“On your marks！”

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

Ye Qin stood in the third lane and looked up at the players in front of him, the men's 400-meter curve start, because of the number of forward stretches, the difference was dozens of meters.

The first lane rider enters the corner almost at the end of the straight, and in the eighth lane, he is already about a third of the way into the corner.

The third place in the semi-finals allowed Ye Qin to get the third lane arrangement of the final, which is very good, and this lane can control the positions of other players, especially the positions of the two opponents he is concerned about at the end of this game.

On the track, he lightly made two belly jumps, and Ye Qin slowly walked onto the starting line like other runners in the prompt.

He felt his state of mind calm like never before, but at the same time, his body was like a pot of boiling water, gurgling and steaming, as if it was about to erupt at any time.

It seems that the blood in the whole body, every cell in the body, is boiling and cheering.

The men's 400m at the World Junior Championships, the highest level he has ever competed in, stood on the track.

Just like the problem that Nie Fangfang on the sidelines considered when he watched Ye Qin stand at the starting line, Ye Qin also knew very well what this game meant to him at this time.

Since last year's City Games, the two masters and apprentices have talked about that issue, and then they seem to have been able to ignore it, but Ye Qin knows very well in his heart that this game is probably the opportunity to decide whether he will watch other people's games in front of the domestic TV next month, or have the opportunity to go to Athens and experience the world's top track and field field.

Leaning down slowly, the palms of both hands spread out, the tiger's mouth facing outward, and the moment he lowered his head, he glanced up ahead, the starting position of the corner only allowed him to see the billboard in the distance, and the crowd in the stands above. Gently adjusted his breathing, lowered his head, and emptied his brain, waiting for the gunshots to sound for the game.

In the stadium, the noise seemed to stop abruptly the moment the runners walked onto the starting line.

Many spectators who were chatting and cheering a moment ago were all on the starting line of the curve dozens of meters long before and after this moment, and everyone's movements seemed to pause at this moment, waiting.

“SET！”

Runners on all eight tracks got up at the same time.

Syllable!

A crisp match gun rang out.

The competition is officially on!

At the moment when the gunshots rang out, the spectators in the arena seemed to have been hit by the immobilization technique, and suddenly a burst of enthusiastic cheers broke out.

Fourth, Raun-Merritt slammed his powerful legs into the runner and began to accelerate rapidly at the moment of the gunshot.

He has a talent in the 400m, not only with good speed retention in the second half, but also with explosiveness that most 400m runners don't have in the first half.

Although he did not participate in the men's 100m and men's 200m races at this World Junior Championships, he also won the top three in the 100m and 200m in many races at Virginia High School, including the 200m championship.

Just 50 metres into the corner, Raun-Merritt was able to run to first place with his explosive power, followed by Sudan's Abu Bakr Ali in lane 5, who both ran 46 seconds in the last semi-final.

From the moment he accelerated from the start, he kept his speed ahead of the other runners, giving the impression that the opponent was running 200m and 100m instead of 400m.

This is the rhythm of his 400m running at this stage, starting from the acceleration of the start, and gaining the advantage of the first half with a strong speed in the first half. He runs with speed, with impact, and his rhythm is to get up to speed in the first half of the race, and then finally compete with everyone for fitness and speed endurance.

In the semi-finals, except for Abu Bakr Ali, who is now in lane 5, the rest of the group was all taken across the rhythm, and one of them even retired halfway through the race, not having the confidence to continue running.

Now, in the men's 400m final, Raun-Merritt still runs this way, and he is faster and more aggressive than in the semi-finals, as if he still had a lot of reservations in the previous semi-finals.

This was also discovered by Abu Bakr Ali, a Sultan in the fifth lane, who came to compete for gold in the men's 400m event at the World Junior Championships, and he has the quality to do so.

In last year's World Youth Championships, he won the championship with an absolute strength of 46.10 seconds, and then the World Championships were unfavorable, only running 46.78 seconds, and did not enter the next round of semi-finals and finals. But at last year's All Africa Games and Asian-African Games, he set a personal best in the 400m, and earned a ticket to the Olympics.

In this World Youth Championships, although he knew that his condition was not as good as last year's All Africa Games and Asian and African Games, he should not be able to encounter too many challenges, but he did not expect to meet the United States team's Lawne Merritt in the semifinals.

The opponent's first half of the race is very fast, as if he does not take into account the physical strength of the second half of the race, and he is accelerating to sprint faster than most of the runners, if it is other runners, Abu Bakr Ali may feel that this is just an illusion, after running 200 meters, the opponent should not have the physical strength, and the second half will not be able to run.

