At 21:40 local time on August 13, at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, the men's 4×100m relay race is about to begin.

The eight finalist teams followed their respective guides through the corridor and towards the stadium.

The buzzing noise grew louder and louder, and when all the relay teams walked onto the track of the stadium, the sounds in the stadium suddenly increased by several decibels under the bright day-like lights.

There were the sounds of conversation that were completely indistinguishable, there were shrill whistles, there were occasional bursts of cheers, and even the occasional singing.

The relay race is a team from eight countries, and among the tens of thousands of spectators, in addition to the vast majority of local Finnish people, there are also many spectators from other countries.

After Su Zu entered the stadium, according to the arrangement of each relay baton, he crossed the track and walked to the relay area where he was.

In the middle of the Helsinki Stadium track is a football field, and various electronic devices for timing are arranged around the inside of the track.

Outside the track is a baffle of various advertising signs, outside the baffle is a circle of media reporters and coaches from various countries, and above is the crowd of spectators who can barely count the number of people who are pressed by the black.

"Friends and spectators, the men's 4×100m relay race will start soon, and the eight teams in tonight's final are, the first Japanese team; the second Chinese team; Third Lane England; Fourth Lane Trinidad and Tobago; Fifth Lane France; Sixth Jamaica; 7th Lane Germany; Eighth Netherlands Antilles......"

In Yang Jian's commentary, the big screen at the scene and the audience squatting in front of the TV saw the eight teams in tonight's relay final played on the TV screen.

"Although there is no U.S. team in tonight's relay race, the strength and lineup of each relay team should not be underestimated. The relay lineup of the Japanese team in the first lane is Nobuharu Aahara, Shinji Takahira, Tatsuro Yoshino and Shingo Suesue, which is a very strong relay team that has held the number one relay in Asia until the rise of the Chinese relay team......

The Great Britain team in the third tier had the same line-up as they did at last year's Athens Olympics, with Jason Gardner, Marlon Devonsh, Christian Malcolm and Mark Lewis-Francis......

The fourth-lane Trinidad and Tobago team, who topped the preliminary group, has been a regular in international competitions, and domestic track and field talent is endless. The first batter was Kevin Pierre, the second was Mark Burns, the third was Jesse Hubble, and the fourth was Darrell Brown......"

In Yang Jian's quick commentary, the on-site footage was aimed at the players who were the first in the pass.

In the eyes of domestic audiences, many countries and athletes are quite unfamiliar, and most people like the Netherlands Antilles above don't even know where the country is. But knowledgeable viewers know that tonight's final will not be too easy.

Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Netherlands Antilles are all Caribbean countries with endless sprint talents.

Like Trinidad and Tobago, Mark Burns in the second and Darrell Brown in the fourth are both at the level of 10 in the 100 meters.

Among the other relay teams, such as the British team, which was the squad for last year's Athens Olympics, is definitely at the top level at the moment.

Suzu glanced at the rest of the runners in the fourth relay area, and he was impressed by most of the athletes, such as Shingo Suesu, Mark Lewis-Francis, Lou Dove, Michael Flat, Marius Bruning, etc.

He is also unwavering in his heart now, and he can fight with all his might.

Similarly, the athletes from other walks of life also have a lot of pressure to see Su Zu, the double champion of the 100m and 200m, there is no doubt that the strength of the fourth pole Chinese team is the strongest.

However, this is a relay race, not one person can completely control the situation, judging from the preliminaries, the other strength of the Chinese team is not strong, purely young newcomers.

At this time, all the runners in the fourth pole are waiting quietly in the relay area, and in the first position, the runners have already walked up to the starting gear.

……

Wen Yongyi stood in front of the starting line, made a belly jump on the spot, shook his arm again, and let out two long breaths before leaning over and stepping on the starting block.

I thought that after yesterday's preliminaries and big scenes, today's final should not be so tense.

But when he really arrived at the arena, he could still clearly feel a nervous emotion spreading through his body.

"Can't lose! At least get a medal! Wen Yongyi has always had this thought in his mind.

