On August 8, 2008, at 8 p.m. Beijing time, the 29th Olympic Games opened at the Bird's Nest National Stadium.

The Bird's Nest National Stadium has about 91,000 spectator seats, and the stadium is like a "nest" and cradle that nurtures life, and entrusts the hope of mankind for the future. The designers did not do anything superfluous with this venue, leaving the structure exposed, thus creating a natural appearance of the building.

At night, the Bird's Nest National Stadium was full, and 2,008 performers in the middle of the stadium sang and sang, forming a grand and solemn array, welcoming guests from all over the world with the heroic song of "friends come from afar, and they are happy".

In the light reflected by the image of the ancient Chinese timer "sundial", the rolling spring thunder swept through the array in an instant, resounding throughout the audience and the world.

The whole curtain flashed a huge countdown number, and the audience shouted the countdown together, when the last second passed, countless fireworks rose into the air and bloomed, with brilliant lights and thousands of purples and reds.

In the center of the Bird's Nest, in the artistic atmosphere set off by sound, light and fire, a magnificent scroll of Chinese culture is slowly unfolding.

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August 15th.

The stands of more than 80,000 spectators at the Bird's Nest National Stadium were already densely packed with spectators who came to watch the game early in the morning.

A week has passed since the grand opening ceremony on the evening of August 8, and weightlifting, shooting, fencing, swimming, diving, judo, and other sports such as football, volleyball, and basketball have all been carried out in an orderly manner.

Chinese Olympians have performed more than any other previous Olympic Games, winning a number of gold, silver and bronze medals.

After a week, the Bird's Nest National Stadium has finally begun to be officially put into use, and from the 15th, a total of ten days of track and field events will be held.

From 9 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. today on the 15th, among the seven track and field events that will be held, there will be the men's 100-meter preliminaries, which have attracted worldwide attention.

"Dad, Mom, there will be Ye Qin's competition later! Waiting for the men's 100-meter sprint, Ye Qin will represent the country and compete with other foreigners this time! ”

Sitting in the stands of the audience, Ye Mingcheng's heart was swaying, extremely excited, and he turned his head to look at his parents and couldn't help shouting loudly.

"Ye Qin is coming?"

Liu Lanzhi doesn't have much of a good impression of the noisy stadium, and the track and field stands where 70,000 or 80,000 people gather, everyone in the audience can gather into a huge buzzing sound even if they whisper a little.

It was only when he heard Ye Mingcheng say that Ye Qin was about to play, and his eyes suddenly brightened a lot.

Ye Guandi sat in his position without much expression, and even between the slight movement of his lips, he could faintly feel a trace of unspeakable nervousness.

Next to the two old men, there was a teenager of about seventeen or eighteen, who also looked at the stadium with an extremely excited expression.

Hearing Ye Mingcheng's words, he also took out his mobile phone to look at the time, and shouted together: "Grandpa, grandma, the men's 100-meter race starts at 9:45, and it won't take long for Ye Qin's form to appear." ”

"That's right, Mom and Dad, when we finish watching Ye Qin's game, if you feel that you can't sit still, we can go first and come back in the evening and tomorrow."

Ye Mingcheng looked at his parents' expressions, and said together, he knew a little that his mother might not be able to get used to such an atmosphere of the scene.

The second elder came to Yanjing on the one hand to see the capital Yanjing, and on the other hand, to watch his grandson's competition. In the previous period of time, the second elder had already seen Ye Qin who came out of the General Training Bureau, but Ye Qin's time was very tight, and he was even more nervous than he had participated in the Golden Grand Prix in Shenghai.

He couldn't say anything else, but from Ye Qin's words, he probably was making good pre-competition preparations and physical reserves, as well as a small amount of Olympic publicity.

The preparation time ahead is already very tight, and now that the Olympic Games have begun, there is no doubt that at least until the end of the track and field competition, Ye Qin will not be able to be idle.

"Mingcheng, Su Ju, don't worry about the two of us, you watch your game!"

Liu Lanzhi felt that her son and grandson's attention were focused on them, and couldn't help but reach out and touch the hair of her grandson Su Ju next to her, and said with a smile.

Although the atmosphere at the scene was noisy and warm, there was a different feeling of mentioning it, although Liu Lanzhi was not particularly accustomed to and adapted, but he had seen it in Shenghai 80,000 Stadium before, and it was not completely unacceptable.

The first track and field event at 9 a.m. was the 100m hurdles in the women's heptathlon, followed by the men's shot put qualifying round at 9:05 a.m.

It wasn't until 9:45 a.m. that the atmosphere of the 70,000 or 80,000 spectators officially became warm.

The men's 100m heats for athletes of the XXIX Olympiad have begun!

The men's 100m race will take place over two days, with the preliminaries starting at 9:45 a.m. on August 15 and the semifinals starting at 7:45 p.m. on August 15. The semi-finals will be held on August 16 at 20:05 p.m., and the final will be held on the 16th at 22:30 p.m.

