Chapter 416: Narrow Victory

β€œOn your marks!”

On the edge of the track at the scene, a sturdy starter shouted the command for the runners to be in place according to the time.

Before the starting line, Ye Qin raised his head and casually glanced at the Punta Isse Olympic Stadium, the biggest advantage of this kind of semi-open stadium is that the view is wide enough.

It won't be like many large stadiums surrounded by stands on all sides, which can make people feel more open in a sense.

Gently patting the muscles on both sides of his thighs, Ye Qin made a belly hop on the spot, slowly walked on the running aid, and put his feet on the pedals.

"Ye Chin, come on!"

In the audience, which was gradually quieting, someone suddenly shouted loudly.

The corners of Ye Qin's mouth pursed slightly, he didn't look up, and he didn't particularly care who was shouting.

This Lausanne Super Grand Prix, although it is known as Liu Yangyu's blessed place here, has set a world record, and its influence is far beyond that of ordinary athletes.

But Ye Qin also believes in his heart that with the continuous improvement of his performance in the sprint event, no matter where he goes, there will always be people who will call his name to encourage and cheer for him!

Before the starting line, Yusse Bot leaned down, looked up at the clear blue sky, crossed his hands and silently prayed to himself a habit he had developed since he stepped onto the field as a teenager, when he faced off against another Jamaican teenager who was good at the time, and once prayed that he would win.

After the results came out, he defeated his opponent by a wide margin, and since then it has become a must-have procedure for him in the Circle, praying before the fight, no matter where he is or who he is facing, and adjusting his mental emotions with this ritual gesture.

Yousse Bot is now confident of his 200m record, having equalled Yechin in his personal best at last month's Jamaican National Championships, and he believes he should be able to go one step further.

It's a promise he made to himself, and he's been training hard since the New York Grand Prix, believing that if he works hard enough, his results will continue to improve.

At this year's World Championships, he is not sure if he will be able to defeat their opponents in the end, but he has given it his all, and in more than a year, next year's Olympic Games, he will also make the world remember his name - Yusse Both!

"I really regret that I didn't train a little harder!" Yusse Bot said to himself silently, the coach has promised him to run 100 meters, and told him not to be anxious, the improvement will not be seen immediately, but as long as he is willing to put in the effort, the results will definitely break through, even if he loses the last few races, it doesn't matter, his goal should be in a year.

It's just that even if he himself knows that he may be defeated by several other people now, he is still not reconciled in his heart.

Jason Gaby, who was next to him, took a sip of water after the command sounded, and then walked up to the runner, pointing his index finger high into the sky, as if to mean that he was going to take the first place, and then leaned down and stood on the runner.

This race is to face Ye Qin in the 200m event, he and Ye Qin have played against each other several times before, basically ended in failure, in the rapid growth stage of last year's results, because part of the attention was focused on the 100 meters, and Ye Qin staggered many races.

This year's 100m is a real duel between the two in the past year, but it is a 100m event, and although Ye Qin lost to him, the gap is actually limited.

In the men's 200m race, he was not sure if he could win against Ye Qin. In many cases, the performance of athletes on the field is not based on their personal all-time best and annual best, but on their recent performance.

It's clear that Yechin has been in good form lately, and he, Jason Gaby, is no different!

Jimmy Warner in lane 1 and Sean Merritt in lane 7 looked calm after stepping onto the runner.

They are all athletes in the 400m, and it is a trial for them to give up the 400m event and run the 200m event at the Lausanne Super Grand Prix.

They had previously tried the 200m in other races, but this was the first time they had competed at the level of the Lausanne Super Prix.

Jimmy Warner has already proven himself in the men's 400m, an Olympic champion and a world champion, and in 2006 he won almost all of the 400m except for a muscle strain in Shenghai, where he completely dominated the 400m.

The main goal of running this 200m is also to try the possibility of combining events to see if his performance in the men's 200m can run well.

Shaun Merritt aims the same, and he performs better in the 200m than Jimmy Warner's strong second-half ability. For the first time this year, he ran under 20 seconds.

This is quite amazing for a special 400m runner.

Of course, compared with Ye Qin's performance in the 200-meter event at this time, the two are naturally inferior. Ye Qin is currently the best international sprinter and the best athlete in the event.

The 400m can run under 44.50 seconds, the 200m is a personal best of 19.75 seconds, and the 100m run is 9.93 seconds.

Moreover, compared with the 400-meter event, in the past two years, Ye Qin's explosive power and absolute strength have improved, making his performance in the 1200-meter event even better than his performance in the 400-meter event.

β€œSET!”

