Born to Run

On the runway near the finish line of the Bird's Nest Stadium, Ye Qin breathed heavily and slowly stopped. Seeing the results on the on-site timing card, he himself was a little unexpected.

Preparing for the Olympics this year, he spent very little time on the 400-meter event. He also tested several times in the team. The result was basically around 44 seconds, but the results of this group were so good that he surprised him.

This improvement is no longer a 100-meter improvement in hundredths of a second and a thousandths of a second, but a substantial increase of tenths of a second. This is also his personal best performance after last year's Osaka World Championships.

"I actually broke Michael Johnson's world record?"

With the excitement and cheers of the audience rushing into the sky, Ye Qin stood for a while and seemed to slowly recover.

The men's 400m world record was set by Michael Johnson at the age of 32 in Seville, Spain, at 43.18 on August 26, 1999. For a long time, it has been thought that this record will be maintained.

Unexpectedly, in the men's 400m semi-final of the Olympic Games, he would run such an amazing result. Ye Qin himself actually couldn't believe it.

And he clearly remembered that after the start, because of the 200-meter start, there was an obvious adjustment of stride length and rhythm in the first few steps.

To be fair, he also broke Michael Johnson's world record!

"My condition today is really good to this extent?"

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

He was caught off guard by this world record. Even if he broke the 200-meter world record, he could be mentally prepared, but the 400-meter...

Ye Qin took another look at the reaction time of his 400-meter start on the on-site timing card. It clearly read 0.104 seconds, which made Ye Qin feel that it was still particularly wrong.

"Congratulations, Ye Qin, you have done a miracle!"

On the field, David Neville, who participated in the competition in the same group, came forward to congratulate Yechin. Also, a 400-meter athlete, he knew how great Yechin did this.

Even if we will compete as opponents in the finals the day after tomorrow, but seeing the world record refresh at this moment, it still feels that humans have not reached the limit they could create.

And the next creator, who can tell if he will be himself?

"Ye Qin, great!"

"World champion, Ye Qin, mighty!"

"Sure victory!"

Walking down the track and field, all the way along the way, the audience was very enthusiastic, shouting loudly at Ye Qin.

After experiencing the frustration and disappointment of the previous 200m, I suddenly saw Yechin's performance in this group of men's 400m semi-finals, which once again made them extremely emotional.

Many people are sorry at this time. If Yechin can continue to participate in the 200-meter race and have a duel with the Jamaican Bochett, perhaps the 200-meter world record will also be broken.

Such a top-notch matchup is really beautiful!

But accidents in track and field are sometimes so without warning, even the most stable and strongest players are often sent off.

Fortunately, Ye Qin did not disappoint everyone.

The 100-meter gold medal plus the world record, the 400-meter world record, the gold medal should also be determined.

...

At the same time, a slender white young man wearing sunglasses on the side of the stand clenched his fists after seeing Ye Qin break the men's 400m world record.

"Jimmy, take it easy, now is the semi-final, and the final is still the day after tomorrow."

Michael Ford patted Jimmy Warner on the back, as if he was comforting the white youth who has dominated the world men's 400 meter event for more than three years.

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

Jimmy Warner’s tone is mixed with unexplainable emotions. In the men’s 400m event, he has almost rarely met an opponent in the past few years. He is naturally familiar with Yechin and has run together for several games. His men's 400m event can be regarded as one of his contenders to win the Olympic Games again.

However, I did not expect that Yechin would have the ability to break the world record of Michael Johnson in the 400m event. He was once considered the most probable person. The time of 43.45 in the Osaka World Championships was already very close to the world record, but he did not. What I thought was that it was actually done by another person.

Michael Ford shook his head slightly, and then smiled: "I have analyzed this Chinese athlete, and I have seen a lot of his growth trajectory from the Chinese media. His growth experience is not in the United States, where conditions are superior, but similar to Teenagers running out of slums in Mexico and Central and South America.

The growth experience like theirs gives them the opportunity to change their lives, so that they have a strong psychological quality that ordinary people do not possess, just like after rushing to the top.

He is playing at home and cheering for him. As long as he can withstand strong external pressure, he can easily break out of his best state. Especially after the last 200-meter start error, you can imagine replacing it with you. This 400-meter game will probably go all out to make everyone's attention.

How about breaking the world record in the semifinals? Jimmy, what you need is to stabilize your mind and beat them in the finals. Believe me, he will definitely not have such extraordinary performances in the finals. "

"Is that right, Michael?" Jimmy Warner glanced suspiciously at the new coach with the same name as his senior brother and agent, still a little unbelievable.

Although he is absolutely confident in his own strength, there is no doubt that Yeqin's challenge and pressure are too strong.

"What he can do, of course you can! You won the other side at the World Championships last year!"

Michael Hart went on to say that he is also an experienced coach and he is very good at adjusting the athlete's mentality.

