Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 178 Lao Yi evolves in advance

May 3, morning.

The weather in the Magic City is good today, the sky is clear and cloudless, and the spring sunshine is also very warm.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the temperature was about to climb towards 20 degrees, probably because the southerly wind has been blowing northward in the past few days.

In the track and field hall of the Xinzhuang training base, the 2007 Magic City National Track and Field Indoor Grand Prix is ​​in full swing.

There are a total of 23 competition events in the Magic City Station, and all must be completed within two days, so the schedule is also quite tight.

On the first day of the competition, March 3, a total of 15 gold medals were awarded.

Among them, Magic City player Yang Quan broke the national indoor record with a score of 5.61 meters in the men's pole vault event.

In addition, in the women's pole vault event, Liaoning player Zhang Yingning broke the Asian indoor record held by Shanghai star Gao Shuying with a score of 46 meters.

And this result also exceeded the Olympic women's pole vault A standard of 45 meters. Zhang Yingning also became the first Chinese track and field athlete to obtain a ticket to the Yanjing Olympics.

This is also a "benefit" of the field events. The results generated by the field events in indoor events can also be certified as corresponding "records" or used as standard results in top outdoor events.

Track and field events are different. The most obvious thing is that regular indoor track and field events do not set up 100-meter events. As for the results of longer distance events such as 200 meters and 400 meters, if they are certified as "records", they need to be added. An "indoor" prefix.

The results of the first day's competition were gratifying, making many industry insiders and track and field fans who follow event reports full of expectations for the second day's competition.

Just starting from the women's 9-meter hurdles final at 60 a.m., although players from various provinces and cities have shown very fierce competition in various events, it is impossible to set a new Asian record or break a national record like yesterday.

A full two hours passed, and even if it didn't happen, there was no sign.

Until 11:30, the last event of the morning - the men's 60m semi-finals!

"It's strange. When did our domestic indoor competition actually have semi-finals?"

After Wen Hao came to the second-floor stand and sat down, he immediately expressed doubts to Cheng Wenzhong beside him.

On the 14th, he just came to join in the fun. After watching Zhang Peimeng and the others warming up, he turned back and went about his own business.

On the 15th, which was the first day of the game, he simply did not come to watch the game.

In the morning, I was busy with the preparation and rehearsal process for the fan meeting. In the afternoon, I went to Yili's advertising studio to record footage and shoot posters. In the evening, I held a fan meeting, singing, interacting, and signing autographs and taking photos. One day Coming down here will keep him busy.

So today I simply slept in and hurried to the Xinzhuang base until after 11 o'clock. Unexpectedly, it was only the semi-finals.

Cheng Wenzhong chuckled: "Speaking of which, you also have a share of credit."

"Huh?" Wen Hao's mind didn't turn around for a while.

"Stupid, you made such a big splash in the Asian sports world last year. Now there is a sprint craze in China. This time in the men's 60 meters in the Magic City, there were 14 groups in the preliminaries alone, and the number of participants reached 101. Woolen cloth!"

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Good guy!

Generally speaking, the attention and participation scale of indoor grand prix are usually much smaller than outdoor grand prix.

Because the registration threshold for the Outdoor Grand Prix is ​​relatively low, many college students with only national first-level abilities will join in the fun, so the number of participants is very large.

But the indoor competition is different. The participants are basically the main players of the track and field teams of various provinces and cities, or the aces of various sports colleges. Most of the purpose of coming is to test the effect of winter training.

In the outdoor Grand Prix, it is very common for the most popular men's 100-meter event to have over a hundred applicants. In the indoor Grand Prix, although the men's 60-meter event is the most popular, it is indeed rare to reach such a scale of participation.

There are 101 people participating, 14 preliminaries groups, and there are only three groups in the semi-finals, which means that 77 people will be eliminated directly in the preliminaries!

As for whether there is any "credit" of his own in this, Wen Hao thinks that there should be, even if it is not big, it is enough to fill his small vanity.

"Coach Cheng, you said you would surprise me the day before yesterday. Now I really want to know, how much did Lao Yi run in yesterday's preliminaries?"

Before the start of the game, I saw that Lao Yi was placed in the first group of the semi-finals, so I became curious.

If there are 14 preliminary groups, the rule is probably that the first place in each group will directly qualify, and then the 10 best results will be taken as replacement.

In yesterday's game, he didn't even pay attention to Zhang Peimeng, so let alone Lao Yi.

"He, he was lucky. There was no strong opponent in the same group, so he advanced in just 6 seconds 72."

Wen Hao couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard this.

Good luck? Are there no stronger opponents in the same group?

Isn’t this nonsense!

After all, Lao Yi also made it to the finals of the national championship last year. It’s not like the organizers of the Magic City didn’t even know him, so they assigned Wen Yongyi to his group, right?

Looking around the field, he saw that besides Lao Yi, there were also his good brother Liang Jiahong and Jiangsu team's Lu Bin on the track. He had no impression of the other faces at all.

"Hey, I'm in a group with Liang Jiahong. Coach Cheng, are you nervous now?"

