Born to Run

"Ye Qin, Ye Qin..."

In the aisle of the rest area, Ye Qin was sitting in a folding chair with his head down, and someone seemed to be calling his name by his ear.

After a long time, Ye Qin slowly raised his head and glanced around blankly, only to notice that Yu Weili, Yuan Guohua, Chen Zhongzhou and others had surrounded him. There were Yang Yao and Zhang from the relay team further away. Pei Meng, Su Bingtian, etc. seemed to want to get closer, but they were a little worried, and they just stopped and looked over there.

A pair of eyes fell on Ye Qin's body. From the eyes of everyone present, Ye Qin seemed to understand the worries and regrets in everyone's eyes.

It took a long time before Ye Qin took a breath and got up from the folding chair.

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say to everyone present, "I'm okay, everyone is worried", but he suddenly couldn't say what he said.

In the 200m semi-final, he really didn't know why he had a start-up situation, and according to his own feeling, he had already heard the gunshots running.

But the reaction time for the final start is very eye-catching. This kind of inner grievance and depression can hardly be heard. The game is over and the rules are there. He has already been sent off. It is useless to say other explanations.

Moreover, at this moment, Ye Qin understands that it is not only himself who bears this kind of distress, but everyone present, as well as the audience in the stands of the Bird's Nest Stadium, the audience in front of the TV, and countless people paying attention to the 200m semi-final Supporters.

"nothing……"

In the end, Yu Weili stepped forward, gently stepped forward to give Yeqin a hug, and comforted Yeqin's ear, "You have done a good job!"

"thank you all!"

Seeing everyone present, Ye Qin smiled reluctantly at everyone.

After speaking, he glanced at Chen Zhongzhou next to him and asked aloud, "Brother Chen, should I be on the court?"

Chen Zhongzhou turned his head and looked at the distance, then nodded slightly. During the short time when Ye Qin returned to the rest area, the semi-finals of the second group of men's 200 meters should be almost over, and the men's 400 meters semi-finals were ranked first. A group of players are ready to debut, and soon it will be Yechin's turn in the second group of the semi-finals.

"Great!"

Ye Qin took a deep breath again, did not look at everyone's eyes, just said softly, "Then I'm going to the game!"

...

Inside the Bird's Nest Stadium.

At the men's 200-meter finish line, Youssé-Bot easily won the group first in the second group of the 200-meter semi-final with a time of 20.09. Behind him are the men’s 200-meter Olympic champions. Sean Crawford and Wallace Spielmont and Kim Collins.

Youssé Bot, who won the first place in the second semi-finals, obviously has room. Although his opponents in this group are all well-known 200-meter athletes, Spilmon is in average form this year, and Sean Krishna Since the 2004 Olympics and the 2005 World Championships, Lawford has been away from the arena for a long time. For these two opponents, although Youssé Bot attaches great importance to them, he has not paid too much attention to it.

He knew there was only one opponent, Ye Qin!

He still remembers Yechin’s performance at the Osaka World Championships last year very clearly, and at this year’s Olympics, he believes that he will have the strongest duel with Yechin.

For Youssé Bot, although the men's 100 meters is of great significance, it is not unacceptable that he really lost. After all, compared to Yeqin, he has not participated in more than ten men's 100m races so far.

A score of 9.62 seconds and an Olympic silver medal are enough to show his strength in this event.

In the men's 200m event, he has a strong desire to win the championship.

The 100m was his helpless choice when he was forced to practice 400m concurrently, but the 200m was his favorite.

His first appearance on the stage of an international competition was the 200m event, the 200m event won the championship, and the IAAF Rising Star Award was also the 200m event.

For so many years, except for his early elementary school years, he has been immersed in the men's 200m event, and Ye Qin, the two-time World Championships men's 200m champion, is his strongest opponent.

"Wait for Yeqin's 400m race."

Youssé Bot knew about Yechin's events, so after the 200m semi-final, he did not leave the arena, but embraced Wallace Spilmon and came to the stand on the sidelines.

There Glenn Mills was waiting for him with a sturdy black boy.

"Yuse, the gold medal in the 200m is yours!"

As soon as Youssé Bot arrived on the sidelines, the sturdy black boy jumped over with a stride, gave Yossé Bot a light punch, and gave him a hug with excitement.

"Youhan, you said this too early?" Youssé Bot shook his head slightly, "I still have an opponent!"

Youhan Blake is not a member of the Jamaican track team this time. He followed Glenn Mills to the Olympic Games. In 2006, he came to Yanjing to participate in the World Youth Championship, and he is no stranger to coming here for the second time.

