Kentucky, USA.

The small town of Lexington in February is still in a snowy season.

A mighty Lincoln pickup slowly stopped at the entrance of an indoor stadium, and a sturdy black man in a feathered suit stepped out of the car, took a light breath of cold air, and then stepped into the back seat and hugged a little black girl wearing a beanie and wrapped tightly.

"Dad, are we here?" The little black girl hid in the arms of the strong black man, showed her small face, looked around and asked softly.

"Yes, Trinity, we're here." Jason Gaby locked the car door and gently kissed the little man in his arms, with a rare smile on his face.

In track and field, he has always been known for not smiling, without too many amateur activities, not socializing, not socializing, many people say that he is boring and not easy to deal with.

But when he is with his family, especially with his daughter, he is a very gentle person.

In Jason Gaby's life, apart from training and competing, the biggest thing is to spend time with his family.

"It's great, Dad, I can watch you train, I love watching you run."

The little black girl spoke in a crisp voice, and it could be seen that although it was cold in winter, she had inherited the excellent physical fitness of her parents, so that she did not seem a little immobile like many little girls, but was extraordinarily energetic and full of curiosity about her surroundings.

"Haha, Trinity, you can run with Daddy too." Jason Gaby gently lifted the little girl in his arms and made him sit on his neck, "We'll all be track and field athletes together in the future." ”

"Okay, Dad, I'm going to be an athlete too, and I'm going to practice sprinting, rush!" The little girl sat on Jason Gaby's neck, waved her hands, pointed in the direction of the indoor stadium and shouted with a smile.

"Rush!"

Jason Gaby put his hands on the little girl around his neck and trotted in the direction of the indoor gym with laughter under the guidance of his daughter.

The past 2006 was the most successful year of Jason Gaby's entire career. The IAAF overall standings and the men's 100m ranking reached an unprecedented second place, and ranked first in the men's 200m individual event, becoming the world's hottest sports star.

But because he is busy with competitions and training, he and his family have much less time. Today, when I came to the indoor training hall for daily training, my daughter was entangled and wanted to come with him, but he did not refuse, but gave an attitude of encouragement.

His family was a family of athletes, his mother Daisy was a female athlete when she was younger, and his sister Tiffany was already a well-known local sprinter in high school.

As teenagers, he and his sister Tiffany, with the encouragement of their mother, began sprinting training in athletics. At that time, on the mountains near the school and home, the two siblings always seized the time outside of class to train. Jason Gaby still remembers that the competition with his sister was fierce at that time, and Tinif had a much faster start than him, and at that time he had always taken his sister Tiffany as the goal of surpassing, and often practiced silently in private.

Now, because his daughter is a professional athlete, she also wants to learn about sprint training, and he is willing to take her to learn about and train.

He believes that his daughter, who has inherited his excellent genes, is also talented in this area, and for her future, competitive sports are a good choice.

"Daddy, hot!"

Entering the indoor training gym, the oncoming heat rushed in, and Trinity, who was held by Jason Gaby, began to pull the hat on her head and the clothes on her body.

Jason Gaby first squatted down, took off his daughter's coat, and then took the other party's hat in his hand, when a voice from inside came.

"Hey, little angel, why did you come here with you?"

It was a middle-aged black man with a small stature, and the first moment he saw Trinity, he smiled and came over to say hello.

"Hello, Jon, Trinity is going to be an athlete in the future." The little girl giggled and said hello, took off her coat and looked at the track of the indoor training ground, and began to run with joy.

"She's a lot like you, Jason." The middle-aged black man looked at the little girl who was having fun on the indoor track, smiled and sighed, "I seem to see another future female sprinter in her." ”

"It's a tradition in my family." Jason Gaby also had a smile on his face, and as he spoke, Jason Gaby looked at the middle-aged black man again and said, "Thank you, Jon, for coming over and helping me improve my start." ”

"No thanks, Jason, you paid me." The middle-aged black man laughed, "In 2007, you will face a lot of challenges. ”

The middle-aged black man is none other than Olympic gold medalist Jon Drummond. This sprinter, who was once known for his so-called performances and mockery in the track and field arena, and was called the "clown prince" of track and field, has written a strong stroke in the history of American track and field.

