Chapter 521 Post-match and 110-meter hurdles final
"...Ye Qin lies on the ground after crossing the finish line. It can be seen that this 400 meters game is very difficult for him! Whether it is a record-breaking record in the semi-finals or a missed the final in the 200 meters, it is extremely pressured to put Ye Qin in these days.
In recent years, Ye Qin spent much less than one or two hundred meters in the 400-meter event. For top athletes, speed and explosiveness are still required, which is a difficult option to have both... But Ye Qin did it and created a miracle in the history of human track and field. He became the first athlete in the Olympics to win two gold medals in the men's events of the same Olympics…”
The atmosphere in the Bird's Nest Stadium was completely boiling. After experiencing a small twist in the middle of 200 meters, people finally saw Ye Qin win the 400-meter event again.
For many top athletes, Olympic gold medals are a more important honor than world records, because records may only be temporary, and what is remembered by people at the time will only be at the stage when the record is maintained. If someone breaks it again later, it will gradually become history.
The Olympic champion is a freeze-shaped award. When a person mentions a certain event in a certain Olympic Games, the athlete's name will appear in people's sight.
"Congratulations, Ye Qin!"
On the runway near the finish line, Jimmy Warner looked at Ye Qin lying on the ground, walked forward and reached out to pull him up from the ground.
Ye Qin was panting, and sweat seemed to surge out in an instant. His whole body seemed to be fished out of water. Jimmy Warner didn't care and still reached out to Ye Qin to hug him gently.
He had strong expectations for the final championship of the men's 400m final, but when he really reached the second half of the journey, he had already felt something was wrong.
In the last 150 meters, he did not perform the acceleration he had in the second half of the past, because he ran too fiercely, but instead felt weak.
However, in a sense, the championship was won by Ye Qin, which made him feel more balanced than being taken away by Sean Merritt. On the one hand, Ye Qin broke the men's 400-meter world record yesterday, proving his strength in the event. On the other hand, he does not appreciate the athlete Sean Merritt. No matter what the opponent's original intention of stepping on the track and field are, he usually acts very arrogant.
This year he still lost to Sean Merritt in the National Olympic Trials. If the gold medal is won by the opponent again, then Merritt would probably be so crazy.
"Thanks!"
After Ye Qin hugged the other party gently, it seemed that after this brief news, he slowly recovered. Feeling the slightest tightness of his lungs and even wanted to vomit, he took a long and deep breath before waved to the audience on the sidelines, signaling and expressing gratitude.
At this time, through the live large screen and TV broadcast screen, many viewers on the scene also noticed the state shown by Ye Qin.
"...Ye Qin seemed to be running a little hard in this group of 400 meters, and his body seemed to have not fully recovered for a while. The 400 meters competition and training were very difficult. Yusé Bot, who won the 200 meters championship, initially the coaches wanted him to choose the 400 meters event, but Yusé Bot felt that 400 meters was too hard and it only started 100 meters..."
Mu Jiang also saw it clearly in the media commentary seat. He had much more information than ordinary people. Naturally, he knew that Ye Qin had some difficulty running 400 meters. Although he broke the world record in the previous semi-finals, although the previous game and this game were only a day apart, the gap in his personal status seemed to be apart.
Of course, it cannot be said that Ye Qin is in poor condition in this 400-meter game, but it is a little worse than in the semi-finals.
Moreover, it was not Ye Qin who had real problems in this 400m final, but Jimmy Warner.
The first person in the 400-meter 400-meter champion who was the last Olympic champion and the second World Championships champion, seemed to have significantly declined after changing coaches this year.
In fact, it was not considered a decline in form. In the semi-finals, Jimmy Warner easily advanced to the finals with a time of 44.15. It can be said that his condition was no worse than Ye Qin and Sean Merritt at that time.
It can only be said that it was probably because of the National Picks that lost to Sean Merritt, or because Ye Qin broke the 400-meter world record before, Jimmy Warner adopted a strategy different from his previous running style in the last final.
The speed in the first half was so strong that when he entered the "Jimmy Warner Zone" named after him, his speed dropped sharply.
