Chapter 354: 2006 Eugene Grand Prix (Part II)
This year has been arguably the toughest year for Jax Thelin and Asafavir, with the duo continuing to run better in all competitions to prove themselves as the world's No. 1 pilots.
In a sense, Jax Thelin has two gold medals in the men's 100m at the Athens Olympics and the World Championships in Helsinki, and now equals the world record for Asafavir, so he should be the undisputed number one in the world.
But now it's the two who share the record, and he's a latecomer, and in the eyes of many, if he doesn't completely beat Asafavil, there's still something missing.
Ye Qin has stood up on the sidelines at this time, while waiting for the upcoming game, while starting to carry out simple muscle stretching activities, after the end of the men's 100-meter race, it will be the men's 200-meter race immediately, although he has completed the warm-up before, but during the time of watching the game on the sidelines, the body will inevitably be slightly colder, and it is necessary to do some appropriate movements to keep the physical condition.
Asafavil's men's 100m squad is a bit stronger than Jax Thelin's. Among the eight players, the American still occupies five figures. However, with the exception of Athens Olympic men's 200m champion Sean Crowder, the other four U.S. athletes are all around 10 seconds overall, and are not much of a threat to Asafavil.
Instead, there are two other players, one is Portugal's Francis Obikviru and the other is Trinidad and Tobago's Mark Burns. Obikoviru was the runner-up in the men's 100m at the Athens Olympics, and Mark Burns was also a sprinter with a time of 10 seconds. Coupled with Sean Crowder, the overall strength is better than that of Jax Telling.
At this time, although the audience on the sidelines was a little dissatisfied with not being able to see Jax-Thelin compete on the same field, it was already an extremely rare situation for the two top masters to compete in the front and back of the game, especially when the game was imminent, everyone no longer wanted to say anything at this time, but everyone was watching the arena with full attention, waiting for what kind of performance Asafavier would contribute.
Ye Qin is also quite expectant of Asafavir, he has not played with the opponent, and even watched the opponent's game live, and he has not caught up with it a few times. Most of the time, it is from the videos and videos of the track and field team to see the movements and skills of the men's 100m world record holder. Now that he can watch the game live, he is still full of expectations.
After a single gunshot, the men's 100m race began again.
Sure enough, Ye Qin looked at Asafavil's starting action, not to mention the speed of the starting reaction, it was basically difficult to judge with the naked eye, but he saw it very clearly, after Asafavil took the first step of the start, the second step was to drag it forward against the ground, and the contact between the soles of his feet and the track was very sufficient.
The stride is strong and powerful, the swing arm is sufficient, and each movement has a very beautiful sense of speed and strength, and when you run, you can feel the powerful impact that bursts out from your body.
Almost twenty meters later, after the first place on the Asafavir track, the other runners were left far behind him and rushed straight to the finish line.
9.93 seconds! On the on-site timing board, the results of this group of men's 100m champions appeared!
There was a burst of exclamation on the sidelines, and then the cry slowly faded away.
Jax Thelin stood on the sidelines with a blank face as he watched the Asafavir race, and compared to his time of 10.05 seconds, Asafavir was clearly the better runner. However, when the results of the other athletes come out later, many people present who know something about track and field can basically understand it.
Sean Crowder, who finished second in this group, clocked 10.04 seconds, and Jasons Mutts, who was third and third in the United States, had a time of 10.05 seconds, but although the results were so much better than the first group, the wind speed was a cut above the previous group.
In this group of men's 100m, the score is 2.5 m/s.
With such a score, Asafavir's 9.93 seconds and Jax-Thelin's 10.05 seconds naturally have nothing to compare and refer to, and if you want to see who the current world men's No. 1 flyer is, you have to wait until the British Grand Prix on June 11.
After the men's 100m race in the two groups, many students and residents near the University of Oregon in the spectator stands have gradually left.
Most of these are coming for the men's 100-meter trapeze battle, and as a result, they saw a not very interesting competition, and now that the two trapezes have finished performing, the rest of the competition, those who feel that they are not interested will naturally leave early.
After crossing the finish line in Asafavir and the results on the timing board, Yechin had already left the stands and made his way to the check-in area on the sidelines.
The men's 200m race will start soon, and by the time he arrives, the other runners in the men's 200m race at the Grand Prix in Eugene are already in place.
There is no doubt that in the men's 200m track and field competition in the United States, the number of American athletes basically accounts for the largest number.
Many of the players in the same group are familiar to Yechin, Wallace Spearmon, Rodney Martin, Kobe Miller, McMitchell, and Jamaican Ansley Waugh.
Overall, after Asafavir cancelled the men's 200m program, the main opponent for Yechin at the Eugene Grand Prix was Wallace Spearmon.
Although another impressive American Jason Gaby did not appear on the field, with an opponent like Wallace Spearmon, Yechin did not have to worry about not having an opponent.
After a sprinter has reached a certain level of strength, it is basically difficult for them to fully perform at their level if there is no strong enough opponent to appear.
Just before the men's 200m race was about to start, Jax Thelin and Asafavier, who finished the men's 100m race on the sidelines, did not leave directly, or only cared about the media reporters and forgot about the game.
Both men looked solemnly awaiting the upcoming 200m race.
In this match, the player from China, Ye Qin will play.
For Jax Thelin, the loss of the men's 200m title in Helsinki was the last thing he expected, and the most painful and unacceptable thing for him.
It's just competitive sports, competition is competition, and results are results.
Ye Chin, a young Asian player, has gradually risen from his previously dismissive list to the highest priority. This is a competitor who overturned him in the men's 200m race, and he lost, so he was extra cautious.
Asafavil cancelled the men's 200m race and ran a men's 100m race with Jax Sterling at the behest of the Eugene organizers. While this arrangement and his Jake Sterling can make a lot of noise, Asafavir also has doubts about whether he can win in the 200m.
It was at the World Championships in Helsinki that he learned about the new men's 200m world champion, an Asian athlete about the same age as Yusse-Bote, who may have had a huge difference in best time, but who has maintained his form very well.
Both men remained silent on the sidelines, quietly waiting for the men's 200m race to begin.
When an athlete reaches their level, in addition to self-training and cultivation, it takes a lot of time to go to his competitors. From the mentality before the game, to any subtle action in the game, improve yourself and analyze the problem.
At 13:50 p.m., at Hayward Stadium, the men's 200-meter race officially began.
Ye Qin was placed in the fourth lane, and next to him in the fifth lane was Wallace Spearmon, and after the game gun rang out, the whole game basically became the arena for Ye Qin and Wallace Spearmon to compete.
In the end, Ye Qin won the men's 200m championship at the Eugene Grand Prix with a time of 20.09 seconds, and Wallace Spearmon won the second place with a time of 20.27 seconds.
Although the competition of the Eugene Grand Prix has only just begun, for Ye Qin, who has completed the race, it has basically come to an end, and the next step is to go to the Grand Prix in New York.