In Nagai Stadium, the atmosphere is hot.

It was 9:30 p.m. local time in Osaka, but there were not many spectators leaving the stadium, and everyone was still silent in the men's 100-meter trapeze battle that had just ended.

Suzu, Asafa Powell, and Tyson Gay, the three top players, have a gap in the rankings in this game, but the strength and level they show are already the top feast.

In addition to Suzu's surprise, Powell and Tyson Gay both equaled Suzu's world record set at last year's IAAF Finals.

The three top sprinters presented a pinnacle showdown that did not disappoint anyone.

At this time, whether it was at the scene or in front of the TV, many viewers were still reminiscing about the game

Powell stood in front of the finish line, and after the fierce 100-meter run, sweat began to pour out a lot at this moment, and sweat was dripping on his forehead and cheeks.

He looked up, and the image of the results of the eight players on the big screen had faded, and all the details of the game were replayed over and over again on the screen.

He had the advantage after the start, then was overtaken by Suzu and finally crossed the finish line with Tyson Gay, who was snatched silver by a narrow thousandths of a second.

Powell stood in the middle of the runway at this moment, and there was a rare feeling of relaxation, as if the pressure that had been squeezing in his heart for a long time was as substantial as a stone, and the ice disintegrated at this moment.

From the first meeting with Su Zu in the 2004 Olympic Games, to the 2006 when his agent called to inform him that the world record was broken by Su Zu, to the next six Golden League matches with Su Zu, to the showdown in the IAAF Finals......

The game after game continued, and today, Powell has regained his original intention and walked on the runway, and he can already look at it with a different mentality.

He knew very well that he had run well enough in this race, that he didn't lose sleep before the race, that he had a good mentality, and that he was perfect from the very beginning to the end.

In this case, he can also face this result calmly at this moment.

Every athlete craves a championship, but there is always only one champion.

It's just that......

Powell's eyes were taken back from the big screen and looked at the other side of the runway, where Su Zu was running around the runway and was running back.

Red sportswear, red flag, on this field, bright as fire!

Sue, as long as I can run and stand on the track, then our race will continue.

Powell is still the same Powell, but now he has completely regained his self-confidence.

In the most important tournaments, he already knows what kind of mentality he should use to face and compete, and the World Championships in Osaka is just one of many events.

……

On the other side, Tyson Gay clenched his hands into fists, and the muscles in his arms and shoulders were constantly beating and bulging from excessive exertion.

The expression on his face was full of resentment and unwillingness, and his lips moved slightly, as if he was constantly muttering something.

Unlike Powell, who has had six Golden League games against Suzu, Tyson Gay has had a lot of battles with Suzu, but he still thinks he can go further.

The gap with Su Zu is not big, the difference of 0.02 seconds is really small, as long as he starts and accelerates a little faster, he believes that his results will be able to surpass Su Zu and will definitely be able to win the championship.

After half a year of preparation, it was infuriating and frustrating to miss out on the title, and although he had proven himself again and again in world athletics, he still had no significant gold medal in international competitions and no world record.

He was not reconciled.

Although his result is beyond imagination and is the second best result in the history of the current men's 100m, if he can win first, who wants to settle for second?!

"Tyson! Tyson! ”

A voice came from a distance.

The voice was not loud, but Tyson Gay suddenly came back to his senses, this is a voice that has heard him since he was a child, and it is extremely familiar.

In the winding passage of the mixed zone, a black woman in her forties is squeezing through the crowd and beckoning to him.

"Mom!"

Tyson Gay didn't think much of it and rushed over in an instant. Because he didn't win the championship, he was completely filled with anger for a while, and ignored his mother, who was watching him from the sidelines.

"Take off your spikes, your spikes are too tight, and if you wear them for a long time, it will affect blood circulation."

The black woman patted Tyson Gay's face lightly and said very gently.

"I'm sorry, Mom. I didn't get the gold medal! Tyson Gay lowered his head and whispered to the black woman.

"No, dear, you're good enough, and from the day you started running, I never imagined you would be able to achieve such a result." The black woman looked carefully at his son's somewhat lost face, and reassured again.

"Brother, you're running too well."

"Tyson, I'm going to be an athlete like you."

Two childish voices rang out, a little black boy in his early teens and a little black girl in his eight or nine years old.

"Thank you, Hayley, and Saf." When Tyson Gay saw the two little people, he finally had a reluctant smile on his face. At this moment, he thought of his daughter in Kentucky.

