"Pick it up!"

On the track and field, a voice suddenly sounded.

On the runway, two speeding figures were quickly handing over the baton.

At the moment when the shout sounded, Su Zu stretched out his hand behind him and grabbed it, huh?! Empty.

He paused slightly, stretched out his hand again, and waited a few seconds again before he grabbed the baton and began to sprint at full speed.

The sound of footsteps sounded on the runway, and the curve of the 400-meter standard track entered the straight area, and a figure rushed by.

The rapid exchange of footsteps and the swift swing of the arm almost turned into an afterimage.

"I'm not optimistic!"

Yuan Guohua looked at the group of four people on the track to hand over the baton, frowned high, turned his head to look at Mai Shaoqiang, who was also staring at the track, and asked, "Old Mai, how is the situation over there Chen Jian?" ”

Mai Shaoqiang's face was a little unpleasant, and he shook his head, "I've tried to train a few times this year, but it's still not good." I've talked to him a few times, and his own personal opinion is also ready to retire. ”

"Alas!" Yuan Guohua sighed lightly, Chen Jian has practiced for more than ten years, and almost all the honors that should be obtained have been obtained, coupled with injuries, it is normal to have the idea of retiring. At this time, it is really good to recover from the injury and come back to run, and it is impossible to say whether you can have that heart.

"I'm too young, I'm afraid I won't be able to reach the final of this World Championships in Helsinki." Mai Shaoqiang looked at several relay team members in the training ground, Zhang Peimeng, Wen Yongyi, and Liang Hongjia, all of whom were 86 or 87 years old.

"Why don't you wait for the results of those national championships in the past two days to come out?" Mai Shaoqiang asked tentatively.

Yuan Guohua shook his head, "Forget it, it is estimated that Gong Wei and Jing Ke will have a chance to score 10.30 seconds, but their ages are all there, and the Olympic Games in three years will depend on the group of people in front of us." ”

There are not no sprinters in China now, and there are naturally many sprinters in the same period as Chen Jian and Yang Guangzong, such as Gong Wei and Jing Ke are among the representatives, and they are also members of the relay race, and they are now participating in the National Track and Field Championships.

However, they were all born around 78 and 80, and in a few years it will be nearly thirty or so, but the current performance level is higher, and it may be really impossible to say in a few years, so it is better to directly select potential seedlings and start cultivating them as soon as possible.

"This is also, the level is not much different, they still have room to grow." Mai Shaoqiang nodded and said, "But the pressure on your shoulders is great." ”

Being a newcomer means that it takes more time to produce results, and there are only sprinters like Su Zu who have emerged at this age in China, and only a few talented black runners occasionally appear in the world.

"When it's stressful, you have to rise to the challenge." Yuan Guohua said firmly, he was not tall, but his waist was straight.

The men's 4×100m Athens Olympic champion is a huge honor, but it is also a heavy responsibility.

Although the World Championships and other competitions will not attract much attention, if it is like the Asian Games next year, it will be necessary to have good results, let alone the Olympics at home in the future.

At this time, after running across the finish line, Su Zu glanced at the results on the timing card and let out a long breath of turbidity. I took a bottle of water from the foam box next to the runway, pulled up a folding chair and sat down, took a sip, and then poured it from my head.

"It's still too far off."

The cool mineral water flowed from his hair and cheeks, and a little bit of the summer heat was gone, and Su Zu's spirit was also a little invigorated.

Just now in the fourth baton handover, Wen Yongyi has been practicing with him for a while, but he did not estimate his starting speed on the third baton, causing him to have a pause, and the second baton handover was successful.

Of course, the test results of this group will not be good, and they are still spinning in 40 seconds.

This is a gap between Su Zu and Chen Jian, Shen Yunbao and Yang Guangzong before, when the four of them began to train together before the Asian Championships, until the preparation for the Olympics in 04 began to completely concentrate on assault training, needless to say.

And the strength level of several people is also a little higher than that of them now.

Yang Guangzong and Shen Yunbao are all within 10.30 seconds, Chen Jian can reach within 10.20 seconds, and only such a result, coupled with a high degree of tacit understanding, can run a result of 37.99 seconds.

