“…… In yesterday's relay preliminaries, the U.S. team made a serious baton handover error. Sean Crowder and Davis Barton were on the road and then had a baton handover error. We can see Jason Gaby on camera with a look of chagrin.

This is not the case of such a serious mistake by the U.S. relay team in Athens 2004, the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005, the 2008 Olympics and today's Berlin Time.

The strength of the U.S. relay team is undeniable, and we believe that if they can make it to the final, they can compete for at least one silver medal. Their selection mechanism is also conducive to the selection of domestic athletes, but in the men's relay event, the performance of the U.S. team has been unsatisfactory in recent years......

August 23, the last day of this World Championships.

It is 21:20 p.m. local time in Berlin and 4:20 a.m. Beijing time.

Shenghai Jing'an District.

At this point in time, most of the lights in the community building have been extinguished, although there are a large number of domestic track and field enthusiasts, a large number of spectators who support Chinese track and field and Ye Qin, but on a national scale, it is impossible for every family to stay up late to watch the game.

What's more, the weekend has just passed, and today is already Monday, and many people have to get up early in the morning to go to work.

Yang Yao glanced at the lights in the community in front of the window, and felt that there were not many lights on, but there were always five or six in a building.

Turned around and sat back on the sofa, the TV had already been tuned to CCTV 5. The picture is played in the men's 4×100m relay preliminaries last night, and the commentator Mu Jiang is commenting on the performance of the American team yesterday.

Picking up a bottle of iced Coke on the table, Grunt tilted his head and poured it down. The refreshing coolness suddenly shook his whole body, and he hiccuped lightly and exhaled comfortably.

Watching games and carbs in the middle of the night was completely unthinkable in his past. But after retiring, he's had a number of nights like this.

Touching his abdomen casually, the six-pack abs that were once clearly visible were no longer obvious, and when he looked at the picture of the Chinese relay team players being replayed on TV, Yang Yao couldn't help but shake his head lightly and sighed.

The hips are raw!

However, this is his own choice, and his current situation is also very clear, on the one hand, because of the old injury, on the other hand, because of his age, his competitive form is going downhill.

“…… Good viewers, the final of the men's 4×100m relay at this World Championships will be broadcast for you, and the competitors are now on the field......"

As soon as the picture on TV turned, it was no longer a review of yesterday, but a scene from the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

Yang Yao took a sip of the Coke in his hand, put it on the coffee table, and casually pushed the sleepy cousin next to him: "Wake up, the game is about to start!" ”

The boy opened his sleepy eyes in a daze, and suddenly heard that the game was about to start, and suddenly sat up straight, as if it only took a short moment for the whole person to go from being confused to being awake.

Yang Yao watched the young man come to his senses, and did not pay attention to the other party anymore, but clasped his hands to his chest and stared intently at the TV screen.

It was his biggest race for the national team since leaving the men's 4×100m relay, and even though he is no longer with the national team, he is still looking forward to seeing what his teammates will perform.

On the TV, Mu Jiang's voice continued to sound, and the picture switched to many athletes on the track:

“…… Let's take a look at the players, the first is the French team, they have Ronald Bonon in the first bat, Martial Mbanchok in the second, Eddy Delepin in the third, and Christophe Lemaître in the fourth;

The second is the Brazilian team, the first is Vicente de Lima, the second is Sandro Viana, the third is Bas Leo de Mores, the fourth is Jos Carlos Moreira, the first player is a veteran, he is 32 years old this year, but he has always been known for his fast start;

The third lane is Team England, the first batter of the British team is Simon Williamson, the second batter is Tyrone Edgar, the third batter is Marlon Devonish, Harry Akins Alieti. The British team won the Olympic championship in 2004 thanks to their tacit cooperation and consistent performance;

The fourth lane is the Italian team, which consists of four players Roberto Donati, Simón Corrio, Emmanuel Di Gregorio and Fabio Cerrutti ......"

After introducing the first four passes, when it came to the fifth pass, Mu Jiang's voice suddenly raised a few points, and he shouted loudly in a long way: "The fifth way - the Chinese team!" The first batter of the Chinese team is Su Bingtian, who became the first Chinese athlete to win the men's 100m at the World Junior Championships last year.

The second runner of the Chinese team is Zhang Peimeng, who is now the second person in the domestic sprint event after several years of accumulation, and has excellent results in the men's 100m and 200m events.

The third stick is the eyeman Gu Kai, who is a high-achieving athlete from Mizuki University and has outstanding personal strength. He is another outstanding player after the retirement of Yang Yao, the third baseman at the Olympic Games last year, and we are looking forward to his performance.

