Chapter 344: The eve of the 400-meter final
In the evening, when Chinese reporters sent back to China the remarks made by Usain Bolt during the interview, there was another wave of skepticism about Jamaicans on the Internet.
"This can really brag! Want to reclaim the world record? It's good to win the championship once when the wind god is not in good shape, what are you doing? ”
"If Usain Bolt just said to win the 100m, I wouldn't say anything, after all, the wind god is not at his best right now. But this girl still wants to break the world record? I'm really drunk too. ”
"Who's to say it's not, even if he Bolt is in better shape than the wind god now, it is estimated that it will be difficult to break the 9.60 second mark, right?"
"Upstairs, you think too much of that. Still 9 seconds 60? If he can break 9.70 seconds, let's steal the fun. ”
If you change the past, even if there are international sports superstars who are opposed to Chinese sports stars, there will always be some domestic diehards or brainless fans to support. However, this time, the Internet has drawn a line with Bolt, and almost no Chinese think that he still has the strength to break the 100-meter world record.
Not only that, but even many domestic track and field insiders are also not optimistic about Bolt's declaration of "regaining the throne of the king of sprinting". Moreover, some industry insiders have publicly expressed their opinions with the help of the media: "The reason why Bolt said this is nothing more than a bluff, just to suppress the wind in terms of momentum and occupy a little psychological advantage in the final final." ”
In fact, Bolt's rhetoric is really not as simple as "bluffing", but has a certain amount of confidence.
Bolt has been able to dominate the sprint program for many years, and in addition to his own talent, his hard work and dedication in training are also indispensable. However, if compared with Chinese track and field athletes, there is obviously still a certain gap in terms of hard work.
Moreover, because Bolt's family was relatively poor when he was young, in order to be able to live a happier life for himself and his family, and in order to earn more money, he focused a large part of his energy on endorsement contracts and some commercial activities.
Despite this, Bolt has beaten the top sprinters in the sprint arena and has broken the world record in the 100m event several times. However, in the eyes of many of the industry's top professionals, with Bolt's talent, breaking the 9.50 second mark should be his limit. However, since Bolt has become famous, he can no longer focus on training and racing as much as before, so the beautiful vision of expecting him to break the 9.50 second mark can only be regarded as a fantasy forever.
But what outsiders don't know is that after losing the Olympic title in 2012 and holding the 100-meter sprint world record for many years, Bolt, who has a strong sense of self-esteem, can no longer tolerate successive failures. In order to be able to regain everything that once belonged to him, Bolt pushed away all commercial activities that could be pushed away and devoted himself to training and competition to the fullest.
After more than half a year of "lying on the salary and trying the guts", the already talented Bolt has broken the 9.60 second mark in training many times after perfecting his relatively weak starting stage. Even with a downwind speed of 3 meters per second, he ran a terrifying time of 9.52 seconds.
It is precisely because of this that Bolt dared to make a public statement that "defeated Feng Quan and regained the throne of sprinting".
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In the evening, Feng Quan, who had just returned to the hotel by car and had not had time to eat, heard about Bolt's remarks in an interview with reporters from his agent Zhao Shijie, and the content of this interview has also become a hot topic of discussion in online sports-related forums at home and abroad.
"Daquan, Su Ye and I have already said hello to many websites at home and abroad, as well as friends from newspapers and magazines. As long as you decide how to counter Bolt's arguments, we can start a media offensive right away. Zhao Shijie on the other end of the plane said in a calm tone.
For an experienced agent like Zhao Shijie, in addition to this kind of sports star pre-game tearing incident, he is already familiar with it, so he will seem so calm. However, in the next moment, Feng Quan's reaction was somewhat unexpected.
"Hehe, Brother Zhao, we don't need to be so troublesome, as long as I defeat him in the final the day after tomorrow, it's over, why bother fighting that unnecessary war of words with him?" Feng Quan smiled.
The reason why he is reluctant to fight with Bolt is not because he is worried that he will lose to the other party in the game, but because Feng Quan has a very accurate positioning for himself, he is a "crossover" professional athlete and not an entertainment star. So, he just needs to win one win after another on the track and field; It's enough to score more goals on the football pitch and give assists to your teammates, and you don't need to use the media to boost your reputation by going toe-to-toe with your opponents.
Moreover, before the start of the 100-meter trapeze battle, Feng Quan was most concerned about the 400-meter final. After all, winning the 400-meter crown at the World Championships is an important step on his way to the "All-Habitat Speed King".
As for Bolt's declaration of war on himself, Feng Quan didn't pay attention to it at all. After possessing the [Reset] bug-like skill, unless Bolt has the strength to easily break the 9.50 second mark, he will not be able to beat himself in the 100-meter race.
Therefore, Feng Quan's number one goal in this World Championships trip is always to win the championship in the 400-meter event. And through the semi-final competition, coupled with the memory search about this World Championships before the crossing, Feng Quan believes that as long as there are no big accidents, there is basically no big problem for him to win the 400-meter championship. Although it is still difficult for the wind to break the world record of 43.18 seconds held by Michael Johnson. However, with the assistance of multiple skills, there is still great hope for breaking the 43.50 second mark.
So, Feng Quanyun said to Zhao Shijie lightly: "Brother Zhao, that guy from Bolt will not pay attention to him for the time being." I'll win the 400m tomorrow and then I'll clean him up after I've recuperated. ”
Hearing this, Zhao Shijie couldn't help but be speechless for a while.
"Usain Bolt provoked you in the 100m event, which you are best at, and you didn't even dare to fight back, and now you still want to win the 400m event in your first competition? I'm really convinced of you......"
Although Zhao Shijie wanted to say this, as an agent, he was worried about hitting Fengquan's self-confidence, so he just smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, I wish you all the best tomorrow." ”
In fact, except for Feng Quan himself and a few of his die-hard fans, the vast majority of professionals, including El Karis, as well as the majority of track and field enthusiasts, are not optimistic about his championship prospects.
That's right, Feng Quan did defeat Merritt and Killarney James in the morning race to reach the men's 400m final with a first place in the semi-finals.
But if you judge by past experience, only a "newcomer" like Feng Quan, who is "first" to participate in the 400m individual event, will do his best in the semi-finals in order to get a place in the final.
And "experienced" veterans like Merritt and Killarney James will only be able to give their full play in the final. At that time, unless Feng Quan can "super-standard" play and break through the 43.70 second mark, it will be impossible to win the 400-meter crown. However, in the eyes of most people, with Feng Quan's current competitive state, even if he can break the 44-second mark like in the semifinals, it is already very good.
However, just a dozen hours later, Feng Quan used his actual actions to blind the titanium dog's eyes of those who were not optimistic that he could win the championship at all......