Chapter 316: The Battle of the Century, Rekindling the War
"Bolt proved with his record-breaking results that he is the king of sprints, and his failure in the 100 meters was just a temporary oversight."
"In terms of race, Bolt, who is of West African descent, does have more potential than Su Feng, who is of Asian descent. The current Bolt is indeed invincible."
"On the difficulty of 200 meters 19 seconds 10 and 100 meters 9 seconds 49, experts explain that 19 seconds 10 is more difficult."
"The golden age of sprinting, the battle of the century has been ignited again, and the 200 meters in the London Olympics has once again gathered the attention of all mankind."
Not surprisingly, early the next morning, almost all media outlets in the world started reporting on Bolt's 19.10 seconds.
The media suddenly changed its tune, going from neutrally advocating that Su Feng and Bolt were evenly matched again in the 200 meters, to Bolt suddenly having a huge advantage!
This is not an issue of race, but of topicality, traffic, and ultimately money. The more popular and controversial a topic is, the more it will attract the public's attention, and the more it will bring huge benefits to the media.
In fact, since the results of Su Feng and Bolt have gradually surpassed those of other athletes, the world's media have rarely viewed the two with unilateral discrimination or envy.
Because the two represent the limits of humankind, the audience is more willing to see objective and fair reports, and biased reports are not liked by most people.
Therefore, media reports start from the two people's real results and wins and losses.
This is naturally the case now.
After Bolt lost in the 100m, the media immediately hyped that the two were actually evenly matched, and the result in the 200m was still worth looking forward to.
However, no one expected that shortly after the 100 meters ended, in the preliminaries of the 200 meters, Bolt broke out directly, and the script had to be revised.
Su Feng won the 100m championship with a time of 9.49 seconds, but Bolt also broke through and ran the 100m with a time of 9.50 seconds and won the silver medal.
No matter how you look at it, this is a close match.
But after Bolt's outbreak, the media directly promoted Bolt's superiority, which will undoubtedly cause controversy among most people. Some agree and some do not. This creates controversy, and the more controversial it becomes.
The bigger the topic, the stronger the topic, and the more money the media will naturally make.
Therefore, Su Feng, who originally had the momentum and psychological advantage after winning the 100 meters, was immediately suppressed by this rhythm.
The psychological advantage also turned into psychological pressure. Although I had already won the 100-meter gold medal, the pressure suddenly increased.
"Old He, if you don't go in and try to persuade him, how can this kid not change in his heart despite the quarrel outside? If he sees the public opinion on the Internet, we don't know what will happen.
And even if you don’t care about public opinion, Bolt’s results are real and really terrible! You’d better go in and enlighten him.”
Inside the athletes' dormitory, outside Su Feng's dormitory.
Because this area is where the Chinese team is, there are no outsiders to disturb them at this time. A group of Chinese team leaders and athletes gathered outside Su Feng's dormitory.
The first ones are Su Feng's coach He Jun, Liu Yuxiang's coach Sun Ping, and Liu Yuxiang. As for the leaders of the national team, they are currently receiving instructions. They don't have time to come over yet, and they won't be able to help much.
The person who spoke just now was Sun Ping. Liu Yuxiang's Olympic games have all ended, and he is naturally relieved.
In addition, as a top coach of the 110-meter hurdles, he certainly also knows the meaning of 19.10 seconds in the men's 200 meters. Different from what those outsiders discuss, based on his many years of experience, Bolt's 19 seconds
10 seconds is definitely better than Su Feng’s 9 seconds 4
9 is even more terrifying. From a simple arithmetic point of view, twice the time of 9 seconds 49 is 18 seconds 98, which is only 0.12 seconds different from 19 seconds 10. But 200 meters and 100 meters cannot be calculated so easily.
The distance is twice as long, the physical exertion is more than twice as much!
It can be said that Bolt's ability to run this result in the 200 meters proves that his potential or strength in the 100 meters is by no means represented by 9.50 seconds, or even 9.49 seconds, but will be a more terrifying time.
The result must definitely be better than 9.49 seconds.
Therefore, the pressure Su Feng faced at this time can be imagined, so he asked He Jun to quickly persuade the athletes. If the athletes think alone, they will easily fall into a dead end.
Moreover, Su Feng locked himself in the dormitory as soon as he came back, which is definitely not a good sign.
After hearing what Sun Ping said, He Jun stretched his hand toward the door, but after hesitating for a while, he finally put his hand down.
"The child Su Feng's mental adjustment ability is beyond our imagination. He can run such a result under such great pressure before 100 meters. I believe he will be fine now." He Jun said in a deep voice.
After hearing this, Sun Ping thought for a moment and then nodded.
Indeed, along the way, Su Feng had never been under less pressure. This time it was just that the opponent's results were a little outrageous, and he should be able to get out of it on his own.
At this time, Su Feng, after driving everyone out including his roommate Zhang Peimeng, started looking at the scenery of the Olympic Village outside the window while talking on the phone with Qian Mengli.
"Indeed, 19 seconds 10, I really may not be able to run it."
Qian Mengli originally wanted to encourage Su Feng with words, but Su Feng directly admitted that he couldn't run away. This surprised her and at the same time, she suddenly couldn't say the rest of the words.
"Haha." As if imagining Qian Mengli's embarrassment at this time, Su Feng laughed, held onto the window sill with one hand, and continued: "Actually, a long time ago, there was a big devil in my dream.
That is a nightmare for all sprinters, it can also be said to be a goal. Or maybe it is more appropriate to say nightmare.
In the dream, countless people wanted to defeat him, but unless he was lazy, no one could defeat him at any other time.
It wasn't until time passed, he got older, and he stopped working hard because he was full of glory, that he was defeated.
I have had this dream for a long time. Even after I woke up from the dream and came to reality, it still made me feel stressed because he is the nightmare of all sprinters.
And my journey along the way has been a process of challenging this nightmare.
From the beginning there was more than one level of difference between us, but later we were able to stand side by side with him, and even broke this nightmare for a time.
Along the way, what I have gained is not various honors, but my spirit and my strength. Now, even if the big devil turns into a shadow and covers the sky again, I am confident that I can poke out this shadow.
hole.
Do you understand?"
As Su Feng spoke, he moved his body, legs and feet. A sense of strength immediately surged up from all parts of his body, giving Su Feng great comfort. At this moment, this solid strength
This is Su Feng's biggest support.
"Of course I don't understand how dreams and reality can be confused, but I can tell that you seem to have regained your confidence. This is the Su Feng I like. That's fine.
Come on, beat that Bolt." Qian Mengli naturally couldn't hear Su Feng's talk about the past life, but she could still hear the change in Su Feng's state, so she said.
"Okay, I promise you, I will definitely defeat him!" Su Feng's voice was not loud, but it was full of determination.
