Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 67 Is this 10?
  7:3 on the evening of July 18rd.

Athens, Greece.

The marble stadium was crowded and lively.

The lingering heat of the Athens Olympics, coupled with Asafa Powell's feat of breaking the 100-meter world record here last year, makes this year's Athens Super Grand Prix men's 100-meter event still attracting attention.

Today’s Athens Super Grand Prix, the back-up event will start to warm up from 17:.

Until about 17:40, the women's shot put, men's high jump, women's triple jump and other main competition events started one after another.

And now, at 18:100 sharp, the Marble Stadium officially welcomes the first track event of the day - the men's m preliminaries!
  In the stadium, the announcer of the conference was introducing the eight contestants on the field in Greek and English.

"No. 9, from China, only 18 years old but already an outstanding player with a national record, Wen~~~Hao!" 』

Perhaps due to the shock brought by Liu Xiang two years ago, the broadcaster did not follow the custom of Western countries and pronounce Wen Hao's name backwards and pronounce it as "Haowen".

While the announcer was introducing, a photographer stood in front of Wen Hao, holding a camera pointed at him.

The Super Grand Prix is ​​naturally broadcast live, and it is not only broadcast live on TV in Greece.

The camera in the hands of the photographer in front of me has the logo of "EU Sport" on it - Europe's largest satellite and cable TV sports channel!
  Wen Hao knew that European audiences always liked to see the effects of athletes' entire programs, and there was also live television, so he acted more openly than at home.

So he imitated Bruce Lee, performed a signature Jeet Kune Do move, and even yelled weirdly at the camera afterwards.

The atmosphere in the stadium immediately became lively. Many spectators responded enthusiastically by applauding and cheering after seeing Wen Hao's performance.

This level of excitement seems to be no less than that of those international celebrities who have already become famous before. I don’t know whether it is because Wen Hao’s program is so effective or because
  Wen Hao is the only non-black player in this group.

The men's 100-meter event at the Athens Super Grand Prix is ​​divided into two rounds: preliminaries and finals.

Among the two groups in the preliminaries, apart from Wen Hao, a yellow Asian, the only non-black player is Russia's Andrei Yepishin.

Countries such as France, the United Kingdom, and Portugal have required black athletes to support various track and field events and other sports in the past decade or two. Naturally, the resistance to black athletes is unnecessary.

But Greece is different. It is not only the birthplace of the Olympic movement, but its local athletes have also had brilliant records.

For example, at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Konstantinos Kentris won the men's 200m gold medal among many black celebrities.

After combining the world rankings and personal best results, Wen Hao was placed in lane 9 in the first group of this preliminary round.

In fact, being in lane 9 does not mean that he is considered the "weakest", because generally speaking, the player placed in the innermost lane is the weakest in theory.

For example, the Greek player in lane 1 at this time has a personal best time of only 10 seconds 31. He is here because of his status as the host, and he is purely here to make up the numbers.

Except for the Greek player who entered through the back door in the first lane, every other player is at least ranked within the top 1 in the world.

For example, the French star Ronald Vernon in Lane 4 has a personal best of 9.99 (+1.8m/s). He is the French national record holder. He led the team to win the men's 4×100 at the Helsinki World Championships last year. Rice gold medal.

第5道的美国名将肖恩·克劳福德，他是04年雅典奥运会男子200项目的冠军，100米的个人最好成绩达到了9秒88（+1.8m/s）！
  第6道的葡萄牙名将奥比克维鲁，04年雅典奥运会男子100米项目亚军，个人最好成绩是冠绝全场的9.86（+0.6m/s）！
  Of these three famous players, Vernon is ranked 21st in the world, Crawford is ranked 14th in the world, and Obikwelu is ranked 3rd in the world, second only to Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin.

On the track, the final preparation stage before the race has entered. Every player is looking straight ahead, without any eye contact.

The spectators at the scene gradually stopped making noise, and the stadium gradually became quiet.

Wen Hao waited quietly for the starter's instructions, while constantly adjusting his physical and mental state to be extremely prepared.

"On your marks!"

Finally, after waiting for a while, the starter on the sidelines finally gave the order to get back on track.

