"Yechin, Yechin......"

In the aisle of the rest area, Ye Qin sat on a folding chair with his head bowed, and someone seemed to be shouting his name in his ear.

After a long time, Ye Qin slowly raised his head, glanced left and right blankly, and noticed that Yu Weili, Yuan Guohua, Chen Zhongzhou and others were all surrounding him, and Yang Yao, Zhang Peimeng, Su Bingtian and others of the relay team in the distance seemed to want to get closer, but they were a little worried, so they just stopped and looked over there.

A pair of eyes fell on Ye Qin's body, and from the eyes of everyone present, Ye Qin seemed to understand the worry and regret in everyone's eyes.

It took a long time for Ye Qin to take a light breath and stand up from the folding chair.

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say to everyone present, "I'm fine, everyone is worried", but the words suddenly came to his lips and he couldn't speak.

In this 200m semi-final, he really didn't know why he was running, and according to his own feelings, he had completely heard the gunshots running.

But the final starting reaction time is very eye-catching, this inner grievance and depression can hardly be confided, the race is over, the rules are there, he has been sent off, and it is useless to say more about other explanations.

Moreover, at this moment, Ye Qin understands that it is not only himself who bears this depressed mood, but also everyone present, as well as the audience in the stands of the Bird's Nest Stadium, the audience in front of the TV, and countless supporters who are paying attention to this 200-meter semi-final.

"It's okay......"

In the end, Yu Weili stepped forward, gently stepped forward and gave Ye Qin a hug, and comforted Ye Qin in his ear, "You have done a good job!" ”

"Thank you!"

Looking at the people present, Ye Qin showed a reluctant smile to everyone.

After speaking, he glanced at Chen Zhongzhou next to him again, and asked out loud, "Brother Chen, should I play?" ”

Chen Zhongzhou turned his head to look into the distance and nodded slightly, in the short time that Ye Qin returned to the rest area, the semifinals of the second group of the men's 200 meters should be almost over, and the players in the first group of the men's 400 meters semifinals were ready to appear, and soon it would be Ye Qin's turn to be in the second group of the semifinals.

"Good!"

Ye Qin took a deep breath again, didn't look at everyone's eyes again, and just said softly, "Then I'm going to the game!" ”

……

Inside the Bird's Nest Stadium.

At the men's 200m finish line, Yusse Bot easily topped the second group of the 200m semi-finals with a time of 20.09 seconds, followed by last year's men's 200m Olympic champion Sean Crawford, Wallace Spearmon and Kim Collins.

Eusse Both, who won the first place in the semi-finals of the second group, obviously has room for it, although his opponents in this group are all well-known 200m athletes, but Spearmon is in average form this year, and Sean Crawford has been away from the field since the '04 Olympics and the '05 World Championships.

He knew that there was only one opponent, Yechin!

He still remembers Yechin's performance at last year's World Championships in Osaka very clearly, and when it comes to this year's Olympics, he believes that he will have the strongest showdown with Yechin.

For Yusse Bot, despite the significance of the men's 100m, it is not unacceptable that he really lost. After all, compared to Ye Chin, he has not participated in more than ten men's 100m races in total so far.

A time of 9.62 seconds and an Olympic silver medal are enough to show his strength in this event.

In the men's 200m event, he has a strong desire to win the championship.

The 100m was his choice when he was forced to train the 400m, but the 200m was his favorite.

He made his international debut in the 200m event, winning the 200m event and winning the IAAF Rising Star Award in the 200m event.

For so many years, except for his early elementary school days, he has been immersed in the men's 200m event, and Ye Qin, the two-time world champion in the men's 200m, is his strongest opponent.

"There's still Yechin's 400-meter race later."

Yusse Bot knew about Yechin's event, so after the 200m semifinals, he did not leave the field, but hugged Wallace Spearmon lightly and came to the stands on the sidelines.

There, Glenn Mills with a stout black teenager is waiting for him.

"Yuse, the gold medal in the 200m is yours!"

As soon as Yusse Bot arrived on the sidelines, the stout black teenager jumped over with a lunge, punched him lightly, and gave him a hug in excitement.

"Yuhan, did you say this too soon?" Yusse Bot shook his head slightly, "I still have an opponent!" ”

Yuhan Blake, who is not part of the Jamaican track and field team, came to the Olympics with Glenn Mills. In 06, he came to Yanjing to participate in the World Youth Championships, and it is no stranger to come here for the second time.

