Chapter 349 Indoor 400-meter final
"Is the women's 4x400m race last tonight?"
On March 12, on the last day of this World Championships, when Ye Qin saw the last event at 18:55 pm in the Moscow Olympic Stadium, she felt a little strange.
In his memory, the final project is generally more influential, so that the audience can be attracted to their sense of expectation and stay until the end.
He himself is an athlete in the 4x400m event, so he naturally knows that not to mention the women's 4x400m, even the men's 4x400m are not particularly popular with the audience compared to some events. Not to mention that this is an indoor competition, and it is far less beautiful than outdoor competitions.
"This must be the host's arrangement." Sun Chaosheng heard Ye Qin's question and immediately explained to him, "The Russian women's team broke the women's 4x400m relay world record in the last World Championships. This intention is naturally very obvious, just to make this game finale and achieve excellent results."
The Russian team's track and field strength has always been extremely strong. In the last World Indoor Championships, Russia was arrogant to all countries with 7 gold medals. This time, it is the host, so naturally he wants to defend the honor of the championship throne.
Among all countries, in many track and field events, Russia is the only one who can compete with the US team. Especially in the indoor World Championships, when some top experts are not present, Russia has strong competitive strength in some field events and women's events.
In addition, there is the African Legion. In the track and field, whether indoor or outdoor, the middle and long-distance running field are basically the basics of Kenya, Mozambique, and Ethiopia. Although there are occasional gold medals in women's events, most of the time, the African Legion still has a firm advantage in this area.
"I don't know if there are more gold medals in Russia or more gold medals in the US after the game ends today." Sun Chaosheng sighed again after saying that.
Today is the last day of the Indoor World Championships, and the final result will be announced without much time. So far, Russia has led the United States as the host medal, but the difference between the two gold medals is not big, and the answer will not be announced until the end of tonight.
Thinking of this, Sun Chaosheng couldn't help but look at Ye Qin again, and a hint of encouragement appeared on his face, "Ye Qin, don't be too stressed, just let go of the run at night. It's just an indoor championship, it's just an ordinary competition, so we don't need to fight for this."
In this indoor track and field championship, because the number of participants was small, the team led by coach Sun Chaosheng. More than a dozen athletes, coaches and staff, were less than twenty.
After Liu Yangyu missed the men's 60-meter hurdles, two days of competition passed, and the Chinese team still had zero medals so far. By the last day of the game, only Ye Qin was the most hopeful player to be delisted.
However, among the players who came to participate in the indoor track and field championship this time, except for a few veterans who have experienced world-class events, Ru Wen Yongyi and others are all newcomers who have purely first time on the international arena, and they still need to hone their participation abilities in terms of competition.
Ye Qin is the youngest among all the contestants, but his experience in major competitions is almost the richest except Liu Yangyu. Ye Qin participates in domestic competitions less, but the international World Youth Championships, World Youth Championships, Grand Prix, Olympics, and World Championships have been fully experienced.
Sun Chaosheng was not worried about Ye Qin's mentality in the competition tonight. He had known and paid attention to Ye Qin for a long time. When he was at the Xinzhuang training base, he had trained with Liu Yangyu, Yang Yao and others a lot, and also guided Ye Qin's starting skills.
The more you get to Ye Qin's mentality, the more excited he becomes when he reaches the competition, even he, a coach who has taught the world champion, is envious. In addition to talent and diligence, a good attitude is a very important part.
Because when you reach the top stadium, the athletes' strengths are not very different in the end. Many times, the competition is about mentality. Only with a good attitude can you perform well.
At 16:20 pm, Ye Qin, who completed the pre-race warm-up on the indoor warm-up track of the Moscow Olympic Stadium, conducted the final men's 400m final under the leadership of the staff.
When the six athletes participating in the final appeared on the track of the scene, the names and pass arrangements of six people also appeared on the large screen of the indoor venue.
First, Milton Campbell, United States;
Second, California-Molf, Botswana;
The third route, Davidian Clark, Jamaica;
Fourth, Chris Brown, Bahamas;
The fifth way, Ye Qin, China;
The Sixth Path, Elyn Francik, Grenada;
This pass arrangement is slightly different from the general outdoor 400-meter pass arrangement. It is relatively more likely to win the championship, or athletes who perform well in the preliminary and semi-finals will be more likely to be in the outsiders in the indoor 400-meter final.
The reason is that the racers in the inner lane have greater arc and centripetal force on the inner side, and are not as advantageous as those in the outer lane.
Therefore, the two players who were considered the most likely to win the championship in the men's 400m final, Ye Qin and Elin Francik, were both arranged to pass the edge.
Ye Qin stood at the starting line of the track, watching the cheering audience in the audience, his inner emotions were also rising.
Perhaps because of today's 400m final, the Chinese audience who came to watch the game in the stands in the afternoon were obviously much higher than the previous two days. Under the bright lights of the indoors, he could easily see the eye-catching national flags and a few red banners that pulled up to cheer for himself from a bunch of high-nose and deep-nose spectators.
This feeling of being supported and encouraged, being expected and cheered by others has always brought Ye Qin a very good feeling.
Walking on the track, he changed his life and was able to be supported by others, this is what he pursued.
Moreover, after achieving his goal, he was able to shoulder the expectations of more people and ran, which gradually became one of his many motivations.
At this time, Ye Qin was not very nervous about the competition. At this level, he can face indoor competitions with a relatively peaceful attitude, but his desire for the championship is not at all.
The feeling of victory was wonderful. The moment he was the first to cross the finish line and left other opponents behind, he was deeply fascinated. This is the competitive arena. He seemed to be able to do everything here, and it seemed that everything could be done to the best.
and……
"This time due to Brother Yang Yu's injury, the Chinese team still has no results. I need that gold medal, a gold medal to prove myself and my team."
Thinking of Sun Chaosheng's encouragement smile when he was just warming up, Ye Qin secretly made up his mind.
Sun Chaosheng is the team leader this time. It must have been his disciple Liu Yangyu, but by chance he was injured, which made Sun Chaosheng, as the team leader, faced a little awkward in this indoor competition.
To break this predicament, only the man's 400-meter race that Ye Qin participated in is left.
Therefore, this gold medal must not be lost.
Whether it is for yourself, for the team, or for other people who support you, you need to do your best.
He looked up and looked at Grenada veteran Ailin Francik in front of him. The other party was born in 1976 and was 30 years old this year. He is already a complete veteran in the professional field.
But in the 400-meter event, if you have reasonable training and physical care at this age, it cannot be underestimated. Michael Johnson was already 32 years old when he broke the 400-meter world record.
After Ye Qin learned about the other party’s situation from Sun Chaosheng yesterday, he had already taken it seriously.
Chapter completed!