Nine players on the field stepped forward one after another, squatted down at the starting line one after another, stepped on the starting block and prepared for squatting.

Two assistant referees came to the track one after another to check the starting posture of the players and confirmed that the players did not make any illegal actions such as pressing their fingers on or beyond the starting line.

After everything was confirmed to be correct, the starter raised the starting gun in his hand.

On the track, a strong pushing wind was blowing the number plates attached to the players' backs.

Even without the help of an accurate anemometer, Wen Hao knew very well that the wind speed in the next shooting match would definitely exceed +2.0m/s.

According to the explicit regulations of the IAAF, when the wind speed in sprint, hurdles, and long jump events exceeds 2.0m/s, the results will be invalid, and only rankings and honors will be retained.

For players who are eager to create great results, wind speeds above 2.0m/s are the last thing they want to encounter, but for Wen Hao, this strong tailwind, which is likely to exceed the legal value, comes at the right time.

Taking advantage of this rare strong wind, Wen Hao wanted to try and see what it felt like to run within 10 seconds.
  So far, the limit of the 100-meter event in Asia is still 10 seconds - even under super wind speed conditions!

Perhaps, this shackles can be broken by me!
  "Set——"

After the starter's preparatory command was given, Wen Hao's mind suddenly cleared of all the racing thoughts. His body reacted naturally and he got into the starting position in an instant.

"Snapped--!"

The starting gun sounds and the game begins!
  French star Ronald Vernon took the lead. In terms of starting reaction and starting speed, he was a long way ahead of the other players.

Ronald Vernon is not only the French 60-meter record holder, but also the French indoor 60-meter record holder. His PB for the 6-meter event is an astonishing 45 seconds!

After the starting gun sounded, Ronald Vernon quickly took the lead and was at least half a body length ahead of the other players in the first 20 meters.

In terms of starting and accelerating, even Crawford and Obikwelu, who are experienced and powerful in the game, have to call Vernon "brother."

On Lane 9, where no one was paying attention, the moment after the starting gun sounded, Wen Hao also jumped out.

Coming to this kind of international high-level event with extremely high average level, it will be difficult for him to take advantage of the starting reaction.

Fortunately, since the beginning of spring training at the end of February, Li Qing has also specially polished his starting skills, so he will not be far behind these world-class players in terms of starting and accelerating.

In fact, Wenhao's performance in the first 20 meters of this shot was even slightly better than that of Crawford and Obikewelu.

Firstly, they are also the kind of players who are not very good at starting to accelerate;

Secondly, they had no intention of performing at their best in the preliminaries. They were planning to conserve their energy and wait until the finals to fight to the death.

As a result, a strange scene occurred on the field
  In the first 20 meters, Ronald Vernon took the lead and established a pretty good lead.

Crawford in lane 5, Obikewelu in lane 6, and Wen Hao in lane 9 are all almost half a body behind him. The rest of the players were further behind, especially the Greek host players who made up the numbers in the first lane. They were separated by at least one position by just 1 meters.

But soon, in the transitional stage between the 20-30-meter acceleration running and the intermediate running technique, Wen Hao, the most outsider, suddenly emerged as a new force.

After a rapid acceleration of just 10 meters, he actually tied up with Ronald Vernon who was originally leading in one leap!

This sudden scene made many spectators present scream in surprise.

The same East Asian face, the same wheat-yellow skin, the same red uniform
  This scene seems familiar!
  In the infield viewing area near the finish line, Li Qing stood up excitedly. He opened his mouth incredibly wide and started shouting.

I miscalculated. I thought that Wenhao's first time participating in an international competition and being able to perform at 90% level would be the best result.

Who would have thought that he would be so brave? !

After 30 meters, Ronald Vernon, who had briefly taken the lead, was not only instantly opened up by Wen Hao, but was also gradually surpassed by Crawford and Obikwelu.

At 50 meters, the leading runner became the unknown Wen Hao. Even in lane 9, which had the worst visual effects, his lead was still very obvious.

In the middle of the track, Crawford and Obikwelu had constipated expressions on their faces.

