On the track near the finish line of the Bird's Nest Stadium, Ye Qin gasped and slowly stopped, looking at the results on the on-site timing board, he himself was a little unexpected for a while.

In preparation for the Olympics this year, he spent very little time on the 400m event, and the team tested it a few times, and the time was basically around 44 seconds, but the results in this group were surprisingly good.

This improvement is no longer an increase of 100 meters and 1000 minutes, but a large increase of 10 seconds. It was also his own personal best since last year's World Championships in Osaka.

"I actually broke the Michael Johnson world record?"

As the excitement and cheers of the audience soared into the sky, Ye Qin stood for a while, and seemed to slowly come back to his senses.

The men's 400m world record was set by Michael Johnson at the age of 32 in Seville, Spain, on 26 August 1999, in 43.18 seconds, and it was long thought that the record would hold.

What he didn't expect was that in the men's 400m semifinals of this Olympic Games, he would run such an amazing result, and Ye Qin himself actually couldn't believe it.

And he clearly remembers that after the start, because of the 200-meter rush, there was a movement that obviously adjusted the stride length and rhythm in the first few steps.

But Rao is so, he also broke Michael Johnson's world record!

"Am I really in this good shape today?"

When he was training at IMG Academy in the United States, Ye Qin remembered some analysis of the red and white muscles, and after he shifted his focus to the men's 100m and 200m sprints, his performance in the 400m event did not regress, but it should be a very incredible thing to continue to improve so much.

This world record caught him off guard, even if he broke the 200-meter world record, he could be mentally prepared, but the 400-meter ......

Ye Qin glanced at the reaction time of his group of 400-meter starts on the on-site timing board again, and it clearly said 0.104 seconds, which made Ye Qin feel that it was still very wrong.

"Congratulations, Ye Chin, you have worked a miracle!"

David Neville, who was in the same group on the field, stepped forward to congratulate Yechin, who is also a 400m athlete, and he knows how remarkable Yechin is to do this.

Even if they will compete as opponents in the final the day after tomorrow, seeing the world record set at this moment still gives people the feeling that humanity has not reached the limit of what they can create.

And the next creator, who can say whether it will be themselves?

"Ye Chin, good job!"

"World Champion, Ye Chin, mighty!"

"Victory!"

Walking down from the track and field, along the way, the audience at the scene was extremely enthusiastic and shouted loudly to Ye Qin.

After experiencing the frustration and loss of the previous 200 meters, at this time, they suddenly saw Ye Qin's performance in the men's 400 meters semifinals, which once again made their emotions rise to the extreme.

Many people are lamenting at this time that if Ye Qin can continue to participate in the 200-meter race and have a showdown with that Jamaican Bo Hete, maybe the 200-meter world record will be broken.

That kind of top-notch showdown is really good-looking!

But accidents in athletics are sometimes so unnoticed, and it's not uncommon for even the most consistent and powerful athletes to be sent off the field.

Fortunately, Ye Qin did not disappoint everyone.

The gold medal in the 100 meters plus the world record, the 400 meters world record, the gold medal should also be a certainty.

……

Meanwhile, a slender white man wearing sunglasses clenched his hands into fists on the side of the stands after seeing Ye Chin break the men's 400-meter world record.

"Jimmy, take it easy, it's only the semi-finals, and the final is still the day after tomorrow."

Michael Ford patted Jimmy Warner on the back as if to comfort the white youth who dominated the men's 400m event in world athletics for more than three years.

"I didn't expect his progress to be so fast!"

Jimmy Warner's tone was mixed with some inexplicable emotions, in the men's 400m event, he has almost rarely met opponents in recent years, and he is naturally familiar with Ye Qin, who has run several men's 400m events together, and can be regarded as one of the contenders for him to win the Olympic championship for a second time.

It's just that I didn't expect Ye Qin to have the strength to break Michael Johnson's world record in the 400m event, he was once considered the most likely person, and the Osaka World Championships score of 43.45 seconds is very close to the world record, but what I didn't expect was that it was done by another person.

