Chapter 1701 The first defense of the title! A world-class general! Killed by a horse!
The reason why Spearmon was suppressed.
It's entirely because... this race is against a big headwind. Su Shen actually doesn't quite remember what the wind direction is for the 200 meters in this race? After all, he only paid attention to the 100 meters before.
Maybe he can only remember clearly the 200 meters in the competition.
So he didn't know that there would be strong winds in this game at the beginning.
Still a big headwind.
Although Spearmon has recovered 70% to 80% this year and can open 20 seconds again, there is no doubt that his current 20 seconds are still far from the 20 seconds he was able to open at his peak level. Take the simplest example.
For example, his best score this year, if you consider the thousandth place, is his worst score of over 20 in recent years.
Even in his second year running the 200-meter race, the 20-second time he was able to break was better than this year.
If Xie Zhengye had encountered this Spearmon, he would probably have no chance of winning. Spearmont at his peak could run 19.65 seconds. This level is that of Usain Bolt back then, and it would not be easy to challenge him.
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Or was he once Bolt's youth rival?
No one with any ability or talent can afford this title.
If it were such a result, Xie Zhengye would never be able to win it. No matter how well he ran in the front, the huge gap in hard power would be quickly closed later.
Then he was counterattacked by Spearmon in a completely cool manner.
but……
This year's Spearmont does not have this strength.
Especially in his current state.
Remember a fact I mentioned before?
Before an athlete truly bids farewell to his peak period, the greatest state of decline is not a cliff-like decline. If it is a sufficiently experienced and careful coach or professional team, they will definitely start from the instability of your performance.
try to find.
As you get older, your performance will become more and more inconsistent.
Maybe there will still be miraculous performances.
There will still be strong Pb.
But overall, your stability and volatility will be worse and worse than at your peak. This can actually be seen as a real signal of a decline in competitive athletes.
Whether it's track and field.
Or basketball.
Or football.
Or other athletes.
There is basically no way to avoid this truth.
Similar to basketball, the 40-year-old Jordan can still do amazing things and score high scores, but can he still produce continuous outbursts as steadily as before?
cannot.
This is a law discovered in modern competitive sports.
This year's Spielmont is based on such a pattern. Although he broke 20 seconds in the first game of the season, it gives people the feeling that he will make a strong comeback this year.
But when it came to the Des Moines Drake Invitational, his result was that even if he was given a strong wind of nearly two meters, he could not break 20 seconds.
Another month later, in Ostrava, his score dropped below 20.10.
Later, that's why, when many people in later generations studied him, they began to call this year his peak and last year.
Not only has it never broken 20 seconds since this year.
Another biggest reason is that the instability of his grades has further increased.
After achieving a good result in one competition, you need to rest for several games, or adjust several games before you can do your best to achieve a good result in another competition.
It is no longer on the same starting line as in the past, when you could achieve good results as long as you thought and worked hard.
That's why it's so difficult for Spearmon to catch up here. Otherwise, even if Xie Zhengye's strength has improved by leaps and bounds again this year, it should be difficult for him to withstand Spearmon.
Plus the additional conditions for this one.
Big headwind.
The impact of this on an athlete is far more complicated and difficult to calculate by formula. Especially when your condition declines as you age and begins to enter the tail end of your peak period, a little change in additional conditions and an increase in difficulty may make your condition worse.
Your results cannot be exported to a better height.
This is what Spearmont is like now.
In fact, he originally felt that he was in good condition before playing today. The feedback from his body was also quite good, and he has always performed well in Eugene.
I thought I could use the strong wind in Eugene to break 20 seconds again in this game.
Let yourself accumulate more than 20 seconds of physical condition and physical feeling before the Olympic Games.
After all, don’t forget that if you want to break through and get the 200-meter quota in America, you must pass the test of the US Championships. For individual event quotas, if you cannot pass the US Championships, you will not be able to get the top three.
Then you still have no chance.
No matter how good your performance is, you will not be allowed to play.
This is also the main reason why Gatlin made such a big deal about Bolt's use of some injury immunity in history. It is because of immunity, this kind of thing is not easily given in America.
That's why he took the opportunity to ridicule Bolt here.
This means that if Bolt did not finish in the top three in the Asian Championships, he should not be included in the official roster of the Olympic Games. If Bolt is in America, then even if you have the ability, you will not have a chance to make it.
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Of course, everyone knows what the facts are.
These words undoubtedly angered Bolt.
Then Gatlin sent it.
In America, only the spots for the relay team are in the hands of the Track and Field Association. The spots for individual events are determined by the top three in the U.S. Championships.