"Yes, I can do it too." Jimmy Warner nodded. The focus of attention from the outside world for this Olympics is on the men's 100m and 200m championship and world record competition, but the 400m is actually the same. in this way.

Jimmy Warner, Yeqin, Sean Merritt, the three will also compete in this project, but the intensity of the report is not as big as the competition of the men's one or two hundred meters.

"Wait until we look at the performance of the countryman Sean Merritt in the semifinals. You need to take a proper rest and adjust your state." Michael Hart continued.

Jimmy Warner nodded and did not continue to say more. Although the current situation is far beyond his expectations, as Michael Hart said, he believes that the 400 meters should be an occasional outbreak of Yechin.

Michael Hart is the new coach he hired this year. After the Osaka World Championships last year, his original coach taught him and Michael Johnson’s Clyde Hart to prepare for his plan for the 2008 Olympic Games. Take away more game appearance fees and advertising endorsement fees from him.

He didn't want to give the other party more money, and fell out with Clyde Hart. He is a one-time Olympic champion, two-time World Championship champion, and he is the king in the 400 meters.

The 400m finals the day after tomorrow is a major challenge for him!

In this year's National Trials, he lost to Merritt, when his condition was not particularly good.

But this time, he is well prepared, he needs to prove himself, even without Clyde Hart, he will still be the best 400m athlete.

From the corner of Jimmy Warner's eyes wearing sunglasses, he glanced at Yeqin who was leaving amidst the cheers of the audience. He felt that he had a long-lost desire to play in his heart.

The goal of breaking the world record, winning the Olympic champion, and the 400-meter final the day after tomorrow has been clearly set before him.

...

"Take a good rest!"

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

After Ye Qin was sent off in the 200-meter semi-final, 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.

It now appears that Ye Chin really withstood the pressure at the most critical moment and achieved extraordinary performance in the 400m semi-finals.

With a world record of 43.15 seconds, Chen Zhongzhou, as an assistant coach, has a great understanding of Ye Qin's various achievements and competitions. When it did appear, it was unexpected.

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

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

"I won't talk about the record-breaking thing. I think the condition is very good, but it is the starting reaction to this. You see, I almost ran away again..."

"Huh?" Chen Zhongzhou's pupils shrank slightly. After Ye Qin broke the record in the 400 semi-finals, everyone's focus was on Ye Qin's final results.

Reaction to the start at this time, but no one is looking for the result anymore. Even if someone noticed that, at this time, Ye Qin was only running with a gun, which was too daring.

"Brother Chen, we will visit the training bureau later. You can help me test my starting reaction."

Yeqin expressed the doubt in his mind. During the 100-meter race, he might be under pressure. Although he felt in a good state, he was definitely not like he is now.

However, after running 100 meters, the whole person seemed to relax. In response to the following race, Ye Qin felt that his condition was really amazing.

The starting reaction has always been his weakness, but since the men's 100 meters in 2006, he has been training repeatedly, from 100 meters to 60 meters, to this year's long-term starting training, he feels that his body is very sensitive to the gunfire of the competition. The sensitivity seems very high.

"Okay." Chen Zhongzhou saw the doubt hidden in Ye Qin's eyes and nodded, "Then I will push the interview after you first, and then talk to Director Yu and Director Yuan."

After Chen Zhongzhou left, Ye Qin sat in a chair in the lounge, panting for a while to rest.

This is the area where the athletes are located. Although many people want to come over and bless him for breaking the men's 400m world record, after all, it is still during the competition that the players just finished the game need to rest and adjust, but not many people come to bother.

Ye Qin also seized this rare time to think seriously.

First is the 400-meter world record. I was surprised by Yeqin, but he felt that he couldn't do it completely. After running, his chest rose and his breathing was a little tight. He knew that this was obviously beyond the limit of his body. reason.

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

His spirit today has always been highly excited, and this feeling seems to be that as the game progresses, the state of the whole person is rising.

It's a bit like a season, with the progress of one game after another, the body gradually adjusts to the best competitive state.

The competitive state is invisible and intangible, and it is difficult for outsiders to see it. The athlete can feel it, but it is not particularly accurate.

You still need to pass various data after game after game to confirm whether your performance is satisfactory.

Like the time when Asafaville ran a world record of 9.74 seconds in Rieti last year, it was the semi-final, and Yeqin had watched the opponent's game video. At that time, Asafaville's condition reached an unprecedented level, and he did not go with a record-breaking mentality. The world record of 9.74 seconds and even he finally released the water.

If you go all out, you might run into 9.70. It's just that he didn't even expect it at the time.

For players like Asafaville, who may be overwhelmed by psychological pressure in big competitions, they may often have amazing performances when their mentality and body may be relatively relaxed in some small games.

Like Yeqin himself, he understands that he needs pressure and opponents. The more large-scale competitions, the more crowded audiences, and the noisy environment, the more he can break through himself and have extraordinary performance.

In a 400-meter run of 43.15 seconds, Ye Qin didn't have much confidence in whether he could surpass this result in the next final.