At the 1991 World Athletics Championships, Jon Drummond and several other American athletes set a world record of 37.40 seconds in the men's 4×100m relay. After retiring from the sport in '03, Drummond became a professional track and field coach.

"It's a lot of challenges." Jason Gaby nodded, "Asafaville's starting and acceleration is impressive, and if I want to beat him, I have to improve on that." ”

Jason Gaby hired Brauman to guide him on his starting skills because his mentor Blauman is still serving a prison sentence for scholarship fraud.

He was a 200m athlete by training, and after switching to the 100m, although he ran 9.90 seconds in consecutive races last year, he became the fastest 100m athlete in the United States after Jax Thelin. However, his family knows his own affairs, and he still has a lot of room for improvement in terms of starting skills.

"Asafavir's starting technique is very good, it has to do with his talent and the way the coach teaches him, the technique I taught you may be worse than the opponent in terms of starting, but the acceleration ability, and the ability to finish in the second half of the game, he can't compare to you." Jon Drummond clearly has a deep understanding of the men's 100m world record holder in Asafavir, pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of the other side.

"Asafarville's 200m is really not good." Jason Gaby naturally knew that Jon Drummond was right, but when it came to mid-second half ability, the phone call Spearmon had given him two months ago rang in his head for no reason.

"That Yechin, Jon, you know, he's also turning the men's 100m. In the men's 100m race at the Asian Games some time ago, he ran into the 10-second mark. ”

"You're talking about the Asian who won the 200m at the World Championships last year?" Jon Drummond thought for a moment before he said, "He's got it, I've seen a few of his games, and he's in a similar situation to you. The mid-second half is outstanding, no, it should be said, his mid-second half is better than you and Wallace Spearmon.

But I know that the opponent's starting and acceleration is a weakness in this area, and if he can make up for it, I'm afraid you will have one more contender in the men's 100m. I really can't imagine that in the field of sprinting, there can be such an Asian runner. ”

"Who knows, there are so many Asians, I heard that there are more than a billion people in China, and there will always be some talented athletes." Jason Gaby replied casually.

For Yechin at this time, a top athlete like Jason Gaby is completely impossible to ignore, in the second half of '06, Jason Gaby entered the explosive stage in the 100m, but several matches on the same stage, he ended in failure.

In 2007, he was ready to challenge Asafavil for dominance in the 100m, and it was an inevitable competition that he wanted to step up to. Just like the Jax Thelin and Asafavil rivalry before it.

And in the process, other top players will naturally become his target.

In addition, he still has 200 meters, Ye Qin is the men's 200 meter champion in 2005, this year's World Championships, naturally has a ticket, he also needs to beat the opponent in the 200 meters.

Last year, although he surpassed Ye Qin in the best time of the 200 meters, it was not an absolute overwhelming advantage, and Ye Qin also ran a time of 19.78 seconds.

In addition, there is Wallace Spearmon, his college-level training partner, and Jamaica's Usse Bote, the hippie-smiling tall black man, who are all competitors he will have to face.

"I'm sure you can do it, Jason, you're going to beat Asafarville, you're going to win against that Chinese, you're going to be the greatest athlete in sprint history, ahead of Carl Lewis and Maurice Green." Jon Drummond looked at Jason Gaby in front of him and said with emotion.

He is a veteran of athletics and has seen many talented sprinters, but none of these people have ever loved track and field as much as Jason Gaby, except for competitions and training, Jason Gaby has hardly much socialization, and his daily rest is to spend time with his family.

This can be said to be an alternative among the black community. But it was Jason Gaby's persistence and ability to endure loneliness that allowed him to gradually catch up after Jax Thelin and Asafavir of the same age had already dominated the field.

In competitive sports, especially sprinting, talent determines a person's ceiling, but a person's effort and hard work determine whether the person can reach that ceiling.

Obviously, Jason Gaby, he can!