Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 158 Asian Games preliminaries, a good show

A month is not a short time, but if it is a national team training, it seems so short.

On November 11, the Chinese track and field team officially moved into the Doha Asian Games Village.

2006第十五届多哈亚运会的举办时间，是12月1日~15日，田径项目的首个比赛日是12月8日。

Therefore, after arriving in Doha, the members of the relay team have sufficient time to adapt to the venue, and they can also rely on this more than a week to continue running in.

Qatar, where Doha is located, is located on a small peninsula in the Arabian Peninsula. It has a tropical desert climate. Summers are hot and long, and even in winter the temperature is not low.

In Doha in December, the average daytime temperature can remain above 20 degrees, occasionally reaching 30 degrees, and the lowest temperature at night is usually not lower than 15 degrees.

It stands to reason that such climatic conditions are actually conducive to the performance of sprinters, but who made the competition time set in early December?

At the same time, European and American sprinters have now entered their second month of winter training.

But this is competitive sports, and all athletes can do is adapt.

Especially for most of China's track and field athletes, since it is difficult to reach the finals on top stages such as the Olympics and World Championships, the importance of the Asian Games will be even higher.

An Asian Games gold medal can be written directly into the family tree

The emails with Bolt have never stopped. He just mentioned in the email a few days ago that Mills has recently increased the proportion of his starting acceleration training. Although he did not say it clearly, this is obviously to make him change from the 2007 season. Started to do meters concurrently.

In addition, Bolt also said that in addition to Daniel Bailey, he now has another training partner named Yohan Blake.

"This guy is a beast! No matter how difficult it is, he will persist in completing the training tasks assigned to him by Coach Mills, and he will also conduct additional training on his own in the evenings and weekends. Oh my God! Doesn't he need a break? ! 』

The timeline has changed again. Just like Su Bingtian changed his "suicide running method" at least six years in advance, Yohan Blake also became a disciple of Glenn Mills two years in advance.

I believe the world men’s 100-meter event will become even more exciting in the future.

An interesting thing is: There are so many events in the Doha Asian Games that the preliminaries of some games are scheduled to be held before the opening of the Asian Games on December 12.

当地时间12月1日19点整，燕京时间12月2日凌晨，多哈亚运会开幕式正式展开。

During the three-hour opening ceremony, Qatar, a small country in the Middle East with an area of ​​less than 3 square kilometers, showed a different kind of West Asian style to the whole of Asia, and at the same time, it also made the whole of Asia feel what "trench" means.

While full of West Asian style, the opening ceremony of the Doha Asian Games was also full of a sense of technology, which gave Lao Mouzi, who had watched the whole process, the inspiration to bring LED lights into the Olympics.

What surprised the Chinese audience who watched the opening ceremony was that the singer of the Asian Games theme song before each team entered the venue was actually Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung!

As expected of the "god of songs", the cards are really full.

During the entry of the representative team, Wen Hao certainly did not miss the opportunity to join in the fun and got three seconds of footage with Liu Xiang.

The final lighting ceremony was also very interesting. The Prince of Qatar rode a black horse to the top of the stadium and lit the huge torch of the sun disk structure.

Overall, the opening ceremony of the Doha Asian Games was quite excellent, and it was definitely countless times better than the underworld opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.

After the opening ceremony, Wen Hao was still nervously preparing for the competition.

男子100米项目的预赛安排在12月8日，男子4×100米接力项目的决赛则是安排在12月12日，五天时间里文浩总共需要经历六枪：

Men's 100m preliminaries, December 12, 8:17;

男子100米半决赛，12月9日，17点15分；

男子100米决赛，12月9日，19点30分；

男子200米预赛，12月10日，15点40分；

男子200米决赛，12月11日，18点50分；

男子4×100米接力决赛，12月12日，20点10分。

唯一不需要他参加的4×100米接力预赛，赛场时间则是在12月12日的上午10点20分。

The tight schedule of this Asian Games will test Wen Hao's physical reserves, and he is also shouldering the task of winning the gold medal that cannot be missed.

In fact, for Wen Hao, he would rather give up the Asian Games, which has a great conflict with winter training, and concentrate on preparing for the 07 Osaka World Championships.

As a national team athlete, he does not have to participate in domestic grand prix competitions or even the Asian Championships, but he absolutely cannot turn down competitions like the Asian Games.

Since the inception of the Asian Games, the Chinese sports delegation has never won a gold medal in the men's 100-meter event. If it can win this "first gold", it will be of great significance!

December 12, Asbel Stadium.

At 17:100 sharp in the afternoon, the men's m preliminaries kicked off.

The number of participants is not large. There are 45 national and regional teams in the Doha Asian Games, but the total number of people in the men's 100m preliminaries is only 40.

