“On your marks！”

The familiar sound of the password sounded again, and the noisy and boiling voices inside and outside the arena quieted down a little.

The New York Grand Prix is all about the competition, but without a doubt the sprint in the track is the most eye-catching.

The men's 100m race, which ended an hour ago, was an eye-opener for everyone, and the men's 200m an hour later was just as eye-catching.

Wallace Spearmon was already in the top two in the world in the men's 200m at this time, second only to Jason Gaby, and his running skills and handsome and characterful appearance in the second half of the race made him a lot of American audiences.

In this men's 200m race, as in the previous ones, Yechin, the 2005 world champion, participated, in the previous Grand Prix, Wallace Spearmon faced Yechin most of the losses, this time not only Wallace Spearmon himself wanted to win Yechin, but the audience also hoped that he could win.

The 2007 Grand Prix in New York was an early clash between these top players, followed by numerous Golden League events and the all-important World Championships.

Winning or losing every game actually has a certain impact on the psychological factors of an athlete.

From now on, if you can maintain victory in the face of your opponents, you will be able to have an advantage psychologically in the World Championships in the future, like the current top athletes, many times the gap between each other is not big, and it depends more on the state and performance.

Standing in front of the starting line, Wallace Spearmon was lane 8 and was at the top of the line, and he could clearly feel the encouragement and enthusiasm of the crowd in the stands.

"I want to win the championship in this fight, I want to win Ye Chin."

Wallace Spearmon said to himself silently, his eyes on the curvy track in the distance, his best in the men's 200m had surpassed Yechin, but he had yet to win against Yechin's head-to-head race.

He needs a head-to-head win to establish his psychological advantage.

In the stands of the arena, as the game was about to start, the shouts of the spectators gradually quieted down.

Jason Gaby, sitting in the stands, looked at the crowd of players in the middle of the field, his eyes flashing with vigilance.

In the men's 100m race, the fact that he failed to break the world record due to excessive wind speed has passed, and his mentality has adjusted.

He believes in his own strength and ability, and since he failed to succeed this time, then next time, next time, he will definitely succeed.

What he wants to focus on now is the men's 200m, if the men's 100m is to perhaps get more glory and attract more attention, and make his career more brilliant.

Then the men's 200m event is one of my favorites. Since he was a teenager, he has been practicing the men's 200 meters, and his track and field career has also relied on his outstanding performance in the men's 200 meters.

Now, he's curious to see how his opponents are doing.

It's June 2nd, twenty days later is the National Outdoor Athletics Championships, and less than two months away, the World Athletics Championships.

The contest is coming!

In this year's international athletics, Jason Gaby will not only challenge Asafavil's dominance in the men's 100m, but he will also be hoping to beat his rivals in the men's 200m.

And those who can be regarded as competitors by him are all on the men's 200-meter track at Icahn Stadium at this moment.

……

“SET！”

On the side of the track, the starter's voice reminding the runners to get ready sounded.

Inside and outside Icahn Stadium, the noise and cacophony dropped several decibels in an instant.

Ye Qin pressed his hands on the starting line, leaned over and lowered his head, his eyes looked at the somewhat rough track, and when he heard the prepared password, he naturally got up and made a starting posture.

Syllable!

Shots rang out at the start.

The eyes of the audience were focused on the middle of the arena, waiting for a wonderful battle to be staged.

Suddenly, just after the gunshots rang out, a referee suddenly waved a rush flag on the sidelines.

Ye Qin slowed down slowly, let out a long breath, and the tense strength was relaxed at this moment.

Raised his head and glanced ahead, shook his head slightly, silently adjusted his state, and re-walked the starting line.

The eyes of the other athletes casually swept over the eighth pass ahead, and then they looked down at their track, adjusting back to their form as quickly as possible.

"Ran away!"

"Wallace Spearmon has run away!"

In the stands on the sidelines, a long sigh suddenly erupted at this moment.

On the starting line of lane eight, Wallace Spearmon walked back with some chagrin, looked at the sidelines, and then at his runner, and for a moment felt a little incredible.

Many American spectators sighed for a while, after all, they had just gathered their minds and were ready to watch the game, and the result came to an abrupt end, which was not a pleasant thing in any way.

However, there are still many American viewers, after seeing that the person who took the lead was Wallace Spearmon, they quickly adjusted their mood, but many people shouted Wallace's name and applauded each other.

"Wallace is nervous!"

In the stands, Jason Gaby frowned slightly after seeing Wallace Spearmon running away.

