Chapter 352: The King of 100 Meters [8000 Words Chapter]
ββ¦β¦ Okay, audience friends, what we will immediately present to you is the most heavyweight competition of this World Championships, the men's 100m trapeze battle. The eight finalists are already on the starting line.
The second is Madik Osovnikar from Slovenia, the only white athlete in the men's 100m final at this World Championships; Nigeria's Orusoki Fasuba in the third, Jamaica Asafa Powell in the fourth, Suzu in the fifth, Tyson Gaye in the sixth, Derrick Atkins in the Bahamas in the seventh, Kuranti Martina in the eighth, Marlon Devonish in the ninth ......"
The audience in front of the big screen and TV in Nagai Stadium introduced the eight players who participated in the men's 100-meter final one by one with the camera screen.
Among them, the camera stayed the longest and gave the most shots when it swept over Powell, Suzu and Tyson Gay in the middle pass.
As the biggest event of the tournament, there is no doubt that this match is the focus of the world's attention.
It was also the second time since last year's IAAF Finals that Suzu, Powell and Guy had all three run the 100m on the same starting line at the same time.
Who is the fastest man in the world today will be known in this race.
βOn your marksοΌβ
When the voices of the starters were in place, the loud noise of the audience suddenly fell silent.
Through the large screen and the TV footage broadcast in front of the TV, it can be clearly seen that Asafa Powell, wearing a yellow sprint suit, is the first to move, and under his calm expression, there is a strong desire and persistence for the championship and the competition.
Tyson Gay, in a white sprinter, raised his head slightly, took a sip of mineral water at the end, and threw the water bottle on the track behind him. The strong and powerful muscles seem to be beating every piece, and there is an indescribable sense of great power that is about to erupt.
Derek Atkins, arguably the fastest rising Bahamian athlete of the year, in the light blue sprint, gritted his teeth and took a few deep breaths as he flickered through the camera.
Su Zu clenched his fists lightly on the spot, the muscles of his whole body suddenly contracted, and then gradually relaxed, shrugged his shoulders, jumped slightly, and slowly followed onto the starting block.
Dressed in a red sprint suit, as bright as ever. Standing among the many players, outstanding and eye-catching.
Su Zu walked to the runner in front of the starting line, pressed his hands into the orange rough track, and constantly mobilized the excitement of his body, adjusted his breathing, and stayed focused.
The angle of the feet on the starting gear is gently adjusted, the distance between the fingers and the starting line, the vertical angle of the arms, everything is adjusted to the most perfect and comfortable movements in the body's natural memory.
On both sides of Su Zu, Powell, who was in the fourth lane, had been breathing and exhaling, and his slightly trembling body was not caused by the nervousness of the owner of the body, but excitement.
For this game, for this moment, he has waited too long.
From his poor form this year to his return to the Jamaican mountain village to find his crux of the problem from his mentor, he and Asafa Powell have regained his starting line.
He felt his body filled with unprecedented excitement, every muscle, every cell seemed to be jumping, as soon as his brain commanded, his body was about to rush on the track in its peak state.
At this moment, Asafa Powell is like a sports car with a sufficiently warm engine on the spot, and the engine is roaring wildly, just waiting for him to release the brakes and slam on the accelerator after hearing the gunshot.
He's going to play the fastest and most amazing speed.
It was Tyson Gay on the right side of Suzu, who stood on the runway at this time and raised his hands high, stretched out his index fingers of both hands, and made the first signature move.
His body remained tense, but calm. This is his ideal form for racing!
Compared to Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin, two peers, Tyson Gay has had a tougher time getting to where he is today.
All three were born in '82, but in '02-'03, Powell and Gatlin had already begun to make their mark in the sports world, and by '04'05, one was an Olympic champion and the other was a world record holder.
And he, Tyson Gay, had just left school that year to consider a career.
And compared to Gatlin and Powell at that time, his results in both the 200 meters and the 100 meters were far inferior.
