Chapter 100 200m Preliminaries (Part 1)
July 12th.
Sherbrooke, who had been gloomy for several days, finally drizzled.
In the inspection area, Jamaica youth team coach McNeill's face was even more gloomy than today's weather, and his eyes seemed to be on fire, staring at the tall black boy who had just finished warming up.
"Yuse, I don't care about you when you withdrew from the competition yesterday, but, but in this 200-meter race, I will never allow you to make any mistakes. You know the meaning of this game to you. Countless Jamaicans are watching you, and you can't make certain mistakes!"
"Yes, coach, I will definitely win the championship!"
The tall black boy was gasping slightly. The weather was a little cold today. His several groups of warm-ups were done well. After hearing McNeill's roar, he nodded quickly.
"Just understand!" McNeil moved his strong body and pointed at other players who were warming up from afar. "You are the most optimistic sprinter in Jamaica, the champion of the 2002 World Youth Championship. On this stage of the World Youth Championship, no one will be your opponent, so you must not make mistakes. If you can't win the championship, I will settle the account of your withdrawal of the 400-meter race at that time."
"Don't worry, coach! 200 meters is my favorite, I will definitely be the champion!"
"Hmph, let's talk about it when you compare! Yusé Bott, you are a troublemaker!" McNeill's expression eased a little, but he was still a little reluctant to give in.
The black boy looked at McNeil's cold expression and sniffed his mouth, but finally calmed down, not daring to show a hippie smile anymore.
Yesterday, he pretended to be injured and failed, and then ran a few steps in the semi-finals and then retreated. The coach in front of him was furious, so he didn't dare to touch this bad luck again.
However, even if McNeil doesn't say this, he will do his best on the 200 meters, which is his favorite project.
The 200m and 400m are not too strict for starting, which is just suitable for the first half of the start acceleration of a player of height and size like him. Compared with 400m, the distance of 200m just reached the critical point of the body limit. He can persist in running to the finish line in one breath without making his body feel too uncomfortable. Moreover, 200m provides a long enough distance, allowing him to fully utilize his long legs and large strides, and powerful second half ability.
He often feels a little uncomfortable when running 400 meters and has lost to many other players in Jamaica. As long as he is serious in the 200 meters, players of the same age or even three or four years old cannot compete with him.
"I want to break the record of the 200-meter World Championship, so who can coaches have nothing to say!"
The black boy silently thought about the importance of this 200-meter race to him. He didn't want to return to Jamaica and start inhumane hyper-distance running training every day.
If you want to be qualified for dialogue, you can still achieve results.
In the 400-meter race, he gave up in the semi-finals. If the next 200-meter race is not running well, he would not dare to imagine what people in China would think of him, and his mother, and his family would think of him.
In 2002, he was only 15 years old and 322 days old in the World Youth Championship in Kingston, Jamaica, but he won the 200m championship and became the youngest world champion ever in the World Youth Championship.
At that time, almost all the entire team in China were celebrating his merits. It seemed that the whole of Jamaica was going crazy for him, and many people were shouting at him that he was the future of Jamaican sports.
If the performance is too poor, there will probably be many people criticizing and questioning.
He doesn't like these!
Thinking of this, he glanced at Coach McNeill standing not far away. The other party treated him well, but he was always dissatisfied with his performance in the 400 meters. His agent Pilt had suggested that he needed a higher level coach to coach and was already in contact with Fitz Coroman, the head coach of Kingston High Performance Training Center. It is said that the other party's coaching experience is very suitable for his characteristics. Under the other party's hands, he might perform well in the Athens Olympics next year.
"Yusai, prepare for it and start calling it!" McNeil's voice came over.
"Okay, coach!"
The black boy suddenly felt refreshed. When crossing the runway, the black boy suddenly noticed a warm-up red figure, "Hey, he also participated 200 meters?"
The Asian player who met several times yesterday and was very enthusiastic about helping him yesterday was number 100, a very good number, at least better than his number 290. After he withdrew from the competition, the opponent seemed to have won the first place in the 400m semi-finals, but he didn't expect the opponent to participate in the 200m.
"Hi, No. 100, see you in the 200m final!"
The black boy didn't care whether the other party could understand it or not, and waved to the other party excitedly.
Ye Qin, who was doing a warm-up and accelerated run, suddenly felt someone passing by in front of him.
Looking up, it was the black boy yesterday. He didn't understand what the other party was saying, but he still understood the English number of 100, which was his number card.
"Hi, No. 290." Ye Qin also greeted him.
The black boy smiled, and after shouting, he ran directly towards the name-named team that was about to enter the field.
He is the first group in the 200m preliminaries, and he is going to have a good start.
Ye Qin watched the other party leave, but didn't think too much, but just silently added in Chinese, "Stop quitting the competition!"
Yesterday was the 400m semi-final. The two were in the same group. Ye Qin initially thought he would run with the other party, but the other party withdrew directly. He couldn't understand what the other party was thinking, and it didn't look like he was injured, so he would wait for the next 200m race.
After the black boy left, Ye Qin then ran another speeding trip. He felt that his body had almost become completely hot, so he slowly stopped.
He did not perform a long-distance warm-up jog during the 200-meter warm-up, but mainly used to accelerate. After all, there are differences in running methods for the 200-meter and 400-meter events. His weakest one is starting and acceleration.
Nie Fangping has begun to pay attention to Ye Qin's starting and accelerated training at Xiushui No. 2 Middle School, but the current time is still short and there is still a lot of room for improvement in muscle strength. After all, Ye Qin's training time is too short. If he can have a few more years and when his body grows and matures, this weak point should have a leap forward in making up for the score.
At this stage, at this distance of 200 meters, if he is too much lost in the first half, it will not be too easy for him to catch up with others from behind.
This is the world stage. The best young people in the world are competing here, not in domestic competitions. There are many excellent and powerful people. Ye Qin can fully feel this after a few days of competition.
The men's 200m competition is basically similar to the men's 400m process, with three shots winning. The difference is that there are obviously a lot more players participating in the 200m competition than those participating in the 400m contest. There are a total of 53 contestants participating in the 200m preliminaries starting at 10:05 this morning, and they are divided into 7 preliminaries. Among them, there are only seven contestants in the first group, sixth group and seventh group, and the others are eight contestants.
The rules for advancing to the semi-finals in the preliminary round are similar. Each group directly advances, and then the remaining three places are replaced by the three best players.
Ye Qin is in the third group of the preliminary round. His schedule today is the men's 200m preliminaries in the morning, and then he will have to wait until the men's 400m finals in the evening.
After full warm-up, Ye Qin gradually felt his body warm up, and Zhou Bin, the sideline leader, waved to Ye Qin.
Chapter completed!