In his impression, there is almost no Wallace-Spearmont rushing, and one of the most important points is that Wallace's technical characteristics are that he wins in the second half of the race, and he has always been running by gun, and the probability of running is very small.

Moreover, Wallace's mentality has always been relatively stable, and in the NCAA era, Jason Gaby discovered that Wallace Spearmon has a big heart, and most of the time his performance is very stable.

However, at this moment, he didn't really feel much surprised that Wallace really ran away.

Sprinters are under all kinds of internal and external pressures, and it is normal for them to miss a moment at the start, even if they are the best athletes, throughout their careers, there will inevitably be rushes.

It's just that Jason Gaby saw more things from Wallace Spearmon's race in this game, at least, Wallace Spearmon cared about this game far more than he began to think.

After about a minute, the players on the field had undergone a short psychological adjustment, and the game started again.

Ye Qin still didn't pay much attention to the state of the other players, he just maintained his high level of concentration, and then silently waited for the gun to sound in the match.

Syllable!

Soon the guns of the game rang out.

However, after the gunshots rang out, there was another loud boo in the arena.

This time, the boos were much louder than Fang Cai's, and even many people in the stands scolded.

In front of the men's 200-meter starting line, the red flag of violation was raised - someone ran away again!

This time it was no longer Wallace Spearmon who was running, but Daniel Bailey of Antigua and Barbuda in seventh lane, and the black runner was full of chagrin when he saw that he was running.

Yechin is not familiar with Daniel Bailey, but the Antigua and Barbuda sprinter has a good relationship with Yusse Bote, who trains at Glenn Mills' Runners Club and is training partner with Yusse Bote.

In 2004, Daniel Bailey also competed at the World Junior Championships in Grosseto, Italy, but in the men's 100m. In the semi-finals, Daniel Bailey ran a best time of 10.19 seconds, but unfortunately in the final, he could not continue to perform well and only finished fourth in the men's 100m at the World Junior Championships.

Amid the boos of the audience, Daniel Bailey could not hide the loss on his face and could only leave the runway helplessly.

Yusse Both, who was standing on the fifth starting line, also had a hint of helplessness on his face when he saw Daniel Bailey leave the track.

Daniel Bailey's strength is good, and the age difference between Yusse Bott is similar, both of them have shown their prominence in the IAAF, but Daniel Bailey's results are not as good as him, but he is still a strong sprinter.

At this time, there were already voices within the IAAF that they wanted to implement the "one-shot system" at the start, but it has not yet been fully implemented, and it is still the original mechanism of warning for the first shot and direct punishment for the second shot.

In this New York Grand Prix, Daniel Bailey originally wanted to compete with many masters in order to get a breakthrough and get more attention from the IAAF, but unfortunately, after Wallace Spearmon rushed, the opponent had to be sent off for the second run.

Back on the starting line, this time the remaining seven runners looked much more nervous than they had just been.

Ye Qin actually didn't have much experience of starting and running, and the men's 200m and men's 400m races he participated in before were not particularly high because the requirements for starting were not particularly high, so there were not many such situations in the race.

However, in the men's 100m and men's 110m hurdles straight races, there are still a lot of rushes, among which, as Ye Qin learned, Asafavir was sent off at the Yokohama Grand Prix at the end of last year, breaking the winning streak for the whole year. Liu Yangyu participated in the men's 110-meter hurdles, and there were three rushes, and as many as two players were punished.

Exhaling softly, Ye Qin gathered his slightly nervous mood.

If Wallace Spearmon was only a little wary after the first shot was snatched, but at this time, seeing Daniel Bailey sent off, he still felt that he needed to be careful enough.

The emphasis of the sprint race is on the start, and if there is no start, no matter how strong the strength is, the race will be nothing.

“SET！”

The starters and referees on the sidelines looked at the seven players on the field and once again gave the ready password.

Inside and outside Icahn Stadium, this time there was no complete silence as Fang Cai, and the two rushes distracted the attention of many spectators, and at this time, many whispers lingered over the stadium, forming a buzzing wave.

However, the seven players present need to eliminate internal pressure and external distractions, and devote themselves to the game.

Since the start of the men's 100m race, Ye Qin has further strengthened his starting concentration and mentality, and at this moment, he pays extra attention to the upcoming gunshots.

Syllable!

The guns of the game are ringing out again!

Ye Qin made sure that he heard the starting gun clearly, and then began to rush out of the runway.

