Chapter Ninety-Four: The World Junior Championship Debut (Middle)
"Director Ye, where did you find this young man?"
In the stands next to the stadium, when a middle-aged woman wearing an athlete in a red sprint suit appeared on the track in the stands, she clapped her hands excitedly and asked Ye Lidong next to her.
"Ye Chin, come on!"
Ye Lidong shouted excitedly to the middle of the arena, then turned his head and said to the woman who spoke, "Doctor Jiang, this little athlete was not what we went to find, he sent it to the door himself." ”
Since yesterday's women's 3,000-meter race, Ye Lidong has thrown his usual disguised pretense to Java, and a forty-year-old middle-aged man has shown an age-inappropriate excitement every time his competitors come on the field.
It is his performance only for the athletes that makes the delegation of only about 20 people, whether athletes or coaches, very wonderfully united.
"And you sent it to the door yourself?" Jiang Shaofen smiled a little puzzled, she is the team doctor in the team, she knows many athletes, but Ye Qin, from the assembly to Sherbrooke, although she has noticed, but she doesn't know the origin of the other party. There were fifteen or sixteen members in total, and it was impossible for her to ask them all.
It's just that Ye Qin will see that Ye Qin is participating in the men's 400m event, and he is a little curious for a while. After all, in the sprint track event, there are still very few young people in China who can meet the standards of the World Junior Championships.
Ye Qin is the men's 400m and 200m champion of the Haixi Provincial Youth Championships, he is not from a sports school and professional team, but from an ordinary high school in a small county. The coach of their school's track and field team came directly to the athletics management center to find us with a recommendation from Haixi Province. The boy's results are very good, I don't know how he will perform later. ”
Ye Lidong explained simply, looking at the race that was about to start, he didn't have the heart to continue to say more, his eyes were almost motionless at the starting line.
"I see!"
Jiang Shaofen nodded, also stood up, and like everyone else around him, his hands formed a horn and shouted towards the stadium.
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Before the 400-meter starting line, Ye Qin and six other runners walked onto the starting gear one by one after hearing the sound of the starter reminding them to take position.
Before the starting gear, Ye Qin did two abdominal jumps in succession, opened the bow left and right, and finally pressed the leg.
The weather in Sherbrooke is on the low side, and although it won't rain, it's still a bit wet and chilly. Ye Qin remembered what Nie Fangping and Yan Ning had told him that before the game, he should warm up his body as much as possible and move.
After quickly completing these movements, Ye Qin took a deep breath, leaned down, and stepped on the running aid.
The touch of the spikes and the running aid was clear, the position was just right, and the hands were facing outward, gently pressing on the slightly cool plastic track, at this moment, Ye Qin felt that his body was gradually heating up, his attention was concentrated, and he didn't seem to hear other sounds in his ears.
He glanced up at the other five players in front of him, then leaned down again to keep his body still.
Everything was in place, from the moment he stepped on the track, he was never afraid of the race, but rather looked forward to it, looking forward to the feeling of running at full speed!
No nervousness, no fear!
Yes, just waiting for the moment when the guns go off!
In the stadium of the University of Sherbrooke, in the stands, which were not particularly large, the spectators seemed to be silent at this moment.
“SET!”
The prepared voice of the starter on the sidelines came out clearly.
Ye Qin got up according to the command, changed from a squatting posture to a state of preparing to exert force, his feet were slightly bent, and the entire soles of his feet were in full contact with the runner.
Syllable!
The guns of the game rang out!
The quiet stadium was instantly noisy.
The stands at the University of Sherbrooke Stadium undoubtedly had the largest number of Canadians in the stands, and one of the players in the field was Canadian teenager Osu Chávez.
At the moment when the gun rang out, Ye Qin's legs suddenly stepped on the runner and began to accelerate!
His starting speed is still not particularly fast, and Ye Qin's starting reaction time is 0.318 seconds in the fieldsidelines, but in the short-distance race, this reaction time is not ideal.
But this is the men's 400m, not the 60m and 100m, where starting reaction is highly emphasized.
Of the seven, Yechin had the fifth-highest reaction time, followed by the United States' Sadeli Guman at 0.454 seconds and India's Karaka Apalao with 0.334 seconds.
After the start, Ye Qin's eyes were fixed on the positions of the other five runners in front of him, and he was the second runner, able to fully adjust his speed according to the speed of the other runners. No matter how good the physical fitness and speed are, if they rush at all their strength in the first 1200 meters, it will be difficult to run again in the second half of the race.
Physically, the 400m tests the absolute speed of the athletes and the ability to maintain their speed, and in terms of technique, it requires the athletes to have outstanding speed and physical distribution.
Thirty meters, forty meters, fifty meters......
Ye Qin's speed gradually increased, his starting reaction was slightly slower, and the acceleration distance was relatively long, but after Nie Fangping's adjustment and targeted strength training.
Although this is still his weak link, it is no longer as miserable as it was at the beginning, making people feel as if they have no speed at all and can't run.
The sound of footsteps in his ears was popping, and Ye Qin could already feel that fifty meters before the start of the accelerated corner, the German athlete in the first lane was rapidly approaching him.
But he still ran very steadily, not arrogant or impatient, did not rush to this distance, rashly and desperately began to sprint and accelerate with all his might. He's the second lane, he can see where the other players are, and he knows that he needs to keep his rhythm and not get distracted.
In the competition of track events, in many cases, in addition to the individual strength of the athletes themselves, there is also a very important point is the opponent.
Encountering a good opponent can motivate the athlete to be in shape, make him more successful and run better. But if you don't stabilize the rhythm, it is easy for others to take the rhythm away when you meet a strong opponent.
For short-distance events, even if it is 400 meters, it is only forty or fifty seconds, and it is very difficult to adjust the rhythm and recover the gap.
And if it is 200 meters or 100 meters, unless the personal strength is strong enough to crush it, almost the personal rhythm will be broken, and it is a fool's dream to achieve good results again.
More than 100 meters ahead, at the end of the first corner, Ye Qin's position relative to other players was not prominent, and it seemed that he was still in a slightly backward position, which can be seen from the gradual approach of the first German player.
The players and coaches of the Chinese delegation on the sidelines were a little anxious as the seven players moved from the corner to the straight.
Especially Wang Shouyang and his coaches, although they are not sprint coaches, they have basic visual skills, and they can see Ye Qin's position at this time.
If it continues to be maintained, Ye Qin is likely to be the bottom one and miss the semifinals.
Only Ye Lidong and Zhou Bin, although their expressions were solemn, they did not show eagerness, they had all seen Ye Qin run 400 meters, especially Zhou Bin, after he saw Ye Qin run 400 meters for the first time, he was already shocked by Ye Qin's ability in the middle and second half of the distance.
Sure enough, entering the middle stage of the first straight stage, about one hundred and fifty meters or so, Ye Chin's speed seemed to start to increase.