Michael Ford shook his head slightly, then smiled: "I have analyzed this Chinese athlete and read a lot of his growth trajectory from the Chinese media. He grew up not in the better-off United States, but as a teenager who ran out of the slums of Mexico and Central and South America.

Growing up like theirs has given them the opportunity to change their lives, so that they have a strong psychological quality that ordinary people do not possess after rushing to the top.

He is playing at home, cheering for him all over the field, as long as he can withstand strong external pressure, it is easy to break out into the best form. Especially after the last 200-meter start mistake, you can imagine that if it were you, this 400-meter race will probably go all out to burst out to everyone's attention.

What about breaking the world record in the semi-finals? Jimmy, you need to keep your mindset and beat them in the final, and trust me, he's not going to have that in the final. ”

"Really, Michael?" Jimmy Warner glanced suspiciously at the new coach next to him, who had the same name as his brother and agent, and still didn't quite believe what the other person said.

Although he is absolutely confident in his own strength, there is no doubt that the challenge pressure brought by Ye Qin is too strong.

"If he can do it, so can you! You won last year's World Championships! ”

Michael Hart continued, he is also an experienced coach who has a knack for adjusting the mentality of his athletes.

"Yes, I can do that too." Jimmy Warner nodded, the focus of attention was on the men's 100m and 200m titles and world records, but the 400m was no different.

Jimmy Warner, Yechin and Sean Merritt will also compete in this event, but the coverage is not as strong as the men's 1200m.

"Let's wait and see how Shaun Merritt that redneck performs in the semi-finals, you need to take a proper rest and adjust to your condition." Michael Hart went on to say:

Jimmy Warner nodded and didn't go any further, and while the situation was much more than he expected, as Michael Hart said, he believed the 400m should be an occasional outburst for Yechin.

Michael Hart is the new coach he hired this year, and after last year's World Championships in Osaka, his original coach, Clyde Hart, who taught him and Michael Johnson, asked for more of his appearance and advertising endorsement fees to be taken from him when preparing for his plans to compete in the '08 Olympics.

He didn't want to give more money and fell out with Clyde Hart, a one-time Olympic champion, two-time world champion, and he was king in the 400m.

The 400m final the day after tomorrow will be a big challenge for him!

At this year's All-American Trials, he lost to Merritt and wasn't in great shape at the time.

But this time, he's well prepared and he'll need to prove that he'll still be the best 400m athlete even without Clyde Hart.

Out of the corner of his sunglasses-wearing eye, Jimmy Warner glanced at Yechin, who had left amid the cheers of the audience, and he felt a long-lost desire to play in his heart.

The goal of breaking the world record, winning the Olympic championship, and the 400-meter final the day after tomorrow has been clearly placed in front of him.

……

"Get some rest!"

When Chen Zhongzhou saw Ye Qin return to the rest area, the smile on his face made the crow's feet in the corners of his eyes particularly clear, and the whole person looked particularly excited.

After Ye Qin was sent off in the 200-meter semi-finals, his worries were almost written on his face, but the interval between the two games was too short, and almost no one dared to speak easily, for fear of affecting Ye Qin's performance.

Now it seems that Ye Qin really withstood the pressure at the most crucial moment and achieved an extraordinary performance in the 400m semi-finals.

The world-record-breaking result of 43.15 seconds, Rao is Chen Zhongzhou, as an assistant coach, is very familiar with Ye Qin's various achievements and competitions, and when it really appears, it is also very unexpected.

"Brother Chen, I always feel that something is wrong."

When Ye Qin was on the sidelines, he smiled at everyone, but after seeing Chen Zhongzhou, he did not hide his inner emotions.

"Let's not talk about the record-breaking, I think the state is very good, but it's the starting reaction, you see, I almost ran again......"

"Huh?" Chen Zhongzhou's pupils shrank slightly, and after Ye Qin broke the record in the 400 semifinals, everyone's attention was on Ye Qin's final race results.

At this time, no one is looking for the result. Even if someone notices it, at this time, it is only as if Ye Qin is running with a gun, too bold.

"Brother Chen, wait a minute, we will go to the training bureau, you can help me test my starting reaction."