The black woman had a relieved smile on her face, she knew that what her eldest son needed most at the moment was encouragement from his family, and she had brought Tyson Gay's younger siblings to cheer him on since 3 p.m., and as soon as she saw her son's loss, she came to him and gave him support and strength.

"Mom, I still feel a little nervous during the game. Sue and Powell were the top players and I thought I could beat them, but I still lost. ”

Tyson Gay dragged the spikes off his feet and didn't shy away from the fact that there were countless people watching him in the middle of the ring.

At this moment, he only has his family in his eyes.

"I'm nervous too." The black woman took his spikes from Guy, "I kept holding my left hand with my right hand, because I couldn't restrain its trembling, and I had only one belief that my son would be the fastest runner." Tyson, this result is very good, I know you are not reconciled, but you should think about the next game, you have to believe that our whole family has great trust in you. ”

"Yes, Mom!"

Tyson Gay nodded, and the whole person gradually got rid of Fang Cai's anger, chagrin, unwilling to lose, and other emotions, and regained his calm.

"Now, you should go over and congratulate the champion." The black woman reminded with a smile.

And Tyson Gay shook his head this time, and his gaze returned to firmness, "Mom, I think it's better to wait for the 200-meter race to finish, and Sulai congratulates me." ”

As he spoke, Tyson Gay walked with his mother and younger siblings towards the mixed zone passageway, and before entering the mixed zone corridor, he looked back and took a deep look.

There are still 200 meters!

……

On the 400-meter standard track, Su Zu jogged in small steps, and whenever he heard the warm cheers and applause on the sidelines, he once again raised the red flag in his hand.

At this time, the audience of the entire arena has become a sea of joy.

And he is the center of this ocean, the world's most anticipated trapeze.

In addition to the thousands of tourists from China, the vast majority of the audience in Osaka and Japan warmly congratulated Suzu on his achievement.

In the entire Asian region, Su Zu is not only in his own country, but also the most popular in Japan, Su Zu jogged, and every time he passed, he set off a huge sound.

On the advertising baffle outside the auditorium, countless viewers stretched out their hands to him, expecting Su Zu to get a chance to shake hands when he passed by.

Starting with the Yokohama All-Star Game after the Athens Olympics in '04, Suzu's performances in Japan have conquered most of the people in the island nation of Japan.

Putting aside the problems left over from history, among the three East Asian countries, although Japan may not be much friendly to Chinese athletes, they still recognize their achievements in the arena.

The admiration of Japan's current top sprinters, such as Nobuharu Asahara and Shingo Suesu, as well as the huge influence accumulated by Su Zu in one race, were truly ignited at this moment.

In addition to the Chinese audience, the Japanese audience was in the same fever, constantly shouting, applauding, swaying and twisting when Su Zu ran by.

Cheer for the champions and celebrate for the strong!

For example, two Japanese track and field enthusiasts, Sho Fujiwara and Yu Nakamura, who had started to pay attention to Suzu because he broke Koji Ito's Asian 100m record, were also sitting in the audience at this time.

At first, Su Zu's opinion was unwilling.

When Koji Ito ran the Asian 100-meter record by 10 seconds, it was a shot in the arm for the Japanese track and field world at the time.

And after the Asian 100m record was broken by Su Zu, it was really difficult to accept from their standpoint.

Fujiwara Sho, who was still very sensitive at that time, even cried at one point.

But as time went on, as they paid more and more attention to Suzu, a large number of Japanese track and field enthusiasts were gradually attracted to it.

Strong self-control and self-regulation ability, extremely hard and self-disciplined training methods, no matter how strong the opponent is, no matter how much pressure he is under, he can still make breakthroughs in the arena again and again.

A short video, picture and text of the training competition exposed by the media have made many track and field enthusiasts in Japan admire and appreciate.

It is the nature of the people of the island country to worship the strong.

Several Japanese TV stations have joined forces with several departments of medical science and technology to prepare a program called "Body Miracle", which has repeatedly sent invitations to Su Zu, hoping to reveal the mystery of Su Zu's ability to become the world's No. 1 at present.

After running around the field for a lap, Su Zu returned to the 100-meter finish line with a smile.

A large number of reporters had already jumped in at this time, and various high-magnification cameras of various lengths and shortages almost surrounded Su Zu in a circle.

