4 February, Stuttgart, Germany.

At this time, it was still snowy and rainy in Germany, but the atmosphere in the Mercedes-Benz Arena Indoor Stadium was hot at this time.

"This Robles is in very good shape, and I was a little surprised to be able to run this result."

On the indoor warm-up track, Ye Qin looked at Liu Yangyu, who had just finished walking back from the men's 60-meter hurdles, walked over, patted the other party's shoulder gently, and said with a smile, "Brother Yangyu, have you been stimulated?" ”

After meeting IMG's vice president Max Essenbad at the end of January, Ye Qin followed the competition team led by coach Sun Chaosheng to Stuttgart, Germany, to start participating in indoor track and field.

Today is the first match, the next two are the indoor competition in Düsseldorf on February 6 and the indoor competition in Karlsruhe on February 11.

In the rest area, Liu Yangyu hung a towel around his neck, let out a long breath, and shook his head, "There are some mistakes, Robles's cadence is very fast, and my advantage in the distance of 60 meters is still not thorough enough, but Robles is improving very quickly, and this time he has created a new personal high of 60 meters." ”

In the just-concluded men's 60m hurdles event, Liu Yangyu won the second place with a time of 7.45 seconds, and the champion was Cuba's Robles with a time of 7.38 seconds, which is the only time in the past three years that Alan Johnson has run 7.36 seconds since he ran 7.36 seconds in March 04.

Liu Yangyu's strength in the hurdles event is undoubted, but in the 60-meter hurdles, he really has not run under 7.40 seconds.

"This year's World Championships and next year's Olympics are good opponents."

Ye Qin is no stranger to Robles, who is currently one of the main players who can compete with Liu Yangyu, who was previously the challenger to the American Alan Johnson's dominance in the men's 110m hurdles, and now that Liu Yangyu has reached the top, he has become a challenger.

The international athletics world is so big, and a large number of young and talented athletes emerge every year, and Robles has already shown his talent and potential at last year's World Indoor Championships, and it is clear that he will definitely become the number one contender for Liu Yangyu in the next few years.

Ye Qin also understands Robles's technical characteristics, the opponent is still strong in running ability, fast cadence and strong explosiveness, but it is still far inferior to Liu Yangyu's performance in the hurdle technology.

Liu Yangyu was the first to rush out of the starting line after the gunshots rang out, and the reaction time was only 0:138 seconds, which was the fastest among the six runners, and the reaction time of another Chinese player, Dashi, was the second fastest at 0:145 seconds, and Robles was 0:163 seconds, and after the first hurdle, Liu Yangyu maintained the lead with the advantage of the start. But after crossing the first hurdle, Robles caught up with a faster cadence, and by the time he reached the second hurdle, he was already neck and neck with Liu Yangyu.

The 60-meter hurdles are missing several hurdles due to distance restrictions, and Liu Yangyu will still lose a lot of points in the face of competition from such top players.

If Fang just changed to the 110-meter hurdles and a few more hurdles, Liu Yangyu's hurdle skills will be further developed, and Liu Yangyu may catch up again in the middle and second half, and it will not be so easy for Robles to win.

"By the way, do you have a stronger opponent waiting for?"

After taking a few breaths and adjusting his somewhat depressed mood, Liu Yangyu opened his mouth and asked Ye Qin, who had already completed his warm-up.

Not being able to win the first leg of the first leg in 2007 was still a bit uncomfortable for him, but as a professional athlete, a loss is a loss, and the next time he wins back, there is nothing that he can't get over.

"There are two." Ye Qin recalled the list of competitors, "Chambers and Scott, both of them are stronger in the 60 meters. ”

The men's 60-meter race is after the men's 60-meter hurdles, and this time Ye Qin came to Stuttgart, Germany to participate in the 60-meter race, mainly to feel the intense feeling of the 60-meter race from starting to accelerating and crossing the line.

"Ha, your opponent also has a Perth, I think you are also focusing on participation this time!" After Liu Yangyu heard Ye Qin say the names of the two, he immediately laughed, and just as Ye Qin comforted him, he also turned around and patted Ye Qin's shoulder.

"You know I'm going to lose before I run!" Ye Qin looked at Liu Yangyu's smile and couldn't help pouting.

"That's up to you." Liu Yangyu still said with a smile, everyone has participated in various large and small events, and the level is already there, although it cannot be said that they don't care about the victory or loss of the indoor competition, they really don't pay special attention to it, and they can take it out to joke.

