Yang Yaozu. He is competing locally tonight, and I hope he can get a good result."

Standing in this huge arena, with the cheers and noises of 80,000 spectators reaching his ears, Wen Hao felt a surge in his heart for the first time.

At the Yanjing World Youth Championship a month ago, the Chaoyang Sports Center had only 8 seats. Although the audience was mostly Chinese people cheering for him, the momentum was still much lower than tonight's. .

The roar of cheers and cheers made him even more eager to win this game at home.

Although I know that there is a certain strength gap between myself and Tyson Gay, as a competitive sports athlete, the moment I step on the field, I should be eager to win and do my best for victory!

At the same time, Tyson Gay in lane 5 seemed relatively calm and calm, as if he still did not regard Wen Hao as an opponent.

This was his last game in the 2006 season. In fact, if it weren't for the strong invitation from the Chinese Athletics Association and the US$2.5 appearance fee, he would be enjoying his vacation on the sunny beaches of Jamaica at this moment.

Although he has become the leader of American sprinters after Justin Gatlin was suspended, his performance this season is only inferior to that of Asafa Powell, but US$2.5 is already the highest appearance fee he has ever received.

Four years ago, after Montgomery broke the world record, the average appearance fee reached more than 2.5 US dollars, with a maximum of 6 US dollars.

But that is based on the huge popularity brought by breaking the world record.

For a sprinter like Tyson Gay, who is still far away from the world record and has never won an Olympic or World Championship medal, the appearance fee of US$2.5 is already excessive.

Therefore, despite no longer maintaining training intensity under the instructions of his coach, Tyson Gay still came to Shanghai to participate in this 100-meter race.

As for whether he would lose to Wen Hao because of this, he didn't care. Anyway, as long as he tried his best to be worthy of the US$2.5 appearance fee, that would be it.

"On Your Marks!"

The starter's prompt for position is transmitted through the small speaker installed on the starting block.

At the same time, after several reminders from the host, the originally noisy atmosphere in the stadium gradually became quiet.

Following the large troop onto the starting line, looking at the finish line a hundred meters away, Wen Hao took two deep breaths before leaning over and squatting down.

A moment later, Tyson Gay also completed his pregame prayer process and quickly stepped forward to prepare for a squat.

"Set——"

As the starter shouted the preparatory command, suddenly, the eight runners on the field made uniform starting movements at the same time!

The 80,000 spectators in the stadium and countless eyes from across the country, Asia and the world are focused on this moment!

"Snapped--!"

With the sound of the legal gunshot, the athletes' legs immediately exploded with strong force to push them out, and the metal parts of the starting block also made a short and harsh crunching sound under the influence of this huge force.

Let’s start! accelerate!

The moment after the gun went off, he pushed his body as fast as he could and kicked off the starting block.

A high-level athlete can often clearly feel what kind of competitive status he has when he takes the first step.

Because this feeling comes from long-term training day and night, it has been engraved in the texture of the muscles and formed muscle memory!

Just like the saying goes, "The expert will know if something is wrong as soon as he makes a move"!

Without him, only familiar with you!

With a smooth start, in just three steps, Wen Hao knew he had the shot!

This feeling, this immediate feedback from muscle memory, clearly told him that as long as the rhythm of this shot was continued, the performance would never be weaker than Athens' 9 seconds of 91! Start and accelerate, Wenhao is in the lead in the first 20 meters!

Compared to Wen Hao, Tyson Gay did not perform well in the starting link. Although this is a relatively weak link for him, this "weakness" also depends on who he is compared with.

Compared with Wenhao, he is indeed weaker. This was clearly shown on the field whether it was at the London Grand Prix or the Athens Athletics World Cup.

相对于罗纳德·弗农（60米6.45）、特拉梅尔（60米6.45）、马库斯·布伦森（60米6.46）这三个擅长前程的选手来说，启动环节上吃亏，也同样说得过去。

But if it is inferior to players like Yang Yaozu and Sean Crawford who are better at mid-range running and late-range speed, then something is not right.

"Game start! Wen Hao started very quickly and was in the lead in the first 20 meters! 』

"Following them were Brunson and Trammell. After 30 meters, Tyson Gay was still relatively behind! 』

In the 100-meter event, the position of the athletes when they run 30 meters can well reflect their ability to start and accelerate.

In this 30-meter interval, Wen Hao achieved a relatively obvious lead, but in the second lane slightly further away, American veteran Marcus Brunson's performance was not inferior to him.

Behind them are Ronald Vernon and Trammell, two promising players who are half a size behind Wen Hao and Brunson.

And what about Tyson Gay?

In the first 10 meters, Tyson Gay was at the bottom of the field.

