Original title: Deep Once
When Su Bingtian crossed the finish line for the first time in the semifinals, and the score of 9.83 seconds appeared on the big screen of the stadium, the hands of The Paper reporter couldn’t help shaking.
On the night of August 1, the limit of the Asian trapeze was pushed to 9.83 seconds for the first time, and the Asian face also appeared on the final stage of the 100-meter trapeze in the Olympic Games for the first time in the electronic chronograph era.
“With my current strength, it is already at the limit.” Su Bingtian was as calm as water after the final, but the huge waves he caused in less than 10 seconds have not calmed down in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium for a long time.
This night, everything that happened after Su Bingtian crossed the finish line will remain in the minds of those of us who have witnessed it.
Su Bingtian celebrated aggressively.roar
“As far as my current strength is concerned, there is no absolute strength to enter the finals. I can only do my best.” The day before the semi-finals, Su Bingtian left this sentence before leaving the field. “The semi-finals will be the finals. run.”
In fact, before telling his determination, Su Bingtian didn’t know that his semi-final was a death group-the world’s second-ranked South African 100-meter flyman Simbini, the third-ranked American flyman Baker, and the eighth-ranked Italy. Player Jacobs, as well as the 11th ranked British star Youjia.
“After reading the grouping list, I think I will compare myself with myself in this game, ignore everyone, and play to my best level.”
When standing on the semi-final runway, Su Bingtian adjusted his starting blocks as usual, then did a warm-up run, and then slowly walked back to the starting line. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, put your hands together, and then put your thumb and index finger in front of the camera in a “one centimeter” gesture…
Compared with the previous “rolling up sleeves is doing” action, this is a new set of “personal rituals”, Su Bingtian said, in fact, I just want to remind myself “just a little bit better.”
Even Su Bingtian himself did not expect that this “a little improvement” turned out to be a huge leap in the men’s 100m Asian record.
After the starting gun was fired, Su Bingtian was in the leading position and led the way. “I just had that kind of foot feel. I ran 9 seconds and 91 seconds back then. Suddenly I felt very bonded to the track and the starting blocks. I knew the opportunity was here.”
Throwing a fist, roaring, and then sitting on the ground waiting for the final result, until Su Bingtian’s name jumped out first on the big screen, followed by the score of 9.83 seconds, Su Bingtian jumped up, punched again, roared…
In the huge Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Su Bingtian’s roar can be heard in almost every corner of the auditorium.
This is a complex emotion, not only excitement and excitement, but also surprise and shock in Su Bingtian’s own words.
“I did always say that we can run to 9 seconds 85. At that time, I said I couldn’t do it myself, and I hope that later people can do it.” Su Bingtian still fulfilled his expectations after all, “I even shocked myself today. Maybe the score of 9.83 seconds, I will never be able to run again.”
focus
After the semifinals, Su Bingtian did not accept media interviews, but quickly passed through the mixed interview area. Only two hours passed between the semi-finals and the final. For a 32-year-old “veteran” who has released all his energy, this period of recovery and adjustment is too short.
In fact, there are not many Chinese reporters in the mixed interview area after the semi-finals. One is because the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee controlled the flow of interviews during the epidemic, and the other is that there are also Chinese Olympic teams in other venues at the same time. Gold project.
Except for most of the special reporters who originally covered track and field, some reporters have rushed to other venues after interviewing Gong Lijiao who won the championship earlier.
And just after Su Bingtian made history, several messages from his colleagues suddenly popped up on the phone of The Paper Journalist, “Su Bingtian actually ran for 9 seconds 83?” “Are you on the scene, did he interview after the game?” “We Several reporters from the newspaper have come here by taxi now”…
At that moment, Su Bingtian made the Tokyo Olympic Stadium the center and focus of Chinese media and even Asian media.
“Envy, I can witness the history on the spot, and the Japanese media have been fried.” A message sent by a friend who has lived in Japan for many years aroused the curiosity of the surging journalists. He tried to open the Japanese website of Yahoo Sports, and it really turned out. After this semi-final, several headline reports were all about Su Bingtian’s 9.83 seconds.
Su Bingtian appeared in the finals.“It’s amazing! At the end of the semi-finals, it meant being caught up, but even this was an overwhelming victory!”
