June 27, 2008, Eugene, Oregon, United States.

The U.S. Outdoor Championships, which have been going on for three days, are in full swing at Hayward Stadium.

Beginning June 27, Hayward Stadium will be home to track and field athletes from all over the United States, with every day of athletics racing on the track and field field. In some of these events, the level of competition has reached or exceeded the level of the Olympic and World Championships.

In particular, this year's U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships are a quadrennial Olympic trials, the results of which will determine the athletes' qualification for the U.S. Olympic team at the Summer Olympics in Yenching.

If an athlete achieves Olympic A and finishes in the top three in the event they compete, they will be able to take a seat on the Olympic delegation.

If an athlete wins the event but does not qualify for the Olympic Games with A Standard, or withdraws, the next best athlete with the A qualification will be selected.

The U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships will run from June 27 to July 8, a total of 10 days.

Unlike many other countries with selection committees, the selection of the U.S. Olympic team is entirely based on results on the track, and if a previous Olympic champion or a world champion does not qualify if he fails to meet the A standard in the selection and finishes in the top three.

In addition, the U.S. Olympic Trials are open to all citizens across the country who meet the A standard, regardless of whether they are registered as professional track and field athletes, they can participate and receive certain subsidies.

Other U.S. citizens who meet the B standard of the Olympics can also register, but they will have to pay for some of the necessary expenses.

Because of its large scale and high number of participants, the U.S. Olympic Trials has always been known as a small Olympics. Since 1972, the U.S. Olympic Trials have had at least 24 events anyway, with the popular events being the 100m, 200m, 400m and 110m hurdles, with at least 32 athletes in the competition.

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"Jason, what's wrong with you, I feel you're very nervous!"

In the warm-up area outside Hayward Stadium, Lance Brauman frowned and looked at Jason Gaby, who was sitting on the sidelines panting, and he felt that something was wrong.

"I don't know, Coach."

Jason Gaby had his head down, a white towel around his neck, sweat sliding down his face. The warm-up had just ended, and he was about to enter the men's 100m heats, but he didn't know why he was suddenly a little scared.

The Olympic Trials are a 10-day event with a large number of participants, and in a popular event like the men's 100m, it takes two days to go from the heats to the semi-finals, semi-finals and finals.

This year is the first day of the trials, and with Jason Gaby's current momentum, he is the first man in the United States to be in the men's 100m and 200m, and many of the spectators who came to Hayward Stadium to watch the competition were coming for him.

But at the moment when he was about to play, he suddenly became nervous.

This is something he has never done before in his more than 10-year career.

"Are you afraid you won't be able to do it, Jason?" Lance Blauman sat down next to Jason Gaby, the coach who single-handedly brought Jason Gaby to the high level of athletics, and he knew Jason Gaby even better than his parents and wife.

"9.70 seconds and 9.72 seconds, coach, you know it's something I haven't done in the wind." Jason Gaby still had his head down, his hands and feet trembling slightly, and the clear lines of muscles on his dark skin seemed to indicate the extremely uncalm mood of his owner at this moment.

Since the news that Yechin broke the men's 100m world record again at the Ostrava Grand Prix in the Czech Republic on June 12, Jason Gaby has felt unprecedented pressure.

There are many sprinting talents in the United States, and the Olympic A standard of the men's 1200 meters has always been achievable by dozens of people in the United States. But now the situation is that the only American player who can really compete head-to-head with the current favorites Yechin and Yusse Bot is Jason Gaby.

Especially in the 100m, since Maurice Green retired in February this year and Jax Thelin was suspended, the level of other American athletes, although excellent, is obviously not far behind Jason Gaby.

Before the start of the trials, several media outlets interviewed Dorjeson Gaby, asking him about his thoughts after the world record breaking by Yechin and Yusse Both, as well as his outlook for the Olympics.

He expressed his strong confidence in the interview, but when it came to the Olympic trials, he suddenly felt a little unconfident.

Especially hearing the loud noise of the spectators in the stands of Hayward Stadium outside the stadium, the hesitation and uncertainty in his heart were ups and downs, so that he felt a little lost before the game.

"I can't help you, Jason!" Lance Blauman sighed silently beside Jason Gaby, who was a little disappointed at this moment.

At the time of the loss to Yusse Bot at the New York Grand Prix, Jason Gaby was still full of confidence that he could also break the world record and win against Yusse Both.

But when the news came that Yechin Ostrava had broken the world record again, Jason Gaby was in a state of self-doubt.

It's not that Jason Gaby's mentality isn't strong enough, it's that the performances of Yechin and Yusse Bot in May and June for a few years are really monsters.

One holds a time of 9.76 and 9.72 seconds, the other is 9.70 seconds, 9.73 seconds and 9.74 seconds!

In less than two months, the world record has been broken three times, and the strength of the two has silenced the other sprinters.

Jason Gaby's best run to date was 9.76 seconds, the 2007 New York Grand Prix, in excess of wind speeds. Compared to Ye Qin and Yusse Bote, even the results in super wind speed are still inferior.