At this time, Yuhan Blake shouted excitedly: "No, no, no, Yuse, you have no opponent!" Ye Chin, Ye Qin he ran out in the semifinals! ”

"What?!" Yusse-Both's eyes widened suddenly, and his face was full of incredulity, "You repeat, Ye Qin was sent off?" ”

"That's right, Ye Qin ran away on the second shot, Yusse, you have no rival to win the 200m event."

"It's ......" Yusse-Bott was slightly stunned, his face was not lacking in the excitement of a powerful opponent, but he couldn't believe it.

In his impression, Ye Chin's performance has always been very stable, and there has never been any special surprises in his performance in the arena.

He was the second group of players to appear in the semi-finals, and although he seemed to hear something wrong in the stadium before his appearance, the atmosphere was noticeably silent after his appearance, and even the occasional boo.

At that time, he didn't feel anything wrong, and now it should obviously be because Ye Qin was sent off, which made the mood of the audience change dramatically.

"Missing Yechin's 200m final...... Is that still a game? ”

Yusse-Bot was silent for a long time, and his eyes suddenly turned to the track and field field, where the first group of the men's 400m semi-finals had already taken to the field.

……

"It's really surprising and regrettable that Ye Qin was eliminated in the semi-finals, which gave us no chance to witness the top showdown again. I believe that Ye Qin must be under a lot of pressure at this moment, because he will continue to compete in the semi-finals of the men's 400m. ”

In the media commentary area in the stands of Bird's Nest Stadium, Michael Johnson, who is a guest commentator on Fox TV, sounded with a voice of great regret.

"Michael, do you think Yousse Bot can win the men's 200m race without Yechin?" A white narrator sitting next to Michael Johnson opened his mouth to interact with him.

"Of course, there is no doubt about that. After the last year of training, whether it is the improvement of strength, or the maturity of technology and mentality, without Yechin, Wallace Spearmon and Sean Crawford would have been difficult to stop him from winning the championship. ”

"Then what do you think of Ye Chin's rush? If I'm not mistaken, this should be Yechin's first run in a major event! The white narrator continued.

"Based on my observation and understanding of Ye Chin, he should not have made such a low-level mistake. He is a first-class athlete, he has experienced the Olympics and two World Championships, if you want to talk about mentality and pressure, man, if it is really for this reason, I am afraid that he will not be able to break the 100m record and win the gold medal in the 100m. ”

The white narrator seemed to be emotionally aroused when he heard this, and asked again, "What about your opinion?" ”

"It's hard to say." Michael Johnson spread his hands in his seat, "Yechin's starting reaction was 0.098 seconds, and I personally think that maybe he really did go above and beyond, of course, according to the rules he was fouled...... I just have a huge regret for not being able to see the two of Yechin and Yusse Bot face off! ”

......The white commentator next to him laughed, "Michael, you really have too much preference for Yechin and Yusse Both, two non-American athletes. Ye Qin, he just ran away! ”

"Well, who knows...... "Michael Johnson shrugged, "and don't forget, he still has 400 meters to race!" ”

……

On the other side of ABC TV, Morris Green was also discussing this topic with another black commentator.

"Morris, in a big arena like the Olympics, how often do you rush to run?" The black narrator asked.

"Of course, it's a common thing." Morris Green took the microphone and said reasonably, "Athletes need to be under a lot of pressure, and if you weren't a sprinter, it's hard to understand what it means to be on a stage like the Olympics." And after Ye Qin won the men's 100m championship and broke the world record, the world's expectations of him were an indescribable shackle, and he tied his hands and feet. ”

"Is it possible that it was caused by a quick start reaction like Denis Mitchell, I know you're known for your quick start, and you've raced with Dennis Mitchell before."

"Man, that's a slim possibility." Maurice Green shook his head, "There are so few dribbling starting reflexes like Dennis Mitchell's, that's an outlier.

In fact, I think Ye Qin is likely to be deliberately rushing, you must know that Ye Qin in the 100m event and Yusse Bot is very little different, with Yusie Bote's physical condition, his performance in the 200 meters may be even better, Ye Qin wants to beat Yusai Bot in front of tens of thousands of his compatriots to win the 200m gold medal, it is very difficult.

In that case, why not just abandon the 200m event? Focus entirely on the 400m, knowing that Ye Qin is also very competitive in the 400m, where he was the runner-up at last year's World Championships. ”

"Morris, are you saying that Yechin deliberately retired from the race, retained his physical strength, and prepared for the 400m with all his might? So why didn't he just give up before the game? ”

"Dude, do you know how much commercial advertising is carried on an athlete like Yechin? It would be a breach of contract to retire if you didn't play...... And being sent off on the field, this is naturally something that there is no way to do. Morris Green spread his hands, and for an athlete like him, who had once stood at the top of the sprint sport, many of the commercial methods were all too familiar.

