"Liu Xiang is the greatest men's hurdler of my generation." This was the emotion expressed by "Macho Man" Oliver in an interview with Reuters before the Diamond League in Eugene, USA on June 2.
Reuters said in the article "Hurdlers rematch in Eugene"——————
On May 16, after a perfect season in 2010, the famous American men's 110-meter hurdler, who is strong and confident, has an uncertain future in 2011. For example, at the Magic City Diamond League, he encountered a strong blocker from the world record holder Liu Xiang, who also used the seven-step hurdle. Liu Xiang's new technology ended Oliver's past 19-game winning streak.
This Saturday at Eugene Hayward Stadium in Oregon, the trio of Oliver, Liu Xiang, and Robles will compete in one of the highest-level leagues, Eugene.
Although Oliver missed a good opportunity to defeat Liu Xiang in Shanghai and had his winning streak interrupted at the beginning of this season, he still hopes to compete with Liu Xiang and Robles for his first victory at the Daegu World Championships in August. World Championship title.
"It's just one game and we won't change the game plan because of nerves." Oliver said: "Since my calf injury in 2009, after rehab, my performance has improved a lot, and I have been in the track and field world. It proved my worth, but I still need more. That’s why we treat every game as a world championship.”
Although Oliver's performance has been slow to improve this season, he is still performing high-intensity exercises such as the power press, 300 meters, 200 meters and 100 meters, and his team has shown that these performances are better than those in late May of previous years.
Therefore, even when facing Liu Xiang and Robles, he would not be afraid at all.
"Oliver is the best sprinter this year." Oliver's coach Johnson said to the media.
He seemed very confident and was not affected by the failure in Magic City.
This is Eugene, this is America, and naturally it is Oliver’s home field, and the promotion is mainly focused on him.
Seeing Oliver's news constantly playing on the big screen, everyone was anxiously waiting for Liu Xiang to appear.
Finally, the athletes began to enter.
In the first lane, American player Eaton had a PB of 13.52 seconds and a SB of 13.52 seconds.
In the second lane, American player Ash had a PB of 13.19 seconds and a SB of 13.44 seconds.
In the third lane, American player Merritt had a PB of 13.09 seconds and a SB of 13.24 seconds.
In the fourth lane, Liu Xiang, a flower grower, had a PB of 12.85 seconds and a SB of 13.05 seconds.
Lane 5, American Oliver, PB 12 seconds 89 and SB 13 seconds 14.
Lane 6, Kitty Eagle Turner, PB13 seconds and SB2713 seconds 28.
In the seventh lane, American Ryan, PB13.02 seconds and SB13.61 seconds.
In the eighth lane, flower grower Shi Dongpeng had a PB of 13.14 seconds and a SB of 13.38 seconds.
"Let us hope that Liu Xiang will be in good competition condition." After Yang Jian finished speaking, the countdown to the game began.
Because Liu Xiang defeated Oliver more than a week ago and personally interrupted Oliver's 20-game winning streak at home.
He also used such a legendary confrontation to get his first shot of the season off to a good start.
It's good to win, but winning over Oliver like this will still make many people who don't quite understand in their hearts suddenly fall into fantasy and fanaticism again. They believe that Liu Xiang will win with this shot and will quickly return to the super level of 12.85s.
In fact, this is completely impossible.
Even if Liu Xiang had not suffered a serious injury, he would not have given his all in such a game.
Competitive sports require adjustments to the state, and it is difficult to maintain the best state all the time. Forcibly doing so will put too much load on the body.
It's just that in this era, few people really know about it.
Relevant knowledge is too scarce.
"on your marks."
"set."
"Ah Tian, do you think Brother Xiang can win?" Zhou Bing asked, but Su Shen did not answer directly this time.
I just wanted to say that it is difficult to predict the outcome until the end of the game.
Oliver is able to win so many games in a row, and it is not a parallel import. Some time ago, the burden of winning streak was too heavy, but now this extra burden has been relieved, and maybe his mentality can be adjusted soon.
In fact, when he said this, he was already saying that Liu Xiang might not win this game.
But now everyone also hopes that Liu Xiang will win consecutively, so he shouldn't be too straightforward.
Bang——————————————
"Game start!"
"Liu Xiang started smoothly and his seven steps on the hurdles were very good!"
"Be the first to attack the first hurdle! I have a slight advantage in the first hurdle! But Oliver's start is also good!"
"Oliver accelerated, he... overtook Liu Xiang!"
As expected, Oliver no longer had any psychological burden and could travel lightly, and the overall rhythm was much more stable than that of the Demon City.
There was no rhythm disorder just because Liu Xiang was the first to cross the hurdle.
I really think that someone who can win nearly twenty games in a row is an ordinary person.
Oliver can be called an "uncrowned king" in his short history.
The performance and hard skills are both quite excellent.
Definitely not an ordinary opponent.
"But Oliver hit the hurdles! Liu Xiang still has a chance, just seize the opportunity. That's Liu Xiang's strength!" Yang Jian said quickly in a hurried tone. It could be seen that Liu Xiang was a little anxious when he went from leading to falling behind. .
Although Oliver kept hitting obstacles while running, his high-speed progress... remained unchanged!
It actually made Liu Xiang, who was not weak in running ability, gradually fall behind.
People with strong bodies can actually maintain a good speed even if they kick over the hurdle when doing short strides.
The former Alan Johnson was a typical example.