In particular, Liu Yangyu knew that Ye Qin's purpose for coming to participate in the competition this time was mainly to hone his starting and acceleration, and it was a little casual to talk about winning or losing the competition.

Ye Qin smiled, but also a little helpless, before coming to Germany to compete, he didn't know the opponents he would meet in this competition, and he was still thinking that such a level of competition should not attract particularly strong players, after all, this time point is in February, with the sports laws of track and field athletes, there are still relatively few real top masters at this time.

However, after looking at the list of games, Ye Qin found that he still had some miscalculations.

The opponent in the 60-meter race in Stuttgart this time is still two very strong players.

One is the British, Dewan Chambers. He was one of the fastest runners in European athletics history, and at the 1997 World Junior Championships, Chambers set the men's 100m record with a time of 10.06 seconds. Broke the 10-second barrier twice at the 2001 World Championships.

In 2002, they beat Maurice Green, who were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the world at the time, and Tim Montgomery, and were the European champions in 2002. He was banned by the IAAF for two years due to drug violations, and it wasn't until last year that he began to return to athletics.

At this time, Chambers was far from being as high-spirited as he was at the beginning, and he was low-key in the track and field arena, and he did not speak wildly, making news that he was going to run 9.65 seconds in 100 meters. But the former best sprinter in Europe is still not to be underestimated.

The other athlete is Leonard Scott of the United States, the men's 60m champion at last year's Moscow Indoor World Championships, with a personal best time of 6.46 seconds in the 60m event, and the opponent was the second place in the men's 100m at last year's IAAF World Championships with a time of 9.91 seconds.

Ye Qin knows very well that with the two of them, even if he runs the men's 100 meters, he may not be able to win now, and the challenge of running 60 meters is even more difficult.

However, Ye Qin's mentality quickly adjusted, and his purpose for participating in the 60-meter race was very clear, and he was able to meet top masters, and under the pressure of competitors of this level, it would be very effective for him to improve.

At 16:30 in the afternoon, when Ye Qin stepped into the indoor stadium, he saw many young faces with yellow hair and black eyes in the stands, waving five-star red flags and cheering for themselves.

These are all local organized overseas Chinese and international students, making uniform costumes, slogans and flags, which will accompany Ye Qin and Liu Yangyu to Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Karlsruller, where they will be cheered on throughout the whole process.

Ye Qin stood on the third track of the indoor 60-meter starting line, and rushed out quickly after the race gun rang out.

Although he started and accelerated quickly, as expected, Leonard Scott, an American in lane 4, and Chambers Chambers in England, both in lane 5, outperformed him in terms of starting reflexes and acceleration.

Moreover, unlike the opponents faced in the Asian Games, those players may be faster than Ye Qin in terms of starting reaction, but their acceleration ability and speed explosion ability after dozens of meters are greatly inferior to Ye Qin. Both Scott and Chambers are very competitive in this regard, with fast cadence and impact.

Forty meters in front, Ye Qin was left behind by the two, and it was not until 50 meters that Ye Qin's speed gradually increased, but the 60-meter runway had obviously come to an end.

The final result was not surprising, Ye Qin only finished fifth in the men's 60m race with a time of 6.70 seconds, the first place was won by Leonard Scott with a time of 6.53 seconds, the second place was Chambers with a time of 6.57 seconds, and the third place was a Panamanian athlete with a time of 6.60 seconds.

In the first men's 60-meter race, Ye Qin was unfavorable, and the group cheering for him in the stands was a little disappointed, and they made a special trip to Ye Qin and Liu Yangyu, but in the first stop of the competition in 2007, neither of them could get off to a good start.

After the first 60-meter run, Ye Qin learned from his experience and adjusted his condition, and soon the situation gradually improved in the next two races.

On February 6, in the Düsseldorf Indoor Track and Field Competition, Liu Yangyu won the championship of the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.53 seconds. Ye Qin also ran 6.64 seconds in the 60-meter event and finished third.

On February 11, in the Karlsruhe Indoor Track and Field Championship, Liu Yangyu won the 60-meter hurdles championship again in 7.42 seconds.

In this men's 60-meter race, Ye Qin made another breakthrough and ran a time of 6.59 seconds, equaling the national men's 60-meter record held by Wen Yongyi.