Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 167 Think about what Bolt would do

December 12th is the final day of the track and field events at the Doha Asian Games.

There is no schedule in the morning. From the afternoon to the evening, the final competition of 10 events will be held in Asbel Stadium, which is very fierce.

12日的田径赛程，将从下午17点整的女子撑杆跳决赛开始，一直到20点05分的男子4×400米接力压轴，最后以女子4×400米接力和男子4×400米接力的颁奖仪式作为收尾。

其中最令人关注的，是17点05分将要展开的男子110米栏决赛，以及18点整的男子4×100米决赛。

Needless to say, the men's 110-meter hurdles. Audiences from some countries or regions whose athletes have advanced to the finals are basically paying attention to this event because of Liu Xiang.

The relay event is the only team event in track and field competitions. Compared with the individual events, it is very unique and interesting.

The most important point is that it tests a team's ability to cooperate. Many times, a team whose members are generally weak in individual strength can often defeat a team with stronger average strength because of its excellent cooperation and tacit understanding.

It is common sense for people to pursue and worship amazing talents, but it is also popular for people to defeat the strong with the weak.

At 17: sharp, the women’s pole vault final begins;

At 17:05, the men's 110-meter hurdles final began. Liu Xiang, who changed the eight-step hurdle to a seven-step hurdle, was still unbeatable. He easily ran 13 seconds and refreshed his own Asian Games record to win the championship. .

At 17:15, the men’s triple jump final battle;

At 17:25, the men’s javelin final begins;

At 17:45, the women's 4×100m relay final began. The Chinese women's team defeated Neon and Thailand and won the championship with an absolute advantage.

Then the award ceremony for the men's 110-meter hurdles was held in the stadium. After the award ceremony, the eight teams for the men's 4×100 meter finals appeared in the stadium one after another, and the players rushed to their respective sub-areas to start preparations.

The objective conditions of tonight's game are neither good nor bad. At around 18 o'clock, the temperature in the stadium remained at about 20~21℃, and there was almost no wind. Although it was not very conducive to achieving results in the sprint event, it was not bad either. As for being too cold and affecting the performance of athletes.

In addition to wearing a male athlete's vest from the national track and field team, Wen Hao also wore a red T-shirt underneath to keep warm, and sports shorts that were not close-fitting.

To be honest, he has never been satisfied with the uniforms of the national track and field team. This kind of tight-fitting vest + shorts is not only unsightly, but also creates an obvious sense of wind resistance when running.

I feel that I can make some suggestions to Nike. The uniforms of the national track and field team are designed and provided by them. It is related to the image and competition experience of the athletes. In addition, I am also an Asian athlete that Nike values ​​​​very much. Things should be done. Not difficult to do.

He walked unhurriedly to his fourth run-up area to prepare. First, he measured the steps and put tape on them, and then he did some half-squat starting exercises.

In the arena, all the players are preparing nervously.

In the commentary box, Yang Jianzheng watched Wen Yongyi, who was closest to his position, preparing for the game while doing pre-game warm-ups:

"Dear viewers, the upcoming event at the competition is the men's 4×100m final that everyone is looking forward to! 』

"Among the four main team members, the number one player, Wen Yongyi, ran a personal best of 5 seconds at the Bangkok Asian Grand Prix in May this year and won the championship. 』

"The second player is Hu Kai, who is more familiar to everyone as the "spectacled flying man". He won the men's 10-meter championship at last year's Universiade. This year, his strength has continued to improve, and his current personal best time has reached 16 seconds, successfully becoming the second person in Chinese history! 』

"The third champion, Yang Yaozu, before Wenhao came out, he had always been known as China's "King of 10 Meters", and his 21-meter strength was also very good. The personal best times in the two events are 20 seconds and 40 seconds respectively. He is a suitable candidate for the third team. 』

"The fourth man in charge is Wen Hao, who has created miracles for the yellow race many times this year. He broke the competition record and the Asian record at this Asian Games. He completely dominated the 100-meter and 200-meter events. He is a well-deserved Asian champion. "The King of Dash"! 』

"The last time the Chinese relay team won the Asian Games was 16 years ago at the 1990 Yanjing Asian Games. The four members at that time were Wu Jianhui, Cai Jianming, Zhao Cunlin and Zheng Chen. 』

"Three days ago, Wen Hao achieved a "zero breakthrough" in the Asian Games men's 100-meter gold medal for Chinese track and field, and tonight, he will lead this new Chinese relay team to launch a powerful impact on the Asian record holder Neon Team. ! 』

After setting the move points, Wenhao looked around, first waved and interacted with the surrounding audience, and then caught a glimpse of his opponent tonight - Yusuke Ohmae.