His reflexes and pace were affected by the sprint and he was much slower than usual, but the same was true for the other runners, and everyone had reservations at the start.

Fortunately, this is the men's 200m race, and although the start is a little slower, it really does not have as much impact on the whole race as expected.

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

Ye Qin adjusted the center of gravity of the start of the corner, and steadily began to increase his speed, this men's 200-meter race, for him, is not as important and attentive as the men's 100-meter, but as long as the race gun sounds, others are on the track, he will take it seriously.

What's more, in this men's 200m race, he is not without opponents.

Both Usher Bott and Wallace Spearmon are strong enough to pose a threat to him, and he will have to be at his best if he wants to win.

Thirty or forty meters later, Wallace-Spearmon, who had started at the corner, began to raise his head and enter the high-speed phase of the race.

He was in lane eight, just like the previous three of them, and there was no way to know where the opponent was in the corners, all he could do was to try to give himself the advantage in the early corners.

When Yechin entered the middle stage of the 40-meter run, he was able to see Wallace Spearmon's position very clearly because there was no Daniel Bailey in lane 7 blocking his view.

Ye Qin could clearly feel that Wallace Spearmon was running at a speed in the first half of the race, no weaker than he was at last year's IAAF World Cup.

Behind Wallace Spearmon and Yechin, Eusai Both, who was behind at this time, also noticed the position of the two, and Yusse Both's running habit was more attentive to the position of the players around him than Yechin.

Especially the players he sees as opponents, and he always pays attention to what the opponent is doing. Obviously, Ye Qin and Wallace Spearmon are in very good shape in the men's 200m, and although they are far apart, he can basically tell from the distance between them that they are very fast.

Seventy meters, eighty meters, ninety meters......

The seven runners gradually opened up from each other in the corner, even because of the number of stretches before the start, but at this time, everyone present could already see the position of the runners.

Wallace Spearmon in lane eight, Yechin in lane six, and Yusse Bot in lane five clearly showed absolute strength to be a head above his competitors.

At about 80 meters on the track, the three of them already had a clear gap with the other runners.

100 meters, 110 meters......

The crowd at Icahn Stadium, which had been a little less enthusiastic due to the two rushes, gradually became hot again after the game began.

Especially when it comes to the stage of turning into the straight, the gap between the players due to the number of forward stretches is about to be completely smoothed out at this time, and the specific position of the players in the field can be clearly seen soon.

Corners into straights!

The first rider to hit the straight was...... Yechin!

After the start and acceleration training, Ye Qin's skills in the first half of the race have been greatly strengthened, especially from the middle of the 50-meter run, which is very fast.

In the men's 100m event, with a wind speed of 2.2 m/s, he ran an astonishing time of 9.80 seconds. He is now at a world-class level in the first half of the game, a cut above Wallace Spearmon and Euceisie Both.

After Yechin entered the straight, he was followed by Eusse Bott and Wallace Spearmon, who were almost neck-and-neck, a gap or so behind Yechin, and entered the straight.

The noise of the whole body reached its highest level at this moment, and as many track and field enthusiasts expected before the race, the men's 200m race was basically the final battle for the top three in the middle of the three.

At this point, in the stands on the sidelines, Jason Gaby couldn't help but stand up after the trio rushed into the straight.

He knew a thing or two about Yechin, Wallace Spearmon and Yusse Both, especially Yechin, whose technical characteristics Jason Gaby knew very well.

In the men's 200m race at the World Championships in 05, Ye Qin was able to win the championship in the end, relying on the second half of the victory. But now that Ye Qin's strength in the men's 100 meters has improved, it is obvious that the opponent's speed in the first half of the race has also improved a lot, if he remembers correctly, at this distance, Ye Qin is still slightly weaker than Wallace Spearmon, but now, Ye Qin can be seen to be significantly better than Wallace Spearmon.

Eighty meters, seventy meters, sixty meters from the finish line......

Ye Qin looked at the finish line in front of him, and did not relax at all, keeping his speed at his highest level.

He could feel the chase of Usesy Bott in the fifth lane on the left behind him, and the pressure on him from the other eighth lane, Wallace Spearmon.

Such a game made Ye Qin's heart feel extremely nervous and focused. Only when facing a strong enough opponent will his ability be completely forced out.

Fifty meters, forty meters, thirty meters......

Getting closer to the finish line......

