Chapter 506: I really want to run with you
"Oh no, Jason Gaby, it's a shame, it's ...... He didn't even make it to the final! OMG! ”
In an apartment building at Woodham High School in Florida, USA, a teenage black teenager suddenly jumped up from the sofa and shouted in an exaggerated voice with great chagrin and regret.
At the same time, Michael Johnson, who was the guest commentator on Fox TV, was also full of regret: "...... Jason Gaby said at the beginning of the year that he, like Yechin, has the ability to compete for Olympic gold in the men's 100m, 200m and 400m, and even has the support of his strong teammates in the 4×100m of the US team...... But this year's rise of Euse Bot has allowed him to see the strength of the newcomers at the New York Grand Prix, Jason Gaby wants to challenge Yechin and Eusei Bot at this Olympics, but now there is no chance, and the injury at this year's All-American Olympic Trials has disrupted his training rhythm, although it may not seem to be a big problem, but it is clear that Jason's form is quite a problem......
It's a shame, and I'm looking forward to seeing a showdown between the four fastest runners on the planet at the moment......"
When Michael Johnson's extremely regretful voice sounded on the TV, the young man who stood up from the sofa couldn't help but turn his head to look at the coach who had been silent beside him, and asked out loud:
"Jax, now that Jason Gaby hasn't made it to the final, who do you think will be the champion of this Olympic Games?"
Jax Thelin couldn't help but feel sorry when he saw that Jason Gaby was in fifth place in the second group of the semi-finals and missed the final.
At this year's National Championships, he has seen it before, and in the men's 200m heats, Jason Gaby strained his tendon, coupled with a groin injury in the back, which had a serious impact on his Olympic preparations.
But as an American, an American sprinter, he still felt a lot of pity after seeing Jason Gaby go out of the tournament.
He and Jason Gaby are actually not particularly familiar, although the two are the same age, but Jax Bowler was still competing in NCAA track and field on college campus when Jax Turling won the '04 Olympic championship.
It wasn't until '05 that Jason Gaby became a professional track and field player, and we all participated in the World Championships in Helsinki together, and that time as a teammate was actually not particularly pleasant. On the one hand, there is the conflict between veteran players such as Morris Green and new players such as Jason Gaby Wallace Spearmon, and the other is the final men's 4×100m relay, where Jason Gaby and Leonard Scott made a mistake in the baton handover, which made Jax Thelin miss the opportunity to participate in the final relay final.
At the World Championships in Helsinki, the men's 200m championship was unexpectedly won by Yechin, and Jax Thelin was looking forward to the relay victory. It's not particularly annoying, but the impression of this incident is still very deep.
It wasn't until he was banned from athletics that Jason Gaby's meteoric rise made up for the lack of top sprinters in American athletics after his departure.
From that point of view, Jax Thelin would have felt that something was wonderful, and if he hadn't been able to race, he wondered if Jason Gaby would have been able to grow up so easily.
It's a pity that the other party and myself will regret this Olympic Games......
In the men's 100m event at this Olympic Games, although the United States team also had Walter Dix and Davis Barton to advance to the final of the men's 100m, compared with Jason Gaby, the gap between the two is still more than a step behind.
In the men's 100m final two hours later, Walter Dix and Davis Barton could not compete with the likes of the best in the world. Presumably, it won't be so easy to outrun Richard Thompson and Kurandi Martina.
"Jax, do you think it's going to be Usse Both? I hope he gets the championship, he's black! His strength is too strong, you saw it in the semi-finals just now, he ran easily, and he had a time of 9.85 seconds for a long time. The boy didn't seem to have the slightest hint of Jax Thelin's silence, and still cried out excitedly.
"In the semifinals, Yechin was 9.86 seconds, and both of them had obvious releases."
Looking at Andrew's excited look, Jax Thelin opened his mouth to mention Yechin's performance in the first group of semifinals, in this group, both Yechin and Usse Bot both have obvious movements, from here to observe which of the two will be the final champion, it is really difficult to say.
However, after watching the match between the two, Jax Thelin felt a strong sense of crisis, the powerlessness of just a rotten veteran watching a new generation of legends wreak havoc on the field.
9.85 seconds, which was his time in the men's 100m at the last Athens Olympics, and narrowly beat Francis Obikviru's 9.86 seconds in 9.85 seconds.
With the same result, the last athlete needed to go all out to run out, and in this Olympic Games, only the semi-finals staged the same scene.
The difference is that the two men who ran this time were too easy, and it didn't take much effort.
"If I'm still in athletics, can I play against the two?"
At this moment, this thought popped into Jax Thelin's mind.
He understands Jason Gaby's all-out personal best of 9.77 seconds at the American Trials in June, and his current all-time best of 9.68 seconds in the final against the wind.
These are by no means without reason, and in the face of the strong rise of Yusse Bot and Yechin, Jason Gaby will need to make a new breakthrough and performance in track and field to compete with these two.
As a result, it is probably because of Jason Gaby overtraining during that time, and then the game broke out too hard, which laid the hidden danger for the injury.
"Coach, you haven't said who you think will be the champion? Yechin, Yusse Bote, Asafavir? Teenage Andrew's voice sounded again, and as the TV screen switched to other projects, a pair of eyes were shining brightly, staring at Jax Thelin.
He believed that his coach, the former Olympic champion who had played against all the athletes in the field, must have a clearer answer in his heart.
Jax Thelin smiled and groaned for a moment before he said with a smile: "Yechin, Usse Bote, and Asafarville, there is no doubt that all three of them have the strength to compete for the championship, but Asafarevill has the smallest chance of winning.
I'm not talking about the reason why his best results were worse than the two, but that he, like Jason Gaby, lacked systematic preparation and training in the first half of 2008. And Asafavil is not strong enough in the face of his rivals. ”
Jax Thelin paused for a moment, then continued, "I don't know enough about Usse Bote, he's been in a lot of games and he's been doing very well. As for Ye Chin, he is the strongest fighter I've ever seen.
At the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, he competed in the final like Yusse Both, but in the end, Yechin won the men's 200m race against a group of competitors, including me. You can think about his mentality when he faces a strong opponent.
In fact, sprinting is a sport that requires experience, and after reaching a certain level, it is more important to compete in mentality, and to prepare for willpower and pressure resistance. ”
"So, in the end, do you think Ye Chin will win?" Teenage Andrew listened to Jax Thelin a lot and finally concluded.
Jax Thelin stared at the TV screen but didn't answer again.
At this moment, he missed the arena so much, and wanted to be in the middle of it and compete with these powerful opponents.
This strong feeling is sometimes not only because of the fame and fortune brought by the competition in the arena, but also a very simple feeling, that is, competition!
Compete for the honor of the fastest runner on the planet, face strong enemies again and again, and constantly surpass yourself again and again!
Yechin, Yusse Both, and Asafarville and Jason Gaby are all so strong that Jax Thelin is a little frightened, but the more he does, the more he feels his blood boiling.
I'd love to run with you!
I've never been afraid of strong opponents!
Probably, you too!