This is an athlete who is not very familiar to Chinese track and field fans. In this era, everyone is more familiar with famous players such as Ito Koji, Suetsugu Shingo, and Asahara Nobuharu.

Even worse, there are Naoki Tsukahara and Shinji Takahira who have played against Fumho and performed well.

Ohmae Yusuke was born in 1982. His main event is the 200 meters. His personal best time is 20 seconds - Neon's national youth record.

However, this shot's 20 seconds is somewhat "chicken blood". In addition, his best time is 29 seconds, which is obviously inferior to Gaoping Shenshi in terms of stability.

In general, his strength is most likely the weakest among the four main players of the Neon team, and he is the replacement for Nobuharu Asahara while he is recuperating due to injury.

But being able to guard the fourth leg of the Athens Athletics World Cup and run a new Asian record of 38 seconds at least shows that Yusuke Ohmae's relay level is indeed not weak.

If it's one-on-one, Wen Hao is confident that he can completely crush him, but the relay is a team event. It is difficult for him to win the game alone, and his teammates must also work hard.

At 18:05, all the players on the field have made preparations for the race, and the eight players who will serve as the first team are also waiting to be determined in the starting preparation area.

The live broadcast camera turned and focused on the contestant in lane 1. The host started the pre-game introduction:

Lane 1 is the Chinese Xiangjiang team, lane 2 is the Saudi Arabian team.

Lane 3 is the Oman team, lane 4 is the Thai team.

Lane 5 is the Chinese team, lane 6 is the Neon team.

Lane 7 is the Qatar team and lane 8 is the Chinese Taipei team.

During the introduction process, you can hear cheers coming from all directions every once in a while. If you distinguish carefully, you can even hear the loud and uniform shouts of the Chinese audience at the scene.

After the introduction session, the more than 7 spectators at the scene gradually became quiet after the host's reminder.

"On Your Marks!"

When he heard the starter's command on the field, Wen Hao involuntarily raised his head and looked towards the starting area of ​​the first leg.

On the track, Wen Yongyi held the baton tightly in his right hand, stepped firmly on the starting block with both feet, and took a starting position.

He raised his head and glanced at Tsukahara Naoki, who was not far away from him, his eyes flickering.

Last year Wen Yongyi entered the national relay team to compete in the East Asian Games, but unfortunately lost to the Neon team. Since then, he has trained even harder, looking forward to the day of revenge.

Right now, the members of the Chinese relay team are unprecedentedly powerful, and it's the best time to officially take revenge!

"Set——"

Come on, little life, I have to kill you tonight!

"Snapped--!"

Game start!

Wen Yongyi quickly stepped forward, and the baton quickly turned into an afterimage in his hand.

With a very strong ability to start and accelerate, he quickly opened up the gap with the top player of the Thai team in the inner lane.

During the race, although the starting point of the outer lane is further forward than that of the inner lane, the actual running distance is the same.

When two runners separated by a track are of similar strength, or the inside track player is stronger than the outside track player, the former will catch up with the latter, but the speed of catching up will have different effects.

But if the outside player has a tendency to pull away from the inside player, it means that the outside player's personal strength far exceeds that of the inside player!

that's the truth.

泰国队的第一棒选手个人最好成绩只有10秒59，常态下的水平更是只有10秒7左右，相比起今年多次跑进10秒40的温永义来说，确实是有着很大的实力差距。

"Game start! Wen Yongyi started very beautifully and quickly got rid of the Thai team players in the inner lane! However, in the outer lane, Tsukahara Naoki also performed very well, and his personal ability should still be slightly better than Wen Yongyi.」

Wen Yongyi's performance in the first leg was indeed good, at least taking full advantage of his ability to start and accelerate quickly, but his biggest competitor in this leg was the leader of the younger generation in the neon sprint world - Naoki Tsukahara!

个人最好成绩10秒16，常态发挥稳定也在10秒25以内，并且冢原直贵在三天前的100米决赛上还跑出了10秒19的佳绩。

Wen Yongyi felt a sense of revenge in his heart, and how could Tsukahara Naoki have lost his will to fight?

