Born to Run

The 10th IAAF World Cup Yechin participated in the men’s 400m and men’s 200m races. Unlike the World Championships or the Olympics, the World Cup is a one-shot victory. A total of 9 athletes are from each state. Or representative of the best athletes of the national team.

The men’s 400 meters race starts at 20:00 on September 16th, and the men’s 200 meters race time starts at 19:30 on September 17.

For Ye Chin, who has experienced multiple races, two and three games in one day, the arrangement of the schedule is rare and easy. However, compared to the opponents he will face, Ye Chin is not at all relaxed.

At 19:55 in the evening, Yeqin stood on the runway of the Athens Olympic Stadium, and at the same time the big screen on the scene also showed the list of players for this game.

The first one, Sean Merritt, United States;

The second road, Gary-Kikaya, Congo/Africa;

The third road, Mount Clinton, Australia/Oceania;

Fourth Road, Daniel Dabrowski, Poland/Europe

Fifth, Marc Raquel, France;

The sixth way, Alain Francia, Granada/America;

The seventh way, Ye Qin, China/Asia;

The eighth road, Vladislav Frolov, Russia;

The Ninth Path, Dimitrios, Greece;

In addition to the ninth road as the host team, the others happened to be the representatives of the five continents, the European Cup champions and runners-up teams and the United States, forming the IAAF World Cup team.

Players from other countries or intercontinental teams, Ye Qin did not pay special attention. Instead, he discovered that the US team. The contestant was not Jimmy Warner, who won the 400-meter championship in the IAAF Finals last week, but rather Sean Merritt.

"Sean Merritt is growing faster than me!"

In the IAAF Finals on September 9th, Yechin has already seen the final men’s 400m final. Two years later, Yechin has made great progress in the men’s 200 meters and men’s 400 meters, but the same is true. The player's progress is not weaker than him.

Sean Merritt was able to run an amazing time of 45.25 seconds in the 2004 World Youth Championship, which was more than 0.5 seconds faster than Yechin at the time. In the IAAF finals last week, Sean- Under the pressure of two top 400m runners, Jimmy Warner and Gary Kikaya, Merritt refreshed his personal best and ran a good time of 44.14.

Champion Jimmy Warner and runner-up Gary Kikaya achieved 44.02 and 44.10 respectively. In the men's 400m event, this gap can be said to be very weak.

In this 400-meter race, although Jimmy Warner failed to make his debut, Yechin faced Gary Kicaya and Sean Merritt, who were equally powerful.

Sean Merritt stopped talking. The Congolese player Gary Kikaya is the son of the former Congolese Minister of Information. When he was 12 years old, his father was the Congolese ambassador to South Africa. He moved to Johannesburg with his family. Like most youths in southern Africa, his interest in sports began in rugby and football, and then he switched to track and field when he was 19 years old, and was later recruited by the University of Tennessee.

While Gary Kicaya was in the United States, he was the 2002 NCAA champion indoor and outdoor 400m champion, and the 2003 NCAA champion indoor 400m champion. He won the bronze medal in the IAAF Indoor Championship in 2004. At the same time, he won the IAAF Indoor Championship in 2004. Won the 400m championship in the African Athletics Championships.

Standing in front of the starting line of the Olympic Stadium, Yeqin could feel a long-lost excitement.

After this year’s New York Grand Prix, in addition to training, he participated in the National Track and Field Championships and the World Youth Championship for more than three months. Both events are very important to Yechin, but relative to the level of the players. That said, it failed to give Yeqin a full play.

At the IAAF World Finals on September 9th and 10th, Yechin saw the 100m, 200m and 400m, high-level athletes and stars gathered in the three events. My heart was like a cat scratching my heart. Intolerable.

Finally, it is the IAAF World Cup. Although some players have not continued to participate because of the game a week ago, the overall level is still not too inferior to top venues such as the Olympics and World Championships.

"Onyourmraks!"

The starter in front of the men's 400-meter starting line on the sidelines called out the commands for the athletes to take their positions.

Ye Qin let out a sigh of relief, feeling the solemn breath before the competition, and slowly stepped onto the run-up.

In the Athens Olympic Stadium, the number of spectators in the stands was much smaller than that of the 2004 Olympics, but there were still 10,000 or 20,000 people. The harsh noise gradually became quiet after the players took their seats.

