The 10th IAAF World Cup Yechin participated in the men's 400m and men's 200m races, unlike the World Championships or the Olympic Games, the World Cup is a one-shot victory, a total of 9 players in a game, are the best athletes from each state or national team.

The men's 400m starts at 20:00 on 16 September, and the men's 200m starts at 19:30 on 17 September.

For Ye Qin, who has experienced many races, two races and three races a day, it is rare to be relaxed in the arrangement of the schedule, but compared to the opponent he is about to face, Ye Qin is not at all relaxed.

At 19:55 in the evening, Ye Qin stood on the track of the Olympic Stadium in Athens, and at the same time, the big screen at the scene also played out the list of players for this game.

First Lane, Sean Merritt, USA;

2nd Lane, Gary Kikaya, Congo/Africa;

Third Lane, Mount Clinton, Australia/Oceania;

Fourth lane, Daniel Dabrowski, Poland/Europe

Fifth Way, Marc-Raquel, France;

Sixth lane, Alleyne-Francia, Granada/Americas;

Seventh Path, Ye Chin, China/Asia;

Eighth Path, Vladislav Frolov, Russia;

the ninth way, Dimitrios, Greece;

In addition to the ninth lane as the host team, the other players who happen to be representatives of the five continents, the European Championship champion and runner-up teams and the United States team form the IAAF World Cup competition team.

Players from other national or continental teams, Ye Qin did not pay special attention, but found the American team, and the competitor was not Jimmy Warner, who won the 400m championship in the IAAF finals last week, but Sean Merritt.

"Sean Merritt is growing faster than I am!"

Ye Qin has already seen the final men's 400m final at the IAAF Finals on September 9, and two years later, Ye Qin has improved a lot in the men's 200m and men's 400m, but the progress of other athletes is not weaker than his.

In the 2004 World Junior Championships, Sean Merritt was able to run an astonishing time of 45.25 seconds, more than 0.5 seconds faster than Ye Qin at that time, and in last week's IAAF Finals, Sean Merritt was pressed by Jimmy Warner and Gary Kikaya, two top 400m runners, to set a new personal best, running a good time of 44.14 seconds.

Champion Jimmy Warner and runner-up Gary Kikaya clocked 44.02 seconds and 44.10 seconds respectively, which is a very narrow gap in the men's 400m.

In this 400-meter race, although Jimmy Warner did not make the appearance, Yechin faced Gary Kikaya and Sean Merritt, who were also amazingly strong.

Sean Merritt doesn't talk about it anymore, Gary Kikaya, the son of the Congolese former Minister of Information, who moved to Johannesburg with his family when his father was Congolese ambassador to South Africa when he was 12 years old. Like most young people in southern Africa, his interest in sports began in rugby and soccer before switching to athletics at the age of 19 before being recruited by the University of Tennessee.

While in the United States, Gary Kikaya was the 2002 NCAA Champion Indoor and Outdoor 400m Champion, the 2003 NCAA Champion Indoor 400m Champion, the 2004 IAAF Indoor Championships bronze medal, and the 400m at this year's '06 African Athletics Championships.

Standing in front of the starting line of the Olympic Stadium, Ye Qin could feel a long-lost excitement.

Since this year's New York Grand Prix, in addition to training, he has participated in the National Track and Field Championships and the World Youth Championships in more than three months, both of which are very important to Ye Qin, but compared to the level of the athletes, they have not allowed Ye Qin to have a full performance.

At the IAAF World Finals on September 9 and 10, Ye Qin saw the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters, where high-level athletes gathered in the three events.

Finally, when the IAAF World Cup arrived, although some athletes have not continued to participate because of the competition a week ago, the overall level is still not too inferior to the top competitions such as the Olympics and the World Championships.

“On your mraks！”

The starter in front of the men's 400-meter starting line on the sidelines shouted the command for the athletes to be in position.

Ye Qin exhaled lightly, feeling the solemn breath before the race, and slowly walked onto the runner.

In the Olympic Stadium in Athens, the number of spectators in the stands was much smaller than in the '04 Olympics, but there were still 10,000 or 20,000 people, and the cacophony of screeching gradually fell silent after the players took their places.

Leaning over and bowing his head, Ye Qin finally adjusted his starting position until his body remained absolutely still.