He has performed supernormally, and he has broken through himself under the pressure of the 200-meter error.

What makes him feel the most unsure now is that his reaction to the start. He followed the rhythm of the gun in the two races, but the reaction time at the start makes him a little unsure now. understand.

In the case of athletes in excellent condition, it is possible that many athletes whose starting reactions are usually around 0.150 may reach around 0.130.

His own starting reaction was generally around 0.140 before. This year he participated in relatively few competitions. Although he has been doing a lot of targeted starting exercises, he usually ran into around 0.130.

But now that the 400 meters started, he was still at 0.104, which made Yeqin himself a little skeptical.

Soon, Chen Zhongzhou, Yu Weili and Yuan Guohua, as well as several other track team coaches, came to Ye Qin’s lounge. Regarding Ye Qin’s saying that he would go to the General Training Bureau to test the starting reaction, they all slightly said. Nodded.

This is indeed not particularly in line with Ye Qin's consistent performance. Ye Qin has been very stable in this regard. There are times when starting errors are slow, but it can be said that there is almost never a start.

After leaving the Bird's Nest National Stadium, the group of people got on the vehicle that was already prepared, walked through the streets and alleys, and quickly returned to the track and field stadium of the General Administration of Training.

There are still some players in the track and field training at this time. Seeing Ye Qin and his party appear, many people feel a little surprised, but there is nothing about them. Everyone should continue to train. The Olympic Games are underway. Although there is no special intensive practice, many participating athletes still hope to maintain a good condition to cope with the next competition.

In the track and field, Chen Zhongzhou and several staff worked together to adjust the starting electronic stopwatch and other equipment. These are all ready-made, and Ye Qin and others have also used it frequently in training here.

After Ye Qin moved a little bit in the middle of the field, he didn't need to warm up. He stepped on the walker connected to the wires, bent over and lowered his head, and was ready to start.

An electronic starting gun sounded from the sidelines, and Yeqin immediately rushed out.

The electronic stopwatch immediately showed Ye Qin's reaction to the start, 0.107 seconds!

When Yu Weili and Yuan Guohua next to them saw this reaction to the start, all of them suddenly opened their eyes wide.

"Come again!"

After running for more than 20 meters, Ye Qin returned to the run-up and motioned to the crowd.

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

Another electronic starting gun sounded, and the results of the second round soon followed, 0.129 seconds.

Then came the third time, 0.101 seconds!

The fourth time, 0.099 seconds!

The fifth time, 0.123 seconds!

The sixth time, 0.106 seconds!

The seventh time, 0.137 seconds!

Eighth lay, 0.097 seconds!

The ninth pass, 0.105 seconds!

The tenth time, 0.102 seconds!

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

The people around the court looked at Ye Chin up and down, as if they felt that Ye Chin was completely strange to them now.

Both Yu Weili and Yuan Guohua frowned and seemed to be lost in thought.

At this time, Chen Zhongzhou, who was next to him, had a somewhat stunned look. He watched Ye Qin and asked tentatively: "Do you think you didn't run away when you were 200 meters?"

Ye Qin nodded slightly, "I feel that I should have clearly heard the gunfire and started running, but this is my own feeling, I can't say for sure!"

"Is it really like Dennis Mitchell?"

After Yu Weili recovered, he murmured.

The data from these sets of starting reactions are very clear. Although only two shots were within 0.100 seconds, four shots were within 0.110. Basically, it can be said that the starting reaction is within 0.120 seconds, which is considered as a pressure gun. Ran successfully.

Among the ten shots of Yeqin, six shots were within 0.120 seconds. It is definitely not that simple for an athlete to press the gun so successfully.

"This is a qualitative change of a lot of starting practice."

For a long time, Yuan Guohua was born and sighed. He is a 100-meter athlete and his starting reaction can be improved through long-term training.

Before 2006, Ye Qin hadn't practiced much in starting training.

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

That was the day when Yeqin did a lot of starting exercises. From then on, Yeqin was first in the 100 meters and then in the 60 meters. In order to make up for his slowness in the first half of the race, Yeqin can say that in this regard Practice more than everyone else.

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

After this year's competition, there was obviously a step-by-step explosion.

The sudden explosive progress of the athletes is actually quite obvious, let alone ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Now Yousei Bot, his strength at the 2007 Osaka World Championships, and The current strength is completely at two levels.

From the start of Youssé Bot's 100m run, the first race was still 10 seconds away, but by the fifth race it had already broken the world record.

This sudden outbreak is on the one hand the previous accumulation of athletes, and on the other hand, they have reached maturity with their age and physical development, and their strength and speed have reached their peak.

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

But think about it, as Yuan Guohua said, during this long period of time before the 2008 Olympic Games, Ye Qin, apart from regular training, spent most of his energy on the starting training response. After the body found that feeling, he subconsciously The natural response may not be impossible.

"This matter is going to be tested again. Let this be aside for now."

Finally, 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!"