Leaning over and lowering his head, Ye Qin finally adjusted his starting posture until his body remained absolutely still.

"SET!"

Before the 400-meter starting line, the nine runners made the starting position unanimously.

Snapped!

The crisp game gunfire sounded.

Ye Qin was on the seventh track. At the moment when he heard the gunshots of the game, he stepped on the pedals of the walking aids, started to accelerate, and rushed out quickly toward the runway.

Sean Merritt and Gary Kikaya, whom Yechin regarded as the main competitors, were in the first and second passes, but Yechin, who could not see the position of the two, did not dare to care.

He knew that the two of them ran 44.10 and 44.14 in the last game, which was a lot faster than Ye Qin's previous personal best.

However, Yeqin is not afraid of such a challenge, on the contrary, he is excited because he can dance with such a high-level player.

Only the encouragement and oppression of a strong opponent can make him play his best state.

On the sidelines, coach Sun Chaosheng and Chen Zhongzhou, the leader of the Chinese team, and Liu Yangyu, who did not compete today, but also represented the Asian men’s 110-meter hurdles. Everyone is paying attention to Ye Qin’s 400-meter race. game.

In 2006, although Yeqin participated in several 400m men’s races, the level of the competition and the level of the players were relatively low, and because of the need to participate in multiple events, Yeqin rarely had one. In the 400-meter race, he fully demonstrated his strength.

In today's IAAF World Cup men's 400m race, no matter the level of the competition, the level of the players, and Ye Qin's personal state, they all reached the best.

Chen Zhongzhou, who is most familiar with Yeqin's training and competition, after the gunshots of the game, Yeqin shot out from the runway, and he could clearly feel that Yeqin's acceleration rhythm was faster than before.

In the previous 400-meter races, Yeqin’s start and acceleration will be somewhat constrained. In this 400-meter race, Yeqin’s start and acceleration are basically not much slower than when he ran 200 meters. .

Of course, this is not to say that Yechin completely treats 400 meters as 200 meters to run. It is just the reaction speed and the rhythm of the race is completely different.

Chen Zhongzhou actually knows Ye Qin's emphasis on this 400-meter race, especially for the 400-meter athlete Sean Merritt. Ye Qin has said in private more than once, if you have a chance, you must have a good time. Win Merritt once.

On the stage of the 2004 World Youth Championship, that time in the men's 400m final, Merritt left a deep impression on Yechin.

In the first 100 meters, Yeqin's speed increased very quickly. He is now able to show a top level that surpasses ordinary athletes regardless of starting and acceleration skills, or running on the way.

On the 400-meter runway, when the first 100 meters was over, and the corner was about to enter the straight phase, Yechin had greatly shortened the distance with the eighth track player Vladislav Frolov of Russia. .

The host of the ninth lane, Dimitrios, the Greek player, also felt strong pressure under the impact of Yechin. However, as a home player, he performed very well from the start, with tens of thousands of Greek spectators. Thanks to the cheer, he went all out to run from the beginning.

In the 400-meter outdoor event, the most difficult thing to run is actually the outer track, because there is no runner to refer to, so you can only control the rhythm based on your own experience.

This can easily cause a problem, that is, if the players in the later stages play particularly well, they can't adjust their speed and rhythm. When they are finally discovered, it is a bit late to face such a situation.

Therefore, in the 400-meter outfield players, they often pay special attention to their own rhythm. At this time, when the Greek player Dimitrios entered the second 100 meters of the straight, his eyes swept behind him inadvertently.

He felt that a player was approaching him quickly, not the Russian of the eighth, but the Asian player of the seventh, Yechin.

He has heard about Yeqin. This is known as the best men's 400m and men's 200m athletes in Asia. He has not played against each other before, but the strength of the opponent is there.

In a blink of an eye, eight runners had already run halfway on the men's 400-meter track. After the second 100-meter straight, the positions of the runners on the track became clearer and clearer.

In the first and second lanes, Sean Merritt and Gary Kikaya, who were far away from the other players at the beginning, the two of them have gradually caught up with their excellent personal abilities.

The third corner!

The spectators watching the men's 400-meter race on the side of the stadium became more and more emotional at this time.

