In the original schedule for tonight, there should have been women's and men's 4x200m preliminaries before the women's 4x400m group B final, but because a women's 4x200m team temporarily withdrew from the competition, only 9 teams were left. Therefore, the organizer cancelled the women's 4x200m preliminaries and only retained the men's preliminaries.

A total of 15 teams participated in the men's 4x200m preliminaries. All participating teams were divided into two preliminary groups. The top three teams in each group and the top two teams among the remaining teams advanced to the finals.

Although the 4x200m event has not been included in major competitions such as the World Championships, the Olympics, and the Asian Games, this does not mean that the 4x200m event will lack in competitiveness and excitement.

Because of the existence of sprint powerhouses such as the United States and Jamaica, they are able to achieve an astonishingly good result simply by relying on the individual strength of their athletes in the 200-meter event.

However, perhaps because there are no important events in the 4x200m sprint relay, the team temporarily assembled by the top 200m athletes from various countries inevitably lacks coordinated training.

In the two men's 4x200m preliminaries, there were a total of 15 participating teams. An extremely exaggerated 6 teams dropped the baton or made passing violations. In the end, only 9 teams successfully completed the race. This means that among the 9 teams that got the results...only 1 team failed to qualify for the finals.

"This situation... is indeed very rare."

In the commentary room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were also very surprised by this scene.

After taking a look at the results of the last two preliminary rounds, Li Sen sighed, "It was Ecuador who unfortunately failed to advance to the finals by one place, but the Ecuadorian team also successfully broke the national record of the country's men's 4x200m sprint relay in this preliminary round."

The Chinese team completed the game smoothly, and the Japanese team was also on the list of teams that advanced successfully.

After the two group preliminaries, the men's 4x200m athletes left the stadium, preparing to withdraw for a short rest, and then the 4x200m final will be held in about an hour and a half.

When the 4x200m team left the stage, Pei Jinan whispered in the audience: "Here they come."

The teams that are about to take the stage are the women's 4x400m group b finals, which include the women's 4x400m teams of China and Japan.

There are eight teams participating in the Group B final, including China, Japan, Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Chile and Kenya. Compared with the women's 4x400m final that will start later, the atmosphere of the Group B final is more tense and solemn at this time.

Because the teams participating in the finals, as long as there are no accidents, will firmly secure the qualifications for the Tokyo Olympics and the World Championships. However, the Group B finals are different. They not only have to compete for the only two World Championships qualifications in Group B, but they also actually look forward to the final Tokyo Olympic qualification.

In the commentary booth, Shao Minyi and Li Sen had the same feeling.

"Everyone should know that at present, our men's 4x100m, 4x400m and mixed 4x400m teams can only be said to have a 'high probability of getting a ticket to the Olympics'. This is because if any team fails to finish the final due to a foul or other reasons, then their qualification will be postponed and they will be replaced in the order of the ranking of the Group B finals."

"The Group B finals that are about to take place will determine the qualification for the World Championships and the ranking of the substitutes who advance."

Li Sen shook his head and said with emotion: "Yes, everyone always hopes that their country's team will not make any mistakes in the finals, but when our team won an excellent ranking in the Group B finals, we can't help but hope that there will be mistakes in the finals group so that we can advance."

Shao Minyi and Li Sen did not shy away from expressing such dark thoughts that seemed difficult to express. This was their tacit understanding and habit. Instead of deliberately avoiding these thoughts, they might as well speak out frankly. These thoughts were actually common to all people. After sharing such commonalities frankly, they could also guide these expectations and ideas in a positive direction through their conversation.

In the audience, Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao were looking at the female team members coming out of the athlete's passage, and they both looked nervous.

"Xiao Bai." Jiang Wentao frowned and said, "I remember you said before that the expected result for the women's team is the top three in Group B?"

Su Bai nodded and said "yes".

After hearing Su Bai's answer, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan seemed to become even more nervous.

There is no other way. There are only two places for the World Championships in Group B. Su Bai's expectation for the women's team is to be in the top three of Group B. What if they really get third place... ?

Thinking of this, Jiang Wentao seemed to have seen the suffocating feeling of the women's 4x400m sprint relay missing out on the qualification for the World Championships.

Su Bai turned his head to look at Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan, and seeing the struggle in their eyes, he hesitated, not knowing how to comfort them for a moment - if he said that his prediction might not be accurate, what if Director Jiang and Coach Pei misunderstood that he was not optimistic about this game and thought that the women's team could not even make the top three?

