On the runway near the finish line of the Bird's Nest Stadium, Ye Qin slowly stopped gasping. Looking at the results on the on-site timing cards, he himself was a little beyond expectations for a moment.

When preparing for the Olympics this year, he spent very little time in the 400m event, and he had tested several times in the team. His results were basically around 44 seconds, but the results of this group were surprisingly good.

This improvement is no longer a 100-meter-long increase of 100 meters, but a significant increase of ten seconds. This is also his personal best result after last year's Osaka World Championships.

"I actually broke Michael Johnson's world record?"

As the excitement and cheers of the audience soared into the sky, Ye Qin stood for a while and seemed to slowly come to his senses.

The world record for men's 400 meters is 43.18 seconds set by Michael Johnson when he was 32 years old in Seville, Spain on August 26, 1999. It has been believed that this record will continue for a long time.

What he didn't expect was that in this men's 400m semi-final of the Olympic Games, Ye Qin himself couldn't believe it.

And he clearly remembered that after starting, he had a 200-meter rush to run, and there was a move that obviously adjusted the stride and rhythm in the first few steps.

But even so, he also broke Michael Johnson's world record!

"My condition is really good today?"

When training at IG Academy in the United States, Ye Qin remembered some analysis of red and white muscles. After shifting his center of gravity to the men's 100-meter and 200-meter sprint, his grades in the 400-meter event will not decline, but it should be an incredible thing to continue to improve so much.

This world record caught him off guard. Even if he broke the 200-meter world record, he could be mentally prepared, but 400 meters...

Ye Qin looked at the reaction time of his 400-meter starting lineup on the on-site timing cards again, and it clearly stated that 0.104 seconds was written on it, which made Ye Qin feel that it was very wrong.

"Congratulations, Ye Qin, you created a miracle!"

David Neville, who participated in the competition in the same group on the field, came forward to congratulate Ye Qin. He was also a 400-meter athlete, and he knew how amazing it was for Ye Qin to do this.

Even if we will compete together as our opponents in the final the day after tomorrow, seeing the world record refresh at this moment, the feeling that humans still have not reached the limit they can create.

And the next creator, who can tell whether it is himself?

"Ye Qin, good example!"

"World champion, Ye Qin, mighty!"

"It will win!"

Walking down from the track and field field, the audience on the scene were extremely enthusiastic and shouted loudly at Ye Qin.

After experiencing the previous 200-meter frustration and loss, at this time, I suddenly saw Ye Qin's performance in this group of men's 400-meter semi-finals, which once again made them feel extremely excited.

Many people were regretting at this time that if Ye Qin could continue to participate in the 200-meter race and have a showdown with the Jamaican Botte, perhaps the 200-meter world record would be broken.

Such a top showdown is really good!

But accidents in track and field are sometimes like this without any warning. Even the most stable and powerful players are often sent out.

Fortunately, Ye Qin did not disappoint everyone.

The 100-meter gold medal plus the world record, and the 400-meter world record, the gold medal should be a foregone conclusion.

...

At the same time, a slender and white young man wearing sunglasses clenched his fists on the side of the stands after seeing Ye Qin break the man's 400-meter world record.

"Jimmy, let it go, it's the semi-final now, and the final is still the day after tomorrow."

Michael Ford gently patted Jimmy Warner on the back, as if comforting the white young man who had ruled the 400m project in the World Field Man for more than three years.

"I didn't expect his progress would be so fast!"

Jimmy Warner's tone was mixed with some unexplained emotions. In the men's 400m event, he has almost never seen any opponent in the men's 400m event over the years. He is naturally familiar with Ye Qin. He has run several games together and is one of his competitors to win the Olympic champion this year.

However, I never expected Ye Qin to have the strength to break Michael Johnson's world record in the 400-meter event. He was once the person who was considered the most likely. The Osaka World Championships' 43.45 seconds is already very close to the world record, but I didn't expect that he was actually done by another person.

Michael Ford shook his head slightly and then smiled: "I have analyzed this Chinese athlete and read a lot of his growth trajectory from the Chinese media. His growth experience was not in the United States with superior conditions, but a teenager who ran out of the slums in Mexico and Central and South America.

Growth experiences like them have given them the opportunity to change their lives, and thus they have strong psychological qualities that ordinary people do not possess after reaching the peak.

He is playing at home, and he cheers for him all over the game. As long as he can withstand strong external pressure, he can easily burst into the best state. Especially after the 200-meter start error in the last 200-meter game, you can imagine that if it were you, this 400-meter game will probably also go all out to make everyone look at it.

So what can you do if you break the world record in the semi-finals? Jimmy, what you need is to stabilize your mindset and beat them in the finals. Believe me, his finals will definitely not be able to perform like this extraordinary again."

"Is that right, Michael?" Jimmy Warner glanced suspiciously at the new coach next to him who had the same name as his senior brother and agent, and still didn't believe what the other party said.

Although he is absolutely confident in his strength, there is no doubt that the pressure on Ye Qin brought too strong.

"Of course he can do it, so do you! You won the opponent in the World Championships last year!"

Michael Hart continued, he is also an experienced coach and is very good at adjusting the athlete's mentality.

"Yes, I can do it too." Jimmy Warner nodded. The outside world's focus on this Olympic Games was on the men's 100m and 200m championships and world record competition, but the same is true for the 400m.

Jimmy Warner, Ye Qin, Sean Merritt, and the three will also compete in this project, but the report is not as strong as the men's 100-meter competition.

"Wait until we see the semi-final performance of Sean Merritt, the country man, you need to have a proper rest and adjust your condition." Michael Hart continued.

