Chapter 388: If I Beat You in a Tournament
"Wow!"
Rich Sims couldn't help but exclaim softly as he watched the results of the second group of the men's 100m semifinals come out.
Rich Sims is Bolt's agent, a white middle-aged man, with Bolt's gradual success in the past two years, his original commercial Norman Piert has changed roles, and Rich Simms, who has been in the world of sports for many years, got Bolt's agent contract.
"As it is the Olympics, I'm sure the quality of this semi-final has surpassed the final of the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki."
"Of course, Richie." In the lounge, Usain Bolt watched the just-concluded semi-final on TV, his eyes sharpened, as if he wanted to penetrate the TV screen and go straight to the arena outside.
"In the semifinals with Powell, Sue and Gatlin, how can this level of quality be low."
The competition of the Olympic Games is unusual, countless outstanding athletes gather here, there will be three or four top athletes in a semi-final, in this case, there must be no mistakes in the semi-finals, like the semi-finals that have just ended, Su Zu and Powell are absolutely sure in the last few meters before letting go a little, and Gatlin looked at it without obvious slowdown.
In a competition like this, the slightest mistake can mean giving up qualification for the final.
"VJ, have you ever beaten Sue?"
A black man with a beard sitting next to Usain Bolt suddenly asked.
"Hey NJ, it's the finals soon, you shouldn't ask that."
Rich Sims glared at the black man who spoke with some dissatisfaction, NJ, that is, Nugent Walker, Bolt's best friend, the two have known each other since the two played cricket in elementary school, and have been following Bolt since Bolt became a professional athlete. His address to Usain Bolt is the same as usual even in public, and it seems that this does not highlight the close relationship between the two.
Rich Sims doesn't appreciate Nugent Walker very much, but he knows very well that not to mention Jamaica, even black players in the NBA or NFL, will gather around this group of people to follow the athletes to eat and drink, and some will even play the role of "family" and make a lot of decisions for the athletes.
Although Nugent Walker didn't overstep his duty, the men's 100m final was just two hours away, and Rich Sims was upset to ask such a stupid question before the competition.
He knows that Bolt's psychological quality is very good, as his head coach Glenn Mills commented, "he is born to adapt to the big scene", the more the competition, the more he can play well, and in the face of the competition, he can also adjust his mentality. But ahead of the 100m final, Rich Sims still wants to make Bolt feel a little less pressure.
Rich Sims felt that he was a bit of a fan and shouldn't have watched the video of the second group of semi-finals in the rest area.
But at this time, Bolt stood in front of the TV and waved his hand carelessly, "I haven't won against Sue, not once." ”
Bolt's memory of the first meeting between the two would have been in the men's 200m at the 2005 New York Grand Prix, although he had competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics, but he was out of the 200m after the heats, and he had not played against Suzu at the time.
He remembered the New York Grand Prix, where his time of 19.79 seconds was much better than his time of 20.20 seconds. The coach said that this Su from China is an amazing athlete, and he needs to work harder if he wants to become "Forrest Gump"!
The second meeting came at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, where he recovered from injury and was in excellent physical condition, but lost to Suzu and Tyson Gay in the 200m final.
However, this year...... Bolt clenched his fists slightly.
"The two players I want to win the most are Guy and Sue."
"Don't worry, Usain, you've already broken Sue's world record, and Guy you haven't beaten him yet, Fang just won the semifinals again." Ricky Sims patted Usain Bolt on the shoulder and chuckled softly.
"Guy is in great shape, and so is Sue."
Usain Bolt said very seriously, for Tyson Gay, he paid close attention almost the whole time, this is his fierce rival, from the preliminaries to the rematch ran very well, and in the semi-finals, he also completed very well, although not more than himself, but Bolt knows very well that this is the semi-finals, if everyone can steadily get a place to qualify for the finals, they will not work too hard.
Every time he watches Tyson Gay play, he can't help but think of Cardo Geddes and Keith Spences in his mind.
Cardo Geddes, his first opponent in the first year of Whartonsia, was beaten and cried, and it wasn't until the Elementary School Games that he won his first big match.
Keith Spencs was another opponent he faced when he entered William Nybb High School with his sprint specialty, and at first he just felt like he was overtrained and a little uncomfortable when he lost to Keith Spencs. But after losing another regional track and field event in 2000, he began to wake up, and his inner reluctance and anger made him train seriously, watching the video of Michael Johnson and Jamaica's Don Quarry fighting, and finally winning the opponent in his second regional championship. That year, he was 14 years old and 1.89 meters.
And since defeating these two old enemies of his youth, he has never lost to them.
After that, he met many, many opponents, so much so that since then, he has become superstitious that he may have a spell on him.
Like Daniel Bailey, who trained with him this year, he also started from the initial loss to the other party, and then went to win, and won all the time.
From the preliminaries to the semi-finals, as well as the semi-finals, Bolt could feel that Tyson Gay was in very good shape, but after beating Tyson Gay at the New York Grand Prix, he established a good psychological advantage.
But it wasn't a big game, it was just a small event.
And the Olympics are the best stage.
In addition to Tyson Gay, there are Powell, Gatlin, and Suzu......
He hasn't won against Suzu once, he wants to beat Suzu in the final, he wants to win everyone.
"If I beat you in a big game, you'll never get a chance to turn around." He thought about the funny spell he had set, and a slight smile rose into his mouth.
"Yusain, the finals are about to start, it's time to warm up!"
At this moment, the masseur Eddie's shouting rang out.