At this moment, Youhan Blake exclaimed in excitement, "No, no, Yosef, you have no opponents! Yechin, Yechin, he rushed out of the semifinals!"

"What?!" Youssef-Bot's eyes suddenly rounded, his face full of incredible color, "You say it again, Yeqin was sent off?"

"Yes, Yeqin ran away with the second shot, Yousse, you have no opponents to win the 200m event."

"This..." Youssé Bot was slightly startled, his face didn't lack the excitement of a strong opponent, but he couldn't believe it.

In his impression, Yeqin's performance has always been very stable, and there has never been any particular surprise in his performance on the court.

He was the player in the second group of the semi-finals. Although the sound in the stadium seemed a little wrong before his debut, the atmosphere on the scene was significantly silent after his debut, and even booing occasionally sounded.

At that time, he didn't think anything was wrong, and now it is obviously because Yeqin was sent off, which caused a huge change in the mood of the audience.

"Lack of Yechin's 200m final...Is that still a competition?"

Youssé Bot was silent for a long time, his eyes suddenly turned to the track and field, where the first group of the men's 400m semi-final had already appeared.

...

"It is really surprising and regrettable. Ye Qin was eliminated in the semi-finals, which made us lose an opportunity to witness the peak matchup again. I believe Ye Qin must be under tremendous pressure in his heart at this moment, because immediately He will continue to participate in the men's 400m semifinals."

In the media commentary area in the stands of the Bird's Nest Stadium, Michael Johnson, who was a guest commentator on Fox TV, sounded with a very regretful voice.

"Michael, do you think that after losing Yechin's men's 200m race, can Youssei Bot win the championship?" A white commentator sitting next to Michael Johnson began to interact with him.

"Of course, there is no doubt about this. Youssé Bot has been tempered in the last year, whether it is the improvement of strength, or the maturity of technology and mentality, if it is not for Yechin, Wallace-Spilmon and Sean Crawford is very difficult to stop his pace to win the championship."

"Then what do you think of Ye Qin's start? If I remember correctly, this should be Ye Qin's first start in a major event!" the white commentator continued to ask.

"Based on my observation and understanding of Ye Qin, he should not have made such a low-level mistake. He is a top-notch athlete and has experienced the Olympic Games and two World Championships. If you want to talk about mentality and pressure, man, if it is really because of this. For the reason, he may not be able to break the 100-meter record and win the 100-meter gold medal."

The white narrator seemed to have raised a lot of emotions when he heard this, and asked again: "What do you think?"

"It's hard to say." Michael Johnson spread his hands on the seat. "Yepchin's starting reaction is 0.098 seconds. I personally tend to think that maybe he really has an extraordinary performance. Of course, according to the rules, he is fouling...I It’s just a huge regret for not being able to see the duel between Yechin and Yousse-Bot!"

"Haha..." The white commentator next to him laughed, "Michael, you really have a preference for Yechin and Youssei Bot, two non-American athletes. Yechin is just a runaway. Up!"

"Well, who knows..." Michael Johnson shrugged, "Don't forget, he still has a 400-meter race!"

...

On the other side of the ABC TV station, Morris Green was also discussing this topic with another black commentator.

"Morris, in a large stadium like the Olympics, it's not common to start a run?" the black commentator asked.

"Of course, this is a very common thing." Morris Green took the microphone and said for granted, "The players all need to bear a lot of pressure. If you are not a sprinter, it is difficult to understand the meaning of the Olympics on the stage. After Yeqin won the men's 100m championship and broke the world record, the world's expectations of him are an indescribable shackle. He tied his hands and feet."

"Is it possible that it was caused by the quick start reaction like Dennis Mitchell did? I know you are known for the quick start reaction. You have played against Dennis Mitchell before."

"Man, it's very unlikely." Morris Green shook his head. "There are too few starting reactions like Dennis Mitchell's. It's an oddity.

In fact, I think Yeqin may have deliberately started the race. You must know that the gap between Yeqin and Yousei Bot in the 100-meter event is very small. In terms of Youssei Bot’s physical condition, his performance in the 200 meters. It may be even better. Yechin wants to beat Yousse Bot to win the 200m gold medal in front of his tens of thousands of compatriots.

That being the case, why not just abandon the 200-meter project? Fully focus on the 400 meters. You must know that Yechin is also very competitive in the 400 meters. He was the runner-up in the World Championships last year. "

"Morris, are you saying that Yeqin retired deliberately, reserved his energy, and prepared for the 400 meters? Then why didn't he just give up before the game?"

