Su Bai, as a track and field athlete with no prospects, decided to retire due to a lack of hope for improving his results.
But when Su Bai officially submitted his retirement application, his...
The Chinese team only got sixth place in the men's and women's mixed 4x400m final. The difference between Qiu Wen and the fourth runner of the Brazilian team was finally confirmed by slow-motion video at the finish line, confirming that the effective part of the Brazilian fourth runner's body crossed the finish line before Qiu Wen.
In this game, the final scores of the Chinese team and the Brazilian team were both 3 minutes 20.57 seconds, but the Chinese team lost to the Brazilian team in thousandths of a second. The scores of the two teams in thousandths were (.233) and (.267) respectively.
In the end, he failed to help the Chinese team get the fifth place. Qiu Wen was a little depressed after seeing the result. It was Zhang Ziyi who smiled and patted him on the shoulder, telling him not to be discouraged.
"You've done a great job."
Although the Chinese team only ranked sixth in the end, the Chinese audience in the stands were still very excited. In this game, the performances of Zhang Ziyi, Lin Yao, Chen Yada and Qiu Wen seemed to carry an inspiring power.
After the mixed men's and women's 4x400m race ended, the 400m relay team had completely completed their mission for this period of time.
At this point, the qualifications for the World Championships and Tokyo Olympics for the men's 4x400m and mixed 4x400m events have been completely secured.
In the athletes' rest area, staff were already waiting for Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen after they came off the field. In the previous men's 4x400m sprint relay, the Chinese team won the bronze medal. According to the organizer's regulations, all members were required to undergo urine tests.
After everyone finished the examination and returned to the waiting area, Qiu Wen was already full of energy again.
"Ah, the relay team's mission is about to end!"
In the locker room, after Qiu Wen changed his clothes, he started to talk to Zhang Ziyi and others around him: "I have been running relays recently. I seem to have forgotten what it feels like to run an individual event!"
"Hey, Lao Zhang, Lao Guo, Ah Hao, we won the bronze medal in the men's 4x400m relay, right? Hey, you guys think we are so awesome, will Xiao Bai cook us a delicious meal when we go back? Ah, I want to eat the garlic shrimps made by Xiao Bai, the yellow croaker and tofu soup is also good, and the steak fried by Xiao Bai is delicious..."
While speaking excitedly, Qiu Wen covered his stomach with his hands: It's over, I'm hungry.
"Alas... Xiaobai hasn't had much time to cook since he joined the national team... When I was in the provincial team, I could eat Xiaobai's cooking every day!"
When Qiu Wen said this, his face was full of aggrieved expression. The tall man of over 1.80 meters looked as aggrieved as a child who didn't get any candy.
On the side, Zhang Ziyi and Guo Dun were both laughing as they listened to Qiu Wen's muttering, but Li Junhao was not. He curled his lips and mercilessly mocked Qiu Wen: "That's not necessarily true. There are also people in the team who eat the meals cooked by Su Bai every day."
After Qiu Wen was stunned for a moment and looked up, Li Junhao hummed and said that word: "top 5."
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For Qiu Wen, killing someone and destroying their heart is probably something like Li Junhao.
As soon as Li Junhao said this, Qiu Wen, who was originally full of energy, suddenly wilted.
Zhang Ziyi and Guo Dun watched the two of them being so funny, they didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Zhang Ziyi stopped Li Junhao who was about to complain, and comforted Qiu Wen, "Okay, our results are good this time, the coach will definitely reward us well."
"Really?" Qiu Wen asked doubtfully, then suddenly said with determination: "When I see Xiao Bai again, I will hug his thighs and cry. At least I have to have a midnight snack!"
Seeing Qiu Wen's look, Zhang Ziyi couldn't help laughing. Qiu Wen's ideas were too simple and direct. It was true that he was stupid, but his ideas were simple and he was a simple person. This state of having no worries and focusing on the project was also an important reason why he could make rapid progress.
On the field, after the 400m relay event, the women's 4x200m final is now underway. A total of 9 teams are competing for victory in this event.
Just when Zhang Ziyi and his companions had changed their clothes and were about to go out, there was a commotion outside the stadium, as if something amazing had happened again.
Qiu Wen looked towards the direction of the stadium with some curiosity, wanting to know why there was such a noisy sound. However, they now had to go through another passage and then go to the Chinese player area in the audience to find Su Bai and the others.
Not being able to understand the situation on the field, Qiu Wen felt a little worried. He couldn't help but mutter: "The noise is so loud, could it be that the American team has committed a foul and their results have been disqualified?"
Guo Dun, who was standing nearby, heard Qiu Wen's muttering and replied with a smile, "That shouldn't be the case, right? How many times has the American team dropped the baton in the past two days?"
As soon as they finished speaking, they walked to a TV in the back passage with a live broadcast. Although they could not understand what the Japanese commentator was saying, what was displayed on the screen was the final result of the women's 4x400m sprint relay. Among them, the ninth-ranked team, the only team with 'dq' (disqualified) written behind it, was the American team.
Just as he said it was impossible, the next second the American team's foul was right in front of him.
