Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 225 A monster that cannot be guessed by common sense
After learning that Wen Hao had returned to the hotel, Feng Shuyong, Yu Weili and several other leaders of the national team and competition management center hurriedly finished their lunch and then appeared in the double suite where Wen Hao and Liu Xiang lived.

The leaders couldn't help but ignore it. After all, the men's 100 meters has always been the most valuable event in the Olympic Games and the World Track and Field Championships. Moreover, this gold medal also wiped out the embarrassment of the Chinese Army's failure to win gold in three consecutive World Track and Field Championships.

The last world championship gold medal for a Chinese player dates back to the 1999 World Championships in Seville. At that time, Liu Hongyu won the women's 20-kilometer race walking gold medal.

Regarding Wen Hao's gold medal feat, leaders from the General Administration of Sports and even an unspeakable hospital have sent condolences.

When Wen Hao returns to China after the World Championships, he will definitely be interviewed and praised by his superiors.

In fact, coming to praise and express condolences should have been done as early as the morning, but through Wen Hao's roommate Liu Xiang, they learned that he had not returned to the hotel at that time, and these leaders knew everything.

Wen Hao had already said hello in advance about spending the night outside. In addition, he had just won the heaviest gold medal in the men's 100 meters for the Chinese track and field team, so he turned a blind eye to the fact that he returned to the team at noon. One eye is closed.

After some commendations and condolences, and with Wenhao's ability to deal with it, the leaders left with satisfaction.

Wen Hao also returned to the training ground that evening to prepare for the men's 200-meter race that was about to start the next day.

During training in the evening, Zhang Peimeng and the others would inevitably be surrounded by each other, clamoring to see the gold medal. Wen Hao had already anticipated such a thing, so he took out the gift box containing the gold medal from his backpack and let everyone compete for it. Pass it on for reading and viewing.

As a sprinter and still living in this era, I can naturally deeply understand the weight of this gold medal.

In the past, let alone winning the World Championships, for the men's 100-meter event, the dream of Chinese sprinters was to break the 10-second mark and reach the final.

The goal is more realistic: chasing the 10-second Asian record of neon star Koji Ito and trying to reach the semifinals.

Judging from Wen Hao's current achievements, this goal is really a bit "humble", but after all, before Wen Hao was born, China's 100-meter national record was only 10 seconds 17, and he advanced to the second round of the World Championships. There are only a handful of players.

Now, in these short two years, Wen Hao has really used his miraculous deeds time and time again to teach all Chinese sprinters a unique practical lesson.

Perhaps, we do not have the talent to chase the heights that Wen Hao can reach, but at least his appearance proves that the limits of the Chinese people are far beyond what they once were.

Even if Wen Hao is ignored, Hu Kai, the current second person in China's 10 meters, also ran 16 seconds last year and this year.

Seeing the heated chat among the team members, Li Qing couldn't help but sigh, saying that if he had reached his current coaching level two years earlier and had Hu Kai receive more scientific training two years earlier, he would not be able to open the 10-second mark now. , there will definitely be no problem running at least 10 seconds.

After feeling sorry for Hu Kai, Li Qing encouraged the team members.

"You are all still at a great age when your abilities are rapidly improving. Now that people like Wen Hao are at the forefront, they have opened up a bright path for you. In the future, your limits will definitely be far beyond this."

"I hope that from now on, you will follow Wenhao's example and set clear goals in your mind. The goals you set do not need to be too ambitious. After all, you have to eat one bite at a time and walk the road step by step. If you take too big a step, you will lose your temper. "

"In the past few days, Coach Yuan and I have discussed with the leaders of the Competition Management Center and decided to set this year's winter training location in the United States. We will take you there to see the world and systematically understand what is truly modern. Exercise Science.”

Li Qing's chicken soup Wenhao had long been immune to it, but when he heard that this year's winter training location was in the United States, he still felt dazed for a while.

