Born to Run - Chapter 571

August 22, the eighth day of the World Championships.

When the time came around 1:40 in the afternoon, nearly 10,000 spectators gathered in front of the Brandenburg Gate, eagerly waiting for the figures that were getting closer and closer in the distance.

The police and the staff of the competition organizing committee who are maintaining order on the street constantly scan the crowds on the street to keep order and prevent reporters or spectators from suddenly breaking into the street.

The women’s marathon, which is one of the highlights of the Berlin World Championships, is currently on the street. The whole schedule starts from the Brandenburg Gate, then passes through Boulevard Under the Linden, Paris Square and several other attractions, and finally returns again. Brandenburg Gate.

The women’s marathon started at 11:15 in the morning, and more than two hours have passed. The runners who have circled the entire arena should now be returning to the finish line.

The streets were crowded with people, all kinds of people waving red flags and holding cameras, all waiting to see who crossed the finish line first.

Ye Qin, wearing a peaked cap, stood in the middle of the crowd with Zhang Peimeng and Su Bingtian. They were also watching the women’s marathon near the finish line.

Basically, he will do some simple Qiao makeup when he travels now, so as not to be recognized in public and cause a big sensation. Fortunately, there are a large number of people on both sides of the street, and many people are slightly blind to Asian faces. As long as he is not particularly noticed, he will not be recognized immediately.

Tonight is the men’s 4×100m relay preliminaries. Although the time is very tight, everyone who should practice has never stopped since they were in China until the first few days in Berlin.

So far tonight is already preparing for the preliminaries. Taking advantage of this time, the entire relay team did not stay at the station, but came to the Brandenburg Gate.

One is to cheer for the Chinese women’s marathon runners, and the other is to avoid being too nervous before the race, walk around appropriately to feel the atmosphere of the race.

And in the previous World Championships, everyone also came out to watch the marathon together. At that time, Zhou Chunxiu won a silver medal, so everyone just followed the old example and came out to adjust their tight mentality.

“I’m coming!”

Zhang Peimeng, who was standing next to Ye Qin, stood tiptoe and looked at the street in the distance, and suddenly shouted.

Ye Qin and Su Bingtian suddenly lifted their spirits and hurriedly looked towards the distant street.

A car whistle sounded, and on the distant street, a white filming car was slowly driving from far to near.

There is a professional videographer in the car with a huge camera, facing the back of the camera. If you don’t know that the other party is a camera, you can mistake it for a military vehicle with a machine gun.

“Who is running ahead?”

Among the few people, Su Bingtian was relatively short, and he held a few people’s shoulders and asked again and again.

“It shouldn’t be Zhou Chunxiu.”

Gu Kai glanced in the distance, and replied casually, although he usually wears glasses in games, his eyesight is not particularly good.

However, in the marathon event, even though there have been several outstanding women’s marathon athletes in China in recent years, it is not easy to break the encirclement of the Ethiopian and Kenyan legions.

If it is said that in the long-distance event of the women’s 10,000 meters, domestic or other athletes can still compete with these two countries in East Africa. In the marathon, there are very few other countries that can constitute them.

Of course, there are still a few Chinese and Japanese athletes, but they just want to compete for the championship, there are still some difficulties.

“wrong!”

Just as Gu Kai’s voice fell, Su Bingtian, who was next to him, already exclaimed in excitement, “It’s our team member.”

“Our athlete?” Gu Kai, who had a negative attitude just now, had a moment of energy, “It’s Zhou Chunxiu, I know, she will definitely report her revenge for the runner-up of the previous World Championships.”

“It’s not Zhou Chunxiu, it’s Bai Xue, it’s Bai Xue!”

The moment Zhang Peimeng didn’t care about Gu Kai’s attitude, he changed and yelled loudly.

On the distant street, behind the camera car, a thin and thin figure in red sportswear appeared in front of everyone.

Ye Qin also recognized the figure when several people were shouting. It was not someone else, but it was one of their female athletes, Bai Xue who participated in the Berlin World Championships this time.

With the camera car and Baixue getting closer, everyone also saw a player behind Baixue at this time. It was also not a black athlete from an East African country, but a Japanese female athlete, struggling to catch up with Baixue in front of him. .

“It’s really Bai Xue!” Gu Kai almost saw the player’s appearance at this time.

“Brother Kai, you should change your glasses!”

Seeing the appearance of Bai Xue, the people next to him smiled and joked at Gu Kai.

“Yes, yes, I will change to one as soon as I return to China. This degree seems to have deepened.”

Gu Kai answered with a smile, his heart was equally excited, but he didn’t want to expect too much from himself, lest he would be disappointed in the final result.

