Born to Run

At 18:30 in the evening.

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium is already brightly lit. Although the sky has not completely dimmed at this time in summer, the weather is gloomy, and there is occasional light rain. The lights still come on early, and the tall erected lights illuminate the entire stadium. Such as day.

"Ye Qin, come on!"

"Come on!"

"Relax and run!"

In the Olympic Stadium, in the rest area of ​​the Chinese team, Ye Qin, who had just finished a complete series of warm-ups, checked again. After standing up, he saw a bunch of people standing not far away. He waved.

Feng Shuyou, Yu Weili, Chen Zhongzhou, Zhuang Wei, and Yang Yao all came forward to cheer him up.

It will soon be the men's 200m semi-final. It is very rare for Chinese sprint athletes to be able to reach this stage.

But in China for such a long time, only Yeqin was able to do this.

Last year, he reached the final at the Olympic Games. This year's World Championships are now in the semi-finals. Everyone standing on the sidelines hopes that he can make the final again.

Ye Qin nodded at the crowd, then walked aside, and said to Randy Hunter: "Coach, I'm ready to play."

Randy Hunter put his arms around his chest, nodded faintly, and said nothing.

Yeqin didn’t say much when he saw this. He knew his recent attitude towards the game disappointed Randy Hunter, but at this moment, what he needs to do is not to explain, but to prove it. Yourself.

After two steps, suddenly, I heard Randy Hunter's voice ringing behind him, "BOY!"

Ye Qin slowly turned his head and looked at Randy Hunter. There was a faint smile on the face of the other person who had been expressionless, and he clapped his hands, "Strengthen your faith, go!"

Ye Qin pursed the corner of his mouth, nodded, turned and walked towards the direction of the roll call in the inspection area.

The 200-meter semi-final time is at 18:40, two semi-final groups, Yeqin is in the second group.

When Yeqin entered the check-in area to start the roll call procedure, the first group of the preliminaries had already started. The eight players in the line were waiting for the last semi-final athletes to finish the game, and they entered the arena together. .

Five minutes later, Ye Qin and the other seven players in the same group entered the arena, and the list of men's 200m semi-finalists was displayed on the big screen at the same time:

The first one, Shingo Susumu, Japan;

Second, Marlon Devinish, England;

The third line, Christopher Williams, Jamaica;

The fourth track, Jax-Tring, United States;

The Fifth Way, Ye Qin, China;

The sixth way, Jason Gaby, the United States;

Seventh Road, Patrick Johnson, Australia;

Eighth Road, Stefan Buckland, Mauritius;

In the men's 200-meter semifinals, Ye Chin could clearly feel the players' level of strength, and the preliminaries and semifinals had once again risen to a higher level. And most of the players Ye Qin have played against each other, in other words, they have a certain understanding.

This is the first time I met in the arena. One was the first Japanese player, Suetsu Shingo. The opponent was the third place in the men's 200m at the previous World Championships. Yeqin knew about Suetsu Shingo, but he has always Have not met the opponent in the arena. In this year's Osaka Grand Prix, Yechin participated in the men's 400m race because there was no men's 200m event, while Suezsu Shingo participated in the 100m race.

The other is Jason Gaby. This American player ran a time of 19.99 seconds in the preliminaries. It was later that Ye Chin learned that the biggest reason for the preliminaries was the speed of the wind.

In track and field sprint competitions, tailwind helps athletes improve their performance. The International Athletics Federation has set the limit of tailwind speed, which is 2 meters per second. The speed of tailwind exceeding this speed is called super wind speed. Athletes’ achievements under super wind speed are valid, but Not listed as any record.

Although Jason Gaby is in the preliminaries group, the top three players are definitely able to advance to the semi-finals, but in the case of super wind speed, the results of the whole group have greatly improved, so that the players at the bottom of the rankings have gotten The chance of qualifying for the semifinals, I have to say that this is an excellent luck.

Ye Qin himself has no idea about super wind speed. Since he set foot on the field, he has gone through many competitions. However, the real super wind speed competition is rarely encountered. On the contrary, there have been a few games against the wind.

But at this moment, for Yeqin, wind speed and wind speed are not within his consideration. He came to the game not to refresh his personal PB, but to compete for the championship.

After finishing the men's 200-meter rematch in the afternoon, he thought about it for a long time in the lounge.

He has always felt that he is not a smart person, but one thing is that he is more willing to spend time thinking than others. When he first practiced track and field sprinting, he didn't understand many technical terms and didn't understand their meaning, but he was willing to write them down, and then combine his own training to constantly try to figure out the meaning of them.

From the bottom of his heart, he himself did not pay too much attention to the World Championships, or in other words, he did not really pay much attention to the World Championships.

Although there have been many champions in small events, deep down in his heart, he still lacks confidence in evaluating his ability in such a world-class competition.

That is, although he himself thought about becoming a top-notch athlete, his goal for this World Championship is actually not clear.

He just wants to run, want to participate in the competition~www.wuxiaspot.com~ want to compete with high-level athletes, but he never thought that he seems to be able to advance towards the goal of championship.

Randy Hunter's disappointment for him is not actually his performance in the semi-finals, but his hesitation in the men's 200m and 400m, but he does not have the most specific goals.

In one afternoon, he was actually thinking about this over and over in his mind.

champion!

I want a champion!

Men's 200m champion, men's 400m champion!

In the World Junior Championships, two bronze medals made him feel like an unprecedented loss. Two silver medals in the World Youth Championship also made him feel unwilling. However, the sixth place in the Olympic Games showed him insurmountable against top players. gap.

As a result, in the several games this year, there is a champion, and now he has accumulated, he still has not dared to shout out the goal he wants to achieve in this world championships.

But now, he understands.

After standing on the runway of the semifinals, he has heard the deepest voice in his heart.

Yes, I want a champion!

It doesn't matter who the opponent is, it doesn't matter whether Jax Trin, Youssef Bot or other top players.

I just want a champion!

Not only men’s 200 meters, but men’s 400 meters too!

This is what I want, I came to the World Championships for this!

If I couldn't see the goal clearly before, now I see it clearly, and it's not too late.

The blood is boiling.

Ye Qin slowly calmed his breath, the noise from the sidelines was blazing, and the game had reached the semi-finals. For the sprint event, it had officially entered a stage that was worth seeing and began to be intense.

"Onyourmarks!"

On the sidelines, the sound of the starters in their positions sounded.