Chapter 489: Learn to Reserve
The stadium for the Ostrava Athletics Grand Prix is played at the Ostrava City Stadium (Městskýstadion), a multi-purpose stadium that, with the exception of the annual Ostrava Athletics Grand Prix, is usually used for football matches, with more than 15,000 spectator seats throughout the stadium.
As is customary, the Ostrava Grand Prix starts on 11 June, but only two matches are played on this day, the men's and women's hammer throws, which are in high demand for space, and the real events start on 12 June.
On the afternoon of June 12, the 15,000 seats in the Ostrava City Stadium were almost full, and the annual athletics competition has always been a business card for the city, and the love of sports and the atmosphere of the whole city are much stronger than other cities.
Standing in front of the men's 200m finish line, Yusse-Bot glanced at the timing card with a slight shortness of breath, and the figure of 19.83 seconds was extremely clear.
The applause of the audience, and the shutter sound of many reporters rushing to take pictures around him, almost connected in my ears.
"Yusse Bote, 19.83 seconds is the best time in the men's 200m this year, do you want to participate in the men's 200m event in addition to the men's 100m at this year's Olympics?"
"Yuse, congratulations on winning another race, can you tell me why you didn't participate in the men's 100m at this stop, are you afraid of a head-to-head showdown with Ye Qin?"
"Are you going to watch the men's 100m race that awaits Yechin? Do you think he will be able to break the world record again? ”
In addition to local reporters in the Czech Republic, many large media reporters from Europe and the United States appeared.
After the men's 200m race, a swarm surrounded Yusse-Both, and all kinds of questions seemed to pour out like machine-gun bullets.
Yusse-Bot flicked the nearest microphone slightly, relieved for a moment, and then began to answer reporters' questions.
“…… I will definitely compete in the 200m at the Olympics, it's my favorite. As for the showdown with Ye Qin, this is for sure, it's not that it will be in the Olympic Games now, but we didn't know each other's events in advance...... As for whether Ye Qin can break the world record, I think he has the strength to do so......"
After simply answering a few questions, Yuser Bot did not linger on the field and quickly left the field with the help of the staff.
The men's 200m event will not be the last, with men's and women's events such as the 400m and 110m hurdles to continue, with the men's 100m coming at the finale.
Leaving the stadium, Yusse-Bot first returned to the stadium lounge for a brief shower, changed his clothes, and then followed a member of his team back to the spectator stands at the City Stadium.
When Glenn Mills saw Eusei Bot come back, he didn't have too many smiles on his round face, but said a little flatly: "You can just keep some more, you have the possibility to create better results, but you don't need to run every game, Yousse, if you want to extend your career as long as possible, you need to learn to protect yourself properly during the race." ”
"Got it, Coach." Yusse Bot shrunk his neck, and wanted to argue a few words, saying that he had made a lot of reservations, but from what he knew about Glenn Mills, once the topic unfolded, I am afraid that it will not end in ten minutes.
In fact, in the men's 200-meter race, he felt that he had made enough reservations, and the last 50 meters were almost all running with inertia completely slowing down, but who made the other competitors not strong enough.
In fact, after a year of intensive training, Yusse-Bot can feel that his sprinting prowess has improved by leaps and bounds, and his increased strength has allowed him to excel in the men's 100m and 200m.
19.83 seconds, one of the best times in the men's 200m in 2008, was a bit difficult for Yusse Bot to run two years ago.
It was last year that Yusse-Bot felt that although he was able to run this result, it would definitely not be as easy as it is now.
In the men's 200m race, Yusse Bot easily won the championship with a time of 19.83 seconds, and the runner-up time was 20.17 seconds, Zimbabwe's Brian Dasingei, except for the two, the other competitors John Capel and Stefan Buckland, all of whom were outside 20.70 seconds.
Yousse Bot feels that he has made a lot of reservations in the men's 200m race in this race, and if he lets go, he feels that he can improve his time by at least 0.3-0.4 seconds, but relatively speaking, this is a very impressive result in front of the other competitors.
This moment made Yusse Bot somewhat nostalgic for the matches he had faced against top players such as Jason Gaby, Wallace Spearmon and Yechin.
From 06 to 07 years, everyone in the track and field field was basically able to run within 20 seconds, and when encountering large-scale events, they were able to race each other wildly, entering within 19.80 seconds and 19.70 seconds, and the 200-meter race was really exciting.
Now, such a 200m race has left Yusse Bot somewhat unmotivated, and the second-place Zimbabwean Brian Dasingei, Yusse Bot already knows that 20.17 seconds is a new personal best for this athlete.
"So far this year, Yusse, your results are too fast." Glenn Mills looked at Usse Both, who was a little unconcerned, and said seriously, "You're giving it your all now, whether it's 100m or 200m, I don't know what kind of results you can create." But, Yuse, you need to recognize that this kind of extreme explosion is a huge burden on your body, you can set records and win honors, but you don't have to do it in every race.
You should also think about how you can extend your career as long as possible and reduce injuries in the future, you are just starting now, this is your time. Look at Asafa who dominated the men's 100m for three years and broke the 10-second mark more than a dozen times in 2006 alone, but yet, he hasn't returned from injury?
Athletes need to be able to bring out their potential, give their all in a competition, and be at their best. In the same way, after reaching a certain level, you need to learn to keep it, use the least amount of strength to get better results, and even win the championship. ”
Seeing that Glenn Mills was serious, Yusse Bot was suddenly a little silent, and his original disapproval became a little dignified at this time.
He is fun-loving by nature, and he doesn't care about these rules and regulations, and he doesn't take these things to heart when people say this.
Only Glenn Mills, the veteran coach who made him take off again, has always been respected by Usse Bot for his words.
He knew that he was starting to enter a new level, that he was on his way to the top, and that he needed to start thinking about something bigger.
Reasonable distribution of physical energy, which games need to be fully exliated, and which games need to be properly retained, so as to reduce the burden on the body of the fierce competition.
These are things that Yusse Bot never thought about in the past, but now, his coach, Glenn Mills, has begun to think about it.
Sprinters are at their peak for a short period of time, and many athletes are short-lived and then disappear.
Like Yousse Bot himself, the American named Xavier Carter he met in 2006, the other party was crying out early on to beat him and embarrass himself.
Xavier Carter did just that, and at the 2006 Lausanne Super Grand Prix, Xavier Carter shocked the world with a time of 19.63 seconds, becoming the second-fastest athlete in the 200m at the time.
In that race Jason Gaby ran 19.70 seconds, he ran 19.88 seconds, and both were beaten by Xavier Carter.
But then in 07, he disappeared from the track and field world due to injury, and in two years, the international athletics world has undergone earth-shaking changes.
After the other party came back this year, the media called it menacing, but the Reebok Grand Prix in New York only ran 400 meters, and the results were not very good. As for the upcoming Olympics, Yusse Bot doesn't care about Xavier Carter, and he can pass the All-American Olympic Trials before coming to him.
Glenn Mills saw that Yusse Bot seemed to be listening, and suddenly smiled on his face, pointing to the track and field field, "Yusse, your future competition is still to see who can maintain a more sustained state of competition." ”
Yousse Bot looked in the direction Glenn Mills was pointing, where the final men's 100m race of the Ostrava Grand Prix was about to begin.
Standing on the fourth track, a familiar figure is quietly waiting for the start of the race.