“The Japanese are still excited to score within 10 seconds, and the same Asian China has already rushed to the front.”
“Shocking results, so touching.”
In the message area, most of the readers’ messages are praise and affirmation for Su Bingtian and encouragement for Japanese sprinters in the future. Such rumors have doubled in just a few minutes.
In this competitive event that showed pure physical talent and explosive power from the most intuitive experience, Su Bingtian used absolute strength to “run suit” the audience and fans of the host, and perhaps include more track and field fans from different Asian countries and regions. .
In the mixed interview area after the finals, a large number of Chinese reporters from different venues have already gathered. Due to the large number of people, the staff in charge of media interviews in the stadium also removed the iron horse that originally divided the two interview areas. But even so, due to traffic restrictions, there are still many reporters who can only stand outside the mixed interview area.
The original 90-second interview time was extended to 10 minutes. Except for Jacobs, who is still celebrating his 100-meter championship, most athletes have already left the mixed interview area.
When the interview was over, the Chinese reporters gradually dispersed. The Paper reporters suddenly saw that a group of Japanese reporters were surrounding the on-site staff who was in charge of recording Su Bingtian’s interview just now, asking her about what Su Bingtian said just now…
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Su Bingtian did say a lot after the game. He thanked the country, fans, coaches and leaders, as well as his family for their support; he reviewed the mentality changes and the game process from the first shot to the semi-finals to the finals; he also Opened up and talked about the impact and impact of the one-year postponement on him.
In more than 10 minutes of interviews, The Paper reporters felt the deepest-Su Bingtian mentioned an “episode” in which he trained to fracture in the first half of 2020.
“In 2020, when preparing for the competition, the results are not much worse than this year, but there has been no competition. Then at the end of May, I overtrained and some bone fractures appeared. Then I saw the cancellation of the Diamond League and all the domestic players. All of the games were cancelled, so I took time off and went home.”
Su Bingtian congratulated the champion Jacobs.This is an important reason why Su Bingtian was able to become the leader of Chinese sprinting at the age of 31.
No matter what the situation is, he is extremely self-disciplined to complete the training plan; no matter how old he is, in order to be able to improve his performance and advance the technology to new heights, he is more willing to make changes and try.
In 2014, Su Bingtian adjusted his starting foot. At that time, he confessed that he could not even run. In 2018, he deliberately changed his arm swing and tried to improve the hair after the soles of the feet hit the ground during running. Li—At that time, he was 29 years old.
An insider familiar with Su Bingtian told The Paper, “In fact, Su Bingtian has been pondering his skills, and his own initiative to change and think is the key to continuous improvement.”
“Still working on stride in the first half of this year.” In an interview with the domestic media “Athletics Base Camp” after the game, Su Bingtian also said that on the Tokyo Olympics track, his stride has changed slightly from the past. These changes are the basis for making history.
“In January, I went to practice stride length, but I hurt my foot at that time, so I didn’t force it to adjust it later.”
Indeed, not all of these attempts helped him. As he said, some brought injuries and he chose to give up, but some brought positive progress, and he continued to polish to perfection.
Su Bingtian in the 100-meter final.lighthouse
Of course, Su Bingtian left not only records for Chinese track and field and even Asian track and field, but also his continuous breakthrough experience.
After the game, Su Bingtian’s coach, Randy Huntington, posted a long circle of friends, thanking this large team of more than 12 people for their help to Su Bingtian, including not only medical doctors, physical fitness specialists, nutritionists and scientific researchers. , And even biomechanics experts.
“Thanks to Paul Falman for filling in our medical vacancies, and thanks to the physical fitness team for telling us how to train for explosiveness and strength.”
Randy Huntington attributed Su Bingtian’s breakthrough to the entire “composite team”, “I would also like to thank Dr. Mann for filling in the huge gap in our technical knowledge.”
And this is what Su Bingtian hopes to bring to China’s sprint and even China’s track and field in the future.
“This is what our generation can do (to stand in the Olympic finals). I hope that the young athletes behind us can learn from my training methods and make adjustments. For them, this is the best resource. .”
Standing in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Su Bingtian said of Liu Xiang, “Liu Xiang is like a trailblazer in Chinese track and field.” But now, Su Bingtian became the next lighthouse, shining the light of hope Liu Xiang brought to him brighter and farther.
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