At the moment of crossing the finish line, Lin Yao barely managed to move forward a few steps under the original momentum. As the inertial force pushing her forward was exhausted, her knees softened and she fell to her knees on the ground with a plop.

While kneeling on the ground, Lin Yao felt that all the strength in her body had been drained. She kept breathing deeply, no matter how severe the tearing sensation in her throat was.

Lin Yao, who was kneeling on the ground, even had a blank mind. The accumulation of lactic acid, lack of oxygen in the body and even in the brain during the final sprint stage spread throughout her body. Until her teammates came to her side, she stood up with the help of her teammates, and her vision recovered from the original blur and confusion.

On the surrounding tracks, athletes from other countries were either celebrating their victory or expressing frustration and regret at the finish line. After Lin Yao finally recovered after taking a deep breath, she finally had the energy to look up at Chen Yada and the others.

"Sister Dan, what's my score? What place did I get last just now?!"

In the final sprint stage, the only thing Lin Yao could do was to rely on all her willpower to control her technical movements so that she would increase the amplitude of her arm swing and enter the final sprint.

After cutting into the second lane, she began to rush forward with all her might, almost exhausting all her physical energy and burning her will to sprint forward.

She only knew that she had tried her best, but she didn't know whether her final sprint had saved the Chinese team's ranking.

"Fifth! It's the fifth!!!"

Chen Yadan hugged Lin Yao, her eyes sparkling. She smiled and said to Lin Yao, "We got fifth place in this preliminary round!"

Not only Chen Yada, but Meng Qiujie and Lin Huan also had eyes full of pride and satisfaction.

They were indeed unable to secure the top two qualifying spots, and they were even unable to grab the third and fourth spots to give their team a glimmer of hope of qualifying as a replacement.

But they did break through themselves!

Just like what Su Bai said to them after they woke up - "We started slowly and had a poor foundation, but there is no need to be ashamed or afraid of this. The only thing we should be afraid of is losing the heart that will always fight for our goal."

Our goal is small and big. We will charge forward and do the best we can. Our victory is to defeat our former selves. 】

“We won!”

Lin Yao's eyes were also sparkling. After Chen Yada nodded affirmatively, the girls all laughed. As they laughed, they hugged each other and cried. Even Chen Yada, the most mature among them, had tears in her eyes that she was trying hard to hold back.

"Fifth place! Our girls won fifth place in the first group preliminaries of the women's 4x400m relay!"

In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi's voice was full of excitement and a touch of emotion. He was moved by the desperate fighting spirit of these girls in front of him, and by the tenacity and drive in these girls' bones.

You know, even he and Li Sen, when they saw the preliminary list this time, thought that the girls of their national team would be at the bottom of this preliminary group.

A team whose current PB score is 3 minutes 33.88 seconds is at the bottom of a group where all participating teams have scores within 3 minutes 32 seconds. Is this result embarrassing?

To be honest, it's not shameful, it's just understandable.

But if this is true, the supporters will inevitably feel a little disappointed.

In fact, before the game started, Shao Minyi and Li Sen emphasized in their commentary which strong teams were in this group, which served as a preventive measure for the girls on the women's team. This was the only help they could provide.

Shao Minyi and Li Sen believe that as long as the audience listens to them, they will definitely understand the difficulties faced by the girls on the women's team. As long as the girls on the women's team can try their best and strive for their goals on the field, the audience will not be too disappointed with their results.

But now...

These girls on the women's team on the field, are they more than just trying their best?

Shao Minyi and Li Sen had the illusion that they were burning their own will to live... Although it was a bit exaggerated, or perhaps, for many teams, it was not "cost-effective" to fight like this in a group preliminaries, but there was no need to talk about cost-effectiveness or not. They thought that these girls on the women's team fought hard and gave their all on the field in order to surpass themselves.

Fifth place... This is a ranking beyond everyone's imagination!

“Before the game started, Lao Li and I never thought that it would be our women’s team that would be the first to give us a wonderful performance on the field today!”

"They completely broke our expectations and placed us in a position we never thought of. Congratulations to them! Facing world-class opponents, these girls did not show any fear. At this moment on the field, they are the most beautiful and the most worthy of our pride!"

Are you worried that audiences might be disappointed?

These girls have such willpower and tenacity in their bones that they will never let you down!

In the live broadcast room of Yokohama TV station, the host Hirotoki Uchimura looked very excited. Although the team on the field did not belong to Japan, they had the same yellow skin, the same black hair, and were all Asians. Seeing the Chinese team win the fifth place, Uchimura Hirotoki's face also showed excitement.