Su Zu stood next to the half-human-tall yellow timing board, holding the top of the timing card with one hand, facing the dense crowd of photographers and photographers in front of him, panting, sweat sliding down his face.

Su Zu blinked his eyes that were a little dazzled by the spotlight, and lowered his head and pointed to the number on the chronograph card.

9.69 seconds!

A new world record!

Su Zu was surprised that he was able to run such a result, and he didn't think about breaking the record from the beginning to the end of this race

, all he thinks about is the championship!

Defeated Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay to win the men's 100m at the World Championships.

Before this match, Su Zu actually didn't have absolute confidence that he could win the two.

At this stage, there is not much difference between the three in the 100m event, and both Powell and Guy are well aware that both have enough quality and level to pose a threat to him.

Su Zu had gone all out in this final, and the moment he crossed the finish line, he already felt like his body was about to explode. And the final result was obviously beyond his imagination.

"Su Zu, you became the first athlete in the world to run 9.70 seconds, can you tell me your secret?"

"Su Zu, congratulations on defending the men's 100-meter championship, your performance is really great, can you share with us your mood at the moment?"

"Sue, have you ever thought about breaking Michael Johnson's world record in the men's 200m at the World Championships, and you are the most likely person in the world to break his world record today?"

The gossip of many media Su Zu could barely hear it, he raised his head, and suddenly saw a figure running over from the sidelines.

Su Zu looked at the familiar figure, although they had known each other for many years, it was the first time they had seen the other party run so fast!

"Stinky boy, I knew you could do it!" Li Zhizhong ran over and gave Su Zu a big hug, reached out and rubbed his hair, and shouted loudly: "I knew that you would definitely be able to defeat them!" You're the champion, you're the number one in the world! ”

Li Zhizhong laughed and patted Su Zu's back again, he rarely lost his temper in front of everyone, but at this moment, his true feelings were revealed.

Su Zu could understand Li Zhizhong's inner excitement at this time, from the moment he began to change his rhythm and run, Lao Li was under tremendous pressure.

During the period when Su Zu's score fell by 10 seconds, Li Zhizhong was also in a state of difficulty sleeping.

But he believes in Su Zu's choice, and when it comes to Su Zu's achievement, many times the coach has begun not to dominate, but more about the changes he wants.

And the huge support given by Li Zhizhong is an important reason why he was able to survive this period of time.

If it weren't for the fact that he re-adapted to the new rhythm and stride since last month, and his performance improved steadily, I am afraid that Lao Li would have thought of asking him to find an excuse for injury to give up this World Championships.

And now, he won!

After Li Zhizhong, the other athletes in the same group have not yet left the field, taking advantage of this time, in the sound of many reporters' camera shutters, one by one stepped forward to congratulate Su Zu.

"Sue, congratulations!"

Asafa Powell gave Su Zu a light hug with a calm expression, he had calmed down and was able to face his results calmly.

Then there are Derek Atkins, Fasuba, Marlon Devonish and many more.

What about Tyson Gay?

After shaking hands with many players and hugging them to express his gratitude, Suzu did not see Tyson Gay.

Su Zu looked around, and finally, in front of the mixed zone passage at the entrance and exit of the athletes, he saw Tyson Gay in a white sprint suit looking back at him.

He was accompanied by a middle-aged black woman and two black children, who were supposed to be each other's family.

But that's not the point, the point is Tyson Gay's eyes looking back, and for a moment, Su Zu seemed to understand what the other party meant.

It's not over yet.

If he had any previous friendships with Tyson Gay, I'm afraid that after this game, everyone will be here for this.

Tyson Gay is different from Gatlin and Powell, this is a lion-like player who can get along peacefully when the opponent is weak or his own strength is not enough.

And when everyone reaches a level level, then, in a field, there can only be one person.

Now, everyone is an opponent and a strong opponent of each other, and they are competitors, and it is difficult to have too many friendships in the future.

Su Zu is not surprised by this, as an athlete, you must always get used to competition.

Everyone has a different attitude after winning or losing, some people want to kill their strongest opponent, and some people don't care.

In other words, if it was Powell or Guy who won today, Suzu might express his blessings, but he would also be very unhappy in his heart.

Someone catches up with him in a race and takes away his honor, and he will also get angry and will train harder to win everything back.

This is an athlete, this is a competitive life!

And a day later, he and Tyson Gay have another showdown, the men's 200m championship belongs, and in this game, there are still three people who can have the strength to win the championship!