On the track of the 400-meter starting line, at this moment, Ye Qin is slowly mobilizing his state, and after two 200-meter races a day, it is now the third time that he has stood in front of the starting line.

Because the sky on the sidelines has darkened, the lights of the entire stadium are particularly dazzling and bright, and the shouts of the audience on the sidelines sound from time to time, which makes Ye Qin feel that I am in the center of the stage.

"This is the stage, the stage I want to perform!"

Ye Qin listened to the deepest voice in his heart, and the emotions in his heart seemed to be mobilized little by little by the atmosphere of the arena, but in the cool night breeze, he felt a heat and dryness.

Ye Qin is not particularly familiar with this group of men's 400m semi-finalists, but as before, he has met an opponent he has not seen for a long time.

The seventh sultan, Abu Bakr Ali.

Ye Qin had noticed the other party from before entering the field, this was his old rival and the first sprinter to make him realize the gap between the top talented teenagers in the world.

In 2003, Yechin played against each other once, when Abu Bakr Ali won the championship with a time of 46.10 seconds, and Yechin was the third place. Then came the 2004 World Junior Championships, where the men's 400m was won by American sprinter Sean Merritt, with Yechin finishing second and Abubakr Ali third.

Abu Bakr Ali also competed at the Olympics, but like Yechin, both were eliminated in the first round of the heats.

This time in the men's 400m semi-finals of the World Championships, this is the third time that the two have met, compared to other competitors, such as Abu Bakr Ali, Sean Merritt, Andrew Howe and Yusse Bote, these are basically sprinters of the same age and era as Ye Qin.

They are all representatives of the young generation of athletes who are extremely talented.

In competitive sports, the most emphasis is on talent, and it can only be talent.

But who can stand on the stage of the World Championships is not a talented person.

Ye Qin knows very well that he has talent, and in addition to his personal hard work, he has a talent that far surpasses others.

Compared to Asian athletes, he can be said to be the most talented among his peers, but there are many sprinters in the world who are just as talented as him, or even more talented than him.

But talent determines the ceiling, determines what he can achieve in the end, and before that, he needs to keep working hard, fighting, and squeezing all his potential little by little.

The sprinters of their generation not only had to compete with each other, but they also had to keep sharpening their heads and squeezing upwards to compete with the athletes who came before them.

And as they get older, in another three or four years, they will be challenged by the next group of talented athletes.

Competitive sports continue to go on the road of challenge, alternating between the old and the new, generation after generation, to achieve continuous transcendence and growth.

As the third race today, Ye Qin has completely put aside other thoughts at this moment, the men's 200-meter semi-finals and semi-finals in front of him can be said to have consumed a lot of physical energy to some extent, and he is not sure what kind of results he can run in this semi-final.

But it was precisely this that made Ye Qin's mood rise even higher.

With such a stage and so many audiences, I have nothing to hesitate about, go all out and fight for a show.

As for tomorrow's 200-meter final, or the 400-meter final that can be successfully qualified, and the 400-meter final the day after tomorrow, that is all later, what he has to do is to complete the task at hand.

“On your marks！”

The sound of the starter on the sidelines reminding the players to take their positions sounded.

Ye Qin shook off the chaotic thoughts and glanced in the direction of the stands, the lights of the arena were dazzling, but the lights in the auditorium were not very bright, and the performers on the stage had no way to see his audience clearly at this time.

But he still habitually glanced at it, and there seemed to be a red flag fluttering there, and he knew that there would be a lot of people there watching him play no matter what. Moreover, even in Nordic cities like Helsinki, there are many Chinese students who come to support.

He is representing the Chinese team, and it is the honor and pride of the Chinese to be able to stand on the stage of this arena, and he may not have had such a profound experience of participating in the World Junior Championships and World Youth Championships when he was young in the past.

But after the Olympics, when he was recognized by the children at the airport and asked for autographs, he gradually understood the expectations that countless Chinese people had placed high hopes on.

Your name will be mentioned in the media, your achievements, your accolades, and people will want to see your game and see that you have achieved what they want to accomplish.

They are their own compatriots, they want to see champions, they want to see the flag raised.

And I want to be a champion myself, I want to be the pride of all of you!

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In the Helsinki Stadium, the noise in the stands of the spectators gradually became quieter.

Tens of thousands of spectators were nervously focused on the men's 400-meter starting line, their eyes wide open, their breathing lower, waiting for the upcoming race.

Before the starting line, after the starter's preparation was in place, the eight runners all stepped onto the runner and slowly leaned down, ready for the sound of the starting gun.

Ye Qin exhaled lightly, suppressed the excitement that was a little thumping, and the whole person's spirit was completely integrated into the upcoming game, maintaining a high degree of concentration, waiting for the gun to start.

Although he is not particularly clear about the overall level of this group of players, the level of athletes who can reach the second round semifinals of the World Championships must be very high.

Like fifth lane Darold Williamson, who is the relay runner of the U.S. team in the U.S. men's 400m × Athens Olympics, who set a personal best of 44.27 seconds in this year's NCAA men's 400m race and is also a strong medal contender at this year's World Championships.

In addition, the Canadian player Tyler Christopher in the sixth lane, Ye Qin has already encountered the opponent in the preliminaries, and his strength is very strong, although he and Ye Qin have the same retention in the preliminaries, but it can be seen by virtue that the other party is the holder of the Canadian men's 400m record.

Although Canada is a country with few people, there is no shortage of top sprinters, and it has also been famous in the international arena for a while, able to compete with the United States.

Taylor Christopher was also very competitive in the 200m and also ran the standard result, but the opponent did not participate in two events, only in the men's 400m.

Among the athletes present, if there is anyone who pays the most attention to Ye Qin, I am afraid that he is the only one.

Since the previous generation of Canada's top sprinters Ben Johnson and Donovan Bailey, Canada's sprinting events on the international stage have been somewhat lacking, and the two Canadians competing in the men's 100m event at this World Championships have stopped at the rematch. In the men's 200m event, there are no Canadians participating.

Taylor Christopher had also considered competing in the men's 200m and men's 400m events at the World Championships, but eventually gave up the men's 200m due to schedule conflicts and focused on the men's 400m event, which he is best at.

It's a smart choice an athlete makes when preparing for a top-level event.

Ye Qin's previous men's 200-meter race, he actually saw that there were only a few sprint events, and someone participated in three races a day, how could it not attract everyone's attention.

At this time, he met Ye Qin again in the semi-finals, and he also wanted to see how the young Asian player was in form today, and whether he could win the group again and advance to the final as he did yesterday.

“SET！”

On the sidelines, the sound of the starter's preparation was heard through the loudspeaker.

The race is imminent!