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Woodham Middle School, Pensacola, Florida, USA.

Woodham Middle School is not large, but the scenery inside the school is very nice, with large areas of tall trees and lush greenery.

Under the shade of these tall trees, more than a dozen teenagers of different skin colors were running fast on the track and field, conducting sprint training in groups after groups.

Woodham Middle School was formerly a private secondary school, but due to financial difficulties, the school was converted to a public secondary school on August 26 last year.

At this moment, a tall and strong black young man standing on the edge of the school track and field was staring at the figures that passed quickly, holding a stopwatch in his hand, quickly recording their time, and after a few people finished running, he walked over and instructed them to run one by one.

"Hey, Jax, why don't you show us how to run? Or, compare yourself to me? ”

After several of the training students had been spoken to by the tall, strong black youth, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old black boy in the crowd looked at him with a provocative look.

Vince Neeson, the physical education teacher standing next to Jax Thelin, couldn't help but stand up, looked at the teenager who was talking and said angrily, "Andrew, do you know what you're talking about? You're playing against an Olympic and World Champion and you want to challenge him? ”

The boy named Andrew pouted, "So what, maybe he won't be able to outrun me if he doesn't eat those things now." ”

"Damn, what are you talking about?!" Vince Neeson, the PE teacher, shouted angrily, a gesture of wanting to do it. He knew the teenager, a student who had just transferred to Woodham High School, and was a particularly mischievous and undisciplined person, and if he hadn't seen some talent in sports, Vince Neeson would have kicked him out of the track team.

"Vinnce." Jax Thelin stopped him next to him, just staring at the boy named Andrew, and nodded slightly, "Okay, we can have a game." ”

"Jax ......" Hearing Jax Thelin say this, Vince Neeson behind him couldn't help but shout.

Jax Thelin, a former Olympic champion and world champion, is not something that can be challenged casually in the men's 100m sprint, even though he has been suspended.

Jax Thelin, on the other hand, volunteered to coach at Woodham High School in the hope of developing some new sprinters for his great-alma mater.

In the United States, because there are many top prestigious universities willing to provide scholarships and recruit many students with sports talents, students often have more than one choice for high school advancement.

It is often accepted that schools can have excellent professional coaches to guide students in sports.

The most typical example is a high school in the small town of McFarland, California, where coach Jim White leads a group of country high school students through cross-country running to enter college to change the trajectory of their lives.

Then there is the Richmond High School basketball team, and after Ken Carter became the head basketball coach of Richmond High School, during his tenure from 1997 to 2002, all of his players got their diplomas, and many of them went on to college.

No one would say no to an Olympic champion who would take the initiative to coach a high school track and field team.

In addition, Woodham Middle School is not large, and there are not many well-known alumni who have gone out over the years, and the more well-known ones in sports are Reggie Evans of the NBA Nets, Horsken Powell of the NFL, Ron Green, Ron Staworth, etc. Among these athletes, there are very few who are actually willing to return to school teaching like Jax Thelin.

Jax Thelin received an eight-year ban after August '06, which is a long period of time that is almost equivalent to a lifetime ban for an athlete.

But in December 2007, at a hearing of the arbitration committee, the ban was reduced to four years in light of Jax Thelin's cooperation.

"Two years are almost over, and there are still two years to go!"

Jax Thelin has been counting the time, and he was desperate when he initially knew that after an eight-year ban, he had considered giving up track and field to become a football player in the NFL, except as a volunteer coach in high school.

Unfortunately, his rugby career was extremely difficult, although he was very fast, he did not perform well in training or games.

After his track time was shortened from 8 years to 4 years, Jax Thelin knew that he still needed to focus on sprinting training, and he belonged to the track and field!

From the day the Arbitration Committee shortened his ban to four years, he didn't think about any other sport and he continued to focus on training for the men's 100m sprint.

He did not take the provocation of a teenager to heart.

However, he decided to tell him on the runway how powerful he really was with Jax Thelin, who was once the fastest man on the planet.

"Come on, Andrew!"

Between Jax Treling's eyebrows, he seemed to be back to the sharpness of the field, walked to the track, measured the distance, and pointed to the starting line with a smile: "I can give you ten meters!" ”

"That's what you said." The black boy named Andrew had excitement in his eyes and ran to the starting line with great excitement. With the help of some teenagers next to him, another starting line of 10 meters was measured from the starting line.

At this time, many students on the sidelines heard the movement and gathered on both sides of the track and field.

"Jax ......" Vince Neeson glanced at Jax Thelin with some concern, although he knew that Jax Thelin was once an Olympic champion and his strength was amazing, but after all, he had been away from the arena for a long time, and it was not easy to give these teenagers a distance of ten meters.

Jax Thelin was unmoved, but his expression became more and more focused, standing in front of the starting line, looking at the finish line ahead, as if this was the arena where he had once raced on the highest stage.

A crisp whistle sounded suddenly.

On the field, a black teenager named Andrew started quickly, and as a teenager of this age, he has undergone a certain amount of professional training, and he still has a decent technique.

But soon, the rest of the world really saw what it means to be the world's top sprinter.

The sense of speed, which was completely different from what I saw on TV, instantly exploded the hearts of all the teachers and students present.

Jax Thelin's start hasn't been the best among the top runners, but it's still surprisingly fast compared to the average amateur.

10 meters, 20 meters, 30 meters......

The spectators on the sidelines only felt as if a hurricane had suddenly blown on the flat ground, and then the Jax-Thelin had already shot out, dozens of meters away.

Andrew, a black boy who was running, only felt that the footsteps behind him were amazingly fast, and even if he didn't look back, he could feel as if a giant beast was rushing towards him behind him.

Then, as if a fierce wind was blowing by, Jax Thelin, who was behind him after the start, suddenly rushed out of the way around him.

"It's too fast!"

The idea popped into the mind of Andrew, a black boy, for a moment, when he was still dozens of meters away from the finish line, but he didn't have the heart to continue running, just stared at the back of Jax Thelin in a daze.

After Jax Thelin crossed the finish line, he didn't look back at the teenager who had just provoked him, nor did he pay attention to the teachers and students next to him who looked at him with admiration.

It's just a little trance!

He thought of the banner he used to hang in his dorm room at the University of Tennessee, and his glory days at the Athens '04 and Helsinki '05 World Championships.

After winning the Olympic Games in '04, reporters asked him, "What's your next goal?" ”

He replied, "I won't tell you, you can see it in my dormitory." ”

And now, his next goal has not changed, and has even become more determined!

If someone arrives at his dormitory, they will still know where he is going to be.

Because the banner that hung up read: "Justin Gatlin, Men's 100m World Record Holder!" ”

That goal may be a bit far off now, and in the past month he has heard that Ye Qin has equaled the men's 100m world record, Ye Chin has broken the men's 100m world record, and most recently, Yusse Bot has broken the men's 100m world record.

These players were just emerging in his time, and now they are on the highest stage.

It's a pity that there is no place for him on this stage......

Jax Thelin stood in front of the finish line, clenched his fists tightly, his face a little stiff, his eyes seemed to look at the students in front of him, and he seemed to be looking into the distance from everyone.

"Two years to go, two years to go......"

It's almost two years since the four-year ban, and there are only two years left......

At that time, he was twenty-eight years old, not too late, and there was still a chance......

The men's 100m competition is so fierce now, but how can he be missing on this stage?!