Lance Brauman knows he's just a coach, and although he's still coached Jason Gaby in the more than two years he's been in prison, he's gradually learned a truth.

That is, athletes can't do without the guidance of coaches, but more often than not, they need to rely on themselves.

The strength of your own heart, the strength of your own inner being.

At this time, Jason Gaby is in a little trouble, but he believes that Jason Gaby can overcome it on his own.

In the face of strong opponents, it is not fear, not retreat, but the courage to face difficulties in competition, such talents can step on the peak.

As the minutes ticked by, Lance Blauman and Jason Gaby sat there and didn't continue to speak, when the staff on the side of the straight came over to inform them that the men's 100m heats were about to begin.

Jason Gaby wiped the sweat from his forehead and neck with a towel and followed the staff through the check-in process, ready to enter the competition with the other athletes.

A few minutes later, the athlete enters the arena.

Standing on the third track in front of the men's 100m starting line, Jason Gaby took deep breaths in quick succession to adjust his mentality.

The U.S. Olympic trials have always been very popular, and the five major television networks in the United States have dedicated sports channels to broadcast the event, and as the most popular track and field athlete at the moment, he doesn't want others to see how bad he is now.

The National Championships actually have no real opponents for him, even Walter Dicks, who has grown very rapidly in recent years, is much worse than him.

He just felt a little unconfident about facing the competition between Ye Qin and Yusse Bote, which caused him to be a little dazed recently.

After a single gunshot, the game began quickly.

Jason Gaby was slow to get off the starting line, with a staggering 0.274 seconds and stiff movements, with just 30 metres ahead of him as he was the last of the eight.

At this moment, the audience watching the game through the five major television networks, as well as all the spectators in Hayward Stadium, were extremely surprised.

Jason Gaby hasn't had a particularly good start, but he's got a lot of power and a quick pace, even if it's slower than the likes of Aszafavir, but he's never been so sluggish.

Jason Gaby, the current No. 1 sprinter in the United States, surprised them all with his performance after the guns rang out in this preliminaries.

Forty meters, fifty meters......

Jason Gaby's face twitched with muscles, and the green tendons on his forehead and neck bulged high, and his eyes were hideous.

He's lagging behind!

In the men's 100m, which he excels at, he was surpassed by seven other athletes who were far weaker than him.

In the stands of Hayward Stadium, Lance Blauman and Jon Drummond, the two coaches of Jason Gaby, turned pale, and at this moment, they saw that Jason Gaby's mentality still did not adjust.

The whole running movement was stiff and deformed, completely losing the smoothness he usually had.

The men's 100m was won by four shots at the U.S. Olympic Trials, with more than 30 of the nation's top 100m athletes competing in eight groups. As long as the top four in the runway group can qualify for the semi-finals.

Now is the first shot in the preliminaries, and Jason Gaby, the strongest sprinter in the United States at the moment, will be a laughing stock if he is eliminated in the preliminaries.

"Jason Gaby: What's going on?"

Morris Green, who was hired by Fox TV to be the on-site commentator, sat in the media commentary box and couldn't say a word. A dozen seconds before the race, he was still chatting with the host next to him, saying that Jason Gaby is the only American athlete in the United States who can compete against the two current top 100m athletes, Yechin and Yusse Both.

He had a feud with Jason Gaby, at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, when fledgling Jason Gaby and Wallace Spearmon were newcomers, and veterans like him and John Capel were asked to carry their bags and pour water.

As a result, both of them were not convinced, and even made a move such as leaving the U.S. track and field team station and staying in a hotel, so much so that there was an uproar in the media at the time.

But since then, Jason Gaby has grown at an astonishing rate. Especially after Jax Thelin's ban, it almost instantly made up for the embarrassment of the absence of the top runners in the 1200-meter sprint event in the United States.

Maurice Green can't get used to Jason Gaby, but he also has to admit that Jason Gaby's talent and strength have the possibility of surpassing him, and he is the current face of the United States.

It's just that......

"What are you thinking?!"

Morris Green's mind was tumbling and he almost wanted to jump onto the track and field to run the race in his place.

As the same top athlete, he knows that when the level is reached, it will be easy for an athlete like Jason Gaby to make it to the final or qualify for the top three.

But now, at this moment, he could hardly believe that Jason Gaby, who could run under 9.90 seconds in the previous 100-meter race, actually fell last.

If Jason Gaby had been eliminated in the preliminaries, Morris Green could have said he would have laughed at the other side without hesitation. But as an American, an American athlete going to the Olympics, he doesn't want Jason Gaby to lose.

Because in the 100-meter sprint event in the United States, if Jason Gaby is disqualified, the Jamaicans and Chinese will be unstoppable.

"I can't lose!"

"I can't be eliminated!"

"I'm going to go to the Olympics, and I'm going to face off against Yechin and Yusse Both!"