But it doesn't matter, the peak of his career, although it came a few years late, is still catching up.
Since last year, 2006, the world of athletics has had his place.
Like Powell, he became famous early and lacked the ability to withstand pressure in the big game. Tyson Gay is the fierce American sprinter in the world.
Whether it's in the NCAA or in professional athletics afterwards, he faces countless challenges in every game. Even during Gatlin's suspension, he still had a lot of strong opponents to compete with Leonard Scott, Sean Crawford, Wallace Spearmon and others.
In the sprint event, he is not Powell's situation where there are few challengers in Jamaica, but every step of the way, he struggles. In the '04 Olympic Trials, he missed a great opportunity because of his lack of experience and preparation. And in this year's World Championships trials, he also needs to do his best to get a place.
He wanted to win, and he promised his daughter that he would win the championship, so here he is!
The sounds around seemed to be gradually getting quieter, and after Su Zu looked up at the runway, he only felt that everything was silent, and it seemed that everyone around him disappeared at this moment, only the sound of his own gently adjusted breathing, light and long.
The world is dark, and only a light shines on itself.
βSETοΌβ
A voice seemed to come from outside the sky.
Su Zu barely used his brain to think, and his body naturally changed from a squatting to a half-squat starting position.
He lowered his head, his whole body was brewing the most powerful power of his body, like a volcano about to erupt, magma and flames were rolling wildly, just being pressed by him, pressed, waiting for the moment when the eruption came!
Syllable!
A crisp gunshot rang out.
Su Zu only felt that the dark world in front of him was suddenly torn apart by this gunshot, the darkness faded in an instant, and a beam of light that only fell on him began to radiate out, illuminating the runway in front of him and illuminating the finish line in front of him.
This is followed by the surrounding runway, the arena, the spectator seats, and the endless world in the distance.
At the same time as Su Zu rang out this gunshot, his legs suddenly exerted force on the starting block, and his front and rear arms swung high. A momentary still shot, from the power foot on the starting block, to the front foot raised high and stepping out, the hands and arms present a perfect angle back and forth, full of indescribable beauty of power explosion.
The loud noise of cheering in the arena came back again, and the eight runners on the starting line were already running out frantically at the moment of the gunshot.
One step, two steps, three steps......
There was no warning of the starting reaction time next to the starting line, the referee's whistle was not sounded, and the race started perfectly, and no one rushed!
The eight players on the field who had already started to accelerate, as long as the gun sounded, they completely ignored it and showed their best state to run.
Running is something that happens in a race, but it's impossible to pay special attention to every start because someone is running.
Only the guns go out, then rush forward!
10 meters, 20 meters......
In the stage of starting acceleration, the fastest starting reaction and starting acceleration are...... Asafa Powell.
In terms of competition experience, in terms of technical perfection, Asafa Powell certainly does not want to be a textbook athlete for the world sprinters at the moment.
His starting motion is big, fast, and powerful.
Powell's straight jump was faster than Tyson Gay's pendulum acceleration, and he grabbed the top spot of the eight runners just 10 meters in front of him.
And followed by Su Zu, Su Zu's changed rhythm and running style, from the similar running style of Carl Lewis and Justin Gatlin at the beginning, to the changes in the past seven or eight months this year, in terms of starting acceleration, has been close to Powell.
It is also a straight start and leap, and the soles of the feet are in full contact with the ground, so that their legs can obtain more sufficient reaction force, and the stride length and cadence are faster.
The difference is that Su Zu's feet are a little higher than Powell's, and Powell starts because the soles of his feet are in full contact with the ground, but it takes a long time, so he is relatively important in the starting foot, especially the first step, which is almost close to the ground and starts to face forward.
And because Su Zu has a higher angle of his feet, and the soles of his feet are in full contact with the ground, so in the process of exchanging his feet left and right, the time in the air is longer than Powell's.
The distance of 10 meters and 20 meters is longer than that of Powell, and the speed is a little slower.