Thinking of this, Su Bai rubbed his forehead with a wry smile. He originally thought that he had some "god prediction" deeds in China, but he didn't expect that his strong memory of various data and the exposure of his predictive and deductive abilities would truly make him the "Prediction Emperor" in the eyes of Jiang Wentao and others.

Yesterday's incident, after fermenting overnight, spread even more widely today. Even Ma Changping, the head of the national team research room, excitedly called him across the country to make an appointment for his trip after returning home, saying that he wanted to discuss some data deduction matters with him.

When Su Bai was still feeling troubled, Pei Jinan, who was standing next to him, noticed the expression on Su Bai's face. He smiled, patted Su Bai's shoulder, and spoke.

"Okay, don't worry about it. Lao Jiang and I do believe in your data predictions, but we both have our own inferences. We can probably judge that the Chinese team's final ranking can be in the middle or above, but your prediction has given us a more reliable basis for our judgment."

On the side, Jiang Wentao noticed their movements and nodded with a smile: "Old Pei is right. We are two old guys who have been in track and field for so many years. Of course, we have our own judgment on the competition."

At this point, Jiang Wentao also sighed with a wry smile: "Oh, it's nothing else, it's just that every time I watch a game, I feel nervous. You said that I lead the team to participate in competitions abroad every year, and I have watched hundreds of games, but ah, whenever I see our national team's game, I have to hold my breath."

After hearing what the two said, Su Bai was stunned for a moment, then showed an embarrassed smile - he always felt that it was not good to let the team blindly trust his judgment of the players' performance. In fact, he forgot that people like Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan, as veteran track and field people with decades of experience, already had their own set of judgment systems.

As for his prediction, Jiang Wentao and others only took it as a "reliable data" and included it in the reference judgment criteria.

Thinking of this, Su Bai seriously reflected on his thoughts and warned himself again in his heart - even if he had a system, he must be humble and not impatient, because he is always the only smart person in the world.

Thousands of thoughts flashed through their minds, and while they were chatting, on the track, the first runners of each team were already in position. In the live broadcast room, the commentators of each TV station broadcasting the event were also introducing the teams and first runners on the field to the audience.

In today's Group B final, the Chinese team was placed in Lane 7, which is not a very good ranking, but not bad either. The Netherlands, Germany and Chile, which were in the same group as the Chinese team in the preliminaries, are also in the Group B final. Among them, the Netherlands, which almost broke the 3:30 mark in the preliminaries, is undoubtedly the biggest threat to the Chinese team.

In addition, teams such as Germany, Switzerland, Australia, etc. should not be underestimated.

Although the girls of the Chinese team ran a time of 3 minutes 30.98 seconds in the preliminaries, this result is already close to the limit of the Chinese team.

The teams from the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany, which were competing in the same competition, all had their best season results this season that surpassed the Chinese team's pb result.

For this reason, before going on the court, several girls on the women's team were still nervous, which made their bodies inevitably tense and difficult to relax.

"Don't be nervous, just run as fast as you can." Chen Yadan smiled and consoled several teammates, "Remember? Coach Su Bai's expectation for us is to be in the top three. You all know how strong Coach Su Bai's ability to predict the game was during the live broadcast on Japanese TV yesterday."

Seeing his teammates who were nervous about playing against the Netherlands and other teams, Chen Yadan smiled and mentioned Su Bai's prediction ability as a way to comfort them: "Since Coach Su Bai has set such a goal for us, then this goal must not be aimless. He has his own judgment and believes that we can get the top three results."

Sometimes, mental relaxation depends on a word of comfort and a trustworthy inner foundation.

After hearing Chen Yada's consolation, Lin Huan, Lin Yao, and Meng Qiujie, who had been a little anxious, relaxed - yes, their coach Su Bai must have made his own inferences and come up with the possible final rankings for them, which means that they are fully capable of and have the opportunity to win the top three in this game!

The powerful reassurance from Chen Yada, coupled with their successive breakthroughs of the 32-second mark and the 31-second mark in the preliminaries the day before, finally allowed the girls to relax physically and mentally, and they transformed their renewed confidence into anticipation and firm belief in the competition.

They are not without hope!

They also have the opportunity to compete with these powerful enemies!

If that’s the case, then what are you afraid of?

Just compare!

Behind the starting blocks in the seventh lane, Chen Yada adjusted her state and was calmly waiting for the official start of the race - in tonight's race, she must run a good result in the first leg, so that Lin Huan, Lin Yao and Meng Qiujie behind her can better maintain their confidence in this game!

On the 8 tracks on site, the 8 first runners of each team had different expressions, but what can be seen is that their eyes were filled with determination to win the game and a strong desire to win.

