By the time Yechin entered the arena, the atmosphere in the Olympic Stadium had reached its highest level since he competed.

Maybe it was because of the evening, or maybe it was the second heavyweight sprint final since the start of the World Championships, and the noise was almost deafening.

Crossing the roadway, standing on the runway, I felt that my eardrums seemed to be buzzing.

Ye Qin felt his heart pounding and beating quickly with the boiling scene, this is the final, and the experience of the preliminaries and semifinals is completely different.

Unlike last year's Olympic men's 200m final, he felt the boos the most, as the Greek athlete was banned before the urine test, which made the atmosphere very bad.

Today, however, the local audience in Helsinki and many tourists from other places came to watch the game, and they all contributed the warmest applause and shouts.

"This is the arena I want, this is the competition I want!"

Ye Qin felt the flames in his heart rising one by one, as if a volcano was rushing forward from the ground to the surface, and the kind of heat and passion made his whole person ignite at this time.

Whew-

He let out a long breath, then puffed up his chest and abdomen, and took a deep breath, and he calmed the excitement in his heart little by little.

The tournament is just around the corner, and the more critical it is, the more the body can be fully excited, but the mind must remain calm.

Under the guidance of the guide, Ye Qin followed the other runners to the starting line slowly, and while adjusting his breathing state, his eyes also casually glanced over the other runners in this group.

Such an atmosphere of the competition made the expressions of the players present a little dignified, and occasionally the eyes of the players met and they quickly separated.

No one spoke, no one did a lot of movements, they were all trying to make their mentality fit perfectly with the game they were waiting for.

Standing in front of the starting line of the third lane, Ye Qin looked into the distance, and at this time, a sturdy white photographer suddenly appeared in front of everyone, and as the Olympic Stadium hosted the scene and introduced the athletes, the photographer's lens also began to focus on the eight finalists one by one.

At this time, in China for tens of thousands of miles, the domestic audience in front of the live TV also noticed the eight players in this group participating in the competition through the pictures transmitted back by the photographer, and could hear Mu Jiang's commentary voice constantly ringing.

“…… The first is Jamaican teenager Usse Bote, who won the 2002 World Junior Championships and the 2004 World Junior Championships, with a personal best of 19.93 seconds and a season best of 19.99 seconds, is a truly talented sprinter who is also a staggering 196 centimeters. In today's field, he and Ye Qin are the two youngest athletes in the men's 200m final in this group......

The second German athlete Tobias Unger, the German men's 200m record holder, with a personal best of 10.14 seconds in the 100m and 20.20 seconds in the 200m, was the only white runner in the men's 200m final tonight.

The third way, Ye Qin ......"

Before Mu Jiang's words were finished, many people shouted excitedly in front of many domestic TVs.

In the TV screen, a yellow face appeared, bronzed skin, about the same age, but the temperament was completely different.

On the TV screen, many people can see the Asian player, first smiling at the camera, then turning his back to the camera, pointing high at the sky with one hand and his number plate with the other behind his back.

In this flashing picture, at this time in a certain community in Linzhou, a certain girl who was drinking yogurt did smile like a flower on her face.

After Mu Jiang briefly expressed his exclamation and encouragement to Ye Qin, he introduced the remaining five players one by one with the camera lens that did not stop.

In the fourth lane, John Capel, fifth Jason Gaby, sixth Jax Thelin, seventh Wallace Spearmon, all four are Americans, and finally eighth is Mauritius' Stefan Buckland.

On the big screen at the scene, the list of eight players also appeared in everyone's sight at this time.

First Lane, Usse Bote, Jamaica;

second, Tobias-Unger, Germany;

the third, Yechin, China;

Fourth Lane, John Capel, USA;

Fifth Way, Jason Gaby, USA;

Sixth Lane, Jax Thelin, USA;

Seventh Lane, Wallace-Spearmon, USA;

Eighth Lane, Stefan Buckland, Mauritius;

……

After a brief introduction of the players before the game, the atmosphere of the scene gradually became more and more solemn, and the overwhelming cheers and various noises in the stands spontaneously gradually quieted down.

At this time, it was already more than 10 o'clock in the evening local time in Helsinki, but the stadium was brightly lit, and at this moment, almost not only the audience at the scene, but also countless spectators in front of the TV were watching the game.

The 2005 World Championships may not have reached such a large level of attention in China, even if the live broadcast of the CCTV 5 channel in the evening did not cause a particularly big sensation due to factors such as time difference, competition publicity and athlete status.

But this same World Championships has achieved great attention around the world.

The IAAF had a simple statistic on the televised data since the start of the World Championships in Helsinki, showing that the total number of dedicated programmes had increased by 16 per cent compared to the previous Athletics Championships held in Paris in 2003, with an average television rating of 3.5 per cent.

On the day of the tournament on 10 August, more than a quarter of Finland's population tuned in to 55 Finnish TV programmes, with a staggering 87% market share.

Compared to 2003, viewership in the Nordic countries has increased by more than 50 per cent, Japan's cumulative household figures in 2005 have increased by 32.9 million compared to 2003, and the United States has achieved unprecedented coverage.

This is the charm of world-class athletics, even if it is not a multi-sport event like the Olympic Games, which can attract the attention of hundreds of millions of people around the world, but its international influence should not be underestimated.

On the field, at this time, the eight players were ready for the final preparations after following the live broadcast introduction.

At the same time, the starters on the sidelines watched the time and shouted "On your marks" through a loudspeaker to the players in their positions.

Ye Qin quickly exhaled two mouthfuls of turbid air, looked firmly at the runway that curved from right to left in front of him, and slowly walked onto the runner.

The men's 200m final of this World Championships is about to begin!