Ye Qin expressed the doubt in his heart, when he was in the 100m race, he may have been under too much pressure, although he felt in good shape, but definitely not like now.

But after running 100 meters, the whole person seemed to relax, and in response to the following races, Ye Qin felt as if his condition was really good.

Starting reflexes have always been his weakness, but since 06 years since the men's 100m, he has been training repeatedly, from 100m to 60m, to this year's long-term start training, he feels as if his body seems to be very sensitive to the gunfire of the race.

"Okay." Chen Zhongzhou saw the doubts hidden in Ye Qin's eyes, and nodded, "Then I'll push your later interview first, and then talk to Director Yu and Director Yuan." ”

After Chen Zhongzhou left, Ye Qin sat on a chair in the lounge, gasping for breath and resting for a while.

This is the area where the athletes are, and although many people want to come and congratulate him for breaking the men's 400m world record, after all, it is still the time of the competition, and the athletes who have just finished the competition need to rest and adjust, and there are not many people who come to disturb him.

Ye Qin also seized this rare time to think seriously.

First of all, the 400-meter world record, Ye Qin felt very surprised by this, but he felt that he couldn't do it completely, after running, his chest swelled, and his breathing was a little tight, he knew that this was because his body was obviously exceeding the limit.

It's just that his current physical fitness is better than in previous years with age and growth, so that he doesn't even have the strength to lie on the ground after he finishes running.

His spirit today has always been highly excited, and this feeling seems to be rising as the game progresses.

It's a bit like a season, as game after game progresses, the body gradually adjusts to the best competitive condition.

The state of competition is something that cannot be seen or touched, it is difficult for outsiders to see it, and the athletes themselves can feel and experience it, but it is not particularly accurate.

You still need to go through various data after game after game to confirm whether you are satisfied with your performance.

Like last year, when Asafavil ran a world record of 9.74 seconds in Rieti, it was a semi-final, and Yechin watched the video of the opponent's race. At that time, Asafavil's form reached an unprecedented level, and he did not go to the record at all, and the world record of 9.74 seconds was even reserved in the end.

If he had done his best, he might have been able to run 9.70 seconds, but he didn't even expect it at the time.

For a player like Asafavil who may be overburdened by the psychological pressure of a major tournament, there may often be amazing performances in some small competitions where the mentality and body may be more relaxed.

Like Ye Qin himself, he understands very well that he needs pressure and opponents, and the more large-scale events, the crowd gathers, and the noisy environment, the more he can break through himself and have extraordinary performance.

ran a time of 43.15 seconds in the 400 meters, and Ye Qin was not very sure whether he could surpass this result in the next final.

He was extraordinary, carrying the pressure of the 200-meter mistake and breaking through himself.

What makes him feel the most uncertain now is that his starting reaction, he went to the rhythm of listening to the gun in both races, but the time of the starting reaction makes him a little incomprehensible now.

If the athlete is in excellent condition, it is possible for many runners who usually have a starting reaction of about 0.150 to reach about 0.130.

His own starting reaction was generally around 0.140 before, and this year he has participated in fewer races, although he has been doing a lot of targeted starting practice, but usually running around 0.130 is not very much.

But now that Fang has just started in the 400 meters, he is still at 0.104, which makes Ye Qin himself a little suspicious.

Soon, Chen Zhongzhou, Yu Weili, Yuan Guohua, and several other coaches of the track and field team came to Ye Qin's lounge, and they all nodded slightly about Ye Qin's saying that he would go to the General Training Bureau to test his starting reaction.

This is indeed not particularly in line with Ye Qin's consistent performance, Ye Qin has always been very stable in this regard, and there are times when he makes mistakes at the start, but he can be said to have almost no rush.

Out of the Bird's Nest National Stadium, the group got into the vehicles that had been prepared for a long time, walked through the streets and alleys, and soon returned to the track and field field of the General Training Bureau.

There are still some team members training in the track and field at this time, and many people feel a little surprised when they see Ye Qin and his party appear, but there is nothing to do with them, everyone should continue to train. The Olympic Games are underway, and although there is no particularly intense practice, many athletes still want to be in good shape for the upcoming competitions.