As the leader of the younger generation in the neon sprint world, his limelight was completely suppressed by the sudden emergence of Wenhao. With the huge gap in strength, both he and Shingo Sutsu, who once dominated Asia, were only able to compete in the competition. Can look at Wen Hao's figure and sigh. Yes, he was indeed crushed in individual categories, but that was only compared to Wen Hao.

Wen Yongyi?

Sorry, you are not my opponent yet!

"One-two stick handover!" The Neon team was the first to complete the handover, followed closely by the Chinese team. Hu Kai faced the Neon team's strongest Sutsugo Shingo in this match! 』

Long before entering the handover, Hu Kai had seen the situation of the first bat.

Hu Kai also expected Wen Yongyi to be slightly behind Tsukahara Naoki. After all, the gap in personal strength exists objectively.

Even Wen Yongyi, who is about to face Susu Shenwu next, may also continue to be widened.

But these things are not what he needs to consider now. The only thing he needs to consider is how to run his club well!

Arriving at the preset step point, Hu Kai immediately turned around and started accelerating. After running six steps, he heard Wen Yongyi's shout from behind: "Take---!"

Hu Kai suddenly stretched out his left hand backward. After four steps, Wen Yongyi smoothly pressed the baton into his palm. Hu Kai immediately clenched the baton tightly and ran forward quickly.

It was a smooth handoff!

At least that's what Hu Kai thinks, because the running-in time is only one month, and this is the best handover that he and Wen Yongyi can do.

But in fact, compared to the handover between Tsukahara Naoki and Suetsugu Shingo, the handover between Wen Yongyi and Hu Kai can be described as "bad"!

4×100米接力中，接力区一共只有20米，算上预跑区的话是30米，但这30米中的前10米是不允许进行交接的。

Hu Kai heard Wen Yongyi's shout when he took the sixth step, and completed the handover with Wen Yongyi in four more steps. In fact, he had just entered the relay area. The running distance was not even 15 meters, and Hu Kai's speed did not increase at all. stand up.

What is completely different is that the Neon team's first and second sticks were handed over at a position of 20 meters. Shingo Suetsugu's speed was very sufficient, and this speed was almost the same as Naoki Tsukahara who was in a state of slowing down. In addition, the Neon Team uses an improved over-the-top technology.

In the first- and second-stick handover area, the Chinese team’s time was 1.94 seconds, while the Neon team’s time was – 1.80 seconds!

In the 4×100m relay race at the Olympics and World Championships, the fastest handover time was 1991 seconds set by the French team, the runner-up at the 1.79 Winter Beijing World Championships, and the technique used was the overhand style.

It was also after that World Championships that the Neon Land Sports League conducted a comprehensive analysis of the relay techniques of the top three teams, the United States, France, and Germany, and determined the priority to strive to learn advanced European and American sprint techniques. Plans to develop relay events.

After several years of research, with the growth of players such as Nobuharu Asahara and Koji Ito, the neon relay team has also risen to the world's first-class level and has never missed the relay final stage of the world competition.

"In terms of the performance of the second team, Sutsugo Shingo is indeed better. The Neon team is in the lead now, Hu Kai, hold on!" Don't be influenced by Sutsugo Shingo, and make sure to complete the handover smoothly! 』

In the pre-run area of ​​the third leg, Yang Yaozu couldn't help but become nervous when he saw Hu Kai falling behind.

Although I had anticipated this situation before the game, I still feel that the backwardness is too big. If it continues like this,

No, no, no, it’s impossible to lose!

The Neon team is only stronger in one or two bats. Shinji Takahira in the third battalion is 4-6 ahead of him. Yusuke Ohmae in the fourth battalion is personally very different from Fumho.

大前祐介的100米与200米PB，分别是10秒33和20秒29，两个项目都和文浩有着至少0.4秒的差距，甚至他的PB还不是今年创造的。

In terms of strength in the 2006 season, the gap between him and Wen Hao was at least 0.6 seconds!

With such a huge advantage, how can you expect me to lose? !

Thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind, and in the blink of an eye, Hu Kai had arrived at the pre-run point. Yang Yaozu was slow for half a beat before turning around and starting to accelerate.

