End of May.
The Big Apple, New York City.
Now there is no final showdown between several generals. This is the accumulation of momentum. Usually, such super masters will not face each other too many times in a season. Especially when facing the OOW competition, you need to accumulate status and self-confidence. Self-confidence and momentum may seem weak, but how effective they actually are. Ask Asafa Powell and he will tell you the most sincere answer.
This race was held in New York, a new venue in the Big Apple, on a brand new track.
But it is not the latest high-speed runway, because the construction of high-speed runways is still relatively expensive.
And let’s not talk about Mondo’s high-elastic track. This is the best track supplier in the world, and there is not even one of them now. Since it is the best price, it will not be cheap. Ordinary stadiums do not cost so much. , which is also human nature. The Aikan Stadium is being renovated this year, so this year's Reebok Grand Prix will be temporarily moved to the stadium here.
During this game, Su Shen and the others saw old acquaintances when they came over.
Jamaica's current second-line players are Carter, Michael Flatt, Lenone Clark, and Yohan Blake.
To be honest, among the second-line players, this group of people are all ten-breakers or future ten-breakers. This talent reserve is really terrifying. In terms of thickness, it is estimated that only America, the current track and field kingdom, can be compared.
After completing the registration and pre-match inspections, Su Shen and the others began to enter the venue and adapt to the venue.
Nowadays, everyone is familiar with this kind of competition. Everyone is very agile and does not feel any discomfort.
Entering the venue, the American team is now on one side, and the Stars and Stripes are particularly eye-catching. Although they are not very harmonious internally, they are consistent and maintain the pride of América externally. Next is Jamaica. They are the sprint team that has had the greatest impact on the United States since the beginning of the 21st century. The explosion of talents has also made the American team feel unprecedented pressure.
Next is...the flower growers' representative team.
Unknowingly, the flower grower team indeed has such qualifications.
Two finalists in the Olympic Games and the World Championships are a strong guarantee. Secondly, there are several strongmen from Trinidad and Tobago who are on the same level as the flower growers. This constitutes the same level. At present, these are the four main camps of the World Championships. Although the others are also powerful, they are weak and weak, which makes them less interesting.
These camps are basically double insurance or even triple insurance, and they are a fierce group.
"Hey, Su, Zhao." Seeing Su Shen and others coming to adapt to the venue, Jamaica took the initiative to say hello.
It may be that these people in Jamaica have relatively good relations with the flower growers, so they have a vague intention of joining forces. Trinidad and Tobago seemed a little more indifferent, but they were more friendly with the American team.
This may be because Jamaica is a small country. Although there have been strong sprinters in the past, such a strong sprinter is still rare in the world. This has aroused the hostility of these old and powerful track and field countries. Not to mention flower growers, not to mention ideological issues, just the three words "flower growers", "yellow skin" and "Asian" make them even more hostile to these European and American countries.
After all, Jamaica is also from the Omi side, with blacks and whites. Although it doesn't feel good that they are so powerful, they are still "competing among themselves". But when florists join in, that's something else.
It has touched on something deeper beyond the runway.
Therefore, only Jamaica can have a little sympathy with the flower growers, a little "sympathizing with each other".
If they are both enemies, then the enemy of the enemy is a friend, not to mention that because of Su Shen, the personal relationship between the two parties is indeed online.
Even Carter touched the chest with Su Shen. Although he still said "I have made progress again", it was a conversation between friends. However, Noone Clark is a bit unfamiliar here, not because he is a young newcomer. He is actually born in 1981 and is 28 years old this year. He has always been tepid before. In the running world of Jamaica in this era, If you run a regular score of 10.20+, you won't get the same attention as in China.
It is even more impossible to be the boss.
At one time, many people even believed that Lainone Clark was just cannon fodder and would remain so for the rest of his life.
But Su Shen knows that this guy is still a bit of a "late bloomer". This year is the first time he has broken ten. It's a pity that in a place like Jamaica, let alone breaking ten, you don't dare to say that you haven't opened 9.90s now. You can definitely participate in one of OW's three A-level qualifications.
And at the beginning of this year, Noone Clark was actually not in good condition. He had a lot of scores of 10.20+~10.30+, which were not good-looking at all, and it was impossible to see that he would break ten. Therefore, at this time, he came to experience the game as a "cannon fodder", and not many people saw it.