Otherwise, Corley would not have been so angry when he was included in the 2024 400-meter relay list and directly criticized the American Track and Field Association on his Twitter.
But that's a relay.
It has nothing to do with individual items.
If Spearmon wants to participate in this year's Olympics, he must also get preliminaries from the US Championships to stand out. This makes him urgently need to achieve good results on the same venue. Because as we all know...
The US Championships are usually held in Eugene, USA.
Right at Hayward Track and Field.
So he very much hopes that he can get good results in this stadium in advance and give himself a shot in the arm. Otherwise, facing the U.S. Championships at the end of this month, Spearmon himself feels... not very confident.
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Returning from injury is still a heavy blow to a player of his level. Coupled with America's harsh competitive environment, he is actually very stressed.
So here he saw that he was somewhat unable to catch up with an Eastern player.
Especially this Eastern player is still so young.
He didn't even know if this guy was over 18 years old. After all, Asian faces looked smaller to them than Europeans and Americans of the same age group.
This made Spearmon even more anxious.
And the more anxious you are, the worse your performance will be.
As mentioned before, he has reached his peak this year.
The last train has reached its peak.
A slight change in factors and an increase in unfavorable factors will affect his performance output.
Especially when the women's performance was not good enough and they were almost defeated by a dark horse, the Eugene track and field audience at Held felt that they could not let anything go wrong.
Naturally, this will naturally put forward higher requirements for Spearmon, the biggest seed in the 200-meter race.
Playing at home, at home, can sometimes give you more than just an advantage.
When you perform poorly or fail to meet the expectations of the home audience.
It will most likely put pressure on you in turn.
Increasing pressure.
That's how Spearmon feels now.
When the curve entered the straight, it was already obvious. Many spectators in the stands had already started to stand up and say... "Come on" or "explode".
But at this time, because many people are still familiar with Spearmont's sports mode, there are still many voices in the "come on" aspect.
This group of slightly more experienced track and field fans are all looking forward to Spearmon's late-stage power play. Just like what he often did before, he will stage a wonderful show of teleporting late-stage.
For most track and field fans.
As long as you can overtake it from behind.
Then everyone is fickle.
Soon the words of praise and cheers for you will turn into praise and cheers. In competitive sports, in the end, it still depends on the performance and results.
This is particularly evident in track and field events.
But as everyone slowly discovered, Spearman had passed 10 meters, 20 meters, 30 meters, 40 meters, 50 meters... but still could not catch up with the little oriental devil in front of him.
Some track and field fans who have been supportive are beginning to waver.
Afraid that he could act cool in front of his friends and not be able to achieve it, Spearmon would make himself lose face, so he also turned to the "explosive" side.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see at this time that Spearmon's rhythm was still good. But as the pressure on the scene increased, his own mentality also changed.
Spearmon's current running form clearly started to shake in the last 50 meters.
He also began to show more asymmetry in the position of his body and head.
These will affect your absolute speed in sprinting, and the speed that Spearmont is best at is maintaining.
Because in the field of professional athletics, if you want to maintain a high speed, your skills and mentality are very demanding. Why are late-level athletes in track and field events generally more popular and favored by the audience?
This is because generally speaking, the psychological quality required by late-game players is relatively better. Because when they fall behind, they need a stable mentality to ensure their technical and physical performance.
From this point of view, it is true that the overall mentality of the late players is stronger. But there is no absolute theory in this matter, and even if two people are strong, as long as they are compared, a stronger one will definitely emerge.
one.
Now……
In a strong headwind.
This is stronger.
But it's not Spearmon who has more experience, a higher level of honors, and has participated in more competitions and is more experienced.
On the contrary...it was Xie Zhengye who was younger, younger and more energetic.
And as we get closer and closer to the finish line.
This trend is becoming more and more obvious.
Why is this happening?
Why was the more experienced Spielmont unable to hold himself back when facing the younger Xie Zhengye at the end?
In fact, the problem lies in the mentality.
Not only the defection of the home audience and He Daocai, but also a very important point is the key to why Su Shen showed joy just now——
Increased technical confidence.
In strong headwinds.
Xie Zhengye’s technical mentality.
Better than this year's Spearmont.
This may sound a little confusing.
But in fact it is not difficult to understand at all.
Xie Zhengye, this little devil has unknowingly mastered the scientific wind control technology of the headwind gun and gradually figured out some rules and regulations.
I have said before that the headwind gun is more difficult and complicated to master than the downwind gun. Because Su Shen knew the wind speed in London this year, he always asked everyone to prepare the downwind gun! But no one expected Xie Zhengye
It will be so fast!
The speed of realization was beyond everyone's expectations.