But this is not the case with this American player, the opponent's speed is very strong in the first half, and the speed in the middle and second half is definitely not weak, at least not worse than him, and it is impossible to think that the opponent's speed will decline quickly without physical fitness in the back.

Therefore, starting from the rapid acceleration of Raun Merritt, Abu Bakr Ali also increased his speed and did not dare to be thrown away by the opponent at all. He is the one who wants to compete for the gold medal, and if he is left behind by Raun-Merritt in the first half, it will be difficult to catch up in the second half, and it is likely that the title will not be won by him.

Meanwhile, lane six, Botswana's Obakken Gwewa, a black runner who made his debut in a world-class race, also showed incredible pace after the start.

Abubakr Ali in lane 5 was pushed up in the first half by Raun Merritt, while he was still far behind Botswana's Obakken Gwiwa in lane six.

The first half of the first half of the race was explosive and fast enough for the three black runners, with Raun Merritt being the highest, while Abubakr Ali and Obakken Gwiwa were in between, running together to show much faster than the others.

Ye Qin looked up and saw the figures of four, five, six and three runners running on the right, and almost instantly wanted to completely raise his speed and treat 400 meters as 200 meters, as long as his absolute speed was raised, his absolute speed was by no means slower than the other three.

Three black runners running at least 200 meters should not be his opponents.

But he couldn't hold back and didn't increase his speed to the maximum, but still chased a few people according to his inherent rhythm.

He didn't watch the first match between Raun Merritt and Abubakr Ali in the semifinals, but judging from the results of that group, as well as Nie Fangping's pre-match explanation, he must stabilize his rhythm.

Once he is messed up, he will run out in the first half of the race to take advantage, and with his current physical fitness, even if he has a good ability to maintain his speed, he will not be able to rush in the seventy or eighty meters of the last straight.

Fifty meters, eighty meters, one hundred meters......

The first corner was over in the blink of an eye, and all the riders were on the straight.

"Steady, steady!"

At this time, not only Nie Fangping stood up on the sidelines, but Zhou Bin also stood up at some point, he could clearly hear Nie Fangping's words in his mouth, and couldn't help but shout out his psychological thoughts like Nie Fangping.

Although he watched the runners on the four, five, six and three tracks on the track running wildly at a speed that exceeded the other runners, he also wanted to shout Ye Qin to rush up and overtake the other party, but reason told him that what Ye Qin needed at this time was to stabilize and stabilize the rhythm.

He has watched Ye Qin's many games, and he is very clear about Ye Qin's technical characteristics, Ye Qin has always been the second half of the 400-meter run, as long as the front is stable, there will be a chance in the back.

The cheers and cheers on the sidelines were higher and higher, and Ye Qin swung his arms quickly, maintaining the most standard movements in his training with every step he took, running forward at a steady speed and cadence.

The second corner was already in sight, and the runners in lanes 8 and 7 on the side of the course had already taken the lead in the corner stage by virtue of the advantage of the number of stretches.

Soon it will be the other runners.

Raun-Merritt in the fourth lane was almost neck-and-neck with Abubakr Ali in the fifth, and he was in good shape in the first half of the race, almost catching up with the fifth-lane rider in the 200-metre position, and approaching Botswana's Obakken-Gwewa in the sixth.

Ye Qin was in the third lane, watching the gap between himself and Lawn-Merritt widen and widened, he also felt a huge pressure, the two hundred meters had passed, and the opponent's speed was still very fast, the feeling of leading in front was a bit like his crushing victory in the World Junior Championships last year, Abu Bakr Ali.

"Steady, don't be taken out of rhythm!"

The body was running forward quickly, and Ye Qin could feel that his body could still sprint, but he still endured and hinted at himself again and again.

Raun Merritt's lead is clear, but Abubakr Ali is not as leading as he was at last year's World Junior Championships, and he must not be taken out of rhythm at this time.

Straights into corners.

The relationship between the high-speed running and the centripetal force shows that the bodies of all the players have a slight tilt angle.

Ye Qin controlled his speed and rhythm, and slowly began to increase his speed as he continued to run forward on the corner.

250 meters......

A tipping point in the 400-meter race.

After a high-speed run in the first 250 meters, even if the speed of the runners can be maintained, it is difficult to rush again, and this is his chance.

His training time in the 400 meters is not particularly long, but the skills of the track have been corrected by Nie Fangping in a little detail, and the technique is very good, and even has an advantage over him in the knowing stage.

At this time, he is in sixth place among all the competitors, the first three are the top players in the four, five and six lanes, and the three are the first group.

He was followed by Russia's Valentin Kruyalakov in lane 2 and Turkey's Sedar Tamak and Yechin in lane 1, making the trio group two.

