After seeing the final result, the girls on the women's team, who were originally hugging each other, almost jumped up on the spot.

This result came too suddenly and was too surprising.

Although they knew they had successfully secured fifth place in the group preliminaries, they were not sure how high they could achieve.

They originally thought that they could get fifth place in this group, so it is very likely that they have run under 3 minutes and 32 seconds. Being able to achieve such a result is enough for them to be proud.

And within 3 minutes and 31 seconds...

They had never dared to imagine this result before today's competition.

"3 minutes 30.98 seconds...! Well done, really well done!" After seeing this result clearly, Jiang Wentao's tightly clenched fists finally loosened completely. Such a result was already good enough and there was nothing to regret!

"3 minutes 30 seconds 98..." Pei Jinan was distracted for a moment, then a relieved smile appeared on his face. He suddenly turned to Jiang Wentao and said, "Old Jiang, you see, before we retire, maybe we can see the women's team run under 3 minutes 30 seconds?"

Hearing this, Jiang Wentao also laughed: "Oh, it's possible! It's absolutely possible! Before today, how could we have dared to think that the girls on the women's team could achieve such a high result?"

"So, yes, absolutely, it is possible. It is not just the 3:30 mark. Our training methods are constantly improving, including our continuous development in athlete talent selection. Maybe one day in the future, our women's 4x400m national record will be broken."

When Pei Jinan heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Oh, you old man, you really think more than me!"

There are some "unspeakable" track and field records in the history of Chinese track and field, including the history of world track and field. They were mostly created in the 1980s and 1990s. The strength of these track and field records is beyond the imagination of many people. There are even some records that no one has been able to touch the edge until now.

The national record for the women's 4x400m relay is one such example.

And just as Jiang Wentao said, with the continuous improvement of the times, technology, experience and talents, these once unspeakable records will eventually be broken and refreshed one by one, becoming a mark in the rolling historical process.

Thinking of the possibility that Jiang Wentao mentioned, Pei Jinan couldn't help but smile: "You are right. One day, our women's track and field team will definitely break the dusty record of that year. Moreover, we still have Su Bai. With this little guy, our Chinese running, straddling and jumping group will definitely become stronger and stronger!"

In the audience, Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao were filled with emotion. Although the domestic sports channel and the live broadcast room of Kukusi.com had different commentaries, their excitement and emotion were the same.

Track and field enthusiasts on the Internet were also cheering. This emotion has never stopped since the moment Lin Yao crossed the finish line.

In the live broadcast room of Yokohama TV Station, the whiteboards in front of Arakawa Ryunosuke and Su Bai had been turned over.

On the whiteboard in front of Su Bai, the number 6 was clearly written in front of the Chinese team’s name, and after the Chinese team’s name, there was a string of clear numbers: 3′31″10.

This was Su Bai's prediction of the performance of the women's team players before the game. Long before everyone thought that the Chinese women's team might come in last place, Su Bai had already made an almost accurate judgment.

On Ryunosuke Arakawa’s whiteboard, he predicted that the Chinese women’s team would rank 7 and the time would be 3′32″00. In fact, compared to the previous best result of the women’s team, the prediction of 3 minutes and 32 seconds was already a very bold guess. However, Ryunosuke Arakawa still could not have imagined that the Chinese women’s 4x400m team would still exceed his expectations.

"Congratulations."

After seeing the whiteboard that Su Bai showed, Arakawa Ryunosuke congratulated Su Bai with a serious face.

After taking a look at Arakawa Ryunosuke's serious face, Su Bai smiled and nodded: "Thank you." After a pause, Su Bai smiled again: "I also want to congratulate my teammates. Their will and growth speed have exceeded my expectations."

Yokohama TV host Hirotoki Uchimura could not hide his surprise on his face: "This is really amazing. Before I actually saw the results, I would never dare to predict the results to be less than 3 minutes and 32 seconds... But Arakawa-kun and Su-kun both gave unexpected results predictions for the Chinese women's team."

"This is a clash of two geniuses with absolute conviction. Su Jun relied on his understanding of the team to make a more accurate judgment... Su Jun's answer was only an astonishing 0.12 seconds away from the final score of the Chinese women's team. This is truly an amazing predictive ability!"

Just as Uchimura Hirotoshi was introducing Arakawa and Su Bai's predictions for the Chinese women's 400m relay team, the players in the first group of preliminaries had already left the field, while the players in the second group of preliminaries entered the field.