"Man, do you know how much the commercials carry on athletes like Ye Qin? It would be a breach of contract if you retire without going on the field... and you are sent off from the field. Naturally, there is no way." Morris Green spread his hands. For athletes like him who once stood at the top of the sprint event, many commercial methods are too familiar.

"Well, maybe you are right, Morris." The black commentator nodded and did not continue to dwell on the topic. He watched the first group of the men's 400m preliminaries on the field and put the topic back on the beginning. In the 400-meter race, "The first group of the 400-meter semi-final has already appeared, and Jimmy Warner is in the first group of the semi-final..."

...

The first group of the men's 400m semi-final started soon. Unsurprisingly, the first group of the group was won by the 400m favorite. Jimmy Warner, a world champion and one-time Olympic champion of the United States, won.

Jimmy Warner's dominance on the 400m project is obvious. In the four years from 2004 to 2007, few people could pose any threat to his rule on the project.

However, in 2008, Jimmy Warner's state was not particularly good. In the US Olympic trials that began at the end of June this year, Jimmy Warner lost to Sean Merritt in the 400m event and finished runner-up.

After the first group of the 400-meter semi-finals left the stadium, the already dull Bird's Nest Stadium again became commotion and boiling.

Many spectators who came to watch today's race have done their homework in advance, knowing that Yeqin, the only contestant in the men's 400 meters event, is about to debut.

After Yeqin's accidental exit in the 200m event more than 20 minutes ago, everyone at this moment saw Yeqin appearing in the men's 400m race again, and there was a complex and difficult mood in their hearts.

But the audience is sometimes harsh, and sometimes tolerant.

Whether an athlete goes all out to try, being accidentally punished and leaving the game without the sound of gunfire is naturally a completely different concept.

Moreover, after winning the men’s 100m championship and breaking the world record, Ye Qin’s image has been firmly established in everyone’s minds.

At this moment, many people can still put themselves in perspective and consider the problem from Yeqin's point of view, and understand the challenges he is facing now.

"Don't be affected by the talented run, Ye Qin, you are still the strongest in the 400 meters!"

"Ye Qin, come on!"

"Ye Qin, we support you!"

"Sure victory! Sure victory!"

After a brief silence, the Bird's Nest Stadium burst into loud shouts and cheering.

Many people seemed to have screamed dumb, but they still refused to stop, just to express their support for the young athlete who appeared on the stage!

Standing in front of the 400-meter starting line, Ye Qin first bowed slightly to the audience around him, and then stood still silently, looking into the distance.

The 200-meter start is something that he himself has not been able to understand until now. He has never seen it in his career. In the past, if someone took the first shot, he would be very cautious in the second shot.

But this time, didn't it happen?

He didn't know how to say it himself. He felt that he started off after hearing the gunshots, but the reaction time at the start made it impossible for him to speak or argue.

"Maybe it's because I have been too smooth in all aspects of the competition in the past few years, which made me lose my previous caution."

Ye Qin seriously summed up the gains and losses. Since the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, his performance in the track has been smooth, and his strength has continued to improve. When facing strong opponents, many times he has not caught up with the opponent's peak state. , So that he can get the gold medal smoothly.

Like this year’s men’s 100m race, he won Yousebot. Strictly speaking, it was less than one hundredth of a second, because it was a thousand-second difference.

And the improvement in training is also very fast, maybe even because of reasonable training and the help of the whole team, he rarely even suffers from injuries. Occasionally, irregular running postures have scratched the calf with spikes, tight muscles and slight muscle pain, but they are not considered injuries.

It seems that luck is always good!

And just like this, it seems that his mentality has also changed a little, and he feels as if he is omnipotent. Although he had never revealed it to others before the game, he always wanted to win three Olympic gold medals in this Olympics.

However, reality hit him hard!

"Don't think about this anymore!"

Ye Qin shook his head, isolating the chaotic thoughts, and once again focused on the game in front of him.

After years of competition and training, his mentality adjustment ability is very strong. Although it is impossible not to be affected by the 200-meter start, he can naturally strip away some useless emotions.

Besides, Ye Qin really feels that his condition is really good. I don’t know if it is because after winning the men’s 100m gold medal, he has relieved the burden in his heart. He feels that his whole body is relaxed, and there seems to be infinity in his body. Endless power wants him to go for a run happily.

"Ready to play!"

Ye Qin adjusted his breathing again, and made a belly jump on the spot to make his body become more active. The 200-meter race has become a foregone conclusion, and the 400-meter race cannot be missed.

