Chapter 420: Tenacious Van Niekerk

At the end of the men's long jump, Duke won the championship with an Asian record and 25 bonus points. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

With 8.65m, half a metre away from the world's hardest mark, Duke won both the World Championships and the Rio Olympics men's long jump.

Compared with bicycle tickets, it can be seen that track and field tickets are relatively easy to get, one shot, one jump, one throw, as long as dozens of seconds, as short as a few seconds, to get it. If the individual is strong enough.

After a three-hour break, Duke took on the field again in the men's 400m event.

There are three top five players in the men's long jump, but there are also few top 10 players in the men's 400m individual event.

The overall strength of the men's 400m is not the top, but Du Ke has to take it seriously, because he did not participate in the 100m and 400m events at last year's Incheon Asian Games, and he needs to achieve the 400m individual result at the World Championships before he can go to the Bird's Nest in August this year to participate in the 400m race.

"The men's 400m World Championships standard is 45.60 seconds, and the Rio Olympics standard is 45.40 seconds. Duke thought.

Bang!

The men's 400m race begins.

After the start, Douc in lane 5 established the advantage in the first corner.

After the bend, the straight is followed by 100 meters and then the corner, at this time only one player can follow Duke, and the others are thrown by Duke by more than three meters.

South Africa's Van Niekerk in lane 8 is not tall, lean and difficult to run in lane 8 with a large curve, but Van Niekerk has been biting Duke, and the gap between him and Duke is within three positions.

In last year's Diamond League, Duke played off against Van Niekerk, and last year the difference in quality between the two was obvious, and Duke didn't pay much attention to the South African rookie.

But in this 400-meter shot, Duke found that Van Niekerk was running fast!

"I haven't seen him for a year, but this South African buddy has improved a lot, his speed and endurance are good, and he is estimated to be able to run under 44 seconds now." At this point, it was already down the corner, and Duke glanced at Van Niekerk in lane 8 and found that this guy had not been thrown away.

In the last 100 meters of the straight, Duke started the [Fast Frequency Assault] acceleration sprint.

Van Niekerk pestered Doucle all the way to the 370m, and in the final 30m, he finally couldn't keep up with Doke's sprint.

Doucle took a few big strides and crossed the finish line first, winning the championship. His winning time was 43.67 seconds.

Van Niekerk finished second with a time of 43.88 seconds, which he did in under 44 seconds.

In this 400 meters, only Duke and Van Niekerk ran under 44 seconds, the third place time was 44.29 seconds, and after the fourth place, none of them ran within 44.50 seconds.

"Van Niekerk, 43.88 seconds, he bit me the whole time, this guy is very tenacious." Duke looked at the results bulletin board, then at Van Niekerk.

At this moment, Duke finally remembered the name of the South African track and field athlete. In the men's 400m, the names of runners who can run under 44 seconds are generally remembered.

Although the 44-second mark in the 400-meter run and the 10-second mark in the 100-meter run are both important barriers, there are a handful of active athletes who can run within 10 seconds of the 100-meter run, and Jamaica alone can count two slaps, and the United States can count one slap. The men's 400m can run in less than 44 seconds, and the world will be a slap in the face.

This shows the difficulty of the 400m, which is considered to be the most difficult track event.

Duke played against Van Niekerk last year, but he doesn't remember the mediocre South African, mainly because Van Niekerk's 400m performance last year was mediocre, with a PB of 44 seconds. In Ducco's mind, the Dutch football star Ruud van Nistelrooy is much more famous than the track and field van Nistelrooy in South Africa.

And now, Duke walked up to Van Niekerk and took the initiative to shake hands with the runner-up: "It was a beautiful run!" If I'm not mistaken, your PB last year was 44 seconds away, and now, you're running directly into 43.90 seconds, which is amazing! ”

Van Niekerk did not have too brilliant records before, his personality was taciturn to the point of almost woodenness, with an indifferent face and a calm emperor, which is what he said.

But after meeting Duke, Van Niekerk became much more active: "Oh, Duke, I didn't expect you to take the initiative to shake my hand!" At last year's Diamond League, I told a Chinese reporter that you are my idol because I also practiced high jump. You can break Sotomayor's world record of 2.45m, which is remarkable! ”

The two chatted and chatted, and then they left the building. The more they talked about the high jump, the more speculative they became, and the 400 meters had been forgotten by them.

After a few minutes of communication, the two said goodbye and agreed to meet at the Bird's Nest in August this year.

Duke looked at Van Niekerk, who was gradually moving away, and said in his heart: "I just sensed him, this thing has a speed of 118, an endurance of 111, agility and skill are also above 110, and his strength and explosiveness are slightly worse." This man has a lot of potential, and in less than a year, he has shortened his 400m PB by 0.5 seconds, which is not to be underestimated. ”

At this point, the competition in Shanghai is over, Du Ke brushed the long jump and 400 meters once, according to the plan, he will go to the United States two days later to continue to brush the two Diamond League, the 100 meters, 200 meters, and the high jump.

If nothing else, Doucle will qualify for the Rio Olympics in all five track and field events in the United States.

On May 20, he flew from Shanghai Airport to Los Angeles, where he transferred to Eugene to prepare for the Diamond League in Eugene, where he will compete in the 100m and high jump.

In Eugene, Duke and his good friend Su Bingtian joined forces and trained together.

Eugene is the second largest city in Oregon on the west coast of the United States, and Oregon is a famous track and field state in the United States.

After the Spring Festival, Su Bingtian was sent to Oregon by the Chinese track and field team to follow Kraholm, one of the four major sprint coaches in the United States, for special training.

Kraholm is best known for his short-term coaching of Bromell as a coach who excels at quick fixes and is able to make his disciples break through bottlenecks in a short period of time and surpass their yesterday selves through high-intensity devil training.

Su Bingtian is highly expected by the Chinese track and field team, and the leaders of the track and field team hope that he can make a breakthrough in the 100-meter run, firstly, for Su Bingtian's own career development, and secondly, to improve the overall strength of the Chinese men's 4*100m relay run.

After Du Ke saw Su Bingtian, he said: "Ah Tian, I haven't seen you for a few months, I found that your temperament has changed, how can I say it, it's ......"

Su Bingtian said coldly: "There is a murderous aura." ”

Du Ke nodded: "Yes, it has a bit of murderous aura." ”

Su Bingtian complained: "I have been in the United States for two months, training 16 hours a day, life is better than death!" I want to vent! The Yankees said that if I can't run in 10 seconds this month, I won't come to the United States in the future, Servant Street! It's May 21st today! (To be continued.) )