In the past two years, Japan has seen the emergence of a large number of outstanding men's 400m sprinters, including mixed-race athlete Sora Akiyama, veteran star Yota Aso and newcomer Tsurujo Shiraishi. In addition, the Japanese relay team already has unique experience in passing the baton, which has led to the continuous improvement of the Japanese men's 4x400m relay team's performance.

However, since last year, the Chinese team's strength in the men's 400m event has improved by leaps and bounds, directly seizing the Japanese track and field team's position in the 400m event. At the same time, in the 4x400m event, the Japanese team has suffered successive defeats to the Chinese team.

It is precisely because of this series of reasons that Ryunosuke Arakawa set his sights on the Chinese team this time, using the existence of the Chinese team as a goal to inspire the Japanese relay team to catch up.

Although the Japanese team and the Chinese team are not in the same group in the first group of the preliminaries, Arakawa Ryunosuke obviously wants to use his familiarity with the Japanese team to make a comeback in this prediction.

Su Bai didn't mind this. After all, he already knew Ryunosuke Arakawa's thoughts before coming to the recording site.

At this moment at the Yokohama Stadium, the enthusiasm of the Japanese audience in the audience has reached its peak. Although the players of each team on the track are still just adjusting the starting blocks or doing simple test runs, the enthusiastic cheers from the audience can be said to have never diminished.

From the reactions of the players on the scene, we can see that Japan's top runner Sora Akiyama was also very excited at the moment. He waved his hands at the audience, responding to the wholehearted support from the audience.

In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were both impressed by the enthusiastic participation of the Japanese audience: "Although we are only watching the live broadcast through the screen, from the cheers coming from the scene, we can see that the Japanese audience is really paying attention to this relay race."

"Yes, especially, I think the audience should have known that in this competition, the head coach of the Japanese team's 400m event, Ryunosuke Arakawa, started a wave of public opinion called "Revenge Battle", which aroused the national pride of the Japanese audience. We can hear how strong the cheers and enthusiasm of the audience are. In this atmosphere, it is a huge encouragement to the Japanese local athletes."

"That's right." Shao Minyi continued Li Sen's words and affirmed, "But the audience's encouragement is definitely not just motivation, it also brings corresponding pressure. If the Japanese team can't withstand this pressure, then in the next competition, facing such heavy pressure, the results that await them may not be very good."

Shao Minyi and Li Sen's discussion on the Japanese team was generally rational and restrained. After talking about the heavy pressure, the two tacitly changed the topic and began to introduce all the participating teams in the game.

Compared with the number of preliminary teams in the women's 4x400m, the number of preliminary teams in the men's 4x400m is slightly less, with only 18 teams.

These 18 teams are also divided into three preliminary groups. In the first preliminary group to which the Japanese team belongs, in addition to the Japanese team, there are five other teams including Germany, Belgium, France, Colombia and India.

In the entire first preliminary group, Belgium is the strongest team, a team that can run within 2 minutes and 59 seconds. Except for Belgium, the strength of the other teams is relatively balanced. For the Japanese team, their biggest opponent in this game is probably the French team.

In general, judging from the Japanese team's past performance, if they can give 100% of their strength, they still have a good chance of getting a direct promotion spot.

On the field, the first preliminaries group of the Japanese team is about to start.

In the backcourt of the stadium, in the Chinese team's players' lounge, the masseur who came with the team was massaging the girls of the women's team to adjust their physical condition. As soon as the girls came off the field, the staff immediately delivered energy drinks to them to replenish their physical strength.

"Rest well. It is now 6:35. You can rest for a maximum of 1 hour and 20 minutes, then warm up again and prepare for the mixed men's and women's 4x400m preliminaries at 8:22."

"Okay, no problem."

After the girls of the women's team left the field, the assistant coach who was waiting in the backcourt to help at any time became a little nervous. The girls of the women's team certainly performed very well in this game, but it was precisely because they tried too hard that their physical energy was greatly consumed in the previous game, which might be a little disadvantageous for the subsequent mixed men's and women's 4x400m race.

However, the assistant coach did not say much at this time. During the break between games, any words may affect the players' competitive state and emotions. At this time, if you are not sure how to control your words, then the best thing to do is not to speak.

In the lounge, Chen Yada and Lin Yao were both athletes who would be participating in the mixed men's and women's 4x400m later. They both stopped talking at this time and just closed their eyes and took a rest while the team's masseuse was giving them soothing massages.

For athletes, when they are physically exhausted, one of the best ways to restore their energy is to sleep.

They need to take a short nap in this short period of 1 hour and 20 minutes to quickly and as much as possible restore their physical strength.

Soon, Meng Qiujie and Lin Huan walked out of the lounge first, leaving the lounge to Chen Yada and Lin Yao.

When the two of them walked out of the locker room, they heard a burst of almost boiling cheers coming from the direction of the stadium. Even from a long distance, one could feel the excitement in the cheers.

