Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 214 Superstar Style
"pretty! Hu Kai ran very beautifully with this shot! 』

"After being injured in last year's Doha Asian Games, Hu Kai went through a long recovery period this season. At that time, many people felt that he would not be able to return to his peak form. 』

"But his performance in this shot completely suppressed Naoki Tsukahara, the runner-up in this year's Japanese Championship, and even defeated Nesta Carter, the third runner-up in the National Championship of Jamaica, and successfully ranked first in the group! 』

"If I remember correctly, this should be the first time that a Chinese athlete ranked first in the group in the first round of the 100-meter world championship after my country's former record holder Cheng Wenzhong! 』

1995年的瑞典哥德堡世锦赛男子100米预赛中，程文忠在第10小组中跑出10秒37的成绩位列小组第一，当天下午的复赛中跑出10秒32位列第20名无缘半决赛。

"Look at the final score. 10 seconds 16!" Hu Kai tied his personal best! 』

In the Changju Land Arena, the results of the men's 100m Group 7 competition were announced on the big screen.
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0.1m/s的风速条件下，胡恺以10秒16的成绩位列小组头名，排名第二的是跑出10秒17的内斯塔·卡特，小组第三则是跑出10秒18的冢原直贵。

这一组的竞争非常激烈，不仅前三名全部跑进了10秒20，就连第四名的澳大利亚名将帕特里克·约翰逊成绩也有10秒25，排在第五名的意大利选手罗萨里奥·拉马斯特拉成绩是10秒27。

So far, the top four scores among the substitutes are one 10 seconds and three 25 seconds.

There are 8 supplementary places for qualifying from the preliminaries to the semi-finals. Judging from this situation, Lao Yi's chances of advancement are basically stable.

As the players from Group 8 of the preliminaries lined up to enter the venue, the atmosphere suddenly became more lively.

Since it is the preliminaries, only a few famous international players or players from the host country can get individual appearances during the pre-game introduction session.

现场主持人先是介绍了一下位于第1道的英国名将马克·刘易斯，其实就单项成绩和荣誉来说他的存在感并不高，个人最好成绩10秒04，曾获得过2001葡萄牙-里斯本室内世锦赛60米季军、2001智利-圣地亚哥世青赛100米冠军。

However, the reason why he can be called a "famous general" is mainly because he was a member of the 2004×4 meter relay champion at the 100 Athens Olympics and holds the title of "Olympic Champion".

In addition to Mark Lewis, Kurandi Maldina, a player from the Netherlands Antilles in lane 8, also got the opportunity to be introduced alone.

他的个人最好成绩也是10秒04，两年前的赫尔辛基世锦赛上随队获得过男子4×100米决赛的第6名。

“Lane 9, The World Record holder, China—WEN Hao!”

(Track 9, world record holder, China - Wen Hao!)

Following the introduction by the live host, Wen Hao in the camera just raised his index finger and made a cool gesture to the camera - NO.1!

However, even for such a simple action, the audience gave very warm cheers and applause, and the momentum even vaguely surpassed that of the previous host players Nobuharu Asahara and Naoki Tsukahara.

After interacting with the camera, Wen Hao immediately removed the sunglasses on his head to cover his eyes.

The direct sunlight in Osaka during the day is really unbearable, and I feel much better after wearing sunglasses.

However, what Wenhao didn't know was that soon after he appeared on the scene, fans picked out the same style of sunglasses. As a result, before the rematch in the evening, the same style of sunglasses in Osaka was sold out, becoming a phenomenon-level hit.

On the right side of the starting area, more than ten reporters from major news agencies around the world were holding long guns and short cannons, standing, squatting, sitting, or lying down, capturing the players' pre-race preparations and starting movements. moment.

"On Your Marks!"

As the command to take your place sounded, Wen Hao twisted his neck on the spot, and then walked forward with a calm expression.

When I got to the starting line, I squatted down, my arms pressed on the hot rubber track, my feet stepped firmly on the starting blocks, and there were no other unnecessary movements.

