Chapter 225: The First Encounter
4 p.m. sharp.
Icahn Stadium 200-meter starting line.
After Su Zufang had just rested, Jiang Daheng gave him a muscle massage to relax, and then soon reappeared on the starting line.
As the only sprinter to run 10 seconds in the 100 meters of the Reebok Grand Prix, and the sports star who appeared at Icahn Stadium on Landers Island today, when Suzu appeared at the starting line, he still received many cheers from people in the audience.
After last year's Athens Olympics, many sports channels in North America reported on Suzu's results. After ten months of brewing and fermentation, coupled with the results of Eugene, Su Zu is now one of the most recognizable international track and field athletes in North American track and field circles.
Su Zu stood on the runway, raised his head, glanced around the entire stadium surrounded by stands and buildings, took a light breath, and his gaze fell on the fifth lane of the runway in front of him 200 meters in front of him.
Suzu is the fourth way, and the black boy he has missed countless times, Usain Bolt, is the fifth way.
I thought that I would play with each other sooner or later, but I didn't expect this day to come so quickly!
However, since the day has come......
"Let's go for a run!" Su Zu said silently in his heart.
Bolt, who was standing in the fifth lane, also seemed to feel a little noticed, turned his head slightly, and saw that Su Zu was looking at him, grinning, and showing a smile.
In June 2005, Bolt was far from the Jamaican Lightning he would be, with no world champions, no world records, and the same as countless other sprinters on the field. The results are good, but they are not yet at the top of the sequence.
But Su Zu didn't dare to be careless, at this time last year, Usain Bolt was already able to run into 20 seconds in the Caribbean Games, although the Olympics were lost due to injuries, but who can be sure that his performance will improve at this time?
In the 200-meter event, his best result in 04 was only 19.93 seconds, which was a very good result in the men's 200 meters, but in the 08 Olympic Games, in the headwind -0.9 m/s, he was able to run to 19.30 seconds, which was still a certain degree of release in the second half of the year. In this way, he broke the world record held by Michael Johnson for 12 years and became the world's No. 1 sprinter.
"In 2005, he shouldn't have outperformed me."
Although he felt that this game should be won, Su Zu was still a little uncertain in his heart, and his memory of Bolt was too blank at this point in time, and he didn't know what stage the opponent's level was in.
But being able to achieve a leap in performance in four years is undoubtedly in the stage of rapid growth at this time, and may not have reached the strongest state, but he can't take it lightly.
Morris Green, the last champion who has seen the waning of the day, also competed with Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell, outperformed Tyson Gaye, who was not yet in his prime, and now, finally reached the strongest of the future sprinting event.
Hesitation? Up in the air? Low on confidence?
Have it all!
The moment I was looking through the list of contestants, I suddenly saw the name. In the moment of recalling the once vague memories and world records.
With such a strong opponent, it is impossible to pay too much attention to it.
But now it's the race, I'm on the race track, I'm into the event, I'm the top sprinter in the men's sprint world in the world.
How could I throw in the towel!
Walking on the runway, Su Zu gradually cleared out all the ups and downs of emotions and various distractions in his mind.
One sprint after another has naturally allowed him to get into the state as quickly as possible.
There is no need to raise his hand to pray, no need to chant mantras, as long as he stands on the starting line, he can already adjust his condition as quickly as possible, no longer suffer from gains and losses, no longer have doubts and scruples, and focus on the current race.
Come on!
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“On your marks!”
In the starting area, the referee appointed by the IAAF wore a black uniform and shouted the command with a solemn expression.
Su Zu walked on the starting block with a calm expression, leaned over and lowered his head, his fingers were lightly pressed in front of the starting line, the surface of the runway that had just been put into use maintained a well-proportioned roughness, and after the Athens Olympics, a long-lost excitement and blood rose in the slightly tensed body.
The two assistant referees patrol from lane 1 to lane 8 to make sure that all the players are at rest, and nod to the starter next to them.
“Set!”
The starter held a device connected to a loudspeaker, and clear words came out from a small speaker behind each player.
Eight runners, who were not in the same direction as they were at each track, stood up in unison, their ears pricked up, and waited intently for the gunshots to sound.
"Smack!"
It's game on!
The moment the race gun rang out, all the runners started from the starting line.
Su Zu kicked his feet on the starting block, and the whole person suddenly shot out like a speeding arrow.
His starting speed is fast, among the general 200-meter athletes, Su Zu's starting reaction is considered good, basically between 0.14 and 0.16 seconds, if it is not a pressure gun run, the basic reaction value of listening to the gun run is also at this stage.
