It's September, and Incheon, South Korea, has gradually attracted the attention of the majority of Asian audiences.

The 16th Asian Athletics Championships officially began in Incheon, South Korea, and the Asian Athletics Championships is a comprehensive athletics competition organized by the Asian Athletics Federation for countries on the Asian continent.

It started in 1973 and is now the sixteenth edition. The Asian Athletics Championships will run from September 1 to September 4, with a total of 536 athletes from 35 countries participating.

Ye Qin still competes in the men's 200m and men's 400m events, but compared with the World Championships, the intensity of the Asian Championships is much lower.

In the men's 400m, there are only two shots, with the preliminaries on September 1 and the final on September 2. In the men's 200m, there is a three-gun final, with the preliminaries and semi-finals on September 3 and the final on September 4.

In fact, the schedule is relatively tight, but there is no roll-on situation, and the overall level of Asian players is much weaker than that of the international players, so the pressure on Ye Qin is not great.

In the past, Chinese track and field athletes, in the Asian sprint event, there were many runners in the 1200 meters, but in the 400 meters, there have been few people to participate.

Especially in the men's 400-meter race this time, the track and field team has not sent other athletes to participate except Ye Qin, not that domestic athletes can not find anyone to participate in the 400-meter event in Asia, but mainly due to the impact of the National Games next month.

The 2005 Asian Championships was also Ye Qin's first time participating in the Asian Championships, and if it had been before, Ye Qin might have been more excited about this competition, but now he can face this level of competition calmly.

Especially after the World Championships, he gained experience against the top sprinters, and at the same time, he became the world's top sprinter, and in a way, it was the other runners who really felt the pressure.

Before the start of the Asian Championships, Japan's Shingo Sueji congratulated Ye Qin on his achievements at the World Championships and looked forward to playing Ye Qin again at the Asian Championships. In terms of personal bests, the two are actually not much different, and they have both been the best men's 200m records in Asia, which has also become one of the highlights of this Asian Championships.

At this time, the Japanese media called Yechin Asia's "Michael Johnson", who was almost the most dominant athlete in Asia in the men's 200m and men's 400m.

At 15 o'clock in the afternoon of September 1, Incheon Moonhak Stadium was noisy and noisy.

When Ye Qin appeared on the track of the men's 400-meter preliminaries, he had become a well-deserved focus of the audience, causing many cheers.

The new men's 200m world champion, the first Asian world champion in the sprint event, the Asian record holder, and many titles are really the most popular figures in recent times.

The nearly 50,000 stand seats at the Incheon Moon Hak Stadium have reached almost 90 percent attendance, and although the level of track and field in South Korea is relatively low in Asia and the world, and the sportsmanship is also criticized, the enthusiasm and support of the people for the country's major events are quite high.

In the first round of the 400-meter preliminaries, Ye Qin easily won the first place in the group with a time of 46.10 seconds and qualified for the 400-meter final on the second day.

In the 400m final on the second day, Ye Qin easily won the men's 400m gold medal at the Asian Championships with a time of 45.02 seconds without any threat from his opponent. The second place was won by Japan's Yuzo Kanamaru with a time of 46.04 seconds, followed by Sranka's Prasana with a time of 46.48 seconds.

In this final, the audience in the stands could see that Ye Qin won very easily, and surpassed other players by a large margin, showing his world-class level.

After completing the men's 400m final, Ye Qin did not leave the field, but still waited in the stands for the last Asian competition, the men's 100m final.

The men's 100m race is also a three-shot victory, and the time overlaps with the 200m race because the four-day schedule is relatively tight.

Standing in the stands with Ye Qin is Yu Weili, this time Ye Qin's coach Randy Hunter did not follow, the other party's center has recently begun to focus on the long jump team, and the leader of the Asian Championships is Yu Weili, the deputy head coach.

"Look at this final final, I want you and Yang Yao to run 100 meters." Yu Weili looked at the eight runners who participated in the men's 100 meters at the end, couldn't help but pat Ye Qin's shoulder, and said with emotion, "Ye Qin, why don't you think about it, run 100 meters later, the influence of 100 meters is great." ”

There are two players in the men's 100m from the Chinese team at this Asian Championships, Guo Fan and Liu Dapeng, both of whom were eliminated in the semifinals, and the final results were not very good, both around 10.6 seconds.

This result came out to tell the truth, which made Yu Weili quite dissatisfied. On the one hand, several domestic powerful 100-meter athletes did not participate in the Asian Championships, and on the other hand, they were dissatisfied with the weak sprinting level of the track and field team.

"Yu Gui, you also know?" Ye Qin heard Yu Weili's question, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the other party.

