Chapter 526: Lausanne Super Grand Prix
September 2, 2008, Lausanne, Sponge Stadium.
The 10,000-seat Sponge Stadium is almost packed, and just a week after the Games, many athletes will continue to compete in the IAAF's Golden League and Super Grand Prix.
After Ye Qin finished the exchange between Xiangjiang and Haojiang two days ago, he flew directly from Xiangjiang to Lausanne, Switzerland, to participate in the Lausanne Super Grand Prix.
There are many classic events in international athletics, and the Grand Prix in Lausanne is undoubtedly the most important one. In 2006, Liu Yangyu broke the world record in the men's 110-meter hurdles here, and was known as a blessed land.
Ye Qin had been to Lausanne before, and had competed, but this time he came with the title of Olympic champion and world record holder in the men's 100m and men's 400m.
There were more than 10,000 spectators in the audience, and it can be said that a large part of them came to watch completely for Yechin, and there are many highlights of this Lausanne Super Grand Prix, in addition to the men's 100m in which Asafavir participated, the most important is the men's 200m event.
The fact that Yechin was sent off in the semi-finals of the Olympics is known to almost everyone who has watched the Olympics or paid a little attention to the Olympic news, and this time Yechin came to Lausanne to participate in the men's 200m event.
What's even more interesting is that it is not only Yechin who will participate in the men's 200m event in this race, but also in Lausanne after participating in the Zurich Golden Grand Prix.
Originally, everyone thought that the time for Ye Qin and Yusse Bot to face off in the men's 200m was not expected to be so early, and this king-to-king situation might not last until the World Championships in Berlin a year later.
But no one expected that just over a week after the Olympics, Yechin and Yusse Bot would once again compete in the Lausanne Super Prix.
At this time, the news in China has not been completely disseminated, and the people who know it are only a part, and everyone is still immersed in the unprecedented achievements of the Chinese team just after the Olympic Games, and they do not pay much attention to other track and field events.
But two days ago, when the Lausanne organizing committee announced that Ye Qin would participate in the men's 200m event and had a head-to-head showdown with Yusse Both, they quarreled.
Almost all the media in Europe and the United States moved, rushing towards Lausanne. The broadcasting rights of the Olympic Games are divided among the companies, and the Lausanne Super Grand Prix is not so restrictive.
In the entire sponge stadium, the lowest circle is almost full of reporters, with long guns and short guns aimed at the track and field field, waiting for the start of this afternoon's game!
It is currently a duel between two of the fastest athletes in the world at the moment, with Yechin already breaking the men's 100m and 400m world records, and Yusse Bot slower by a hundredth of a second in the 100m, also breaking Michael Johnson's men's 200m world record.
The men's 200m duel between the two, which they failed to complete on the day of the Bird's Nest, will be staged in Lausanne.
When I saw the competition list and information, many media shouted that it would be perfect if Ye Qin and Yusse Bot could participate in the men's 100m event again.
Ye Chin, Yusse Bote, and Asafarville first launched the men's 100m duel, and then the men's 200m duel, such a pinnacle duel can almost maximize the world's attention.
The 2008 Olympic Games, for the entire world athletics, the most prominent impact is undoubtedly the men's sprint event, 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters and 4×100 meters all broke the world record.
This trend began to rise before the Olympics, and it has become even more magnificent after the Olympics.
Countless media and online posts have turned the debate over who wins and loses in the men's 200m in Lausanne.
From genes to ethnicity to pedigree, the results of the performance, the analysis of the results of each stage, the sprint running technique on the way to the start, the large rhetorical and specious articles have been reprinted by various reports.
There are opponents and competition, and only then can we set off a topic.
And this time, after benefiting from the Olympic Games, the topic has attracted global attention.
Standing in the waiting area of the players in the sponge stadium, Ye Qin listened to Chen Zhongzhou talk to him about the reports of various media in the past few days, and the things that many netizens on the Internet quarreled about.
He couldn't help but shake his head and laugh in his heart, he just wanted to return to the normal rhythm of competition after the Olympics, but he didn't expect to make such waves at all.
In fact, there are different voices in the national team about him going abroad to compete at this time, but Ye Qin has now become Liu Yangyu's second business card, and his influence in the world has surpassed that of Liu Yangyu at that time.