When greeting everyone, he also seemed more reserved on the side, as if he felt it was difficult for him to integrate into this circle.
After all, these people are all seniors who have broken ten, and they are not the kind of people who have just broken ten. He, a person with 10.20+~10.30+, really can't get in touch. On the other hand, Blake, because he is familiar with Su Shen and others, and the momentum this year is relatively strong, he can still come up and have a few words, so that he will not be unable to connect with each other.
"Usain and the others didn't come?" Zhao Haohuan seemed a little regretful. He still wanted to compete with stronger masters before the game.
After all, he now needs a legal result to stimulate his condition.
"Zhao, don't just look at Usain and Asafa." Nesta Carter said a little unconvinced: "There are also people here who have made great progress this year."
Zhao Haohuan was stunned and subconsciously asked: "Who?"
Carter suddenly became a little "annoyed" and said, "That's me!"
Zhao Haohuan looked at Carter, somewhat uninterested, and just responded casually, forgetting it.
Carter is actually very capable this year, running 9.80+ during training, but...
Again.
Training is training. If you can run 9 seconds in training, if you can only run 10 seconds in a competition, you are still capable of running 10 seconds. No one will take your so-called training results seriously, and history will not record them. This year, Carter may have improved his training strength a lot, and he always wanted to be a big winner in the competition, but the result...it backfired.
Thinking too much leads to the fact that in the end, one's original strength cannot be used.
He blocked himself in place.
He won't completely solve this problem until next year.
As for Blake, he has already achieved two times within 10.10s this year.
And they are all legal results. To be honest, his strong stamina this year may be completely stimulated by the rise of Su Shen and the others and the outbreak of Bolt. Blake in this timeline is definitely growing faster than before. on the timeline. Looking at it this way, he was originally going to break ten this year, but now he probably won't have to run away.
There may be more.
Don’t forget, before Bromel, Blake was also the youngest ten-breaker in history.
Now that he has seen Su Shen and the others break through one after another, Blake has also been stimulated, and his desire to break through is countless times stronger than on the original timeline.
"I will definitely complete the legal break this year." Blake looked at Su Shen and said: "I will definitely catch up with you."
Su Shen had never doubted Blake's potential. He nodded seriously this time and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you to catch up, and then we'll have a showdown."
"No, this year, today I will have a showdown with you." Blake has been playing soy sauce for several years, and he really can't hold it in anymore. After feeling that his strength has made great progress, he immediately wants to fight Su Let’s have a good showdown with God, our old rival.
However, Su Shen smiled and shook his head: "Today? I'm afraid it won't be possible even this year."
"You still need to continue to grow. You are not strong enough this year."
"I'm not looking down on you Youhan, but now our goal is 9.80+. If you are just an ordinary ten-breaker, there is still a certain distance from us. I don't doubt whether you can do it in the future, but Now, you’re not good enough.”
Su Shen smiled, stopped Blake, and said, "The people over at America are eyeing us."
"How about we discuss it and squeeze all the American veterans out of the medal positions in this competition?"
"It's not impossible if Gai Yin doesn't come." Carter was interested in Su Shen's special expression and seconded his opinion.
"Americans are so arrogant. They don't even think about it. It's the era of Jamaica now. They think they are in the era of Lewis. I agree." Michael Flatt said.
"Then it's settled." Su Shen said, bumped fists with several people, and said, "Whoever loses will post a shit on Twitter."
"no problem."
"Can."
"okay~"
Now, after another year of brutal growth abroad, Twitter has become more "expanded" and its user base has increased significantly.
Celebrities now set up social media accounts and interact online.
The future is the era of the Internet, and this trend is irreversible, so this must be done.
The treatment of both parties in the United States is not very good. Except for Green, most of them are implementing the American Track and Field Association's strategy to suppress the flower growers and Jamaica.
The old guy Lewis even declared that he would let all these outsiders in the Big Apple know how powerful the United States, the kingdom of track and field, is.
Lewis is really a model of obsession. He is a "King of Medicine", and he actually has the nerve to criticize Bolt and Su Shen at the same time, as if he can win by himself.
In response to such words, Bolt said: "If I ask him to run ten meters, he can't win."
The naked contempt made Lewis feel ashamed.
Su Shen wrote lightly: "If drug testing were stricter, it would definitely be much easier to beat him than Bolt."
If Lewis, an old boy, talks about others, he must be prepared to be counterattacked.
