Chapter 116: Before the Final
On the afternoon of July 13.
On the last afternoon of this World Junior Championships, all the events, there are still ten events in which the final or final will be finished in this afternoon.
14:25, men's high jump final; At 14:30, the women's heptathlon last event women's 800m; 15:05, men's 200m final; 15:25 women's 800m final; 15:35 men's discus throws final; 15:45 men's 2000m steeplechase final; 16 men's triple jump final; 16:10 men's 1500m final; and the men's and women's mixed relay at 16:30 and 16:50.
In the team relay event of the first World Junior Championships, there were two relay events at that time, one was the men's and women's 4×100-meter relay race and the non-journey mixed relay race, and in the second and third World Junior Championships, only the long-distance mixed relay race was set up in the team relay event as a team relay event.
The sprint mixed relay is also a relay race with four team members, but the distance covered by each team member in the relay team is slightly different, and the length of the race is generally 800 meters and 1600 meters.
This year's World Junior Championships uses a distance of 1600 meters, two 200 meters, one 400 meters and one 800 meters, and the rules are somewhat similar to 4×400 meters.
The Chinese team has a small number of participants, and in the sprint event, only Ye Qin is the male athlete, and the female athlete is only a 400-meter hurdler, so it is naturally impossible to participate in the final mixed relay race.
The Chinese team competed in only two events on the final afternoon, Ye Qin's men's 200m final, and Ye Qin's men's discus throw final in Wujiang, Ye Chin's roommate in Sherbrooke.
At 15 o'clock in the afternoon, on the starting line of the men's 200m at the Sherbrooke University Stadium, eight runners who participated in the men's 200m final of this year's World Junior Championships appeared on the track.
The information of the eight finalists was also played on the big screen at the scene:
First Lane, Nelson Andrea, Brazil;
the second, Ye Chin, China;
Third Way, Jamal Ken, UK;
Fourth Lane, Yusse Bote, Jamaica;
Fifth Way, Mike Grant, USA;
Sixth Path, Danny Bailey, Netherlands Antilles;
Seventh Way, Andrew Wokingson, UK;
Eighth Way, Graeme-Ritter, Australia;
Of the eight finalists, Yechin's 200m semi-final group qualified for three places, and in addition to him and Great Britain's Jamal Ken, Australia's Graeme Ritter also made it to the final with a time of 21.61 seconds.
Standing on the runway, Ye Qin looked up at the distance, the sky was still raining lightly in the afternoon, but fortunately, the temperature was finally a little higher than in the morning, although it was a little cool, but it was not too uncomfortable.
Especially after just finishing the warm-up run, which will stand in front of the starting line, Ye Qin just felt that the raindrops fell on his skin a little cold, and looked up at the stadium in the distance, a large lawn like a hillside extended to the verdant mountain forest in the distance.
Canada is a vast and sparsely populated country, and the newly built Sherbrooke University Stadium is located in a slightly remote location, and if you are in China, it is difficult to see such an outdoor open stadium surrounded by lush mountains and forests.
There are a lot of white makeshift tents on the lawn of the slope, and on the side is a crowded stand, which is located in the last 200 meters of straights and curves, and it seems that because of the last afternoon, the people in the stands are more crowded than in previous days.
Whistles and shouts came from inside from time to time.
Ye Qin touched the rain on his face, looked at the staff on the edge of the field, all of them were basically wearing plastic ponchos, and most of the referee team and other staff in the runway infield were sitting under the sunshade fans.
"This is the last game!"
Ye Qin exhaled softly, feeling a slightly tense body, shrugged his shoulders on the spot, and shook his arm lightly, allowing himself to relax as much as possible.
At this moment, a stout white man in a poncho ran from the field with a camera on his shoulder, filming the Australian runner in the first lane. It's fast, after all, the World Junior Championship is only broadcast on local Quebec or Sherbrooke TV stations.
Ye Qin almost didn't think about it when the camera turned to him, and suddenly turned his back to the camera, pointed to his number plate and waved his right hand.
The stout white photographer also seemed to be a little stunned by Ye Chin's movements, paused for a few seconds, gave more shots, and quickly turned to the other third-lane contestant.
In the stands, more than 3,000 spectators were crowded together, but at this time, after Ye Qin made that move, there was a burst of laughter.
This Asian teenager in red clothes is so funny!
Before such a tense final, such a move was suddenly made.
"This young athlete loves to be funny!"
In the area where the Chinese delegation was located in the corner of the stands, Ye Lidong and Zhou Bin couldn't help but glance at each other, shook their heads with a smile, and seemed to feel that at this time the eyes of many spectators around them fell on their group, and they were a little embarrassed, so they could only look at their noses and noses, revealing a calm expression.
On the contrary, Liu Feng and Jiang Minli, who were sitting together, and these young athletes, stood up one by one when Ye Qin waved his hand, and once again burst into enthusiastic shouts.
However, after being so troubled by Ye Qin, the atmosphere in the Chinese team became a little dignified because of Ye Qin's appearance on the field, which was somewhat diluted.
Today is the last afternoon, and everyone can go back after the competition. From the training camp to the Sherbrooke competition, the time to leave home was more than ten days, and everyone's mood at this time was somewhat relaxed.
On the field, when the camera moved to the fourth position, the spectators in the stands broke out into laughter again.
Yusse Bote, the black teenager from Jamaica, suddenly raised his hands in a stunned look when the camera was on him, and then twisted from side to side, also attracting the attention of many people with various strange movements.
His character itself is jumping and happy, and he is a living treasure off the field, but at this age, the young players are somewhat restrained in the large arena, and when he turned his head to a large number of players, he just saw the camera aimed at Ye Qin, and the wave action he made there couldn't help but be funny.
Ye Qin also noticed Yusse Both's movements, his starting line was behind the other party, although he couldn't see the facial expressions clearly, but the movements alone made him feel funny.
He has seen the performance of the opponent in the semi-finals, and now he finally met for the first time in the final.
The camera quickly swept over the eight competitors present, left the track, and soon the men's 200m final was about to begin!