“SET！”

Before the 400-meter starting line, nine runners made a consistent starting position.

Syllable!

Crisp match gunshots rang out.

Ye Qin was in the seventh lane, and the moment he heard the gunshots of the race, he stepped on the pedals of the running aid, began to accelerate from the start, and rushed out towards the track quickly.

Sean Merritt and Gary Kikaya, who are regarded by Yechin as their main rivals, are both in the first and second lanes, but Yechin, who cannot see the position of the two, does not dare to be careless.

He knew that the two of them had run 44.10 seconds and 44.14 seconds in the last race, which was much faster than Ye Chin's previous personal best.

However, Ye Qin is not afraid of such a challenge, but is excited to have such a high-level player to dance with.

Only the motivation and pressure of a strong opponent can make him perform at his best.

Coach Sun Chaosheng, the leader of the Chinese team on the sidelines, Chen Zhongzhou and others, as well as Liu Yangyu, who did not compete today, but also represented the Asian men's 110-meter hurdles event, everyone is paying attention to Ye Qin in the men's 400-meter competition.

In 2006, although Ye Qin participated in several men's 400m races, the level of the competition and the level of the players were relatively low, and because of the multiple events to participate, Ye Qin rarely played 100% in a 400m race.

And today's IAAF World Cup men's 400m race, whether it is the level of the competition, the level of the athletes, and Ye Qin's personal state, they have reached the best.

Chen Zhongzhou, who is most familiar with Ye Qin's training and competition, can clearly feel that Ye Qin's acceleration rhythm is more than a step faster than before after the game gun sounds, Ye Qin shoots out from the track.

In the previous 400-meter events, Ye Qin's start and acceleration would be somewhat restrained, but in this 400-meter race, Ye Qin's start and acceleration are basically not much slower than when he ran 200 meters.

Of course, this does not mean that Ye Qin completely treats the 400 meters as the 200 meters to run, but the reaction speed and the rhythm of the game are completely different.

Chen Zhongzhou actually knows that Ye Qin attaches great importance to this 400-meter race, especially for Sean Merritt, a 400-meter athlete, Ye Qin has said more than once in private that if he has the opportunity, he must win Merritt happily.

On the stage of the 2004 World Junior Championships, in the men's 400m final, Merritt left too deep an impression on Yechin.

In the first 100 meters, Ye Qin's speed increased rapidly, and he is now able to show a top level beyond ordinary runners in terms of starting and acceleration skills, as well as running on the way.

On the 400-meter track, when the first 100 meters were over and the corners were about to enter the straight, Yechin had already narrowed the distance between himself and Vladislav Frolov of Russia, who was in lane eight.

The host of the ninth lane, Greece's Dimitrios, also felt strong pressure under the impact of Yechin, but as a home player, he performed very well from the start, and with the cheers of tens of thousands of Greek spectators, he ran with all his strength from the beginning.

In the outdoor 400m event, the most difficult thing to run is actually the outer track, because there are no competitors to refer to, so you can only rely on your own experience to control the rhythm.

This can easily cause a problem, that is, if the runner in the later pass plays very well, there is no way to adjust the speed and rhythm with it, and when it is finally discovered, it will be a little late to face such a situation.

Therefore, in the 400 meters, the outer runners tend to pay special attention to their rhythm, and at this time, the Greek player Dimitrios inadvertently swept his eyes behind him when he entered the second 100 meters of the straight.

He sensed a player approaching him quickly, not the Russian in lane eight, but the Asian player Ye Qin in lane seven.

He has already heard of Ye Qin, who is known as the best men's 400m and men's 200m athlete in Asia at the moment, he has not played against each other before, but the strength of the opponent is there.

In the blink of an eye, the men's 400-meter track was halfway across the eight runners, and after the second 100-meter straight, the position of the runners on the track became clearer and clearer.

In the first and second lanes, which were far away from the other competitors at the beginning, Sean Merritt and Gary Kikaya, the two of them have gradually caught up with their excellent individual ability.

The third corner!

The spectators who were watching the men's 400-meter race on the sidelines of the field became more and more emotional at this time.

Ye Qin's position in the seventh lane has surpassed the player in the eighth lane next to him, but there is still a little distance from the Greek player in the ninth lane, this Greek player is not weak, in this game, although he is in the ninth lane, but he shows a very strong strength.