Suddenly, at this stage, Wallace-Spearmon, who was in the eighth lane behind Yechin, seemed to have a slight increase in speed, and most of the runners were basically in the stage of declining speed at this time, but Wallace-Spearmon was able to maintain his high speed, and also slightly improved.

This is an important weapon for Wallace Spearmon to become the second in the world in the men's 200m event, and Ussie Bott glanced to the right for a moment, and at this moment he also felt Wallace Spearmon's speed suddenly increase a little bit.

He wanted to catch up, but his feet seemed to have increased to the limit, and he couldn't squeeze more power out of it.

And Ye Chin, at the moment when Wallace Spearmon entered the final sprint and the speed was slightly increased, puffed up his last breath and also accelerated forward sprint.

Twenty meters, ten meters......

Rush the line!

On the finish line timing board, the results of this group of men's 200m race champions are displayed.

19.75 seconds!

Wind speed +1.3 m/s!

"Win!"

"New personal best!"

"It's a record again!"

In the stands, Chen Zhongzhou and Sun Chaosheng and other workers of the Chinese team applauded enthusiastically the moment the results appeared.

Chen Zhongzhou was most excited when he saw this achievement. After Ye Qin focused on improving his starting and acceleration, he made significant progress in the first half of the race, and this situation brought about an obvious improvement in strength.

19.75 seconds, although it is 0.03 seconds higher than Ye Qin's best time of 19.78 seconds last year, but Chen Zhongzhou knows how difficult it is to improve by one hundredth of a second after the athlete's level reaches this stage.

Just a few dozen seconds later, on the on-site timing board, the results of this group of men's 200 meters appeared:

1. Sixth lane, Ye Qin, China, reaction 0.188, time 19.75;

2. Eighth lane, Wallace Spearmon, USA, reaction 0.174 seconds, time 19.82 seconds;

3. Fifth lane, Yusse Bote, Jamaica, reaction 0.179 seconds, time 19.89 seconds;

4. Fourth lane, Christopher Williams, Jamaica, reaction 0.159, time 20.17;

5. Third lane, Marvin Anderson - Jamaica, reaction 0.156, time 20.42;

6. First lane, Davis Barton, USA, reaction 0.178, time 20.49;

7. Second lane, Jordan Wadden, USA, reaction 0.152, time 20.50;

8. Seventh lane, Daniel Bailey, Antigua and Barbuda, Grade DNF;

After the men's 200m results came out on the big screen, Wallace Spearmon glanced at Ye Chin's back, and his face was a little helpless.

He didn't play badly in this race, and his time of 19.82 seconds was one of the best times of his career, but unfortunately he still failed to win.

Ye Chin's condition and strength are much better than he thought, 19.75 seconds, Wallace Spearmon himself remembers, this should be another best time Ye Qin run, it seems that this opponent, the more he faces a strong opponent, the more he can burst into good form.

Yusse Bol gasped, and after seeing the results, he first smiled and rushed forward to hug Wallace Spearmon, then touched Yechin's head, laughed and congratulated Yechin.

But after turning around, the smile on his face gradually faded.

In another men's 200m, he was once again relegated to a third-place finish against two rivals and friends, Yechin and Wallace Spearmon.

His time of 19.89 seconds is only one hundredth of a second short of the 19.88 seconds he set at the Lausanne Super Grand Prix last year. But in that race, he also finished third, ahead of Xavier Carter and Jason Gaby in first and second.

"Yousse Both, do you want to continue to be a foil?"

Before leaving the runway, a competitive spirit swelled up in Euse-Bote, who had already entered the ranks of the world's top athletes, but rarely won head-to-head against the likes of Yechin, Jason Gaby and Wallace Spearmon in the same race.

"The World Championships are less than two months away, and the Olympics are in another year, Yusse Both, do you still want to play the '04 Olympics?"

Thinking of the defeat in the men's 200m race at the Athens Olympics in '04, Yusse Bot couldn't help but clench his fists slightly.

At the time, he was the youngest talent expected by the Jamaican nation, but unfortunately he was knocked out of the men's 200m in the first round of the Athens Olympics due to a leg injury.

This caused a major repercussion throughout Jamaica at the time, and countless people who originally supported and liked him turned from support to criticism because of their disappointment.

That experience made Yusse-Bott feel the warmth and coldness of people, and also made his understanding of his future career clear, and he had the idea of running for himself first and then his motherland.

But even so, Yusse-Bot has a peculiar feeling about the Olympics. He had the biggest defeat of his life at the Olympics, but now, he wants to win back at the Olympics!