Cheng Wenzhong didn't look panic at all: "What's there to be nervous about? Let's not mention that the second place in the group can advance directly. Even if the two of them really fight in the semi-finals, are you really sure that Liang Jiahong can win? ?" "So confident? Okay, okay, then I have to take a good look."

去年8月出的石家庄全国锦标赛上，梁佳宏10秒30创PB排名第五，劳毅则是10秒47创PB排在第八。

10月底的长沙全国田径冠军赛暨大奖赛总决赛，梁佳宏10秒36排名第五，劳毅10秒46创PB排名第六。

But as of last year, the gap in hard power between Lao Yi and Liang Jiahong was at least 0.1 seconds.

However, in terms of the original time and space, Lao Yi's peak performance was still more impressive, while Liang Jiahong maintained a high level of status for a longer period of time.

Speaking of which, Lao Yi is two and a half years older than Liang Jiahong, but he received professional training much later.

In this comparison, it is really interesting to see these two people in the same group.

"Everyone is in position——"

Following the starter's instructions, the eight contestants in the first group of the men's 60-meter semi-finals quickly walked to the starting line and took their places.

Most of the spectators present were related professionals, and there was no need to remind them. The stadium immediately became quiet.

"preparation--"

"Snapped--!"

As the starting gun sounded, the eight players on the field began to push and stretch.

Just from the starting reaction and the full extent of the first step, the difference is almost visible to the naked eye - the starting skills of Lao Yi and Liang Jiahong are obviously better than other players in the same field!

Lao Yi is relatively short. His height is only 173 centimeters, which is half a head shorter than Liang Jiahong, who is 1 meters tall. However, this size also gives him an advantage in starting speed.

Many people who don't understand track and field or sprinting have a certain stereotype after watching Lao Yi overtaking his opponents to win the championship in the Guangzhou Asian Games finals, thinking that Lao Yi's back-running ability is very good.

Some people even naively thought that if Su Bingtian had Lao Yi's late-range ability, he would be enough to challenge Bolt.

But in fact, this is a very ridiculous and wrong idea.

原时空劳毅的个人最好成绩10秒21，前60米用时为6.57，后40米用时为3.64。

As for Su Bingtian, among his 10 times of breaking 10 seconds, the slowest time of 40 meters was 3.54, which was a full 0.1 second faster than Lao Yi.

Just like now, although Liang Jiahong responded to the six players present at the start, Lao Yi still took the lead.

Although the difference in starting speed between the two was not very obvious, Wen Hao could still tell it at a glance.

Including the follow-up, from the starting point to the 20-meter position, Lao Yi's performance was obviously better than Liang Jiahong's, and he continued to widen a certain position gap.

Seeing Lao Yi taking the lead, Cheng Wenzhong next to him naturally had a happy smile on his face.

A series of dense footsteps in the gymnasium crackled like a machine gun with full firepower. The spectators present only felt a burst of lightning and flint flying past, and in the blink of an eye, eight contestants crossed the finish line one after another.

The space in the indoor gymnasium is limited. After the 60-meter straight, the fast-running athletes have no time to step on the brakes. Fortunately, there is a sponge pad wall about 20 meters after the finish line, which can help them relieve the unstoppable inertial force. impact.

"How's it going? Wen Hao, what did I say before?" As soon as the game ended, Cheng Wenzhong turned to Wen Hao and raised his eyebrows with a smile, his joy was beyond words.

The finishing time displayed on the on-field timer was 6 seconds 62. Although there is a high probability that there will be a certain error. After the high-speed camera is calibrated, an additional 0.01 or 0.02 will be added.

The current national indoor 60-meter record is 2006 seconds set by Wen Hao in the final of the 6 Asian Indoor Track and Field Championships in Pattaya. During that trip to Pattaya, Wen Hao shot three shots and three NRs in the pre-rematch.

Before Wen Hao, the national indoor 60-meter record was 2005 seconds set by Wen Yongyi in 6.

Therefore, even 6 seconds 63 and 6 seconds 64 are enough to reflect Lao Yi’s level at this time.

Soon, the modified results were refreshed on the big screen.

Lao Yi set a personal best time of 6 seconds and ranked first in the first group of the semi-finals.

Followed closely by Liang Jiahong, his time was 6 seconds.

Chen Yibo, who was Wen Hao's teammate at the World Youth Championship, had a time of 6 seconds. Although it was not bad, it was a bit unsatisfactory compared to the top two.

Compared with the process of the original time and space, Lao Yi has already evolved ahead of schedule!

"Okay, Coach Cheng. It seems that after returning from Yanjing, you really put a lot of effort into Lao Yi this winter."

"That's for sure. I have applied to buy equipment for him. If he can't run this year, haha. Then I won't have to be the coach of the sprint team." Cheng Wenzhong smiled slightly and said in a calm tone. Out of the belief that I have given this winter.

Wen Hao nodded, but did not continue the topic because he was quickly attracted by the next player.

2007 National Track and Field Indoor Grand Prix Modu Station, men’s 60m semi-final group :

Track 5 - Yanjing, Zhang Peimeng;

Track 6 - Guangdong, Su Bingtian!

(End of this chapter)