But this is not a problem, Su Zu's improved stride and movement are suitable for himself, not Powell's set. Because although this makes him sacrifice a certain amount of starting acceleration, as the speed gets faster and faster, he will get more full acceleration, and when he enters the middle run, he will have a faster middle running speed.
And Tyson Gay, who was once not known for his starting line, has also greatly improved his starting reflexes and acceleration after studying with Jon Drummond this season.
Although it is a little slower than Powell and Suzu, the pedaling acceleration of the left and right pendulum spats, although it allows the body to do a little more work and sacrifice speed to a certain extent, but for Tyson Gay, this is the most suitable way for him to start and accelerate.
Tyson Gay is one of the top runners in the 200m, and his good speed retention ability is to be able to get himself into the top speed stage as soon as possible, and then use his speed retention ability to complete the final kill against the other runners in the second half of the race.
At just 20 meters, the top three in the world have surpassed the other competitors, which is a manifestation of absolute strength.
Among the eight players present, in addition to Suzu, Powell, and Guy, it is not for nothing that can run the 10-second mark, Olusoki Fasuba, Derek Atkins and Kuranti Martina, all have this ability.
But they were able to run the 10-second mark, and there was still a clear gap between them and the top three's strength of 9.90 seconds or even 9.80 seconds.
Among them, Derrick Atkins is very good in strength and form, but he is not known for his fast start, and he is still a little weaker in the face of the three.
Thirty meters, Powell and Suzu have come out on top and run to a certain advantage.
Powell's movements are perfect and extremely fast, and next to him, the gap between Su Zu and him is not big, and with the naked eye, the two are almost in a state of being neck and neck.
But Powell still looked ahead, his goal was only the finish line, as if he was the only one running at this moment, and did not pay any attention to the others around him.
He has done psychological construction to himself over and over again, and when he races and runs, he treats him as if he is running alone, and he never observes other tracks. Run straight to the finish line in one go.
He was like that in the semi-finals, and he was like that in the final.
And Su Zu's state is almost similar to Powell, without the slightest left and right, crazy acceleration, regardless of the position of Powell and Tyson Gay, he believes that in the end, the first to cross the finish line must be himself.
This is the confidence that has been established by victory after victory, and it is also the confidence that after changing oneself, I can make a breakthrough.
Competing with the world's top speedsters like Powell and Guy, he can't afford to be distracted.
Later, there was a program in the United States, and the legendary flyer "Forrest Gump" Michael Johnson explained that many of the 100-meter runners were extremely strong, and the start and first half were perfect, but they were overtaken in the middle and second half.
A very important reason is that I was distracted during the race, and I paid too much attention to the position and path of other runners, which affected my running rhythm and even mental state.
Just like last month's Golden League between Powell and Su Zu in Rome, Powell had already taken the lead in the first half of the game, but when Su Zu came to catch up with him, Powell noticed Su Zu's position out of the corner of his eye, and he was a little unbalanced in an instant.
The pressure Su Zu brought him was too great, in the 2006 Golden League six games, Su Zu won him, in the face of Su Zu suddenly catching up with the figure, he could not maintain his mentality, so that the second half of the action deformed.
In the swing arm, it is a large angle, the power is fast, and the swing arm with five fingers open, in the slow motion after the game, many people have noticed that Powell's shoulders became stiff at the moment when he was chased by Su Zu, and his five fingers clenched into fists, so that the speed of the whole person slowed down, and he was finally surpassed by Su Zu.
It was only after that game that Powell, on the advice of his agent, returned to Jamaica to find his lost original intention of running.
Of course, the Jamaican lightning at the peak of the later generations is not an exception, and he runs casually without an opponent is a crushing victory.
And in this World Championships, that didn't happen again.
Powell has already treated this race as if he was running in a tunnel.
There are no opponents, from beginning to end, just running on their own.
It is also in this state that makes Powell not as disturbed as before when he was approached by Su Zu's side again, and still maintains his rhythm.
Forty meters, fifty meters......
