Chapter 206: 200m Final (Part II)
After Asa Favir left the stadium, the audience at the scene seemed to be victorious, and there was another cacophony of cacophony.
A minute or two passed before the men's 200m final officially began.
“SET!”
In front of the starting line, the starter shouted the command.
Syllable!
The electronic starting gun rang out.
“…… Asa Favir withdrew, probably because the atmosphere was too stressful and then his injury was not ideal...... The men's 200m final was a twist and turn......
…… Okay, it's game on! Yechin started decisively and quickly crossed the starting line, and after the start the lead were Jax Thelin and Francis Okove......"
With the voice of Mu Jiang, the live commentary on the TV, the audience in front of the TV at this time could almost only faintly hear what seemed to be a gunshot from the noisy sound of the scene, and then saw that in front of the starting line, eight runners suddenly rushed out of the starting line.
Although the noisy boos on the scene were a little weaker than Fang Cai, they were still particularly noisy compared to most other games.
Ye Qin completely eliminated all sound interference as soon as he started, and at this moment, not only him, but all the athletes raised their concentration to the highest, and they only had the game in their eyes.
It's rare to see such a scene disturbed by the audience, but just like an important event such as a football derby or the Champions League, as an athlete, you should need to adapt, and all situations are a test of an athlete's ability.
From the moment the gunshots rang out and rushed out of the runway, Ye Qin felt that his starting reaction was good, and it could be said that he had the fastest reaction since he stepped on the runway.
The more stressful and complicated the game, the more it stimulates him to maintain maximum concentration.
However, this is a men's 200m race, and in addition to starting reactions, the competition also includes the ability to accelerate, the ability to run in the middle and the ability to maintain speed in the second half of the race.
10 meters, 20 meters, 30 meters, 40 meters......
All the runners who started from the corners of the field leaped out and showed their best form amid the boos and shouts in the sky.
And in this short starting acceleration stage, there is no surprise, Ye Qin ran in the last position.
He is the first lane himself, and even if he has a good starting reaction, he is still far inferior to the strong starting acceleration ability of other runners.
This is the Olympic men's 200m final, and each athlete is currently the best in the world.
After the acceleration run of thirty or forty meters in front, Ye Qin straightened up, just this stage of the acceleration run, many discerning people can see that he is relatively lagging behind.
In the second lane, Asa Favir, who ran a personal best of 9.94 seconds in the men's 100 meters, was explosive and started much faster than other athletes.
In the third lane, Jax Thelin, the Olympic 100-meter champion, and Yechin faced each other in the semi-finals, and the difference between them was more than 0.4 seconds.
In the fourth lane, Sean Crowder, whose strength is even higher than Bernard William, finished fourth in the men's 100m at this Olympic Games, with a time of 9.89 seconds.
In the fifth lane, Bernard William, Yechin and the other party had a fight in the preliminaries, Bernard easily ran a time of 20.29 seconds in the preliminaries, and his 100m also broke the level of 10 seconds.
In lane six, Portugal's Francis Okovey, the runner-up in the men's 100m at this Olympics, second only to Jax Thelin, set a new European Union men's 100m record with a time of 9.86 seconds.
Seventh, Mauritius' Stefan Buckland, a black athlete almost 10 years older than Yechin wearing a pair of tan sunglasses, finished third in June and first in July in this year's IAAF men's 200m, from 2001 to this year, both at the Championships and the IAAF Athletics Finals.
Eighth, Namibian veteran Frankie Fredery, not to mention his results, 10 seconds in the 100 meters, 200 meters in 20 seconds, the United States "Forrest Gump" was once the strongest challenger in the 200 meters, even if the age has reached the age of 37, but is still a strong contender for medals.
In the face of such a strong lineup, Ye Qin is almost completely a newcomer who has just emerged in the international field of athletics, and he was able to break into the final, I don't know whether everyone in China was surprised, that is, many officials of the IAAF, as well as athletes and coaches from other countries were surprised.
After all, it was almost unthinkable for a teenager who was only 17 years old to be an Asian at the first Olympics to reach the final of the world's top competition.