There is not much to question that he is the first person in domestic or even Asian sports, and many people are also looking forward to his participation in the Lausanne Grand Prix to make a name for himself in the 200m event.
Ye Qin failed to participate in the men's 200m final at the Olympic Games, which is also the most regrettable thing for many people in this Olympic Games.
"You haven't completely reversed your jet lag, are you sure about Usse Both?"
Chen Zhongzhou is optimistic about Ye Qin's participation in the Lausanne Grand Prix, but it is impossible to say that he is not a little worried about Yusse Bot at this time.
This is the battle for the world's No. 1 flyer, as many netizens commented, Ye Qin won against Yusse Bot in the men's 100m event by only one hundredth of a second, and with Yusse Bote's height and long legs, Ye Qin may not be able to win the other party in the men's 200m event.
On the other hand, Ye Qin broke the world record in the 400m semi-finals, and looking at Ye Chin's 200m performance in the past, Ye Qin has never lost to Ye Qin in the second half of the competition, and he also has a strong ability to maintain speed.
"Give it a try!"
Ye Qin smiled, his expression was relatively relaxed, he flew from Xiangjiang to Lausanne after doing something, and the biological clock naturally had not been adjusted yet, but his own state felt good.
And against Yusse Both, it is not an Olympic competition, the two are facing each other, although there will still be a strong sense of competition, but there will not really be the pressure of the Olympic competition.
"You're really ...... mentality"
Chen Zhongzhou couldn't help but laugh when he saw Ye Qin's smile, from Ye Qin's eyes, he saw Ye Qin's confidence to reach the top after the Olympics, and at the same time, without Ye Qin under strong pressure, he believed that there should be a better performance.
At the same time, in the lounge on the other side.
Usse Bot was facing an interview with a female reporter from the BBC, sitting in a folding chair to sort out his game status, and he was also very relaxed, whether he was joking with the female reporter who glanced at him.
"Yusse, are you under pressure for today's men's 200m race against Yechin? The Internet says that this is your trapeze dispute? After talking and laughing with Yusse Bot for a while, the female reporter asked the question she wanted to ask the most.
Yusse Bot grinned and replied with a smile: "I have a good relationship with Ye Chin, and I thought that this 200-meter duel would be saved for next year's World Championships, but I didn't expect that we would bump into each other when we registered." ”
"Is that so?" The female reporter obviously didn't believe this statement, although she didn't know much about the registration for track and field events, but she also knew that for athletes of Yusai Both's level, many competition schedules may have been booked early in the morning.
"Of course, that's it." Yusse-Bot blinked, grinning.
"Okay." The female reporter obviously felt that she should have been teased by the trapeze man in this world, and quickly changed the topic, "Then what do you think of the duel with Ye Qin?" Do you think you'll win, or him? ”
"It's actually hard to say......" Yusse-Bot showed a slight look of thought, "I called him before and asked him, Ye, why are you running over to compete with me in 200 meters now, do you think that you have to blame me for losing the gold medal in the Olympics?" ”
"And then?"
"And guess what he answered?" Yusse Bot paused deliberately, then said slowly, "I owe him a 200m, we just want to have a race with someone who is about as fast as ourselves." ”
With that, Yusse-Bot stood up from his folding chair, turned back to the reporter and said, "And...... Our competition probably won't end with an Olympics, it's probably going to last a long time......"
With that, Yusse Bot left the break room, accompanied by his agent, and walked towards the warm-up venue outside.
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In the Sponge Stadium, more than 10,000 spectators are sitting or standing, waiting for the final race of the Lausanne Super Grand Prix - the men's 200m.
In the past, the men's 200m race was not the last event, but this time it was different, because there was a duel between two top athletes, so the event organizers specially postponed the competition, and such a major event is worth waiting for the spectators and the media.
"Asafarevill!"
"Asafarevill!"
"What a run!"
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In the stands of the spectators, when Asafavier, dressed in casual clothes, appeared, it caused many shouts from the surrounding spectators.
Asafavil just smiled and waved at the crowd in the stands, his personality has been like that since the day he debuted, he wasn't particularly good at words, and he didn't throw a fool of himself in front of people like Yusse Both.