Even after a 20-meter chase, he had only caught up with Crawford, and was still one shoulder behind Yang Yaozu and Tsukahara Naokihang.

At this time, Wen Hao did not notice the somewhat strange scene on the field.

In his opinion, due to the good start-up acceleration, it is normal to be temporarily ahead of Tyson Gay. Whether the advantage can be maintained depends on the performance of 30 to 60 meters.

After 30 meters, the players entered the high-speed stage of running on the way.

Although the speed continues to soar, the increase is no longer as great as before 30 meters. For some players who are not outstanding in top speed and speed endurance, their top speed generally only appears in the range of 50 to 60 meters. .

This is basically the case for players like Marcus Brunson, Ronald Vernon, Trammell and Naoki Tsukahara.

阳耀祖和肖恩·克劳福德，这种主项是200米或者主项原本是200米的选手，发挥优秀的情况极速要么出现在60~70米，要么就50~60米到达极速状态后还能延续10米的距离。

40 meters, 50 meters.

The legs moved rapidly, almost turning into two afterimages, visually giving people the feeling of flying close to the ground.

After running very fast until he was 50 meters away, Wen Hao dared to think separately and glanced to the left, intending to observe Tyson Gay's position.

At the London Grand Prix, he was caught up by Tyson Gay at 40 meters.

At the Athens Athletics World Cup, he was not caught up by Tyson Gay until the 50-meter mark.

But today's game seems a bit unusual, because based on Tyson Gay's strength, he should have reached a position where he can catch a glimpse of his figure through the corner of his vision without having to deliberately observe.

At this moment, when Wen Hao glanced to the left, the first person to enter his field of vision was Marcus Brunson in lane 2, and then Tyson Gay in lane 5!

He is actually still in a relatively backward position? !

opportunity!

An opportunity not to be missed!

Wen Hao didn't know why Tyson Gay's future performance was so poor. He only knew that this was his perfect opportunity to defeat Tyson Gay. If he missed this time, he would have to wait until 2007!

Rush!

Fuck him!

60 meters, 70 meters.

Entering the top speed zone, Wen Hao is still leading the field!

Ronald Vernon and Trammell, who are weak in extreme speed, have been left behind by him by at least one position. Marcus Brunson, who has a relatively promising future, has also gradually been opened up by him.

As for Yang Yaozu, Tsukahara Naoki, and Sean Crawford, they are far behind the team. The first two are lacking in strength, and the latter is not performing well.

Tyson Gay, who was supposed to claim the title alone without Asafa Powell, finally surpassed Ronald Vernon and Trammell at this moment.

The intense and exciting competition on the field aroused the emotions of the audience.

Especially when they saw that Tyson Gay, who was considered to be able to stabilize Wen Hao before the game, still failed to catch up with Wen Hao until two-thirds of the game, the vast majority of the Chinese audience present became even more excited and excited. Excited!

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh--!!!"

"Come on! Come on Wenhao!!"

"Go Wenhao! Speed ​​up! Speed ​​up!!"

"Hold on! We're almost winning!!!"

The stadium was buzzing with noise, and bursts of cheers and cheers broke through the sky, turning into thunderous drum beats that beat in the hearts of the athletes.

After the game entered 60 meters, Tyson Gay's speed advantage finally came into play. His whole body was like a pendulum. It seemed that the left and right swings were not stable enough, but he was able to explode with absolute speed that was difficult for others to match.

It wasn't until 70 meters that Tyson Gay completely surpassed Marcus Brunson and was alone in the second echelon.

Even visually, he was closing the distance between him and Wen Hao.

But can this gap in stature really be recovered within this 30-meter distance?

80 meters, 90 meters.

Wenhao, who took the lead, was still trying his best to maintain his rhythm in the later stages. Even though Tyson Gay had not completely caught up, he definitely could not take it lightly.

At the Athens Athletics World Cup, after Tyson Gay was sure that he had an absolute advantage, he relaxed his rhythm slightly, allowing Wen Hao to recover a certain gap.

But that was a decision made with the courage and confidence based on the absolute gap in strength.

Wen Hao didn't have the confidence yet. He was just afraid that the lead at this position was not safe enough, and he was afraid that Tyson Gay could complete the overtake at the last moment.

The last 20 meters must be endured even to the death!

"After half the journey!" Wen Hao still took the lead and ran at the front! 』

"Tyson Gay is accelerating! He started to overtake and caught up to second place! 』

"The last 20 meters!" Wenhao, keep it up! Hit the finish line with all your strength! 』

"Won! Wen Hao won! 』

“Under the night sky of Shanghai, with the cheers of 80,000 people in the audience, he actually defeated Tyson Gay, the powerful American star ranked second in the world! 』

"Incredible performance! 』

(End of this chapter)