just to make those dreams come true

Chapter 250 A bid!

Time goes back one day.

2004 7 Month 16 Day.

Grosseto, Italy.

The tenth World Youth Athletics Championships was held.

Since ten days ago, this small Italian city has successively welcomed delegations from more than 100 countries and regions around the world and thousands of athletes.For such a tourist city with a population of only [-] to [-], it really looks like a very grand festival gathering.

Although the level of the World Youth Championships is not as high as that of the World Championships and the Olympic Games, the biennial World Youth Championships still makes the citizens of Grosseto feel excited, and also attracts many track and field enthusiasts from other European countries and regions. .Over the past few days, they have poured into this city one after another, squeezed into the focus of this grand event...

Carlo Zechini Olympic Stadium.

The time has come to 20:30 in the evening. In the open-air stadium, the lights are bright, and under the glowing lights, the stands that can hold tens of thousands of spectators are full, but it seems relatively quiet at the moment.

"Bang~"

With the sound of a clear starting gun, the silent stadium changed from quiet to noisy in an instant, and a huge wave of noise suddenly broke out.

Flags of various colors were fluttering and flying, tens of thousands of eyes focused on the track, and the frenzied atmosphere poured out in all directions with loud cheers and cheers.

On the runway, the final competition of the men's 200-meter race was officially staged.

At the moment when the gunshot sounded, eight runners swooped out of the starting position at the curve.

The eight swift figures suddenly stepped on the starting block with their legs, stood up, accelerated, and rushed out towards the front of the starting line.

Ten meters, 20 meters, 30 meters...

After the gunshot sounded, the car started to accelerate from the corner. He was in the sixth lane. Zhu Kun lowered his head, kept a slightly tilted body, swung his arms wildly, and stepped on the track step by step with a fast pace and strong power.

Domestically, in the 200-meter event, except for a few people, Zhu Kun is now basically at the top of all starts and speeds.In the past, knowing the gap between himself and those few people, Zhu Kun was sometimes a little frustrated, but considering his age and sports experience, he could basically accept it after a little struggle.

But after coming out to participate in this competition, he began to feel a little depressed.

The same age, some even younger than him, but in terms of real explosive strength, he felt that he was not as good as himself.

The coach has enlightened him, and he actually understands in his heart that perhaps on the road to a higher stage, he will encounter many such opponents.I can only bury the pressure in my heart, and then turn it into motivation, desperately, desperately!
Three shots in the 200 meters, preliminaries and semi-finals, he fought his way down.Second in the group and fourth overall, he successfully entered the final.At this time, in the finals, he fought again.

At a distance of 30 meters, the audience cheered one after another without interruption for a moment.

The applause that was faintly heard while the head was accelerating, Zhu Kun knew who the wave was for without thinking. He had such an experience once. The opponent in the semi-finals was only less than a year older than him. , but an extremely powerful opponent...

The fourth track comes from the local young player Andrew Howe, galloping between the corners wantonly with passion.Just at the start, he showed super speed and explosive power.

Compared with Zhu Kun's uncompromising stride frequency, stronger strength burst and starting pace, Andrew Howe has already approached the five-way contestants in just over [-] meters, and the gap in the number of forward reach is gradually being smoothed out.

Fast strides and swift arm swings. After more than 30 meters, Andrew Howe has already stood out. For the distance of more than 200 meters, for most athletes who specialize in [-] meters, they have basically not yet reached the stage of full acceleration.But Andrew Howe has almost run at a pace of [-] meters until now. His speed has entered the fastest midway running stage, and his speed is also moving towards higher speed step by step.

With a short distance of more than 30 meters, this local youth who felt a lot of enthusiasm for the home court further detonated the audience with his fierce performance.

so fast!

From the corner of his eyes, he could almost see the blurry figure, as if he could hear the surprisingly fast footsteps.A vague pressure was slowly approaching him.

Zhu Kun knew who it was. In the semi-finals, he was on the fifth track, and the opponent was on the fourth track. The same was true. The starting gap caused by the number of stretches was pulled to almost nothing in a short period of 30 meters.It's the final, one runway away.He felt the overwhelming breath again.

He knew that Andrew Howe's starting speed was fast, but this time Zhu Kun felt that it seemed to be faster than in the semifinals.In just a few tens of meters, under the influence of the forward extension of the two runways, it is almost impossible to stop his footsteps, and now he is getting closer and closer to Zhu Kun's position.

Only 19 years old, but already has several years of experience in participating in various large-scale competitions.Andrew Howe, the more he ran, the more excited he became. In this final, he broke out again.

Feeling the chasing footsteps coming from the left rear all the time, Zhu Kunqiang pressed the slightest pressure in his heart, and silently recited the words of coach, coach Lin, and brother Yang countless times.He worked hard to run at his own pace.

40 meters, 50 meters, 60 meters...

Zhu Kun has entered the high-speed stage of running on the way. At this moment, he has raised his head, tilted his body angle, straightened his body, and crazily increased his speed.Zhu Kun also ran more and more stretched, and his speed became faster and faster.