In the final showdown between straight road and Ye Qin and Sean Merritt, he was unable to catch up. Even though he defeated other players, he got a bronze medal.
However, the finals of 44.74 seconds is almost one second behind the championship and runner-up, and even his performance in the semi-finals is far from that.
Ye Qin stood on the track and took a few deep breaths. Soon, other contestants came up to hug him and congratulate him, but his eyes always inadvertently glanced at Jimmy Warner who was leaving with sunglasses.
Since Jimmy Warner's sudden appearance in 2004, in just two or three years, the International Field Man's 400m event was dominated by him. He was also one of the winners of the IAAF Gold League Million Award in 2006. In addition to being eliminated due to injury in the last Shenghai Station Grand Prix, he almost maintained a complete victory in the 2006 game.
And compared with the 100-meter sport Asafaville at the same time, Jimmy Warner far surpassed his performance in the arena and his personal honor, and the only thing he lacked is a world record.
Looking at Jimmy Warner's back as he left, Ye Qin suddenly felt like the end of the king and the end of the dynasty.
Of course, Jimmy Warner was born in 1984 and is still at the peak of an athlete in age. I just don’t know if the opponent can create glory in the subsequent games.
"Hi Ye, I will win it back next time."
Just as Ye Qin and the other players hugged each other and expressed their congratulations and gratitude, Sean Merritt, who won the runner-up on the sidelines, did not come forward to express his blessings.
He just made a harsh face and said something harsh, then turned his head, took the American flag from the staff, and simply wandered around for a while before leaving in a hurry.
The impression of Ye Qin Sean Merritt has always been very complicated. He once beat Ye Qin in the 2004 World Youth Championship. Although he lost to the opponent several times since then, Merritt never thought he was more than Ye Qin in the 400-meter event.
He had already defeated Jimmy Warner in the Olympic Trials, but he didn't expect Ye Qin to break the world record in the semi-finals. He reversed the situation with an unexpected future and took the 400-meter gold medal from him in the last competition with a later date.
When Merritt thought of the competition just now, he couldn't accept it. He was determined to be the number one player in the 400-meter world, but lost to Ye Qin at the 2007 Osaka World Championships and 2008 Olympics. He was reluctant to accept this result in his heart, so he didn't want to do the congratulations on the surface.
Ye Qin didn't care too much about Sean Merritt's approach, as this is true for the track and field stadium. Some athletes have a good competitive style, but some do not.
After congratulating and thanking each other with other players, Ye Qin took a few steps slowly on the field and gradually felt that he had begun to recover.
When he just finished running this group of 400 meters, the feeling of fatigue and overload made him feel quite uncomfortable. During the semi-finals, he didn't think too much, but just focused on the competition. His personal condition reached its peak and he didn't overwork after the run.
In this final, he was under a lot of pressure from the pre-match to the competition, and he was always paying attention to the reactions of other players. The final sprint consumed a lot of his physical fitness.
This feeling of exhaustion is not only physically, but also psychologically.
Fortunately, everything has passed now. After walking a few steps slowly and his face is not as ugly as before, Ye Qin took a five-star red flag from the staff on the sidelines and draped it on his body. He stood on the timing board and took several sets of photos. He then walked around the venue to greet the audience's applause and cheers, and then left the field first.
Tonight's men's 400m final is the second-to-last game. After 400m, there is a heart-warming match for the men's 110m hurdles final.
At this time, the staff on the sidelines had already begun to arrange the man's 110-meter hurdles in the straight line.
After Ye Qin got off the court, he did not leave the court, but sat in the stands on the sidelines, quietly waiting for the men's 110-meter hurdles game.
Liu Yangyu's previous three performances were quite surprising and brought strong confidence to many people.
Facing the challenge of Dai Long Robles, a new generation of men's 110-meter hurdles world record holder, whether Liu Yangyu can win the championship again has always been a hot topic in track and field events recently.
At 9:40 pm, eight male 110-meter hurdles appeared on the field, and the information of the eight players appeared on the big screen on the scene at the same time.