Oliver wasn't afraid of this either.
If it's overturned, it's overturned. If America's short-spanner doesn't overturn a few hurdles, then it's really weird.
"Oliver is fast, Liu Xiang wants to come on, and he overturned the hurdle again! Liu Xiang, come on, this is your chance!"
Yes, Oliver still knocked over the 9th hurdle when he crossed it. This was already the second hurdle that had been knocked over in this game.
But...Liu Xiang has never been able to seize the opportunity to achieve transcendence.
It's not that Liu Xiang can't run fast, it's that this shot of Oliver... was too fast.
In great condition.
In the final sprint, Oliver reached the finish line at incredible speed.
Liu Xiang is in second place, still about 2 positions behind.
"Liu Xiang, come on, Liu Xiang..."
“Crush the line!!!”
"Alas, it was a little bit worse in the end." Yang Jian said regretfully: "This time, Oliver succeeded in revenge at home."
"Winning back the diamond champion who was defeated by Liu Xiang in the Magic City."
Although Liu Xiang only finished second, his starting reaction was good news. With a time of 0.127 seconds, he was on par with Turner, the Little Eagle country athlete, while Oliver ranked third with a time of 0.139 seconds, and this time In the first hurdle, he also started to attack first. This was equivalent to Liu Xiang surpassing Oliver's start in two consecutive stops. It seems that after the key technical step of "8 steps to 7 steps", Liu Xiang's starting reaction has reached a considerable level.
As coaches, this is what they pay more attention to.
Otherwise, if you win the championship in the small competition and fail to achieve the effect of winter training, it will be meaningless.
Because Liu Xiang is still heading towards the OW competition, or the Olympics.
Until then, these serve as a "warm-up."
As long as it can achieve staged results.
Moreover, Oliver’s score is absolutely historic——12.94s.
What else can you say?
Liu Xiang's shot actually lasted 13 seconds. Compared with the Magic City, his performance was once again improved by a level.
Nothing bad.
It's just that the opponent's shot made him run better.
"12.94?" Yang Jian was a little surprised when he saw the result. In the end, he could only say helplessly: "After running this result, it will be difficult for you to lose the game. In this game, Liu Xiang has already run faster than Modu." It’s better, but we still lost, and it’s not unjust.”
Regarding the time of 13.00 seconds, Liu Xiang said in a quick interview after the game that he commented on himself: "I am very satisfied with the whole process, but the technical and tactical arrangements in the second half were not very good, especially in the sprint. At that time, I felt that I was a little impatient, and my greed for speed messed up my speed." Although I only got second place, this 13-second time not only set Liu Xiang's highest record this season, but also the first time since Liu Xiang was injured. Best record ever.
After all, even half a foot is within the 13-second threshold.
Once again, we are only one step away from the world's top players.
I'm actually very happy to have achieved this result," Liu Xiang hugged Oliver calmly, and then continued: "But my foot injury just hurt a little bit, so I didn't dare to go all out in the competition. I want to do it now. I went to check it out. Sorry everyone, I’ll talk about the press conference later. "
Judging from the current level of training, this result is already very good. After the game, Sun Haiping also commented: "The reason for losing the game is very simple. It is because of the lack of sufficient confrontation intensity and the lack of adaptation."
"For example, in today's battle, there were many problems. Before this, Liu Xiang had always started to gain an advantage during the mid-run. He had been working hard to make up for his shortcomings in the starting position and the first three columns, and Today, Liu Xiang won the start and the first three columns, not inferior to Oliver, but he did not make a good transition during the run, so he could only watch his opponent overtake him. Oliver won the championship, and the process was the same as before. It’s upside down, and we need to go back and review it carefully.”
"From a competition perspective, Liu Xiang's second half was not as smooth as the first half. Although there was no sign of hitting the hurdles, he was unable to speed up or narrow the gap between himself and his opponent. This may be because we have been practicing starting some time ago and have practiced relatively little in the later stages, but now our principle is to put stability first, and everything is based on safety." Sun Haiping said: "Now Liu Xiang is practicing, Just like a drop of water, it needs to be accumulated over time to exert its greatest effect. At this time, if you rush into high-intensity practice, it may cause unimaginable consequences."
"We don't want to repeat the risks of the North Olympics. Everything must be stable and there is no rush to increase the intensity. 13 seconds is already very good."
"I am very satisfied."
At this time, a reporter asked Liu Xiang the last question:
"Would you be very frustrated if you lost the game? You just won a game with great difficulty and then lost again. Will it have any impact on your Daegu World Championships?"
This reporter was a typical American reporter. Liu Xiang looked at him, and there were not as many emotions written on his face as before. He just said calmly: "You may have forgotten that I am the defending champion of the World Championships. I've won twice and Oliver hasn't won once."
"I'm not saying he doesn't have a chance, I just want to say he wants to win the gold medal at the World Championships."
"Then there's no doubt that it needs to get past me."
Liu Xiang looked down at him, his voice was gentle but seemed to have great power:
"If you can't beat me, there will be no world championship."
Damn it————————
handsome.
Zhou Bing and the others were listening to Liu Xiang's words. When they saw this, their depressed mood suddenly disappeared.
Su Shen also looked at the current Liu Xiang and smiled inwardly:
It is indeed domineering.
This is the competition Liu Xiang I want to see.
Is not it.
Daegu this year.
It's bound to be extremely exciting.
(End of chapter)
