August 22, the eighth day of the World Championships.

When it was around 1:40 pm, nearly 10,000 spectators gathered in front of Brandenburg Gate, waiting for the figures that were getting closer and closer in the distance.

The police and staff of the event organizing committee who are maintaining order on the streets and constantly swept across the crowds on the streets, constantly maintaining order to prevent reporters or spectators from suddenly breaking into the streets.

Now the street is the women's marathon, one of the key events of this Berlin World Championships. The entire schedule starts from the Brandenburg Gate, then passes through the Bodhi Avenue, Place de Paris and several other attractions, and finally returns to the Brandenburg Gate again.

The women's marathon race started at 11:15 am, and it has been more than two hours since then. The players who have circled around the entire field should be returning to the finish line now.

The streets were crowded with people waving red flags and holding cameras, waiting to see who was the first to cross the finish line.

Ye Qin, wearing a baseball cap, Zhang Peimeng, Su Bingtian and others stood in the middle of the crowd, and were also watching the women's marathon near the finish line.

Now he basically does some simple makeup when traveling, so as not to be recognized in public and cause a big sensation. Fortunately, there are many people on both sides of the street, and many people are a little face-blind about Asian faces. As long as he is not particularly noticed, he will not be recognized immediately.

Tonight is the men's 4x100m relay preliminaries. Although the time is very tight, the people who should practice have never stopped since they were in China and until the first few days in Berlin.

Tonight is now preparing for the preliminary round. During this period, the entire relay team did not stay at the base, but instead came to the Brandenburg Gate.

First, cheer for Chinese women's marathon players, and second, we should avoid being too nervous before the game, and walk around appropriately to feel the atmosphere of the game.

Moreover, in the previous World Championships, everyone came out to watch the marathon together. At that time, Zhou Chunxiu won a silver medal, so everyone just followed the old examples and came out to adjust their tight mentality.

"Here, come!"

Zhang Peimeng, who was standing beside Ye Qin, looked at the streets in the distance and suddenly shouted.

Ye Qin, Su Bingtian and others were immediately excited and hurriedly looked towards the street in the distance.

A sound of a car whistle sounded, and on the street in the distance, a white filming car was slowly driving from far to near, slowly driving from ancient times.

There was a professional cameraman in the car, carrying a huge camera and shooting directly from the back. If he didn't know that the other party was a camera, people could mistakenly think that a military vehicle was carrying a machine gun.

"Who is running in front?"

Among the few people, Su Bingtian was relatively shorter, and he pulled the shoulders of several people and asked repeatedly.

"It shouldn't be Zhou Chunxiu."

Gu Kai glanced at the distance and replied casually that although he always wears glasses for competitions, his vision is not particularly good.

However, in marathon events, even though several excellent female marathon athletes have been produced in China in recent years, it is quite difficult to break the siege and interception of the Ethiopian and Kenyan legions.

If domestic or other athletes can compete with the two countries in East Africa in a long-distance event such as 10,000 meters, and in marathon events, there are few other countries that can constitute them.

Of course, there are still a few Chinese and Japanese athletes here, but it is still difficult to compete for the championship.

"wrong!"

Just as Gu Kai finished speaking, Su Bingtian next to him was already screaming excitedly, "It's our team member."

"Our athlete?" Gu Kai, who was just now denied, suddenly felt spirited, "It's Zhou Chunxiu, I knew that she would definitely avenge the runner-up of the last World Championships."

"It's not Zhou Chunxiu, it's Bai Xue, it's Bai Xue!"

Zhang Peimeng did not care about Gu Kai's attitude, and he changed his mind and screamed loudly.

On the street in the distance, behind the camera car, a thin figure wearing a red sportswear appeared in front of everyone.

When Ye Qin was calling out, he also recognized the figure. It was none other than that. It was a female athlete who participated in the Berlin World Championships this time, Bai Xue.

As the camera car got closer and closer to Bai Xue, everyone also saw a player behind Bai Xue, who was not a black athlete from East African countries, but a Japanese female athlete who was striving to chase Bai Xue in front of him.

"It's really Bai Xue!" Gu Kai almost saw the player's appearance clearly at this time.

"Brother Kai, you should change your glasses!"

Seeing Bai Xue's appearance, the people next to him smiled and joked at Gu Kai.

"Yes, I will change my pair as soon as I return to China. This degree seems to have deepened."

Gu Kai replied with a smile. He was also excited inside, but he didn't want to give himself too good expectations so as not to disappoint the final result.

But now, the result is beyond his hope.

"Bai Xue, come on! Bai Xue, come on!"

Seeing that Bai Xue was the first to run towards the finish line, when it was the most critical moment, everyone was excited and shouted loudly.

Many other Chinese and overseas Chinese students waiting at the finish line next to them also cheered loudly.

Now it is the final few hundred meters of championship competition. Although the distance between the players is still relatively long, after a long run, even if you slow down a little bit at this time, you may be surpassed by others.

Because of its long-term time, marathons may not be as eye-catching as sprint competitions, but their huge influence and extensive participation are incomparable to ordinary track and field events.

Many marathons held every year can attract a large number of ordinary track and field enthusiasts to participate. At this time, long-distance running or night running are not particularly popular in China, but in many regions in Europe, marathons have always been the most involved event for many ordinary people.

200 meters, 100 meters, 50 meters...

Kashiki Kashi and Japanese player Ozaki Yomi who was behind not far from her are getting closer and closer to the finish line...

Everyone's nerves became a little nervous. Finally, in the last 50 meters distance, Kashiki did not give Ozaki a chance and took the lead in crossing the finish line.