On his left, Andrew Howe did not stop catching up.Across the runway, they are almost neck and neck with Zhu Kun.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced again, and the blurred figure became clearer and clearer.

He's well aware that he's behind and that he's not yet at his peak speed.What's more, in terms of absolute speed, he has had the experience of competing in the same field, and he knows that Andrew Howe's absolute speed is not slower than him.And the powerful burst of acceleration can enter the top speed earlier than he can.The only thing that may be worse is keeping an absolute distance, which is also his only chance!
But at this moment, Zhu Kun gradually calmed down.

"When you get on the track, don't care who your opponent is, you only have the finish line ahead. You are running with your own past. What you need is to surpass yourself, goals, beliefs, ideals or dreams..."

A paragraph of words flashed through his mind, and Zhu Kun meditated on his goals, dreams and beliefs, and danced on the track with his stretched body.The influence of everything around him slowly faded from his world.

Running without distraction, the race has also entered the final stage of the curve...

80 meters, 90 meters, 100 meters,

After the start, he has surpassed most of his opponents in just a few tens of meters. Now that he is getting closer to the straight, Andrew Howe's position has become clearer.

On his left, the players in lanes one, two, and three have gradually been distanced by him.At this time, the other contestants, except Zhu Kun, gradually felt this crazy figure.

In the arena, almost all the players have entered the high-speed stage of running on the way.

100 meters, 110 meters, curves into straights...

Still maintaining a strong speed, Andrew Howe was the first to rush up the straight...

As early as 70 meters away, the situation in the field had gradually become clear, and the erupting figure looming ahead made the audience uncontrollably show more passion.And when all the players entered the straight, the atmosphere on the scene finally exploded completely.

"Andrea...!"

"Andrea...!"

The audience shouted a name almost at the same time, and the warm cheers grew louder and louder!

Andrew Howe, who was still running in the first position, felt all the enthusiasm and restlessness, and rushed to the forefront.

Three or four meters later, the players from lane five and lane three were chasing after them with almost a hair’s breadth.

And one or two positions behind them, Zhu Kun finally ran out!Then there are eight ways, seven ways, one way, two ways...

At the final stage of the curve, Zhu Kun's speed had reached his peak, and because of this, he kept a relatively stable distance and was not further distanced by another step.

After entering the straight, although Andrew Howe's advantage is still obvious, he is only in the fourth position, but the distance is slowly closing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"The finish line is ahead, Zhu Kun, run!"

He hardly pays attention to the figures in the front, left and right. There is only a voice in Zhu Kun's heart constantly reminding him, urging him to move forward step by step.

This is his last game in the World Youth Championship, he can't give up, can't stop, fight!

There are my little friends in the stands, the coaches, teammates and team leaders of the delegation. They are watching me, maybe they are still cheering and shouting for me.

Far away in China, there are Brother Yang, Brother Zhao, Coach Lin and other coaches. Maybe they will occasionally think of my game in their hearts? !

You can’t let people down, and you can’t let yourself down either…

Rise up!
Go all the way!
130 meters, 140 meters, 150 meters...

Running fast on the track, a strong wind blew in his face, and his face, which was slightly distorted by exertion, felt dry. The fire hidden in his heart, the burning oppression and needles in his chest could no longer hinder him at this moment.Although he already felt that his speed had dropped a little.But he still insisted on taking big strides, and the originally fast arm swing seemed to move faster.

He has no time to pay attention to the shadowy figures on the left and right. He only knows that there is still the last 50 meters, the finish line...

In the left and right passes that he didn't pay attention to, the speed of other players also changed a little. Even the best Su Nai ran down after more than 100 meters of acceleration, and the speed would inevitably decline.Under the direct observation of a single target, the change is not obvious, but looking down from the height of the stands, there is a contrast between several people running wildly, and the difference is gradually highlighted.

Andrew Howe's speed has dropped a lot at this time, but relying on the strong kinetic energy accumulated in the early stage, he still maintains a certain leading edge.Getting closer and closer to the finish line, with the last remaining strength, he also fought!
Five lanes and three lanes, the two people who were originally slightly different, after rushing through the straight track of tens of meters, their positions gradually changed. The five lane skaters who originally had a slight advantage were gradually overtaken by the three lane skaters. The distance has a tendency to gradually widen within a few steps.

And less than a body behind him, Zhu Kun approached.

At this stage, the impact of Zhu Kun's speed and rhythm maintained in the early stage has been fully demonstrated.

Starting from Hui Province, 200 meters, 400 meters, 400 meters, as he grows older and taller, his special distance is also gradually lengthened.Until a little over a year ago it became 200 meters.Because of the arrival of Lin Mu, he turned back to 200 meters.It was also from this time that Lin Mu planned his entire [-]-meter rhythm for him.

The innate condition is here. Even though Zhu Kun has a very high innate stride frequency, he can't really achieve the explosive speed like a small man after all.

In the end, the established direction is to use a nearly natural high stride frequency, supplemented by a larger stride length, to strengthen the core strength and adjust the early pace.With a large stride and a coordinated high rhythm, the speed accumulation from the initial speed to the middle is completed.

