Chapter 17
It was not until all seven students in the second group of the 100-meter test preliminaries crossed the finish line that the students watching the game came to their senses and stared in amazement at the young man who was gasping for breath at the finish line being supported by Pei Dingshan.
Jiang Yuan and Zhou Yuang had also rushed over. For a moment, Jiang Yuan, Zhou Yuang and Pei Dingshan all gathered around Su Yu. The young man who had just crossed the finish line in first place was now so weak that he didn't look like a contestant who could beat Xu Ziqi to win first place in the test.
The students who had finished watching the game not far away immediately looked at each other in confusion.
"Fuck, so the winner is really Su Yu?"
"...Why am I so unconvinced? He still looks like a fragile mage!!"
Some people also sighed: "Okay, you still call people squishy mages? Then how come a short-legged warrior like you can't even beat a squishy mage?"
Liao Weiwei, who also finished the first set of preliminaries tests, was upset about losing to Zhou Yuang again not long ago, but after watching the second set of tests, he instantly calmed down.
What’s the big deal if he loses to Zhou Yuang? Xu Ziqi even lost to that Su Yu!
Before the game started, Liao Weiwei thought the same as everyone else, that Xu Ziqi would be the final winner. However, halfway through the game, Su Yu had already caught up with Xu Ziqi step by step.
Liao Weiwei was sure that in the second half of the race, Xu Ziqi's mentality must have collapsed. Xu Ziqi, who was originally in an absolute leading position at the starting stage, just barely crossed the finish line at the same time as the third place. If Xu Ziqi had not thrown his head forward and made a sprinting action when he finally crossed the finish line, it would be hard to say who would have come in second place.
He lost in the preliminaries as well, so it’s understandable that he lost to Zhou Yuang, but I wonder how Xu Ziqi feels now?
***
How does Xu Ziqi feel?
If his excellent condition at the start made him feel that he had a good chance of breaking his PB, then when the test match entered the second half, the rest was complete torture for him.
Xu Ziqi couldn't understand why he was in an absolute advantage during the initial stage of the race, but was gradually caught up by Su Yu in the middle and late stages?
Wasn’t this Su Yu just randomly picked by Pei Dingshan to make up the numbers? How on earth could a student who had failed the sprint and couldn't even run 17.50 seconds before the summer camp started be able to outperform himself after less than 40 days of training? !
You should know that even before this summer camp started, his 100-meter result was already around 12.50 seconds. The gap between Su Yu and him at the beginning of the camp was at least 5 seconds!
5 seconds, what does this mean?
If calculated based on his 100-meter time of 12.50 seconds, these 5 seconds would be enough for him to run 40 meters. And based on the results of the two people at the beginning of the camp, the 5-second start was enough for him to create a distance of nearly 12 meters between him and Su Yu.
But now, he was surpassed by a guy who was not even comparable to him before the camp started in the camp test match...
When he realized that Su Yu had surpassed him on the track, his mentality completely collapsed at that moment. Even though he was running as hard as he could, he knew that the rhythm of his movements at that time must have been full of mistakes.
Xu Ziqi didn't even know how he managed to run the last distance. As he got closer to the finish line, his hands and feet felt heavier and heavier as if they were filled with lead. In the end, he still relied on the absolute advantage brought by the starting stage and barely won over the guy in third place with a sprint.
And the third-place student...
If he remembered correctly, this student's normal performance was rarely less than 14 seconds.
Thinking of this, Xu Ziqi's face turned pale. He didn't even know how he could have run such a terrible result.
Oh, by the way, grades...!
What is Su Yu’s final score? !
There was an electronic timer display screen placed next to the track in the training ground where they were taking the test. At this moment, red letters had lit up on the screen, and the result displayed on it was...
Su Yu, 12.06 seconds (wind speed +1.01 m/s), reaction time at the start, 0.142 seconds.
Not more, not less, just 0.01 second higher than Xu Ziqi's current PB with official data in training tests, as if fate was deliberately slapping him in the face with a loud slap.
And below Su Yu’s results, the results of the 2nd to 7th place are also clearly presented.
In the second place, Xu Ziqi's name was clearly written, and the subsequent result was 13.98 seconds, which seemed like a shame for Xu Ziqi. He even thought that the only thing he did better than Su Yu in this race was his starting reaction, but the data recorded was only 0.156 seconds.
The students watching around were all stunned. They originally thought that Xu Ziqi had at least a quick reaction time at the start, and was better than Su Yu when he was in good shape in the early stages. So in fact, even the one with a faster reaction time at the start was not the only one.
he? !
