As soon as I got out of the airport, there was a bus waiting for the delegation.

A group of more than 20 people, under the leadership of the head of the group, Ye Lidong, and the team leader Zhou Bin, got on the bus and embarked on the journey to Sherbrooke University.

The World Junior Athletics Championships is a global sporting event organized by the IAAF, which has been held every two years since the first edition in 1999. The first was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland in 1999, the second in Debrecen, Hungary in 2001, and the third in 2003 at the University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

The University of Sherbrooke is one of Canada's leading public universities, with more than 40,000 teachers and students, and five campuses.

The organizer of the 3rd World Junior Championships is the University of Sherbrooke, and as early as June, the delegations from more than 100 countries and regions that will participate in the World Junior Championships have prepared accommodation arrangements.

To host the IAAF World Junior Athletics Championships, the University of Sherbrooke has built a new open-air stadium that will also be home to the University of Sherbrooke's athletics, rugby and football teams after the first opening of the World Junior Championships.

Sitting on the bus to the University of Sherbrooke, Ye Qin leaned on his seat and looked out the window, looking at the strange scenery of this strange country.

The bus travels on the main road and you can see the beautiful scenery along the way, with vast fields and mountains in the distance.

After entering the main city of Sherbrooke, it is completely different from the domestic Western-style architectural style, the buildings are not high, not dense, but they are all very well planned, the architectural style is fresh and elegant, many are pointed roofs, and occasionally you can see the ancient castle located on the waterside of the distant mountain.

Such a city, not to mention Xiushui County or Nanxiu City, even Zuohai City and Yanjing are far inferior in terms of life. Thousands of miles away from home, Ye Qin sat in the car, but his mood at the moment was completely different from any previous competition.

There is no curiosity when I went to Nanxiu City for the first time, nor the apprehension when I went to Zuohai City, nor the excitement when I went to Yanjing to participate in the selection competition, and then because Nie Fangping bowed his head for him and begged for someone, I felt aggrieved and angry in my heart, and I wanted to fight for the other party desperately.

From participating in this World Junior Championship selection competition to Wen Tongshi and Nie Fangping's home visits, Ye Qin has always had some confusion in his heart, but this confusion, he has never talked about it with others, he is afraid that if he says it, he will be laughed at by others for not knowing what he is thinking.

When he was in high school, he outran Liu Yizhen and Li Jianchao for the first time, and he felt that running was particularly comfortable. Later, in the school sports meeting, Yu Hao, a member of the sports committee, signed him up for the 400 meters and 200 meters, he participated in the competition, won the others, and when he heard many people cheering him on, he felt that he seemed to enjoy this feeling.

After that, the city middle school sports meeting, the youth track and field championships, several tests on the stadium, defeating opponents, and running a good result, all seemed to make him feel very good.

He has never compromised on training, he can complete the training task in a down-to-earth manner, and he never procrastinates or is lazy. The effect of training has also improved significantly, and in less than a year, his sprinting performance has been improving almost rapidly.

But Ye Qin himself is always a little dazed occasionally, especially when he participates in a competition like the World Junior Championships, but when he sets foot in this strange country with a group of team leaders and teammates who are not particularly familiar, Yan Ning is not around, Wen Tongshi is not around, Nie Fangping is not around, he is representing the country to participate in the competition.

But he didn't seem to have that kind of nervous emotion in his heart, nor was he very excited, but a little dazed.

The school sports meeting and the city middle school student sports meeting are for the honor of the class and the school, it is to be in the limelight and win recognition, the provincial youth championship seems to be because Yan Ning said that this can add points to the college entrance examination, and it is also for this reason to practice sports students.

It seems that throughout his life, people have been telling him what he can and can't do, and he has always listened to them.

Nie Fangping once told him that people who practice sports must have faith, goals, and firm progress if they want to succeed.

He once thought that he had such a firm belief, but what is this belief, does he want to make money, want to get ahead, want to glorify his ancestors, want to make his family and the people around him proud, or do he enjoy winning the opponent and being cheered by others to become the focus?

Ye Chin found himself unable to speak.

From being recognized as a fast runner and talented, it seems like everything is pushing him all the way forward, and if you have talent, then you should go running. But no one really asked him if he wanted to run.

He once thought that the person who blocked him from embarking on the road of sports would be his family, but his grandfather probably didn't support it, he wanted to be a college student, and he seemed to want to take the college entrance exam.

But after the home visit, his grandfather frankly supported him to participate in the World Junior Championships, and he did not hinder anything that could win glory for the country, but Ye Qin just couldn't turn around in his heart and felt that something was wrong!

Like the previous rejection of the avant-garde sports association, he thought about many reasons, but the deepest part is probably himself, he is hesitating, even if the road is in front of him, he also subconsciously refuses.

And promised to practice sports with strictness, but it is utilitarian because you can add points to the college entrance examination, because you all say that I am talented, let me not waste it, then I will take it into account and not waste it.

But what he thinks in his heart, it seems that no one has ever really cared!

In the front seat, shot put player Liu Feng and Xiao Juan in the women's javelin event were chatting hotly, they were looking at the scenery of a strange country outside the car window, chatting non-stop, and seemed to be full of anticipation for the upcoming competition.

Wu Jiang, who was in the same seat with him, closed his eyes and took a nap, and during the more than ten hours of the long-distance flight, he had been a little airsick, and he couldn't sleep well even if he took medicine, and he was very tired at the moment.

What are they thinking? Ye Qin actually wanted to ask them.

They are different from themselves, they were all very young, they were selected to enter the junior sports school, and then entered the professional sports school, and they have been practicing sports for five or six years, seven or eight years.

When they practiced sports, did they hesitate when they embarked on the road of sports?

It's not that I'm afraid that my talent is not good, but from the bottom of my heart, I never thought that I would practice shot put, javelin, discus or something.

Maybe not.

If I had started practicing sports since I was a child, instead of starting in high school, I probably wouldn't have such a messy idea, and I would probably only have one belief to go on.

Ye Qin knew very well in his heart that in less than a year, too many things had happened, which made him almost overwhelmed.

Before entering high school, he never imagined that he would step onto the track, practice sports, become a sports specialty, and even have the opportunity to represent the country as a junior athlete today.

And the more this is the case, the more Ye Qin wants to ask his heart.

What am I running for?

The bus passed through the streets of Sherbrooke and before arriving at the University of Sherbrooke, it bypassed several open-air athletic fields, which were filled with people and flags both inside and outside.

Although the distance is not too close, there are players from more than 100 countries at the World Junior Championships, and many of the venues are borrowed for the competitors to train before the competition.

Ye Qin sat quietly in his seat, his eyes looking into the distance through the window glass, where there seemed to be teenagers of all colors running on the track!