On the field, the athletes' running movements are flying and agitating, and the rapid arm swing and stride can almost only see the frequency of movement like afterimages on the scene, on the big screen or on the TV screen.
The overwhelming cheers came from all directions, and the sound was like a tide, setting off one peak after another!
Powell still ran in the first place, but the gap between him and Su Zu was getting smaller and smaller, and the two were almost completely neck-to-neck. To the naked eye, it is completely indistinguishable, and it is a peak duel on a horizontal line.
After the two, Tyson Gay gradually entered the state from 40 meters, the speed is getting faster and faster, and the gap between the two is getting closer and closer.
Behind the three was Derek Atkins of the Bahamas, who ran in a light blue tracksuit like a frantically squeezed wave in the middle of the ocean, chasing the three men running in front of him with all his might.
With their super strength, the four gradually opened up a clear gap with the second Madik Osovnikar, the third Olusoki Fasuba, the eighth Kuranti Martina, and the ninth Maron Devonish.
As soon as the 50 meters passed, both Suzu and Powell, or Tyson Gay entered the peak speed of running on the way, and the three of them rushed forward like a dragon.
On Su Zu's face and neck, the cyan thick blood vessel meridians appeared, and the muscles that were usually hidden under the skin, the two eyebrows were wrinkled together, and the center of the eyebrows formed a deep Sichuan character, which was the body's subconscious reaction when the strength exploded to the extreme.
Powell's eyes are also wide open, because his cheeks bulge high because of the clenching of his teeth, and the movement of his hands and arms is almost impossible to see.
Tyson Gay's expression was hideous, and there seemed to be a breath in his chest, constantly expanding, about to explode, and his swarthy face was distorted.
In the short 100-meter run, when the individual strength and speed of the runners are exerted to the extreme, almost all of them are untwisted and hideous, and the body runs from stationary to the fastest speed, which is a super physical load.
From 50 meters to 60 meters, the 100-meter runner enters the highest speed stage in the middle of the run, and the accelerated state of the body leaning forward with his head bowed forward has been naturally lifted after completing the acceleration into the middle run, the waist is straight, and each step of the feet is only half of the soles of the feet lightly touched on the ground, and then it is fast forward.
It was also at this time that Su Zu began to be on a level with Powell from about 30 meters, and when he reached about 60 meters, Su Zu began to rely on the advantage of absolute speed, and at this stage of running the highest speed on the way, he pulled a little gap with Powell.
This is the direct result of Su Zu's change of rhythm in eight months, the same 100 meters, he has narrowed the distance by nearly three steps compared to before, and at this stage, both the stride length and cadence have reached a new perfect fit state.
After the start, Powell was a little bit disadvantaged, and after the acceleration run, he slowly made up for it, and ran on the way to achieve overtaking.
Su Zu is ahead!
Li Zhizhong, who was sharp-eyed outside the arena, tensed up almost instantly, and Zhang Pingqiu, who was beside Li Zhizhong, yelled at this time: "Su Zu, come on!" β
The roar didn't make any waves in the stadium, which was as noisy as the waves of the sea, but soon the rest of the audience shouted as well.
Of the nearly 50,000 spectators in Nagai Stadium, there were thousands of Chinese spectators, and at this time, they shouted hoarsely, "Suzu, come on!" The sound is no longer a small wave, but a sound that can be set off by a hurricane.
Seventy meters, eighty meters......
The highest speed of the race has passed, and the speed of the runners has begun to show a downward spiral, although the decline is very subtle, but it is indeed decreasing.
It's just that the audience, whether it's at the scene or in front of the TV, can hardly feel it.
Because the speed of the runners drops at the same time, in the short 100 meters at this time, because the references are all competitors, no one can find out, but it is easy to have the illusion that the runners are running faster and faster. I thought that all the athletes were accelerating from the start all the way to the finish line.
But in fact, everyone is a speed curve, starting from the zero of the start, until the peak of the speed at the stage of fifty or sixty meters, and then showing varying degrees of decline.
