Jamaica, Kingston Independence Park.

Independence Park is a sports and cultural complex in Kingston, Jamaica. Among them, 35,000 live spectators' seats in today's Jamaica National Stadium have been occupied by Jamaican people.

Although Jamaica's National Stadium is mainly used for football matches and is considered the highest stage for West Indies sporting events, when there are track and field events, it will be the focus and focus of the entire Jamaica.

At the entrance of the stadium, a statue of Don Quarry, the most legendary sprinter in Jamaica in the 1970s. Don Quarry won gold and 100 meters silver medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and won four Olympic medals in the five Olympic Games he participated in. In 1971, he set a 200-meter world record, grading the 100-meter world record in 1976.

He is a truly rising track and field superstar in Jamaica. The Jamaican sprint trend was popularized nationwide since Don Quari. Since then, generations of Jamaican sprinters have been born.

In addition to Don Quarry, there are also statues of Jamaica's first Olympic gold medalist Arthur Vent, sprinter Herb McKenley, and legendary female sprinter Merlinne Oti and others.

This is a country that has shown its excellence in the international field and even the international sports industry with sprinting events. The domestic pursuit of sprinters is almost no less than other sports such as football, cricket, etc.

There are many stories of teenagers playing football on the street by star scouts, entering professional arenas and gaining success. In Jamaica, there are also such stories, and the most common ones are track and field and sprinting.

May 3, 2008 is a relatively grand date for Jamaica. This day is the annual Jamaica International Track and Field Invitational, officially held since 2004. It is a regional track and field competition licensed by the IAAF in Central America.

For an island country like Jamaica, it is very rare to host such a track and field event with regional influence. If used as an analogy, it can be regarded as the domestic Shenghai Station IAAF Grand Prix. Of course, as an island country, its total population is far less than that of Shenghai, but its attention to track and field events is unprecedented.

At this time, in the audience, countless Jamaicans looked at the sporting stadium, their faces filled with confusion. Many excited Jamaicans even booed and started to scold.

"What are these soft-legged shrimps running? His performance is not as good as my nephew in high school!"

"Why didn't Yusé Bott appear on the 200-meter runway?"

"Has he been injured? I didn't hear this before. He went there. He was the holder of Jamaica's 200-meter record?"

"Damn it, Asafaville was injured and couldn't compete. Should we see an American showing off his power in the stadium?"

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On the big screen on the Jamaica National Stadium, what was played at this time was the 200-meter score list of men who had just finished the competition.

There were only six contestants in total, three Jamaican players, two American players and one Trinidad and Tobago player.

The first player is an American, Jason Gaby, who scored 20 seconds 00.

For many Jamaicans who have been rushing to watch this game, it is nothing to lose to the Americans in 200 meters, but losing too ugly is another matter. Especially the second, third, fourth, Jamaican players only scored 20 seconds 78, 20 seconds 88 and 20 seconds 99. Such performance is completely unconvincing for many Jamaicans.

From Asafaville breaking the world record in the men's 100m event and breaking the monopoly of American players in sprinting events, Jamaicans are very enthusiastic about sprinting. In their opinion, their main opponent is the United States.

What makes them unhappy for Jason Gaby Jamaica sprinters is that they also have players in China who can compete with Jason Gaby.

At 100 meters, Asafaville, the opponent's injury has not yet recovered. I heard that after falling in the corridor in February, his injury had just recovered, and he had strength training in April to injure his chest muscles.

And Yusé Bot, this is the source of their accusations. Yusé Bot broke the Jamaica national men's 200m record with a time of 19.75 seconds last year. Although he lost to Jason Gaby and Ye Qin at the World Championships last year, he is still the number one player in Jamaica in the current 200m.

Since Jamaica International Invitational, since Jason Gabby dared to come from the United States to Jamaica to participate in this Jamaica International Invitational, in their opinion, Yusé Bot should face it head-on.

Unfortunately, they are not able to see Yusé Bott on the runway now.

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After the men's 200m project, the women's 200m and women's 100m are followed.

The track and field events held in the Jamaica International Invitational are basically track events. There are only two fields events in men's events, long jump and shot put, and there is only one long jump event in women's events.

Others range from men's events from 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters of sprints to 110 meters and 400 meters of short spans, 800 meters and 1500 meters of short spans, while women's events have 1500 meters of short spans, and 100 meters of short spans.

This is determined from the popular events in Jamaica and the strength reserves of track and field talents in Jamaica.

In the women's 200m and women's 100m events, basically the entire arena is a showdown between Jamaica and American players. In the women's 200m events, American star Bianca Knight won the championship with a time of 22.62 seconds, while in the women's 100m events, Jamaica star Cole Stewart scored 10% with 10.96 seconds.

Soon, the highlight of tonight came.

Many viewers who did not specifically look at the list of tonight's competitions in advance were surprised to find that Yusé Bot, who had just cursed and vented his dissatisfaction, actually appeared at the man's 100-meter starting line.

"What's going on?"

"Yuse Bott wants to run 100 meters?"

Many people have had this question in their minds. Yusé Bot has only participated in two 100-meter races so far, all of which are unknown small competitions. Anyone with the information naturally knows that Yusé Bot has been trying to compete in the 100-meter race for a while, but for many ordinary people, this is the first time that Yusé Bot appears in front of the men's 100-meter starting line.

At the top of the stands, Jason Gaby was wearing a towel on her shoulder and sipped a bottle of mineral water in her hand. Looking at the eight players who appeared at the man's 100-meter starting line, the drinking water stopped unconsciously.

