On March 27, 2009, 35,000 spectators crammed into the Jamaica National Stadium, which can accommodate 26,000 people. Countless flashlights flashed across the auditorium, and countless cameras focused on
It was aimed at the eight athletes who were about to start the race before the 100-meter starting line, or rather, it was aimed at Bolt, who was among the eight.
After the end of 2008, after losing all the Olympic 100m and 200m gold medals to Su Feng, Bolt entered a long winter training period not long after.
He has never trained as hard-working as this time, and has never been as eager to succeed and defeat Su Feng as he is now.
Looking at the countless lights shining like stars, they are all Jamaicans supporting him.
"I'm afraid they are also expecting me to defeat Su Feng and become the real hero of Jamaica!" Bolt continued to move his gaze upwards, looking up at the stars, and slowly recalled his past.
On July 19, 2002, also at the National Stadium in Jamaica, on track 3, wearing race bib No. 461, a tall and thin local teenager won the men's 200m final of the World Youth Athletics Championships in 20 seconds.
Crossing the line first with a score of 61, he is Usain Bolt.
Bolt, who was only 15 years and 332 days old, became the youngest champion of this event at the time.
The 2002 World Youth Athletics Championships was not Bolt's first international competition, but he won his first international competition championship at the Jamaica National Stadium. Bolt, who was less than 16 years old at the time, was one of the contestants.
He already looked different despite his medium height. Before starting, he habitually crossed himself on his chest. When he crossed the finish line first, the home audience in the stands burst into the warmest applause.
Bolt made a salute to the stands in celebration, and then draped the Jamaican flag on himself. In the view of the IAAF, this child not only showed great potential, but was also confident, patriotic, and very
Will interact with the audience.
In fact, at the 2002 World Youth Championships held at the National Stadium in Jamaica, Bolt not only won a gold medal, but also ran a personal best time of 20.58 seconds in the preliminaries in the 200 meters. In addition, he also ran in the 4×100 meters and
In the 4×400m relay competition, although Bolt and his teammates missed the championship and only won two silver medals, they set the Jamaican national youth records in these two events. Bolt is known as the "Jamaica Lightning"
The number was obtained in this competition.
In 2003, Bolt won the 200-meter and 400-meter championships in the domestic championships at the National Stadium in Jamaica, with results of 20.25 and 45.35 seconds respectively. In 2004, some American universities have reached out to Bolt.
Olive branch, but the Jamaica Lightning chose to stay in Kingston. At the end of the same year, Bolt met the famous coach Glenn Mills at the Jamaica National Stadium. It is worth mentioning that Bolt had previously studied under Barber
Ronald McNeil, the track and field coach who passed away in July 2011, first persuaded Bolt to give up cricket and focus on track and field, and then sent Bolt to Kingston when he was 16 years old.
Glen Mills, who is a Leo like Bolt, had already coached world-class sprinters such as Kim Collins, Ray Stewart and Chambers before meeting the "Jamaica Lightning", so he is very experienced.
The first thing he taught Bolt was that in order to learn how to win, he must first be able to accept failure. At first, the two had differences in the participating events. Mills wanted Bolt to focus on the 200 meters and also do the 400 meters, but Bolt
Bolt wanted to run the 100 meters. Mills thought at the time that Bolt was more suitable for middle-distance running because the Jamaican Lightning had some "bad habits" such as watching his opponents run and was not suitable for short-distance running. However, Mills told him,
If he can break the national record in the 200 meters, he can run the 100 meters.
As a result, Bolt later ran a time of 19.75 seconds at the National Stadium, which broke the national record held by Guiyari for 36 years.
Mills immediately fulfilled his promise to let Bolt participate in the 100 meters event.
As we all know later, at the 2007 Pan-Caribbean Invitational, Bolt shocked the world by running a time of 9.689 seconds, breaking the world record of 9.70 seconds set by Su Feng.
Bolt said bluntly after the game: I was shocked when I saw the results, because when I was in good condition, I was only 9.80 seconds. But the head coach Mills was very calm, "I was not surprised at all, because the training
He performed very well in the Olympics, and this is just the beginning." In Bolt's eyes, Mills is a father, friend, and mentor. Just like Mills's "prophecy", Bolt has since won the Olympic Games.
, has launched an almost invincible mode in various competitions such as the World Championships, and the only thing missing from this prediction is Bolt’s most powerful opponent, Su Feng!
Chinese athlete Su Feng has the same peak physical talent as Bolt and works harder!
There is no doubt about Su Feng's strength. Before Bolt, he was the strongest star in the international track and field world.
But he really didn't expect, including his coach, that after Bolt showed superhuman strength, the opponent would still win consecutive games against Bolt, and Bolt didn't even win once!
This is undoubtedly a huge failure and even a shame for Bolt, who has been regarded as a hero by Jamaicans and the most shining business card of Jamaica in the world. He has failed to live up to the expectations of his motherland and nation.
"This time, I won't lose again!" He lowered his head and stepped on the starting blocks. The power from his legs was stronger than ever before! This was the result of his hard work all winter. He believed that he would never
I will lose to Su Feng again!
"set!"
"Crack!"
The game begins.
Ignoring the cheers and applause of the audience, he did not deserve these before defeating Su Feng.
"Focus on running and regard the track as your life!" The coach told him countless times, and he turned a deaf ear to it countless times. However, it was one of his spiritual pillars this winter, and it was the only belief in his heart at this time!
"Run!" In Jamaica at this time, especially when Powell is not competing in Europe, Bolt's strength is definitely a generation, or even more than one generation!
He had a clear lead in the first thirty meters. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that Bolt had already won!
At 50 meters and 60 meters, Bolt entered his highest speed stage, and the distance between him and the Jamaican athlete behind him widened in a straight line.
Eighty meters, ninety meters, crossing the line!
"Buzz!" First there was a loud, meaningless buzz, and then, cheers filled the air throughout the not-so-big gymnasium. Even the sound seemed to have filled the gymnasium to the brim!
"9 seconds 60!" Before Bolt saw the result, the Jamaican audience at the scene had already seen the result displayed on the small time board. There is no doubt that this result can only belong to the first one with an absolute advantage.
The Jamaican hero who crossed the line, Usain Bolt!