The precedent for Chinese sprinters to go to the United States for training began with Yang Yaozu in the spring of 05. In addition to him, there were also several young players from the Magic City track and field team who were judged to be quite talented.

But during that training trip to the United States, except for Yang Yaozu, who was among the best in Asia in terms of ability, the other team members were unable to withstand the intensity of training in the United States. After returning home, they suffered injuries and retired.

The training methods are completely Westernized all at once, and there is no buffering time and space at all. If there is no problem, then there is really a problem.

The current situation of the Chinese relay team is much better. It is coached by Li Qing, a scientific research coach who is at the forefront of theory, and Yuan Guoqiang, an experienced coach with both ability and political integrity.

In this way, the team members can have a more scientific and systematic training environment than in the past, and they will not have various maladaptive situations caused by rashly switching the training system.

In the previous life, the time when the Chinese relay team started training in the United States was after the 2012 London Olympics.

After going to the United States for training, the team members gained a lot. Zhang Peimeng's ability, which had always hovered between 10 and 2, jumped to the level of 10 or more. He ran into 3 five times in a single season. Within 10 seconds, it tied Koji Ito's record of 0 seconds for local Asian athletes. It was a moment of glory.

而苏炳天的进步也是非常明显，原本虽然也跑过10秒16刷新全国纪录，但常态下却是在10秒2~10秒3的范围飘忽不定。

After just changing his starting technique and slightly enhancing his strength and quality, Su Bingtian's strength in the 2013 season was basically stable within 10 seconds.

But when they went to the United States for training in their previous life, Zhang Peimeng was already approaching the age of 26, and Su Bingtian was also 23 years old. Although they were in the golden age group, they were still a little late.

At the moment, Zhang Peimeng is only 20 years old, Su Bingtian has just turned 18, and there are also 22-year-old Lao Yi and 19-year-old Liang Jiahong, who are all in their right years and will definitely have great potential in training in the United States!
The training camp in the evening started in a state of longing.

The next day, May 8.

The third day of the Osaka World Championships has arrived.

Last night, Wen Hao and Zhang Peimeng received blessings from Yang Yaozu in China.

In the men's 200-meter race at the original Osaka World Championships, there were three members of the Chinese track and field team who met the requirements: Wen Hao, Yang Yaozu, and Zhang Peimeng.

When Yang Yaozu won the bronze and set a PB at the Doha Asian Games last year with a time of 20 seconds, he was full of expectations for the Osaka World Championships.

Referring to the results of the past few world championships, he believes that if the training in the United States goes well and his strength can be improved, it seems that there is a chance to reach the 200-meter final in Osaka.

Unfortunately, a sudden pneumothorax ruined his World Championships and Olympic dreams.

Now, there is one less person participating in this project, only Wen Hao and Zhang Peimeng, who has reached the B mark.

Compared with the 100 meters, which requires a signed task confirmation form, the leaders of the General Administration and the Competition Management Center did not set performance and ranking requirements for Wen Hao in the 200 meters event.

In this era, the 200m was just a subsidiary event of the 100m and 400m. Due to the lack of famous athletes with enough influence, the level of attention and expectations was not even as high as that of Bekele's 5m and 1m.

Of course, the reason for this situation has a lot to do with a big boss named Michael Johnson.

At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Michael Johnson, who was known as "Forrest Gump" and famous for his "Tom Cat running style", miraculously ran a super time of 19 seconds and significantly refreshed the 32-meter world record. .

Although Michael Johnson had run a time of 19 seconds at the U.S. Championships more than a month ago, breaking the 66-meter world record, that result was still relatively normal in the eyes of the world.

But 19 seconds and 32 seconds improved the world record by 0.34 seconds in one go. It immediately reminded people of a man who once created a "miracle" at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics - Bob Beamon.