The most unbridled was when he and Yusse Bot did a tap dance on the edge of the track after winning the men's 4×100m relay at the Yenching Olympics.
The crowd's cheers for him were heartfelt, and he was the number one superstar in the years when Yechin and Yusse Bot were not yet fully emerging.
In the men's 100m race, which has just ended, Asafavil continued his good form since the Yenching Olympics, winning with a time of 9.72 seconds against top athletes such as Walter Dicks, Nesta Carton, and Davis Barton, setting a new personal best.
In the men's 100m, there was no participation of the current strongest Yechin and Usse Both, and there was no Jason Gaby who was not in good form, but his performance still made many spectators in the arena feel the speed ability of the world's top sprinters.
Although the title of world record holder is gone, Asafavir is still one of the few top athletes on the planet to break the 9.80 time mark.
On the other side, a top athlete who has also attracted much attention is standing in the stands at the moment, also waiting for the upcoming men's 200m race.
"Sean, who will be your absolute final champion? That Chinese is still Jamaican......"
It was Angelo Taylor who spoke, an athlete who excelled in both the 400m and 400m hurdles. He competed in the Lausanne Super Grand Prix as a 400m athlete and finished second in the 400m with a time of 44.38 seconds, with Sean Merritt taking the title next to him in 43.98 seconds.
For many current men's 400m athletes, Sean Merritt's form this year is absolutely amazing, and he has run into 44 seconds many times, but unfortunately he lost to Ye Qin in the men's 400m race at the Olympics, making the United States team almost no gold medal in the men's sprint event except for the final 4×400m.
"Yechin, damn it, why didn't he come to the 400 meters?"
Sean Merritt didn't seem to hear Angelo Taylor's words here, but kept muttering under his breath.
After losing to Yechin in the 400m at the Olympics, he was very unwilling, and the situation at that time, if he could have been a little better at pace, Yechin would not have been able to achieve a reversal in the end.
Of course, he admits that Ye Qin is strong in the 400m event, able to break the world record, and his individual ability needs not be said, but in that final, it is clear that Ye Qin's form is heaven and earth compared to his performance in the semi-finals.
After running 400 meters, Ye Qin was almost completely tired and lay on the ground, and he only felt some fatigue, and he believed that if he did it all over again, he would definitely be able to surpass Ye Qin.
"Sean, what are you talking about?" Angelo Taylor is a little strange about Sean Merritt's self-talk, but it is not particularly surprising, many athletes have a lot of personal quirks, such as 100m athlete Davis Barton likes to hide and talk to himself often.
"Nothing ......" Sean Merritt is as arrogant as ever, Angelo Taylor is doing well in the 400m hurdles, but he is not competitive in the 400 event, and he is not so polite to his teammate and rival.
Angelo Taylor also seemed to get used to Sean Merritt's impoliteness, and then said to himself: "I think Yechin can win, and in the second half, Yechin will show Yusse Bot the speed retention ability of the top 400m athletes." ”
"Not necessarily, Euse-Bot has practiced 400 meters before." Sean Merritt pouted in response.
"But he wasn't doing well and he didn't run under 45 seconds." Angelo Taylor smiled, "As for the statement that Yusse Bot went to run the 100 meters because he felt that the 400 meters were too hard, do you believe that?" ”
"......Of course not" Shaun Merritt also scoffed at the argument that Eusey Bott was competing in the 100m instead of the 400m because he had avoided training.
It is certainly not easy to practice sprinting from 100 meters to 400 meters, and as for not practicing 400 meters, the biggest possibility is that you will not be able to run 400 meters.
Needless to say, even Jason Gaby was very convincing in his performance in the 400m, and even offered to win three gold medals in the men's 100m, 200m and 400m.
Sean Merritt seems that Ye Qin actually has a bigger chance of winning than Yusse Both, he has played against Ye Qin and knows the technical characteristics of the other party, but emotionally, he does not want Ye Qin to really win.
While everyone was waiting on the sidelines, the atmosphere in the sponge stadium gradually became warm.
On the big screen at the scene, the list of men's 200m athletes has appeared in front of everyone, and the competition is about to start!
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