However, it is useless to be anxious. The relay itself is the result of strength and long-term running-in, even in the later generation, the team that won the silver medal in the World Championships, the strongest relay team in China, the first Mo Xueyou's best result is only 10.35 seconds.

A few people, Li Wen Yongyi and Liang Hongjia Su Zu were not impressed, but Zhang Peimeng knew that this was a player who could run to 10 seconds.

In addition to Yang Guangzong, Su Zu's training partner this time was the one who chose him. After the World Championships in Helsinki, he will turn around from Coach Lu Qing and start training with Su Zu.

This is a young relay team, most of them have never participated in international competitions, and there are few people who have not been to this national championship, and they are still in a very jerky stage.

I didn't participate in many competitions, and I didn't know what level I could reach in '08.

Su Zu didn't think about this either, the relay is not a one-person project after all, but it can always grow in the future.

……

"What's the fuss? They all started practicing. ”

Just as Su Zu was sitting on the folding chair, Li Zhizhong came out of nowhere and sat down beside him.

"Coach, is Yang Guangzong gone?" After Su Zu saw Li Zhizhong appear, he asked him.

Yang Guangzong's former head coach has returned to the place, and the relevant procedures for him to go abroad for training again are Li Zhizhong, the deputy head coach, who is helping to handle it, and reporting to the General Administration of Athletics Association to apply for funds and so on.

"He estimated that he might be in Texas tomorrow." Li Zhizhong said lightly, "I have read the report record of his previous training camp in the United States, and he chose correctly." Yang Guangzong's skills are not to be said, his disadvantage is in the instantaneous explosiveness and cadence, there is a gap with the top sprinters, but these are enough in the 400-meter event, now it depends on whether he can run out. ”

"That's fine." Su Zu looked at the team members who had already started the next group of relay training on the runway not far away, and nodded slightly.

"By the way, I have news for you." Li Zhizhong saw that Su Zu's mood didn't seem to be particularly high, and suddenly said, "The men's world 100-meter record has just been refreshed. ”

"When?" Su Zu stood up suddenly.

He is the main event in the men's 100m, and his goal is to set the world record in a few years. But I didn't expect that the men's 100-meter record would be broken so soon.

In Su Zu's memory, there are two most profound records in the men's 100 meters.

One was Montgomery's 9.78 seconds in the 2002 Grand Prix, which was later cancelled because Montgomery was taking illegal drugs, which was reported a lot at the time, so it was difficult for him to remember clearly.

In addition, Bolt ran the world record of 9.69 seconds at the Beijing Olympics in '08 and 9.58 seconds in Berlin '09.

"At the Athens Grand Prix, Asafa Powell ran a new world record of 9.77 seconds. The IAAF male athlete is now ranked first. ”

Li Zhizhong said slowly, feeling a pity in his heart. At that time, after participating in the three Grand Prix, they went back to China first, or they went to Athens again, and Suzu might even be able to run with Powell.

However, just think about it, the Athens Grand Prix was too close to the Reebok Grand Prix in New York to think too much about it. Even if you sit on the plane and adjust the time difference, you may not be able to run well.

Su Zu was also stunned, completely unexpectedly that Powell would break the world record of 9.78 seconds held by Montgomery this time.

In later generations, this period from 05 to 08 was a period of cold track and field, and this year's Balk Laboratory scandal was exposed, which affected the entire track and field world, especially the sprint event, and many events and records were not known.

Many people know that the men's 100m record basically started with Usain Bolt, and Su Zu doesn't remember that Powell had such a record-breaking period in the middle. Although this record is only an improvement of 0.01 seconds.

The Sprint Five, Justin Gatlin, Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt, and John Blake, who may not have made his debut yet.

A new era of athletics has really begun.

If Justin Gatlin's Olympic men's 100-meter championship in 2004 was the retirement of the previous generation of sprinters, then this year's Asafa Powell breaking the 100-meter record marks a new era for the entire world athletics men's sprint event.

"What's in mind now?" Li Zhizhong looked at Su Zu and was stunned, then suddenly felt a little excited and asked.

"It's time for me to train." Su Zu smiled.

The era of men's sprinting at its peak began unconsciously.

And I'm lucky enough to be among them.