Before Bob Beamon, the world record for the long jump was only 8.35 meters, and it would increase slightly by a few centimeters every two or three years. The sports world at that time generally believed that it might take at least 10 years for the world record to exceed 8.5 meters. .

As a result, the world record of 8.35 meters only lasted for three years. Bob Beamon performed a "mythical jump" at the Mexico City Olympics, significantly breaking the world record with a score of 8.90 meters.

After Bob Beamon completed this "jump of the 21st century", the players in the same competition may have been cast a shadow in their hearts, and they all performed abnormally in the next few jumps. No one jumped better than before. Better results have also created a word - Beamon Obstacle. After Michael Johnson ran an astonishing super time of 1996 seconds at the 19 Atlanta Olympics, no athlete has broken the 32 mark again for several years, including Michael Johnson himself.

Bob Beamon's 8.90-meter long jump world record remained for 23 years before it was broken by Michael Powell at the 1991 World Championships in Beijing. It was also the most exciting century showdown in the history of the long jump.

Based on the deeds of Bob Beamon, many experts believe that it will take at least 19 years to break Michael Johnson's 32-meter world record of 200 seconds.

The change curve of the 100-meter world record in the past ten years has also strengthened the views of statistical experts from the side.

“人类至少需要20年的时间，才有可能在200米项目上跑进19秒30；至少需要40年的时间，才能在100米项目上跑进9秒60。”

至于百米9秒70的关口，忽略本·约翰逊这个大药王的话，以莫里斯·格林在1999年创造9秒79世界纪录为节点，经过8年的时间终于被文浩刷新到了9秒76。

这么一算的话，按照统计学专家们的预测，人类想要在100米项目上从9秒80大关提升至9秒70大关，确实需要20年左右的时间。

Of course, this view has now been questioned by many top sprint coaches. For no reason, just because Wen Hao is still under 20 years old!
Based on the feat of winning the World Championships, people now increasingly believe that with Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay chasing after him, Wen Hao may be able to push the human limit to the 9 mark. shortened to about 70 years.

But what people today don't know is that Wen Hao's progress speed is simply impossible to predict using common sense.

What he didn't even know was that besides Wen Hao, there was another person who couldn't use common sense to guess like him.

And this person, like Wen Hao, has now come to live in the land arena.

In the waiting room, Wen Hao was watching the 200-meter preliminaries in the stadium on the TV.

There are not many competition events this morning. The first one is the men's 200-meter preliminaries, followed by the women's 100-meter hurdles semi-finals, the men's 400-meter preliminaries and the women's 400-meter hurdles semi-finals. It will be "finished" around 11 o'clock.

During the men's 200-meter preliminaries in the morning, although there were less than 2 spectators present, when Wen Hao appeared in the fifth group, the cheers given by the audience were still very enthusiastic, even overshadowing those who appeared in the third group. The host player Shingo Suetsugu.

This is also a characteristic of Neon. After all, the ranking gap between Wenhao and Shenwu Suxu is roughly equivalent to the ranking gap between Justin Gatlin and Su Bingtian at the Yanjing World Championships in the previous life 15 years ago. .

Although Justin Gatlin has a doping scandal, the Chinese audience still gives him great respect. However, even so, the cheers he received still did not suppress Su Bingtian, who was the host player.

It can only be said that Neon indeed admires the strong too much.

But this is from a rational perspective. From Wen Hao's own perspective, he feels very happy!
In the land of Neon, the popularity of Neon has suppressed the local athletes of Neon, and even this athlete was once a famous athlete at the Asian dominance level. If you want to feel unhappy about this feeling, it must be against your will.

Based on this, Wen Hao is even more looking forward to the scene in the finals.

There are many old acquaintances in the men's 200m preliminaries, including Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt, Spearmon, Martina, and Shingo Suetsugu.
And these powerful old acquaintances all won the preliminaries very easily.

