Chapter 300: The Challenges Faced by Olympic Champions

"Jax, were you careless?"

On the other side, as Jax Thelin left the arena and returned to the U.S. team's rest area, a black man who was slightly shorter than him but more muscular walked up to him and said in a deep voice.

"I know there's no next time, Sean." Jax Thelin replied with a blank face.

The stout black man standing in front of Jax Thelin is none other than Sean Crowder, the men's 200m champion at the 2004 Athens Olympics and Jax Thelin's brother.

"Don't take your opponent too lightly." Sean Crowder said with some seriousness, "Although I didn't compete, you have a lot of opponents, and it won't be easy to win the championship." I don't want you to fall in the way before the final. ”

At this year's 200m National Trials, Sean Crowder also qualified for the World Championships. The first place is Jax Thering, the second place is Jason Gaby, and the third is him.

Sean Crowder's original intention was also to perform well at this World Championships, and it was better to win his own title in this event like Jax Thelin.

In two years, an Olympic champion and a world champion, even if the 200m is not as much attention as the 100m, it has not damaged his reputation as the world's top sprinter.

It's a pity that some time before the start of this year's World Championships, he suffered a muscle strain in a training session and had to give up the World Championships and have no choice but to withdraw.

"The strength of that Asian player was really beyond my expectations." Jax Thelin's mind flashed in the image of the final crossing of the finish line, the red figure that he had begun to throw away from the distance, and suddenly fought his way out of the final finish line, overtaking him and Jamaica's Christopher Williams.

As a world champion, he has become more and more comfortable in athletics, and his judgment of his pace and position is extremely accurate. In the round of the rematch, he can run almost the next 50 meters without pressure.

Christopher Williams can keep up with him, even a little ahead of him in the end, he doesn't care, he wants to advance to the next round, besides, although he and Christopher Williams are not close to each other, he is almost certain that the opponent wants to keep up with him and it takes a lot of energy.

If there is any stats to describe it, Christopher Williams must at least reach 90 or 95 percent play. And he is almost 80 percent, less than 90 percent of his performance.

But the end result ......

The Asian player's sudden rise was completely out of his plans.

He was able to advance in the top three, but the reason for his anger was mainly due to the fact that the pace of the game was not under his control.

In his calculated rhythm, he and Christopher Williams should have crossed the finish line at about the same time, almost qualifying. As a result, there was an element that he did not expect.

Yechin killed him and Christopher Williams in the final few moves, but fortunately this is a rematch, and if it is a semi-final or a final, he may hate it for the rest of his life.

"He finished sixth in the 200m at last year's Olympics, and you shouldn't underestimate this Chinese."

Sean Crowder thinks back to last year's Olympics, and in some ways, he and Jax Thelin are both coaches, but they have very different personalities.

Jax Thelin is somewhat egotistical, but he has a meticulous understanding of each of his opponents, and is more humble towards the others, but also more researched.

Although Asian athletes are generally weak in sprinting, athletes who can reach the Olympic finals and stand on the same starting line as themselves do not know to be taken lightly.

Thinking of this, he continued, "Ye Chin's technical characteristics are very similar to Wallette Spearmon, they are both extremely good players in the second half of the race, facing such opponents, even if you are already 199 meters ahead, they are likely to suddenly overtake you in the last meter. You still have to take him seriously, I think this Asian is very strong, and this year's race in New York is already under 20.30 seconds, and he won Wallace Spearmon, and he is very young, which is their advantage. ”

"Do you think Ye Qin, yes, this Asian player from China will have an impact on me winning the championship?"

Hearing Sean Crowder say this, Jax Tlyn's brows couldn't help but furrow slightly. After this rematch, Yechin has been listed as one of the competitors, but listening to Sean Crowder's words, it seems that he has not taken it seriously enough.

"I don't think you can be too careless. I don't know exactly what the other side will be able to run, but in terms of age, he and another Jamaican player, Usebote, are not a big threat. And ......," Sean Crowder said, pausing involuntarily before adding, "Moreover, the Asian athlete competes in the men's 200m and men's 400m events, and this year he will run three races, one semi-final, and two semi-finals. Now the rematch has been completed, and there are two semi-finals left. ”

"200 meters and 400 meters?" Jax Thelin couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, two or three races a day, they are not unexperienced, but on a stage like the World Championships, it is still the 200m and 400m events, and they are the key to advancing to the semifinals and semifinals, which is not surprising.

Jax Thelin has won six consecutive collegiate athletic championships and the 60m, 100m and 200m indoor championships; Champion of the 100m and 200m in the outdoor race.

In '03, he was the 60m champion at the World Indoor Championships, the 60m champion at the US Indoor Championships, the 100m champion at the IAAF Golden League Zurich station, the 200m champion and 100m runner-up at the Brussels station, the 100m champion at the Stockholm Super Grand Prix, and the fourth in the 100m at the World Athletics Finals.

He already had a wealth of experience before the Olympics and understood best how terrible it can be for athletes who can withstand this level of intensity. Moreover, the other party is three or four years younger than him, and athletes of this age may not know when they will break out.

To win Wallace Spearmon at the New York Grand Prix, and to be a competitor in both the 200m and 400m, if he has a stable mentality and plays extraordinarily, he still has a huge threat to winning the title.

"I'm not going to give them a chance." Jax-Thelin nodded again, his expression serious.

Wallace Spearmon's technical characteristics are clear to him, the first half of the race does not look very fast, but in the second half, he can often win the game with his abundant speed retention ability.

Jax Thelin has always taken Wallace Spearmon and Jason Gaby very seriously, training together as a training partner who only stepped onto the international stage this year, but his results have made him feel a serious threat.

Moreover, these two people are very arrogant and have strong confidence in their abilities and levels.

Just a few days ago, there was a conflict within the American team. Morris Green and John Keppel wanted to put up a big show on the team, with Jason Gaby and Wallace Spearmon as his little brothers, carrying bags and sundries for him, but the two didn't give each other any face. So much so that Jason Gaby and Wallace Spearmon left the U.S. team residency and went straight to the hotel.

Jax Thelin is watching this from the sidelines, but he also has an opinion about Maurice Green's opinion, it's just competitive sports, if you want to speak loudly, you have to show your results.

Morris Green can be whisked at other junior track and field athletes, and to put it bluntly, it's his achievements and seniority in the field, but he's old anyway. Morris Green has an Olympic title, and he has it now, and the World Championships gold medal, Morris Green has two gold medals in the 100m and 200m, and he is now only one 200m short.