18:30 p.m.

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium is already brightly lit, and although the sky is not completely dark at this time of summer, the weather is gloomy and occasionally light rain, and the lights are still lit up early, and the stadium is illuminated by high erected lights.

"Ye Chin, come on!"

"Come on!"

"Relax and run!"

In the Olympic Stadium, in the rest area of the Chinese team, Ye Qin, who had just finished a complete series of warm-ups, checked his spikes and pants again, and when he stood up, he saw a bunch of people standing not far away waving at him.

Feng Shuyou, Yu Weili, Chen Zhongzhou, Zhuang Wei, and Yang Yao all came forward one by one to cheer him on.

The semi-finals of the men's 200m are coming soon, and it is already very rare for Chinese sprint athletes to be able to run at this stage.

And for such a long time in China, the only one who can really do this is Ye Qin.

Last year's Olympics reached the final, and this year's World Championships is now the semi-finals, and everyone standing on the sidelines hopes that he can run to the final again.

Ye Qin nodded to the crowd, then stepped aside and said to Randy Hunter, "Coach, I'm ready to play." ”

Randy Hunter clasped his hands to his chest, nodded faintly, and said nothing.

Seeing this, Ye Qin didn't say much, he knew that his recent attitude towards the game had disappointed Randy Hunter a little, but at this moment, what he needed to do was not to explain anything, but to go on the court to prove himself.

I had just taken two steps when suddenly, I heard Randy Hunter's voice behind me, "BOY! ”

Ye Qin slowly turned his head and looked at Randy Hunter, a faint smile appeared on the other party's expressionless face, and he clapped his hands, "Strengthen your beliefs, go ahead!" ”

Ye Qin pursed the corners of his mouth, nodded, and turned around and walked in the direction of the roll call in the check-in area.

The 200m semi-finals are at 18:40 in two semi-final groups, with Yechin in the second group.

When Ye Qin entered the check-in area to start the roll call process, the first group of the preliminaries had already begun to play, and the eight players in the queue were waiting for the athletes from the previous semi-final to finish the match, and they followed suit.

Five minutes later, Ye Qin and seven other players in the same group entered the arena, and the list of men's 200m semifinalists was played on the big screen at the scene:

The first way, the last Shingo, Japan;

Second Lane, Marlon Devonesh, UK;

Third Lane, Christopher Williams, Jamaica;

Fourth Lane, Jax Thelin, USA;

Fifth Dao, Yechin, China;

Sixth Way, Jason Gaby, USA;

Seventh Way, Patrick Johnson, Australia;

Eighth Way, Stefan-Buckland, Mauritius;

In the semifinals of the men's 200 meters, Ye Qin could clearly feel the strength level of the players, and the preliminaries and the rematch rose to a new level. And most of the players Ye Qin have fought against each other, or rather, they have a certain understanding.

The only one is the first time to meet in the field, one is the first Japanese player, Shingo Suesue, the other party is the third place in the men's 200m at the last World Championships, Ye Qin has an understanding of Shingo Sueji, but has never met the other party in the field. At this year's Osaka Grand Prix, because there was no men's 200m event, Ye Qin participated in the men's 400m race, while Shingo Suejo was competing in the 100m at that time.

The other is Jason Gaby, the American who ran 19.99 seconds in the preliminaries, and Ye Qin later learned that the biggest reason for such a performance in that preliminaries was the super wind speed.

In athletics sprint competitions, the tailwind helps athletes improve their performance, and the IAAF has set a limit for the downwind speed, which is 2 meters per second, and the downwind exceeds this speed is called the superwind speed, and the athlete's performance in the superwind speed is valid, but it is not listed as any record.

Although the top three players in Jason Gaby's group of preliminaries will definitely be able to advance to the semi-finals, in the case of super wind speed, the results of the whole group have been greatly improved, so that the players at the bottom of the rankings have the opportunity to advance to the semi-finals, which has to be said to be an excellent luck.

Ye Qin himself has no concept of super wind speed, from the time he stepped on the field to now, he has experienced many big competitions, but the real super wind speed race is rarely encountered, but there have been a few headwind races.

But at this moment, for Ye Qin, whether the wind speed is or not is not in his consideration, he is not here to refresh his personal PB, but to compete for the championship.

After the men's 200m rematch in the afternoon, he thought hard in the lounge.

He had always felt that he wasn't a smart person, but one thing was that he was willing to take the time to think more than anyone else. When he first practiced track and field sprinting, he didn't understand a lot of technical terms, and he didn't understand the meaning, but he was willing to memorize them and then combine them with his own training to constantly figure out the meaning.

In this World Championships, he himself didn't pay too much attention to it in his heart, or rather, he didn't really pay attention to the World Championships.

Although he has won many small competitions, deep down, he still lacks confidence in his ability assessment in such a world-class competition.

That is, although he himself thought about becoming a top elite athlete, his goal for this World Championships is not clear.

He just wanted to run, he wanted to compete, he wanted to compete with high-level athletes, but he never thought that he could seem to go towards the goal of becoming a champion.

Randy Hunter's disappointment with him is not really his performance in the rematch, but his inner hesitation in the men's 200m and 400m, but the lack of a specific goal.

For an afternoon, he was actually thinking about this over and over again.

Champion!

I want a championship!

Men's 200m champion, men's 400m champion!

At the World Junior Championships, the two bronze medals made him feel unprecedentedly lost, and the two silver medals at the World Youth Championships also made him feel unwilling, and the sixth place in the Olympic Games made him see the insurmountable gap in the face of top players.

So much so that in several games this year, one by one, one by one, has accumulated so far, he still doesn't dare to shout in his heart what he wants to achieve in this World Championships.

And now, he understood.

After standing on the semi-final track, he could already hear the deepest voice of his heart.

Yes, I want the championship!

It doesn't matter who it's against, whether it's Jax Thelin, Eusei Bote, or any other top player.

I just want the championship!

Not only in the men's 200m, but also in the men's 400m!

That's what I want, that's what I'm here for!

If I couldn't see the target before, I can see it now, and it's not too late.

The blood is boiling.

Ye Qin slowly calmed his breathing, the noise on the sidelines was blazing, the competition had reached the semi-finals, and for the sprint event, it had officially entered the stage of being interesting and intense.

“On your marks！”

On the sidelines, the sound of the starters in place sounded.