At the end of the 50-metre race, it seemed that it was the exclamations and noises from the sidelines that woke up Jason Gaby who was running, or he returned to the familiar track, and the galloping run brought him back to a familiar feeling and rhythm.

A strong impulse burst out from the bottom of his heart, and suddenly he woke up!

"What am I doing, I'm competing!!"

Looking at the track ahead, Jason Gaby suddenly realized that after a short fifty meters, if he continued to run like this, he might miss the most important race of his life!

"Ahh

For a moment, it seemed that both the staff on the sidelines and the referee heard a roar.

Jason Gaby, who was running in lane three, burst out and his speed added up almost instantly.

"Oh!"

A wave of sound that rang out almost simultaneously swept through the stadium, and all the spectators in the stands couldn't help but stand up at this moment.

In the men's 100m race, the gap between the electric and flint, Jason Gaby suddenly exploded.

At a distance of about fifty meters, from the last one, he suddenly began to accelerate and chased after him frantically.

Sixty meters......

Jason Gaby went from the bottom to the bottom.

Seventy meters......

Jason Gaby was already neck and neck with the seventh-place finisher and was fast-moving towards the sixth.

He is a runner in the second half of the race, and it can be said that there was a super big mistake at the start in the front, but as long as he wakes up, does not give up the race, and gives full play to his advantages in the second half of the race, it is still possible......

"Rush! Rush! Rush! ”

In the press panel, Moseley-Green burst into a loud roar almost instantly, almost ventingly roaring.

It would be a big joke if you were eliminated from the Olympic trials by the current best athlete in the men's 100m.

80 meters, 90 meters......

The finish line is getting closer......

Jason Gaby could barely hear anything, his eyes didn't pay attention to his opponent, at this time, in the last fifty meters, he was completely unable to be distracted, he was a big step behind from the start, and now, at this moment, he had to fight with all his might!

He didn't want to lose his qualification for the Olympics, and he was so excited about the Olympics that he had been looking forward to the Olympics since he was a teenager watching Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson playing.

The opportunity is already in front of him, but he is mentally unbalanced because of the strong opponents he may meet, which should not be!

He needs this opportunity!

With fast feet and powerful swing arms, in the final fifty metres, Jason Gaby was certain that he had never run so fast at this moment since he started competing in athletics.

Lance Brauman and Jon Drummond in the stands almost felt like a rollercoaster ride, and because time was so short, one emotion arose and was immediately replaced by another.

At this time, both of them ripped open their collars and yelled, "Gaby, rush!" Rush! ”

Rush the line!

There was a sudden silence in Hayward Stadium!

Then, a loud gasp erupted, and everyone seemed to breathe a long sigh of relief at this moment.

10.33 seconds!

Fourth in the group!

Jason Gaby overtook the fourth-place finisher in the final moments, beating him by a hundredth of a second to qualify for the semi-finals.

Jason Gaby looked at the results on the live timing board, his heart pounding, he didn't know if it was because of the high intensity of the heart after a strenuous workout, or at this moment, he was glad that he had qualified.

"Whether it's Yechin or Yusse Both, it's useless to think about it now. If you don't even qualify for the Olympics, if you don't even qualify to stand on the same track as them, then nothing else is meaningful. ”

Jason Gaby's eyes became brighter and brighter, and although his breathing was still rapid, the spiritual bread of his whole person changed dramatically at this moment.

After a short match, no, it should be just a few seconds, and after a distance of fifty meters, the powerful pressure that had been pressing on his heart suddenly disappeared.

Since Ye Qin and Yusse Bot broke the world record, although he has been hinting to himself on the surface that he will not be weaker than them and can defeat them, in fact, in the deepest part of his heart, he will always have a trace of unconfidence and doubt.

Especially in the past few years, in the game against Ye Qin, he has lost more and won less, which has a great impact on the mentality of an athlete.

But now, Jason Gaby suddenly feels that he has put too much mental burden on himself, whether it is challenging opponents, or for the Olympics, all competitions need to be run hard by himself one after another, and thinking too much is not beneficial at all.

He is currently the first American track and field sprinter, but not all of American sprinting.

After figuring out these joints, Jason Gaby stood in front of the finish line, looking at himself in fourth place and running a time of 10.33 seconds, which is a rare ranking and result in a major event since 2005.

If he had achieved such a ranking and result in a previous race, he might have been angry and desperate, but now he seems to have taken off a shackle.

On his face, which has always been silent and solemn, he grinned at the camera in front of the TV and smiled brightly.

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At 20:20 that night, in the second round of the men's 100m, Jason Gaby broke the American men's 100m record held by Morris Green for nine years with a time of 9.77 seconds.

The next day, June 28, in the men's 100m final of the US Outdoor Track and Field Championships and Olympic Trials at 21:30 p.m., Jason Gaby won the men's 100m with a time of 9.68 seconds in excess of the wind speed (+4.1 m/s).

This time the time exceeded the wind speed and was not considered a world record, but it was the fastest men's 100m run ever under any conditions.