The fourth stick is Yechin! From the 2007 World Championships, to last year's Yenching Olympics and this year's World Championships, Ye Qin has participated in four events in the competition for three consecutive years, and is the representative and leader of the Chinese track and field team. In the previous competitions, Ye Qin has broken two world records and won three gold medals for the Chinese team......

With Mu Jiang's commentary sounding, when the on-site camera moved to Su Bingtian, who was in the fifth first stick, many viewers in China who were squatting in front of the TV and waiting to watch the game were suddenly shocked.

The men's 4×100m relay final is almost the last race for most Chinese viewers to pay attention to this World Championships.

Many people are completely for Ye Qin for this game, as long as they can see Ye Qin appear in the arena, no matter what the final result of this game is, they are willing to cheer.

The other part of the audience wants to see if the Chinese men's 4×100m relay team can maintain last year's level in the face of many strong opponents after Yang Yao left. ”

"The sixth lane, Trinidad and Tobago, is Brown in the first stroke, Mark Burns in the second, Clad in the third, and Thompson in the 100m final in the fourth. It is also the strongest lineup.

The seventh lane is to set a new world record of 37.10 seconds at the Yenching Olympics, surpassing its predecessors and surpassing the great 4×100m relay team of the Carl Lewis era, and their first batter is a new man, Steve Mullins replaces Carter, second batter Michael Flatt, third batter Yusse Both, and fourth batter Aszafavir. It remains to be seen whether the human limit will be surpassed again, and whether Mullins, who has just joined the relay team, can become a new character to set a world record.

The eighth Japanese team, the relay level of the Japanese team has improved very rapidly in recent years, and it has interpreted the tacit understanding and cooperation of the 4×100 meters to the extreme, this time their lineup is relatively new, and there are many young sports. The first baton is Masashi Eguchi, the second is Naoki Tsukahara, the third is Shingo Suesu, and the fourth is Kenji Fujimitsu......

Jamaica did not rule out their strongest team in the preliminary round and ran conservatively, finishing second in the group, so they finished seventh in the final. The seventh lane doesn't actually have much of an impact on the finals, but the only thing that affects them is that they are in the process of handing over the baton in the corner, and if the speed is fast, the centrifugal force will be very large.

The goal of the Chinese team in this game is still to strive for a medal, and the current Chinese team's lineup is still a certain gap between the other three and the top players except for Ye Qin. In addition to speed, we need to have very good baton handover skills if we want to compete with other players. The angle of the baton must be well controlled...... Okay, the game is on! ”

In the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, the whole stadium was boiling at this time, and the real sound continued to sound from the audience, sweeping the entire stadium and reaching the sky.

Ye Qin stood in the fourth baton handover area, measured the step point again, and then returned to the relay area.

The 4×100m men's relay final was his last race of the World Championships, and he hopes for a perfect end to the relay race.

However, compared to individual events, team events sometimes bring much more pressure and uncertainty.

Moreover, now the third stick is Gu Kai who replaced the former Yang Yao, although he and Gu Kai have also trained for a lot of time, but the tacit understanding between the two is still a little worse than Yang Yao.

But this is also something that can't be helped, there are newcomers to join the relay team, like Lu Bin who followed this time, but in the end he didn't get the opportunity to play.

The main reason is that the current situation is too grim and the competitors are too strong, at this time, a player like Gu Kai who has experience in the tournament and can play more stably is more able to make the team and coaching staff new than a newcomer.

Of course, that doesn't mean that newcomers don't have a chance to play. For example, this year's Asian Championships and some other regional competitions will be given the opportunity to play.

As a substitute, Lu Bin actually understands that his appearance is likely to take the opponent's place after Gu Kai leaves. But whether he can become a core member of the team depends on his personal performance and competitive state in the next few years.

“On your marks!”

The voices of everyone in place on the field rang out.

Ye Qin stood in the relay area of the fourth baton, noticed that the live camera was aimed at him, put his index finger to his lips, and made a quiet gesture towards the audience.

Throughout the noisy stadium, many spectators suddenly fell silent.

Before the starting line, Su Bingtian was already paying attention to it at this time, quietly waiting for the sound of the race gun.

This is his second World Championship final and his third world-class tournament.

And in terms of mentality, he is almost the best player in the entire relay team except for Ye Chin.

“SET！”

Syllable!

A crisp match gun rang out!

Mu Jiang, the on-site commentator, shouted almost instantly: "The game is on!" Su Bingtian's start is very fast, not inferior to other players......"