Before the finish line, the Chinese coaches and staff who had already been waiting there soon stepped forward to support Bai Xue and walked slowly on the field with her.

"It's wonderful!"

Ye Qin and his friends couldn't help but applaud as they watched Bai Xue successfully win the women's marathon championship.

Bai Xue is younger than Ye Qin and Zhang Peimeng, and one year older than Su Bingtian. This is her first time participating in the World Championships and her second time participating in the international marathon, but she successfully won the championship and became the youngest women's world marathon champion in history.

Moreover, Bai Xue is also the first Chinese athlete to win a marathon championship in the World Championships. At the 2007 Osaka World Championships, Chinese athlete Zhou Chunxiu only won the silver medal, while the Yanjing Olympics was a bronze medal. Finally, a Chinese athlete won the championship in the marathon event.

At the same time, Zhou Chunxiu won fourth place in this marathon. Although she failed to win the medal, the two Chinese athletes' outstanding results were already quite satisfactory.

Ordinary people may not be particularly able to understand such achievements, but they are well aware of the meaning they represent.

Bai Xue won the women's marathon, which also means that the total number of gold medals for the Chinese track and field team in this World Championships has increased to four.

After leaving the Brandenburg Gate, Ye Qin and several others returned to the Chinese team's residence. Everyone started to do a simple warm-up exercise, and then they simply ate some food and rested.

It was almost 18:30 pm, and everyone took the bus at the station to the Olympic Stadium.

The competition was held at 20 seconds and 10 seconds. The Olympic Stadium audience was already crowded and full.

This men's 4x100m relay preliminaries are divided into three preliminaries, with a total of eighteen teams participating.

Among them, the United States team, as the men's 4x100m champion of the last World Championships, took the wild card directly, and Germany participated as the organizer team, and then there were sixteen other relay teams from countries or regions with the best results in the world.

The rule for advancing to the final is that the top two players in each group will directly advance to the finals, and then among the remaining teams, the two relay teams with the best results will enter the finals.

The six teams participating in the first group of the preliminaries are Japan, South Africa, France, Switzerland, Trinidad, Tobago and Brazil.

The final result of the game was that Trinidad, Tobago and Japan won the top two in the group with 38.47 seconds and 38.53 seconds respectively.

Trinidad and Tobago teams are currently strong teams in relay events. As island countries in Central America, although they are not as famous as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago also have first-class sprinters such as Richard Thompson and Mark Burns, and are strong.

Japan has grown very rapidly in relay events in recent years, almost as well as the Chinese team's pace, and its performance has been improving steadily. In terms of personal level, the Japanese team may not be as strong as other relay teams, but its strength is average and its skills in handing over the baton are excellent.

If the current Chinese team did not have Ye Qin as the fourth baton, their strength would be equal to the Japanese team, and they would even be slightly worse.

At 20:18, six relay teams in the second group of the men's 4x100m relay preliminaries took the field, with the six teams being Poland, Thailand, Italy, Australia, Jamaica and Germany.

Among them, Jamaica, as the 4x100m champion of the Yanjing Olympics and the holder of the current world record, is most favored by the outside world. Everyone wants to see whether Jamaica can create a miracle again to break the world record.

In addition, it is the German team as the host.

When the four German relay players came on the court, it caused cheers from the audience. It was naturally unquestionable to see their athletes in the competitions held by their own country.

However, this preliminaries obviously disappointed many German spectators.

After the game started, the German team players performed very stably at the first bat, and the second bat played pretty well in front of many spectators. Unfortunately, when the second bat was handed over, the German team made a major handed over error.

The huge exclamation in the entire Olympic Stadium was almost heartbreaking.

In this preliminaries, the final first place in the group was won by Italy, with a score of 38.52 seconds.

Jamaica advanced to the finals with the second place in the group, with a score of 38.60 seconds. Although the result is not particularly good, in this group of preliminaries, the two core characters of Jamaica, Yusé Bott and Asafaville, were only watching the game on the sidelines and did not play.

Jamaica has achieved this result entirely by relying on two substitutes and two official players. It is conceivable to have strong strength.

At 20:26 pm, the third group of the men's 4x100m relay race officially began.

Ye Qin stood in the handover area of ​​the fourth club and started to take a lot of steps carefully. Many spectators were calling his name on the sidelines, but he was not distracted except for the waves at the beginning.

According to the original plan of the track and field team, this relay preliminaries hope that he will not play and get a rest.

However, after the group was released, Ye Qin took the initiative to play because the group was very strong. If he did not play, the Chinese team would probably not have the chance to advance to the finals.

In his preliminaries, the eight relay teams are the United States, the Netherlands, Canada, Portugal, the United Kingdom and China.

Such a lineup is gathered in one group and receives no less attention than other groups.

The other five teams are quite strong, especially the last World Championship champion, the United States and the United Kingdom at the Athens Olympics. These two teams have been teams that have won the championship, with strong average strength and excellent relay skills.

Only the top two in the group advancement is to directly enter the finals. Facing the lineup of the US and British teams, if Ye Qin does not play, it is very likely that the Chinese team can only get the third or fourth position.

This is very dangerous for the Chinese team to enter the final final.

The first ball of the Chinese team is Su Bingtian, the second ball is Zhang Pei Meng, the third ball is Gu Kai, and the fourth ball is Ye Qin.

In this group of preliminaries, Ye Qin also noticed that the US team did not send Jason Gaby to the court. His four bats were Tramel, the first bat, Michael Rodgers, the third bat, Sean Crowder, and the fourth bat, Davis Barton.

After a gunshot, the game officially began!
To be continued...