Chapter 317: The Spotlight
"Coach Li, winning this game, Su Zu should have a good chance to win the Golden League for six consecutive victories this year and win the Golden League million grand prize."
After Zhang Pingqiu watched the eight athletes appear, he only felt that his body was trembling a little.
It's so nervous!
He never imagined that the young man he saw for the first time in the youth training center would be able to come to this point.
From domestic competitions, to the Olympics, to the World Championships, today is the Golden League.
The Zurich Golden League is an invitation-only, non-registration-only international tournament, and the best players are the best players who can be invited.
Last year, Suzu missed the Zurich Golden League because of the World Championships, but this year, in this field, Suzu is already the current holder of the men's 100m world record.
Sometimes life experiences are really unclear.
"There's a chance."
When Li Zhizhong heard Zhang Pingqiu's words, his heart was also quite uneasy, and he nodded together.
The problem for the two is mainly with Asafa Powell, who has lost three games in the Golden League, and if this one continues to lose, it is likely that Powell will give up the next games.
After all, not many players can resist losing to the same person in a row. Especially Powell's current position, if he continues to lose, it is likely that he will not have the confidence to face Su Zu in the future.
Of course, if Powell wins, the goal he set to win six Golden League games may be frustrated, but this is not so unacceptable for Li Zhizhong. In the men's 100m event, it is much more difficult to win six consecutive victories in the Golden League than to win the World Olympic Championships.
If Suzu wins Powell again in this game, then Powell will face four consecutive Golden League defeats, and there is a high probability that Brussels and Berlin will not participate in the Golden League in the future.
Even if Powell still participated in the later games, but psychologically, Su Zu already had a great advantage.
The field is like a battlefield, and the psychological factors of athletes largely determine the performance during the game.
And at this time, the same thousands of miles away in the United States, Florida, the city of Pensacola.
In a teacher's dormitory at Woodham High School, Justin Gatlin sat on the couch with his hands on his chest, staring intently at a television screen not far away.
The screen was playing at the IAAF Golden League in Zurich, where the men's 100m runners were entering the Leit Zigren Stadium.
"Damn, Justin, you should have been among those people who were playing right now."
"The USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) idiots, it's all their fault, otherwise Justin you would have been able to beat the Chinese and Jamaicans above. What do they have, not at all Justin you run fast. And that Tyson Gay, if you weren't banned, how could he have won the All-American Championship......"
The two fourteen or fifteen-year-old black men who spoke, with childish looks on their faces, but their physiques had already grown, looked at the broadcast on the field at this time, and suddenly screamed angrily.
"That's enough, Sam and John, you two be quiet." Justin Gatlin interrupted the two black teenagers and said lightly, "I asked you to watch the race to see how the top sprinters perform in the arena. ”
"But......," one of the black teenagers shouted unwillingly.
"Nothing." Justin Gatlin shook his head, "I obey the punishment that USADA has given me. ”
The two young blacks who were hugging him were suddenly a little speechless, and seeing that Justin's face was not very good, he suddenly lowered his head again and sat on the sofa softly.
Justin Gatlin sighed silently, the two teenage black men were two of his team members on the Woodham High School track and field team.
In the two months since he entered Woodham High School, he has adapted quickly to his role and has already gotten to work in addition to his daily training. Although it is not yet the fall semester, he has gathered many students in the sprint program to train with him.
Many black teenagers on the track and field team have a very good impression of him and regard him as an idol. Just like when he was a teenager, he wanted to escape the life of the black underclass, and for gifted black teenagers, sports were the best way out.
"So Justin, who do you think will win this time, Sue or Powell?" Seeing that Justin Gatlin was reluctant to continue talking about himself, the black teenager named Sam instead pointed to the TV screen and talked about the game.
"Sue, of course, Powell is a coward." Another teenager named John suddenly spoke up, "Powell and Justin and Sue don't seem to have won the game." ”
"No, I think Powell has a better chance of winning, and blacks are more talented."
"Powell and Sue didn't win the game without ......"
Justin Gatlin, who was sitting on the sofa, looked at the two black teenagers who were arguing a little, and shook his head helplessly, "If you continue to argue, the game will begin." ”
"And who's going to win?"
"Justin, who are you rooting for?"
The two black teenagers asked almost in unison.
Justin Gatlin's face gradually became solemn, and he did not have an answer to the question, but refocused his attention on the TV screen in front of the sofa.
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Leit Zigren Stadium.
Two assistant referees on the sidelines began to check the movements and postures of the eight runners in front of the starting line before and after, and kept their bodies still before the start, and the movements were standardized, which is the criterion for the competitors in each race.
After everything was confirmed, the two assistant referees nodded to the starter on the sidelines.
The starter, an old white man with gray hair, listened to a small belly and raised the starting pistol in his hand.
“SET!”
A slightly accented shout of preparation came from a small speaker behind the contestants.