The key is that he, the "ambassador for doping and anti-doping", has a lot of dirt on his own.
Who would tolerate him?
Bolt and Su Shen will not discuss it, they are just the same person.
Not used to it.
…
The next day, preparations for the preliminaries began.
Because there are so many people, the two-gun system is still used, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
As long as it is not a "high-intensity multi-gun system", it is actually not a problem at all for seeded players.
Besides, Su Shen also had his own purpose for coming here this time. He wanted to take advantage of the strong winds in New York and Eugene to push the limits of the human body.
Rush through the barrier gate at 9.80s.
As long as it is turned on, then you may run faster. After all, this year's Berlin is not last year's Bird's Nest, and there is no quiet wind mode there.
Su Shen is in the third group, Zhao Haohuan is in the fourth group, and Lao Yi is in the first group.
After breaking through ten seconds, 0.01 is a small hurdle, and 0.1 is a big threshold.
At this point, everyone now understands that the so-called gentleman is good at fake things and does not borrow power when he has power. That is a fool.
Because being able to draw on the power of the momentum of heaven and earth is inherently a human ability.
It is also an ability of athletes.
After all, there are still hundreds of people who break ten, but when it comes to 9.80+, especially above 9.85s, they are very few.
"The Sword Comes"
This result is not something you can just run if you want to.
As of 2022, the people who can achieve this result on the original timeline will all be in the top twenty ruthless people.
A score of around 9.85s used to be the score of an Olympic champion, but in this era, with the explosion of talent and the emergence of Usain Bolt, it seems less "valuable".
The same is true for Zhao Haohuan. The more times he hits 9.80+, regardless of whether it is a full wind speed result, the more confident he will be in the 9.80+ range and the more he feels "nothing more than that". When the mentality changes, the person's competitive state will actually change along with it.
Carter played in the first group, and in the same group was Lenone Clark of the Jamaican team.
Together with LeRoyin Dixon of the American team and Dwight Phillips, a master of long jump and sprinter, the four seeds in this group are formed.
The American team does have a strong talent pool. Just with a score of less than 10.0x, nearly 20 people can be found this year.
If you put this concept in other countries, it may be directly related to the strength of the national record holder.
They can find about 20 players in a season.
Including some cheaters, such as Dwight Phillips, the long jump champion, but he can run 10.0x in the 100 meters. Talk about irritating people but not irritating people.
In the past, the strength of the American team was indeed indestructible, and even the best players from other countries might not be able to match it. But since 2008, the situation has changed.
Jamaica has risen.
Opposite LeRoyin Dixon of the United States team and Dwight Phillips, a master of long jump and sprinter, Jamaica gave a loyal blow. Carter went there to be first in the group. This shot ran a time of 9.99 seconds. , New York's strong winds are an everyday thing. Don't think that America will be any better. There is no windshield, and the same strong wind blows and blows my pride and indulgence.
1.5m/s wind speed, just drizzle, normal operation.
Carter can run 9.91s this year, and he is still very strong. Coupled with the "butterfly effect", in order to catch up with Su Shen, who knows if he will become more persistent. Someone broke 10 in the first shot. Is this really true? Are the results of breaking 10 becoming more and more "worthless"?
In the past, regardless of the wind speed, an athlete's lifelong pursuit might be to break ten seconds once.
Now, it has reached this point, and the preliminaries have been broken.
World Dash has truly entered a new stage.
The first place is Carter, what about the second place?
Is second place going to Team USA’s Leroy Dixon or Dwight Phillips?
The result is... neither.
The second place is Lenone Clark of the Jamaican team!
He ran 10.05s in this game.
It can be said to be a blockbuster.
Although it was a strong wind of 1.5 meters, although it still did not break ten, for him, it was already very good.
Even his head coach looked a little stunned, and after a while he started to raise his arms in celebration.
Carter himself didn't seem to have thought that his compatriot, who always runs between 10.20 and 10.30, would suddenly break out and run this result. Although looking at the slow motion, he should have gone all out, and it’s hard to say what result he will get from that shot in the afternoon, but this is just a grand prix, and being able to achieve his own PB breakthrough and state breakthrough may be the most important thing. heavy.
Lenone Clark didn't even expect that after seeing the results, he jumped up.
He even rushed over and hugged Carter in his arms.
Poor Carter, who was only a little over 1.7 meters tall, almost lost his feet directly off the surface of the earth.