After the two referees checked that all the players' bodies had remained still, the starter on the sidelines shouted the prepared password again.

The sound of the stands, which had just been quieting up, gradually quieted down, and by this time, except for one or two strange screams from a few spectators, the whole stadium basically began to fall into a state of silence.

Some spectators, whose emotions were not easily controlled, stood up straight from their seats.

The strongest line-up of this year's Lausanne Super Grand Prix, and perhaps the most exciting, is the men's 200m.

In the men's 100m, the attraction of the current 100m runners such as Asafavil, Jason Gaby, and Yechin has plummeted, and although the number of competitors has reached 15 and they are divided into two groups, there are no competitors who can really run the 10-second mark.

As for the men's 400m, not to mention, the lack of Jimmy Warner, the world's No. 1 in the 400m, has already made many people lose interest.

On the other hand, in the men's 200m race, the top masters gathered. The four strongest young athletes in the 200m and the two strongest in the 400m appeared in the same field, and such a lineup will probably be no more than this by the time of the World Championships in Osaka at the end of August.

Everyone is starting to wait with bated breath!

Syllable!

Race guns rang out!

After the sound of this gunshot, there was a sudden burst of loud cheers in the quiet arena.

In front of the starting line, the eight runners also accelerated from the starting line in an instant after the gunshots rang out, and rushed forward as if flying.

Yousse Bot was in lane eight, a rare lane in his sprinting career, and from the start, he started to accelerate and sprint forward.

He knows that he has a fatal flaw in running, that is, he always looks left and right, and likes to judge the position of his opponent to determine his position among all the runners.

This shortcoming, which is not visible in the usual game, has been criticized by Glenn Mills many times on the field, but many times, he has always been unable to overcome.

He likes to see how far ahead he is in the races where he is lower, and he wants to see where he is being overtaken so that he can run harder.

In fact, the coach of every sprinter has thousands of instructions, and it can even be said that on the first day of buying a track and field field, the coaches of each family have emphasized this problem, do not squint, do not be led by other runners to run rhythm, and look at other people's positions.

But in fact, in sprint races, most runners can't do it, especially the larger the field, the more psychological pressure the runners have, and there are often mistakes between gains and losses.

In the 200-meter start of this trip, Yusse Bot set a goal for himself early in the morning, he was in lane eight, the most forward position, at least the first 100 meters and more than 100 meters did not have time to think about the problem of looking left and right, he only needed to face one, the finish line, sprinting towards the finish line.

In the third lane, Jason Gaby opened his feet left and right on the runner pedal and accelerated quickly as the gun rang out, and his starting speed was now much improved compared to the past.

He is a fast-paced and explosive athlete, and he has only been training for the men's 200-meter event for a long time, and the requirements for the start are not so high, so he is not very good at the start.

But after hiring a new coach, a lot of starting practice and improvements in starting style made his start less efficient than Asafavir's, but it was a perfect fit for him, and the explosive start in front of him allowed him to quickly increase his speed.

In the fifth, Spearmon ran with all his might after the gun rang out in the race, and he was not in particularly good shape since the races, and after the start, he could also feel that his movements seemed to be a little obscure, compared to his peak of 19.65 seconds in Daegu, South Korea in September last year, his condition was not much worse.

But the guns rang out in the game, and in the face of so many strong opponents, he did not hesitate at all, and went to the field, if it wasn't for the injury, he didn't have to worry about anything else, just run.

Ye Qin was in the position of the sixth lane, his eyes had been staring at the surface of the light blue rough runway, after the gunshots rang out, his reaction was very fast, although it was not the best in the field, but Ye Qin could feel that his current starting reaction could basically be controlled at about 0.150 seconds, sometimes it would be a little slower, but it was also limited.

Of course, he didn't think about anything about running with the gun, he started from the 400-meter event and gradually transitioned to the 200 meters and 100 meters, and the pressure gun is not particularly meaningful to the latter two, so he personally tends to run the best results with real strength, rather than grabbing that short little bit of time for the sake of pressing the gun.

After the gunshots rang out, Ye Qin could feel that the blood in his body seemed to be burning, and the muscles of his body seemed to be like a squeezed spring, suddenly exploding, and the powerful impetus made him speed towards the track in front of him.

10 meters, 20 meters, 30 meters......

The speed of the runners on the track of the arena is as fast as the wind, and in the field of vision of many spectators, it seems that they only saw the start of the runners, followed by the speed, and quickly formed a situation of chasing me from the starting line of the corner.

At this distance, due to the number of stretches before the 200-meter start, it is difficult for even experienced coaches to instantly count who the leading competitor is by the naked eye.