Su Zu is not familiar with the other players in the same group, but it does not mean that these people are not strong. The sprinters who can participate in the IAAF World Athletics Tour are among the best athletes in the world.
For example, Dight Thomas in lane 3, an 80-year-old Jamaican sprinter with the 100m and 110m hurdles, was featured in the men's 100m half an hour ago. He also signed up for the 200 meters, and he is also a relatively strong player. The Jamaican athlete is a typical athlete who trains in the United States, having attended Clemson University and then the University of Florida in the United States.
Marc Burns in lane six, a newcomer to Trinidad and Tobago, has not yet had any outstanding results in international competitions, but he has also advanced by 10 seconds in the 100m.
There is also Timothy Benjamin (Timothy David Benjamin), from Wales, who first trained in the 200m, then changed to the 400m, and reached the semi-finals of the men's 400m at the Athens Olympics, and is a sprinter with excellent speed and endurance.
This is still a few names that Su Zufang has just hurriedly turned over, although it is not famous in the international athletics world, but everyone has a good performance in their respective countries and even continental competitions.
As for the fifth Lane Usainbol, there is no need to say more.
After the start, Su Zu was fully accelerating with big strides.
From last year's winter training to this year's competition, his current 100-meter performance has not improved much, but the improvement in physical fitness is relatively significant. And the increase in flexibility makes the improvement of his cornering technique very obvious.
After running 100 meters at Eugene Station, he only went on the field again after a short muscle massage by Jiang Daheng, but he didn't feel the slightest problem with physical exhaustion when he ran 200 meters.
Instead, under pressure from five American 200m rookies, they set new personal bests and Asian records.
This time he was going to run the 200 meters, he had more than ten minutes of rest than the last one, and when he was running the 100 meters, Kim Collins didn't pose as much of a threat to him as Obikviru.
I run more relaxed, and I have better physical fitness, so that I can perform better in the 200-meter event.
The strongest opponent, no matter what stage he is in at the moment, Su Zu wants to show his best state to run with him.
It's a knot in the heart, and it's also respect.
I'm going to show respect at my best, with all my strength!
The sound of puffy footsteps sounded on the track, and from the start, Su Zu maintained the greatest concentration, starting perfectly and accelerating fully.
Fifty meters, Su Zu accelerated to the highest stage, and in the scene visible to the naked eye in the audience, Su Zu gradually pulled the gap from the fourth position, and he was approaching Bolt.
Glenn Mills, with his slick black head suddenly sweating on the sidelines, stared blankly at the track, and the roster he held in his hand had been crumpled into a ball of paper.
"Usain, speed up, you've been overtaken!"
On the field, the corner of the black boy's eyes drifted across the fourth track beside him, and he felt someone rapidly approaching him. He is a special runner in the 200m, so he naturally understands that if the inner runner can run to the position next to him in the cornering stage, it means that the opponent is faster than him.
His long legs, far beyond the average person, began to stride harder, and his injury has not yet fully recovered, but after Glenn Mills' special guidance, he has been able to give him more strength to support faster running speed.
In the frantic running, the pendant hanging around his neck kept shaking with the rhythm of his running, and he bit the pendant at once, tightly, he was accelerating.
Eighty meters, ninety meters, one hundred meters......
The crowd in the stands screamed, and some even shouted "SU, SU......"
With eight competitors on the verge of entering the straight, Suzu had already overtaken him in the fourth lane, overtaking Usain Bolt and putting him in the first place.
Su Zu entered the highest speed stage of running on the way, and at this time he didn't think about other people at all, and there was only one thought in his mind - run!
The goal is the finish line!
Corners into straights!
A watershed moment in the 200m race!
Only at this moment, the cheers and applause of everyone on the sidelines rang out at the same time.
On the field, almost everyone was watching Su Zu surpass everyone with a clear lead.
As soon as he rode the dust, Su Zu took the lead, and the advantage was very large, and he was more than two meters faster than Bolt, who ran in second place.
In this group, except for Usain Bolt, who now has the strength to run into 20 seconds, the level of the others is relatively far apart, and they are all at the level of about 20 seconds to 20.50 seconds.
This level was placed in the country in the past, and it was basically a national record. But now, in this Reebok Grand Prix, such a speed is not enough to see.
Straight stage.
We are only about 80 meters away from the final finish line.
Su Zu's pace was steady and powerful, and his arms swung to the extreme.
In the field of view of the photographer and videographer on the side of the stadium, it felt like a strong wind was blowing suddenly, and then, in an instant, it appeared a few meters away.
Fast!
It's really fast!
The shutter of the camera clicked quickly, and the camera lens followed the running red figure of the first one.
