Born to Run

"Tomorrow's 200-meter and 400-meter races are scheduled to be very tight. When we first arranged the schedule, we made suggestions here, but the organizing committee felt that it was not particularly appropriate to adjust the time because of one or two events."

On the afternoon of August 18, in a lounge in the Bird's Nest Stadium.

Ye Qin is lying on a massage table, performing a pre-match muscle massage. Standing next to him, Chen Zhongzhou frowned, his expression very dissatisfied with the schedule of this match.

In the two games on August 19, the men's 200-meter semi-finals at 21:25 and the men's 400-meter semi-finals at 21:45. The two games are completely connected together.

"It's okay, Brother Chen." Ye Qin knew about the men's 200-meter semi-final and the men's 400-meter semi-final after the Olympic schedule came out.

He has become accustomed to two and three races in one day. Moreover, he has rarely participated in major competitions this year and has adjusted his physical fitness very well. For tomorrow’s 200m and 400m semi-finals, although he feels that the time is not good, he thinks it is still Within the acceptable range.

After all, he ran 200 meters first. Although 200 meters puts a lot of pressure on his body, it is not like 400 meters. If it is to run 400 meters first, then in the next 200-meter race, with an interval of less than ten minutes, Ye Qin feels that basically he should not be able to run again.

Even if he ran away, he probably wouldn't be eligible for promotion.

No matter how good his physical reserves are, he will have to qualify for the 400-meter final and the 200-meter final within a certain period of time. That is too small for the top athletes who can participate in the Olympics.

"I think it's because I'm afraid Yeqin won the gold medals in the 200m and 400m."

Behind Ye Qin, the physiotherapist Zhuang Wei who was massaging his calf and thigh muscles put down the movements in his hand and gestured again and again, "Before the guide, you should have passed through the ditch with the general body, and also with the Yanjingao team. The committee reacted, but in the end the Olympic Organizing Committee still made arrangements like this. I think Yechin has strong competitiveness in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter events."

"What you said is too conspiracy theory!" Chen Zhongzhou raised his eyebrows, seemingly dissatisfied with Zhuang Wei's nonsense.

"Oh, old Chen, don't you believe it! Think about it, people who have won the 100-meter gold medal and the 200-meter gold medal in an Olympic Games, like Karl Lewis, he also swept the long jump and 4×100 meters. gold medal.

However, the athletes who won the gold medals in the men's 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters in an Olympic Games have never appeared. Not everyone has seen Ye Qin's performance at the Osaka World Championships last year. Men's 100 meters and 200 meters gold medals, and men's 400 meters silver medals. This is entirely possible. If Ye Qin really did it, it would be unprecedented, and it is unlikely that there will be anyone in the future.

You said, if you are an official of the Olympic Organizing Committee or some foreigners of the IAAF, can you really agree to see a Chinese perform such a feat? "

"Okay, don't talk nonsense." Chen Zhongzhou shook his head slightly, and did not answer positively whether he believed it or not. Some things were too far away and too far away, which they said could not be decided.

Just still looking at Ye Qin, he said seriously: "I know you are very confident in your physical fitness. Now you have won the men's 100 meters championship and broke the record. You have done well enough. The next project is your own. Consider it. There is a prerequisite, that is, within the range of your body."

After speaking, Chen Zhongzhou’s tone became more and more cautious, "From the Asian Games to the World Championships, as well as the current Olympics, I don’t agree with you for several events. Excellent athletes can span multiple events. All projects have achieved good results, but the problem of time conflict is too big in one competition. Even if the 400 meters are replaced by the long jump, I think it is acceptable. But 400 meters is really not easy to run."

"Don't worry, Brother Chen, I know it in my heart."

Ye Qin nodded, and couldn't help but think of a person who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

He Jun, an opponent he once met in the domestic arena.

Eventually, due to serious injuries, he withdrew from the competition and switched to further studies to become a physical therapist.

For athletes, there has always been a problem, that is, in order to compete for some competitions and honors, they have to go all out to train and compete.

As a result of doing so, everyone actually knows that there will be some bad consequences for the body. It is just a personal honor, a national honor, a competitive spirit, and a variety of mentalities and emotions. They will always push people to do it.

...

20 o'clock in the evening.

When the semifinals of the women's 110-meter hurdles ended on the runway in the Bird's Nest Stadium, the staff was quickly evacuating the hurdles on the runway, and the atmosphere on the scene began to heat up.