On the fifth track, Su Bingtian accelerated rapidly, his cadence was very fast, although his stride was not as good as other players, but in the starting stage, his fast and powerful cadence was his powerful weapon on this track.

As his speed increased, his entire muscles bulged, and his current sprinting technique was different from before.

The start was fast, but not all the strength was used in the first half, but in the rapid acceleration, the speed of the body continued to increase forward, so as to avoid his lack of speed and endurance in the second half of the race, resulting in a rapid decline in speed after fifty or sixty meters.

On the blue track, the figures of eight runners flew by.

In the stadium, which had just quieted down, it was completely boiling at this moment.

"One and two sticks handover!!"

Mu Jiang's voice sounded in everyone's ears.

On the field, Su Bingtian had already seen Zhang Peimeng's figure in the distance, he did not accelerate, but ran with all his might.

He knows that his current level of ability is slightly inferior to the first baton player in other countries, and the speed of the first baton should be slower than others, but the excellent baton handover technique will be a weapon for them to catch up.

"Pick it up!"

Su Bingtian was running at a complete high speed, and when he was about to approach Zhang Peimeng, he suddenly shouted.

Zhang Peimeng almost didn't even turn his head, after several years of living and training together, he had already had a tacit understanding, and as soon as his right hand was stretched out to the back, Su Bingtian's baton was firmly in his hand.

At this point, his speed was about to reach his peak, and he cornered into the straights and began to sprint forward quickly.

"The baton handover of the Chinese team is perfect! At the top of the pack are Trinidad and Tobago and Great Britain, Jamaica and Brazil are slightly behind, and China is catching up quickly......"

Mu Jiang's words were like machine gun fire, and they rang out quickly.

Among the eight players in the first bat, Brazil's Lima and Great Britain's Simon Williamson were the fastest, but after a short one-two handover, Trinidad and Tobago caught up and ran to the top spot.

Trinidad and Tobago's second runner was Mark Burns, who was one of the best of the many runners.

At this time, Trinidad and Tobago, Great Britain, Brazil, Jamaica, China, Japan, Italy and France are ranked in the second place.

Two or three sticks handover!

Gu Kai, who was in the third position, had already made all the preparations when Zhang Pei Meng rushed towards him.

He is well-known in the domestic athletics world, but he has not had particularly outstanding results internationally.

His best hope has always been to win a medal at the World Championships as a regular athlete, and this one could be the best chance of his entire career.

The school has talked to him many times that he will stay at the school in the future as a coach in the sports department and then take care of more training things.

For himself, from Mizuki Xueba to track and field flyer, and then to a person in charge of cultivating sports talents, this step by step, sprinting has always been his most heavy makeup.

"Pick it up!"

Zhang Peimeng has gone all out and is chasing his man as fast as he can, and he now has a time of under 10.20 seconds, and in this stick, except for Mark Burns of Trinidad and Tobago, who has pulled away from him, almost no one else has pulled him away.

Gu Kai, who has started quickly, also did not hesitate at all, he and Zhang Peimeng's tacit understanding is not bad, once both of them were athletes under Coach Li Qi, when Zhang Peimeng shouted the word receiving, he reached out and got the baton.

The baton handover at this time on the field almost has an adrenaline-pumping thrill.

Different from a simple sprint race, which is the domain of absolute speed, and the relay race, which requires team cooperation, especially at the moment of handing over the baton, can almost make everyone watching the race feel an inexplicable sense of tension and excitement, which stimulates people to tremble all over the body and numb their scalps.

When Usse Bot got the baton, the format of the field was not in his favor.

Trinidad and Tobago were almost 0.1 seconds faster than them, while Great Britain and Brazil were almost just 0.01 to 0.03 seconds apart from Jamaica. (Post-race time period result statistics)

The two in front of Jamaica, Steve Mullins and Michael Flatt, did not give Jamaica a speed advantage, not because they were not good.

Steve Mullins and Michael Flatt are both under 10 seconds, the best of the bunch.

It's just that, because Steve Mullins is a new addition this year, their pre-game strategy is that the baton handover in front must be stable, and the baton handover must not make mistakes.

This is a lesson learned from the experience of the U.S. team in recent years, and it is also a lesson from the mistakes of the Jamaican women's 4×100m baton handover at last year's Yenching Olympics.

After receiving the baton handed to him by Michael Flatt, Yusse Bot was particularly confident.

What he had been worried about was that there was a mistake in the baton handover, and now that the baton has been successfully in his hands, he can have no scruples.

Already accelerating, Yusse Bot exploded in the corners and almost instantly distanced the rest of his followers.

