Sprinting: race with the wind

В олимпийскую легкоатлетическую программу входит 24 types of men's and 23 kinds of women's disciplines. Track and field athletes are the most numerous team at the Olympics. But in track and field athletics there are unique competitions at a distance of 100 and 200 meters - this is sprinting.

The race in such competitions lasts (at highlevel) a bit more than 10 seconds - this is more than one hundredths of a second, and the world achievement in running at 100 m, less than 10 seconds. on 0,48 seconds. The average person during this time will have time to breathe in and out, such is sprinting. A little more time is needed for athletes to overcome the 200-meter distance: high-class runners overcome it in 20 seconds, +/- 0.30 seconds. These are fascinating transient competitions, requiring special, fantastic physical and moral-volitional efforts.

Техника спринтерского бега предъявляет exceptional requirements for the physical training of athletes. An important condition for success in this kind of discipline, such as sprinting, are the inclinations inherent in man by nature. For sprinters, this is primarily the ability to a high frequency of leg movements: the speed of a complex and simple reaction in such people significantly exceeds the indicators of the average inhabitants of the Earth. But without the ability to focus on the actions performed, without the ability to disconnect from all external signals (only the judge at the start) to achieve high results in the sprint is impossible.

Sprint running athletes running 100/200meters, differs from the technique of running middles and stayer. The length of the step exceeds that of the stareers by a factor of 2, the frequency of movements is incredibly high, coordinated movements of the hands help to control their body. Here, unnecessary and unreasonable movements are eliminated: even when starting, athletes run in a half-tilted (torso at an angle of 45 degrees) position of 15-20 m - so, by artificially keeping their center of gravity, athletes can quickly gain maximum speed. Picking up speed, they straighten and already at maximum speed rush to the finish. Sprinting requires athletes, in addition to speed-strength efforts, also a high frequency of leg movements. Highly qualified athletes are able to do up to 5.5 steps per second, for which they overcome about 11 meters distance.

В беге на 200 метров спортсмену, кроме скоростных qualities, you will need the ability to resist fatigue or speed endurance. The technique is the same if it differs, so it's only a purposeful running on a rounded treadmill with the body tilted to the left, to keep the athlete at a distance.

And what an indescribable atmosphere reigns overstadium, when the start of the team go relay 4x100m! What the audience will see later, they will be remembered for a long time: the relay batons that flash in their hands, the coordinated actions of runners from one team, the incredible speed and intensity of the sporting event.

The statement that the queen of sport is athletics, sprint confirms its royal influence on the whole world of sports.