But now, the result is beyond his hopes.

“Bo Xue, come on! Bai Xue, come on!”

Seeing that Bai Xue was the first to run towards the finish line, when it was the most critical moment, everyone instantly became excited and shouted loudly.

Many other Chinese and overseas Chinese students waiting at the finish line nearby also cheered loudly.

It is now at the final stage of the championship of a few hundred meters. Although the distance between the players is still relatively long, after a long time of running, even a little bit slower at this time, I am afraid that others will be surpassed.

The marathon may not be as eye-catching as the sprint because it takes a long time, but its huge influence and extensive participation are unmatched by ordinary track and field events.

The many marathons held every year can attract a large number of ordinary track and field enthusiasts to participate. At this time, long-distance running or night running is not particularly popular in China, but in many parts of Europe, marathon has always been the most popular event for many ordinary people.

200 meters, 100 meters, 50 meters…

Bai Xue in front and the Japanese player Ozaki, who is not far behind her, are so beautiful. They are getting closer and closer to the finish line…

Everyone’s nerves became a little nervous, and finally, for the last 50 meters, Bai Xue did not give Ozaki a beautiful chance, and took the lead to cross the finish line.

Before the finish line, the Chinese coaches and staff who had been waiting there quickly stepped forward to support Bai Xue and accompanied her to walk slowly on the court.

“Wonderful!”

Ye Qin’s group of people watched Bai Xue successfully won the women’s marathon championship, and they couldn’t help applauding enthusiastically.

Bai Xue is younger than Ye Qin and Zhang Peimeng, and one year older than Su Bingtian. This is her first time to participate in the World Championships and the second time to participate in the International Marathon, but she won successfully. The champion became the youngest women’s world marathon champion ever.

Moreover, Bai Xue was also the first Chinese athlete to win a marathon in the World Championships. At the 2007 Osaka World Championships, Chinese athlete Zhou Chunxiu only won the silver medal and the Yanjing Olympics was the bronze medal. Finally, a Chinese runner won the championship in the marathon.

At the same time, Zhou Chunxiu won the fourth place in the marathon. Although he failed to get a medal, the two Chinese runners achieved such outstanding results, which can be said to be quite satisfactory.

Ordinary people may not be particularly able to understand this kind of performance, but for track and field athletes like them, they deeply know the meaning it represents.

Bai Xue won the women’s marathon, which also means that the total number of gold medals of the Chinese track and field team in this world championships has risen to four.

After leaving the Brandenburg Gate, Yeqin and a few others returned to the station of the Chinese team. They first did a simple warm-up exercise, and then simply ate some food and rested.

It was about 18:30 in the evening, and everyone took the bus at the station to the Olympic Stadium.

The time of the game is 20 seconds and 10 minutes. The audience at the Olympic Stadium is already crowded with seats.

This year’s men’s 4×100m relay preliminaries were divided into three preliminaries, with a total of 18 teams participating.

Among them, the US team, as the men’s 4×100m champion of the last World Championship, took the wild card to compete directly, and Germany participated as the host team, and then there were other 16 relay teams from countries or regions with the best results in the world. Participate.

The rule for advancing to the finals is that the top two teams of each group directly advance to the finals, and then the two relay teams with the best scores from the remaining teams enter the finals.

The six teams participating in the first group of the preliminaries are Japan, South Africa, France, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil.

The final result of the game was that Trinidad and Tobago and the Japanese team won the top two in the group with 38.47 and 38.53 respectively.

The Trinidad and Tobago team itself is the current strong team in the relay project. As an island country in Central America, although it is not as well-known as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago also has Richard De Thompson, Mark Burns and other first-class sprinters are strong.

Japan has grown very rapidly in the relay events of the past few years. It is almost in the footsteps of the Chinese team and its performance has been improving steadily. At an individual level, the Japanese team may not be as strong as other relay teams, but they are average in strength and have excellent skills in handover.

The current Chinese team, if there is no Yechin as the fourth stick, the strength of the Japanese team is just as good as that of the Japanese team, or even slightly inferior.

At 20:18, six relay teams from the second group of the men’s 4×100m relay preliminaries came on stage. The six teams were Poland, Thailand, Italy, Australia, Jamaica and Germany.

Among them, Jamaica, as the 4×100m champion of the Yanjing Olympics and the current world record holder, is most optimistic about the outside world. Everyone wants to see the men’s 4×100m relay race at the current World Championships. Can the Jamaican team create a miracle and break it again? world record.

In addition, it is the German team as the host.