Meng Qiujie and Lin Huan looked at each other.

"Is the first group of men's preliminaries over?" Meng Qiujie asked.

Lin Huan turned his head and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall in the hallway, and nodded: "Look at the time, it should be over."

"The voices are so excited... It seems that the Japanese men's team has advanced to the finals?"

Just as Meng Qiujie and Lin Huan guessed, the boiling cheers just now did come from the victory of the Japanese men's 4x400m relay team. The reason why the cheers on the scene were so intense was that in the previous game, the Japanese men's team not only advanced directly to the finals, but also advanced directly to the finals with the first place in the group.

The Japanese team not only defeated the French team, but also defeated the strong team Belgium, and won the first place in the first group of the preliminaries.

Such performance made the audience instantly forget the defeat of the Japanese women's team not long ago. The entire Yokohama Stadium, which can accommodate 70,000 people, fell into a sea of ​​boiling joy.

In the athlete channel, Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, Guo Dun and Li Junhao were waiting in the corridor for the staff to guide them onto the court. Compared to the excitement of the audience, they seemed exceptionally calm and did not seem to be nervous about the performance of the Japanese team.

While quietly waiting, Zhang Ziyi and others also saw the final result of the Japanese team on the wall-mounted TV in the corridor.

3 minutes 02 seconds 63.

The second place team after Japan, Belgium, had a time of 3 minutes 3.69 seconds.

The difference between the two teams was more than 1 second. Except for the Belgian team, the French team only ran a time of 3 minutes 4 seconds 19.

For these two teams, this result is definitely not ideal.

"Ah, as expected..." Qiu Wen scratched his head after seeing the results: "I just saw that the Japanese team won the championship, but I always feel that they don't run particularly fast."

For athletes, sensitivity to time is something that is ingrained in their bones. Even if they only watch the video, they can basically perceive the approximate speed state.

"Yeah." Zhang Ziyi smiled and nodded, saying: "The support of the audience for the Japanese team will still have a certain impact on other national teams. After all, this is the home advantage of the Japanese team."

During the competition just now, they were all watching the live broadcast on the wall-mounted TV in the corridor, and all they heard was the enthusiastic cheers from the scene. This kind of cheers could not but have an impact on the players on the field, especially since the cheers from the scene were obviously closer to the rhythm of the Japanese team players. This kind of cheering is likely to directly affect the emotions of the players of other teams on the track, thereby disrupting their rhythm.

The Japanese team's own strength, the fanatical atmosphere on the scene, and their familiarity with the track when playing at home, this victory of the Japanese team is what is called the right time, the right place and the right people.

"Okay, stop thinking too much." Zhang Ziyi turned around and looked at his teammates, then pointed in the direction of the court: "It's our turn to play!"

In the live broadcast room of Yokohama TV, Hirotoshi Uchimura had just finished excitedly praising the performance of the Japanese team. Although the previous few preliminaries were very exciting, for Hirotoshi Uchimura, the victory of his own country's players was of course more exciting.

After excitedly praising the performance of the Japanese players, Uchimura Hirotoshi also saw the Chinese players entering the arena: "Oh, now the teams from the second group of the preliminaries are on stage, including the Chinese men's 4x400m relay team led by coach Su Bai!"

Most of the audience were still immersed in the excitement of the Japanese team's advancement as the first in the group. However, when the list of players was introduced, the Japanese audience at the scene still gave a polite welcome applause in time.

At home, Shao Minyi and Li Sen both laughed after hearing the applause from the audience: "This is not our country's team, and it is our country's team. The reaction is really different!"

The two of them laughed and joked, then looked at the Chinese team players on the scene together.

"Speaking of which, Lao Shao, do you feel that the members of our 4x400m relay team are becoming more mature and calm now?"

From the live broadcast, we can see that Zhang Ziyi, the first runner, has adjusted his starting blocks and is standing behind them, turning his neck slightly, waiting for the live race to begin.

"The style of a famous general has just begun to emerge!"

In the audience, Jiang Wentao didn't know that he and Shao Minyi in the live broadcast said the same sentence at this moment. He just looked at Zhang Ziyi on the field, then looked back at the past, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

Going back to a year ago, although Zhang Ziyi was also the number one Chinese men's 400-meter sprinter, compared with what he has now, Zhang Ziyi at that time lacked more than just a little bit of calmness and confidence.

The young man on the field today can give people the power of trust just by standing there. He has honed his own edges and gradually has a shining brilliance.

"Isn't it the result of the training of one competition after another?" Pei Jinan was standing by, looking towards the direction of the track: "This is only the first world competition, there will be more competitions to come, let's just watch carefully!"

As Pei Jinan's words fell, the starter's voice sounded on the radio at the same time.

The men's 4x400m sprint relay race is about to officially begin!