"…Oh my god, a 0.142 second starting reaction speed. Coach Wang said before that a good athlete's starting reaction speed was what?"
"About 0.15 seconds... For ordinary people like us who haven't been trained, our reaction time is about 0.3 seconds. After this period of training, I thought my reaction speed was very fast, but the data during the test taught me a lesson. It was always stuck at around 0.19. Except for false starts, I couldn't get within the range of 0.15."
"I'm stupid, so the squishy mage is actually very strong?"
The students around looked at each other and finally said with a wry smile: "I don't know whether he is strong or not, but what I do know is that we are really weak!"
As soon as these words came out, the students present covered their chests one after another - classmates, if you want to stab someone's heart, stab your own heart, don't stab our hearts as well!
***
The sprint coaches on the scene were also amazed when they saw Su Yu's final result.
"12.06 seconds. In 40 days, how much has Su Yu improved this result?"
"5.50 seconds, right? If we calculate based on the data he submitted on the summer camp registration form, his 100-meter time has improved by at least 5.50 seconds!"
"hiss!"
Although they already had an idea in mind, the coaches present couldn't help but gasp when they heard the number.
In 40 days, the performance improved by 5.50 seconds!
Even if this is related to the fact that Su Yu had no previous training foundation, and therefore his performance improved significantly after the initial formal training, the improvement was still too great!
The time improved by more than 3 seconds in the first two days of the camp, and after 40 days of training, it improved by more than 2 seconds.
While other athletes would like to improve their results by units of 0.1 or 0.01 seconds, Su Yu calculates them directly in seconds? !
Of course, there are also relatively rational coaches who say: "It is indeed easier to improve in the early stage, but it will not be so easy in the later stage..."
But there was also a coach who patted the other person on the shoulder and said, "Look at this entire summer camp. Apart from Su Yu, is there another student who can have such an 'easy early improvement'?"
"Well……"
As soon as this question was asked, the other party froze in place.
This is... really not the case.
In the entire summer camp, apart from Su Yu, the student who made the most progress only improved his score by about 1 second. This was when his score in the 100-meter test at the beginning of the camp was 15.68 seconds. With such an improvement, the child was so excited that he called his parents to tell them that he could get full marks in the 100-meter test.
Competitive sports are sometimes difficult to understand, but sometimes they are very simple.
When an athlete has enough talent, he is already one step ahead of many people - just like Su Yu at this moment.
However, the coaches of the sprint group are still concerned about Su Yu's condition.
Although Su Yu was the winner of the second group of preliminaries at this time and ran a time of 12.06 seconds that amazed everyone present, it was very obvious that his condition was not very good after running the 100-meter test.
In other words, when he was about to cross the finish line, he showed signs of lack of physical strength. A coach recalled some technical flaws and deformations in Su Yu's final sprint.
This is a player whose strengths and weaknesses are too clear.
Because of the test match just now, the coaches present had to admit that Su Yu's talent in the sprint is top-notch. Some coaches even discovered that Su Yu still has the ability to further improve his speed in the latter stage of the 100 meters. This burst of speed and ability in the latter stage further shows that Su Yu also has huge potential in the 200 meters.
A talented player with excellent physical flexibility, who can quickly learn and master the rhythm of techniques, and whose speed ability is also guaranteed!
if……
It would be great if Su Yu's physical condition was better - he doesn't need to be too strong. If Su Yu's physical talent could be like any ordinary kid in the summer camp, the sprint coaches in Province S would fight for him.
But unfortunately, Su Yu’s health was too poor.
After just one preliminary race, he seemed to have used up all his energy.
What about the upcoming Test final?
What should he do?
***
After a brief collapse, Xu Ziqi also discovered Su Yu’s obvious weakness—he hasn’t lost yet, yes, he hasn’t lost yet!
When everyone was paying attention to Su Yu and him, Xu Ziqi walked up to Su Yu step by step and said to the frail boy who was still trying to catch his breath: "You won the preliminaries, I underestimated you, but in the final later, you will definitely not be my opponent!"
Listening to Xu Ziqi's declaration with a sense of revenge, Su Yu gradually calmed down his breathing.
He raised his eyebrows slightly in the direction of Xu Ziqi, frowned and then relaxed, with a calm yet slightly doubtful expression on his handsome face, and soon these slight doubts returned to calm.
He looked at Xu Ziqi who was speaking with certainty, and said word by word: "No, you are wrong."
"No matter how many times we compete, the winner will always be me."
"It's me in this game, it's me in the next game, and it will be me in the next game too."
"If you don't believe it, just wait and see."
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