In the first round of the men's 100m preliminaries, there were a total of 10 preliminaries groups, and as many as 80 athletes participated.

The preliminaries are the top three athletes in each group who directly qualify, and then the top ten athletes with the best results are replaced, with a total of 40 athletes participating in the semi-finals.

When the first group of preliminaries began, the audience began to cheer.

The first Chinese athlete to appear in the men's 100m event was Zhang Peimeng, who ranked seventh in the seventh lane, and the overall strength of the first group of the preliminary round he participated in was not particularly strong, but one of them was a foreign athlete known to many Chinese - Yusse Bote!

The Jamaican athlete who ran 9.72 seconds at the New York Grand Prix this year briefly snatched the men's 100m world record from Yechin caused an uproar at the time.

Fortunately, soon after that, Yechin ran 9.70 seconds again in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and returned to the top of the world. However, at that time, the name Yusse Bot almost appeared on the domestic and foreign online newspapers and television media, and it was because few people did not know about this athlete who reached a height of 1.96 meters.

The first group of preliminaries started quickly, and after the gunshots rang out, Yusse Bot easily ran ahead, and finally won the group with a time of 10.20 seconds and advanced to the semi-finals.

Second place in the group was won by the training partner of Yousse Both, who was in the same group, Antigua and Daniel Bailey of Barbuda, with a time of 10.24 seconds. Zhang Peimeng ranked third in the group with a time of 10.25 seconds and directly qualified for the semifinals.

Standing in the middle of the arena, Zhang Peimeng looked at the audience cheering and applauding him, and almost instantly burst into tears.

It was not easy for him to beat the starting line of the men's 100m event, and he thought before he came on the court that he might be eliminated in the first round of the heats.

But what he didn't expect was that he played normally in the preliminaries, basically ran out of his own level, although it was not the best result, but he still qualified for the semifinals.

After that, Chinese track and field athlete Gu Kai appeared in the sixth group of the preliminaries, and finally Gu Kai ranked fourth in the group with a time of 10.39 seconds. For the time being, there is no chance to directly advance to the semifinals, but in addition to the top three in each group to directly qualify, there are still ten places, but it cannot be said that there is no chance.

The men's 100m heats continued one after another, and almost an hour later, at 10:47, the ninth group of the men's 100m heats began.

When the spectators in the stadium stands saw Ye Qin standing on the starting line in a red sprint suit, the atmosphere at the scene reached the first climax since the start of the game.

In 2007, the men's 100m and 200m double champion at the World Championships, and the men's 100m world record holder, Ye Qin finally appeared in the midst of a thousand calls!

Standing in front of the men's 100 starting line, Ye Qin looked around, almost feeling that he was surrounded by a huge wave of sound.

It seems that at this moment, the eyes of tens of thousands of people in the audience are focused on themselves.

Before entering the stadium, it was a relatively calm mood, but almost after entering the stadium, it was instantly ignited by the boiling atmosphere in the stadium.

The heart in his chest seemed to be pounding wildly all of a sudden, and his face felt hot and hot.

I seem to have a dizzy feeling in my brain!

It's your home turf!

This is the Olympic Games, and I am on this stage again!

Unlike 4 years ago, I was penniless at that time, and there were hardly many people to pay attention to.

Especially in the preliminaries, he stood on the field on the field like athletes from other countries, unremarkable, and even if many people noticed that he was participating, they probably felt that there was a Chinese athlete participating in this event!

No expectations, no encouragement!

But four years later, he is back at the Olympics and he's no longer a nobody!

The whole audience is watching him, and the people of the whole country and even the whole world are watching him and waiting for his performance!

From the beginning of the preparation for the Olympics in earnest, that huge pressure has been on my shoulders, and at this moment, it seems to have reached its highest point.

"Ye Chin, come on!"

"Ye Chin, come on!"

"China, come on!"

"China, come on!"

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In the audience, loud noises continued to sound!

When many people looked at Ye Qin, they couldn't help but shout!

Despite being just a men's 100m heats, Yechin hasn't been on the field for some time since the Ostrava Grand Prix in June.

After watching the first two men's 100m races with Chinese athletes, the audience is now eagerly looking forward to seeing Ye Qin's performance!

Ye Qin felt that his hands and feet seemed to tremble slightly, sweat gushed out on his forehead, he didn't know what was wrong with him, at this moment, he actually felt that his body seemed to be a little stiff!

Especially when he heard so many people calling his name, he seemed to have a kind of worry from the bottom of his heart that was difficult to explain.

"What if I don't run well?"

"What if I don't win the championship?"

"Will I be ashamed of the support of so many people!"

Complicated thoughts seemed to drown him like a tidal wave.

"Am I nervous?"

Ye Qin's gaze swept around the stadium, pursed his somewhat dry lips, and muttered to himself in a low voice.

The word nervous has rarely been used since he played in sports, and he didn't even think about it when he was warming up outside the stadium and before entering the stadium.

