Chapter 197: Burning Fighting Spirit
"Advanced!"
Yu Weili on the sidelines saw the final results appear on the big screen, and his eyes flashed with disbelief.
In the men's 200-meter competition of the 28th Olympic Games, I did not expect that two Chinese athletes advanced to the second round of the semi-finals at the same time.
To say that before the start of the competition, in fact, whether it was Yang Yao or Ye Qin, Yu Weili and even many people in the track and field team were not optimistic about the two, the results of the men's 400 meters and men's 100 meters a few days ago were there, Chen Jian and Ye Qin himself, neither of them were able to enter the second round of the competition they were good at.
The results were unexpected, in the men's 200m event, both Yang Yao and Ye Qin showed their best level.
Yang Yao ran 20.59 seconds in the preliminaries, which is almost his best personal time so far, and Ye Qin even better, entered the next round with a time of 20.46 seconds in the preliminaries, which was even better than his time in the men's 200m final of the World Junior Championships.
Moreover, 20.46 seconds, this result is once again a new national men's 200m record.
Yu Weili couldn't believe it, when did the national record break so well. It's the same player, who broke the record twice in less than two months.
You must know that the national record of this matter, in the eyes of many coaches and athletes in China, is definitely not so easy to break, because in the era when Weili himself was an athlete, the level of various records was still relatively low.
For example, at the beginning, the national men's 100-meter electric record was 10.65 seconds, and then generations of athletes appeared, gradually making this record 10.17 seconds, but in 96 and 97, the 100-meter record reached 10.17 seconds, and the 200-meter record reached 20.54 seconds, and basically fell into a state of stagnation since then.
In the seven or eight years during this period, talented athletes have produced two or three crops, but they are always far from this record.
And Ye Qin's performance is really shocking, he is only seventeen years old this year, and he has been able to break the national record twice in a row, if he can continue to grow, in three years, four years, six years, what will it be?!
In the stands of the Olympic Stadium, Yang Yao looked at Ye Qin, who was walking slowly near the finish line, and his face also showed surprise.
In the men's 200m final of the Olympic Games, he ran very hard and basically played his best, but he didn't expect Ye Qin to be able to perform so well.
In the eyes of many coaches and athletes, although Ye Qin broke the national men's 200-meter record, his overall strength may still be slightly inferior to Yang Yao, which mainly comes from the confidence in the strength of old athletes. That's how miracles have been done again and again.
"Ye Chin, well done!"
After seeing Ye Qin advance to the semifinals with a new national record, Yang Yao's eyes became more and more hot, it is really a world-class competition, the level of the players is incredible, he can run the best results, and others can naturally run out.
Originally, he may not be able to see Ye Qin in his usual relationship, but he is more or less unimpressed in his heart, which has the arrogance of an athlete, as well as age, qualifications, and experience in various competitions.
Ye Chin's results surpassed him, at most, he was regarded as an opponent who could be evenly matched, and he never felt that he might lose to Ye Chin, just like the old opponent he once looked at Japan, and after this match, he was happy that Ye Qin was able to advance, but at the same time felt an indescribable sense of crisis.
Ye Qin has repeatedly proved his strength in two games, with better results than him, more potential, and the key is that he is younger than him.
Athletes eat the rice of youth, I dare not say, young players who have reached a high level will definitely be great in the future, but there is no doubt that in the cognition of competitive sports, young age means more potential and more room for growth.
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On the field, Ye Qin quickly recovered from the joy of qualifying, and he set a new personal best in the men's 200m, which also meant that he set a new national record.
In this race, he ran 20.46 seconds to rank third in the group, while Andrew Howe only finished fourth in the group with 20.55 seconds, which can be regarded as avenging the World Youth Championships by Andrew Howe.
The talented Italian athlete, who has played many events in track and field, did not perform particularly well in the 200m preliminaries, and the four direct qualification places were worthy of being obtained.
Promotion, breakthrough results, and victory over old opponents, it is said that these are very happy things for Ye Qin.
But every time Ye Qin raised his head and saw the people pressing on top of his head, a strong unwillingness surged in his heart again.
Bernard-William of the United States won so easily that he surpassed everyone in the room with almost no difficulty. With Yechin and Bernard William approaching each other, it was even more permissible that the American didn't push too hard in this group at all.
But his explosive first-half campaign was already on full display, and it was the strongest opponent Ye Qin had ever faced.
At the World Junior Championships or the World Junior Championships, there may be many athletes who may outperform Bernard William when they reach their age, but among the opponents that Yechin has faced so far, he has not yet seen a stronger athlete than Bernard William.
Once Nie Fangping did everything possible to ask him to go abroad to participate in the World Junior Championships, just to let him feel the charm of the world's top athletes, at first he was a genius among his peers, and then a top young athlete a few years older than himself in the World Youth Championships.
In the face of these strong opponents, Ye Qin was hit almost again and again, but in his heart, there were always all kinds of unwillingness and unconvincing.
He was the same in this moment.
And this resentment is getting stronger and stronger.
In the past, Ye Qin was not able to clearly understand why many people would say that athletes are more competitive than others, and why they especially love to compete with others.
After one game after another, Ye Qin has gradually understood this.
If there is a game, there will be a win or a loss.
When you see your opponent climb on your head again and again, win the game, and look at you with a kind of overlook, who can be truly willing.
From the World Junior Championships to the World Youth Championships, the enthusiasm of his youth made him unconvinced, and he was unwilling to win the second and third places again and again or even go out, but due to the limitations of strength, the cruel side of competitive sports will not be changed because of human subjective factors.
Ye Qin felt like a fire in his heart, burning more and more enthusiastically, just advancing to the semifinals, what is there to be happy about.
Looking at the athletes in the same group who walked by one by one, Ye Qin's expression was like iron.
I want to win the championship, I want to win, even if I can't do it now, then I can definitely do it in the future!