Among them, China, Neon, South Korea, and Thailand must also be excluded. These teams have two quotas, which means that some countries and regions do not send athletes to participate at all.

A total of 40 contestants were divided into 5 preliminary groups to compete.

The top two in each preliminary group will directly advance to the semi-finals, and then the six best results will be selected from the remaining players to advance. A total of 16 players will be divided into two groups to compete in the semi-finals.

During the warm-up preparations before the game, Li Qing gave Wen Hao and Hu Kai a simple preliminary analysis. Feng Shuyong, the head coach of the track and field team, was also present at the time. "The difficulty of advancing in the preliminaries is not high for you, but I still need to analyze some situations with you. I am also going to arrange tactics for you two."

Li Qing held this small notebook in his hand, kept poking it up with the pen tip, and spoke clearly and clearly.

"In the second group of preliminaries that Hu Kaiqian is in, you don't need to pay attention to South Korea's Zhang Yuanheng, but you don't need to pay attention to Qatar's Francis. When the time comes, you should observe him carefully."

Li Qing looked up as he spoke, "This Francis is a black athlete from Qatar who was naturalized from Nigeria. Wen Hao also played against him at the Pattaya Asian Indoor Championships at the beginning of this year, and he won the bronze medal at that time."

"So he is a promising master? Okay, then I will meet him carefully later and see if he has made any progress in the past six months." Hu Kai answered confidently.

Although his current level is vastly different from Wen Hao's, he can still be among the top players in Asia.

It is true that Francis is black, but for a black athlete from a West Asian country who was naturalized from Africa, regardless of his talent, at least the training conditions are far inferior to those of European and American blacks. In his opinion, there is no need to worry too much.

"Don't be too confident first. Although this Francis hasn't participated in a few decent competitions all year, and his PB is still only 10 seconds 44, but..." Li Qing frowned and said: "Judging from his current muscle mass , at least have the ability to run under 10 seconds 2."

"." Hu Kai suddenly fell silent.

Within Asia, being able to run 10 meters within 20 seconds is already an absolute king of strength.

At the 1986 Seoul Asian Games and the 1990 Yanjing Asian Games, Mansour, a naturalized black athlete from Qatar, won the men's 10-meter championship with a time of 30 seconds both times.

At the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games, Mansour won three consecutive men's 10-meter titles, setting a new Asian Games record with a time of 18 seconds.

1998年的曼谷亚运会，霓虹名将伊东浩司在半决赛上以10秒00的成绩刷新亚洲纪录，决赛以10秒05的成绩夺冠。

In the 2002 Busan Asian Games, Saudi Arabian athlete Safar won the championship with a time of 10 seconds, setting off a "reversal of history".

In fact, regardless of Koji Ito, who broke out in full force in 1998, in all previous Asian Games and Asian Championships, if a player can consistently run under 10 seconds, then the championship is already within his grasp.

After hearing Li Qing's analysis, Wen Hao also raised his head and glanced at Samuel Francis in the distance.

Judging from the visual effects alone, Francis's body shape has grown a whole circle compared to the Pattaya Indoor Asian Championships in February, which is very similar to Wen Hao's body shape changes over the past year.

There is a saying in the track and field world that "long-distance running is as thin as a monkey, while short-distance running is as strong as an ox."

A sprinter's strength level can be simply judged based on the amount of muscle he possesses.

Wen Hao doesn't dare to be completely arbitrary about Francis' current level, but the analysis of a scientific research coach like Li Qing should be pretty much the same.

Combined with the original time and space, Francis was once banned from competition by the IAAF for being tested for doping.

As the game unfolded, Li Qing's judgment was quickly verified.

In the first group of preliminaries, Neon player Naoki Tsukahara easily took the first place in the group with a time of 10 seconds.

In the second group of preliminaries, Samuel Francis ran a time of 10 seconds and won the first place in the group. He greatly refreshed his personal best time and was only 20 seconds away from the Qatar national record set by Mansour. distance.

Hu Kai, who went all out, suffered a disappointing loss. Although he ran a very good 10 seconds, he still lost to Francis.

The key is that Francis obviously still has some energy left.

In the third group of preliminaries, Saudi player Hassan Habib, the original champion of time and space, ranked first in the group with a time of 10 seconds 44.

In the fourth group of preliminaries, Wen Hao ran a leisurely time of 10 seconds and advanced easily.

In the fifth group of preliminaries, Neon star Shingo Suetsugu also showed off his skills, running an excellent time of 10 seconds and ranking first in the group, showing his strength as the former Asian king.

The performance of Francis and Suetsugu Shingo in the preliminaries made Wenhao feel a little pressured, but at the same time, he was even more delighted.

It seems that tomorrow's 100-meter final is destined to be a wonderful show.

(End of this chapter)