July 15 at 9:30 a.m.

On the track of the Karozecchini Olympic Stadium, the men's 200m preliminaries officially kicked off.

A total of 47 athletes from 35 countries competed in the men's 200m at the World Junior Championships, and these athletes will be divided into six preliminary groups in the preliminaries this morning.

Ye Qin stood on the track and moved his body slightly, he was the eighth lane of the first group in the preliminaries, and he was rarely assigned such a not particularly undesirable lane since participating in the competition.

However, this is the first group of preliminaries, and except for the occasional local player who will receive preferential treatment, most of the players' pass distribution is basically random.

Because of the proximity of the road to the stands next to him, Ye Qin can clearly hear the noisy sound from the spectators on the sidelines, although it is morning, the spectators on both sides of the stands are still full, from July 12th, to today, July 15th, the game has entered the fourth day, some influential or heavyweight projects, have been held in the morning and afternoon of the preliminaries semi-finals in the past few days.

The men's 200m, while not as influential as the men's 100m, is a very spectacle event for the sprints, and spectators on both sides, especially those in Italy, are excited.

Ye Qin watched the preliminaries before the race and knew that there was a local Italian athlete in the men's 200m race today, which probably aroused the enthusiasm of many spectators.

Ye Qin did some stretching and small jumping movements on the spot, he felt that he was in good shape, he fell asleep when he returned to the room after more than an hour of physiotherapy last night, his body was very relaxed, and he felt a little refreshed when he got up this morning.

The physiotherapist is basically an indispensable part of the athlete at all times, even more important than the coach. At that time, he invited an old masseur in Xiushui No. 2 Middle School, and the conditions were limited, at that time, Ye Qin also had to relax his muscles every three or five days, this time from the training camp, to Grosseto, Italy, there has been an interval of time, the body muscles have relaxed a little, coupled with the strong recovery ability of young people, to this day he has felt that his state is better than the previous two days.

Although the first two days ran two men's 400m preliminaries and semifinals in succession, the intensity was not particularly high, but today's race is the test.

"If the morning 200m heats go well, there will be a 200m semi-final in the afternoon, and then the 400m semi-final at 9pm."

The schedule of the World Youth Championships is actually not particularly reasonable, and the men's 200m and 400m races are so tightly arranged that it is very unfriendly for athletes who are also in the competition.

The World Junior Championships are crowded and the schedule is tight, but it is rare for the men's 200m and men's 400m to collide together.

This is more pressure than when he participated in the World Junior Championships last year, when he only had two men's 200m semifinals and men's 400m finals in one day.

If it's training, running two 200m and one 400m a day won't be a problem, but it's a race, and you basically need to be in the best shape for every race.

Although he put a little bit in the 400m race the day before yesterday and yesterday, it was basically a little slack after it was finally determined that he could qualify, and in terms of physical capacity, the load reduction was there, but it was not enough to say that it had no effect on him at all.

And today's men's 200m race......

Ye Qin took a breath lightly, compared to 400 meters, he can control his speed of crossing the finish line more clearly, and 200 meters can't think so much.

The shorter the distance, the higher the technical requirements, and the more delicate all aspects need to be. This is an event that emphasizes explosiveness and sprint, and although speed and endurance are important, it is obviously much less important than the 400m event.

Ye Qin moved slightly in front of the starting line, and soon the sound of the referee on the sidelines reminding the runners to take their positions sounded.

Ye Qin stepped onto the starting block and rushed out of the track the moment the race gun rang out.

He is the eighth, the most marginal one, and basically can't see the position of the other players, so he can only bury his head and rush by himself.

Like the men's 400m, among the men's 200m runners, he basically didn't know the competitors, and before the game, Nie Fangping didn't give any opponents in his group to pay special attention to, so he just buried his head and rushed directly.

From the start of acceleration, Ye Qin increased his speed as fast as possible.

His ability to accelerate from the start has improved a lot compared to a year ago, and although the acceleration distance is still longer than that of other runners, the improvement in self-comparison is still obvious.

On the curve of more than 110 meters, 80 or 90 meters in front, Ye Qin basically couldn't see the position of the players around him, and could only run alone.

The seventh lane Japanese player next to him, Nogu, was very fast in 100 meters, but he did not surpass Ye Qin in the corner, and the players in other lanes, because of the difference in the number of forward extensions, unless the absolute strength surpassed Ye Qin by a large margin, it was difficult to offset the advantage brought by the number of forward extensions in the corner.

But as the bend drew to a close, and all the competitors were about to pull to a level, Ye Qin was probably aware of his position in the team.

He wasn't too far behind, but he wasn't too far behind, and there were at least two players in front of him who were about the same level as him.

He could see that Nogu was slightly ahead of him in lane 7, and in lane 5 he couldn't see, Britain's Julian Thomas was almost two positions ahead of him. There is no particularly big gap between them.

This is the first group of the men's 200m preliminaries, the level of the players is unexpectedly not low, and it may be because of the first race, everyone is more excited, and wants to come up with a better result to ensure that they can get the promotion place.

In the preliminaries of the 6 groups, the top three in each group will advance directly, and the remaining 6 places will directly go to the top six with the best results.