Japan's women's 4x400m team will compete in this group.

Compared with the death group where the Chinese team is located, the Japanese women's 4x400m team is luckier. The two strongest teams in the group where the Japanese team is located are from Jamaica and Canada. In addition, there is the Indian team, which is comparable to the Japanese team in strength.

However, although the Japanese team had slightly better luck than the Chinese team, they were faced with Jamaica and Canada, two teams that could run under 3 minutes 30 seconds. The 3rd and 4th teams in the first group of preliminaries, and the worst team, the Netherlands, also had a time of 3 minutes 30.03 seconds. If the Japanese team wanted to advance to the finals based on the substitute results, they had to run under 3 minutes 30.03 seconds.

In China, Shao Minyi and Li Sen from the sports channel are also discussing the next list of qualifiers.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the qualifying teams from Group 2 of the preliminary round should be Canada and Jamaica. Although Japan and India are already top teams in Asia, they still have a long way to go to compete with the first two teams for the direct qualifying spots in this tournament."

It wasn't just Shao Minyi and Li Sen who were discussing this. There were also posts on the domestic track and field kingdom forum predicting the final qualifying rankings.

Subject: [Boldly predict the next qualifying team in the women's 4x400m. 】

Topic content: [As expected, the second preliminaries group will be dominated by Canada and Jamaica, but the ranking of the third preliminaries group is harder to predict. The performance gap between Poland, Britain, Switzerland and Belgium is not that big. It depends on how well these teams perform. Poland and Switzerland are likely to advance directly, and as for the list of substitutes, they should be from Britain, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. 】

This prediction is pretty standard, and any track and field fan who watches the games and has an idea of ​​each team's performance can make a pretty accurate prediction with just a quick glance.

This prediction building quickly became a tall building in the forum. Athletics fans in the forum expressed their opinions and placed bets on their favorite teams. However, after placing bets, there was not much difference from the initial list. The only difference was which team advanced by substitution and which team advanced directly.

At the time predicted by the commentators in the live broadcast room and the track and field fans on the Internet, the second group of preliminaries had already begun on the field.

Just as many people expected, this game was indeed a confrontation between Canada and Jamaica. Of course, the Japanese and Indian women's teams were not to be outdone on the field.

At the large stadium with 70,000 people, all the spectators were cheering for their country's team members, and the members of the Japanese women's team also showed an unprecedented state of excitement under such circumstances.

Amid the fanatical atmosphere at the scene, the Japanese women's team ran in an unprecedented excellent state. They successfully broke away from the Indian women's team. Unfortunately, they still failed to catch up with the Jamaican team in front of them. In the end, they won the third place in this group competition with a season best result of 3 minutes 31.19 seconds.

"Ah! It's just one rank away!"

When he saw the Japanese team crossing the finish line in third place, Uchimura Hirotoki couldn't help but show a look of disappointment on his face, but he quickly regrouped, sighed exaggeratedly, and said in a tone of praise: "Of course, our female team members have also achieved excellent results."

When the three preliminary groups of the women's 4x400m were all completed, the final list of women's 4x400m finalists was presented to everyone.

Six teams, including the United States, Italy, Jamaica, Canada, Poland and the United Kingdom, directly advanced by ranking in the top two of the group stage. Belgium and France ranked in the top two among the remaining teams and advanced as substitutes.

The results of these two teams that advanced as substitutes were both within 3 minutes and 30 seconds, which is almost the threshold for entering the finals of the world's top competition.

After the rankings of all the women's relay teams were announced, there was a sudden cheer from the audience - as the last group of women's teams left the field, the first group of men's 4x400m relay runners also entered the field.

The Japanese men's 4x400m relay team is also on the list of the first group of this preliminaries.

Not only the audience in Japan, but also the audience watching the live broadcast of the game in China were excited.

That’s the next one!

Whether it's the 'revenge battle' proposed by Ryunosuke Arakawa, or the chance to qualify for the men's 4x400m relay at the Tokyo Olympics, it's all here!

When the Japanese men's relay team came on stage, Arakawa Ryunosuke, who had always looked a little serious, finally smiled and turned to look at Su Bai.

"Mr. Su, are you willing to predict the results of our two teams again?"

Su Bai glanced at Arakawa Ryunosuke, then glanced at the enthusiastic Japanese audience and the energetic Japanese men's relay team, and then answered again: "Okay."