Sports Honor Harvester

Chapter 75 The Honor of the Japanese Relay Team
But his strength is beyond doubt.

In the men's 100-meter preliminaries at the Oda Memorial International Athletics Championships in Japan, Kiryu Xiangxiu successfully advanced with a time of 10 seconds, tying the men's 01-meter world youth record and ranking second in Japanese history.

2011年他的个人赛季最好成绩还只是10秒58；2012年他跑出了10秒19，而且传闻他在17岁的时候就跑出过10.01秒。

"Kiryu Xiangxiu, keep a good attitude and don't be burdened." Another athlete from the Japanese team patted Kiryu Xiangxiu on the shoulder.

This person's background is bigger than that of Kiryu Xiangxiu. He is the fastest speed in Japan at this stage, Yamagata Ryota.

Ryota Yamagata's best time is 10 seconds. Although this time did not run below 07 seconds, it cannot be compared with Koji Ito's time. However, in Japan, those athletes with better times than him have all retired. up.

In fact, among the Japanese athletes in the 4×100-meter relay team, there is not a single athlete with strong personal strength. Eriguchi Kumashi is also a famous sprinter in Japan, but his best time is the same as Ryota Yamagata, 10 seconds.

Gao Ping Shenshi, the best time is 10 seconds 20.

In the 2012 London Olympics, the Japanese team finally won the Olympic No.38 in 35 seconds.

The athletes in that team are similar to the current team. The four athletes are Ryota Yamagata, Kumashi Esatoguchi, Shinji Takahira and Shota Iizuka.

However, in the World Championships, Shota Iizuka did not participate in the relay competition due to many reasons. He gave the opportunity of the 4×100-meter relay competition to the teenager Shohide Kiryu, and he went to defend the 200-meter relay.

In general, compared with the 2012 London Olympics, the current Japanese team only replaced Shota Iizuka with the young player Shohide Kiryu. stronger.

After all, Kiryu Shohide's best result is better than Iizuka Shota's.

"Don't worry, I still have great confidence in the strength of our team's relay, and I'm not weak. There was no panic on his face, but a restless eagerness to try.

The Chinese team played in the first group of the first round, on the third track.

Before the game, Ye Ling was preparing for the game in the preparation area, but his eyes kept on looking at the Japanese team.

Although he doesn't know the current situation of the Japanese relay team, he is very clear about the relay strength of the Japanese team.

Because he remembered that in the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Japanese relay team shocked the world by defeating the US team in the final and became the Olympic runner-up in the 4×100-meter relay in Rio.

That's right, it's so incredible. At the Rio Olympics, the Japanese men's 4×100-meter relay team created an excellent record of 37 seconds and the Olympic runner-up.

At that time, the lineup of the Japanese team was Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Shohide Kiryu, and Asuka Cambridge. None of this group of athletes over the age of 25 was not favored by everyone before the game, and it was precisely when they were not favored. Next, when the Japanese team Cambridge Asuka finally crossed the line second only to Jamaica's Usain Bolt, the world was stunned.

Moreover, the result of 37.60 seconds is enough to win gold in all the previous Olympic Games except 1992 and 2008~2016.

"Ye Ling, you were looking at those little Japanese." Zhang Mengmeng moved to Ye Ling's side and said.

"I heard from Director Yu that the Japanese team is very strong. I thought they just performed better in the Olympics." Ye Ling laughed.

Hearing this, Zhang Mengmeng shook her head, and said with a serious face: "Ye Ling, you have just made your debut, and you don't know enough about the Japanese team. Don't think they all run fast, but in the event of 4×100m relay , they are the best in the world."

Ye Ling was stunned for a moment. He always thought that the Japanese relay team was quite strong, but to say it was the top in the world would be a bit of a nonsense.

Zhang Mengmeng asked back: "Do you know why the Japanese team can maintain such a strong strength?"

"The members of the Japanese relay team are not strong, but they can become the world's top. That should have a lot to do with their skill selection." Ye Ling said.

Zhang Mengmeng smiled and said: "You guessed it right! Since the 2001 Edmonton World Championships, the Japanese 4×100m relay team has adopted the "uplifting" baton handover technique. , taking over the baton with the hands at the waist.

The "lift-up style" can better adapt to high-speed transmission, and the baton handover and receiver are very close when handing over, with very little speed loss.The start of the Japanese team's baton baton athletes is very smooth, and the handover process is also very smooth... But these are illusions. In fact, the Japanese team's baton handover process is not slow and saves precious energy. "

Zhang Mengmeng said so many advantages about the "upward adjustment" all at once, but Ye Ling couldn't help but think of the Chinese team in his mind.

Under the leadership of Feng Yongshu, the Chinese team has been training for more than two months during the World Championships. The main training is the "uplifting" handover.

Zhang Mengmeng said: "I know what you're thinking. That's right. Director Feng borrowed from the Japanese team's handover technique. We spent too much effort on this technique during the training camp before the World Championships."

"No wonder, no wonder Director Feng took so much pains to train my handover skills, and he was willing to pay for me to train. It's really not easy for him as an old man. Also, fortunately, he taught me so much science before the competition, otherwise I really might be careless against the Japanese team in the game." Ye Ling thought.

Ye Ling still remembers that although the Japanese team has entered the finals of countless world competitions, the most joyous moment for the Japanese team was the 2008 BJ Olympic Games, when they won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100m relay. Relay podium.

Whether you won the BJ Olympic bronze medal in 2008 or the Olympic silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics, these are the history and future of the Japanese relay team, and they do not represent the present. Although Ye Ling knew about these honors of the Japanese team before the competition.

But Ye Ling always thought that the Japanese team was only stronger at those moments. After all, when the Japanese team achieved incredible honors, the athletes who participated were very different from what they are now.

What he didn't expect was that the survival of the Japanese relay team was not at all the individual strength of each athlete, but the baton-handing skills passed down over the years and the desire for victory.

(End of this chapter)