This includes Su Shen.
Thinking again, before he just listened to Zhao Haohuan and casually talked about some basic principles, he was able to scratch the surface of scientific Yufeng. You will know that Xie Zhengye's talent and ability in the technical field are not weak.
Among this group of geniuses on Ersha Island.
He is worthy of being a sprint genius who was once only ranked behind Su Shen. Even if you take into account the multi-purpose nature of the 200 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters can break 10 seconds and 20 seconds at the same time...
He is the only one among the entire yellow race.
This level of talent is based on the fact that he suffered devastating injuries.
Therefore, everyone is actually very concerned about Xie Zhengye’s talent.
They are all more underestimated than they appear to be.
When Xie Zhengye displayed the scientific wind control technique of the headwind gun which was not stable enough, his mentality was naturally worse than that of Spearmon who did not know this technique...
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More confident.
Technical actions are more stable.
This is the difference between having confidence and having no confidence.
In competitive sports, having confidence and self-confidence will be more positively reflected in the athletes' mentality. It will make other technical movements of the athletes more stretched and smooth.
The same goes the other way around.
Athletes whose confidence and self-confidence have declined, who are anxious and restless, will have the same reaction to their technical movements... and their performances will become less stretched and less smooth.
There may even be technical errors.
"Oh my god, Aye isn't going to beat Spearmon, is he?" Yuan Guoqiang couldn't help it.
After all, this is a championship that I never thought about before the game.
It also means that our country’s 200-meter level is continuing to approach the world’s top level.
And it didn't stop.
"It's good to win. This kid also needs some achievements to support his self-confidence." Yang Yaozhu seemed to be speaking calmly, but you can see from the way his arms pinched his own arms tightly,
In fact, he is not as calm as he appears.
World-class player Spearmon.
The person who ranks first in the history of 200 meters.
Is it really going to be killed by an 18-year-old Oriental boy here?
Or on his own home court in Eugene?
The answer will be revealed immediately.
160 meters, 170 meters, 180 meters...
Spearmon saw that he hadn't caught up yet.
His technical movements have become more deformed and unstable.
Coupled with strong headwinds, it will amplify the deformation and instability of technology.
Spearmon made a fatal mistake here.
If he can maintain the stability he achieved when he first entered the Great DC Channel, he will actually be able to put more pressure on Xie Zhengye.
When young people continue to be under pressure, they are likely to have counter-effects.
Then he might have a chance.
But Spearmon wasn't sure.
Various noisy conditions made him move to the other side.
The audience saw that Spearmon had not caught up yet, but was getting closer and closer to the finish line. At this time, "come on" was becoming less and less.
"Explosive".
Almost completely occupied the mainstream.
Tianchao Sports Channel.
Yang Jian was also broadcasting reports quickly:
“Entering the Grand Strand until the Pilmont Road is speeding up.”
"This place is Spearmont's strong area. Can Xie Zhengye be able to withstand it?"
"There are still 50 meters to go. At the most critical moment, Xie Zhengye must hold his body tight and don't relax!"
"There are still 30 meters to go and we are still in the lead!"
"Have the opportunity!"
"Spearmon continues to approach, but..."
“There’s not enough time!!!”
"There is not enough time for him to continue to approach Xie Zhengye!"
"The last 10 meters!"
"accelerate!"
"withstand!"
"Press the line!"
"Xie Zhengye! Won the championship! Defeated the American super star Wallace Spearmon!!!"
"This is another leap for our country's 200-meter athletes to defeat powerful enemies in the international arena!"
“It’s also our country’s 200-meter athlete in the Diamond League!”
"First defense of the title!"
"And all this was done by an 18-year-old boy!!!"
"Xie Zhengye, I saw that he not only wants to dominate the arena where he is under 18 years old! When he becomes an adult, he has no ambiguity and has no intention of stopping!!!"
"I hope he can bring a more exciting performance at the Olympics this year!"
“The score for the last shot was 20.18!!!”
"Although the results don't look particularly good, this is still the first consecutive defense of the title for a Chinese athlete at the 200-meter Diamond League level!"
"Congratulations to this young man! May he continue to fly high in London!"
But when Yang Jian said this...
Obviously ignored a fact.
That is.
The wind speed of this shot is as high as headwind 2.1.
So if you convert it like this...
The hard power of this shot is actually close to 20.
If you also take into account factors such as favoring the inside track.
This kid...
It has already reached the de facto level of Asia’s No. 1 competition.
His shot.
Already the yellow race's official competition... the hardest.
ps: After working overtime continuously, I was finally able to write well, and then I started to explode!!!!!