The eight runners on the track slammed their movements in unison, changing from squatting to a semi-squatting posture at the start, pressing vertically on the arms on the plastic track and the thighs and calves on the starting block, the muscles swelled and bulged, like a marble carved statue, full of the beauty of power.
Su Zu's attention was raised to the highest at this moment, focused, concentrating, it seemed that time seemed to freeze at this moment, just waiting for the gunshots to sound.
With the lessons of the previous Oslo Gold League and Roma League, Suzu has been able to fully mobilize his absolute attention and prepare to start.
The men's 100m dash has far fewer technical points than many other events, such as the men's 110m hurdles, which requires a great sense of rhythm and hurdle skills in addition to the start.
But there is no doubt that starting is one of the most important skills for sprinting and sprinting, and it is an action that needs to be practiced repeatedly and repeatedly.
How to react as quickly as possible, how to accelerate quickly, in addition to talent, also need to be carved day after day.
An important reason why athletes who are not too tall in the 100-meter event are often selected is that the tall and long-legged athletes suffer from the acceleration of the start, coupled with the slow cadence caused by their body size, so that they do not necessarily have much advantage in sprint competition.
Of course, there are some exceptions. Tall athletes like Jamaica's Lightning and Obikwiru who reach six feet five inches are rare in the 100-meter event.
After two Golden League start defeats, Su Zu fully realized the shortcomings in this regard, or should not be taken lightly.
The top players compete in the same field, and any slight omission will determine the final championship.
If you want to win, you need the utmost focus.
Bang!
Match guns rang out.
Whew-
In front of the starting line, the eight runners swung their arms at the same time at the moment when the guns rang out, and their arms raised high seemed to cut through the air at this moment.
Poof-
Poof-
The swift and powerful pedals stepped on the ground, and each foot seemed to be full of explosive power, like wheels violently driven by an engine.
At first, you can still see the movements of the contestants, but after a few steps, whether it is swinging arms and strides, the audience at the scene and in front of the TV can only see a burst of afterimages.
The moment he started out, Su Zu clearly felt that his reaction speed was not bad, and the start was also very ideal, and the intuitive reference was that Leonard Scott did not open up the gap with him at this moment.
Scott on his left and Powell on his right, the three of them almost kept the same rhythm at the start, on a horizontal line.
Scott's running style is a strong man's style like Green, Scott is about the same height as Tyson Gay, but lacks a lap thicker than Gay in size.
With his exceptional strength, he is able to develop a powerful push-and-whip after the start, with a super-fast cadence and an explosion of power.
Su Zu's running style is similar to Powell's, both of them emphasize core strength, using large strides and low cadence to make the speed more sufficient.
Normally, thirty or forty meters ahead, it is not unusual for Leonard Scott to lead Suzu and Powell. But in this race, Leonard Scott's start was very good, but it did not leave Suzu and Powell behind.
This meant that Suzu and Powell both got off to an astonishing start in this set.
In the first thirty meters, Leonard Scott suddenly felt a huge pressure at this moment.
He felt that Su Zu in the fourth lane and Powell in the fifth lane were almost completely synchronized with him, without falling behind in the slightest, and compared to the strong mid-second half ability of the two of them, Scott knew that he would definitely be surpassed in the future.
To Scott's horror, Tyson Gay, who was second on his left, also showed incredible speed in the first moments after the start.
Tyson Gay's poor start is admittedly good, as early as last year when Scott watched Tyson Gay run the 200m and the relay race, he knew that Tyson Gay had a problem with his start, although the acceleration was very fast, but there was little skill to speak of at the start.
Leonard Scott is confident that if he runs 60 meters, he can beat Tyson Gay by more than 0.05 seconds.
But, what's going on now?
Tyson Gay was running 30 meters in front of him, and he didn't fall behind after a terrible start like a desperate Saburo, or rather, the gap behind was extremely small.
Accelerate, accelerate, accelerate!
Leonard Scott only had this thought left in his mind now, but to his despair, just as this series of thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, he found that the three people next to him were speeding faster than him!
Forty meters, fifty meters, sixty meters......
Enter the high-speed part of the run.
On the field, the runners of the two, three, four, five and four passes gradually ran out of the eight runners, and the gap with the others widened.
Thomas White was a good player in the first lane, but after 40 meters, the gap between him and the other four was gradually widened.
In the sixth lane, Orusoki Fasuba once exceeded his performance by 9.85 seconds, but he has rarely run 10 seconds since then, and this one was no exception. After accelerating from the start, you are in a backward position.
The seventh lane veteran Kim Collins, whose personal strength is only about 10 seconds, is almost the same position as Olusoki Fasuba, and it is difficult to catch up with the fastest runner in 23454 lanes.
The eighth lane, Obi Keviru, he didn't start well, the tall sprinter, he didn't have much advantage in starting reaction and acceleration, and he didn't have any form in this race.