Their original idea was to follow Ronald Vernon's pace in the future, gradually increase the speed, and then observe the situation on the field to decide whether to release the ball and to what extent.

In their imagination, they should easily win the preliminaries, and wait until the finals two hours later to have a showdown with Tyson Gay, Leonard Scott and others.

But they never thought that a dark horse from the outermost circle suddenly appeared and rushed forward as if it was desperate, disrupting all their plans and arrangements.

I had no choice but to follow in order to ensure my advancement and get a better track in the finals!
  Today's young people, young and energetic, without moral ethics, actually attack old comrades like us!
  Looks like I have to teach you a lesson. Watch me chase.
  Huh?
  Wardfa?
  It seems like I can't catch up. What's going on?

At this time, Wen Hao had no idea that he had caused "public outrage" and was "concerned" by Crawford and Obikwelu.

He was just taking advantage of the natural wind on the field and running at full speed according to his own rhythm.

Because I know that my current strength is still far behind these world-class and even top players.

Therefore, he has no psychological baggage at all. He just wants to take advantage of this great tailwind to try to feel what kind of field 9.9x is.

I just didn't expect that after running like this, he suddenly became a dark horse!

At this time, he was completely immersed in a world where he was the only one.

The wind force coming from behind pushed his body to fly towards the finish line with a faster pace and a larger stride than usual.

In the previous training process, I had racked my brains and exhausted my body and was unable to comprehend the technical movements. At this moment, it was as if I was enlightened and understood instantly!

It turns out that the field within 10 seconds is actually like this!

70 meters, 80 meters, 90 meters.
  This extreme speed competition, which lasts just over 10 seconds, is so visually stunning.

On the track, world famous players Crawford and Obikewelu caught up.

But because their rhythm was chaotic from the beginning, even if they tried their best in the middle, it would be difficult to recover the huge gap that suddenly widened.

In the audience, the waves of cheers in Greek, Italian, English and other languages ​​were stronger than the last, and each wave was stronger than the last.

People are not only keen to see the king achieve absolute dominance on the field, but also keen to see the dark horse appear to break the balance of the field.

In particular, this picture reminded many spectators present of the night two years ago when Liu Xiang created an Asian miracle on the supreme Olympic final stage.

Therefore, the cheers and shouts given to Wen Hao became more and more enthusiastic.

"Come on, Chinese, kill these Ni brothers!"

"Yes, that's it, go all the way!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh--"

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Lightning, flint, and swift wind sweep across the land!
  In the blink of an eye, Wen Hao, who was wearing a fiery red jersey, had crossed the finish line first. The black players behind him had different expressions, but they all felt a little confused in their hearts.

What happened?

We were defeated by a yellow man?

Is this so unscientific? !
  But whether they believe it or not, the fact has happened.

After crossing the finish line, Wen Hao continued to stride across the field without stopping.

Behind him, a group of European reporters, carrying cameras that were not very light, were chasing him desperately, in a 100-meter race.

After running for nearly a hundred meters, Wen Hao, who was so excited that he couldn't contain himself, finally stopped and looked around at the auditorium.

After searching carefully for half a circle, a disappointed expression suddenly appeared on his face, and his smile was no longer bright.

At this time, he wanted to find a five-star red flag, put it on his body, and clearly tell all the viewers present and watching the live broadcast: I am Chinese and I come from China!

But unfortunately, without the five-star red flag, no matter how hard he shouted, it would still be a little less meaningful.

Li Qing saw this scene from a distance and felt it was quite a pity.

This was his negligence as a coach. He did not expect Wen Hao to perform so well, so he did not make any preparations in advance.

So much so that at such an important moment, I couldn't celebrate happily.

My dear, call the consulate in Athens now and ask them to help send a flag. Maybe it can be used in the finals in two hours!
  With great excitement, excitement, and a little guilt, Li Qing took a deep breath, turned his eyes away from Wen Hao, and looked at the big screen.

On the big screen, the first row clearly displayed:

1——China——Wen Hao——9.87
  9 second 87!

What was once unimaginable has now really happened, and I have seen it with my own eyes.

Did the dream really come true?
  This breaks 10?
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