"Well, maybe you're right, Maurice." The black commentator nodded, did not continue to dwell on the topic, looked at the first group of the men's 400m preliminaries on the field, and put the topic back on the upcoming 400m race, "The first group of the 400m semi-finals has appeared, and Jimmy Warner is in the first group of the semi-finals......"

……

The first group of the men's 400m semi-finals began quickly, and as expected, the first place in the group was won by the 400m favorite, the link between world champion and one-time Olympic champion Jimmy Warner of the United States.

Jimmy Warner's dominance in the 400m event was evident, and in the four years between winning in '04 and '07, few people could pose any threat to his dominance in the event.

However, in 08 this year, Jimmy Warner's form was not particularly good, and in the United States Olympic trials that began at the end of June this year, Jimmy Warner lost to Sean Merritt in the 400m event and finished second.

After the first group of runners in the 400-meter semifinals left the field, the already somewhat dull Bird's Nest Stadium was in a commotion and boiling again.

Many spectators who came to watch today's competition had done their homework in advance and knew that Ye Qin, the only competitor in the men's 400m event, was about to make his debut.

After Ye Qin's unexpected exit in the 200-meter event more than 20 minutes ago, everyone saw Ye Qin appear at the men's 400-meter race again at this moment, and they all had a complicated and incomprehensible mood in their hearts.

But the audience is sometimes harsh, and sometimes forgiving.

Whether or not an athlete is trying to go all out, being unexpectedly sent off the field and retiring before the gun is fired are completely different concepts.

Moreover, after winning the men's 100m championship and breaking the world record, Ye Qin's image has been firmly fixed in everyone's hearts.

At this moment, many people can still put themselves in Ye Qin's shoes and understand the challenges he has to face now.

"Don't be affected by Fang Cai's rush, Ye Qin, you are still the strongest in 400 meters!"

"Ye Chin, come on!"

"Ye Chin, we support you!"

"Victory! Win! ”

After a brief silence, the Bird's Nest Stadium erupted again with loud shouts and cheers.

Many people seemed to be hoarse, but they still refused to stop, just to show their support for the young athlete who appeared on the stage!

Ye Qin stood in front of the 400-meter starting line, first bowed slightly to the surrounding spectators, and then stood silently again, looking into the distance.

The 200-meter race is something he hasn't figured out until now, and he's never seen it in his career, and he's always been extra cautious on the second shot if someone runs in the first shot.

But this time, it didn't work?

He couldn't say it clearly, he felt that he had heard the gunshots and started again, but the time of the starting reaction made him unable to talk about it, and he couldn't argue with it.

"Maybe it's because I've been playing too well in all aspects of the past few years, and I've lost my usual caution."

Ye Qin seriously summed up the gains and losses, since the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, his performance in the field can be called smooth sailing, his strength has been improving, and when facing strong opponents, many times he has not caught up with the opponent's peak state, so that he can successfully win the gold medal.

For example, in this year's men's 100m race, he won against Usebot, technically speaking, less than a hundredth of a second, because it was a thousandths of a second.

And he has improved very quickly in training, and maybe even because of the proper training and the help of the whole team, he has rarely even had injuries. Occasionally, there have been cases of irregular running posture spikes scratching the calf, muscle tightness and slight muscle pain, but none of them are injuries.

It always seems that luck is good!

And it is precisely in this way that it seems that his mentality has also changed a little, and he feels as if he can do anything. Although he did not reveal it to anyone else before the competition, he has always hoped to win three Olympic gold medals at this Olympics.

However, reality hit him hard!

"Don't think about it anymore!"

Ye Qin shook his head, isolated the chaotic thoughts, and the whole person once again focused on the game in front of him.

After many years of racing and training, he has a strong ability to adjust his mentality, and although it is impossible not to be affected by the 200-meter rush, he can still naturally strip away some useless emotions.

Besides, Ye Qin really felt that he was in really good shape, I don't know if it was because after winning the men's 100m gold medal, he felt that the whole person was relaxed, and there seemed to be endless strength in his body, wanting him to run happily.

"Prepare for the game!"

Ye Qin adjusted his breathing again, and made a belly hop on the spot, so that the state of his body was active. The 200m race is a foregone conclusion, and there is no room for failure in the 400m.