At this time, on the big screen, the second group of men's 400m semi-finals already appeared on the big screen and TV screen:

The first one, Andrey Tibane, Bahamas;

Second, Jonathan Boli, Belgium;

The third way, David Neville, United States;

Fourth Road, Joel Mill-Bourne, Australia;

Fifth, Leslie Geron, France;

The sixth way, Ye Qin, China;

The seventh way, James Godday, Nigeria;

Eighth Road, Ricardo Chambers, Jamaica;

In this group of semi-finals, there were no such people as Yechin's main opponents in the 400m event, Sean Merritt and Gary Kikaya.

The 400 meters are the three finalists in the preliminaries, semifinals and semifinals, so there are three teams in the semifinals. Merritt and Kikaya are both in the third group of the semifinals.

The strongest player in the second group of the semi-finals where Ye Qin is in should be American David Neville. The opponent is the third place in the men’s 400 meters in the U.S. Olympic trials, second only to Jimmy Warner and Sean Merritt. The strong dominance of the US team in the 400-meter event is basically in the top three of the national trials in the Olympic and World Championships, at least at the top three and top five levels.

Another player, Leslie Geron, is a veteran. In last year's Osaka World Championships, he set his personal best with 44.46 seconds. He won the men's 400 meters in the European Cup for many times. Champion, and Leslie Geron performed well in the long jump, able to reach a score of 7.9 meters.

After a gunshot, the second group of the men's 400m semifinals really began.

Ye Qin was on the sixth lane. At the moment the gunshot rang, he almost instinctively dashed out of the starting line, reacting very quickly.

This is an instinctive reaction developed by listening to the gun for years and months. After he concentrates on the game, some conditioned reflexes and action preparations are almost completely subconscious and do not need to be emphasized.

At the same time, Mu Jiang who was in the commentary was already in a cold sweat by Ye Qin's reaction, and the voice he was commenting became a little stammered:

"...The race begins! Ye... Ye Qin started too fast... Now... the starting reaction time displayed on the scene is 0.104 seconds, this... Ye Qin doesn't know if the gun run has happened again!"

But at the moment when he dashed out of the starting line, Ye Qin suddenly reacted and glanced nervously at the recall referee on the sidelines.

Without raising the flag, without the whistle, he didn't run away again!

He ran in the way he used to react to the start, but after he really rushed out of the starting line, he felt that his reaction time seemed to be much faster than before.

In these two steps, his rhythm was slightly messed up because of looking at the sidelines, and after a few more runs, Ye Chin made a little adjustment and quickly recovered.

In just one thought, after Ye Qin reacted, he immediately let go and ran!

Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters...

Ye Qin started to accelerate quickly. This is a 400-meter race. According to his previous race rhythm, this stage does not need to increase the speed too high.

But it seems that because Yeqin hasn't participated in the 400m competition for a while, he feels that he runs very easily. Although the speed is reserved, he is still much faster than other players.

When the first corner entered the straight, Yechin in the sixth lane was already no more than one meter away from Nigeria's James Godday on the seventh lane.

The forward extension between each pass of 400 meters is almost seven meters. Even after the first bend, the gap between the two adjacent passes should be more than 35 meters, and Ye Qin is already obvious at this time. Can see the trend of catching up with the previous pass players.

In the entire Bird's Nest Stadium, after the gunfire rang out, there was a weird silence. After seeing the game start smoothly and no one rushed, the atmosphere on the scene gradually heated up.

With Ye Qin's rapid increase in speed, more and more people in the field began to stand up, constantly shouting.

In the first straight, Yechin's speed did not slow down at all, but gradually increased with the distance. Soon in the straight stage, Yechin overtook the seventh Nigerian James Godday and the eighth. Ricardo Chambers ran in front of all the players like a whirlwind.

Straight into the corner, Ye Qin couldn't hear any other voices in his mind at the moment. He seemed to be totally unaware of the shouts of cheering on the spot, but he just swiftly moved forward toward the extended runway.

The other players have been left far behind by him... The speed demonstrated has made many track and field fans in the stands who know the 400-meter event and the commentators in the media commentary nervous at this moment.

"Yechin has already been in the first place in the straight phase." Mu Jiang's voice was transmitted to the domestic audience watching the game through a broadcast signal. "As long as this leading trend is maintained, Yeqin will easily advance to the final! Yeqin, Hold on, hold on!"

"Yechin runs very fast. He seems to treat 400 meters as 100 meters and 200 meters. At this speed, the athletes' physical fitness will fall into the second half of the race..."