Different from Wen Hao's relaxed and freehand style, some of the eight players who were about to compete with him were stroking their chests with violent beating hearts in an attempt to calm themselves down, while others were kneeling on the ground and crossing themselves on their chests. pray.
Whether these prayer actions can help them achieve a good result and advance is unclear, but who has no faith, obsession or sustenance in their heart?

Perhaps sometimes, the inner spirit may not be able to help an athlete win the final championship, but at least in the process of his struggle, it helps him overcome the fear in his heart, helps him persist to the end, and helps him break through his own limits.

The struggle in sports arena is a microcosm of the struggle in human society, and the spirit of struggle is an important quality for human beings to thrive and prosper. It is the greatest and most praiseworthy inner strength of human beings.

As Mr. Coubertin once said in his speech at the 1936 Olympic Games: "The most important thing in the Olympics is not victory, but participation; the essence of life is not asking, but struggling."

Although the current competition is not the Olympic Games, which is endowed with a more noble spiritual core, the World Track and Field Championships is also the stage that many track and field athletes dream of. All the athletes here are fighting for their own lives and their own countries.

Every athlete standing on the field, regardless of their level, is a warrior worthy of praise as long as they can complete the game!
"Set——"

The preparation command sounded suddenly, and the players' muscle memory formed by daily training immediately made the appropriate movements. The supporting legs and knees quickly left the ground, their waists and hips were arched, and they were ready to go!
"Snapped--!"

The crisp starting gun sounded at the Osaka World Championships, and the eighth group of men's 100m preliminaries officially began!
预赛小组当中选手们之间的实力相差很大，有如文浩这般抬腿就能打开10秒大关，有如刘易斯、马尔蒂纳这般实力维持在10秒1~10秒2之间的，还有四个水平在10秒2~10秒5不等的，更有两个连11都很难跑进的外卡选手。

In just the 10-meter starting period after the gun was fired, the situation on the field quickly became fragmented.

In the 10-meter sport, no matter how talented a person is, running within 5 seconds requires a certain period of systematic training to achieve it.

For those who lack talent, it may be difficult for them to cross the 10 mark throughout their lives, but for those with excellent talent, perhaps just one year of training is enough to enable them to easily break the 50 mark. .

On the field, Chadian player Munir Mahadi from the Heart of Africa and Walid Anwar from Afghanistan from the Heart of Asia were left at the bottom of the team from the beginning of the game.

For them, who come from a place where the situation is turbulent and where systematic training is a complete luxury, it is a dream to compete with opponents on the field who are already talented and have undergone systematic training for many years. 10 meters, 20 meters, 30 meters.
Wen Hao gradually improved his pace and stride length. This time he did not exert too much force during the start-up acceleration session, which was the same idea as Tyson Gay, who was the first to appear.

In fact, given Wenhao's current level, he was even as good as Asafa Powell at his peak in the first thirty meters, but the reason why he didn't use all his strength to accelerate was purely to conserve his physical strength.

At the level he is at now, it seems like he only started to let off steam in the second half of the race, but in fact he didn't exert much force throughout the race.

But even so, his performance in the first 30 meters of acceleration was not inferior to that of Maldina on the road. On the contrary, Mark Lewis in the first lane did not use him as a reference because he was far away from him. After firing the gun, he ran with all his strength and ran first.

As soon as the 30 meters passed and entered the mid-running stage, Wen Hao, Maldina, and Mark Lewis relied on their strong mid-running ability to quickly get rid of the large group and take the lead.

Although he did not exert his full strength, Wen Hao's speed still increased to a considerable level, but his leisurely posture was completely noticed by Martina beside him.

Martina, who was running at full speed, looked at the relaxed and relaxed Wen Hao, and couldn't help but reveal a helpless expression on his face.

At the Golden League Rome Station in July, he had witnessed Wen Hao set a new world record like a god descending from heaven. However, at that time, he was not lined up with Wen Hao on the road, but with the Jamaican boy Bol next to him. Especially entangled.