In the track and field field, Chen Zhongzhou and several staff members worked together to adjust the electronic stopwatch and other equipment for the start, which were ready-made, and Ye Qin and others had often used them to train here before.

After Ye Qin moved a little in the middle of the field, he didn't need to warm up, stepped on the running aid connected to the wire, leaned over and bowed his head, and prepared to start.

An electronic starting gun rang out from the sidelines, and Ye Qin suddenly rushed out quickly.

The electronic stopwatch immediately showed Ye Qin's starting reaction just now, 0.107 seconds!

After Yu Weili and Yuan Guohua next to them saw this starting reaction, their eyes suddenly widened.

"Come again!"

After Ye Qin ran more than 20 meters, he returned to the runner and signaled to everyone.

At this time, everyone stopped talking, but nodded silently.

Another electronic starting gun rang out, and the result of the second trip soon followed, 0.129 seconds.

Then came the third trip, 0.101 seconds!

Fourth trip, 0.099 seconds!

Fifth trip, 0.123 seconds!

Sixth trip, 0.106 seconds!

Seventh trip, 0.137 seconds!

Eighth lay, 0.097 seconds!

Ninth trip, 0.105 seconds!

10th trip, 0.102 seconds!

After ten runs in a row, almost everyone present was a little dumbfounded.

Several people around the sidelines looked Ye Qin up and down, as if they felt that the current Ye Qin was completely unfamiliar to them.

Yu Weili and Yuan Guohua both frowned, as if they were in thought.

Chen Zhongzhou, who was next to him, had a somewhat abrupt look at this time, and looked at Ye Qin and asked tentatively: "Do you think you didn't rush when you were 200 meters?" ”

Ye Qin nodded slightly, "I feel that I should have started after hearing the gunshot, but this is my own feeling, and I can't say for sure!" ”

"Is it really like Dennis Mitchell?"

After Yu Weili came back to his senses, he muttered a little.

The data from these sets of starting reactions has been very clear, although only two shots are within 0.100 seconds, but there are four shots within 0.110, basically it can be said that the starting reaction is within 0.120 seconds, even if the pressure gun run is successful.

And Ye Qin has six out of ten shots within 0.120 seconds, and it is definitely not so simple for an athlete to be so successful in pressing the gun.

"It's a lot of starting practice, and it's a qualitative change."

After a long time, Yuan Guohua sighed, he was born as a 100-meter athlete, and his starting reaction can be improved through long-term and large amount of training.

Before '06, Ye Qin had not practiced much in starting training.

One is that when Yu Weili took Ye Qin to participate in the Athens Olympics, he coached for a period of time, and then Yuan Guohua took over the work.

It was the day when Yechin practiced a lot of starts, first in the 100m and then in the 60m, and to make up for his slow first half, Yechin could be said to have practiced more than everyone else.

However, although there has been progress, it has probably reached a moderate level of around 0.140 to 0.150.

And after this year's competition, there was obviously a step-like sudden outbreak.

For this sudden explosive progress of athletes, in fact, it is relatively obvious, far from it, as far as the current Yusse Bote, his strength at the 07 World Championships in Osaka, and his current strength, are completely two levels.

Starting with the 100-meter run by Yusse Both, the first race was still 10 seconds away, but by the fifth race the world record had already been broken.

This sudden explosion is partly due to the athletes' previous accumulation, and on the other hand, it is also related to their age and physical development that have reached maturity, and their strength and speed have reached the peak.

Now Ye Qin's improvement in starting reaction really makes everyone feel a little incredible.

But think about it, as Yuan Guohua said, in the long period before the 2008 Olympic Games, in addition to the regular training, most of Ye Qin's other energy was in the starting training reaction, and after the body found that feeling, the knee-jerk natural reaction may not be impossible.

"This matter still has to be tested again, and I will put this aside for now."

In the end, Yu Weili opened his mouth, glanced at everyone and looked at Ye Qin again, and breathed a sigh of relief silently, "You are also tired today, go back and rest first!" ”