Jimmy Warner nodded and said no further. Although the current situation was much beyond his expectations, as Michael Hart said, he believed that this 400m should be Ye Qin's occasional outbreak.

Michael Hart is the new coach he hired this year. After the Osaka World Championships last year, his original coach taught him and Michael Johnson's Clyde Hart, who was preparing for his 2008 Olympic Games, asked him to withdraw more game appearance fees and advertising endorsements from him.

He didn't want to give the other party more money and fell in love with Clyde Hart. He was the first Olympic champion and two World Championship champion. He was the king in the 400m.

The 400m final the day after tomorrow is a major challenge for him!

He lost to Merritt at this year's All-American Trials, and his condition was not particularly good at that time.

But this time, he was well prepared and needed to prove himself that even without Clyde Hart, he would still be the best 400-meter athlete.

Jimmy Warner, wearing sunglasses, glanced at Ye Qin who had left amid the cheers of the audience. He felt like he had a long-lost game in his heart.

The goal of breaking the world record, winning the Olympic championship, and the 400m final the day after tomorrow was clearly placed in front of him.

...

"Let's have some rest!"

When Chen Zhongzhou saw Ye Qin return to the rest area, the smile on his face made the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes clear, and he looked particularly excited.

After Ye Qin rushed out in the 200m semi-final, his concerns were almost written on his face, but the interval between the two games was too short, and almost no one dared to speak easily, for fear that it would affect Ye Qin's performance.

Now it seems that Ye Qin has indeed withstood the pressure at the most critical moment and has achieved extraordinary performance in the 400-meter semi-finals.

Even Chen Zhongzhou, as an assistant coach, had a very good understanding of Ye Qin's various achievements and competitions, and when it really appeared, it was unexpected.

"Brother Chen, I always feel something is wrong."

When Ye Qin was outside the court, he smiled at everyone, but after seeing Chen Zhongzhou, he did not hide his inner feelings.

"I won't talk about the record-breaking matter for now. I think I'm in a very good state, but it's just the starting reaction. You see, I almost rushed forward again..."

"Hmm?" Chen Zhongzhou's pupils shrank slightly. After Ye Qin broke the record in the 400 semi-finals, everyone's focus was on Ye Qin's final results.

At this time, no one pursued the results. Even if someone was interested, he would only think that Ye Qin was running with a gun and was too bold.

"Brother Chen, we will go to the training bureau later. Please help me measure the starting reaction."

Ye Qin expressed his question. During the 100-meter race, he might have been too stressed. Although he felt in good condition, he was definitely not as good as he is now.

But after running 100 meters, his whole body seemed to relax. When dealing with the subsequent competition, Ye Qin felt that his condition seemed to be really amazing.

Starting reaction has always been his weakness, but since 2006, the men's 100 meters training has been repeatedly trained from 100 meters to 60 meters, and this year's long-term starting training, he felt that his body seemed to be very sensitive to the gunshots of the competition.

"Okay." Chen Zhongzhou saw the doubts hidden in Ye Qin's eyes and nodded, "Then I will push you back the interview first, and then tell Director Yu and Director Yuan."

After Chen Zhongzhou left, Ye Qin sat on the chair in the lounge and took a rest for a while with a breath.

This is the area where the athletes are located. Although many people want to come and give blessings to him for breaking the man's 400-meter world record, it was still during the competition. The contestants just finished the competition and needed rest and adjustments, so no one came to disturb him.

Ye Qin also seized this rare time and thought seriously.

First of all, it was the 400-meter world record. Ye Qin was surprised, but he felt that he could not do it at all. After running, his chest became swollen and his breathing was a little tight. He knew that this was because his body obviously exceeded his limit.

However, his current physical fitness is better than in previous years with age and growth. He will not even have the strength to move after he finished running.

His spirit is always highly excited today, and this feeling seems to be as the competition progresses, his whole body is rising.

It's a bit like a season, as one game after another, the body gradually adjusts to its best competitive state.

The competitive state is invisible and intangible, and it is difficult for outsiders to see it. The athletes themselves can feel it, but in fact it is not particularly accurate.

It is still necessary to use various data to confirm whether you are satisfied with your performance after game one after another.

Like last year, Asafaville ran a world record of 9.74 seconds in Lety. It was the semi-finals and Ye Qin watched the opponent's game video. At that time, Asafaville's condition reached an unprecedented level, and it was not at all with a record-breaking mentality. The world record of 9.74 seconds and even he was still retained in the end.

If he had done his best, he might have run into 9.70 seconds, but he didn't expect it at that time.

For players like Asafaville who may have too much psychological pressure and burden on competitions, they may often have amazing performances when their mentality and body may be relaxed in some small competitions.

Like Ye Qin himself, he knew very well that he needed pressure and opponents. The larger the event, the more the audience gathered and in a noisy environment, the more he could break through himself and perform exceptionally well.

After running 400 meters and 43.15 seconds, Ye Qin was not sure whether he could surpass this result in the next final.

He performed extremely well, carrying layers of pressure after making a 200-meter mistake, and broke through himself.

What makes him feel most unsure now is that he has started to respond to the rhythm of listening to the gun in both games, but the time of starting reactions made him feel a little confused now.

When athletes are in excellent condition, many players who originally had a starting reaction of around 0.150 may reach around 0.130.

His own starting reaction was usually around 0.140 before, and he participated in competitions this year. Although he has been doing a lot of targeted starting exercises, he is not particularly good at running around 0.130.

But now he is still 0.104 at the start of 400 meters, which makes Ye Qin himself a little suspicious.
To be continued...