At this time, on the big screen of the scene, the runners of the second group of the men's 400m semifinals have appeared on the big screen and the TV screen:

First Lane, Andre Tibene, Bahamas;

second lane, Jonathan Bohly, Belgium;

Third Lane, David Neville, USA;

Fourth Way, Jolmere Byrne, Australia;

Fifth Way, Leslie Jeron, France;

Sixth Dao, Yechin, China;

Seventh Lane, James Godday, Nigeria;

Eighth Lane, Ricardo Chambers, Jamaica;

In this group of semi-finals, there were no former Yechin's main opponents in the 400m, such as Sean Merritt and Gary Kikaya.

The 400m is the final three of the heats, semi-finals and semi-finals, so there are three groups in the semi-finals, with Merritt and Kikaya both in the third group of the semi-finals.

The strongest in the second group of Yechin's semifinals should be the American David Neville, who is the third place in the men's 400m at the US Olympic Trials, second only to Jimmy Warner and Sean Merritt, with the strong dominance of the US team in the 400m event, basically the top three in the American Trials are at least the top three in the Olympic Games and the World Championships.

Another player, Leslie Gerone, is a veteran, who set a new personal best of 44.46 seconds at last year's World Championships in Osaka, won the men's 400m championship at the European Championships many times, and Leslie Geron also achieved a good record in the long jump, reaching 7.9m.

After a gunshot, the second group of the men's 400m semifinals really began.

Ye Qin was in the sixth lane, and the moment the gun rang out, he almost instinctively rushed out of the starting line, and his speed reaction was very fast.

It's an instinctive reaction that has been cultivated over many years of listening to guns, and when he focuses on the game, some of the reflexes and preparation for his actions are almost completely subconscious, and there is no need to emphasize them at all.

At the same time, Mu Jiang, who was on the commentary seat, had been frightened into a cold sweat by Ye Qin's reaction, and his voice as he was commenting became a little stammered:

“…… It's game on! Leaf...... Yechin got off to a fast start...... Appear...... The on-site display of the starting reaction time is 0.104 seconds, which is ...... Ye Qin didn't know if there was a situation of running with a pressure gun again! ”

And at the moment when he rushed out of the starting line, Ye Qin reacted suddenly, and glanced at the recall referee on the sidelines with some nervousness.

There was no flag, no whistle, he didn't rush again!

He ran the way he used to react, but after he did cross the starting line, he felt that his reaction time seemed to be much faster than before.

These two steps were slightly out of order because he looked at the sidelines, and after running a few more steps, Ye Qin made a slight adjustment and quickly recovered.

In just one thought, after Ye Qin reacted, he immediately let go and ran!

10 meters, 20 meters, 30 meters......

Yechin's start was fast, it was a 400-meter race, and with his usual pace, he didn't need to go too high at this stage.

However, it seems that because Ye Qin has not participated in the 400-meter race for a while, he feels that he can run easily, and although his speed is reserved, he is still much faster than other runners.

By the time the first corner went into the straight, Yechin in lane six was just over a metre away from Nigeria's James Godday in lane seven.

The number of strokes between the 400-meter passes is almost seven meters, and even after the first corner, the gap between the two adjacent passes should be more than three or five meters, and Ye Qin can clearly see the trend of catching up with the previous runners at this time.

In the entire Bird's Nest Stadium, after the gunshots of the game rang out, there was a strange silence at first, and after seeing that the game started smoothly and no one ran anymore, the atmosphere at the scene gradually became hot.

With Ye Qin's rapid speed increase, more and more people in the field began to stand up and keep shouting.

In the first straight, Yechin did not slow down in the slightest, but gradually increased with the distance, and soon in the straight, Yechin overtook Nigeria's James Godday in lane 7 and Ricardo Chambers in lane 8, running like a whirlwind in front of all the competitors.

Straight into the corner, Ye Qin couldn't hear any other sounds in his mind at the moment, the shouts and cheers on the scene, he didn't seem to be aware of it at all, and just took care of himself and quickly moved towards the extended runway.

The rest of the players have been left far behind by him...... The speed shown made many track and field fans in the stands who knew something about the 400-meter event and the commentators in the media commentary seat nervous.

"Yechin is already in first place in the straight." Mu Jiang's voice reached the ears of the domestic audience watching the game through the broadcast signal, "As long as this leading trend is maintained, Ye Qin will easily advance to the finals!" Yechin, hold on, hold on! ”

"Ye Qin runs very fast, he seems to be running 400 meters as 100 meters and 200 meters, and this speed will be ...... in the second half of the race."

