Born to Run

September 16, Athens, Greece.

The two-day 10th IAAF World Cup was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.

Yeqin himself never expected that after two years, he would return to this stadium to participate in track and field competitions.

The 2004 Athens Olympics was a very important event for him. Although he failed to win any medals in the Olympics, if he talks about the World Junior Championships and the World Youth Championships, he has just made his mark. Then the Olympic stage is The time when he really gained fame.

First of all, it is the first time that Chinese athletes have reached the Olympic Games AB standard qualifications in the men's 200 meters and men's 400 meters. Although the 400m event was eliminated in the preliminaries, in the men's 200m final, it created the best result of a Chinese sprinter in the Olympic arena. He ran to the final and won the sixth place.

This achievement, as well as the contact performance of Liu Yangyu and Xing Huina and others in the Olympic Games, not only gave the Chinese track and field sprint strong confidence at that time, but also indirectly advanced the implementation of the national team's strategy of "going out and bringing in".

Yeqin has therefore benefited from the coaching of the world's top track and field coach Randy Hunter. Although this time is less than a year, Yeqin still has learned a lot, and up to now, Yeqin’s problems with sprinting, Will it still go to the long jump team to talk to Randy Hunter.

Two years have passed. The boy who was still a nameless boy has now been taken seriously by the IAAF. This time, Yeqin competed as a runner in the Asian team's men's 200m and men's 400m.

As for the men’s 100m event, Yechin has not yet signed up for the current IAAF World Cup. He just tried the men’s 100m event for the first time in the World Youth Championship in August. Although his performance broke the national record, it was still world-class. There is still a gap between the best players, and it is not enough to convince others.

Yeqin was not selected for the men’s 4×100m Asian team’s lineup. The four relay players of the Asian team were all participated by Japanese players. The men’s 4×400m event Yeqin was selected, but the national team declined. Because one hour before the 4×400 meters is Yechin’s men’s 200 meters race.

Moreover, in another IAAF World Cup, the number of players for the Asian team is fixed. Ye Qin has already squeezed two places in the men's 200 meters and men's 400 meters.

"In 9 seconds 88, Jason Gaby won the men's 100 meters championship. The runner-up is Portugal's Francis Obique Viru, and the third is Trinidad and Tobago's Mark Burns."

At 19:45 in the evening, the location near the inspection area of ​​the Athens Olympic Sports Center had just warmed up and Yeqin, who was waiting for the inspection procedure to enter the stadium, heard the news that Chen Zhongzhou had brought him.

"Jason Gaby felt more talented in the 100 meters event than he was in the men's 200 meters. Last year, Jason Gaby was far from the results of this year in the men's 200 meters event. In one year, After the special 100 meters, Jason Gaby's performance almost completely entered another level."

Yeqin was also stunned by Jason Gaby's performance. This is the third or fourth time that Jason Gaby has ran within 9.90 seconds this year.

Before coming to Greece, I had heard that Asafa-Ville had withdrawn from the men's 100m event in this World Cup, and only participated in the men's 4x100m event as a member of the American team relay.

Although the outside world is full of various controversies about Asafaville's withdrawal from the men's 100-meter project, it is easy to understand from the eyes of Yeqin and Chen Zhongzhou.

Asafaville has created a 22-game winning streak in the 100-meter event, and the 2006 season is about to end. At this time, if you compete head-on with Jason Gaby, I dare not say that you will lose, but it is still possible.

This year, Jason Gaby has had several head-on matches with Asafaville. Among them, Jason Gaby's performance gets better as he runs, especially when he competes with Asafaville on the same court. Asafaville does not win. With 100% strength, he can't control the opponent at all.

And being able to win one game, win two games, not necessarily be able to win the third and fourth games. They are all top athletes. The final competitions are all within the range of 100 minutes. A little carelessness is very likely. Will lose.

"Jason Gaby's state this year is really unimaginable. He is the same age as Asafaville, Jax Trin and others. He was just emerging when the other players were all in the field. But after entering the international arena, in just two years, he has climbed to the pinnacle of the small group."

