After Su Feng's competition was completed, Liu Yuxiang also successfully won the 110-meter hurdles event.
The Chinese track and field team has completed the two most important tasks of this Shanghai Diamond League, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Competitive sports, especially sprint events, are really not something ordinary people can do as long as they are somewhat motivated.
From coaches to athletes to staff, if you don’t have a big heart, you simply can’t bear it.
After the competition was completed, two locals, Yao Ming and Liu Yuxiang, hosted a banquet for several athletes from the track and field team that night.
However, Su Feng later found out that it was Yao Ming who paid for it, so he despised Liu Yuxiang fiercely.
The next day, Su Feng was not in a hurry to leave.
Anyway, he had beaten Bolt, and his tone was considered out. It was still early for the next competition, so Su Feng and a few others stayed behind.
At this time, on the playground of the Shanghai Training Base, Su Feng had just finished a 100-meter race with Xie Zhenye.
"Actually, I think your ability can be tested at 200 meters. I personally feel that your speed endurance is stronger than Zhang Peimeng and Xiaotian.
You may get better results if you run 200 meters, but of course, you can't give up on 100 meters either.
10 seconds 06, Coach Tian should be eager to recruit you into the national relay team."
Xie Zhenye and coach Tao Jianrong obviously listened to what Su Feng said, so they both fell into deep thought.
Nowadays, domestic track and field is very popular, and the number of people joining track and field training has increased sharply since elementary school.
But the hottest one is still 100 meters!
This is also the reason why Xie Zhenye chose 100 meters in the first place.
Although Tao Jianrong had the idea of letting Xie Zhenye focus on practicing the 200 meters, he was not sure that he would be able to run better than his current results.
Being able to stand out among so many people is due to Xie Zhenye's talent, but the hard work involved is also unimaginable by ordinary people.
And changing the main direction of attack is not a matter of a day or two. It requires a long period of training to see whether results can be achieved. So although I had felt before that Xie Zhenye's characteristics might lead to better results in the 200 meters.
As a coach, Tao Jianrong still couldn't make this decision.
He and Xie Zhenye also discussed this matter, but in the end they had no clue and left it alone.
But as Su Feng is the number one person in Chinese track and field, his personal sensitivity towards sprinting is obviously incomparable to ordinary people.
Now that Su Feng has this idea, he needs to think about it again.
In particular, Su Feng, Zhang Peimeng and Su Bingtian have all trained together for a long time, so they have a very good understanding of their growth process.
He felt that Xie Zhenye had better speed and endurance potential than the two of them, so that shouldn't be wrong.
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May 28, 2013, Eugene, USA.
As a world-renowned track and field city, Eugene in the United States welcomes the annual IAAF Diamond League!
At the University of Oregon Stadium, strong figures kept running wildly on the track and then stopped.
The students and people watching on the sidelines kept bursting with exclamations of exclamation.
As an old friend who has cooperated with Oregon State University many times, Su Feng chose this training venue this time.
Although the school has taken many actions to prevent a large number of fans and track and field fans from entering.
But as an open school, there are still many people who come to the stadium through various channels, including of course the school's own students.
However, these people did not interfere with the athletes' training. Naturally, the security on the sidelines was also one of the reasons.
However, fans and students can't get through, but they can still see the athletes training.
On this track now, in addition to Su Feng, there are also two top American athletes, Gatlin and Tyson Gayin.
Every sprint training session between the three of them would elicit bursts of exclamations.
As for other track and field events on the field, although they are also attractive, they are
Obviously those athletes are not as popular as these three top 100-meter runners.
"Although this is not my first time here, I have to say that the track and field atmosphere here is really good. It is rare that people in a city are so enthusiastic about track and field competitions."
After a brief comparison with Gatlin, Su Feng looked at the people around him and said with some emotion.
China's track and field craze was driven by him and Liu Yuxiang.
However, the enthusiasm for track and field in Eugene is spontaneous among the people, and it is not only sprint events, but also other track and field events. There is no shortage of enthusiasts here.
"Of course. Especially here, the University of Oregon, where coach Bill Bowerman and Prefontaine came from." Gatlin wiped the sweat from his head and stepped on the track on the ground.
Su Feng nodded.
Prefontaine was a legendary middle-distance running star in the United States in the 1970s.
In just four or five years, he set seven national records in the United States from 2,000 meters to 10,000 meters and won numerous championships.
This directly inspired the running craze in the United States in the 1970s, and his status was a bit like that of Liu Yuxiang in China.
Maybe even stronger.
You know, this legendary player only lived for 24 years and died in a car accident in 1975.
Otherwise, at his prime age, he might set more horrific records.
If Prefontaine is unknown to most people, perhaps even fewer are aware of his coach, Bill Bowerman.
But more people probably know the Nike brand.
Nike was founded by Bill Bowerman and Phil Nike, who was also a track and field athlete at the University of Oregon.
Moreover, Prefontaine was also the first runner signed by Nike.
Therefore, there is a profound reason why Eugene, home to the University of Oregon, is called the City of Athletics.
If China wants to have such a sports atmosphere, it still needs the efforts of generations of sports players.
Just like the NBA and basketball craze brought by Dayao, he and Liu Yuxiang brought the sprint craze.
Shaking his head, Su Feng talked about another topic: "I heard that you also conducted sub-altitude training this winter. How do you feel?"
"Very good. I always thought that my endurance was already top-notch and I didn't need any more special training. But the result turned out to be surprisingly good.
The time it takes to maintain peak speed has obviously increased, and even the absolute speed has increased. Although I can't beat you now, I won't be sure in the future." Gatlin said with confidence.
This guy is known for his tough character, otherwise he wouldn't have reached the age of forty and still have world-class strength.
It's okay to make him lose, but it's difficult to make him admit defeat.
But what he said is quite interesting, the absolute speed actually increased.
Su Feng was looking forward to his performance this year and wanted to see if he could surpass his previous life.
Su Feng loved hearing about this kind of thing, especially the changes he had caused, which gave him a feeling of creating or witnessing history.
But if he wants to beat him and Bolt, Gatlin may not be able to achieve it no matter how ambitious he is.
Su Feng's overall physical level is comparable to Bolt's.
And Bolt's physical condition has reached the limit of human beings, and Gatlin is obviously "not talented enough."
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June 1, 2013, Hayward Stadium, Eugene.
It was still a packed auditorium.
It seems that since Su Feng's rise, every competition he went to has been so full.
Now that Bolt is added to the mix, the situation is naturally even more intense.
The United States, as a sports powerhouse.
Although sprinting is not as popular as football and baseball, the population base that likes sports is still there.
When athletes like Su Feng and Usain Bolt emerged who surpassed ordinary humans, it was just like Prefontaine caused a running craze in the entire United States in the 1970s.
Su Feng and Usain Bolt not only created a craze in the United States, but it was even more popular than before.
On the track, eight athletes were ready and stood in their positions.
Su Feng happened to have Gatlin on his left and Blake on his right.
Su Feng is in the third lane, and Bolt is in the seventh lane.
There was a large number of media around the runway, including almost all well-known American media.
This is indeed very rare in the United States, which is dominated by football and baseball, with basketball and major football leagues ranking behind.
In fact, this is true not only in the United States, but also in Europe and even the Middle East.
It is enough to see the influence of the golden generation of track and field in the world.
After waving in the direction of the red flag on the sidelines, Su Feng immediately began to focus on the game.
In this competition, Bolt is still here. With their unwillingness to admit defeat, it seems that they will definitely have to fight to the end in the seven Diamond League games this year.