Chapter 353: 2006 Eugene Grand Prix (Part I)

May 28, University of Oregon Hayward Stadium.

Although it was just after noon, the stadium was already crowded at this time, and the annual Putfontein Classic was a feast for the small city and the University of Oregon, and many track and field fans from all over the United States and even the world would arrive in Eugene on this day to watch the top players from around the world compete against each other.

Especially this year, the organisers of the pre-race race have already played a game, and the current fastest runners in the world, Jax Thelin and Asafa Weir, will appear on the men's 100m track to compete.

This made many spectators who might not have been of much interest come to watch the stadium live, as if they want to witness this great moment of competing for the world's first person.

Because it is an open outdoor stadium, Ye Qin was already waiting in the stands on the sidelines after warming up when he arrived, and several of today's main and attractive games were placed at the very beginning.

From 13:30 onwards, the men's 100m race will be the first to start, followed by the men's 200m and men's 400m, followed by the classic Putfontein Classic, the men's mile.

Although the approximate distance of the one-mile is equivalent to about 1,500 meters, it has been retained as a separate format in the IAAF. It is also interesting to note that the one-mile originated as a gambling format in England and has since become a distinct and popular stand-alone sport as a central communication between amateurs and professionals.

The two most famous records in the Putfontein Classic are held by Mutola, who won the women's 800m for the seventh time at this year's World Indoor Athletics Championships, and has won the 800m 13th time in a row since 1993, and will be aiming for a 14th record this year.

In 2001, American high school student Alan Webb broke the 36-year-old American high school mile record held by legendary athlete Jim Ryan with a time of 3:53.43 at the Putfontein Classic.

As the clock drew closer, the number of spectators in the stands at Hayward Stadium grew, and the shouts of various spectators, as well as reporters from Toga Media magazine, continued to appear on the sidelines.

At around 13:25, the first round of applause and cheers rang out from the stands at Hayward Stadium, and before the men's 100-meter starting line, Jax Thelin, the current men's 100-meter flyer, appeared on the runway.

And with the appearance of Jax Thelin, by this time, some spectators have noticed that in today's men's 100m race, Jax Thelin and Asafavir, who were advertised before the game, will participate in the men's 100m race, which seems to be a little different from what they understand.

While Jax Thelin and Asafarville will both compete in the 100m, the men's 100m will be competing in two different final groups.

This is completely different from what many viewers thought before the game that the two masters would compete on the same field and compete for the victory.

Naturally, by this time, some viewers were already able to realize that they were misled by the publicity of the event organizers, but people had already arrived at the scene, and the clear contestants were also there, but there was no direct dialogue and competition, so they could only wait for the next time.

The first group of men's 100m competition soon began in the boiling and noisy sound of the audience, and Ye Qin stood on the sidelines and watched the athletes who were about to start the competition very attentively.

Whenever he gets the chance, he now takes the time to watch the footage of the matches that he didn't pay much attention to before, as well as the training videos of many of the fighters.

After returning from the World Championships in Helsinki last year, Randy Hunter's focus shifted to the long jump, and he entered Mizuki University, where he was often trained with the varsity team and professors and coaches such as Li Qi from the Sports Department.

The center of the project naturally revolves around Ye Qin, who is also in the process, constantly learning, watching the movements and skills of various sprinters in the world.

The reason why he is particularly looking forward to running with Asafavil is that he has watched the running techniques and movements of many athletes in the research group, among which Asafavil's running movements are smooth and beautiful, full of power, and the details of various techniques seem to be in place.

Compared to Michael Johnson, Jimmy Warner, and Jax Thelin, who have run up and sat on their hips, and have strong hip delivery ability, in Yechin's opinion, Asafavir's technical moves are undoubtedly more outstanding.

Of course, sprinting skills are not constant, but the main thing is to adapt the technical characteristics of each person.

Among the top 100m athletes that Ye Qin himself has seen, Morris Green and Asafavil have the fastest start and acceleration, and they run like bullets out of the chamber, which is an ability that can only be possessed by strong muscular bursts.

Another athlete with good technical ability on the way is Lauin Claude, the men's 200m champion at the Athens Olympics, who did not start the best, but his absolute speed ability on the way was excellent, and he was able to stabilize his speed at the top speed for a long time. Jax Thelin, on the other hand, is very capable in the second half of the sprint. With a wide stride and a strong hip delivery ability, the advantage is not obvious in the early and middle stages, but in the late stage, few people can compete with him.

Ye Qin watched a lot of Jax Telling's race videos, and every time when the race gun rang out and the runners rushed out of the track, Jax Telling was not the one who could attract attention, but he would run in front of all the runners in the end of the 100 meters.

This style of running, Ye Qin can understand, and even he and Jax Thelin are somewhat close to each other, but the technical characteristics that he focuses on inside are completely different.

However, Ye Qin is now in a learning stage, constantly referring to other players, and then combining his own technical characteristics, absorbing like a sponge, and constantly improving himself.

To recognize their own advantages and disadvantages, and then learn from each other's strengths, just like Liu Yangyu can beat many 110-meter hurdles masters, create miracles, the biggest feature is that his hurdle skills are very good, the speed may not be the fastest, but through one hurdle after another, you can gradually eliminate the disadvantages, accumulate advantages, and finally win the championship.

At this time, on the field, the first group of the men's 100m competition is about to begin.

Although Jax Thelin does not have Asafaville, his strongest competitor, there are still top sprinters such as this year's men's 60m indoor world champion Leonard Scott and Jamaican star Michael Flat.

From the start of the race, Leonard Scott showed the strength of the new men's 60m indoor champion, starting and accelerating very quickly, almost ahead of the rest of the other competitors in the first 30 meters.

But by about 60 metres, Jax Thelin was catching up from behind and gradually overtaking Leonard Scott, and the final result of the match was not what everyone in the audience had expected.

Jax Thelin finally won the championship with a time of 10.05 seconds, and the wind speed was 1.0 m/s, which is a good result, probably because of the relatively weak opponent, Jax Thelin also had reservations and did not go all out.

The second and third places in the same group were Leonard Scott of the United States and Michael Flatt of Jamaica, who clocked 10.16 and 10.17 seconds respectively.

Ye Qin saw very clearly on the sidelines, Jax Tlin's running skills and Leonard Scott are completely two typical, Leonard Scott was fast in the first half, the main reason was that as soon as he started, he used all his strength in front and raised his head quickly, so it seemed that there was almost no opponent in the first 30 meters, but there was a whole 100 meters in a race, and the energy consumption in front was too large, and after 60 meters, there was basically some lack of follow-up, and after the speed of other players gradually increased, Inevitably, it will be overtaken by others.

Soon the second group of the men's 100m race in Eugene started again, and Jax Thelin, who had just been interviewed by several local American media near the finish line, also had no position and watched the men's 100m race from the sidelines.