This is the first time that an Asian athlete has stood on the stage of the men's sprint Olympic Games, and it can be said that the moment Ye Qin appeared on the field, when the information of the athletes appeared on the big screen, not only the Chinese audience was excited, but also many Asian countries such as Japan were very excited.
And in the stands of this game, several athletes of the Japanese team in the special men's 1200 meters are also looking at Ye Qin at this time, wanting to see what kind of performance the suddenly rising Asian teenagers will have.
On the field, after Ye Qin straightened up, because of the retirement of Asa Favir in the second lane, he could not see the players in the second lane, and because of the number of forward stretches and the arc of the corner, he could directly see the players in the other lanes running.
Ye Qin didn't focus his attention on other people, he just focused on the track in front of him, after the ups and downs of the first three shots of the men's 200-meter race, although it is now the final, and the opponent, environment, and atmosphere he is facing are completely different, but he has not been disturbed too much, and his good attitude allows him to fully exert his speed after running.
Forty meters, fifty meters, sixty meters......
After the corner, Jax Thelin in lane 3 and Frances Okovey in lane 6 were getting faster and faster, and the men's 100m champion and runner-up were fast enough to make the other runners shudder and look sideways after the start.
The two were followed by Sean Crowder, the fourth-place finisher in the men's 100m, who was much slower than the two of them at the start, but the super explosiveness provided by his strong body still made him incredibly fast.
Ye Qin has been thrown away by other athletes at this time, and in the first half of the men's 100 meters, there is a big gap between him and these top 100 meters, and the position of dozens of meters has been pulled away. And as the distance widens, the distance continues to widen.
Ye Qin gritted his teeth, his speed continued to improve, he could clearly feel that his speed in the first half of the race had improved a lot compared to before, from the World Youth Championships to the Olympic Games, one game after another, the opponents he encountered had strong explosiveness and rapid starting speed.
Ye Qin started from the 200-meter preliminaries, and almost every race was running with all his might, and unconsciously, his speed in the first half of the race was stimulated by these top athletes.
In fact, this is more or less the meaning of training in the race, facing against powerful opponents, constantly forcing and squeezing one's limits.
Only by pushing yourself to a limit will you surpass it.
His speed in the first half of the race is far inferior to these top players, but at this time, Nie Fangping, who was sitting in front of the TV watching the game, or Zhou Bin, who used to be the leader of Ye Qin, or a few people who have played against Ye Qin, can all spot his steps.
Ye Chin's speed in the first half of the race increased a lot. Although he didn't test the 60m and 100m separately, he was a big improvement from what he had certainly been.
Seventy meters, eighty meters, ninety meters......
On the field, the seven runners galloped like galloping horses, almost in the blink of an eye and breath, and the runners who seemed to have just started from the corner were already approaching the end of the curve.
It's about to be the stage where the corners go into the straights.
The noise and boos in the crowd were still loud, not to cheer and cheer, but simply to disrupt the players.
However, the race has reached this point, and a considerable number of the 60,000 or 70,000 Greeks present are still attracted by the race and watch what is happening on the track.
Especially when the corners are about to enter the straight, the positions of all the competitors are gradually clear.
The first to complete the corner and enter the straight was third runner Jax Thelin, followed by no longer Francis Okovey, but Bernard William in lane 5 and Sean Crowder in lane fourth.
Three American players completely occupied the top three positions at this time.
The trio are followed by Namibian veteran Frankie Frederick in the eighth lane and Portugal's Francis Okovi. Behind the two, running in sixth place was Mauritius' Stefan Buckland.
At this time, Ye Qin almost caused a lot of laughter from the audience watching this game, or rather, except for the surprise of Asian and Chinese audiences, in fact, many people did not pay attention to where he was. Yechin was at the back, more than a metre behind Stefan Buckland and a few metres away from the leader Jax Thelin.
After entering the straight, Ye Qin quickly chased forward, and at this moment he was already aware of the position of his team.
