Born to Run

　　 I left the airport, and soon there was a bus waiting for the delegation to take part in the competition.

　　 A group of more than twenty people, led by the team leader Ye Lidong and the team leader Zhou Bin, all got on the bus and embarked on the itinerary to the University of Sherbrooke.

　　 The World Junior Athletics Championships is a global sports event organized by the IAAF. It has been held every two years since the first session in 1999. The first was in Bydgoszcz, Poland in 1999, and the second was in Debrecen, Hungary in 2001. In 2003, the third session was organized at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec, Canada.

　　The University of Sherbrooke is one of Canada’s well-known public comprehensive universities, with more than 40,000 teachers and students and five campuses. The destination for the Chinese delegation is the Sherbrooke campus, the main campus.

　　The University of Sherbrooke is the organizer of the 3rd World Junior Championships. As early as June, it had prepared board and lodging arrangements for delegations from more than 100 countries and regions to participate in the World Junior Championships.

In order to host the IAAF World Junior Athletics Championships, the University of Sherbrooke has built a brand new open-air stadium. After the first opening of the World Junior Championships, this stadium will also become the University of Sherbrooke’s track and field team, rugby team and football team. Home station.

　　 Sitting on the bus to the University of Sherbrooke, Ye Chin leaned on his seat and looked out the window, looking at the strange scenery of this strange country.

　　 The bus is driving on the main road, and you can see the beautiful scenery along the way. The fields are vast and the mountains are in the distance.

After entering the main city of Sherbrooke, it is completely different from the domestic western architectural style. The buildings are not high or dense, but they are all well-planned. The architectural style is fresh and elegant, many of which are pointed roofs. Occasionally, you can see the old castle located on the shore of distant mountains and rivers.

　　 Such a city, not to mention Xiushui County or Nanxiu City, even Zuohai City and Yanjing, they are far inferior in terms of their life style. After tens of thousands of miles away from home, Ye Qin was sitting in the car, and his mood at the moment was completely different from any previous race.

I didn’t have the curiosity when I went to Nanxiu City for the first time, nor the anxiety when I went to Zuohai City, and the excitement when I went to Yanjing to participate in the trials, and afterwards, because Nie Fangping bowed his head to beg for him, I felt aggrieved and angry. Desperately desperate to fight for each other’s strong desire.

After participating in the selection of the World Junior Championships, until later Wen Tongshi and Nie Fangping’s home visit, Ye Qin has actually been a little confused in his heart. It’s just this confusion. He has never talked about it with other people. He was afraid that he would say it. , I will be laughed at, I don’t know what I’m thinking.

　　 When he was in high school, he outperformed Liu Yizhen and Li Jianchao for the first time. At that time, he felt that the run was particularly comfortable. After the school sports meeting, the sports committee member Yu Hao signed him up for the 400m and 200m. He participated in the competition and won the others. When he heard many people cheering for him, he felt that he seemed to enjoy the feeling. .

　　 After that, the City Middle School Games, Youth Track and Field Championships, several tests on the stadium, victory over opponents, and good results all seemed to make him feel very good.

　　 His training has never been compromised, he can complete the training tasks realistically, never procrastinate, nor is he lazy. The effect of training is also very significant. In less than a year, his sprint performance is almost improving rapidly.

But Ye Qin himself is always a little at a loss occasionally, especially when he participates in a competition like the World Junior Championships, but when he embarks on this strange country with a group of coaches and teammates who are not particularly familiar, Yan Ning is not by his side. , Tongshi Wen is not by his side, Nie Fangping is not by his side, he is representing the country to participate in the competition.

　　 But he didn’t seem to have the nervousness in his heart, nor was he very excited, but rather at a loss.

　　 The school sports games and the city middle school sports games are for class and school honors, to show the limelight and win recognition. The provincial youth championship seems to be because Yan Ning said that this can add points to the college entrance examination, and the sports talents are also for this reason.

　　 It seems that in his life, everyone has been telling him what he can and cannot do, and he has been obedient to them.

　　 Nie Fangping once said to him that people who want to succeed in sports must have faith, have goals, and go on firmly.

He also once believed that he had such a firm belief, but what is this belief is that he wants to make money, wants to be successful, wants to be proud of his ancestors, wants to make his family and the people around him proud, or he enjoys winning his opponents and being cheered to become the focus ?

　　 Ye Qin found that he couldn’t explain clearly.

　　 From being recognized that he runs fast and has talent, it seems that everything is pushing him forward. If you have talent, then you should go for a run. But no one has ever really asked him if he wants to run.

　　 He used to think that the person who prevented him from embarking on the path of sports would be his family. His grandfather probably did not support him. He hoped to have a college student. He seemed to want to take a college entrance examination to fight for his breath.

　　 But after the home visit, his grandfather confessed that he came to participate in the World Junior Championships. He did not hinder anything to win glory for the country, but Ye Qin was a little bit overwhelmed and felt that something was wrong!

　　 Like before, he rejected the Avant-Garde Sports Association. There are many reasons he thought about, but the deepest part is probably himself. He was hesitating, even if a broad road was placed in front of him, he also subconsciously rejected it.

　　 and agreed to practice sports with Yan Ning, but it is utilitarian because it can add points to the college entrance examination, because you all said that I have talent and let me not waste it, then I will give it a little attention and not waste it.

　　 But what he thinks in his heart, no one seems to really care about it!

In the front seat, shot put athlete Liu Fengzheng and Xiao Juan of the women’s javelin event were chatting enthusiastically. They were looking at the scenery of a strange country outside the car window, chatting non-stop, seemingly full of expectations for the upcoming game~www. wuxiax.com~ Wu Jiang, who was in the same seat with him, had a nap with his eyes closed. During the ten hours of long-distance flight, he had been a bit airsick. Even after taking medicine, he could not sleep well. At the moment, he was very tired.

　　What are they thinking? Ye Qin really wanted to ask them.

　　 They are different from themselves. They were chosen to enter a major sports school when they were very young, and then they entered a professional sports school. They have been practicing sports for five, six, seven or eight years.

　　 When they were practicing sports, did they hesitate when they embarked on the road of sports?

　　 It’s not that I’m so talented that I don’t want to retreat, it’s that I’m trying to hit the bottom of my heart. In fact, I never thought I would practice shot put, javelin, discus or something.

　　 Maybe it should not be.

　　 If I started to practice sports since I was a child, instead of starting in high school, I probably wouldn’t have such a mess of thoughts, I would probably only have a belief to go on.

　　 Ye Qin is very clear in his heart that too many things have happened in less than a year, making him almost overwhelmed.

　　 Before entering high school, he never thought that he would set foot on the track, practice sports, become a sports specialty student, and even have the opportunity to represent the country as a young athlete today.

　　 And the more so, Ye Qin wanted to ask his own heart more and more.

　　 Why did I run?

　　 The bus passed through the streets of Sherbrooke, and before arriving at Sherbrooke University, it bypassed several open-air track and field fields in succession. The track and field fields were full of people and flags displayed.

　　 Although the distance is not too close, there are players from hundreds of countries in this World Championship, and many venues have been lent to the contestants for pre-match training.

　　 Ye Qin sat quietly in his seat, looking into the distance through the window glass, where there seemed to be teenagers of various skin colors running on the track!