Of course, he was also happy for his teammates' sudden outburst.
Anyway, it doesn't threaten me, so I'm really happy from the bottom of my heart.
Since there are four groups, the top two in each group will be selected to advance to the finals. The top two in this group are already Carter + Lenone Clark, so naturally the rest will lose their chance.
If two guns are used to make four groups, there is no such thing as small Q.
In other words, America's Leroy Dixon or Dwight Phillips were both eliminated in the first shot.
Both flip over.
One only ran 10.32s, and the other only ran 10.06s.
In the end, both players were eliminated, and America's men were double-killed by Jamaica on the first shot.
Dwight Phillips, who ran a good time of 10.06s, was a little unbelievable that he was eliminated in the first round of this game.
With a time of 10.06s, can’t you make it to the finals?
Volume, really too volume.
LeRoyin Dixon was too careless, and his start was not particularly smooth. In the last 10.32 seconds, he really fell short of standard. However, this situation is not unusual. After all, everyone has bad situations, and everyone has "Waterloo". LeRoyin Dixon could only accept the fate of being eliminated.
"Let me go, at the beginning, two America 10.0x athletes were eliminated." There was no live broadcast of this game in China, so those who wanted to watch it had to go online to watch it. But obviously, this is not a problem for some of our domestic masters.
As soon as this remark was turned around, it immediately triggered discussions on post bars and forums.
[Just released, I would like to ask, has world athletics developed to this level now? 10.0x can’t even pass the first round? 】
[Brothers upstairs, this is the era of 9.60+. You have missed too much. 】
[Why was my brother imprisoned? 】
[I poured a glass of wine for my daughter-in-law and best friend, who was then released from confinement. 】
【……】
…
Lao Yi played in the second group.
Joining him on the court is Jamaican player Michael Flatt.
In addition, there are two players on the American team named Terrell Kimmons and Ahmed Rush.
Terrell Kimmons is a pure prospect and America's first hitter for a while, but he's not at his peak this year. This year's shot against the wind is 10.16s, and the best hard power should be within 10.10s. Ahmed Rash is similar, with a strength of about 10.10s this year. And this strength is already relatively poor. I have to praise America's track and field talent again.
This game was broadcast live on ESPN, and the host claimed that one of America's cards should be able to enter in this group.
But on Twitter, Green participated in an online live broadcast, where he expressed a different view.
He believed that if this shot did not run well, the entire army would probably be wiped out again.
Last year, the score of work and rest was within 10.10s. Michael Frater was originally a ten-breaker, but there are some problems with his condition this year, but the camel is also bigger than the horse. Looking at it from this point of view, in fact, the two players of the American team are not only There is no advantage, but the prospect of promotion is somewhat in jeopardy.
"onyourmarks."
"set."
Yuan Guoqiang comforted Lao Yi before taking the field, but it was not necessary because Lao Yi had always had excellent mental quality in competitions.
Facing a foreign war, I never felt weak.
And with the help of the venue and strong wind in the United States, it is not unknown to work and rest.
You can’t rely too much on wind speed, but you can’t be so stupid that you don’t use wind speed.
Anyone who is a core member of Ersha Island now understands this truth.
Moreover, in the International Bureau, it is easy to stimulate one's own fighting spirit. The confrontation between different skin colors and nationalities will naturally provide additional momentum and blessing.
[Come on, Lao Danniu! 】
[Try to get rid of the Americans! 】
[Lao Daniu, charge!
! 】
Because the live broadcast can be seen on the Internet, many people still follow the real-time posts below and cheer for their athletes on the Internet from a distance.
This is also a new characteristic that distinguishes the Internet era from the traditional media era.
Zhao Haohuan and Su Shen were not nervous at all, because they knew that Lao Yi would definitely go all out and would never be lenient.
Peng————————————————————
After the game started, Terrell Kimmons of the American team rushed the most fiercely. He is a strong man with a promising running method. He relied on his ability to force his way into the American national relay team. There is no doubt about his ability, especially his ability to start and accelerate.
But he was not slow in work and rest. He was in third place after starting, and his reaction to this shot was not too fast.
Giving American Ahmed Rush the chance to get in front.
However, the situation soon turned around, with work and rest accelerating smoothly, and the work and rest after Qiancheng was strengthened again. Although the front is not as good as the pure Qiancheng strongman, it is already very good, 6.50+ without pressure. And for this shot, he felt that the people in the American team would definitely be good and should not be taken lightly. In addition, it was difficult for him to outrun Michael Flatt of Jamaica, so he had to win the second place.
