Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 202 Let Su Bingtian run first? 【Subscribe】

On November 2016, 11, the IAAF announced the entry standards for the 30 London-London Athletics World Championships.

In the past, whether it was the World Championships or the Olympic Games, the standard included an A mark + a B mark.Later, before the Yanjing World Championships in 15, it was changed to a standard, and this practice has been used to this day.

After changing to one standard, the standards of some events are between the former A standard and the B standard, while the standards of some events are higher than the former A standard, which also shows that the project is constantly improving, such as men's and women's sprints. In the 2017 World Championships, the men's and women's 100-meter standards were the highest in history, with 10.12 seconds and 11.26 seconds respectively.

This standard is not the only "threshold".The IAAF will set an ideal number of participants for each event. For example, the ideal number of jumping events is 32. If some of the top 32 in the world do not meet the standard during the qualifying period, they will also be shortlisted for the World Championships.

In addition, the champion of the Intercontinental Athletics Championships can also be shortlisted for the World Championships.Of course, the champion of the previous World Championships will automatically qualify for this year, and will not occupy the quota of three players per event for each team.For example, Liu Hong won the women's 20km race walking gold medal at the Yenching World Championships, so in London-London, the Chinese team can send 4 people including Liu Hong to compete in this event.

Wu Ziyi and others did not participate in the competition after October 10 last year, and this year they are conducting winter training in China. It is not convenient to participate in some indoor competitions that start in January and February, so they simply did not go.

In addition to individual events, the relay events of the London-London World Championships also need to find time to meet the standards. The coaching staff is targeting the third IAAF World Relay Championships to be held in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, in late April.

If any relay event reaches the final in the World Relay Championships, it will be able to qualify for the London-London World Championships relay event. Now that the Spring Festival has passed, the relay training of the sprint group is on the agenda, and it is time to practice The relay is over.

The changes to the relay training are not big, but some details need to be paid attention to.

For example, Xie Zhenye's stride has become larger this year, and the 47-meter pace has changed from 46 steps to [-] steps. At this time, it is necessary to recalculate the pre-running distance of the first, second, and second and third legs to ensure the smoothness of the relay process.

The training of the players was carried out in an orderly manner, but the ideas of the coaches were inconsistent.

In the Universiade Center Stadium, the relay teammates are conducting a complete relay. This time the practice lineup is Mo Youxie, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, and Zhang Peimeng.In order to give them a sense of urgency, Yuan Guoqiang arranged Wu Zhiqiang, Liang Jinsen, Wu Ziyi, and Tang Xingqiang as the control group.

Wu Zhiqiang's current state is slightly better than that of Mo Youtai, but his cooperation with Liang Jinsen is not as good as that of Mo Youtai and Xie Zhenye. Not as good, almost pulled nearly 2 meters after taking over the baton.

But Wu Ziyi didn't panic at all. He was the third baton this time. He took the baton with his right hand and didn't need to change hands, so he wouldn't lose speed for a while when he took the baton.

And he is an insider.

Although Su Bingtian was nearly 0.2 seconds later than Su Bingtian to take the baton, the third bat was only run on the way, and the distance of 2 meters was not enough for Su Bingtian to maintain his lead.

Yang Yang and Xu Zhouzheng, who were resting on the side, began to howl:

"A Yichong—kill Brother Tian!"

"Full moon scimitar! Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-!"

Su Bingtian's "full moon scimitar" didn't work anymore. After halfway through the curve, he was tied by Wu Ziyi, and then passed by him. Thanks to Wu Ziyi's cameo as the third stick, he was not familiar with handover sticks, so he Let him and Zhang Peimeng draw back some gaps in the handover.

There is no suspense in the future. Although Zhang Peimeng's 10-meter hard power has retreated to the level of 3-10, his running ability on the way is still slightly stronger than Tang Xingqiang, and he won in the end.

But the advantage is not big, Su Bingtian's group was 38 seconds, and Wu Ziyi's group was 64 seconds.

After seeing it, Yuan Guoqiang thought it was okay. It was only mid-February, and the weather was still cold. Naturally, the athletes were not in the best condition. To him, being able to run 2 seconds was not bad.

But Randy on the side frowned and kept talking to Ralph Mann.

The second day, sunny, 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

Yuan Guoqiang saw that the weather was very good, and directed the team members to continue the relay training. He has always been adhering to the training method of "using relay to drive personal strength", using the old to guide the new, and the strong to guide the weak.

It was another two groups of contrast training, and the players ran hard in the stadium, sweating.

Randy walked up to Yuan Guoqiang and handed the materials he had compiled to Yuan Guoqiang: "Yuan, although I am only responsible for the personal training of Uzi and the five of them, as a member of the coaching staff of the Chinese track and field team, I think I have the responsibility and obligation to put forward my views on the issues in the relay training, this is the information I compiled, I hope you can take a good look at it.”

Yuan Guoqiang was very curious and looked through it carefully.The information is in Chinese, and it must have been translated by Li Wen. Yuan Guoqiang flipped through it repeatedly, compared it carefully, and found that the information was full of two words—changing sticks.

who?

Su Bingtian.

"Change Bingtian to the first bat? This."

Seeing Yuan Guoqiang's puzzled eyes, Randy explained: "I know this suggestion may be difficult for you to accept, but the data won't lie, take a look here—" Randy flipped through one of the pages, Point it out to Yuan Guoqiang.