At this time, it is the player's ability to maintain his speed!
At the peak of 50 meters to 60 meters, Su Zu can already reach the point of running in 0.80-0.81 seconds, and at the stage of 60 meters to 70 meters, he has fallen to the point of 0.81-0.83 seconds, and the speed will decline to 80 meters to 90 meters!
Similarly, Powell and Tyson Gay are also declining in tempo.
It's just that compared to Powell, Tyson Gay, who is very good in both the 200m and 400m events, has excellent speed maintenance ability.
At this stage of the 70 meters and 80 meters, Powell, who was originally ahead of a lot of body, began to gradually be approached by Tyson Gay and gradually pulled to a horizontal position.
Su Zu couldn't estimate the people around him at this moment, and he only had the end in his eyes.
It's the 100m final, it's the pinnacle of the showdown, and there's no room for him to go wrong with Powell and Tyson Gay all the way.
He changed his pace and stride, and now he is gradually getting used to the new state, but it is not his ultimate limit, he feels that he can still run faster, as long as he is given more time to adapt to the running style and to hone more perfect technique.
However, at this time, all he has to think about is the end!
The sound of footsteps around him was like a torrential rain hitting the roof tiles, and even the noisy scene could not be concealed.
Su Zu didn't think about whether he was ahead, maybe he was already one position ahead, two positions, or, it was simply an illusion, his opponent had always been on a level by his side.
He didn't have time to think about it, he could only use all his strength to sprint!
In the 100-meter race, whether it is the starting reaction, the acceleration at the start, the middle run, and even the final sprint, none of them is unimportant.
Any mistake in any detail may make the advantage you have accumulated in front of you dozens of meters fall short in the end.
At this time, even if he just breathed a sigh of relief, he basically had to be surpassed by the two.
Firmly grasp the advantages of your own spelling, and strive to cross the finish line!
The speed and endurance of two consecutive years of sub-altitude training have made his speed retention ability no weaker than Tyson Gay, and even more so.
Tyson Gay has a few eye-catching results in this year's 200m, but the best one is still Su Zu's 19.48 seconds at the Osaka Grand Prix.
Ninety meters ......
All the spectators in the audience couldn't help but stand up, sticking out their necks like goose-headed geese, and their eyes were projected on the final finish line.
Who?
Who will be the champion?
With the naked eye, it is almost impossible to distinguish between the various angles of the auditorium and the live camera.
Su Zu has a leading advantage, but this advantage is not obvious, especially the speed of lightning, almost in the blink of an eye, no one can see clearly!
"Ahh
In the last ten meters, Su Zu squeezed out almost all the potential and strength of his body, and the moment he finally crossed the line, he roared uncontrollably!!
On both sides of Su Zu, two shouts that also exploded from his chest to his throat rang out at the same time.
That's Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell!
In this game, the three of them can be said to have completely exhausted all the strength of their lives to run, just to compete for the final championship!
Live commentator Yang Jian's voice has been raised to the highest at the moment, and the position of the live TV game commentary and many years of experience in game commentary make him more able to perceive the strengths and weaknesses of all players than the average audience.
From the moment the gun rang out, Yang Jian's voice crackled like a machine gun and never stopped: "...... It's game on! Su Zu's start was very strong...... Powell is in the first place, Su Zu, Su Zu catches up with Powell, Su Zu runs to the first position, Su Zu! Suzu! Su Zu ...... Punch the line!! Su Zu won!! Su Zu won!! β
In front of the TV and even in front of the commentary desk in the live media area, everyone was startled by Yang Jian's excited shouts that almost broke his throat.
But at this time, no one paid attention to Yang Jian's explanation, and everyone's eyes were firmly locked on the three runners who crossed the finish line in an instant!!
The electronic stopwatch timing that runs synchronously with the runners running on the large screen and the TV at the scene has jumped out of the results of this group of players at this time!!
9.70 seconds!!