Just after running four steps, Hu Kai's shout came from behind. Not long after Yang Yaozu stretched out his hand, and just ran into the relay area, the baton was delivered to his hand.

It seems fast, but it doesn't work.

"Look at the handover of the second and third sticks, Yang Yaozu - oh! It’s too slow to get up! 』

Compared with the handover of the first and second sticks, the handover of the second and third sticks of the Chinese team cannot be said to be a slight mistake, but it can also be said to be extremely humorous.

Under the stimulation of Moxu Shenwu, Hu Kai really tried his best to run with all his strength. Unexpectedly, Yang Yaozu was half a beat slow in starting, causing him to almost hit him.

After forcibly stopping the speed, Hu Kai handed over the baton as soon as he entered the handover area, then stumbled and fell on the track.

At this moment, the Neon team's third player, Gao Ping Shenshi, had already run out of the handover area and was speeding away on the curve.

In the pre-running area of ​​the fourth leg, Wen Hao had completely frowned, looking away from the fallen Hu Kai with a complicated expression, and focused on Yang Yaozu.

He had thought that when he completed the handover, he would be in a relatively backward situation, but he never expected that such an outrageous scene would appear during the handover process.

In Wen Hao's expectation, it is reasonable to fall behind in the first and second rounds. After entering the third round, Yang Yaozu should be able to catch up a little bit of the gap. Although it is not much, the gap should not be too big when the baton is handed over to him. .

but now.

"Puff, puff, puff -"

The clear footsteps approached quickly, but this series of footsteps did not come from Yang Yaozu, but from Shenshi Gaoping who had just ran past him on his right.

It wasn't until the Neon team completed the handover of three or four bats that Wen Hao finally turned around and took the first step.

I don't know how many steps later, Yang Yaozu's angry shouts came from behind, and there seemed to be a trace of remorse and annoyance in his voice.

Wen Hao had no time to pay attention to Yang Yaozu's regrets and annoyance. Since the baton was handed over to him, no matter whether he won or not, he had to complete the most basic task of an athlete - run to the finish line!

At this time, the gap between the Chinese team and the Neon team was nearly 5 meters!

But even in the face of such a huge gap, neither Wenhao himself, nor the Chinese audience at the scene or in front of the TV, or even his foreign fans have given up at this moment and are still looking forward to victory.

After all, aren't miracles meant to be created?

"Come on! Come on Wenhao!"

"Rush and catch up! You can do it!"

"Hurry up! There are still 2 meters left! We are almost catching up!"

In the Asbel Stadium, when the men's 4×100 meters final entered the final stage, no matter whether they supported it or not, everyone's eyes were focused on the fiery red figure.

The people who support him, even if the chance of victory is still extremely slim, are always looking forward to him being able to perform a drama of exceeding the limit.

Those who did not support him were also affected by the heroic chase scene on the track, and once again realized how powerful this player named Wen Hao was as a person.

In the flash of lightning, the distance between Wenhao and Ohmae Yusuke is getting closer and closer.

3 meters, 2 meters, 1 meters.

Everyone held their breath at this moment of transcendence!

Wenhao, who was wearing a fiery red jersey, finally surpassed Yusuke Ohmae, who was wearing a white neon jersey.

It's just that the moment you complete the overtake, you are already 5 meters behind the finish line.

After the finish line, Ohmae Yusuke waved the baton in his hand with great excitement. After slowing down his speed, he immediately knelt down on the track and screamed to the sky.

The pressure before the game from Wenhao, teammates/coaches, Neon Nationals and the media disappeared in an instant. After the roar of victory, Ohmae Yusuke finally could not suppress the joy and release of pressure in his heart, and cried in his arms.

The winner on the stage was crying, the supporters of the winner in the stands were cheering and celebrating, and Wenhao, the "loser" who lost the game, was walking aimlessly on the track.

For a moment, he wanted to throw the baton in his hand directly to the ground, and then leave the field angrily regardless of his teammates.

Or turn around and rush in front of Yang Yaozu and Hu Kai, question them, scold them, as long as your handover is like a human being, how can you lose this game?

He did not choose to do this, because such behavior is irrational, and anger is the rage that an incompetent person can show.

If you want to be the tallest mountain or the longest river, the most important thing is to always maintain a strong heart.

So instead of being angry, think about what Bolt would do.

(End of this chapter)