Until this moment, not only was he competing with Wen Hao again, but he also felt the terrifying strength of the world record holder so close up, and he suddenly felt like he was powerless.

powerful!
too strong!
With just a glance, Martina was able to find out a lot of problems from Wen Hao:

The push-down of the front swing leg is not active, the front foot touches the ground lacks strength, the angle of the back kick is not sufficient, and there is almost no active suppression of the amplitude of the back kick.
All these technical moves look so rough. If he had performed like this during the game, he would have been scolded to death by the coach after the game.

But this man is Wen Hao, the current world record holder.

The reason why he behaves so rough on the outside is not because his technical ability is not up to par, but because he is so strong that he can advance easily without having to worry about maintaining his technical movements.

70 meters, 80 meters, 90 meters.
Wen Hao continued to control his speed and always maintained a slight lead of about half a body length over Maldina. Even after 80 meters, his arms almost stopped swinging back and forth.

But the more he performed like this, the more excited the audience became, and the cheers became louder and louder.

In the past, I was used to seeing Wenhao compete on the same stage with the world's top players such as Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell in the Golden League or Grand Prix. I was used to seeing him achieve great results one after another in an all-out state. .

Now I suddenly see that he seems to be leisurely walking throughout the whole process, but it is difficult to surpass him. On the contrary, it makes people feel novel and surprised.

This is not the Asian Games, this is the World Athletics Championships!
In last year's Asian Games preliminaries, Wen Hao was surrounded by a group of players who could not even break 10 seconds. But at this moment, there are international masters such as Maldina and Mark Lewis as reference.

Looking closely at the expressions and movements on their faces, you can tell that they are trying their best.

But even so, is it completely impossible to surpass the seemingly careless Wenhao?

So, how strong is Wen Hao?

"At the beginning of the game, Wenhao's starting speed was not very fast, but he was not in a lagging position. 』

"Entering the mid-running stage, he began to gradually accelerate, and soon he came to the front of the team. He..."

"He started to look around, even smiled at Martina beside him, and passed the finish line easily in 10 seconds 10. 』

Yang Jian in the commentary box didn't know what to say for a while, and was silent for a while before he recovered.

"Well, in the last group of the preliminaries, Wen Hao really gave us a big surprise. I didn't expect that he would run 10 seconds so easily, take first place in the group and advance directly. 』

"Although Wen Hao is indeed the holder of the world record now, I just subconsciously thought that this kind of situation would not happen to Chinese players, because in the past, we could only rely on Carl Lewis, Morris... We’ve seen it happen with historical players like Green.”

"It can only be said that Wen Hao's appearance has indeed refreshed our understanding of all Chinese people and allowed us to see the demeanor that a true track and field superstar and sprinting superstar should have on the competition stage. 』

"Then let us congratulate Wen Hao. With the first place in the preliminaries at 10 seconds 10, he easily advanced to the second round of the semi-finals in the evening! 』

At the same time, on the big screen, the results of the eighth group of preliminaries were also refreshed:
Wind speed: -1.0m/s
1——China——Wen Hao——10.10 Q
2 - Antilles - Kurandi Martina - 10.14 Q
3 – UK – Mark Lewis – 10.20 Q
4 – Australia – Joshua Ross – 10.32
"Don't look at it. We have indeed advanced. Let's go back and rest."

After shaking hands with his opponents in the same game and saying goodbye, Wen Hao patted Lao Yi, who was still stunned on the sidelines, and pushed his shoulder to leave.

Although he failed to qualify for direct promotion, Lao Yi still successfully obtained the supplementary qualification. As for whether he or the other two opponents who ran 10 seconds had a lower thousandth place, it no longer mattered.

For Lao Yi and Hu Kai, carefully preparing for the rematch this evening is the top priority.

"Old Wen, do you think I have a chance to reach the semi-finals?"

"Why are you thinking about this? I'm telling you, don't put too much pressure on yourself,"

"I don't care about pressure or anything like that. It's not like you don't know my bad temper. I just want to make a little progress and see higher places."

　There is another chapter tonight

　　
　
(End of this chapter)