Chapter 362: A New Era
As the competition in Chaoyang Sports Center gradually became more and more intense, the temperature in Chaoyang Sports Center gradually increased.
It is the weather in August, the temperature is not low at ** o'clock in the morning, and at noon, people stand under the sun, and it doesn't take three or five minutes to sweat.
At 12:25 p.m., Ye Qin walked into the Chaoyang Sports Center for the second time, and the atmosphere in the audience stands was rising again because of the weather.
The men's 400m heats start at 11:40, but due to the large number of competitors, there are a total of eight heats in the 400m heats. The top two teams from each group advance directly, and then make up for the eight best results, making a total of 24 players in the semi-finals.
Ye Qin was in the eighth preliminary group of the semi-finals, and when he came out, he found that the crowd in the stands had not decreased, and the seats of 8,000 people were still full.
Especially when he waved at the crowd, the loud noise and cheers of the home crowd made many other players in the same group look sideways.
This is your home turf!
In 2004, in Grosseto, Italy, he once envied Andrew Howe's home advantage, and basically as soon as he appeared on the field, he was able to cause the crowd to cheer.
And this time at the World Youth Championships, he finally experienced the feeling of countless people standing behind him.
For some athletes, this may cause a lot of pressure on themselves, but for others, when the eyes of the audience are on him, he will only feel more excited and motivated.
The men's 400-meter preliminaries in the eighth group, Ye Qin is basically unfamiliar with other players like the 100-meter event, saying that he is an athlete of the same era, but Ye Qin is already an older player, and he is the group of players who compete in the line. Moreover, he has entered the international arena, and everyone is not at the same level, so he doesn't know much about the player information before the game.
After the gun rang out in the race, Ye Qin did not adopt the same running style as in the 100-meter race, but ran at a relatively stable pace. Even so, in the World Junior Championships, where the average runner is about 46 seconds to 48 seconds, he still led easily after 150 meters, and maintained this advantage until the end.
45.88 seconds!
Ye Qin won the first place in the eighth group of the 400m preliminaries without any suspense, and also the first in the eight preliminaries groups, and successfully entered the final.
With the precedent of breaking the national record in the men's 100-meter preliminaries at 9 a.m., the men's 400-meter race can be said to have won without waves, but even so, when Ye Qin galloped on the track and led the young athletes from other countries by a large margin, the stands of the spectators still set off bursts of cheers.
For many track and field fans, this is almost the best era of Chinese track and field, when they do it in front of the TV or sit on the scene to watch the competition, the men's sprint sprint and sprint event competition they see is no longer the same as before, our athletes are always in a catch-up posture.
Now, they are all ahead of the other players, and it is no longer us who need to catch up!
That strong sense of pride and honor filled my heart almost instantly, overflowing my chest!
17 p.m.
In Yanjing in August, the sky was not completely dark, but the Chaoyang Sports Center was already brightly lit.
In a lounge not far from the Chaoyang Sports Center, Ye Qin put on his clothes and opened the door, and saw Chen Zhongzhou, Zhuang Wei and a staff member of the World Youth Championships waiting there.
"Would you like to get something to eat?" After seeing Ye Qin come out, Chen Zhongzhou asked in a low voice.
Although the level of competition in the World Youth Championships is not high for Ye Qin, on August 15 and August 16, Ye Qin will compete three times a day, and the intensity of such a competition is still a great test of an athlete's physical reserve.
Fortunately, this World Youth Championships, because it is hosted in China, is much more convenient as a host than participating in competitions abroad.
In order to ensure that Ye Qin can get plenty of rest under such a high-intensity competition, the organizing committee has arranged a special lounge not far from the sports center.
"No need, just eat two bananas to replenish your strength."
Ye Qin shook his head, he had already eaten a little to replenish his calories before resting, and now the time was relatively close to the evening game.
It is not suitable to eat too much before exercising, and eating too much is not suitable for exercise at all, let alone any strenuous exercise such as competitive competition. The reason why I choose to eat bananas is that this is a relatively common means of replenishing physical fitness in various competitive competitions.