However, the players who are obviously slightly weaker in the back can still be seen by a few points.

Jimmy Warner in lane 1, Sweden's Johan Weisman in lane 2, and Sean Merritt in lane 7 accelerated to the first 30 meters, significantly slower than the others.

In particular, Jimmy Warner, the first man in the 400 meters, after the start, because he is the first lane, in the eyes of some experienced coaches and athletes, it can be clearly seen that his start and acceleration are much slower than others.

This is also understandable, this is the normal situation of 400-meter special athletes, in the start and instant explosive acceleration, compared with 1200-meter athletes are weaker, a lot, they are good at the ability to maintain speed, need a longer distance to add up the speed. In terms of absolute speed, there is still a certain gap compared to the top 1200-meter athletes.

Fifty meters, sixty meters, seventy meters......

On the field, Yusse Bot took the lead, he was the eighth, with his current speed and ability, basically no one could surpass him at this distance, in this race, he couldn't see other opponents in the first half of the race, so he ran without scruples at all, big and powerful steps, fast arm swing, has been competing with himself.

Lane 7's Sean Merritt is the fastest runner in the first half of the 400m, but the really top 200m runner is still far behind.

At a distance of about seventy meters, Sean Merritt felt the rapid approaching pace of the sixth Yechin beside him, almost in disbelief. He and Ye Qin have run several men's 400m races, but this is the first time the two have run the men's 200m.

He thought that his start and acceleration in the first half of the race were very good, but at this time, he felt unprecedented pressure, and Ye Qin's voice was already about to catch up with him in the corner at the age of seventy.

The difference of several meters brought by the number of forward stretches seems to be completely equaled by Ye Qin's strong start and acceleration, and Sean Merritt himself is not 100% committed in this race, after all, with so many top 200m athletes present, the probability of his victory is basically impossible.

But even so, he still ran very seriously, but at the age of 70 meters, he was already about to be chased by Ye Qin, which was still a little unacceptable to him, a player who had competed with Ye Qin many times on the 400-meter track.

Yechin didn't know what Sean Merritt was thinking at this time, and he was now fully focused and fully focused on the game.

The 200m has a very different meaning to him, and he knows it from the moment he sets foot on the field.

He was the men's 200m champion at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and a strong contender for the men's 200m title at this year's World Championships in Osaka, while Jason Gaby is on a men's side, from topping the IAAF men's 200m rankings last year to being in first place so far this year.

If the opponent wants to compete for the men's 200m championship at this year's World Championships, it will definitely challenge all potential 200m opponents, Wallace Spearmon has lost to Jason Gaby by more than 0.3 seconds at this year's National Championships, and Yusse Bot has basically lost more than Jason Gaby in the 200m event, and now only Yechin is in front of Jason Gaby.

As long as he can win Ye Qin, not to mention that he will definitely be able to win the championship in the 200m event at the end of August, but at least he can have a psychological advantage and break his mentality that Ye Qin is basically a total loss in the 200m event.

Ninety meters, one hundred meters, one hundred and ten meters......

At the end of the corner, many spectators in the stands will probably be able to see something different.

Jason Gaby in lane 3 and Yechin in lane 6 seem to be a little faster than the other competitors, and the most intuitive reference is that at the position of 80 or 90 meters, Jason Gaby also chased and even surpassed Rodney Martin in lane 4 next to him in the corner, and is quickly catching up with Wallace Spearmon in lane 5.

It's so fast that it's hard to believe that Jason Gaby has such a huge lead in the corners.

Corners into straights!

The sound in the boiling stadium reached its highest level since the start of the game.

One of the most exciting races of this year's Lausanne Super Grand Prix did not disappoint the spectators, and the duel of the top players was vividly reflected in this moment.

It was Jason Gaby who ran first from the corner into the straight, followed by Yechin and after the two was Eusse Both!

The moment he ran into the straight, Eusse Both, out of the corner of his eye, glanced to the side, and he didn't judge the position of Jason Gaby in the third lane, but Ye Qin was ahead of him and he clearly felt it.

In previous competitions, it was still a little difficult for Ye Qin to lead him at this distance, but with Ye Qin's performance in the men's 100m event, the first half of the race has become faster and faster, and it is impossible for him to suppress Ye Qin in the corner.

Yechin didn't have time to think about anything else, and the moment he rushed into the straight, he had already noticed Jason Gaby, who showed that he was far superior to the rest of the players in this Lausanne Super Prix.

The two of them ran into the straight one after the other, and except for Yusse Both, who barely followed behind, everyone else had already been driven more than a meter away, and this distance was still being further opened at a rapid pace.