"Su Zu has won!! 9.70 seconds!! Red Lightning!! Su Zu has set a new world record! Su Zu won the final title in this pinnacle matchup, surpassing the world record set by himself!! New World Record!! Our new 100-meter sprint world record! β
At the moment when Su Zu crossed the finish line, he had already noticed the result of 9.70 seconds on the on-site timing board!
He was the first to cross the finish line!!
The applause was thunderous, and the cheers on the scene were like a tide!!
Su Zu raised his head and could see the five-star red flag fluttering in the spectator seats near the finish line, and many spectators who had come from thousands of miles to watch his race from China were almost overjoyed at this time.
After crossing the finish line, Su Zu's footsteps barely stopped, and he began to run around the track.
Raise your hands high and greet the overwhelming cheers and applause from the audience!
"Su Zu, the number one in the world!!"
"Su Zu, come on!!"
At the moment when Su Zu was cheering and applauding around the field, the timing board next to the runway on the scene and the results that had appeared on the big screen suddenly jumped.
Yang Jian reacted almost immediately, and explained to many domestic audiences through the microphone with great excitement:
ββ¦β¦ Wait, it's not 9.70 seconds, it's 9.69 seconds! Live electronic timer corrects race time! 9.69 seconds, with a wind speed of minus 0.5 m/s, Su Zu created a jaw-dropping result! Su Zu ran the 9.70 seconds mark, becoming the only runner in the world to run 9.70 seconds! β
"The king of 100 meters, Su Zu is a well-deserved king of 100 meters!"
At this time, the results of the runners on the big screen on the scene were all played out one by one, and the eight runners who ran across the finish line all raised their heads at the same time at this moment.
Powell stood in the middle of the crowd, gasping for air, Tyson Gay with his hands on his knees, and both of them looking sideways at the big screen.
The results on the timing board had already appeared, and they could vaguely feel that Su Zu was one point faster than them, and the results on that timing board might not belong to them.
However, as long as the results of the big screen are ranked, both of them still have one point of expectation.
Even if it doesn't, at this moment, they can't wait to know their results, especially Tyson Gay and Powell, who almost hit the line at the same time.
Of the three people, there will always be the first, the second, and the third.
A row of English and numbers appeared on the large screen of the scene as well as on the floating window of the TV screen:
1. Fifth lane, Su Zu, China, reaction 0.143, score 9.689;
2. Sixth lane, Tyson Gay, USA, reaction 0.146, 9.712 seconds;
3. Fifth lane, Asafa Powell, Jamaica, reaction 0.139, time 9.718;
4. Lane 7, Derek Atkins, Bahamas, reaction 0.151, time 9.91;
5. Third lane, Orusoki Fasuba, Nigeria, reaction 0.157, time 10.07;
6. Eighth lane, Kuranti-Martina, Netherlands Antilles, reaction 0.168, time 10.08;
7. 9th lane, Marlon Devonish, Great Britain, reaction 0.152, time 10.14;
8. Lane 2, Madik Osovnikar, Slovenia, reaction 0.163, time 10.23;
"It's unbelievable, we don't dare to imagine that if there is no wind speed in this race, Su Zu's results will be able to go to the next level, but the results of the top three athletes in the world today in this competition are unprecedented in the history of track and field. The trio are so close that any one of them can make a big difference in the results at any one of them...... We have reason to believe that this is a new era in the history of athletics, an era of men's sprinting, and the leaders of this era are fortunate to be our yellow-skinned and black-eyed Chinese...... in red tracksuits."
The on-site commentary Yang Jian looked at the results on the big screen over and over again, although he was a little used to Su Zu setting many world records, but really running such a result in a big arena like the World Championships still made him feel uncomfortable.
ββ¦β¦ Friends from the audience in front of the TV, Su Zu has won the men's 100-meter gold medal with the heaviest weight in this World Championships, and the day after tomorrow on August 27, the men's 200-meter race is about to begin. We are looking forward to Suzu replicating the myth of the double he once created in '05......"