The story of "Both Shengyu and He Shengliang" not only happened more than a thousand years ago, in fact, every day and every year is staged in the world sports circle.
For a track and field enthusiast, it is fortunate to be in an era of Bolt, because it is possible to enjoy performances that transcend human limits again and again; for other athletes of the same generation, it is a great misfortune, because many people's lifelong efforts can not catch up with his fading back.
【Tyson · Guy]
Without Bolt, Tyson Guy might be the fastest man in the world, and the current world bests list proves it, with Guy's 9.69 seconds putting him in second place in history.
In 2007, he won three gold medals in the men's 100m, 200m and 4*100 at the Osaka Athletics World Championships, becoming the second person in history to successfully win all three of these three championships at a world championship after Maurice Green (two years later, Bolt also did this at the World Championships in Berlin, and broke the world record in all three events). In June 2008, Guy ran 9.77 seconds in the men's 100m 1/4 final of the U.S. Athletics Olympic Trials, and then 9.68 seconds in the final, a time that surpassed the world record at the time, but only because the downwind reached 4.1 m/s, which was not recognized.
Unfortunately, when the 100-meter race of the Beijing Olympic Games began, the history of human sprinting officially entered the era of Bolt, and although Guy ran 9.71 seconds and 9.69 seconds in succession, he was destined to become a footnote behind Bolt.
In addition to the defeat on the field, Guy was in even bigger trouble, of course, the initiator was himself.
In June 2013, Gay tested positive for steroids at the National Championships, after which anti-doping organizations conducted a series of investigations, and in May 2014, the anti-doping organization imposed a one-year ban on Guy, which began on June 23, 2013 and ended on June 22, 2014. As part of the penalty, Guy's results since July 15, 2012, were canceled, the first time he used drugs containing banned drugs. In addition, as a member of the U.S. team's men's 4*100m relay, Guy also handed over the silver medal won at the London Olympics.
As a banned drug user, Guy could have been banned for 2 years or more, but the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said in a statement that he actively cooperated in the investigation and received a discretionary mitigation of punishment. After receiving a positive urine test from himself, Guy voluntarily withdrew from all competitions before the 2013 Moscow Athletics World Championships, and only returned to the Diamond League in July 2014 after the suspension expired, but his form was long gone, and he only ran 10.35 seconds to the bottom.
In 2015, Gay was 33 years old, and with such an age and physical condition, it was extremely difficult to surpass Bolt and reach the top of the world again, as the fastest sprinter in American history, his career was irretrievably entered the twilight years.
【Justin Gatlin】
Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1982, Gatlin entered the University of Tennessee in the fall of 2000 at the age of 18 after graduating from Florida Woodham High School as a brilliant 110-meter hurdles athlete. However, the coach soon discovered his sprinting talent and transformed him into a world-class sprinter. Throughout his college years, Gatlin won the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship six times in a row, becoming a popular supernova, and he also vowed to become the fastest runner in the world.
In the autumn of 2002, Gatlin left school to officially begin his professional career as a professional athlete, and two years later Athens became a prime place for his world war fame.
In the men's 100m final of the Athens Olympic Games, Gatlin ran 9.85 seconds to win the gold medal with a narrow victory over Portugal's Francis Obicvelu and defending champion Maurice Green, and also realized his dream of "becoming the fastest runner in the world". At the Olympic Games, he also won the silver medal in the men's 4 x 100 m relay and the bronze medal in the men's 200 m relay.
At the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, his strength and excellent luck earned him more honors. In the 100m final, when world record holder Asafa Powell failed to race due to injury, Gatlin ran 9.88 seconds to win the championship with a huge advantage in creating the history of the World Championship finals, and the silver medal Jamaican Michael Fret scored only 10.05 seconds. In the men's 200m final, Gatlin won again in 20.04 seconds, and teammate Wallace Spirmont won the silver medal in 20.20 seconds, which was the era of total victory in the American sprint, and the top four in the 200m event were won by American athletes, which was also the first time in the history of the World Championships.
In May 2006, Gatlin tied the men's 100m world record set by Jamaican Asaf Powell in 2005 with a time of 9.77 seconds at the IAAF Super Tour in Doha, Qatar, and at the end of the race, the race announced that Gatlin had rewritten history with a time of 9.76 seconds, but this figure was corrected by the IAAF, and Gatlin's actual time at that time was 9.766 seconds, which according to the rules should be recorded as 9.77 seconds, so he only equaled Powell's record.
However, in July of that year, Gatlin was announced not to have passed a drug test in April, and his record was canceled.
This is not the first time Gatlin has had a question of banning drugs, as early as 2001, he was sentenced to two years of ban from participating in international competitions after being found to be taking banned amphetamines. At that time, Gatling appealed, saying it was due to the fact that he suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder when he was young and had taken drugs for many years. The appeal was eventually endorsed by the IAAF and the ban lifted. However, the 2006 ban left him with no grounds to complain, as this was the second time he had used the banned drug and was punishable by a lifetime ban.
After the drug ban was exposed, Gatlin actively expressed his willingness to work with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to eradicate doping abuse in sports competitions. Considering that Gatling's first use of doping was to treat the disease, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency decided to ban Gatling from participating for 8 years, but reserved his right to appeal to the Arbitration Commission. Finally, on 31 November 2007, the anti-doping organization and the IAAF made a final ruling that Gatling's suspension was reduced to four years and he would return in 2010.
The long 4-year ban did not make Gatlin say goodbye to the stage of history, and after his comeback, although the world sprinting world has completely become bolt's world, he continues to create history on another level and maintains his competitiveness at the highest level. At the U.S. Olympic Trials in July 2012, Gatlin ran 9.80 seconds, the fastest 100-meter performance among athletes over the age of 30. At the London Olympics, he ran another 9.79 seconds and won a bronze medal. In 2014, the 32-year-old Gatlin ran 9.77 seconds to win the gold medal at the IAAF Diamond League in Brussels, setting a new personal best again. At the same time, he also won the gold medal in the 200 meters in 19.71 seconds, setting the second best time in the men's 200 meters that year.
John Blake
John Blake is Bolt's disciple, a Jamaican sprint rising star, and unlike Guy and Gatlin, although Brett can't shake Bolt's place in the men's sprint at the moment, he was born in 1989 and has a chance to become the one who surpasses the "lightning" in the future.
Born on 26 December 1989 in St. James, Jamaica, Blake is considered the most powerful sprinter since Bolt, with many records for being "youngest". At the age of 19 and 196 days, Blake became the youngest 100m athlete in human history to reach the 10-second mark, and at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, he won the men's 100m final with a time of 9.92 seconds, becoming the youngest 100m champion in the history of the World Championships.
In 2008, when Uthsayn Bolt was asked in an interview if anyone could challenge his position in sprinting, Bolt pointed to his teammate Blake and said, "Look at this guy, his name is John Blake, every day, he trains step by step with me, and when he runs, he's like a beast." From then on, "Beast" became Blake's nickname.
Despite not being yet 26 years old, Blake has twice run 9.69 seconds in the 100m, making him the second fastest runner in human history, behind Bolt. In addition, Blake also had a 200m time of 19.26 seconds, which left him only behind Bolt in this event, ranking second in history.
However, the young Blake has also been punished for banning drugs. Before the 2009 World Championships, Blakes was found to be positive for DMAA (dimethyl acrylamide) during a drug test. Although parts of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Organization at the time clarified that the drug did not exist on the World Anti-Doping Organization's banned drug list, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission eventually passed a ruling and sentenced Blake and three other athletes to a three-month ban for the drug because of its similar composition to the banned isoheptylamine.
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