16:20 p.m., Icahn Stadium.

At this time, the more than 5,000 spectator seats in the stands were already overcrowded, and all of them were full. There were more media reporters behind various advertising baffles on the sidelines than when Eugene was stationed.

In the metropolis of New York, whether spectators or media reporters, as long as the slightest attention is paid to such an event, the population base is large enough to fill the stadium. What's more, New York City has launched a free youth sports program at Icahn Stadium, which attracts a large number of public school teachers and students from Harlem, New York.

After entering the stadium, Yechin and Yusse Bot quietly glanced at each other, and after that, there was no further communication, and they remained silent with each other.

Off the field, you can joke, but on the field, it's a competitor.

At this point, not to mention that they are slightly familiar friends just now, they are teammates who get along with each other day and night to eat and train together, and when they go to the game, they will inevitably fight to the death.

Competitiveness is something that an athlete must have to grow and challenge.

Even in the United States, a track and field powerhouse, athletes who can walk on such a stage are basically emerging in China, standing out from the state competitions, national competitions, and NCAA in various high schools.

After the last group of women's 200m races, at this time, on the big screen on the east side of Icahn Stadium, the list of runners for the upcoming men's 200m race has also appeared in everyone's field of vision.

First Lane, Dwight Thomas, Jamaica;

Second way, Mark Burns, Trinidad and Tobago

the third, Yechin, China;

Fourth Way, Walter Dicks, USA;

Fifth Lane, John Capel, USA;

Sixth Lane, Yusse-Bote, Jamaica;

Seventh Lane, Wallace-Spearmon, USA;

Eighth Way, Timothy Benjamin, Wales;

Randy Hunter had already done his homework before Yechin entered the field, and the average strength of the competitors in this group was almost second only to Yechin in the men's 200m final at the Athens Olympics.

And, crucially, except for one veteran, John Capel, who was born in 1978, everyone else is 80 years later, and basically belongs to the year of the fight.

Among them, Yechin, Usse Both, and Walter Dix are all young players under the age of 20.

In the first lane, Dwight Thomas, who reached the semifinals of the men's 100m at the Athens Olympics and participated in the 4×100m relay in Jamaica;

second lane, Mark Burns, runner-up in the 4x100m relay at the 2001 World Championships and fourth in the 100m at the 2003 World Championships;

In the fourth lane, Walter Dicks, won the 60-meter dash, 200-meter and 4×400-meter relay at the 2004 U.S. Collegiate Regional Games, and was selected as the Atlantic Coast Rookie of the Year, finishing second in the men's 200m event at this year's NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 20.37 seconds and a 10.06-meter time of 10.06 seconds, achieving the fourth-fastest sprint time for a U.S. junior athlete.

fifth lane, John Capel, won the men's 200m at the 2003 World Athletics Championships, and won the gold medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2003 World Athletics Championships;

Sixth, Yusse Both, needless to say, 2002 World Junior 200m Champion, 2003 World Junior Championships Men's 200m Champion;

Seventh, Wallace Spearmon, won the 2004 and 2005 NCAA outdoor men's 200m championship, and in the 2005 NCAA indoor competition, he defeated Walter Dix in 20.10 seconds to win the championship.

The eighth lane, Timothy Benjamin, from Wales, won the men's 200m world junior championship in 1999 before switching from the 200m to the 400m, reaching the semi-finals of the men's 400m at the Athens Olympics and winning the men's 400m at Euro 2004.

From Randy Hunter's analysis, Ye Qin can feel that except for a few veterans like John Capel, although the other players are not the top in the world at present, they are also at the level of world-class players, and their talents and achievements have been highlighted.

In terms of age and achievements, this is also the main competitor that Ye Qin will face in his future career.

After walking on the starting line, Ye Qin first seriously adjusted the position of the running aid, then stepped on the running aid, and ran a few meters with a slight start, one was to feel that the running aid had been adjusted in place, and the other was to let the body find the starting feeling for the last time before the race.

Although Ye Qin has heard a lot from Randy Hunter about the players in this group of competitions, and overall, the level is very high, but his dedication to the championship in his heart is becoming more and more profound.

There's Eusay-Both, there's so many top players, and you can only improve by competing with athletes of this high level. And to be able to win them, there is no doubt that the content of the championship will be heavier.

Like the Olympic Games and the World Championships, why the content of champions is the highest, not because of the large scale of the event, but because of the high requirements for the players participating in the competition, and the most high-level athletes.

After a start warm-up, Ye Qin returned to the starting line, adjusted the position of the runner a little again, ran again, and felt that all aspects had reached the ideal state, before he breathed a sigh of relief and stood silently behind the starting line.

With more than 5,000 spectators at Icahn Stadium, the stadium was buzzing with people, not quite as loud as a top-level tournament, but it was already quite noisy.

And the arena with a large number of spectators is often the most exciting for athletes.

Ye Qin felt that the blood in his body seemed to flow a little faster, and there was no expression on his face, but in his heart, he was already a little impatient.

The third Grand Prix is finally about to begin!

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Yusse Both, who was standing in the sixth lane, was gently adjusting his breathing, and the joke he made with Ye Qin before the game that he was going to win the championship at this stop was not exactly a joke, he was really ready to win this race.

This is his first appearance on the international stage this year, and although he has played one or two matches in the Caribbean in February and March, it has been small competitions, and it is only here in New York that he can really compete with the best players.

He was a little nervous, but more excited. The New York Grand Prix was an ordinary race for many, but for him, it had a different meaning.

Some of the athletes present are familiar to him, such as Dwight Thomas is his country's senior, others such as John Capel, he also knows about it, and among others, it is Mark Burns, Yechin and a few others, who are not strangers.

Instead, the two American players, Walter Dicks and Wallace Spearmon, were a little unfamiliar to him, and he could clearly see that they were a little nervous when they checked in, and it was obviously the first time they had competed with international players.

He is no stranger to the American track and field scene, or Jamaican track and field athletes know more about American athletes than many other countries. In Jamaica, because of economic factors, many talented athletes are attracted by American universities and various favorable conditions, but at the same time, many coaches and athletes have received advanced training techniques in the United States and returned to Jamaica to improve the overall level of athletics in Jamaica.

Over the past few years, more and more Jamaican athletes have made their mark, largely benefiting from the high level of training. After all, the black talent of West African descent is not unique to Jamaica alone.

Usse Bot didn't want to come to the United States for training, and there were many American agents who contacted him, including college, scholarships, excellent coaches, etc., and the various conditions offered could be dizzying, but he always remembered the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston.

He won the men's 200m and heard the crowd of Jamaicans shouting, and he didn't hear what they were shouting at first, only to learn later that they were chanting his name.

He was a little at a loss, and just gave a military salute in front of a large audience.

The defeat at the 2004 Athens Olympics made many Jamaicans full of criticism of him, and the pressure once made him breathless, and he returned to his old house, even crying in front of his mother, but avoiding never solved the problem.

When he returned to Kingston Strength and Conditioning Centre, he changed coaches, Glenn Mills was a coach he had loved before, he admired the coaching style of the other party, and about his old scoliosis, he also contacted the doctors in Germany to start correcting it, and he believed that he would soon become the best sprinter again.

After experiencing a huge storm of accusations, although he still laughs and laughs on his face, likes to joke with friends and acquaintances, and occasionally thinks about training and being lazy, but in his heart, he has grown up and become strong after all.

People will only like the winners, and the losers will only be blamed and forgotten.

He wants to be the winner, but this time, he is running for himself, and then for the motherland!