In the audience, the Japanese audience was cheering for the Japanese players, hoping that the Japanese team, which was only one place away from the final in the previous day's game, could get a brilliant result in today's Group B final.

Cheers and shouts filled the entire stadium, and these sounds suddenly stopped when the starter's voice was heard on the radio.

The game is about to begin!

From boiling to quiet, the transition only takes a moment.

The competition scene also entered the most tense and depressing atmosphere in this instant.

At the starter's command of "on your marks," Chen Yada walked around to her starting block, squatted on it with her hands on the ground, and got ready for the start.

When all eight contestants were ready, the starter's cold voice sounded again in the on-site broadcast. This time, after the preparation voice, in a short moment, the starting gun sounded at the same time.

The game has begun!

"Okay! The Group B final of the women's 4x400m relay has begun. Our women's 4x400m team is in lane seven, and the first runner is our famous women's 400m runner Chen Yadan."

"Yadan had a good start. Her reaction time to the gun was second only to that of the Swiss first runner Nicola... Oh, the Dutch first runner Pomister seemed a little too conservative in her start. Her reaction time of 0.236 was close to a mistake."

In the commentary room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi was carefully observing and tracking the performance of athletes from various countries on the field.

Similar to the preliminaries the day before, Chen Yada was in excellent shape in today's first leg. Her speed on the curves was almost 90% of her speed on the straights, which required extremely strong curve running skills. From the occasional close-up shots, it can be seen that her expression looked a little ferocious.

If you want to maintain a good speed on the curve, you have to fight against the centrifugal force in the curve stage. You need to control the different inner and outer soles of the left and right feet touching the ground and the strength of the force, as well as the deviation of the body and the different arm swing amplitudes of the left and right arms. At the same time, you must try to keep yourself on the innermost side of the track.

If you want to run at the fastest speed and burst of speed and strength, it is difficult not to affect these technical movements.

Chen Yada was running very fast on the curve at this time, but she had to control her technical movements so as not to lose control of the curve due to excessive speed.

In this situation, it is normal to have a hideous look on one's face.

After all, competition is about extreme speed, not beauty.

Before the live broadcast, the audience who were following the race did not pay attention to the ferocious look on Chen Yada's face in the fleeting close-up. Everyone was nervously clenching their fists or clasping their hands together, watching the changes on the track every second intently.

Chen Yada is very fast, but the Dutch team in the sixth lane is not slow either!

Although the Dutch team's first runner, Bo Miester, seemed to have a little distraction at the start, her explosive power in the corners was also quite amazing. In just three steps, she caught up with the slight time loss in the starting explosion stage.

On the track, Chen Yada clearly felt the pursuit from behind, and the strong sense of urgency made her focus further on the track.

With a high level of mental concentration, Chen Yada seemed to feel again the feeling of controlling her body to the limit as she did in the Asian Six Nations Athletics Joint Competition.

The control of every inch of the body's strength, the use of every bit of precious physical energy, and the sense of the pushing force coming from the feedback of the runway after every step on the ground.

These forces are concentrated in the body, and the feeling of every step is clearly responded in the mind.

Huff, huff…

Every breath was beating in sync with the heartbeat, and the thunderous cheers from the surrounding audience seemed to make Chen Yada feel even more excited.

[Come on, I can do it!] 】

This belief echoed in Chen Yada's heart. Her resolute gaze was always looking forward, and every step she took was firm, powerful and decisive, making those who watched her running on the track also feel a hot and determined heart rising in their hearts.

In front of Chen Yada's right, the eighth and ninth lanes belonged to the Chilean and Kenyan teams respectively. The first runners of these two teams also felt the pursuit from behind, but when the first runners entered the second bend, the first runners of Chile and Kenya were no longer able to resist the pursuit from the seventh lane.

"Yadan is gradually overtaking the player in front! He has surpassed him!"

Shao Minyi's voice was cautious but with a hint of suppressed excitement. He nervously watched Chen Yada's performance on the track with his eyes full of expectation. However, the Dutch first runner Bomester behind Chen Yada was also moving at full speed. Her pursuit speed was not slower than Chen Yada. Currently, the two were still on the curve. Because of the different forward distances of different tracks, it was impossible to judge who was faster and who was slower between Bomester and Chen Yada.

The final showdown between Chen Yada and Bomitster was on the last straight track.

Since the starting line of the 4x400m relay is somewhat different from the starting position of the 400m, at this stage, the speed of the athletes among the eight teams is already very clear.

Running in the front were Chen Yada and Bomister. Their speeds were almost the same. Chen Yada was slightly faster by two body lengths, but this distance hardly meant anything at this time.