Michael Johnson, who was also staring at the field from the media commentary box on the other side, saw Yechin's speed in the first half of the race, and with his understanding, Yechin would not be able to keep up with his fitness in the second half of the race.

But just as he was about to say that Ye Chin's speed would slow down in the second half of the race, a scene that surprised him extremely appeared, Ye Chin's speed was maintained very well.

The 300-meter bend passed in an instant, and Ye Qin still took the lead.

Immediately the curve into the straight, to the 400-meter final straight stage.

The runners of each course affected by the number of stretches before the start will be pulled back to a horizontal line here, and for many spectators who cannot see who is ahead with the naked eye, the gap between everyone at this stage is the most intuitive.

And it was at this time that everyone present found that Ye Qin had already surpassed the other semi-finalists by more than four or five meters, and launched a sprint towards the finish line.

His rhythm is still not chaotic, and his speed is still very fast.

In comparison, those players who were thrown away by Ye Qin in the first half of the race, at this time, showed symptoms of fatigue.

Eighty meters, seventy meters, sixty meters......

As the finish line drew closer, the strong Dawei Neville and Leslie Jeron in Yechin's group almost used their strength to catch up with Yechin.

There are three groups in the 400m semi-finals, and there are only two places for each group to advance to the finals, and the other two places are filled according to the best results.

Everyone wants to finish in the top two of the group, and they don't want to fight for the best place in the group.

But no matter how the two of them chased after them, they found that Ye Qin, who was running in front, was getting farther and farther away from them, and the speed was almost desperate.

The last fifty meters......

Ye Qin already knew that he had taken the lead, and he should have no problem qualifying for the final.

It's just that it was probably because of the previous 200-meter semi-finals, and he was holding back a lot of energy in his heart, and he didn't think about releasing water to retain his physical strength in this group of 400 meters.

For him now, a full 400m today, a 200m final tomorrow is a day apart, and the 400m final the day after tomorrow is enough for him to recover.

He can do without reservations!

Forty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters......

Michael Johnson in the media commentary box has stopped talking, and Yechin has shown enough speed to grab all his attention.

And in the last few tens of meters, his eyes suddenly widened!

See it again!

Ye Qin was dozens of meters away from the finish line at the end, and his speed did not decrease, but rushed up all of a sudden.

This is Ye Qin's signature running style in the 400-meter event, and there is always a sprint in the last few tens of meters, and when his strength is not strong, he can always sprint at this speed to defeat other opponents in this final stage.

Rush the line!

On the yellow on-site timing board, the numbers that had been jumping fast since the start of the race stopped there after Ye Qin crossed the finish line.

43.15 seconds!

The audience suddenly boiled!

Mu Jiang jumped up from the media commentary seat almost all of a sudden, and roared wildly: "43.37 seconds, Ye Qin ran 43.15 seconds in this group of semifinals, Ye Qin broke the 43.49 seconds men's 400-meter Olympic record set by Michael Johnson at the Atlanta Olympics and the world record of 43.18 seconds set in Seville, Spain!"

Ye Chin set a world record again, Ye Chin created a miracle! Men's 100m world record and men's 400m world record, now he belongs to the Chinese!!

Wonder of the World, World Trapee, Glory to the World! Two world records, Yechin is unstoppable and invincible!! ”

Mu Jiang was already a little incoherent, and his explanations used to be very stable, and although he had strong emotions, he was often able to restrain himself.

At this moment, he is like a football commentator, completely unable to restrain himself!

Throughout the stadium, the sound seemed to break through the sky at this moment.

The metal structure of the Bird's Nest stadium was shaking, and the astonishing shouts were even louder than Ye Qin's voice after winning the men's 100-meter final that day.

After experiencing the defeat in the previous 200m semi-finals, Ye Qin showed everyone his unparalleled strength in this men's 400m race with an amazing performance!

Moreover, this result is still Ye Qin's obvious action of looking sideways and adjusting the rhythm after the start, if everything is perfect, it is almost impossible to believe that Ye Qin will run a faster result than he is now in this race.

In front of the TV at this time, all the Chinese people who felt extremely depressed and depressed because of Ye Qin's exit seemed to be venting all their emotions at this moment.

In the media commentary seat, Michael Johnson also jumped up from his seat for the first time, with a look on his face that was more shocked than Ye Qin running 9.61 seconds to win the championship and break the world record.

"The 400m world record, I have held the 400m world record for nine years, and I once thought that it might not be able to be broken for decades, but in this semi-final, it was really broken!"