September 16, Athens, Greece.

The two-day 10th IAAF World Cup was held at the Olympic Stadium in Athens.

Ye Qin himself did not expect that after two years, he would return to this stadium to participate in track and field competitions.

Athens 2004 was a very important event for him, and although he failed to win any medals at the Olympics, if he was just emerging at the World Junior Championships and World Junior Championships, then the Olympic stage was the time when he really made a name for himself.

First of all, it is the first time that a Chinese athlete has qualified for the Olympic Games in both the men's 200m and men's 400m events. Although the 400-meter event was eliminated in the preliminaries, in the men's 200-meter final, it created the best result of a Chinese sprinter in the Olympic Games, and ran until the final, finishing sixth.

This achievement, as well as the contact performance of Liu Yangyu, Xing Huina and others in the Olympic Games, not only gave strong confidence to the Chinese track and field sprint project at that time, but also indirectly advanced the implementation of the national team's strategy of "going out and bringing in".

Ye Qin benefited from the coaching of the world's top track and field coach Randy Hunter, although this time is only a year, but Ye Qin still gained a lot, and until now, Ye Qin will still run to the long jump team to communicate with Randy Hunter about sprinting.

Two years have passed, and the boy who was still unknown at the beginning has been valued by the IAAF to his appearance, and this time Ye Qin participated as a player in the men's 200m and men's 400m of the Asian team.

As for the men's 100m event, Ye Qin has not yet registered for this IAAF World Cup, he has just tried the men's 100m event for the first time at the World Youth Championships in August, although the results broke the national record, but there is still a gap with the world's best players, and it is not enough to convince others.

The lineup of the men's 4×100m Asian team Ye Qin was not selected, the four relay runners of the Asian team were all participated by Japanese players, and the men's 4×400m event Ye Qin was selected, but the national team refused politely, because the 4×400m was Ye Qin's men's 200m race an hour ago.

Moreover, in another IAAF World Cup, the number of athletes in the Asian team is fixed, and Ye Qin has already occupied two places in the men's 200m and men's 400m events.

In 9.88 seconds, Jason Gaby won the men's 100m. The runner-up was Portugal's Francis Obiqueru, and the third place went to Mark Burns of Trinidad and Tobago. ”

At 19:45 in the evening, Ye Qin, who had just finished warming up and was waiting for the check-in process to enter the venue, heard the news brought to him by Chen Zhongzhou.

"Jason Gaby feels even more talented in the 100m than he is in the men's 200m. In the men's 200m last year, Jason Gaby was far from this year's result, and after a year of special 100m, Jason Gaby's result almost completely entered another class. ”

Ye Qin was also amazed by Jason Gaby's performance, which is the third or fourth time this year that Jason Gaby has run under 9.90 seconds.

Before coming to Greece, it was already heard that Asafa Weir had withdrawn from the men's 100m event at this World Cup and only competed in the men's 4×100m event as a member of the relay of Team America.

Although there is a lot of controversy about Asafavil's withdrawal from the men's 100m event, it is easy to understand in the eyes of people like Ye Qin and Chen Zhongzhou.

Asafavil has already won 22 consecutive games in the 100m and the 2006 season is coming to an end, and if he goes head-to-head with Jason Gaby, he will not be sure to lose, but it is still possible.

There have been several head-to-head matches between Jason Gaby and Asafavil this year, among which Jason Gaby's results are getting better and better, especially when competing with Asafavir, Asafavil can't hold each other down if he doesn't show 100% strength.

And if you can win one game, win two, you may not be able to win the third and fourth games, they are all top athletes, and the final competition is within the range of 100 minutes and seconds, and if you are not careful, you are likely to lose.

"Jason Gaby has been in incredible form this year, he's the same age as the likes of Azafaville and Jax Thelin, he's just starting out when the other players were in the field, but in just two years on the international stage, he's already climbed to the top of the pack."

Speaking of Jason Gaby, Chen Zhongzhou also sighed again and again, in 2006, in the first half of the year, Jax Thelin and Azafavir led the field leaders, and in the second half of the year, although Asafarville has not changed, but after Jax Thelin went down, Jason Gaby stood up, once again let people see the talent and profound heritage and strength of American track and field.

"By the way, Yechin, do you have an idea of Jason Gaby's starting technique?" Chen Zhongzhou remembered the IAAF Finals a week ago, when Ye Qin stared at Jason Gaby's starting action and made a serious analysis.

"I paid attention to it, and then I watched the slow-motion footage. Jason Gaby's starting technique is not much better than mine, even worse than mine, but his cadence is very fast, and the speed of acceleration and running is amazing. ”

Jason Gaby, like Yechin, is a men's 200 and men's 400m runner, although Jason Gaby has also run 100 meters, but has never run into 10 seconds, the opponent's starting skills are not particularly bad, but it is much worse than Asafavir and other American Leonard Scott.

"I heard the grapevine that Jason Gay has been in contact with a number of coaches to improve his starting skills in order to improve his competitiveness in the 100m and challenge Asafavir's dominance in the 100m." Chen Zhongzhou revealed a piece of information he learned to Ye Qin.

"Well, it looks like Asafavil is going to face an all-out challenge from Jason Gaby next year."

Ye Qin nodded, it was not surprising that Jason Gaby wanted to improve his starting technique, this is what it should mean, sprinters, especially 100-meter runners, the details of improvement are all aspects, and any weakness needs to be made up.

At this time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Jason Gaby is a sprinting genius whose talent and skill are not weaker than Asafaville's, but he entered the peak a little later than others, but he still has a strength that cannot be ignored.

At the same time, with the rise of Jason Gaby, Ye Qin knows that it will be more difficult for him to make a difference in the men's 100m, and in the men's 200m, Jason Gaby and Wallace Spearmon have improved amazingly, and next year's World Championships may not be easy.

As the 2005 World Championships champion in the men's 200m, he will face no easier challenges next year than Asafavil.

With the improvement of his grades, the continuous broadening of his horizons, and the various things he experienced after entering Mizuki University, Ye Qin has gradually understood the burden on himself.

Occasionally, there will be discussions with Liu Yangyu in private, and everyone is under a lot of pressure in the face of the domestic public.

Even Ye Qin himself can fully understand this feeling, just like when he first started practicing track and field, there were still a few classmates in the class who liked Da Yao, and when they talked about Da Yao in private, they all hoped that he would directly bring a championship ring like pushing the NBA.

There is also the men's basketball team in the 04 Olympic Games, and the people have also reported great expectations. Fortunately, it was a collective project, so it doesn't mean that all the pressure needs to be resisted by one person, but a lot of things can be seen.

Now that you have come to this position, you need to shoulder this responsibility.

What's more, deep down, Yechin also wants to win, whether it is facing Jason Gaby, or Sean Merritt, Jimmy Warner, and maybe even Asafavil in the men's 100m event in the future, he hopes that the one who can win in the end is himself.

Standing on the track and standing on the field, the challenges faced will be one after another, the veterans will break out, the newcomers will rise, and the current international international athletics is no longer the time when there are no top athletes growing up like in previous years, but the era of good results continue to push forward.

If you don't make progress and are still eating your old book, I'm afraid it won't be long before you will be left behind.

"Okay, let's not talk about these digressions, it's time to get ready to play." After Chen Zhongzhou relayed the news of the men's 100m that had just ended in front of him to Ye Qin, he looked at the time, the men's 400m race was almost time, and he made an encouraging gesture towards Ye Qin, "Come on!" ”