When the four relay players of the German team came on the field, they aroused cheers from the audience. It is beyond doubt to be able to see their own athletes in competitions held in their own countries.

It was just this preliminaries that obviously disappointed many German audiences.

After the start of the game, the German team played very steadily during the first baton, and the second baton player performed well in front of many spectators. It is a pity that the German team appeared when the second and third batons were handed over. Major handover baton error.

Throughout the Olympic Stadium, there was a huge exclamation for a while, almost heartbreaking.

In this group of preliminaries, the final group first was won by Italy, the result was 38.52.

The Jamaican team advanced to the final with a second place in the group, with a score of 38.60. Although the result is not particularly good, in this group of preliminaries, the two core figures of the Jamaican team, Youssé Bot and Asafa Weir just watched the game from the sidelines and didn’t play.

The Jamaican team completely relied on two substitute players and two official players to get this result, and its strong strength can be imagined.

At 20:26 in the evening, the third group of the men’s 4×100m relay officially started.

Yeqin stood in the transfer area of ​​the fourth bar and began to measure his steps carefully. There were many spectators on the sidelines calling his name, but he was not distracted except for beckoning at the beginning.

This set of relay preliminaries, according to the original plan of the track team, is to hope that he can get a rest without playing.

But after coming out of the group, Ye Qin took the initiative to play, because the strength of this group is very strong, if he does not play, the Chinese team may not get the chance to advance to the finals.

In his preliminaries, the eight relay teams were the United States, Holland, Canada, Portugal, Britain and China.

Such a lineup is gathered in a group, and the degree of attention it receives is not lower than that of other groups.

The other five teams are quite strong, especially the last World Championship champion US team and the Athens Olympics British team. Both teams used to win championships with strong average players and excellent relay skills.

Only the top two in the group advancement are to directly enter the finals, facing the lineups of the United States and the United Kingdom. If Ye Chin does not play, it is very likely that the Chinese team can only get the third or fourth position.

This is very dangerous for the Chinese team to enter the finals.

The first of the Chinese team was Su Bingtian, the second was Zhang Peimeng, the third was Gu Kai, and the fourth was Ye Qin.

In this set of preliminaries, Yechin also noticed that the US team did not send Jason Gaby on the field. His four shots were Tramel, the second, and Michael Rogers, and the third. Great Sean Cloud, fourth Davis Button.

After a gunshot, the game officially started!

Su Bingtian, the first player, has been trained in the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Youth Championships and the Olympic Games. Now he has reached a first-class level in his personal starting acceleration, and his speed is very fast.

The transfer of one or two greats was also perfect. After the start, Zhang Peimeng was second only to the U.S. team and the British team, and was on par with Canada’s second best player.

Then came the handover of the second and third bar. The Chinese team’s third bar was Gu Kai. At this time, the Chinese team slipped slightly in the overall situation and was in fourth place, slower than the Canadian team in front.

In the transfer area of ​​the fourth bar, Ye Qin has been waiting quietly ~www.mtlnovel.com~ and soon on the corner, the third bar of the six teams appeared quickly.

The third club of the United States team was Sean Crowder. This veteran once won fourth place in the men’s 100 meters and first place in the 200 meters in the Athens Olympics. Whether it is explosive power or cornering skills, he is very good.

First entered the relay area and prepared to complete the handover, but at this moment, Sean Crowder seemed to have slowed down in advance, and there was a major handover error with Davis Button, the fourth rod!

For a moment, the atmosphere of the arena seemed to freeze. Numerous American audiences at the scene and in front of the TV could not help but hugged their heads in annoyance, and Jason Gaby on the sidelines squashed the mineral water bottle in his hand. .

The U.S. team is strong in the 4×100 meters, but the skill in the transfer baton has always been unsatisfactory. The members of the relay team have always been arranged in accordance with the results of the national trials, so that they have always had major deficiencies in the technique of handover.

At this moment, Ye Qin also noticed the mistakes made by the US team, but before he could think about it, Gu Kai had already rushed towards him.

He started quickly and accelerated, and after receiving the baton passed by Gu Kai, he rushed towards the finish line.

At this time, the American team had no chance to continue the game due to a mistake in the transfer of the baton, and the original British and Canadian teams ran ahead.

But Yechin showed his extraordinary sprinting ability in the end, and soon after the start, he caught up with Canada’s fourth baseball player Brian Barnett.

Then, two or three meters before the finish line, he caught up with the British team’s fourth bar, Harry Aikin.

In the end, the Chinese team won the first place in this group with a time of 38.08 seconds and successfully advanced to the final. The British team ranked second with a time of 38.11 seconds.