Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 215 Bad News and Good News

"Wen, thank you, I really don't know how to thank you!"

In a lounge inside the Changju Land Arena, after taking a set of sports equipment from Wen Hao's hand, Walid Anwar had tears in his eyes.

He comes from the turbulent Central Asian country of Afghanistan. He was originally a student at Kabul University. Without any preparation, he was selected into the national team and sent to Osaka to participate in the World Championships just because he won the 100-meter event in the school sports meeting. race.

For his country, he is just a tool used to enhance its presence in the world, letting the world know that Afghanistan still exists.

As for Walid Anwar himself, he doesn’t really love track and field or sprinting. Especially in the recent competition, he only ran a poor time of 11 seconds. He is simply not worthy of being called an “athlete.” .

But Wen Hao's actions moved him very much.

This internationally renowned sprint superstar did not look down on him because of his humble strength. He even gave himself a complete set of quite expensive Nike sports equipment and encouraged him to persevere.

"You're welcome. This is not only a venue for athletes to fight for the country, but it is also a platform for us young athletes representing our country to have friendly exchanges with each other."

Wen Hao smiled and said some serious "mandarin". Not only Walid Anwar of Afghanistan, but also Munir Mahathir, a player from Chad in Central Africa who was in the same group with him in the preliminaries, also received his This guy was so excited that he thanked me for the gift.

In the changing room after the game, he found that Munir Mahathir and Walid Anwar were both wearing the cheapest clothes on the market, similar to those bought by domestic junior high school students to prepare for the physical education entrance exam. Low-quality spikes costing 50 yuan a pair.

"Reflection" is a quality unique to many Chinese people. As the country becomes increasingly powerful, whenever we see people in third world countries still suffering from turmoil, we always think of what the land of China that raised us has experienced. those sufferings.

So he gave this gift without much thought. Although two sets of Nike equipment were just a drop in the bucket to him, for these athletes from poor, weak and unstable countries, they might not be able to buy them with money.

Without him, if you give someone a rose, the fragrance will linger in your hand.

Or, do good deeds without worrying about your future?
He knows that he will never become a LF-style "good person", but when a person lives in this world, he still has to do something within his power.

Even if it's just for peace of mind.

Due to the continued high temperature in Osaka, the second half of the World Championships schedule was postponed by half an hour based on the previous schedule.

After returning to the hotel for dinner at noon, Wen Hao and others took a short lunch break. After waking up, he briefly accepted a door-to-door interview with a CCTV reporter and briefly answered a few questions that domestic viewers were more concerned about.

Then he continued to recuperate in the hotel. It was not until 18:30 in the afternoon that Wen Hao got into the nanny car prepared by Annie, took Hu Kai, Lao Yi and coach Li Qing with him to the Changju Land Arena.

The reason why I changed to using a nanny car to travel was mainly because some athletes in the national team gave negative teaching materials.

The World Athletics Championships are not as large as the Olympic Games. There will be no athletes' villages specially built for participating athletes. All athletes and related personnel will stay in several hotels arranged by the Osaka government.

Therefore, while traveling is more "free", it also often brings some "hidden dangers".

During the women's 3000-meter obstacle course preliminaries in the morning, a team member named Jin Yuan and his coach enjoyed local specialties near the hotel and then took the subway to the Nagai Land Arena.

As a result, she took the subway in the opposite direction, and in the end she had to take a taxi and rush to the stadium. When she arrived at her destination, there was only half an hour left before the game. Excluding check-in and waiting, there was no time for her to warm up.

In the end, among the three Chinese women's 3000-meter obstacle course, she, who had the best chance of advancing to the finals, only ranked 12th in the group.

After the morning match ended, Feng Shuyong did not even hold a national team leadership meeting, but informed all participating athletes and coaches not to travel "alone" and rented a car as an emergency backup.

So Wen Hao simply didn't even bother to take the organizer's bus, and directly called Anne, who had accompanied him to Osaka, to contact the Neon Benz headquarters.

As the spokesperson of Mercedes-Benz in Greater China, even though I am in neon, it is still easy to get a nanny car. After all, for Mercedes-Benz, this is a free door-to-door marketing hot spot.

Sitting in a private and comfortable Mercedes-Benz nanny car, several people arrived at the Changju Land Arena again while chatting and laughing.

8月25日晚20点15分，男子100米的复赛正式拉开帷幕。

The competition for qualifications from the second round of the rematch to the third round of the semi-finals is very fierce. The 32 players are divided into four groups. The top three in each group will advance directly, and the four best results will be promoted in advance.

There are only 16 tickets for the semi-finals!
This time Wen Hao was placed in the last group, while Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay were in the first and second groups respectively.

As for Lao Yi and Hu Kai, one was assigned to the second group to compete with Tyson Gay, and the other was assigned to the third group to compete with Maldina, Mark Lewis and others.

In the first group of the semi-finals, Asafa Powell, who was "sluggish" in the preliminaries, suddenly "exploded" and easily ran 0.8 seconds under the wind speed of +9m/s, taking the first place in the group.

The second place in the group was Derek Atkins of the Bahamas, with a time of 10 seconds;

The third place in the group was Slovenia's Osovnikal, with a time of 10 seconds;

The fourth place in the group was Neon host player Nobuharu Asahara, with a time of 10 seconds.

The remaining four players all had times outside of 10 seconds, and theoretically had no hope of advancing to the next round of semi-finals.

