Born to Run

?2008, July 11.

While the World Youth Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland was in full swing, a track and field competition in Rome, Italy attracted the attention of many people.

The annual IAAF Golden League Rome Race is held today, and the men's 100-meter race in the Rome Olympic Stadium is about to begin.

At 14:20 in the afternoon, in the Olympic Stadium in Rome, pride was like fire, and crowds in the audience were boiling.

What is going on is the men's 100m preliminary round. This year's Golden League in Rome has a large number of athletes participating in the men's 100m event. After all, this is the year of the Olympics, and many athletes have come back to prepare for various competitions.

Therefore, in the Rome Golden League, a total of 17 players participated in the men's 100 meters event, divided into two preliminaries.

At this time, nine players from the first preliminaries group were appearing on the track and field. A bald black man in the seventh track attracted the attention of countless spectators and media on the sidelines.

That is-Asafaville!

The former men's 100-meter world record holder has notified the world-class peak athletes in the men's 100-meter event for three years.

This year, the IAAF’s men’s 100-meter event can be described as turbulent, with Yechin tying the world record once and breaking the world record twice, Youssef Bot broke the world record, and Jason Gaby ran the most in human history. A quick score of 68 in 9 seconds.

The only thing I missed was Asafaville, the top athlete who once dominated the men’s 100m event. After being injured at home by accident in February, he just resumed training in April. Asafaville suffered another chest muscle damage and underwent surgery. Later, injuries caused him to withdraw from the game for up to two months.

Now that he has finally appeared in the track and field arena again, many people are looking forward to the once top men's 100m athlete can bring a little surprise to everyone.

The list of athletes in the first group of the men’s 100-meter preliminaries of the Rome Golden League is quite spectacular, including Trinidad and Tobago’s celebrity Saidi Durr, and Slovenia’s white celebrity Modio Kvinica. Nesta Carter, who is also the top athlete from Jamaica, the first European sprinter, Obique Viru from Portugal, and the emerging American Michael Rogers, etc.

These athletes are currently influential top 100m athletes in the world or Europe, but in the past few years, although the strength of these athletes is good, many of them can score 10 seconds in their best results. , Even scored 9 seconds 90, but in the same arena with Asafaville, almost few people can beat him.

As many people expected, Asafaville, who was waiting to pay, was able to flex his muscles in this game and defeat everyone again.

After a gunshot sounded, the two narrators of the local Italian media TV station almost yelled:

"Asafa started very fast, Asafa... Asafa... Nesta Carter ran to the front, Asafa, oh no, Asafaville failed to qualify for the finals!!! Difficult to qualify for the finals!!! Believe it! Asafaville was eliminated in the preliminaries!"

With a loud roar, many people in the audience were directed at Asafaville, wanting to see what powerful answer the former world number one can give in the men's 100-meter event.

From 2005 to 2008 this year, Asafaville won the Golden League one after another, laying a solid foundation for popularity in Europe and Italy.

It can be said that in the men's 100 meters project, Yechin, Youssef Bot and Jason Gaby, combined, may not be more famous in Europe than him.

As a result, something unexpected happened.

Asafaville’s performance was a big surprise. The champion was won by the ninth runner Nesta Carter with a time of 10.06. Asafaville only ranked fifth with a score of 10.19.

Before the end of the race, Asafaville obviously couldn't accept this result. He stood in a daze. He couldn't remember when the last time he ran 10 seconds and 10 unexpected results, especially It's a stage like the Golden League.

Soon a lot of reporters began to flood him.

This left him a bit at a loss for a while, and he has always been a shy person facing the media.

He just felt that he was running at all costs, but it may have been a long time off the track. Even if he usually keeps training, it will take a few more games to really get back on the field.

But in the face of many reporters coming in, the English with Italian accent or other European accents made him understand it accidentally, and only felt his head buzzing.

It took a long time for Asafaville to leave the stadium with the help of stadium staff and his own agent.

In the lounge of the mixed zone, Asafaville covered his entire face with the towel handed over by his agent Dole, and sat silently on a chair.

"Asafa, your performance just now has been very good."

The agent Dole sat next to Asafaville, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and continued, “Although you didn’t make it to the finals, it’s just a Golden League. It’s not that you haven’t won. You don’t have to. Take it to heart."

After listening to Dole’s comfort, it seemed to be silent for a while, and the covered white towel moved slightly, and a voice came out: "I don’t care about a golden league, Dole, you know, although I have won more, but It's not that I haven't lost.

I am now worried about my state, and the score of 10.19 seconds makes me a little anxious. "

Running a time of 10.19 seconds is not so terrible. What's terrible is that in this race, he feels like he is running with all his strength.

For a top athlete who can casually run within 10 seconds in three years, 9 seconds 90 at every turn, or even within 9 seconds 80, this sense of loss is too strong.

"10.19 seconds I think you have performed very well."

Dole didn’t see Asafaville’s face, but he probably could think of the other’s mood. To be honest, Asafaville’s world record in May was broken by Yechin, Yousse Bot, and Jason Gaby. Running out of the limit of human speed in 9 seconds 68, Doller knew that Asafaville had no such high appeal and commercial influence.

This is the track and field arena. Unlike other basketball and football sports, the track and field champions and world record holders have the highest commercial influence, covering up many other athletes.

And in many other ball events, whether collective or individual, outstanding performance can add points to yourself.

Only track and field and sprint, when you see that the name of the champion of various competitions is not you, when you see that the name of the world record is not you, your commercial value and influence will disappear.

Although Doller knew about this situation, he and Asafaville had cooperated for a long time and did not neglect each other because of this matter.

And he believes one thing, that is, Asafaville is still at its peak. Although there are many latecomers, it is far from the point where Asafaville has no chance at all.

After organizing the language a bit, Doller continued to speak: "I understand that you are worried about your state now, but Asafaville, you have to think about it. You have left the field for seven or eight months. Several times this year. Injuries have delayed your systematic training. You can run 10.19 seconds in the first game of this year. This is enough to prove that your condition is getting better. I believe that if you continue to run a few more games, you will definitely be able to Return to the top before the Olympics, reclaim your world record, your honor."

"What are my next three games?"

As if moved by what Dole said, or because he had already thought out some questions, Asafaville suddenly pulled off the towel on his face~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and asked Dole.

"The day after tomorrow's Athens Grand Prix, the Paris Golden League on the 18th, and the Super Grand Prix in Stockholm, England on the 22nd."

Asafaville's eyes turned quickly, and he thought about it for a while before he said, "I think Youssé Bot has entered the Stockholm Grand Prix, right?"

Doller didn't know why Asafaville asked this question, but he nodded, "Yes."

Asafawel suddenly nodded solemnly, as if to say to Dole, and as if to himself, "Then, cancel the Athens Grand Prix and the Paris Golden League, I will directly participate in the Stockholm Grand Prix on the 22nd. I want to play against Youssé Botter."

"Huh?" Doller glanced at Asafaville in some surprise, with a different look in his eyes.

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