Wen Hao himself ran 20.36 (+0.7m/s) in the fifth group to advance to the semi-finals. Zhang Peimeng ran against Gao Ping Shenshi in the first group and ran 20.73 (+0.2m/s). ) achieved first place in the group.

Time flew by at 19:30 in the evening, and the men's 200-meter rematch officially started as tonight's opening event.

This time, the organizing committee did not specifically arrange Wenhao to appear in the last group for the sake of ratings, but placed him in the first group of the rematch.

The overall strength of this group is not weak.

牙买加锦标赛的亚军得主克里斯托弗·威廉姆斯，曾在2000年的悉尼奥运会上获得过4×400米银牌，并且还是2001年埃德蒙顿世锦赛的200米亚军得主，个人最好成绩20秒02。

In addition, Zimbabwe’s Brian Zingai and Tedoba’s Brendan Christian are also strong sprinters.

In comparison, Neon player Takahira Shinji, who was also assigned to the first group, suddenly seemed quite weak.

In order to compete for the place to directly qualify, the three masters from Jamaica, Tedoba and Zimbabwe really tried their best, but their current abilities really couldn't put any pressure on Wenhao.

In the end, Wen Hao continued to top the group with a score of 20.12 (+0.3m/s) and successfully advanced to the semi-finals on the evening of the 29th. The other two who received direct promotion places were Williams and Christian.

In the second group of the semi-finals, Bolt won the first place in the group in 20 seconds and advanced. The other two players who got direct promotion places were Spearmon and Maldina.

In the third group of the semi-finals, Tyson Gay won the first place in the group in 20 seconds and advanced. The other two players who got direct qualifications were Anderson (Jamaica) and Shingo Suetsugu.

Compared with the first three groups, the ending of the fourth group in the rematch was full of suspense.

In this group, Zhang Peimeng has to face Rodney Martin, the third runner-up in the national selection, Paul Hesse, the Irish national record holder, Gusis, the Greek champion, Baynes, the German championship champion, and Patrick, the Australian star. Johnson.

For Zhang Peimeng, this is a tough battle.

However, even if he fails to advance to the semi-finals, his mission has been completed. The requirement of the General Administration and the Competition Management Center is to advance to the semi-finals.

After the starting gun sounded, Zhang Peimeng's starting reaction was very fast, only 0.125 seconds.

This is also a major feature of Zhang Peimeng. His pure running acceleration ability is not very strong, not as good as Su Bingtian's cadence talent, but his reaction ability is quite excellent.

As expected before the game, it was really difficult to tell which group was stronger and which was weaker in the curves. When they were about to enter the straight, except for the Portuguese and Russian players who were actually weaker, the other six players almost showed In a row.

In the straight section where speed and endurance were tested, Zhang Peimeng began to gradually fall behind other players, but the margin was not large and the gap was not widened.

In the end, Rodney Martin unsurprisingly won the first place in the group, followed by Paul Hesse and Gussis in second and third place respectively.

章培萌则落后跑出20秒52的德国选手贝恩斯0.05秒，以20秒57的成绩排在了小组第五。

Although he failed to advance to the semi-finals and his overall ranking in the rematch was not as good as Lao Yi's performance in the 100 meters, Zhang Peimeng still set a new personal best, which can be considered a gain.

However, it was precisely because of this game that Li Qing discovered a problem: the main direction of the training plan he made for Zhang Peimeng was 200 meters, but more than a year later, Zhang Peimeng's speed endurance ability is still Something is lacking.

Although there is indeed a factor in Zhang Peimeng's laziness in training, repeated competition and training data show that the 200 meters does not seem to be suitable as his main event.

Especially the night before yesterday, after witnessing Wen Hao's feat of defeating the American and Teeth duo to win Asia's first 100-meter gold medal, Zhang Peimeng tried his best to change the event.

In this way, Li Qing really had to start to hesitate.

Is Zhang Peimeng going all the way in the 200-meter event?

Or should we let him try to make the 100 meters his main event?

(End of this chapter)