First, Morris Vignar, Jamaica;
The second route, Richard Phillips, Jamaica;
The third way, Liu Yangyu, China;
The fourth path, David Payne, United States;
The fifth road, Dailong Robles, Cuba;
The Sixth Path, David Oliver, United States;
The seventh road, Radgar Ducure, France;
The eighth road, Artur Noja, Poland;
The lineup of this group of men's 110-meter hurdles finalists is the most gorgeous in recent years. Among the eight finalists, Liu Yangyu, Dai Long Robles, David Oliver and Radgar Dukure all ran in the time of less than 13 seconds.
Among them, Dai Long Robles even broke the world record of 12.88 seconds set by Liu Yangyu with a time of 12.87 seconds in this year's Ostrava Grand Prix, which is a favorite to win this championship.
However, although Dai Long Robles was favored before the game, Liu Yangyu had many supporters, but people were still very worried that Liu Yangyu would not be able to exert all his strength due to the previous injury in this final.
Just like the American player Jason Gaby, who was favored by the outside world in the men's 100m event, despite his amazing performance in the All-American Trials, he was eventually eliminated in the men's 100m semi-finals due to injury and missed the final.
Ye Qin, standing in the stands of the arena, had already lost the calm side of his athlete. Like many other spectators, he looked at Liu Yangyu, who was sitting in front of the starting line and preparing, and his heart was lifted up unconsciously.
Watching the game is a completely different feeling than playing on the court. One is that you can only act as a bystander and cannot control the event. The other is that all the pressures and problems need to be solved and taken on by yourself.
For Ye Qin, when an athlete competition he cares about appears, the thoughts that often come to his mind are to want to replace him.
He has always expressed great respect to Liu Yangyu and Ye Qin. After participating in the Olympics for the first time, Liu Yangyu's gold medal in the men's 110-meter hurdles gave him great encouragement.
This is the first gold medal for Chinese track and field men, and it is a short distance straight event. It is precisely because of Liu Yangyu's example that Ye Qin believes that he can also make a fortune in the sprint event.
This feeling is the same as breaking the ten-second mark. Before Ye Qin broke the 10-second mark of men, many people felt that Chinese athletes might not be able to do it, but as long as one person did it and the latecomer sets the goal, it is naturally impossible to think that he could dominate the country by running 10 seconds 20 or 10 seconds 30.
In the track and field, the competition begins soon!
After a gunshot, the top eight finalists in the starting line started quickly and rushed towards the front rail.
Liu Yangyu's start is still very fast, but compared to that of Dai Long Robles and David Oliver after the start, although Liu Yangyu changed his technology, his explosive power is still weaker than that of Dai Long Robles and David Oliver.
However, after entering the railing, Liu Yangyu's speed gradually increased. Judging from the current men's 110-meter hurdle project, Liu Yangyu is the world's most deserving first in terms of railing technology.
After the gunfire sounded, the audience also became excited. The connection time for several games tonight was very tight, which made everyone's mood always rise.
It seems that in order to digest the fact that Ye Qin won the men's 400m championship, the final of the men's 110m hurdles here has begun again.
The first column, the second column, the third column...
Almost all the actions of the players in the arena fell into the eyes of everyone. Soon, from the third barrier, the entire competition became a showdown between Liu Yangyu and Dai Long Robles.
The other players could still follow two people in the first three bars, but after three bars, they were gradually pulled away by the two.
In the blink of an eye, ten columns ended.
Liu Yangyu and Dai Long Robles sprinted towards the final finishing line!
12 seconds 93!
On the on-site timing card, the results of this group of men's 110-meter hurdles appeared.
After Ye Qin saw the results appear, he quickly raised his head and looked at the big screen. At the last moment, Liu Yangyu and Dai Long-Robers quickly crossed the finish line, and he didn't see very clearly who was the first one.
Soon, Liu Yangyu's achievements appeared on the big screen on the scene.
12.95 seconds! Liu Yangyu won the runner-up! The championship was won by Dai Long Robles!
After this result appeared, there seemed to be a sigh of regret in the audience, but then the audience applauded again.
Everyone knows that Liu Yangyu's injury was injured before the game. He was able to fight against Dailong Robles in such a situation. Although he failed to win the championship, Liu Yangyu's performance was already reproachable.
Chapter completed!