"In the Rio Olympic relay final, the Chinese team's split data was 10.47+9.04+9.17+8.84, and the Neon team's data was 10.14+9.18+9.27+9.04. Let's not talk about the first leg, between them We all know that the difference in personal strength is a bit big. But the gap between Su and Kiryu Xiangxiu is actually only 0.07. If this algorithm is replaced by the complete 100-meter line algorithm, then both of them are 9.43. You can understand me mean?"

Wu Ziyi also noticed the exchange between Randy and the others, gave Su Bingtian a look, and moved over.

Randy constantly analyzed to Yuan Guoqiang: "Su's PB is 9.92, and the wind speed is 0.2m/s, while Kiryu Xiangxiu's PB is 10.01, and the wind speed is 1.8m/s, the hard power gap between them is nearly 0.15 seconds , This is a gap of three grades! But in the third relay, Su didn't take advantage of it at all."

The more Randy talked, the more excited he became, "The third leg and the first leg were both corners, but the third leg was only run in the middle, while the first leg had a start. Sue has already run within 100 twice in the 6.40-meter event But his last 40 meters is only 3.49 once, and the rest are around 3.54-3.56."

"You let Tang, who has the weakest start in the team and whose main event is 200 meters, run the first leg, let him run 10 seconds from the original 30 level, and let Su, who is the top prospect, run the third leg. Let the neon runners who are three grades behind him run on par with him! Sorry, this is very unreasonable in my opinion!"

"Okay, Randy, don't get excited~" Seeing that Randy became more and more excited, Xie Zhenye's mentor, Ms. Tao Jianrong, hurriedly comforted her, "Old Yuan, you have to talk, hurry up."

Wu Ziyi estimated that Yuan Guoqiang did not expect Randy to single out such a big problem for him. After all, the achievements of the Chinese men's 4×100 meter relay in the past few years are enough to be described as "brilliant".Since Wu Ziyi guarded the first bat in the Incheon Asian Games and ran 37 seconds, they have continued to set new records. Until last year's 78 seconds in Rio, they did not rely on luck and won the Olympic silver medal entirely by strength.

Maybe it's because the grades are getting better and better, so that Yuan Guoqiang didn't realize that his arrangement for Su Bingtian was actually unreasonable. He is now thinking about finding a stronger first player, Tang Xingqiang, Wu Zhiqiang, Mo You Xi and Yang Yang, these days he has been changing the first lineup, hoping to stimulate their personal ability improvement through rotation training.

"There is a problem with Su Bingtian's third club", which he never thought of, because Su Bingtian has guarded the third club for more than 4 years, and has never made any mistakes, and has staged "Full Moon Scimitar" many times.

Randy turned to the last page, pointed to the data on it and said: "I also made the data yesterday. The data of the third Sue is 9.36, while Uzi's is 9.09, a difference of 0.27."

Su Bingtian patted Wu Ziyi angrily, and Wu Ziyi spread his hands.

"The difference in their PB is 0.09 seconds, but they were opened up by such a big gap in the third bat. In fact, it can already explain a lot of problems, that is-Su, it is really not suitable for the third bat. He should wait. In the first leg that is most suitable for him, I think he can play the first leg within 10 seconds 15, or even better."

Yuan Guoqiang fell into deep thought. In fact, how could he not understand the truth of the data?But Su Bingtian running the third leg is not just a matter of statistics. Chinese audiences are used to Su Bingtian guarding the third leg. The impression of "Full Moon Scimitar" has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. What if the audience doesn't accept it?
Wu Ziyi tugged at the corner of Su Bingtian's clothes, and asked softly, "Brother Tian, ​​if you are asked to run first, would you be willing?"

"Who is willing to do this? If changing bats can improve the performance of the relay team, I am willing to run no matter whether it is the first bat or the second bat."

Wu Ziyi nodded, then glanced at Tang Xingqiang again, Tang Xingqiang pursed his lips and looked expectant. The first leg of 10 seconds 47 is really horrible. Tang Xingqiang's current start is really stretched. After all, he is a 200-meter special athlete. If Wu Ziyi arranges it, he will definitely not put Tang Xingqiang in the first leg.

Tang Xingqiang’s winter training followed Randy, and Randy let him focus on training the 200-meter event. Although it is not obvious how much his personal ability has improved, it is really not a reasonable choice to let him run the first leg.

Someone always has to break the deadlock, and Wu Ziyi doesn't mind being the icebreaker.

"Coach Yuan, I think you can give it a try. In fact, our relay team's personal ability is improving. Even if Brother Tian is the first bat, as long as the running-in is good enough, it is no problem to run within 38 seconds." Yes. There are still two months before the Panama Relay Race, so I just use it as an experiment, and if the effect is not good after changing the stick, we will change it back."

Wu Ziyi hugged Su Bingtian and Xie Zhenye, and they hugged Wu Zhiqiang, Tang Xingqiang and others one after another, "Our relay team is so united and has such a good relationship. Everyone eats and lives together. The time is still long enough for us to get along. "

Su Bingtian also answered: "Yeah Director Yuan, let's give it a try. Xiaotang is under a lot of pressure to run the first round. Before that, many netizens said something about him on the Internet, which made him dare not create a scarf. No. Interact with us. Just try it~"

Su Bingtian, the person involved, has said everything, so what else can Yuan Guoqiang say?

"Okay, from now on, Bingtian will practice the first bat first, Zhiqiang and Xingqiang will practice the third bat, and Xiaoxie and Ayi will remain the same. But I will leave the words here, if this lineup is in If you can't qualify for the London-London World Championships in the Bahamas Relay, then change it back immediately!"

(End of this chapter)