On the field, Jimmy Warner and Sean Merritt, two 400-meter runners, had fallen to the end at this time, and through this short 100-plus meters, they had clearly realized the gap between them and the top 1200-meter runners, but the two did not really give up completely, and still puffed up to catch up quickly.

The strength of the second half of the 400m athletes' ability was gradually manifested at this time, and although the explosion in front of them was not as good as the others, they were still able to stabilize their speed and catch up quickly.

It's just that the distance to the finish line is getting closer.

Seventy meters, sixty meters, fifty meters, forty meters from the finish line......

When he first entered the straight, Yechin was not much away from Jason Gaby, about a position or so.

In many previous competitions, Ye Qin chased others in the second half of the 200 meters, which was basically only a distance of one or twenty meters, but in this one, in the distance of about this one position, in the face of Jason Gaby in peak condition, Ye Qin chased a distance of more than 40 meters before he barely caught up.

But although he barely caught up with Jason Gaby, he was never able to overtake the other, and in the final 30 meters from the finish line, Ye Qin and Jason Gaby were neck and neck, and both of them sprinted towards the finish line at high speed.

The audience shouted in high profoundness.

It's a duel between two heroes!

As soon as the 200m race entered the straight, the other riders were pulled away in an instant, and except for Yusse Both, who was closer and closer in front of him, the others were getting farther and farther away from the two.

Ye Qin was slightly lost to Jason Gaby in the first few dozen meters, but by the next few tens of meters he was gradually catching up.

Now that the finish line is approaching, who is the winner?

Jason Gaby and Yechin swept over the corner of their eyes, and they both knew that the other was close by, but in the high-speed running, it was difficult to fully determine who was faster.

Twenty meters ...... 10 meters ......

Jason Gaby's forehead was beating wildly, his face was distorted, and in the face of Ye Chin's speed, he had completely fought hard!

On the other side, Ye Qin also gritted his teeth at this moment, and rushed forward with the last strength!

The finish line is in sight!

Ye Qin leaned over and bowed his head and quickly crossed the finish line!

Jason Gaby in the third lane, but did not have this action, still maintained a fast running movement, and ran across the finish line.

And when the two crossed the finish line, Jason Gaby couldn't help but curse in a low voice when he looked at the results that finally appeared on the big screen at the scene.

1. Sixth lane, Ye Qin, China, reaction 0.152, score 19.77;

2. Third lane, Jason Gaby, USA, reaction 0.147, time 19.78;

3. Eighth lane, Eusay-Bote, Jamaica, reaction 0.161, time 20.11;

4. Fifth lane, Wallace Spearmon, USA, reaction 0.182, time 20.42;

5. Fourth lane, Rodney Martin, USA, reaction 0.149, time 20.42;

6. 7th lane, Sean Merritt, USA, reaction 0.171, time 20.44;

7. First lane, Jimmy Warner, USA, reaction 0.168, time 20.52;

8. Second lane, Johan Weisman, Sweden, reaction 0.156, time 20.57;

Ye Qin couldn't help but feel a little happy when he looked at the final results, as well as the actions of him and Jason Gaby who finally crossed the finish line and crossed the finish line.

Narrowly win!

He was able to win Jason Gaby in the last moments because of a line-crossing move.

As early as when he first received training, Nie Fangping had a guide for his final line crossing movement, and he always remembered it clearly.

After all, sprint races are not long-distance running events, and many times the decisive victory is often just a little bit, a difference of 100 minutes and 1000 seconds.

In Jason Gaby's game, he never deliberately crossed the line, relying entirely on absolute speed ability and running straight over.

The final result of this game, the gap between the two is in this short moment of action.

Ye Qin breathed a sigh of relief at this result, and then became nervous again, Jason Gaby Gaby is undoubtedly strong. At this stop of the Lausanne Super Grand Prix, everyone basically came from the hard work, and they all participated in a lot of races before, and it was normal for some players to be in poor condition, but Jason Gaby was still able to show such a strong strength, which really surprised Yechin.

After Jason Gaby looked at the results for a while, the look of chagrin on his face gradually disappeared, and he glanced at Ye Qin from a distance, and did not come up to congratulate, but just smiled rarely.

Although he lost in the end, he didn't take it to heart, and it was just a Super Grand Prix 200m championship.

The key point is that he probably found out Ye Qin's strength in the 200m event, no matter what happens later, which will be a great reference for him to prepare for this year's World Championships.

Between the two, the specific results still need to be seen on the spot.

Ye Qin is strong, but he is not afraid!