Since Chen Guobin officially took over Zhu Kun's training, he still led Zhu Kun to train in the original direction, adjusting the details of running while strengthening his physical fitness according to the overall rhythm.

The effect of this result now is that Zhu Kun completed the speed buffer for the entire first run with a stride of 4 or 5 meters in the early stage.Compared with his original early start speed under small and medium strides, he has accumulated more stamina and speed.

It is also true that he was a few meters behind on the straight, but starting from 120 meters, he finally caught up with his absolute speed.And compared to his opponents, his speed is still very good.

Finally, there are 50 meters, 40 meters, 30 meters...

At more than 20 meters, in just a few steps, Zhu Kun completed his overtaking of the five runners. He was no longer far away from the three runners in front and the leading four runners.

His footsteps slowly became a little heavy, and his swinging arms were equally heavy, but inertia and will prompted him to still move his body quickly.

50 meters away from the finish line, Zhu Kun was neck and neck with the five players, and Zhu Kun completely surpassed the 40-meter stage. In another ten meters, the next goal, the three players, was close at hand.

However, the finish line is getting closer.

"Andrea...!"

In the stadium, the shouts reached their climax.

Even viewers who don't understand well can see that Andrew Howe is already winning at this time.Even though he charged too hard in the early stage, he was more and more unable to run.However, the accumulated distance advantage allowed him to finally maintain it to the end!
In another ten meters, Zhu Kun's position completely surpassed the three players, and there was only the last one left in front of him!
There are still 20 meters, ten meters to the finish line...

The hustle and bustle that seemed to be ubiquitous in the arena, and the finish line getting closer and closer, called back Zhu Kun's attention to the arena.A few meters in front of him, he saw the familiar back that he had seen once in the semi-finals.

One step, two steps...

That figure crossed the finish line first!

"Still lost?!"

For a moment, Zhu Kun felt a little helpless. With just a little thought and inertia, he also completed the finishing move.

A complete set of movements is meticulous, which is already imprinted in the memory of the bones.

Bow your head, lean your body, press the line,
The whole audience shouted wildly!They were applauding yet another champion on Italian soil.

"20 seconds 28!"

Slowing down and buffering forward, Zhu Kun still looked back at the timing board before the finish line.

The score of No.1 Andrew Howe was clearly displayed on the timing board.

"My starting efficiency is still low! Coach Lin said, to make the speed under the rhythm faster, the absolute speed should be higher, and the distance maintained should be longer. All these need to constantly strengthen physical fitness and technical awareness..."

Panting heavily, Zhu Kun slowly stopped, not paying attention to the timing cards, but to the gold medalist who was crazily interacting with the audience.He analyzed the first run of the final in his mind.

At the same time, he also made an evaluation of his run in his heart, which was generally acceptable, but he knew that he was affected by psychology.

The opponent's time of 20 seconds was excellent.He thinks he can't run now, and he doesn't regret losing.Apart from a little unwillingness, he is more dissatisfied with his early stage.

In domestic competitions in the past, even Yang Ge, who is stronger, was not such a fast player in the early stage.Usually in the first half he doesn't feel that face of despair.In the two runs of the semi-finals and the final this time, he saw Andrew Howe's crazy speed like a hundred meters.He was affected unconsciously.It's tiny, but he doesn't lie to himself.

If it were not affected at all, my starting speed should be slightly faster, and the distance behind me could be even closer.

Zhu Kun made a certain judgment in his heart, and at the same time, he was also reflecting on his immaturity this time.

Coach Lin’s words, Brother Yang’s words, including the coach’s words, have been said many times.I have to let these words imprint more deeply in my heart.

My grades should be better too.

Thinking of his grades, Zhu Kun suddenly realized that he hadn't looked at his grades until now.

His eyes turned to the big screen at the scene. The moment he saw the results, Zhu Kun couldn't help but raised his hand and pressed it to his forehead, and the expression on his face instantly became exciting.

……

At this time,
Somewhere on the sidelines,
Zhou Tong clapped wildly, and he also gathered beside Chen Guobin, shouting excitedly.

On the big screen at the scene, the results and rankings of the finalists have all been announced.

He below didn't even pay much attention, his eyes were only fixed on the small five-star red flag.

"1, the fourth track, Andrew Howe, Italy, score: 20 seconds 28;

2. The sixth track, Zhu Kun, Huaxia, score: 20 seconds;

3,..."

"Coach Chen, good job, we have it, haha!"

"Yes, there is!"

Chen Guobin, who had been devoting himself to the game just now, murmured softly.

"Zhu Kun ran so well! He won a silver medal! This is..."

Zhou Tong's voice was still ringing in his ear, but at this moment Chen Guobin couldn't tell what he said.His heart and mind were filled with fragments one by one.

Seeing Zhu Kun on the track covering his forehead with a half-crying and smiling expression, Chen Guobin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"A bid... Director Lin, Zhu Kun has come out!"

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(End of this chapter)