For the players in the first group of preliminaries, the situation they face is completely unknown to the future, and they will basically show a relatively good state to compete.

Ye Qin basically didn't dare to have reservations at this time, running 200 meters is not the same as running 400 meters, and there is not so much time to provide adjustments and considerations.

He is the eighth lane again, from the beginning of the start, he is basically stuffy rushing, because there is no reference, it can be said that Ye Qin did not have any reservations, but when it came to the corner into the straight, Ye Qin was still able to find that he did not run out of many advantages, on the contrary, slightly behind.

However, after entering the straight, the sense of urgency in his heart stabilized a little.

The most fearful thing about running 200 meters and running 400 meters is to be assigned to the edge lanes, except for the top players, who can completely control their own rhythm, there are no players as a reference, and many times it will give people an inexplicable sense of urgency.

You can't find your place in the team, and you feel like you're probably sprinting with all your might, but it's very subjective and you can only find out if you're actually ahead or behind. Of course, if your strength is far superior to other players, there is no problem.

Out of the corner of his eye, Ye Qin caught a glimpse that he wasn't left behind by the other competitors, but his pace was still very good, and the final straight stage was what he did best.

Eighty meters, seventy meters, sixty meters......

While the speed of the other competitors inevitably dropped, Ye Qin seemed to run faster and faster, and began to gradually overtake Japan's Nokohe in lane 7 next to him, and was neck and neck with Britain's Julian Thomas in lane 5.

At this time, Nie Fangping and Zhou Bin saw Ye Qin's performance, and their hearts gradually relaxed.

In this group, the strength of the three players is obviously higher than the other players, and there is no problem in advancing to the semifinals.

Sprint races, especially when you see your own athletes competing, you will inevitably have such a strange sense of apprehension and worry.

Even if you're confident in your athletes, the crowd can't help but get nervous as long as you don't cross the finish line or take the lead you feel like you're getting the shot.

Especially in sprints like 200 meters and 100 meters, the time is too short, the distance is too short, and many times, as long as the runner does not pay attention to the slightest start, he may be pulled away by others for several meters, and even if he plays well, he may not be able to recover such a gap.

This is the mood of the two at this time, since Ye Qin started, the mood is somewhat hanging, Ye Qin's path is not good enough, you can't see other runners, which is not conducive to the vision and observation of the runners, until after entering the straight, Ye Qin enters the second half of the race that he is best at, they see Ye Qin and the British runner neck and neck, and they can probably judge the final result.

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

The finish line was already in sight, Ye Qin's advantage in the second half of the race was fully exerted, at this time Ye Qin had no time to care, he found that the British player's strength was very strong, and the speed of the second half of the race was not weak, and the two finally ran almost side by side for a distance of up to 30 meters, and Ye Qin gradually led the other party.

This lead is not large, and because of the separation of the passes, Ye Qin did not have a particularly clear judgment, so he did not dare to slow down, and he was not relieved until he almost crossed the finish line at the end.

20.89 seconds!

The timing board showed Ye Qin crossing the finish line first.

He was followed by Great Britain's Julian Thomas and Japan's Noko, who clocked 20.93 seconds and 21 seconds respectively.

On the track near the finish line, Ye Qin gasped rapidly, looking at the British player, he could see that the other party had an obvious unwillingness after his results came out, similar to kicking a ball to vent.

Although it is only the preliminaries of the World Youth Championships, Ye Qin has clearly felt that the strength of all players is definitely not weak, even in the men's 200m final of the National Games at this time, it is almost the level of the preliminaries.

Calmed down a little, Ye Qin didn't stay too much on the track, just the preliminaries, he felt that he was in good shape today, he just suffered a loss in the 200 meters, and some places did not play as well as they wanted, but it is always a good thing to be able to advance.

"Ye Qin, you ran well and successfully qualified, do you want to go back and rest?"

As soon as he saw Ye Qin out of the arena, Zhou Bin won with a smile and asked Ye Qin.

He is very confident in Ye Qin, from the World Junior Championships to this year's competition, the accumulated results in one game are enough to give people a rough idea of Ye Qin's level among all the players.

But the game is such a thing, before the results come out, there will always be some worries, now the preliminaries have passed, just waiting for the semi-finals in the afternoon, just like playing a game, after a level of boss, waiting for the next level, this gap can naturally be adjusted slightly.

"Director Zhou, let's wait a while."

Ye Qin took a sip of water, shook his head, and glanced at the arena, at this time, the players in the second group of the preliminaries had already entered the arena, "I want to watch the preliminaries before leaving." ”

"You have a lot of intensity today, so I suggest you should take the time to rest and get back to your best." Zhou Bin frowned slightly at Ye Qin's suggestion.

"Okay, Director Zhou, let him see it if he wants to see it." Nie Fangping walked over next to him, he knew Ye Qin's thoughts, Ye Qin had developed the habit of reading the game and observing the opponent, as long as he had time, he would catch it to see the performance of other players, analyze the techniques and characteristics, and sometimes learn some running skills. This is a sign that an elite athlete is growing up.