In the second group of the rematch, Tyson Gay was not affected by Asafa Powell's 10-second run in the previous group. Instead, he ran 10 seconds at his own pace, but he was also invincible in the group. Performance. Lao Yi's performance was very tenacious. In half a day, he adjusted his mentality better and ran a personal best time of 06 seconds under the wind speed of -0.5m/s.

But even so, he still failed to defeat the international masters in the same group. Marlon Devonish ranked second in 10 seconds, and Olusoki Fasuba ranked third in 13 seconds.

However, there is still hope of advancement. After all, the time of 10 seconds is still ranked second among the substitutes.

At 20:25, it was Hu Kai’s turn to compete in the third group of the semi-finals.

The moment he walked into the infield, Hu Kai was shocked by the stadium, which was as bright as daylight and the roaring noise of thousands of people.

Among the international and intercontinental events he has participated in in the past, whether it is the 05 Izmir Universiade or the 06 Doha Asian Games, their momentum cannot be compared with the Osaka World Championships in front of him.

Especially for the men's hammer throw final that will be held at 20:30 later, the neon crowd eager to witness Athens Olympic champion Koji Murofushi win at home not only filled the 5 seats at the venue, but also a large number of people Osaka citizens gathered in the square outside the stadium to wait for the arrival of the good news.

Under such circumstances, the Changju Land Arena turned into a huge furnace, and both the temperature and the atmosphere remained high.

After adjusting the starting block and conducting a test run, Hu Kai was able to take a look at his opponents in the same group.

Players who can hear the second shot of the World Championships may not perform well due to injuries or mentality reasons, but their strength under normal conditions cannot be underestimated, and they will not really be weak.

Because he came first in the group in the preliminaries, Hu Kai was assigned to lane 4. The lanes 5 and 6 next to him were the two masters Wen Hao was in the same group with in the morning: Kurandi Martina and Mark. Lewis.

The hard power of these two people is stronger than him. Unless they perform abnormally, Hu Kai knows that it will be difficult for him to grab the top two positions.

第1道是南非选手舍温·弗里斯，个人最佳10秒08，赛季最佳10秒27。

Lane 2 is American player J-Samuels, fifth in this year's US Championships, with a personal best of 10 seconds and a season's best of 08 seconds.

第3道是澳大利亚名将帕特里克·约翰逊，个人最佳9秒93，赛季最佳10秒17。

Lane 7 is Jamaican player Nesta Carter, whose personal best is 10 seconds created this season.

第8道是加拿大选手安森·亨利，个人最佳10秒12，赛季最佳10秒20。

Among these people, even the South African player Sherwin Freese, who performed the worst this season, was an absolute champion at the Chinese National Games the year before last.

There is no fuel-efficient lamp!
"Set——"

"Snapped--!"

After the starting gun sounded, Hu Kai started very quickly.

Although starting is not his strong point, Li Qing also told him before the game: You can try to press the gun in the first shot!
The purpose of pressing the gun is to exert the ultimate starting reaction, and sometimes this behavior may cause misunderstandings to opponents who are slow to react around you.

However, perhaps because Hu Kai had no experience in pressing the gun in the past, he triggered the pressure threshold of the starting block 0.092 seconds before firing the gun, directly causing a false start foul.

Fortunately, at this time, the IAAF has not yet implemented the "zero tolerance" rule for false starts, so the referee only gave a yellow card as a warning.

The gun was fired again. This time Hu Kai's starting reaction was 0.190 seconds, which was lower than the normal reaction data of 0.15~0.17 seconds. Unexpectedly, after the gun failed, he was put under pressure by himself.

Fortunately, he has rich competition experience, and he quickly adjusted, stabilized his mentality and fully accelerated. After entering the mid-running stage, Hu Kai still stabilized and was not pulled away by his opponents.

But after 60 meters, Maldina in lane 5 seemed to have stepped on a hot wheel. He left the other players behind in a "swish", and Hu Kai couldn't catch up even though he tried his best. Half a point.

Mark Lewis in lane 6 is indeed better than Hu Kai in terms of physical strength. In addition, Hu Kai made a slight mistake in his own start, so he was still slightly behind.

In the end, Hu Kai, Nesta Carter in lane 7, and Anson Henry in lane 8 hit the line almost at the same time, and it was completely difficult to tell the difference with the naked eye.

After the lesson of this game, Hu Kai also fully understood that when preparing to go on stage in the waiting room, Wen Hao would remind himself not to press the gun.

I have no experience in this area, so if I try to force the gun and it succeeds, it will be fine, but if I don't succeed, I will be the most stressed.

"Instead of deliberately pursuing the ultimate starting reaction, it is better to focus on improving the starting technology. The benefits brought by a smooth starting acceleration are often better than deliberately pressing the gun."

Wen Hao, Wen Hao, I have obviously been running for several years longer than you, but why do you know this truth so well?
With mixed emotions, Hu Kai saw the results of his group.

Wind speed: -0.6m/s
1 - Antilles - Kurandi Martina - 10.08 PB
2 – Great Britain – Mark Lewis – 10.15
3 – Jamaica – Nesta Carter – 10.19
4——China——Hu Kai——10.20
5 – Canada – Anson Henry – 10.20
6 - Australia - Patrick Johnson - 10.23
Bad news, I didn't make it to the top three in the group.

Good news, the replacement seat is temporarily ranked second.

However, in this way, Lao Yi was squeezed into the fourth place of the substitute seat, and was on the verge of elimination at any time.
(End of this chapter)