Because the time between Paris Station and Zurich Station is relatively short, after a short two-day rest in Paris, the members of Team Zurich immediately left for Zurich to prepare for pre-game adaptation training.
"Powell is not coming. Is the news reliable?"
On July 26, the day he arrived in Zurich, Su Feng learned the news from He Jun.
"That's right." He Jun seemed to be in a good mood at this time. He finally let go of the big stone in his heart, so there was a clear smile on his face.
"I heard that he suffered a muscle strain at the end of the Paris race, so he will miss the Zurich race, but his agent also issued a statement saying that the competition between Powell and you has just begun, and he will definitely participate in the Brussels race on September 3.
"If it's a simple strain, it can indeed be cured in more than a month, but is it credible? I don't remember that he showed any signs of strained muscles in the end."
The 100-meter athlete still has a very comprehensive grasp of the human body. Although it cannot be compared with scientific research, it is a bit like traditional Chinese medicine.
Especially for people who are running fast, they can definitely see if there is any problem. Powell was beside him at the time, but he did not notice that Powell had a muscle strain. In the end, he definitely sprinted with all his strength.
A person with a muscle strain, even a minor muscle strain, will feel severe pain when sprinting with all his strength, and may even be unable to sprint at all.
As a veteran coach for decades, He Jun naturally knew this, but he still said with a smile: "Of course I know this. He must be afraid of you, or he can't bear the burden of losing to you continuously.
Just have to take a break.
No matter what his reason is, in short, he will not come this time, so your pressure will be much less, and it is enough to make sure of this."
"Yeah." Su Feng nodded.
This kind of continuous 100-meter race is not only the entanglement in running on the field, but also the psychological competition off the field. The competition is persistence.
Now it seems that in this psychological battle, he has won temporarily. In fact, he can hardly hold on any longer.
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Zurich is located in the north-central part of the Swiss Confederation. It is the largest city and the most important industrial and commercial city in Switzerland. It is the capital of the canton of Zurich, the national political, economic, cultural and transportation center. It is also the richest city in Europe. It has been rated as the most livable city in the world by the United Nations for many years in a row.
One of the cities where people live.
What the world knows as Swiss banks refers to the banking industry in Switzerland, and the vast majority of banks are located here.
In addition, for people who like sports, especially football, this place is even more famous. The headquarters of FIFA, the International Football Association, is here.
And for all those who like track and field, here is another person and thing that must be mentioned.
As we all know, the first human being to enter the ten-second mark was American athlete Jim Hines, with a time of 9.95 seconds. It was at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. It was also from this Olympic Games that the 100 meters was changed to electronic timing.
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But there is another story on the European side, which is also related to a former sprint king in China.
In 1960, also in Zurich, Amin Hari, a white West German athlete, created human sprint history. In the men's 100-meter final, Hari won the championship with a time of 10.0 seconds, becoming the first athlete to run under 10 seconds.
Zurichers and Europeans are still proud of it.
At almost the same time, in 1958, Chen Jiaquan from Sichuan, China was selected into the national team. Not long after joining, he tied the Chinese record held by Liu Changchun 25 years ago with a time of 10.7 seconds in the competition.
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From then on, Chinese track and field ushered in the era of Chen Jiaquan. In 1959, Chen Jiaquan ran 10.5 seconds.
In 1960, Chen Jiaquan ran 10.4 seconds and 10.3 seconds respectively.
From then on, he started training harder.
However, in 1962, Chen Jiaquan suffered from an illness and was in poor condition after recovering. In the following period, Chen Jiaquan tied his own record of 10.3 seconds nine times, but was unable to improve.
In order to improve his performance, he requested to participate in a high-intensity winter training experimental class, but was initially not approved because of his age. He was approved after repeated requests.
Facts have proved that older age can also create miracles. In 1965, 27-year-old Chen Jiaquan ran a new record of 10.2 seconds.
At that time, Amin Hari's score of 10.0 seconds had spread to the country. He started training with this goal in mind and wrote a poem: "A man with a body of seven feet has no fear of training hard. He has great ambitions for the country. How can he be afraid of it?"
Only one in ten seconds."
Not long after writing this poem, Chen Jiaquan broke through himself again and ran a record of 10.1 seconds, making the Chinese 100-meter record only 0.1 seconds away from the world record!
On October 24, 1965, Chen Jiaquan finally became the first sprint king of New China. At the Second National Games of Sichuan Province, when Chen Jiaquan crossed the finish line, the stopwatches on the hands of the three referees unanimously pointed to 10 seconds.
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This is a world record result!
The chief referee at the time followed the regulations and immediately sealed the three stopwatches.
Soon, the news came out that Chen Jiaquan had tied the world record, which shocked the international sports world, especially Western countries.
Because their athletes just ran a time of 10 seconds! France's largest sports newspaper "L'Equipe" directly said: "Chinese athletes are ready to compete with world sports."
Domestic newspapers even proudly announced: "Chen Jiaquan is one of the fastest people in the world."
To use the comments of a newspaper editor at the time, "Chen Jiaquan joined the national team in 1958. In just seven years, he raised China's backward 100-meter event to the highest level in the world."
In 1965, Chen Jiaquan tied the world record at that time, and today, 40 years later, Su Feng also brought the result of equaling the world record to Zurich, the place where the world record was originally produced.
Coincidentally, the stadium used for this competition is also the same stadium used by Amin Hari who set the world record 46 years ago.
After learning about this period of history from Liu Sheng, Su Feng felt that the pressure suddenly dropped a lot. Compared with his predecessors 40 years ago, the environment and training facilities he was in were undoubtedly very different.
Moreover, working side by side with his seniors, what reason does he have for not getting a good result and what kind of pressure does he have?
However, Liu Sheng is not the only senior sports reporter in Zurich.
Journalists from other European countries and Zurich locals undoubtedly have a broader understanding of this history.
Before the game even started, a large number of media had already discovered this coincidence, and "Leetzigren Stadium once again ushered in a world record" became the loudest slogan in the media.
This slogan undoubtedly has a huge influence on Zurich and the Swiss, so ten days before the start of the game, this matter began to ferment violently in Zurich.
As mentioned before, the most indispensable thing in Zurich is rich people, so a grand high-priced ticket grabbing event kicked off.
In the end, even though the IAAF coordinated with the local government to temporarily add 1,000 seats, it could not dampen the enthusiasm of Zurich and the Swiss people at all.