Even if his speed in the first half of the race has improved, there is still an insurmountable gap compared to other 100-meter athletes who are basically around 10 seconds.
Eighty meters, seventy meters, sixty meters from the finish line......
After entering the straight, reaching the second half of the stage that Ye Qin is best at, the speed of the runners in the other lanes has a slight decline in inconsistency, but this decline is very weak, the top 100-meter sprinters, especially the sprinters who are good at the second half of the sprint, even if the speed of running 200 meters will drop slightly in the second half, but it is also very weak.
And in this group, in addition to his accident, several of the players are not weak in the second half of the race.
Sean Crowder in lane 4 was supposed to run away from Jax Thelin, but as the distance progressed, he had jumped to first place.
Ye Qin's speed maintenance ability is good, but in the face of such a strong opponent, there is no way to make up for the difference brought by the first half at once.
But, when this time comes!
It's all about fighting!
Even if you can't outrun other runners, you should still be in the best shape to fight!
If it is a men's 100-meter race, there are only 50 or 60 meters left in the second half of the race, and even if the speed is increased quickly, I am afraid that there is not much chance, but this is the men's 200-meter race.
By this time, Jax Thelin, who was as strong as the men's 100m champion, also slowed down and was overtaken by his teammate Sean Crowder in one fell swoop.
Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters......
Rush the line!
The seven runners ran about ten meters on the track near the finish line, and slowly stopped.
Sean Crowder gasped and paused on the track to look at the big screen on the field, waiting for the results to appear.
After running the men's 200 meters, Ye Qin almost did not make any other movements at all, and lay directly on the ground.
The chest and abdomen rose and fell rapidly, and the sweat all over the body suddenly came out like spring water.
Tired, tired, and the muscles seem to feel a faint tearing sensation!
The boos in the audience have gradually subsided, and the men's 200m race is over, and it is completely meaningless for many protesting spectators to make any more trouble.
At this time, whether it was Yu Weili and Feng Shuyou on the sidelines of the Athens Olympic Stadium, or Nie Fangping and his wife who were sitting in front of the TV watching the game in China, and Chen Zixi sisters, everyone was waiting for the results of the game to appear.
The final shot of the line is too fast, and it passes by in a flash, unless there is an absolute lead, otherwise the slow motion flashes by, and it is difficult to see clearly.
At this time, whether it is the big screen on the scene or the screen in front of the TV, the results of the final finals of the contestants are presented.
1. Fourth lane, Sean Crowder, USA, reaction 0.226, 19.79 seconds;
2. Fifth lane, Bernard William, USA, reaction 0.173, time 20.01;
3. 3rd lane, Jax Thelin, USA, reaction 0.195, time 20.03;
4. Eighth lane, Frankie Frederick, Namibia, reaction 0.248, time 20.14;
5. Sixth lane, Francis Okovey, Portugal, reaction 0.183, time 20.14;
6. First lane, Ye Qin, China, reaction 0.153, score 20.39;
7. 7th lane, Stefan Buckland, Mauritius, reaction 0.294, time 20.41;
8. Second Lane, Asa Favir, Jamaica, DNS (not started);
“…… Claude wins gold in the men's 200m! It was really an absolute strength, he beat his brother, Bernard William won the silver medal, Jax Thelin won the bronze medal, and the three players from the United States won the gold, silver and bronze medals, and in terms of strength, they were much stronger than the others.
And China's 17-year-old Ye Qin, won the sixth place, as a young athlete who participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, Ye Qin's performance has been good enough, this is the Olympic men's sprint event, the first time that a Chinese athlete stood on the stage of the final. The time of 20.39 seconds set Ye Qin's personal best and also set a new national men's 200m record.
Audience friends, we should applaud our young player Ye Qin, he has done countless things that his predecessors failed to do, it can be said that Ye Qin's appearance is the biggest surprise in the men's track and field event of this Olympic Games! Moreover, we also have reason to believe that in 2008, the Yanjing Olympic Games, Ye Qin will bring us more surprises!
Come on, Yechin! Come on, China! ”
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