"Know what?" Yu Weili was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to think of something, and asked, "You won Liu Yangyu and Yang Yao in the 100 meters?" ”

"That's right." Ye Qin nodded, since he ran a 100-meter test with Liu Yangyu and Yang Yao in Zurich, and then returned to China, he found that many coaches were tentatively asking Ye Qin to consider running 100 meters.

"No, I've thought about it before." Yu Weili smiled and shook his head, "If you hadn't started from practicing 400 meters, it is estimated that the 100 meters would have been better now." Before Athens last year, I thought you were absolutely fast, but you started too slowly in the first half of the race. ”

"My master has also said before, but if I don't practice 400 meters, it may not be easy for me to come out so quickly."

Ye Qin remembered that he had discussed this matter with Nie Fangping before, he first practiced 400 meters, on the one hand, his speed and endurance were good, and practicing 400 meters was more handy, and the other reason was that the situation in China at that time, in comparison, Ye Qin practiced 400 meters It was much easier to get ahead.

There are many athletes practicing 1200 meters in China, and the competition is fierce, if Ye Qin chooses the 100-meter event at the beginning, it will probably be nothing until the results enter the athlete level. Even now, with his 100-meter level, he can't be said to be top-notch in China. The 400 meters in the main event and the 200 meters in the secondary event made him quickly emerge in domestic and foreign events.

Especially in the 200m event, his ability in the second half of the race combined with his top absolute speed ability, and he reached the world's top level in one leap.

"That's right." Yu Weili nodded, "If you practice 100, you may not have such outstanding performances in the World Junior Championships and World Youth Championships to make the track and field team notice you, especially in last year's Olympic Games, maybe you won't be able to qualify for two events, and it is impossible for the team to hire a top coach like Randy Hunter for you. ”

After all, there are many people practicing in the 100-meter event, and when it was changed to 04 years, Ye Qin may not be able to meet the qualification for the Olympic AB standard, 10.5 seconds, 10.6 seconds, people in the national team are not nothing, relatively speaking, Ye Qin is unlikely to be so eye-catching. And if you practice 100, Ye Qin's 200 meters may be good, but it may not be able to reach the current level, according to Yu Weili's estimate, it will probably be better than Yang Yao, and it is not easy to say whether he can break the national record.

"Still, I think you should be able to think about it now. After all, the impact of the 100m is greater, of course, it doesn't mean that you have to give up the 400m event, it's just ......"

Yu Weili paused as he spoke, "Your speed ability is probably the most likely to break the national 100-meter record in China, and it may also be the most promising to break the 10-second mark." This is the dream of those of us who are track and field people, and we always wish we could see it sooner. ”

"I know." Ye Qin nodded, the 100-meter 10-second mark is still a very distant concept at this time, and the national record still holds a time of 10.16 seconds. To say that Ye Qin has been working by several coaches one after another in the past few days, it is impossible to be impressed without a little heart, and the biggest reason why Jax Thelin and Morris Green are called World Flyers is not because the other party runs 100 meters.

After thinking for a while, Ye Qin said to Yu Weili, "Director Yu, you let me think about it again, I usually definitely focus on 400 and 200, but they are all sprint events, if there is a suitable competition, I can consider participating in it." ”

"Okay." Yu Weili had a smile on his face, "It's all sprint events, and in general, it doesn't affect much, the main one is that in addition to endurance training, you can keep up with some strength in terms of strength." ”

While the two were talking, the men's 100m final of the Asian Championships had begun.

The top three finishes in the final 100 meters were 10.39 seconds, 10.42 seconds and 10.45 seconds.

In the men's 200m race that began on September 3, Ye Qin completed the preliminaries and semifinals with a time of 20.90 seconds and 20.78 seconds, and successfully advanced to the final with the first place in the group.

Although many players before the game, including Japan's Shingo Suesue, said that they would go all out in the final to challenge the new men's 200m world champion.

But the facts are in front of us, the men's 200m final has basically become one of the most suspenseful races in this World Championships, and the final result is that Ye Qin won the men's 200m championship with a time of 20.13 seconds.

The second and third places were Saudi Arabia's sprinter Hamir Bihi and Japan's Shingo Suejo in 20.66 and 20.68 seconds, respectively. In addition, Yang Yao, who also participated in the men's 200m, did not perform too well in the competition, and the final time was 20.75 seconds, ranking fourth.

At this point, this Asian Championships has come to an end, Ye Qin successfully won the championship of two events for the Chinese track and field team with a sweep, and Liu Yangyu also easily won the men's 110-meter hurdles championship with a time of 13.30 seconds.

In the next year, a competition that is more important than the National Games for Ye Qin and Liu Yangyu, the IAAF Golden Grand Prix at Shenghai Station, is about to begin.