Red lightning from the far east, galloping through the United States today, in New York, at Icahn Stadium, once again staged the super-speed of his time in Eugene ten days ago.
Behind Suzu, the young black athlete has rarely lost among his peers since winning the World Junior Championships.
When he was a teenager, he faced veterans in his twenties, but he was still one of the most competitive.
It was the first time he had faced an athlete younger than him, and it opened him up to a full 10 meters.
The competitive spirit buried in the deepest part of his heart did not allow him to appear in such an embarrassing situation, and the pendant he bit in his mouth seemed to have been bitten out of his teeth, and his expression was a little hideous, and he was struggling to pull the gap between the two sides.
In the last 30 meters, the extreme stage of speed has passed, and the competition is the speed endurance of the runners in the second half of the race.
Su Zu's speed has been relatively reduced compared to his running speed at the peak of the corner into the straight, but it is still fast and has an absolute advantage.
Su Zu's vision in front of him was wide enough, he couldn't feel that someone around him was biting him, and he had already achieved an absolute lead.
But he didn't slow down and kept fighting as fast as he could.
This is his own battle.
In the face of the strongest person who has not yet entered the peak period, Su Zu does not want to slack off, and Su Zu at this moment has shown all his strength.
I want to win!
No matter what kind of opponent I face, no matter what the future holds, even if he will be the number one in the world, even if he will be a legend, but on this runway, I will definitely win.
And I'm going to win again, one game, and another!
Champion, it's mine!
The ambition of the rock, the heart of the champion.
Countless times I have asked myself why I chose the path of sprinting, is it because I love it, or do I still want a completely different life?
Once again, I could have made a little money comfortably, traveled, sister-in-law, and enjoyed life comfortably.
It may not be very profitable, but it will never be so hard.
Even with the system, I still ran in the track and field in the wind and rain countless times, trained countless times until my stomach twitched, vomited a mess, and walked back to the dormitory with my hands on the wall countless times, and I couldn't even lift my hands and feet.
For a reborn, this is the most bitter choice, the most difficult path!
I just want such a life, and I want to change my way of life.
Jesse Owens, Bob Beamon, Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, and you, Usain Bolt!
I want to witness all the legends, I want to stand side by side with the legends, I want to run my own legends!
Life is a non-stop battle!
This time my battlefield is the arena!
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Rush the line!
On the lawn more than ten meters behind the finish line, the results are displayed on the timer board erected!
19.79 seconds!
On the sidelines of the arena, Li Zhizhong, who had been nervous, jumped up suddenly, hugging Jiang Daheng's fat body beside him, ecstatic!
Transcendence again! Su Zu surpassed himself again!
The eyes of Zhang Pingqiu and Yu Yaling in Su Zu's team are almost unbelievable, how long has it been, the record just broken by Eugene Station, the CCTV news has not passed, and Su Zu is still hyping Su Zu to break the record at Eugene Station.
And in the blink of an eye, in New York, at Icahn Stadium, he once again refreshed himself!
Glenn Mills rubbed his eyes, clapped his hands gently, and his nervous expression gradually relaxed.
With 19.79 seconds, this Chinese teenager of the same age as Usain ran a shocking result.
Although it is still far from the world record set by Michael Johnson, this result is already an absolute victory in most competitions.
Glen Mills' gaze crossed the track, looking at the lover who was gasping for air at the finish line, and his face seemed to be a little trance, a little shocked, but more unwilling.
"This Chinese Su is really an amazing athlete. Usain, I don't know if you have found your goal, if you want to become 'Forrest Gump', you need to work harder to defeat the endless and emerging talented athletes in this world. ”
On the field, Su Zu slowly stopped, and for a moment he seemed to feel that all the strength of his entire body was exhausted.
Needless to say, this trip is already the limit of what he can run at the moment, surpassing Eugene, surpassing the Olympics, and being able to force all his potential to run like this is only because of one person.
Su Zu turned his head to look behind him, and the black boy who was half a head taller than Su Zu also had a tired look on his face.
In this group, his time of 20.20 seconds ranked second, except for Su Zu, who was the fastest runner in the whole field. It wasn't him who won.
"Sue, you're running great!"
The black boy straightened up, spit out the pendant that had been biting in his mouth, and walked up to Su Zu to congratulate him.
"But next time, I'll definitely win you!"
The two of them hugged politely, and Su Zu heard the black boy he regarded as an opponent for the umpteenth time, and then turned around and walked away without looking back.
"Sue, congratulations!"
"Sue, good run!"
Some of the other runners in the same group came up to congratulate, and some disappeared silently on the track.
Su Zu looked at the back of the other party leaving, and also said silently.
"Usain Bolt, our game has just begun!"