One is to eat bananas before or during the game, which can help the performance on the field, especially for ball players who have been playing for a long time. Nutritionally, the sugar content of bananas can be quickly converted into glucose, which is immediately absorbed by the body and is a fast source of energy. Bananas are high in potassium foods, and potassium ions can strengthen muscle strength and endurance.
Ye Qin has a men's 100m semi-final at 18:40 left in the evening race, if it is a men's 400m or men's 200m race, the pressure is relatively high, and the men's 100m is relatively much better than the other two events.
"Yuhambreck?"
At the men's 100-meter starting line, Ye Qin noticed a young athlete from Jamaica next door, who was really not very old and looked about the same as when he first participated in the World Junior Championships. It looks like a tiger and has a tiger brain, and it is very strong.
The reason why he noticed him was because Yechin saw the opposing coach on the sidelines, a stocky old Jamaican black coach, and Yechin remembered that the other man's name was Glenn Mills. And Glenn Mills is also the coach of Usher Bote, whom Yechin is familiar with.
Because of his participation in the World Junior Championships, Ye Qin has not traveled to Europe in the past few months, but he still knows that Yusse Bot has improved a lot in the men's 200m event this year.
However, what I didn't expect was that Glenn Mills, the coach, did not pay attention to the disciple of Yousse Both, but accompanied the teenager Youhamblake to Yanjing to participate in the World Youth Championships.
Although Ye Qin does not think that Yuhamblake can threaten him, due to the several battles with Yusse Bot, as well as the young athletes who can be valued by the opposing coach, Ye Qin is still a little cautious about Youhamblake in this men's 100m semi-final.
After the gun sounded, Yuhamblake showed a very good side, the starting force was very strong, although the speed was not particularly fast, but the contact area of his feet was very sufficient.
Blake was slightly behind the other runners in the 20-metre start, but after 20 metres he gradually came out on top and ran to the front.
It wasn't until the 30-metre position that Yechin overtook the Jamaican prodigy teenage athlete, opening up the gap with his speedy ability and Brecla.
Entering the high-speed stage of running on the way, Ye Qin no longer looked at the positions of other runners, but just maintained his speed and rushed directly towards the finish line.
The 100m time of the group on the timing board before the finish line was 10.24 seconds, which is still an absolute need to look up to for the World Junior Championships.
Ye Qin probably knew that the men's 100m semifinals run was not particularly ideal, and the atmosphere on the scene was very good, but he lacked the stimulation of a strong opponent, so he inevitably let go of some in the second half of the run.
However, standing at the finish line, Yechin looked at Yuhambreck, the younger brother of Yusse Both, who finished second in the group with a time of 10.43 seconds.
At this age, he can run a time of 10.43 seconds, which can be said to be an amazing young athlete, and maybe in the near future, the other party will grow up and continue to compete with him on the same track.
Of course, there is another prerequisite for this, and that is to be able to grow smoothly.
The players who can stand on the track of the World Youth Championships are basically known as geniuses. Including Yechin and Yusse Bot before them, both of them have created a string of historical achievements.
As for how far he can go, Yechin doesn't know, and he doesn't fully care about Blake, and now among players of his age, Yusse Bot is his opponent.
Since the Athens Olympics in '04, Yechin can feel the continuous maturity of athletes throughout the 80-85 age group, basically they dominate the entire track and field field. All kinds of Olympic champions and world records are set by this group of athletes one after another.
After 85, he and Yousse Bot are also gradually reaching the top, and they are beginning to compete with the previous generation of athletes in the same arena.
The whole world of athletics seems to have sprung up after 04 years.
In 2004 it was Jax Thelin, Jimmy Warner, and Liu Yangyu, and in 2005 it was Asafarevilr, Yechin, Yusse Bot, Jason Gaby, Wallace Spearmon. By 2006, there was Xavier Carter and so on.
The era of Michael Johnson has long passed, and the era of Morris Green's domination of the 100m has also ended.
Standing in front of the finish line, Ye Qin listened to the applause given to him by the audience, and a thought welled up in his heart.
This is our time, this is my time!