This was agreed upon when he and Zhang Peimeng and Dai Shengming practiced the baton together in private, and they also understood that their strength was not enough at this time, but to be able to go to such a field, they really hoped to get a medal.

As a newcomer, it is certainly an honor to be selected to be part of the team that won the Olympic Games in Athens last year, but again, there is pressure to have honor.

Before leaving for Helsinki, he had read some comments on the Internet, and he was generally not optimistic about the new relay team. After all, among them, they are only at the level of 10.3 or 10.4 seconds, which is a lot worse than the relay team players from other countries.

However, the more this is the case, the more the competitiveness of young people is aroused.

When they came to Helsinki, Suzu was competing, they were training.

Speed is key, but a skillful baton handover can compensate for the loss of speed at the moment of baton handover.

Coach Yuan Guohua has mentioned many times that the reason why the Chinese team was able to win the Olympic championship last year was that in addition to the absolute speed of Su Zu's fourth bat, tacit cooperation was the most important.

Otherwise, the United States team, which is the strongest team overall, would not have failed to reach the final of this year's World Championships after losing at the Athens Olympics last year.

"Calm down, run well!"

Wen Yongyi leaned over and lowered his head, looking at the clean orange runway, and thought silently in his heart.

Focusing on the race, this nervousness was gradually forgotten by him, and with the command of the race, he got up and listened to the gunshots at the start.

Syllable!

Race guns rang out!

Almost after hearing the gunshots, Wen Yongyi completely subconsciously started and rushed out.

At the same time, the runners of the other lanes also reacted, and the runners in the first line were the runners who started fast and accelerated fast in the relay team.

"It's game on! Wen Yongyi had a good start, and his speed was very fast...... Wen Yongyi come on......"

The audience staring at the screen in front of the TV could see that at the moment when the voice of Yang Jian, the on-site commentator, sounded, the athletes had already rushed out.

The first bend has a total distance of less than 100 meters, and in the blink of an eye, eight athletes have entered the relay area of the second bar.

Wen Yongyi has fallen to the last place, but he is still running with all his might.

His speed is not fast enough, but in addition to speed, the relay race also needs tacit cooperation!

On the field, all kinds of cheers and cheers began to be loud as the athletes started.

One or two sticks handover!

Zhang Peimeng watched Wen Yongyi enter the area of his calculated step point, turned around, and began to accelerate.

"Pick it up!"

A crisp sound, even in the midst of the extremely noisy live sounds, he could hear it clearly.

Without any hesitation, he suddenly stretched out his hand back, and the baton was already in his hands, speed up, run!

In the second straight, Zhang Peimeng's speed was increased to the extreme, and in front of him were black athletes in three, four, five, six and four lanes. The speed of their first baton was very fast, but they lost a little time when handing over the baton, so that Zhang Peimeng snatched back a little time at this moment.

He's in fifth place now!

Hold steady and don't fall off!

But in terms of absolute strength, he is not fast enough!

He was at the distance of the second straight and fifty meters later, and was caught up by the people behind him, and he was also started to pull away by the people in front.

Trinidad and Tobago's second batter Mark Burns and Jamaica's second batter Dwight Thomas, both at the 10-second level.

At this stage, even if Zhang Peimeng is doing his best, he still can't outrun the other players.

"But I'm ...... Don't want to lose! ”

Zhang Peimeng shouted in his heart, he thought about the previous training, why didn't he work harder, his speed should be more than now!

From the day he became an athlete, he dreamed of being in the national team and competing on the international stage.

According to the estimation of his former coach of the local team, even if he enters the national team, it may not be difficult for him to have the opportunity to participate in international competitions immediately.

But who would have thought that he would be selected for the national relay team and become Su Zu's training partner.

In the past few months, he can say that he has improved very quickly, and one aspect of it comes from a more reasonable training plan than the local team, tailored to his personal situation. The other is that he, who used to be a little complacent, saw Su Zu's training plan and Su Zu's achievements. He realized that some of the gaps weren't just in talent.

But he was never one to throw in easily.

If there is no opponent in front of him, he may be slacking off, or playful, or afraid of training, but now, he can see a benchmark in front of him at all times.

Run!