In the field of eight players, what really attracts everyone's attention now is the competition of the four players in the middle four lanes.
From 40 meters onwards, the speed of the middle four runners has reached an astonishing speed of less than 0.85 seconds per 10 meters, especially from 50 meters to 60 meters, and Su Zu and Powell have increased their speed to the extreme.
As soon as the sixty meters passed, Leonard Scott obviously felt powerless, and the wind was whistling in his ears, but Su Zu and Powell were like stepping on the bottom engine with the accelerator, buzzing, and their ears seemed to remember the sound of the engine roaring, and they passed him in an instant.
And then ...... It's Tyson Gay, and he's overtaken too!
After Su Zu started the race, there was only the finish line in front of him.
Both he and Powell are close in terms of movement skills to a certain extent, and the fastest run between the two on the way is 50 meters to 70 meters, which is almost indistinguishable.
The sound of footsteps was as fast as a continuous explosion of thunder.
Seventy meters, eighty meters, ninety meters......
Suzu and Powell have completely run out of the eight, and the audience at Leit Chigren Stadium and the spectators watching the game in front of the TV can fully see that Suzu and Powell are worthy of being the best sprinters in the world today, and their absolute speed has been fully exerted at this time.
Lead the way.
Leonard Scott, who won the men's 60m at the World Indoor Championships this year, could only compete with the two in the first 60 meters, and once the 60m passed, he was overtaken by Suzu and Powell's amazing speed.
Wait a minute......
There is one more.
Tyson Gay!
Tyson Gay was in third place, and he had an unexpectedly good start in this race, and his rapid acceleration allowed him to bite the trio of Suzu, Powell and Scott tightly from the start.
And now, with his incredible speed holding, he has surpassed Scott.
Su Zu didn't care about the others at all at this time, he just felt a huge sense of oppression, on the left, I don't know if it was Scott or Guy, but the one on the right must be Powell.
The speed of both of them was exerted to the extreme, and Su Zu had no time to be distracted and scanned Powell's position with the corner of his eye, only rushing!
The last ten meters......
Fight it out!
On the side of the field, many spectators at the scene couldn't help but follow the runners from the start to the finish line, their butts left their seats, and slowly stood up.
One by one, their necks were stretched, and their eyes barely blinked.
The audience in front of the TV only heard a live commentator Yang Jian shouting, "The race started, Su Zu's start was very good, Su Zu and Scott Powell kept the lead, Su Zu and Powell, Su Zu, Su Zu, Su Zu, Su Zu ......"
Whew......
In front of the finish line, a series of sounds like light and electricity flew by.
On the chronograph plate, the yellow electronic numerals have jumped out at this moment.
Suddenly, there was a commotion, and the audience, who had just been completely attracted by the game and kept quiet, suddenly exploded like a volcano!
In front of the TV, the domestic audience was watching the game late at night, and many people turned down the volume of the TV set, but at this moment, everyone felt that the sound of the TV suddenly became several decibels.
Yang Jian was so excited that he was almost incoherent, and seemed to use all his strength to shout, "...... Su Zu, Su Zu won, won, Su Zu won, we won! 9.73 seconds! A new world record, a wonderful duel, Su Zu set a new world record!! ”
Justin Gatlin, who was far away in Florida, suddenly jumped out of the couch when he saw the match time appear in the bottom right corner of the TV.
His eyes were wide open, his steel teeth were clenched, his hands were clenched into fists, and thick green tendons were constantly beating on his arms like winding hemp ropes.
Li Zhizhong and Zhang Pingqiu on the sidelines raised their hands and shouted loudly!
Unbelievable, it was really done, it was really done, Suzu won Powell again and set a new world record!
On the field, Powell looked at the results on the big screen, and everyone almost stood frozen on the spot!
1. The fourth lane, Su Zu, reacted 0.144 seconds, and scored 9.73 seconds (9.728 seconds);
2. Fifth lane, Asafa Powell, reaction 0.142 seconds, 9.74 seconds (9.736 seconds);
3. Second lane, Tyson Gay, reaction 0.165 seconds, time 9.83 seconds (9.829 seconds);
4. Third lane, Leonard Scott, reacts 0.141 seconds, and has a time of 9.97 seconds (9.965 seconds);
……
"Suzu's time was 9.73 seconds and Powell's 9.74 seconds, which was really a wonderful matchup, an incredible result, and both Suzu and Powell broke the world record they held together. But this time, the new world record holder is Su Zu, Su Zu is one step higher, Su Zu won Powell, this is the fourth game of this year's Golden League, Su Zu faced Powell's challenge to maintain the whole body record, in this world record breaking and other battle of the century, Su Zu finally had the last laugh......"
Powell looked at the results on the big screen, and his mood was extremely complicated for a while.
On the one hand, he also broke the world record and set a new personal best, but in the end he still lost the race, and in this race, there was someone better than him!
And Su Zu is already the focus of the audience at this time!