Corners into straights!

The competition has entered the white-hot stage!

All the players were in different positions due to the number of forward extensions, and by this time, they all returned to the same level.

And it was at this time that everyone could clearly see where the players were in each other's positions.

The first to run into the straight is the first to run......

Sean Merritt of the United States, followed by Gary Kikaya in second place.

Ye Qin fell behind the two and was in third place.

In this race, starting with the gunshots of the race, although Yechin has been improving his speed and rhythm, the most anxious runners have always been Sean Merritt and Gary Kikaya in the first and second lanes.

This year, the two have played against each other in various Grand Prix Super Grand Prix, including the men's 400m final at the IAAF World Finals, and the two competed for the second and third place with a difference of 0.04 seconds.

This race, in a sense, can also be called a continuation of the 400-meter second person race that the two have been competing, in this 400-meter race, the two basically showed their best personal state to fight.

So far, it's clear that Sean Merritt has a slight edge.

Heading into the final direct stages, Sean Merritt was two more positions ahead of Gary Kikaa.

However, at this moment, the finish line has not yet been reached, and it is completely uncertain who will win and who will lose.

After Ye Qin entered the straight in the corner, he began to chase with full force.

He originally thought that in this 400-meter race, he had run fast in the first half of the race, and he should not be left behind, but when he reached the final corner into the straight stage, he suddenly realized that he was still slow ahead!

Fortunately, there is still a distance of about eighty meters for him to catch up!

Seventy meters, sixty meters, fifty meters from the finish line......

The other players in the arena have completely forced their best state when they encounter such a strong player, but they still can't completely keep up with a few people.

And Ye Qin gritted his teeth at this time, and completely began to fight, little by little pulling in the distance between him and the two people who ran the fastest in front.

At seventy meters, Yechin was still two positions away from Gary Kikaya, but by about fifty meters, he had already caught up with less than a body distance.

Forty meters, Yechin and Gary Kikaya are basically neck-and-neck, and in front of him is Sean Merritt. Sean Merritt is the first lane and Yechin is the seventh.

Due to the distance between the passes, Ye Qin was not clear about Merritt's specific location, but he could feel that there should be someone in front of him.

Almost completely squeezed all the strength in the body, and sprinted towards the finish line!

Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters......

The cheers on the sidelines became more and more enthusiastic, and Ye Qin had no way to specifically judge the position of the first and second runners, so he could only go all out and run completely by his own feelings!

Rush the line!

The noise in the arena suddenly increased!

Ye Qin's footsteps gradually stopped before the finish line, he felt that his legs were as heavy as lead, his chest and abdomen were rising and falling violently, and the oxygen he breathed every time seemed to be completely insufficient for his body!

The game was over, and when he finally crossed the timing board, Ye Qin didn't pay attention to the results above, and he didn't look specifically at his own position at the moment of crossing the line, but he had a vague feeling that he should have won!

After a short while, the men's 400-meter results on the big screen gradually appeared in everyone's sight.

The top three results were:

7th lane, 7th lane, Ye Qin, China/Asia, reaction 0.177, time 44.47;

First lane, Sean Merritt, USA, reaction 0.239, 44.54 seconds;

second lane, Gary Kikaya, Congo/Africa, reaction 0.147, 44.66 seconds;

……

Champion!

Win!

In the stands on the sidelines, Chen Zhongzhou was already so excited that he was about to dance!

This men's 400-meter race is really unfavorable for Ye Qin's path arrangement, the two top runners are too far away from him, so that Ye Qin can not fully play his strength and level in the first half of the run, and in the final straight stage of less than 100 meters, he once again catches up with the strength of the second half.

And, judging from the results, this is also the reason why Merritt and Kikaya have experienced a significant decline in form after experiencing the IAAF World Finals a week ago.

Fortunately, the final championship has been won by Ye Qin!

44.47 seconds!

Ye Qin set a new personal best in the men's 400m event, which is also a new national record......

And a new Asian record!

Eighteen years have passed since Oman's Al-Malki set the Asian record of 44.56 seconds in 1988, and generations of Asian athletes want to break this record!

Finally, today, it was broken by a young player from China at the Olympic Stadium in Athens!