Speaking of Jason Gaby, Chen Zhongzhou also sighed again and again. In the first half of 2006, Jax Trin and Asafaville led the field players. In the second half of the year, Asafaville did not change. But after Jax Trin went down, Jason Gaby stepped up, once again letting people see the talents and profound heritage and strength of American track and field.

"By the way, Yeqin, do you have any idea about Jason Gaby's starting technique?" Chen Zhongzhou remembered the IAAF finals a week ago, when Yechin stared at Jason Gaby's starting action seriously. Do an analysis.

"I paid attention to it, and later I watched the slow motion video. Compared with Asafaville's starting technique, Jason Gaby's starting technique is not much better than mine, or even worse than mine. However, his pace is very fast, and his speed in acceleration and midway runs is amazing."

Jason Gaby and Ye Chin are both men’s 200 and men’s 400 meters. Although Jason Gaby had run 100 meters before, he never ran for 10 seconds. The opponent’s starting skills are not particularly bad. , But it's much worse than Asafaville and other American players Leonard Scott.

"I heard a gossip. In order to improve his 100m competitiveness and challenge Asafaville's dominance in the 100m, Jason Guy has been in contact with many coaches and wants to strengthen his starting skills. "Chen Zhongzhou disclosed a piece of news he had learned to Ye Qin.

"Well, it seems that Asafaville will face Jason Gaby's full challenge next year."

Ye Qin nodded. It is no surprise that Jason Gaby wants to improve his starting technique. This is what it should be. Sprinters, especially the 100m runners, are improved in all aspects. Any weakness is Need to make up.

At this time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Jason Gaby is a sprinting genius with no weaker talent than Asafaville, but he entered the peak later than others, but there are still things that cannot be ignored. strength.

At the same time, with the rise of Jason Gaby, Yeqin knew that it would be more difficult for him to make a difference in the men’s 100m event, and in the men’s 200m event, Jason Gaby and Wallace- The strength of these people like Spielmont has also improved astonishingly fast. I am afraid that the challenges facing next year's World Championships are definitely not light.

As the men's 200m champion at the 2005 World Championships, the challenge he faces next year will not be easier than that of Asafaville.

With the improvement of his grades, the constant broadening of his field of vision, and the various things he experienced after entering Shuimu University, Ye Qin has gradually understood the burden that is weighing on him.

Occasionally, they had discussions with Liu Yangyu in private, and everyone was under a lot of pressure in the face of the domestic public.

Even Ye Qin himself can fully appreciate this feeling, just like when he just started to practice track and field, there were still a few students in the class who liked Dayao. When talking about Dayao in private, I hope he will be as good as he is. Push the NBA directly with the championship ring.

And the men's basketball team in the 2004 Olympic Games ~www.ltnovel.com~ The same people have reported huge expectations. Fortunately, it is a collective project. It is not necessary to say that all the pressure needs to be resisted by one person, but many things are visible.

Now that we have reached this position, we need to shoulder this responsibility.

What's more, Yechin also wants to win deep down in his heart. Whether facing Jason Gaby, Sean Merritt, Jimmy Warner, and maybe even Asafaville in the men’s 100 meters in the future, he will I hope that the person who can win in the end is myself.

Standing on the runway and standing on the field, the challenges will be faced one after another. The veteran will break out, and the newcomers will rise. Now the international international track field is no longer the time when there were no top players growing up as in previous years. It's an era in which good grades continue to advance.

If you don’t make progress, and you’re still on your laurels, I’m afraid it won’t be long before you will be left behind in the blink of an eye.

"Okay, let's not talk about these digressions. It's time to get ready to play." After Chen Zhongzhou relayed the news of the men's 100 meters that just ended to Ye Qin, he checked the time, and the men's 400 meters race was almost up. , Immediately made an encouraging gesture towards Ye Qin, "Come on!"