Yechin's position on the seventh lane has already surpassed the player on the eighth lane, but there is still a little distance from the Greek player on the ninth lane. This Greek player is not weak. In this game, although he is in The position of the ninth road, but it showed a very strong strength.

Turn into the straight!

The game has entered a white-hot stage!

All players have different positions due to the number of forward stretches, and at this time, they all return to the same level.

And it is at this time that everyone can clearly see the mutual position of the players.

The first one to run into the straight is...

Sean Merritt of the United States, followed by Gary Kikaya.

Ye Qin fell behind the two, ranking third.

In this game, from the start of the game, although Yeqin has been improving his speed and rhythm, the most anxious ones have been Sean Merritt and Gary Kikaya in the first and second lanes. .

This year, the two played against each other in various Grand Prix Super Grand Prix, winning each other. Among them, in the men's 400m final of the IAAF World Finals, the two of them competed for the runner-up with a 0.04 second gap. And third place.

This game, in a sense, can also be called the continuation of the two people's fight for the 400m second man. In this 400m race, the two of them are basically in their best form. spell.

So far, it is clear that Sean Merritt is slightly better.

In the final straight stage, Sean Merritt led Gary Kikaya by two more positions.

However, at this moment, the finish line has not yet been reached, and it is completely uncertain who will win and lose.

After Ye Qin entered the straight at the corner, he began to chase him with all his strength.

He originally thought that in the first half of the 400-meter race, he was already running very fast, and he shouldn't be left behind. As a result, when he reached the final corner into the straight phase, he was suddenly shocked that he was still slow in front of him!

Fortunately, there is still about 80 meters away for him to catch up!

The distance to the finish line is 70 meters, 60 meters, 50 meters...

When other players on the field meet such a strong player, they have completely forced their best state, but they still can't completely keep up with a few people.

At this moment, Ye Qin gritted his teeth fiercely, starting to fight, bit by bit, pulling in the distance between the two fastest runners in front.

At 70 meters, Yechin was still two positions away from Gary Kikaya, but at about fifty meters, he had already caught up with him by less than one position.

Forty meters, Yechin and Gary Kikaya are basically on par, with Sean Merritt ahead of him. Sean Merritt is the first, and Yeqin is the seventh.

Because of the long distance between the passes, Ye Qin is not clear about Merritt's specific location, but he can feel that there should be someone in front of him.

Almost completely squeezed out all the power in the body, struggling to sprint towards the finish line!

Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters...

The cheers on the sidelines became more and more enthusiastic, and Ye Qin had no way to determine the position of the first and second runners. He could only go all out and run with his own feeling!

Cross the line!

The noise in the arena suddenly rises!

Ye Qin gradually stopped in front of the finish line. He felt that his legs were as heavy as lead-poured, his chest and abdomen were violently ups and downs, and every breath of oxygen seemed to be completely insufficient for his body!

The game was over. Yeqin didn’t pay attention to the above results when he dashed through the time card. He didn’t see where he was at the moment he crossed the line, but he had a vague feeling that he should have won. Up!

After a short while, this group of men's 400-meter results on the big screen gradually appeared in the eyes of everyone.

The top three results are:

Seventh, seventh, Ye Qin, China/Asia, reaction 0.177, score 44.47;

The first line, Sean Merritt, United States, reaction 0.239, score 44.54;

The second line, Gary Kikaya, Congo/Africa, reaction 0.147, score 44.66;

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champion!

Won!

On the sidelines, Chen Zhongzhou was already so excited that he was about to dance!

The men’s 400-meter race ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is really unfavorable to Yeqin's schedule. The two top runners are too far away from him, making Yeqin's first half of the race unable to run completely. Give full play to his strength and level, until the final straight stage of less than a hundred meters, he once again caught up with his strength in the second half.

Moreover, from the performance point of view, this is also the reason that Merritt and Kicaya experienced a significant decline in their state after experiencing the IAAF World Finals a week ago.

Fortunately, the final championship has already been won by Yechin!

44 seconds 47!

Ye Qin set a new personal best result in the men's 400 meters event. At the same time, this is also a new national record...

And a new Asian record!

Since the Omani Maleki created an Asian record of 44.56 seconds in 1988, eighteen years have passed, and generations of Asian players have wanted to break this record!

Finally, today, it was broken by a young Chinese player in the Athens Olympic Stadium!