Su Bingtian is not as good as passers-by in 3 kilometers. Is it so difficult for athletes to change majors?

Recently, Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian posted photos of his 3,000-meter physical training on social media with the text: "Trying to change the event to 3,000 meters, 13 minutes and 38 seconds!!! It must have failed."

The 3,000-meter time was 13 minutes and 38 seconds, an average pace of 4 minutes and 32 seconds.

To be honest, such results can’t help but make netizens find their confidence.

Su Hong, a teammate of the national team and Olympic race walking champion, also retweeted Su Bingtian’s Weibo and ridiculed him: "Su Shen should practice walking, maybe he can get faster," and Attached is a transcript of the 2005 3,000-meter race walk.

Liu Hong, who is still in middle school, completed the 3,000-meter race walk in 12 minutes and 18 seconds, even walking faster than Su Bingtian ran.

Could it be that Su Bingtian’s skills have declined because he neglected competition during the epidemic?

In fact, we don’t need to be surprised by such results. Although sprinting and long-distance running are both running in the eyes of us ordinary people, they have completely different requirements for athletes. An anaerobic exercise requires explosive power, while an aerobic exercise requires endurance.

As we all know, Su Bingtian has always focused on sprinting, and his muscles throughout his body are also built for sprinting. Not only that, his control of breathing and pace rhythm are also somewhat different from long-distance running.

It is also worth mentioning that this 3,000-meter test is just Su Bingtian’s daily training to enhance his physical fitness. It is similar to our jogging warm-up before physical education class, and he did not try his best.

If Su Bingtian goes to full power, it will be more than enough to kill ordinary netizens instantly.

However, this "failed transformation" aroused my curiosity. Are sprinting and long-distance running really incompatible?

Under normal circumstances, the maximum range of the world's 100-meter athletes is as far as 400 meters. For example, Americans Tyson Gay and Koji Motoito have relatively good 400-meter results.

Bolt, the current 100-meter world record holder, said in a previous interview that he had never run a distance of 1,500 meters.

Previously, some media hoped to promote a middle-distance showdown between him and the king of long-distance running Farah. Bolt admitted that if she participated in the 600-meter race, she might win, but she would have to participate in the 800-meter race. That's hard to say.

However, not every athlete turns over when they change majors.

The well-known "flying man" of the 110-meter hurdles first practiced high jump, with the secondary event being the 100-meter.

While practicing high jump at the sports school, Liu Xiang never achieved results. By chance, Liu Xiang's explosive power in the long jump competition was noticed by coach Fang Shuiquan. Under the guidance of coach Fang, Liu Xiang switched from high jump to practicing hurdles.

Later it was proved that Liu Xiang’s transformation was successful.

Compared with "Xiang Feiren", Zhang Peimeng's transformation is more breakthrough.

As a former teammate of Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng announced his retirement in 2017. The former flying man has not given up his pursuit of speed. Half a year after retiring, Zhang Peimeng announced that he would return to the cross-country bobsleigh and enter the Winter Olympics.

For Zhang Peimeng, who has been engaged in track and field events, this cross-event is full of challenges. Judging from the preparation training for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhang Peimeng ranks first in the development group. Behind the results is his excellent sense of speed and starting point.

However, Su Bingtian does not need to feel sad about this, because most athletes have undergone the same transformation as him, especially those superstars in their own fields, who have become the targets of ridicule by the "melon-eating masses".

For example, F1 driver Raikkonen.

Kimi also had a brief inter-term career. In the 2010-2011 season, he left F1 and moved to WRC, where he started rally racing.

In the first race, the Finn drove his car into a ditch. In the end, he relied on the help of enthusiastic spectators on the sidelines to get his car back onto the track.

Later, Raikkonen’s fans joked: If you want to ask about Kimi’s rally results, you might have to ask Shui Guo.

Michael Jordan, the "God of Basketball" in the hearts of countless people, has also experienced transformation and capsizing.

In 1993, when he was still playing, Michael Jordan announced his retirement and joined the Major League Baseball. This was because his father’s last wish was that his son could play baseball.

In his short baseball career, Jordan had 88 hits, including 21 long hits, 3 home runs, 114 strikeouts, 51 RBIs, and a batting average of 114 times. 0.202.

What is this concept? Speaking of which, the minimum qualifications for a baseball player are about 50 RBIs and a batting average of 0.200, but Jordan's three home runs are still some distance away from the passing line.

However, ridicule is ridicule, and we should ask ourselves, why do we require athletes to "change majors" to succeed?

People sometimes fall into a strange expectation: a person reaches the top in one aspect, so we imagine that he is impeccable in all aspects.

It is true that some athletes rely on their good physical fitness and sports genes, as well as Bole’s guidance and God’s blessing, and they are still like a duck in water after transformation. While we admire them deeply, we also send flowers and blessings. applause.

As for the failure of transformation, there is nothing wrong with it. In fact, a certain athlete may be a well-deserved king in his exclusive field, but once he steps out of this field, he may be just an ordinary person like you and me.

Just like Su Bingtian's 3000 meters, even if he is really not as good as passers-by, his sprint performance will not be reduced by half a point.