August 14, Athens Airport.

"It's less than a month, and it's not even a month to go back to Europe, isn't it quite a toss-up?"

At the international exit of Athens Airport, a group of track and field team members wearing red and white team uniforms walked out with large and small suitcases of luggage, and at the back of the crowd, Yang Yao pulled a large suitcase and whispered to Ye Qin, who was walking beside him.

"Huh?" Ye Qin held on to his suitcase, as if awakened by Yang Yao's voice, and gently inhaled his nose, "Everything else is fine, the air is good, but it is jet lag back and forth, this is not too comfortable." ”

"It's true that the air is much better than Yanjing, well, the temperature is also a little lower......" Chen Jian, who was standing in front of Ye Qin, turned his head and glanced at the two of them, and couldn't help but laugh softly.

During this period of training in Yanjing, outdoor training is often only in the morning and evening, mainly because the temperature is too high, and the team is afraid of heat stroke from the athletes, so the time for outdoor training is basically limited.

The Olympics are approaching, and for professional athletes, drug treatment is not suitable, and a slight physical condition will be more troublesome.

After leaving the airport and standing at the exit gate, there were already several buses waiting there, and the members of the national team put their luggage at a time, got on the bus, and went to the Olympic Village in Athens to settle in.

Athens International Airport is about 30 kilometers from the city of Athens, and it takes more than half an hour to get on the bus.

Sitting on the bus, Ye Qin looked at the buildings and various icons on both sides of the highway all the way, feeling somewhat familiar. After spending more than a week in Grosseto at the World Junior Championships in July, we returned to Athens and although they were from different countries, some of the classical European architecture could still be seen in common.

Moreover, between Grosseto and Athens, although separated by the Mediterranean Sea, the distance between the two sides will not be much farther than that of Hercynian Province to Shenghai. The main thing is the weather, although the temperature in summer is not low, but at this time, Athens, from air cleanliness to temperature, is undoubtedly more comfortable than Yanjing.

The entire schedule of the 28th Athens Olympic Games was from August 13 to August 29, and the Chinese team sent a total of 633 people to the Olympic Games, including 407 athletes, reaching the largest number of participants in the previous Olympic Games.

Today is August 14, while the start time of the Athens Olympics is August 13, and the national track and field team did not make it to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

The Chinese team's team of more than 600 meters arrived in Athens in eight batches starting from July 30, because the Olympic track and field event was from August 18 to August 27, and the track and field team was the last to arrive in Athens. There are 13 coaches and 54 athletes, led by team leader Luo Yi and deputy team leader Feng Shuyou.

Although the athletics team didn't make it to the opening ceremony yesterday, sitting on the bus and passing through the roads and city streets, you can still feel the strong Olympic atmosphere of Athens.

On both sides of the road, you can see the Olympic rings and flags of various colors, the welcome words of the Olympic Games "elcome Home" can be seen in many places, and the official mascots with religious connotations, Athena and Phevos, appear on the walls and patterns of the streets in various ways.

Ye Qin looked at the buildings on both sides of the city of Athens for a while, and soon felt that it was not interesting, leaning on the back of the seat, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Tired?"

Yang Yao, who was sitting next to Ye Qin, gently pushed Ye Qin down with his elbow and asked with a smile.

"Sort of." Ye Qin didn't open his eyes, but just muttered a casual answer.

"You've been training with Coach Yu lately, I don't think you're adapting to it, or you're feeling the pressure to come to the Olympics, it's okay, don't think so much, relax, we can come to the competition and win."

From the moment he got off the plane to the time he got on the bus, Yang Yao noticed that Ye Qin's mood didn't seem to be too high, far from being as excited as those who participated in the Olympics for the first time. When he was at the airport, he asked Ye Qin, and after getting in the car, Ye Qin casually glanced out the car window, and then closed his eyes and took a nap, not at all like other athletes who were a little enthusiastic.

Yang Yao is five or six years older than Ye Qin, and he has a lot of experience in participating in the competition, although he doesn't know what the reason is, he vaguely feels that Ye Qin's mood is not right, it is too stuffy, and it does not look like he is going to participate in the Olympic Games at all.

"It's okay, Brother Yang, I'm just a little tired." Ye Qin opened his eyes slightly, and replied with a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"It's okay, when you get to the station, take a good rest." Yang Yao patted Ye Qin with a smile, and when he saw Ye Qin say this, he didn't ask anything more.

Athletes must have the ability to regulate their own emotions, although he doesn't know how Ye Qin is in this regard, but from the process of occasional chatting, he knows Ye Qin's growth environment and experience, and he still believes that Ye Qin can handle this problem well.

"Hmm." Ye Qin nodded, he also felt Yang Yao's kindness along the way, since he entered the national team, although both of them are athletes in the 200-meter event, it is not good to say, and even competitors, but Yang Yao does not think about it at all, and takes care of him very much in all aspects.

Ye Chin himself actually knew very well that from the beginning of a few days ago to his arrival in Athens today, he did feel a different kind of pressure.

Among them, what He Jun said to him in the rehabilitation center that day, he would think of it from time to time, the Olympics, gold medals, dreams, he also had these, but before, before He Jun completely said it, he was just a vague idea or concept, he wanted to do it, but he didn't know what step he could achieve.

But He Jun's words seemed to make his goal clear.

It's just that this goal, at this moment, Ye Qin himself knows that it is somewhat far away, and he does not have enough strength to achieve it. Only after practicing sprinting can you really understand the gap between the top athletes, which is almost out of reach at this stage.

On the other hand, although I have trained with Yu Weili for more than 20 days and get along quite well, after all, they are still relatively unfamiliar with each other. From time to time, Nie Fangping's shadow will pop up in his mind, from confirming that Nie Fangping has recovered and returned to China, to returning to Nanxiu City to recuperate, Ye Qin has always been in contact and is quite concerned about the other party.

Especially thinking that he was in Europe with Nie Fangping a month ago, and now that he came to participate in the Olympic Games, Nie Fangping was unable to come, that feeling made Ye Qin inevitably feel a little depressed. It's better when I'm usually training, but as soon as I stop training, the feeling of emptiness is very deep.

He has just entered the national team, and he has never been exposed to such an environment before, after all, Yu Weili is the deputy head coach of the track and field team, and he usually trains to talk, but the Olympics are coming, everything is cumbersome, and he has no time to talk to Ye Qin in detail.

Without a familiar coach by his side, the environment is unfamiliar, the pace is too fast, and he is about to face a competition like the Olympics, Ye Qin will always feel as if he is being pushed forward, and he can't stop if he wants to.

In this environment, Ye Qin felt a little lonely.

In the final analysis, he is just a young man, he has been away from home for too long, there is no familiar teacher companion, and then another wave of training and preparation is forced by waves, and it is inevitable that his mood will be a little low.

During this time, if Yang Yao hadn't appeared from time to time to train, eat, chat, etc., he estimated that he would have had a harder time.

Like after arriving in Athens today, maybe it was the fatigue of a long-distance flight, or other reasons, after being ordered twice by Yang Yao, he also knew that his mood was wrong.

Now that he has arrived in Athens and is moving into the station, he is going to face the game and he needs to adjust his emotions as soon as possible.

He remembered what Nie Fangping told him when he was training at the Haixi Provincial Sports School before, that athletes must run all over the world, and all kinds of complicated situations must be faced, and he will be alone, and all aspects must be overcome by himself.

Seeing that the car had passed through the city and entered the location of the Olympic Village, Ye Qin sat on the seat and took a breath lightly, silently cheering himself up.

Beasts of prey are always alone, as long as they get on the runway, everything is fine!