Behind the two, in third place was Nikola from Switzerland. Nikola's speed in the second half was extremely fast. Her speed endurance and acceleration ability in the second half were among the best among the eight female players on the field. At this time, she was closely behind Chen Yada and Bomiester, and it seemed that she might overtake at any time.

"Come on!!! Come on!! Come on Sister Dan!!"

In the audience, mixed in with the vast number of Japanese spectators, there was a small group of Chinese spectators who had bought tickets for today's game. Among them were Chinese spectators traveling to Japan, as well as students and workers studying in Japan. They were not able to buy seats together, and at this time, the few hundred people were scattered in the huge audience seats of 70,000. Their voices and the power of their cheers were really too small, but after the game started, they still tried their best to cheer for the Chinese team.

"Sister Dan, go ahead!!!"

Perhaps it was really because of the encouragement she heard in a trance that in the last 30 meters, Chen Yada, who had clearly accelerated to the limit, accelerated again, once again leaving Bomiester half a body length behind, and then passed the baton to Meng Qiujie, the second runner of the Chinese team.

After receiving the baton, Meng Qiujie immediately turned around and started to rush forward. Chen Yada had already created a great advantage for her in the first leg position. With this advantage, Meng Qiujie's belief in victory, which had been born because of Chen Yada's comfort before the game, grew even stronger.

OK!

They can win!

No matter their opponents are Switzerland, Germany or the Netherlands... they can also achieve better results than these teams!

Their past results may not have been good enough, but this should not be a shackle that limits them in their pursuit of victory. They will eventually build on their past achievements and achieve better results!

They can...!

In the second and third legs, both Meng Qiujie and Lin Huan were particularly determined because of the morale boost given to the Chinese team by the first leg runner Chen Yada.

The overall strength of the Dutch team is indeed strong. Although the first runner, Bomitster, failed to surpass Chen Yada, Meng Qiujie's advantage was basically caught up by the second runner of the Dutch team when they merged into one lane. She failed to successfully grab the first position in the inner lane, but she still tried her best and firmly held the second position in the inner lane.

When the baton was passed to Lin Huan, Lin Huan also firmly settled into the second position in the inner lane.

In this game, both Meng Qiujie and Lin Huan once again tried their best and used all their speed and strength. When facing the pursuit of the German and Swiss players from behind, although they fell behind for a while, Lin Huan gritted his teeth and cut back to the outside lane to catch up with the second runner of the Swiss team.

"Good! Very good! Lin Huan has secured the second place. Currently, Lin Huan and the third runner of the Swiss team are competing fiercely with each other. The third runner of the German team behind them cannot find a chance to overtake for the time being...! There is a chance, there is a chance!"

Li Sen looked at Lin Huan's performance on the field, his voice full of tension and relief: "In these few competitions, we can clearly see that the Chinese women's 4x400m team has made rapid progress in strength and confidence!"

As Li Sen was speaking, Lin Yao, the last runner, took over the baton and sprinted forward without hesitation. At this time, the Dutch team had firmly occupied the first place, with a gap of about five meters between them and the Swiss team and the fourth runner of the Chinese team. The Swiss team took advantage of the position advantage when passing the baton and temporarily took a step ahead of Lin Yao.

On the track, the distance between the three teams, Switzerland, China and Germany, is very close. About 3 meters behind Germany is the Australian team, which is currently in fifth place.

Although the host Japan team ranked third in the group in the previous day's game, their performance in today's Group B final was not ideal. Even amid the enthusiastic cheers from the audience, they still fell to sixth place.

The fourth runner of the Swiss team is also an absolute strong player. Her 400m PB is 51.49 seconds, which is 0.12 seconds faster than Chen Yada's current PB of 51.61 seconds.

Facing such an opponent, even if Lin Yao tried her best, she still felt a little powerless. The gap in strength between them made it a luxury for Lin Yao to just bite her opponent tightly.

Behind Lin Yao, Laura, the fourth runner of the German team, felt the same sense of powerlessness as Lin Yao when facing the Chinese player in front of her.

Laura also knew the results of China's fourth runner Lin Yao before the game. Although Lin Yao's PB of 52.37 seconds was slightly better than hers, Laura originally thought that she still had hope of surpassing Lin Yao. Until this head-on confrontation on the field, she watched helplessly as the Chinese player in front of her chased after the Swiss team's fourth runner, while she was gradually being left behind by the two Swiss and Chinese players in front of her...

"Finally! It's the last straight! Lin Yao is still following behind the fourth runner Hingis of the Swiss team. The battle between the two is very stalemate. Hingis can't get rid of Lin Yao, but Lin Yao also has a hard time surpassing Hingis!"