Yechin and Valentin Kruyalakov and Sedar Tamak were at the back of the trio when they entered the corner, but after entering the corner, they gradually followed the two as Yechin made his efforts.

2890 meters, 290 meters, 300 meters......

The second corner is coming to an end, and the corner is on the straight!

On the final straight, Raune Merritt took the lead and was the first to go into the straight with a big lead, followed by Abubakr Ali in lane 5 and Obakken Gwewa in lane 6 more than a meter behind.

They are followed by Russia's Valentin Kruyalakov and Turkey's Sedar Tamak.

Yechin fell in sixth.

The cheers from the sidelines intensified and all eyes were on first-place Raun Merritt, who had a clear lead and everyone was waiting for him to cross the finish line with an absolute advantage.

And at this moment, in the last eighty meters after entering the straight, a red figure suddenly attracted the attention of the audience who had been attracted by Lawne-Merritt.

The third lane, Ye Qin, entered the sprint acceleration link that he was best at.

Eighty meters, seventy meters, sixty meters......

Ye Qin bit his lip tightly, and the physical energy accumulated in the first three hundred meters exploded at full speed at this time, and everyone seemed to feel that it was only a blink of an eye, and after getting the red figure, he came and overtook the Turkish player Sedar Tamak in the first lane, followed by the Russian Valentin Kruyalakov in the second lane.

Ye Qin felt as if his lungs were about to explode, running 400 meters for so long, except for the first time, this was the second time he had run so hard and fought so hard since training and racing.

In the first 300 meters, he controlled the rhythm again, but this was the final, and his speed was still inevitably carried out a lot faster by other athletes.

And at this stage, he has completely begun to fight hard.

The Turkish and Russian runners in the first and second lanes were fast and had a good rhythm, but at this stage they were basically unable to rush at all, and they were overtaken by Ye Qin after entering the straight without running a few dozen meters.

Fifty meters, forty meters, thirty meters......

Ye Qin could see that Raun-Merritt was getting closer and closer to the finish line in front of him, but at this time he didn't want to think about that, he just wanted to rush to the finish line with all his strength.

Twenty meters ......

Abu Bakr Ali gritted his teeth and got closer to the finish line in front of Raun-Merritt, who knew he might not be able to catch up, but he still didn't dare to let up, puffed up his last breath and sprinted towards the finish line.

The first 300 metres were followed by the frantic rhythm of Lorne-Merritt, and at this moment, he also felt that he was entering the most difficult moment.

Raun Merritt had already run far away and it was difficult to catch up, but he was followed closely by Botswana's Obakken Gwiva, and the two had been inseparable from the start, and by the last few dozen meters, there was still not much difference.

And at this moment, with a snort, Lawne-Merritt sensed that something was wrong around him.

Subconsciously, he felt that someone was chasing him, and a red figure crossed out of the corner of his eye.

10 meters ......

The finish line is in sight!

Rush the line!

The moment Ye Qin crossed the finish line, he only felt as if his whole body had been emptied, stumbled over the buffer of more than ten meters, and lay down directly on the runway.

Panting like a cow, his lungs are on fire, the soreness and exhaustion of his body muscles are like a tide, and after a trip, his mind goes blank when he looks at the dark night sky that the stadium lights can't find.

I didn't have the heart to look at the results, and I didn't want to move, just on the ground, my chest and abdomen rose and fell like bellows.

The forehead, cheeks, body, and sweat seemed to suddenly come out.

45.25 seconds!

On the timing board, the results of Raun-Merritt, who crossed the finish line first, have already come out.

He knelt on the track with his finger pointing to the sky, the best time he had ever run, and he won the men's 400m at the World Junior Championships.

At this time, on the sidelines, Zhou Bin had already jumped up, although Ye Qin failed to win the championship, Ye Qin won the silver medal, and he was the second to cross the finish line.

In the men's sprint field, at the World Junior Championships, Ye Qin set the best result for an Asian athlete in this competition.

Nie Fangping, who was beside him, bit his lip tightly, didn't say a word, his hands were clenched into fists, his expression was unprecedentedly nervous, and his eyes were staring at the big screen at the scene.

He was waiting for Yechin's results.

Tens of seconds or a minute......

The results on the big screen are finally starting to appear, and the first one that comes up is the championship result, Lorne Merritt.

Then the numbers jumped, and the second-place result appeared in the field of vision of the audience.

the third lane, Ye Qin, China, with a time of 45.88 seconds and a reaction of 0.189 seconds;

Almost the moment the results came out, Nie Fangping, who had a stiff expression, suddenly had a look of ecstasy on his face.

"Yes, Ye Qin has reached the B standard of the Olympic men's 400-meter competition!"