"It was such an exciting race that it was hard not to scream. When I saw the last Chinese female team member cross the finish line, all I could think of was the wonderful cheers. The final sprint was truly a divine work!"

The whiteboards in front of Arakawa and Su Bai were still turned upside down. Arakawa frowned seriously, his eyes fixed on the live video broadcast in the studio.

When the first runner of the Chinese women's team started, Arakawa always had a question in his mind: How could the first runner of the Chinese women's team be so strong? If it was his team, the Japanese women's team, would they be able to perform in the same way?

And when the last runner of the Chinese women's team crossed the finish line, Arakawa's frown never relaxed: Have the willpower and fighting spirit of the Chinese women's athletes reached such a level?

As a coach, Arakawa saw not only the final result of the Chinese women's team, but also the speed, explosiveness, skills of each player from the start, as well as the smooth connection between passing the baton.

From all these details, Ryunosuke Arakawa began to become more and more wary of Su Bai and the Chinese team - this team seemed to have exceeded his original expectations.

Whether on Japanese Twitter or Chinese Weibo, netizens from both sides were following the competition in real time. After seeing the results of the first group of preliminaries, Chinese and Japanese netizens expressed their exclamations on the Internet.

[Chinese female athletes actually have a kind of charm that makes people's hearts beat! They are so beautiful when they run! It feels like an attraction that is completely different from that of Japanese women! 】

[I am here and I can’t breathe. Although I am only ranked fifth, it is already very remarkable! When they were running, even their breathing was affected by them. It was really infectious! 】

[It's so amazing, it feels like I'm watching a TV series called "Genius Track and Field Girls"! Watching them running for victory, I also had an urge to run right away! Hey, does anyone know if there will be meet-and-greet or handshake sessions for the athletes of the Chinese track and field team? 】

[After seeing the Chinese women's team's debut, I can't wait to see our players! It must have the same or even stronger charm! 】

Compared with the way Japanese netizens speak, domestic netizens, both male and female, express their excited emotions in a much more direct and straightforward way.

[Ahhhhhhh!] Fuckaaaaah, number five! My eyes are red, well done! The women's team is awesome! ! 】

[qaq ahhh, Sister Dan, Sister Yao, Xiao Huan, Qiu Jie, you are the best! ! ! I love you forever! 】

[Oh shit, oh shit, it is indeed this kind of speed that is the most exciting. I was so excited. The moment Yaomei crossed the finish line, I jumped up from the sofa. I’m fifth! ! ! Brothers, I can’t think of any compliments right now, so I’ll leave the compliments to you… All I can say right now is “fool…”

The entire Internet was filled with excited people, and everyone was eager to tell others that the girls on the women's team had not won fifth place in the group preliminaries, but first place in the group stage.

In the Chinese contestant section of the audience, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan's faces turned red with excitement. The girls of the women's team did such a great job. Especially when they were there and saw with their own eyes how these girls crossed the final finish line, it was such a boiling feeling that their blood was almost boiling. Who could help but cheer excitedly?

"Fifth place... Good, this is already very good!" Jiang Wentao clenched his fists nervously: "Now the only thing left is the results. Results... what will the results be?!"

Yes, what will the score be?

After a brief moment of excitement, more people turned their attention to the big screen on site - where the results of all teams in the first group of preliminaries will be finally displayed!

Many people were secretly worried: With the women's team's fighting spirit today, the results will definitely improve, but by how much?

Under 33 seconds? Or maybe under 32 seconds? ? ?

Finally, amid the anticipation of everyone, the referee team on site sent the final results of the first group of the preliminary round to the big screen on site -

Yokohama World Athletics Relays, women's 4x400m relay preliminaries, group 1:

First place: Team USA, 3:25.91, Q (qualified) WL (world’s best result this season)

Second place: Italy, 3 minutes 29 seconds 13, Q (qualified)

Third place: France, 3 minutes 29.81 seconds

Fourth place: Netherlands, 3 minutes 30 seconds 03

Fifth place: China, 3 minutes 30.98 seconds, sb

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After everyone saw the result, Shao Minyi's voice trembled slightly in the live broadcast room: "3 minutes 30 seconds 98!!! The Chinese women's 4x400m team led by Chen Yadan passed the 3 minutes 33 seconds and 32 seconds mark in this game and entered the 3 minutes 31 seconds mark!!"