"Lin Yao has already cut into the second lane, she is speeding up and sprinting! Hingis is also sprinting!"

By this final stage, the voices of the only several hundred Chinese spectators at the scene had become hoarse. Even though they knew in their hearts that their voices could not compete with the voices of the tens of thousands of Japanese spectators at the scene, they were still shouting with all their might - just like the Chinese team players who were giving their all on the field.

Lin Yao gritted her teeth at this time, her body leaned forward and pressed down, increasing the swing of her arms to increase her speed. Her body was already very tired, and the tearing feeling of the trachea in her throat had already brought some fishy-sweet smell. She stared at Hingis in front of her, and she could feel that she was getting closer and closer to Hingis step by step...!

But the remaining track is getting shorter and shorter!

30 meters...

20 meters...

10 meters...!

The distance between Lin Yao and Hingis has been shortened to one body length, but the remaining distance in front is not enough for Lin Yao to overtake!

A body position...

Half a body length...!

When Hingis and Lin Yao crossed the finish line one after another, Lin Yao took two steps to buffer, knelt down on the ground, and then covered her face in pain.

Half a body length… just half a body length away!

If only she could be faster!

This feeling of pain and self-blame enveloped Lin Yao. After all the contestants passed the line, Chen Yada, Meng Qiujie and Lin Huan gathered around Lin Yao. Lin Huan and Meng Qiujie hugged Lin Yao and cried together. Chen Yada, with red eyes, reached out and hugged the people who were hugging each other and crying.

"It's all my fault. If only the Swiss team hadn't overtaken me..."

"It's all my fault that I failed to maintain Sister Dan's advantage..."

Meng Qiujie and Lin Huan just said one sentence with sobs, and they couldn't say anything else. Lin Yao just kept crying. She tried hard to wipe away the tears on her face, but it seemed that she could not wipe them away no matter how hard she tried.

In the audience, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan also saw the performance of the girls on the women's team. When Lin Yao and Hingis were competing for the second place in the end, they all stood up nervously. When they saw that Lin Yao was only a step behind Hingis in the end, there was a trace of regret on their faces, but they quickly restrained it.

"Very good, the girls have performed very well!" Jiang Wentao sighed. He looked at the female players who were kneeling and hugging each other on the track, and suddenly thought of something. He turned to Su Bai and said, "Xiaobai, the girls have performed very well. Don't criticize them too much when you go back!"

Hearing this, Su Bai, who was originally frowning, suddenly relaxed his brows and nodded with a smile: "Don't worry, Director Jiang, it won't happen." After a pause, he said: "My original requirement for them was to get the top three in Group B. Now they have met my requirements, why should I criticize them?"

Pei Jinan on the side also pointed at Jiang Wentao with a smile: "Okay, Lao Jiang, Xiaobai has his own principles when teaching his teammates, so don't give me blind guidance."

Jiang Wentao was not angry at Pei Jinan's criticism. He just looked at the girls who were constantly wiping their tears on the track, and then sighed: "Alas, there is nothing else. I just feel a little distressed when I see these girls on the field."

Before the game, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan both thought that if they really got third place and were only one step away from second place, they would feel extremely depressed. But in fact, after watching this game, even though they saw Lin Yao only half a body length away from Hingis in the end, they did not feel dissatisfied. Instead, the girls on the court blamed themselves to the point of crying.

“Although the Chinese girls only took third place in this competition and failed to qualify for the World Championships, their performance was not bad at all!”

In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi was also cheering for the girls of the Chinese team: "Chen Yadan, Meng Qiujie, Lin Huan, Lin Yao, they have all used 120% of their speed and strength. I believe that as long as the audience has watched this game, they can feel their hard work. Although it is a pity that they failed to qualify for the World Championships, they are all great!"

It was not just the commentary. On the public screen of the sports channel's online live broadcast room, there were also countless voices cheering for the girls of the Chinese team.

[Girls are all great!] The third one is already great! 】

[Ahhh, don’t cry. Your crying makes my heart break. Girls, we still have a chance in the World Championships. Don’t cry! 】

Just as countless track and field fans were sending their blessings and consolation to the girls of the Chinese team, the results of the women's 4x400m group b final were officially announced.

First place: Netherlands, 3 minutes 28.93 seconds (sb);

Second place: Switzerland, 3 minutes 30 seconds 31 (sb);

Third place: China, 3 minutes 30.37 seconds (sb);

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In this women's 4x400m Group B final, the top three teams all ran their respective season best results!