Trinidad and Tobago were ahead of Jamaica by about 0.1 seconds, but in the third stage, they were forced back by the sheer strength of Yusse Bote, who was almost 0.3 seconds back.

There was no doubt that Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago were the first to complete the handover, followed by the United Kingdom.

After the British team......

The Chinese team and the Japanese team completed the baton handover almost at the same time, and even the Japanese team's third and fourth baton handovers were a little faster than the Chinese team.

Ye Qin's mind was highly concentrated at this time, and he didn't pay attention to the situation of the other paths at all, but after confirming that Gu Kai had entered the handover, he quickly began to start and accelerate.

Unlike Yang Yao's previous cooperation, this time Ye Qin's starting acceleration has slightly controlled his speed, which is also something you need to pay attention to when working with different teammates.

"Pick it up!"

After Gu Kai's voice sounded in his ears, Ye Qin reached out and got the baton from Gu Kai's hand smoothly, and in an instant, his eyes looked at the finish line in the distance, and he completely entered the strongest competitive competition state!

"Three or four sticks handover! Ye Chin got the baton! Ye Chin is chasing, Ye Chin is chasing......"

Almost as soon as Ye Qin got the baton, many Chinese viewers at the scene and in front of the TV stood up at once.

At this time, the Chinese team is more severe than the 4×100-meter relay at last year's Yanjing Olympics!

In front of Yechin at the moment are Jamaica's Asafavil in the seventh lane, Trinidad and Tobago in the sixth lane, and Harry Akins Alieti of Great Britain in the third lane.

Harry Akins Aliyette was the 2005 World Junior Championships champion in the men's 100m and 200m, and his individual strength was good, with a 10.10m level in the 100m, and he was almost a meter ahead of Yechin by this time.

Next to Japan's fourth runner is Kenji Fujimitsu, who is also a young athlete who has risen in Japan this year, running the seventh fastest time in Japan in 10.07 seconds in Hiroshima, Japan.

At this time, Kenji Fujimitsu was slightly ahead of Ye Qin by half a body, and he was also sprinting towards the finish line at full speed.

80 meters, 70 meters......

After Ye Qin ran on the way into the highway, he was only less than ten meters away, and he passed past Kenji Fujimitsu and chased after the British Aliyati.

Sixty meters, fifty meters, forty meters......

Asafavir leads the way!

The third batter, Yusse Bote, snatched back time from Trinidad and Tobago with his absolute strength, and Jamaica was once again in first place.

And Asafavil, who was the last stick, completely exploded in his personal speed after getting the baton.

He has not been particularly good in the solo event, but in the relay event, he almost firmly sat first and never disappointed any of his teammates!

After Richard Thompson got the baton, he saw Asafavir rush out quickly, and he also ran at full speed to catch up, but the distance between the two was further stretched apart by Asafaville's superhuman speed.

In the eyes of the audience, Ye Qin seemed to be like a lightning bolt, quickly catching up from behind.

He first passed Japan's Kenji Fujimitsu and then overtook Great Britain's fourth-man Harry Akins Alieti around 20 metres from the finish line.

But Asafaville and Richard Thompson in front are getting closer and closer to the finish line!

Rush the line!

“…… Sprint! Third! The Chinese team won a bronze medal! ”

The on-site commentator Mu Jiang almost shouted loudly at the moment when Ye Qin crossed the finish line.

On the on-site timing board, the results of this group of men's 4×100m relay champions appeared in front of everyone.

37.31 seconds!

Created by Team Jamaica!

Although the average of the first two Jamaican teams was similar to that of other teams, the amazing performances of Yusse Bot and Asafavil still broke the meeting record of 37.40 seconds set by the United States at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart.

After all the competitors crossed the finish line, the results of the men's 4×100m relay final appeared in front of everyone on the big screen at the scene.

1. Lane 7, Jamaica team, starting reaction 0.148 seconds, time 37.31 seconds;

2. Sixth lane, Trinidad and Tobago, starting reaction 0.127 seconds, time 37.62 seconds;

3. The fifth lane, the Chinese team, the starting reaction was 0.138 seconds, and the result was 37.91 seconds;

4. In the third lane, the British team, the starting reaction was 0.134 seconds, and the result was 38.02 seconds;

5. Lane 8, Japanese team, starting reaction 0.130 seconds, time 38.30 seconds;

6. In the fourth lane, the Italian team, the starting reaction was 0.161 seconds, and the result was 38.54 seconds;

7. In the second lane, the Brazilian team, the starting reaction was 0.137 seconds, and the result was 38.56 seconds;

8. In the first lane, the French team, the starting reaction was 0.130 seconds, and the result was 39.21 seconds.