Full output.
After picking up speed in the acceleration zone, he quickly overtook Ahmed Rash in front.
Lao Yi has 10.0x hard power this year, which is definitely much better than Ahmed Rash.
After looking up and running on the way, there was a sound of spikes in the right aisle. This must be the Jamaican player Michael Flatt coming up. It is true that Michael Flatt's condition this year is not as good as last year, but a lean camel is bigger than a horse. He should still have the hard power of 10 seconds when he goes all out. This ability is not a ten-breaker, and it cannot be defeated.
This is also the reason why Lao Yi's shot was ready to explode from the beginning and compete for second place.
A person who can run against the wind for about 10 seconds is, realistically, difficult to fight against, so it is better to compete for second place.
As a result, the running on the road became more enjoyable to watch. Michael Flatt was chasing forward, and Lao Yi was accelerating with all his strength. The two of them were running, and they were actually around fifty meters away. After six seconds of bursting, they were facing each other at top speed. On.
Although Lao Yi knows that his current physical strength is not as good as Michael Flatt, this does not mean that he will be completely defenseless.
In fact, Lao Yi is also a person who has reached 10.0x strength and is not so easily defeated.
If it were Michael Flatt last year, it would indeed be possible to suppress work and rest easily, but this year's Michael Flatt is in poor condition, so it really doesn't mean that he can easily tolerate work and rest.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
The two of them were on fire on the track, and the spectators around them cheered and cheered as the speed increased.
But the rest of the American team had...a frown on their face.
Lao Yi is now fully engaged in fighting Flatt, but he has actually overlooked one problem, that is... Terrell Kimmons of the American team suddenly disappeared.
In fact, even Terrell Kimmons didn't run very well with this shot. He rushed too hard in front. After bursting out at top speed on the way, his strength was a bit insufficient. He was left and left by Lao Yi and Michael Flatt. Right, just surpassed the past.
Because the two people were focused on each other, they subconsciously ignored the existence of Terrell Kimmons.
This was definitely one of the darkest days in Terrell Kimmons' sprint career, facing foreign runners.
The biggest problem with Terrell Kimmons is that he is easily led to the rhythm, which is why he focuses on the future.
Once he is overtaken or overtaken, he will easily become scattered and unable to display his original abilities.
Lao Yi and Michael Flatt rushed to the last twenty meters.
In fact, Michael Flatt had already sensed something was wrong, because the sound of spikes from behind was almost silent, which meant that there was no pursuer behind. In this case, why are you working so hard with Lao Yi in the preliminaries?
As experienced as he was, he gave up quickly.
Let Lao Yi rush to the front alone.
Lao Yi was also stunned.
I didn't expect that I would shake off Michael Flatt so suddenly. This was obviously illogical.
With a glance from the corner of his eye, he understood immediately, but because he charged so hard with this shot, he couldn't hold it back even if he tried to hold it back.
The only option is not to press the line and just go through.
10.05s.
This time it was 10.05s of legal wind speed.
Under the wind speed of 1.0m/s, Laoyi successfully refreshed his 100-meter PB.
Although it was only the preliminaries, which was a bit of a waste of energy, but...how did he know that American players were so "bad"?
I thought it would be a tough battle for second place, but in the end, I won so easily.
If he had known earlier, he would never have rushed so hard in the preliminaries.
But fortunately the pb has been refreshed, so that’s pretty good.
The final result came out, first in work and rest, 10.05s.
Michael Flatt was second, 10.10s.
Terrell Kimmons third, 10.18s.
Ahmed Rash fourth…
Who knows.
The American team actually stretched their hips like this this time.
Two more people didn't go in.
Once again, the entire group was wiped out.
At this time, Zhao Haohuan couldn't help but feel happy, and said: "You must have no problem with this shot, just look at that Jamaican boy."
"We are not on the American team's territory, so none of them can make it to the finals."
"That would be really funny."
After hearing this, Su Shen turned around and said with a smile: "What a suggestion."
"why not."
"Just give it a try."
After saying that, he twisted his body, moved his joints, and walked towards his own track.
ps: The two chapters are combined into one chapter, so they will not be published separately~~~~~~~~~~~
Let's try it out tomorrow~~~~~~~
Go, go, go!
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