The second round of the men’s 200m rematch is about to begin. The Chinese track team will have three athletes in this rematch. The most important point is that everyone is looking forward to Ye Qin's performance step by step.

Although the preliminaries of the semi-finals are spectative and exciting, they are far behind the finals. But all the audience just have that strong energy and look forward to it very much.

There are a total of four teams in the semifinals, each with eight athletes. The top three in each group will directly advance to the semi-finals, and then the four best athletes will be added. A total of 16 players will participate in the finals.

First of all, Yang Yao appeared in the first group of the semi-finals. Yang Yao has improved a lot in the men's 200 meters in the past two years. In training, he has even performed supernormal performance several times to about 20.40. , But Yang Yao did not perform supernormally in this rematch. The final result was 20.56 seconds.

Faced with the favorites in the first quarter-finals, Youssé Bot, the 200-meter Olympic champion Sean Crowder, and the 2003 World Championship 100-meter champion Kim Collins and the British star Marvin- Dronish et al. 20.56 seconds used to be a national record in China, but ranked seventh in the group in this group and missed the final.

This is also the general gap between this Olympics and the previous Olympics. Whether in the men's 100m event or the men's 200m event, the overall level of the athletes has improved a lot.

Zhang Peimeng, who appeared in the second group of the semifinals, also failed to advance to the semifinals. He was in the same group with a luxurious lineup. The first in the group was Zimbabwe star Brian Dasingai, and the second was the American player in the men's. Walter Dix, who performed well in the 100 meters, was followed by Jamaican veteran Christopher Williams, British Christian Malcolm and Mauritius Stefan Buckland.

Almost all of the top five in the group ran within 20.40. Zhang Peimeng and Japanese star Shingo Suezou both scored 20.63, but they also failed to qualify for promotion.

After experiencing two regrets that Chinese athletes failed to qualify for the semi-finals, soon the Chinese audience finally waited for the last group of today's men's 200m semifinals.

When Yeqin stood on the track and field, the audience all responded with warm applause.

The lineup of the fourth group of the rematch is less than the well-known players in the previous groups, but there are still famous players Wallace Spielmont and Jamaica's Marvin Anderson in the group.

Probably because the atmosphere on the scene was relatively tense, when the gunfire rang out for the first time, the game did not go smoothly.

Paul Hessen, a player from Ireland, probably made a start because of nervousness or other reasons, which made the game start again.

After the second match immediately after the start, the Jamaican player Marvin Anderson, who had high hopes before the match, also made a start and was sent off and failed to continue the match.

Until the third shot of the game started, the remaining seven players were able to successfully complete the game.

The final result was that Yechin took the first place in the group with a time of 20.22. The second and third in the group were Irish players Paul Hessen and Wallace Spielmont.

The results of the three of them were within 20 seconds and 40 seconds, demonstrating the overall outstanding strength of the men's 200m runners in this World Championship.

The end of the men’s 200m semi-finals means that Yechin successfully completed the men’s 400m preliminaries and men’s 200m preliminaries and semifinals on August 18th. The performance of the three-day race also made many people realize for the first time. Ye Qin's strong dominance in sprint events.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, and in a blink of an eye it was the evening of August 19th.

The Bird's Nest Stadium is still brightly lit, as bright as daylight.

The enthusiasm of the audience did not seem to be the slightest fatigue, and they continued to cheer for the performance of the players on the field.

At 20:45 in the evening, the first item to be focused on is the men's 110-meter hurdles rematch.

Liu Yangyu's performance in the preliminaries the day before allowed many people to see that he recovered from a period of injury, and his strength after appearing again does not seem to be weaker than before by the first half.

And the eight-step change to seven-step technology is a landmark breakthrough.

The rematch tonight also made the audience highly anticipated. At the same time, many audiences discovered the challenges that Yechin will face next time.

The men’s 200m semifinals at 21:25 and the men’s 400m semifinals at 21:45. The time between the two semifinals is very close. Even many spectators who don’t know much about track and field events can basically understand this for athletes. It is an extremely difficult challenge.

Yesterday's three games a day, many media have commented after the game, today's two games a day are still connected together, the difficulty can be imagined.

After the semifinals of the second group of the men's 110-meter hurdles began, the Chinese player Shi Dongpeng, who appeared first, successfully advanced to the semifinals with a time of 13.42 seconds.

