Chapter 390: Asian Games 200m Final
"If it weren't for you, this would have been my biggest fight since I faced Shingo Sue."
On the warm-up track of the Caliphate International Stadium, Yang Yao glanced at the opponent who he regarded as a great enemy from a distance, and then looked back at Ye Qin who was stretching on the side, shook his head, and couldn't help but feel a little funny at the once young target.
Today is the afternoon of December 11, and there is less than an hour to go, and the Khalifa International Stadium is about to welcome the men's 200 final.
"Shingo Sueji is really strong, I watched the video of the '03 World Championships in Paris, and he really ran very well."
Ye Qin followed Yang Yao's gaze and glanced at him as well, he was no stranger to Shingo Sue, who could be said to be the most accomplished sprinter in the history of Japanese track and field, even higher than Koji Ito's achievement of 10 meters in 10 seconds.
In addition to asking for advice from Randy Hunter, Sun Chaosheng, Yuan Guohua and other coaches, Ye Qin has been watching various videos and learning some ergonomics materials by himself many times. He has also watched Shingo Sue's video footage several times.
At the 2003 World Championships in Paris, Shingo Suejo won the bronze medal with a time of 20.38 seconds, and the first and second times were 20.30 and 20.31 seconds, which looked like the worst in the men's 200m event at the World Championships in recent years.
But this is because of the collective performance, in that World Championships, Shingo Sueji ran 20.58 seconds in the preliminaries, 20.24 seconds in the semi-finals, and 20.22 seconds in the semi-finals.
In addition, Shingo Sue ran 10.03 seconds in the 100 meters and 45.99 seconds in the 400 meters, and his overall strength in sprinting has reached the top of Asian athletes.
Athletes in the field of competitive arena, will always need to give themselves a clear goal to work hard and surpass, like Alan Johnson to Liu Yangyu in the past few years, only under the premise of such a clear and strong opponent, can you stimulate your potential again and again, break your own limits, and create better results.
In terms of age, the last Shingo was half a year older than Yang Yao, and he achieved results in track and field, and in the 200-meter event, the two were actually about the same, both around 2000.
In 2001, the two tied for first place in the Asian 200m rankings with a time of 20.59 seconds, and in 2000 and 2001, Shingo Sue couldn't outrun Yang Yao in many races, but from the second half of 2002, the opponent gradually surpassed him.
Since then, in the Asian arena, Yang Yao has always been overwhelmed by Shingo Sueji in the 200m event. Whether it is a personal best or a medal honor in the Asian Games schedule, it is not far from the end.
Shingo Sueji was the first yellow man to win a medal in the sprint event at the World Championships, which even though Ye Qin surpassed his opponent's performance later, he also admired the opponent's performance.
Yang Yao's former idol was Namibian runner Fredericks, who won all six of his Golden League games and competed at the Olympics in 2004 at the age of 36.
But the goal he wants to surpass is Shingo Suesu, a player who was once similar to him, or even inferior to himself, and then gradually surpassed him, which is really frustrating.
It's a pity that a few years have passed, and Shen Wu has continued to refresh his best results in the 200-meter event, although Yang Yao is firmly in the first place in the domestic 200 meters, in a sense, he has rewritten the record in the 200-meter sprint event in the domestic track and field at that time, but the gap between Shen Wu and the end has been somewhat widened.
In the 02 Asian Games, in the men's 200m event, Shingo Sue won the championship with a time of 20.38 seconds, and Yang Yao ranked third with a time of 20.58 seconds, and he was determined to win it back in the next Asian Games.
It was only at the Doha Asian Games in 06 that Yang Yao suddenly found that the thoughts that once haunted him no longer had much meaning.
Ye Chin's birth has pushed the Asian men's 200m event to new heights again, and both he and Shingo Sueji are far from attainable in terms of personal bests and medal honors.
At this time, Ye Qin is a world-class competition, and if he is there, other famous players will feel the pressure, let alone players at the Asian level.
Especially since there is still a difference of five or six years in age, Ye Qin is moving towards the peak of his career step by step, and it is becoming more and more difficult for them to catch up.