Seeing this result, Guo Dun couldn't help but choke: "...Can't the American team have a game without fouls?"
As a result, after hearing what Guo Dun said, Qiu Wen answered with a righteous look on his face: "Yes!"
Guo Dun:……?
Qiu Wen said seriously: "In the mixed 4x400m race just now, the American team did not commit any fouls." Qiu Wen said with a look of regret on his face: "If the American team had committed a foul... our ranking could have risen by one place."
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Guo Dun said he didn't want to bother with Qiu Wen, the idiot.
In general, what Guo Dun said is also what countless viewers in front of TV in China are thinking at this time.
In this competition, the Chinese women's 4x200m team won the runner-up and set an Asian record, but half of the comments on the public screen of the sports channel's online live broadcast room were still complaining about the American team.
[…It’s amazing. The foul committed by the American team was so dramatic that I even believed it. How could they commit a foul so easily? 】
[In this relay race, there was no smooth passing of the baton by the American team. As a world-class sprinting team, how could the American team be so embarrassed? 】
[Although the American team gave us a bronze medal and a silver medal, I am feeling very complicated now. 】
In the live broadcast of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen no longer mentioned the US team's history of fouls. They just said simply and without temper, "The US team ran out of the relay zone again in the previous pass, so the referee team cancelled the US team's results in this final."
In fact, the continuous fouls committed by the American team have reached the point where both Shao Minyi and Li Sen don’t know how to evaluate it.
In the audience seats, after Qiu Wen and others walked to the Chinese athletes' seats and found Su Bai, Jiang Wentao and others, the men's 4x200m event was about to start on the field.
After seeing Zhang Ziyi and others, Jiang Wentao greeted them with a smile, and then found that the girls from the women's team were not walking with them.
"Yadan and Lin Yao need to rest for a while. The masseur is relaxing them and relieving their fatigue."
Zhang Ziyi briefly explained what the female team members were doing, and then he and Guo Dun and the others sat in the back row with Su Bai and the others.
After sitting down, Qiu Wen looked curiously in the direction of the starting point of the track, and then asked Su Bai: "Xiao Bai, the American team is also in this game. Do you think the American team will commit a foul again?"
It’s no wonder that Qiu Wen would have such doubts. After all, the performance of the US team in passing the baton in the past two days is really worrying.
After hearing this question, Su Bai also smiled, and then said: "Probably not." After a pause, Su Bai smiled and said: "After all, the American team also has to save face."
The two baton passing fouls in the men's 4x400m and women's 4x200m were enough to alert the American team's athletes. For the American team's athletes, they could also pass the baton without fouls, but they would have to pass the baton slower like their women's 4x400m team.
Although they will lose speed when passing the baton slowly, their players' individual strengths can make up for this loss. If they continue to pursue the fastest speed...
They don't want to get a series of 'dq's.
Just as Su Bai said, starting from the men's 4x200m race, the US team simply slowed down the speed of passing the baton to ensure that the baton was handed over to the next runner in the relay area in a stable manner.
Such a baton passing speed did affect their overall speed performance, but after running the entire course steadily, the US team still won the men's 4x200m championship. On the contrary, the other two teams, perhaps because of nervousness, followed the US team's footsteps and committed fouls.
From the men's 4x200m relay to the finals of the women's 4x100m and men's 4x100m, the US team implemented the strategy of "pursuing stability" and no longer committed fouls.
In the end, in the men's 4x200m, women's 4x100m and men's 4x100m relay finals, the US team won two golds and one silver with its strong strength.
Although the Chinese women's 4x100m team failed to make it to the finals, the Chinese men's 4x100m team led by Fang Yu also successfully won the fourth place in the final.
When the final of the men's 4x100m relay came to an end, all the competitions of the Yokohama World Athletics Relays also came to an end.
In this competition, the Chinese track and field team won the qualifications for the World Championships and Tokyo Olympics in three events: men's 4x400m, mixed 4x400m, and men's 4x100m.
The silver and bronze medals won by the Chinese team in the women's 4x200m and men's 4x400m relay also added a very eye-catching touch to the Chinese team's schedule this time.
Before the game, the Japanese team's "revenge battle" that was provoked by the Japanese side was no longer paid attention to on the final day.
Although the Japanese people were very much looking forward to the Japanese team achieving excellent results in this home battle, the final result was contrary to their expectations.
In addition to the two days of intense competition, Japanese and Chinese audiences all remembered the name of the head coach of the Chinese team's 400m event - Su Bai.
That night, a Japanese media published a news headline like this: "The rise of the Chinese Empire's Su Corps and the decline of the Japanese Sprint Corps?" ! 》
As luck would have it, Chinese media also published similar headlines: "The Rise of Chinese Sprinting vs. the End of Japan's Sprinting Golden Age."
Of course, Chinese audiences are not aware of all this. Most people are just celebrating the achievements of the Chinese relay team with great excitement, and taking the opportunity to reminisce about the "Su Baishen Prophecy Collection" that someone summarized in the past two days.
The Internet is bustling with activity, and it seems that track and field events are thriving and have many fans.