Chapter Ninety-Seven: Just a Teenager
When the day's competition was over on July 10, the Chinese team returned to their station, and except for the athletes who lost a few events that day, everyone else had almost all smiles on their faces.
Ye Lidong and Zhou Bin, the two highest leaders of the team, slapped the shoulders of the men's 5kg shot put player Liu Feng again and again, and they couldn't keep their mouths together.
Gold medal!
After Liu Feng successfully qualified for the shot put qualifying round in the morning, he won the championship with a score of 21.45 meters in the final held at 7:20 p.m. and broke the original World Junior Championships record of 21.23 meters.
This is also the first gold medal and the first medal won by the Chinese team since the beginning of the competition.
The atmosphere was so high that almost all of the Canadian crowd in the stadium was crowded.
Canada's Kyle Herff is the favourite to win the shot put and the only Canadian prospect to win gold at the World Junior Championships. In the previous pre-race training and qualifying rounds, Kyle Helfe's results were significantly better than Liu Feng's, and as a result, Liu Feng threw 21.45m for the third time to seal the victory.
The other is Yechin.
Ye Qin advanced to the semi-finals in the men's 400-meter event, although it is far from many excellent results, but the leaders and coaches of the team are clear-eyed people, and obviously know that in the men's sprint track event, the difficulty for Chinese players to advance to the second semi-finals is already very huge, and it is already an unexpected joy to have such a performance.
Of course, Ye Lidong and Zhou Bin are not without expectations for his 400-meter semi-finals and even the 200 meters behind, but no one will say anything at this time.
At night.
In the dormitory of the apartment building where the Chinese team is stationed.
"Ye Qin, aren't you nervous about tomorrow's game at all?"
Wu Jiang lay lazily on the bed next to him, cheering for the other players in the arena during the day, and after the excitement passed, he began to sigh again at this time.
"A little."
Ye Qin had just finished taking a shower and was sitting on the edge of his bed wiping his hair, when he heard Wu Jiang's words, he replied lightly.
Naturally, there is some pressure in the race, but in his heart, he really hasn't felt any special nervousness, just go run!
"It's just a little bit, too, you have two events, you can't do 400 meters, you can run 200 meters. And you're able to qualify for the semi-finals. I can't, I'm going to win the championship, I'm going to die of nervousness. Liu Feng is younger than me, and he has won the championship. ”
Wu Jiang sat up from the bed, looked at Ye Qin, and suddenly lay down again, weighing more than two hundred catties so much that the bed board creaked.
Although he looks much bigger than many adults, he is only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy in terms of mentality. Especially Liu Feng is eight or nine months younger than Wu Jiang, as an athlete under a coach, after Liu Feng won the championship, the pressure will inevitably be transferred to him.
"Don't compare yourself to other people, just play well when the time comes." Ye Qin looked at Wu Jiang's tossing appearance and comforted him.
It is too normal for young people or athletes to have such a competitive mentality.
The two stayed in the same bedroom for a few nights, and the relationship was obviously much more familiar than before. Ye Qin also knew that Wu Jiang looked at his burly and tall figure, but he was actually quite fragile in his heart.
In fact, it can't be said to be fragile, that is, I haven't experienced such a big scene, and after seeing the outstanding performance of my companion, I am happy for the other party, but I can't help but worry about my performance later.
"It's easier said than done." Wu Jiang flipped twice on his bed and let out a long sigh.
Ye Qin shook his head, he didn't know what to say, he walked to the bathroom and dried his hair, and was ready to rest and sleep.
Tomorrow is the men's 400m semifinals, and he still wants to enter the final, he wants to win!
Others think it's an eye-opener for him to make it to the semi-finals, but since it's a competition, why wasn't I the one who won in the end?
……
At the same time, in the apartment building where the Jamaican team is stationed.
A tall black teenager was also tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep, and his mind kept thinking about the game that would start tomorrow.
"I really don't want to run 400 meters!"
The black boy lay on the bed and sighed long, thinking about tomorrow's 400-meter final and the final the day after tomorrow, only to feel like his legs were going to cramp in an instant.
"What are you talking about, Ussey?"
On the other side, a black teenager lying on the bed seemed to hear the movement, got up and glanced at the other party, and asked out loud.
"Michael, I said no, I don't want to run tomorrow's 400m semifinals."
The tall black teenager made no secret of his feelings, "400 meters is so boring, I hate 400 meters!" ”
"Come on, Yusse, you've made the cut." Michael Garner couldn't help but roll his eyes as he watched his roommate whining, "Look at me, I haven't had a chance to participate yet, damn it, I played so badly today!" Bad luck too! ”
Michael Garner sat up and slammed his mattress hard, he was in the first group of the men's 400m heats today, with a time of 49.85 seconds, which was not very good. However, if this result had been in the other preliminary groups, he might have had a chance to qualify for the semi-finals in third or fourth place.
But it's a pity that he was in the first group of the preliminaries, and the overall strength of the players in front of me was relatively strong, and I was ranked fifth in the first group of the preliminaries, and unfortunately I was eliminated.
"Then I'll give you my place!"
The tall black boy named Yusse grinned, showed a mouthful of white teeth, and said indifferently.
"If I could, I would." Michael Garner said indignantly, "It's not fair, I've trained so hard, but the results are not ideal, and you guy, you can make it to the semi-finals casually, if you are serious, the championship may be yours." ”
"Hey, Michael, who are you talking about not being serious." The tall black boy was obviously a little unhappy, "I'm here to win the championship, but it's not 400 meters, it's 200 meters, that's my favorite!" ”
As he spoke, the tall black boy named Yusse sat up from his bed, his eyes rolling as if thinking about something.
"What are you thinking, don't try to prank me again!" As soon as Michael Garner saw the other party's expression, he knew that this troublesome spirit seemed to be thinking about something nonsense. The two have known each other before, have lived together these days, and have been tricked by each other several times.
"You say, can I suddenly pretend to be injured during the warm-up before the semi-finals tomorrow?" The tall black boy stood up, gestured, and suddenly covered the back of his leg, his face showing pain, "Ah...... Coach, I'm injured! No, I can't run another 400m race! ”
As he spoke, he limped two steps, and then fell headlong on the bed.
Michael Garner on the other side was a little crying and laughing by the other party's tricks, and the imbalance in his heart seemed to dissipate at this time, and he pointed out: "It's not realistic enough, you have to cover your legs and fall down like a sudden shot." ”
As he spoke, he also stood up, imitating the other party's movements, covering the back of his legs, and tilting his head, "Ah, coach, I...... I'm hurt, I'm going to die...... You're going to lose a World Championship ......"
"Hahaha......"
The room was laughing cheerfully, when suddenly there was a banging sound outside the door.
"Yuse, Michael, you two bastards, hurry up and give me sleep!"
"Shh
In the room, two black teenagers shrunk their necks and crept back into bed.
PS: I will also make some adjustments to the names of international athletes as in China, so everyone knows it!