Yang Yao saw that Ye Qin had finished stretching, patted Ye Qin's shoulder, and his heart fluctuated, "Although I know that I can't outrun you, I won't admit defeat." ”
As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of Shingo Susue again, "I'm sure he won't." ”
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16:15 p.m.
Khalifa International Stadium ushered in the men's 200m final, the last event in the men's sprint event of this Asian Games.
The stadium stands were already filled with spectators, not because of the attraction of the event, but because many spectators began to rush to Yechin to watch the game.
Al Jazeera has been promoting it since the previous two days, and is promoting Ye Qin as a big gimmick for this Asian Games, the first Asian athlete to break the 10-second mark, the first player to potentially win three individual events at this Asian Games, and so on......
In the corners of the stands, in the front row of VIPs, and even in several high-end boxes, there are some well-known princes and wealthy businessmen in the Middle East.
The focus of everyone's interest in the men's 200m at this Asian Games is now only one, whether Ye Qin can continue to win the men's 200m final this afternoon.
In the corner of the stands of the Khalifa Stadium, the five-star red flag was displayed, and the crowd of the Chinese Asian Games delegation watching the game this time was much more than the previous one who watched the men's 100-meter final.
As the Asian Games approach the second half, many athletes have already completed their respective competitions and have time to follow the coaches and team leaders to the stadium to cheer for their athletes.
Shang Xudang, the head of the delegation, was wearing a formal suit, sitting in a position near the 200-meter finish line, looking at the runners near the starting line of the curve in front of him from a distance, with an indescribable joy on his face, feeling the frenzied atmosphere of the competition around him, and slowly speaking to several other people around him:
"It's already made history, this one can win the best, and after winning, this achievement is estimated to be difficult for anyone to surpass."
"Definitely win!"
As soon as the deputy head of the regiment You Yuanwei fell in Shang Xudang's voice, he answered faster than several coaches of the other track and field teams, and he was also confident, and said with a smile on his face, "Although I am not from our track and field team, I have really watched Ye Qin's competition, and the mentality of this kid in the competition is too good to be scary, and the probability of making a mistake or something is very small." Besides, Ye Qin's current level of Asian athletes has little impact on him, the 200-meter champion of the World Championships, this result has changed the history of our country and even Asian track and field! ”
"That being said, there is not only one world champion in this arena, but as an opponent, Japan also has a third place." On the other side, Yu Weili replied with a smile, although he said that there was competition from opponents, but he always had a smile on his face.
"That's far away from Ye Qin, the champion and the third runner-up, this can be the same, and the results are much worse." You Yuanwei retorted.
Several other coaches and athletes next to him looked a little funny, the deputy head coach of a track and field team, said that there were competitors, and the leader of a swimming team, but he firmly supported winning the championship, and the two were completely reversed.
After saying a few words casually, Yu Weili chuckled a few times and didn't continue to say more on this topic.
In his opinion, this game has the same high probability of winning the championship, but at this time, some things really don't matter, this men's 200-meter race, everyone sees that just Ye Qin will win another championship, and even if the others miss, no one will say anything, the icing on the cake.
You can't blame athletes for this must be done and that must be done just because they need a happy ending, which is irrational and meaningless.
Yechin has done well enough.
On the field, the men's 200-meter athletes have appeared on the track and field at this time, and the information of this group of men's 200-meter athletes was also played on the big screen at the scene.
First way, Shinshi Takahira, Japan;
the second lane, Hamir Bihi, Saudi Arabia;
the third way, Yang Yao, China;
Fourth, Yechin, China;
Fifth Path, Shinugo Sue, Japan;
Sixth Lane, Fawazki-Shamali, Kuwait;
Seventh Path, Khalil Hanakh, Jordan;
Eighth Lane, Adel al-Aseri, Saudi Arabia;
In this group of men's 200m athletes, although some of the athletes are not well-known internationally, they have strong strength in various competitions in Asia.
In addition to Chinese and Japanese athletes, Saudi athletes have always been strong in the men's sprint event, winning gold medals in the Asian Games. Then there's Kuwait's Fawazki al-Shamari, the 2002 Asian Games men's 400m champion and the 2003 Asian Championships men's 200m and 400m champion, with a personal best of 20.44 seconds in the 200m.