Michael Johnson was also staring at the stadium on the other side of the media commentary. He saw Ye Qin's speed in the first half. According to his understanding, if Ye Qin ran like this, his physical fitness would not be able to keep up in the second half. .

But just when he was about to say that Yeqin's speed would drop in the second half of the journey, a scene that surprised him appeared, and Yeqin's speed was maintained very well.

The curve of the 300-meter stage passed in an instant, and Ye Qin still took the lead.

Immediately it was turning into a straight, and it was the last straight stage of 400 meters.

The runners of each pass affected by the number of stretches before the start will all be pulled back to a level here. For many spectators who can't see who the runners are leading with the naked eye, the gap between everyone at this stage is the most intuitive.

It was at this time that everyone present found that Yeqin had already led the other semi-finalists by more than four or five meters and launched a sprint towards the finish line.

His rhythm is still not chaotic, and his speed is still fast.

In comparison, the players who were thrown away by Yeqin in the first half of the game, by this time, had symptoms of fatigue instead.

Eighty meters, seventy meters, sixty meters...

Getting closer to the finish line, the powerful Dawei Neville and Leslie Geron in Yeqin's group almost used the strength of milking, desperately trying to catch up with Yeqin.

There are three teams in the 400m semi-finals, and each group has only two places in the finals, and the other two places are filled according to the best results.

Everyone wants to get the top two in the group, and doesn't want to fight for the best place to make up the place.

But no matter how they chased them, they found that Ye Qin, who was running ahead, was getting further and further away from them. The speed was almost desperate.

The last fifty meters...

Ye Qin already knows that he has taken the lead, and he should have no problem in reaching the finals.

It's just that it was probably because of the 200m semi-final that he was out of the game. His heart was suffocating. In this 400m group, he never thought about letting the water out to preserve his physical strength.

For him now, today is a full 400-meter race, tomorrow is a day between the 200-meter final, and the day after tomorrow is the 400-meter final, which is enough for him to recover.

He doesn't need to keep it!

Forty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters...

Michael Johnson in the media commentary was no longer speaking, and Ye Chin showed his speed enough to attract all his attention.

In the last tens of meters, his eyes suddenly widened!

See it again!

In the final distance of several tens of meters from the finish line, Ye Qin's speed did not slow down, but suddenly rushed.

This is Yeqin’s iconic running method in the 400-meter event. The last tens of meters can always have a sprint. When his strength is not strong, he can always run at this speed at this final stage. Sprint to defeat other opponents.

Cross the line!

On the yellow on-site timing card, the number that jumped quickly after the runner started, stopped there after Ye Qin crossed the finish line.

43 seconds 15!

The audience suddenly boiled!

Mu Jiang almost jumped up from the media commentary, and yelled frantically: "43.37. Yeqin ran out of 43.15 in this semifinal. Yeqin broke Michael Johnson in the semifinals. The men's 400m Olympic record of 43.49 seconds set by the Atlanta Olympics and the world record of 43.18 seconds set in Seville, Spain!

Ye Qin once again set a world record, Ye Qin created a miracle! Men's 100m world record and men's 400m world record, now he belongs to the Chinese! !

The miracle of the world, the world's flying man, glorify the world! With two world records, Yeqin is unstoppable and unbeatable! ! "

Mu Jiang is already a little incoherent. His previous explanations can be regarded as calm and steady. Although he has strong emotions, he can often restrain him.

At this moment, he was like a certain football commentator, unable to restrain himself at all!

In the entire stadium, the sound seemed to break through the sky at this moment.

The metal structure of the Bird's Nest Stadium is shaking ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The shocking shouts even surpassed Yechin's voice after winning the men's 100m final that day.

After losing the previous 200m semi-final, Yeqin's amazing performance in the men's 400m race allowed everyone to see his unparalleled strength!

Moreover, this result is that Yeqin obviously has a sideways look at the sidelines and rhythm adjustment after the start. If everything is perfect, it is almost impossible to believe that Yeqin will run a better match in this game. Now I don’t know how many results are coming out faster.

In front of the TV at this time, all the Chinese people who felt extremely depressed and frustrated just because Ye Qin was out, seemed to vent all their emotions at this moment.

In the media commentary, Michael Johnson also jumped up from his seat for the first time, his face was even more shocked than Yechin's 9:61 win and break the world record.

"The 400-meter world record. I have kept the 400-meter world record for nine years. I once thought that it might not be broken for decades. In this semi-final, it was actually broken!"