There must be tension in the nerves, but I feel that it is not like this at this moment, I feel that my body trembles slightly, sweat breaks out on my forehead and back, and I even have a feeling of palpitations in my heart.

He thought that he had experienced enough events and faced all kinds of strong opponents, and he should not have such a nervous feeling again.

He has always been a big player, crazy people, the bigger the scene, the more he can calm down, and he can break through himself and have a better performance.

But when standing in front of the starting line, facing the cheers and shouts of 70,000 or 80,000 compatriots, and the attention and support of more than a billion people, it is inevitable that nervousness is born.

This is the Olympics, in your own country, in your own capital!

It's still the preliminaries, and when it comes to the final round, he doesn't know if he can handle it when he has to face those strong opponents!

For a moment, he even thought that if he suffered a muscle strain after the start, it might be a good choice to retire from the race, at least without having to bear such huge pressure.

He felt a little timid!

His heart didn't seem to be as strong as he thought it would be, not as light as he was when he talked to others!

Even if you are the number one in the world, in the face of such strong pressure, you will inevitably have the emotions of wanting to escape!

But soon, when the starter on the spot shouted the "On your marks" command, Ye Qin's brain, which was caught in various thoughts, seemed to come back to his senses all at once!

Almost without any instructions from his own brain, he followed the runner and habitually adjusted his starting posture!

These are all instinctive reactions of the body that have been fully formed after practicing thousands of times, and he can do it naturally without deliberately trying to do it!

The breathing was becoming dense and long, Ye Qin looked up at the familiar runway, looked at the finish line in the distance, and his mind became clear!

"How could I suddenly have the idea of giving up!"

In his heart, he seemed to be silently laughing at himself, laughing at Yu Fangcai's idea of wanting to escape at that moment, and laughing at himself for being so cowardly.

It's just that now, whether you want to give up or escape, there is no way back!

Once you've stepped on the starting line, you don't have to worry about anything and run forward with all your might!

This was the mindset he had when he first stepped on the track as a teenager, he liked the feeling of chasing the wind, he liked the feeling of running with all his might, and it is the same now!

The race on the runway, only forward, not backward!

At this time, Ye Qin knew very well that he needed to get rid of distractions and not think about anything!

Just run!

“SET！” The sound of preparation sounded on the sidelines again!

The crowd has fallen silent, quietly waiting for the game to begin!

This is Yechin's first appearance at the Games, and it is his first competition at the 2008 Olympics!

All eyes are on him!

His supporters, his opponents, his family!

Syllable!

The crisp electronic starting gun sounds!

In the track and field arena, which had just quieted down, a huge shout suddenly erupted!

After the gunshot, Ye Qin started and accelerated, and all his movements were carried out with the instinct of his body!

His performance may have been affected by the fact that he was not in a calm state of mind after he suddenly entered the field, and both the start and acceleration were not good, and he was a big step behind his performance in many major competitions.

But in such a situation, it will not be just him!

The Olympic arena puts a lot of pressure on him, the world record holder who is hoping to win the gold medal at the end, and it is also a lot of pressure on many other athletes who are making their debuts or want to perform well!

With the familiar rhythm of running, Ye Qin couldn't think of any other messy thoughts at the moment, and he only had the finish line in the distance in his sight!

In the men's 100m race, most of Yechin's opponents are not particularly familiar, except for Mark Burns of Trinidad and Tobago and Modeo Kovinica of Slovenia, who have played against each other.

Thirty meters ahead, the two were still able to keep up with Ye Qin's speed, but after thirty meters, Ye Qin gradually entered his familiar rhythm.

Forty meters, fifty meters, sixty meters......

Ye Qin ran more and more easily, and his speed became faster and faster!

At the moment of starting, there were still some stiff movements, but by the time they reached the back, they were completely stretched!

In the spectator stands surrounding the arena, the boiling shouts became even more enthusiastic!

Seventy meters, eighty meters, ninety meters......

Ye Qin took the lead and rushed to the front!

The overall level of the players in his group of preliminaries is very average, Ye Qin reached the second half of the middle, only felt that his speed increased slightly, and he easily ran to the front!

Rush the line!

On the on-site timing board, on the yellow electronic numbers, the result of 10.23 seconds appeared in front of everyone!

After Ye Qin crossed the finish line, he slowly stopped!

In the last few tens of meters, he has already begun to release, and he is running by inertia, but even so, he still won the first place in the group with absolute strength.

Mark Burns and Modio Covinica, who finished second and third in the group, both finished in 10.46 seconds, while the rest of the runners clocked 10.50 seconds!

Standing at the finish line, Ye Qin had a smile on his face and stretched out his hands to thank the audience who cheered for him!

After a men's 100-meter preliminaries, he didn't feel like he was happy!

It doesn't seem to be a hard run to win the championship!

And after the gunshots rang out in the race, those chaotic thoughts seemed to disappear at this time after the preliminaries!

"Don't think about it so much, I'm a world record holder, just run!"