After that, Liu Yangyu, who played in the third group of the rematch, took the first place in the group with 13.27 seconds.

Another Chinese player, Ji Wei, was eliminated in the fourth group of the rematch with a time of 13.80 seconds and missed the men's 110m hurdles semi-finals.

For this result, the Chinese audience present is quite acceptable. After all, only Liu Yangyu can successfully advance. In this event, the Chinese team still has the hope of winning the championship.

And after the second round of the men's 110-meter hurdles rematch, the track and field are soon ushered in the two main events that are about to start tonight.

In the indoor rest area, where the Chinese team is located, Ye Qin has stood on the indoor warm-up track again after a massage by the physiotherapist Zhuang Wei to perform a few simple stretching activities.

Yu Weili, Yuan Guohua, Chen Zhongzhou and others have been with Ye Qin all the time, and none of them have looked away from Ye Qin. They seem to be very worried about Ye Qin's performance tonight.

Yu Weili stood on the side of the warm-up track, touched his big bald head, a complex color flashed across his face, and finally stepped forward to hand Yeqin a towel and smiled: "I won't say anything extra. , You control yourself and do what you can!"

In the previous men's 100-meter race, he had been staring beside him, but at that time he understood the challenge Yeqin had to face and never appeared in front of Yeqin before the race, lest he put other pressure on him.

It can be said that Ye Qin’s performance in this Olympics is the focus of the track and field team. Of course, Ye Qin’s strength and the particularity of the project needless to say. At that time, Liu Yangyu was injured and reincarnated. Waiting for Ye Qin's performance.

Fortunately, Ye Qin lived up to expectations and finally won the most important and precious gold medal of the Chinese track and field team. After this gold medal, everyone took a long breath.

Regarding the next performance of Yechin in the 200 and 400 meters, everyone can relax at this time, and then everyone will become acceptable no matter what Yeqin runs.

Of course, it is okay to continue to compete for the gold medal, but everyone understands that some things are too late. Since Yechin broke the world record and won the Olympic gold medal, he has personally risen to the ranks of national treasures.

At this time, his body is the most important.

Yuan Guohua on the side also patted Ye Qin on the shoulder. Since Ye Qin broke the 10-second mark step by step, and won the world record and Olympic gold medal, he has no idea about Ye Qin's personal events.

The only thing he considers now is the final men’s 4×100m relay. This is the Olympic Games. Yechin may not be able to stop playing in the 4×100m preliminaries like last year’s World Championships. He wants to advance to the finals. Yeqin's last stick won't be opened.

Among the Olympic track and field sports, some are not so fair, and the weight of three gold medals is more than other similar events.

The first is the men's 100m gold medal. This is the world's trapeze competition, the limit of human speed, and the jewel and pearl on the crown, the most dazzling.

The second is the men's 4×100-meter relay event, which is a rare team event in track and field. It is a sports event where everyone works together and represents the overall sprint strength of a country.

The third is the marathon, which is the limit of human endurance and the most important event at the beginning of the Olympics.

Of the three most important projects, the first human speed limit has been included in Yechin's bag, and the next is the second, the 4×100-meter relay project.

If Yeqin is now facing a smooth promotion, there will be at least four more games, of which two 400 meters will be a huge test for an athlete.

At least Yuan Guohua's worries about standing by the head coach of the relay team did not show up on his face, he still only went up to encourage him.

If an athlete can really win three gold medals in an Olympic Games, and they are all sprint gold medals, the attraction of such honor is huge, and it can be said that it is beyond everyone's imagination.

Even Yeqin~www.ltnovel.com~ If you miss this Olympics, no one can guarantee that you can do it in the next Olympics. In the next four years, I don’t know which corner of the world. Maybe there will be another top athlete with super strength.

"Guide Yu, Coach Yuan, don't worry!"

Ye Qin can feel the mood of several people facing the challenge, and he understands that every time he makes his appearance, it is not just a game of one person.

Many years ago, when he was in middle school, he wrote a sentence in his notebook, and he has been practicing it all the time:

Fate is not my choice, but I must shoulder the responsibility; the ending is not my grasp, but I must pay for the effort.

"Go on!"

I don't know if it was a staff member on the sidelines or someone in the team yelled this sentence.

Ye Qin nodded at the crowd, turned and walked towards the arena.