Before he came to Jamaica to participate, he thought he would meet Yusé Bot in the 200-meter field. Although both of them lost to Ye Qin in the World Championships last year, they were also opponents of the same level.

With such an opponent in mind, it would be a very good warm-up before the Olympics.

But after arriving in Jamaica, I found that there were very few athletes in the men's 200m event, with only six people. Wallace Spearmon, who participated in the competition and Yusé Bot, who was preparing for the duel, all ran to the men's 100m event.

"This is like I'm afraid of you."

Jason Gaby snorted, a little dissatisfied with the arrangement of this game.

Although he lost to Ye Qin in the World Championships last year, he still maintained the second best men's score in the world's 200m. He liked this event that he had been special since middle school, but it is obvious that the influence of the men's 100m event is greater.

If he had known that the contestants who participated in this competition would have concentrated on the men's 100m event, he would definitely participate in the men's 100m.

It just so happened that Wallace Spearmon participated in the men's 100m race. At the Shenghai Station Grand Prix last year, he still remembers Wallace Spearmon defeating him with his personal best on the 100m track.

At this time, on the large screen of Jamaica International Stadium, the data of the eight players participating in the men's 100m competition also appeared in front of everyone.

First, King Collins, St. Kitts and Nevis;

The second route, Yusé Bott, Jamaica;

The third route, Michael Rogers, United States;

The fourth path, Daniel Bailey, Antigua and Barbuda;

The fifth road, Xavier Brown, Jamaica;

The Sixth Road, Wallace Spearmont, United States;

The seventh road, Davis Patton, United States;

The eighth road, Gary Jones, United States.

American players occupy four places in eight passes, and two are host players in Jamaica, while the other two are from another Caribbean veteran Kim Collins and rookie Daniel Bailey.

In the stands, there were bursts of shouts one after another, and many viewers were surprised that Jamaica had only two players participating in the men's 100-meter competition, and the average quota was occupied by American players.

In addition, their focus was on Yusé Bott. Many Jamaicans know that they were once a special male athlete in the 200-meter event. The best score in the 200-meter is 20 seconds 50, and the best result in 10 seconds 34. With his performance in the field, he is far from attracting the attention of many Jamaican audiences.

Only Yusé Bott, the Jamaican man's national record of 200 meters, was once known as Michael Johnson's second. He made his mark as early as a teenager, causing the whole country to watch the growth of young athletes.

This time, he chose to run 100 meters, so what kind of results will he achieve?

"Yusai, it's time for the whole world to show your true strength."

Glen Mills stood beside the track and field with a gaze of appreciation and confidence in his eyes.

It has been more than half a year since September last year and May this year. In the past six months, Yusé Bott's performance has been perfect, and it was the most hardworking period since he took over Yusé Bott's training.

In 2005 and 2006, Yusé Bot would complain that it was too hard, he would not want to get up to train in the morning, and sneak out to drink at night or on weekends, which had a rich nightlife that he could not have imagined.

But in the past six months, no, strictly speaking, it can actually be considered nearly a year. Specifically, it should be after last year's New York Grand Prix. Yusé Bott turned against his former hip-hop ramblings, as if he had become a different person, busy training desperately, constantly trying to become stronger and constantly improving himself.

No matter how talented every great athlete is, there will always be a period of time in his life, wanting to improve himself and become stronger.

Yusé Bot, who once only completed tasks and trained, has been able to go from a rural boy to the big stage of the international arena.

Then, when he really gets serious and wants to succeed and win the championship, the energy he bursts out is extremely amazing.

"You were born to run, Yusé Bott!"

Glen Mills had a smile on his round face, as if he had foreseen the final result before the game had begun.

Yusé Bot stood in front of the starting line, listening to the noisy shouts of the audience, his heart tide slightly ups and downs.

This is his third men's 200m race, and it is the highest-level competition so far. At the same time, it is also the first time that he has shown his face to everyone through the Jamaica Invitational that he will start the official 100m race for the men.

The Jamaica Invitational is broadcasted through TV, and Jamaican TV, Sports Channel, and Kras Radio Channel will all be watched or heard. His performance in this game was not only the more than 30,000 viewers who came to the scene, but also the national audience of Jamaica.

“onyourmarks!”

A voice reminding the contestants to take their place sounded in the stadium.

Yusé Bott adjusted his breathing slightly and walked onto the runner. Although it was the third official 100-meter race, as a top athlete who has been making his mark in the international arena since 2002, his mentality is still very good.

He has taken steps from low-level competitions, without shortcuts, and has experienced ups and downs, which allows him to have a big heart to face any competition.

He stepped on the running aid and his tall body slowly squatted down, and his right hand unconsciously touched the cross pendant that had been hanging on his chest.

Yusé Bott raised his head slightly and looked at the sky above the stadium.

"God, give me a perfect start!"

Silent prayer rang silently in my heart, leaning over, bowing down, waiting for the arrival of gunfire for the match.

In the Jamaica National Stadium, tens of thousands of people could say a word at all, and they could gather the noise of the tide, and they would quiet down at this time.

“Set!”

Bang!

A crisp match gunfire sounded.

Before the starting line, eight players suddenly stood up and began to rush towards the finish line.

Yusé Bott's long and powerful feet suddenly pedaled on the pedal of the runner. One step, two steps, almost instantly, Yusé Bott felt that he was performing very well.

He started very quickly. Although he was not the fastest player among the players on the field, for him, this start had reached the best level of his recent training.
To be continued...