Not to mention Pei Jinan and the others, even the audience squatting in front of the TV watching the live broadcast did not react for a moment to what happened. They were busy cheering for Qiu Wen at home after the starting gun sounded. Seeing him running happily in the ninth lane, the audience was also happy, but they did not think that Qiu Wen could maintain this advantage all the way to the end.

After all, the opponents on the field are all world-class. Qiu Wen’s current strength is pretty good, but to say that he can reach the world’s top level, track and field fans know that this is impossible.

What is the result?

Qiu Wen did not manage to maintain the lead, but he managed to disrupt the rhythm of many players and finally crossed the line in third place.

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Who could have imagined such a confusing thing?

When Shao Minyi and Li Sen saw Qiu Wen crossing the line in third place, their brains froze for a second before they cheered with joy: "Qiu Wen! Qiu Wen crossed the line in third place in the first group of the preliminaries and successfully advanced to the semi-finals!!"

After Shao Minyi shouted this, the audience in front of the TV finally came to their senses.

What is going on?

Is it possible?

At this moment, the TV began to replay the previous race footage. Through the replay, everyone could see that Qiu Wen was in very good shape. His starting reaction time was the shortest among all the players in the first group of preliminaries, at only 0.141 seconds. In addition, with the improvement of his cornering technique and cornering-to-straightening technique during more than a year of training, his speed was already far ahead of others from the start.

Of course, the other players on the track were also very strong, especially Trinidad and Dobagh on the third and fourth tracks, as well as the two famous players from Jamaica. Because their track positions were far away from Qiu Wen, they were not affected by Qiu Wen's chaotic rhythm at the start, so they performed very well in the first half of the race.

From their performance on the track, it is obvious that Mike Knight and Jonathan, the British player in lane 7, were the most seriously affected by Qiu Wen's rhythm. Mike Knight was fine, as he had made mental preparations beforehand and tried his best to reduce the impact of Qiu Wen's condition on him. The one who suffered the most was Jonathan, as he had not anticipated Qiu Wen's rhythm at all. Under the influence of Qiu Wen's rhythm, he gritted his teeth and tried to catch up with Qiu Wen, but he accidentally crossed the line when turning.

For athletes of their level, crossing the line and going the wrong way on the track is an unforgivable, low-level mistake.

Jonathan didn't notice the problem at first. It was only after he finished the race with a desperate look on his face and finished fifth that the referee gave him a corresponding penalty notice - his results in this race would be directly cancelled.

Faced with this cruel fact, Jonathan could only hold his head and scream, then looked at the evidence video of him crossing the line pointed out by the referee and gave up struggling.

The two players from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, who were not affected in the first half of the race, also keenly noticed that the rhythm of the player in lane nine was wrong when they gradually approached Qiu Wen in the second half.

Fortunately, they were far away from Qiu Wen. After they forced themselves to increase their speed and passed Qiu Wen, the strange feeling of having their rhythm disrupted gradually dissipated.

Where on earth did this rhythm destroyer come from?

All the contestants looked a little dazed after crossing the finish line. Many of them immediately turned their attention to Qiu Wen and quickly memorized the appearance of this Chinese contestant.

It cannot be said that there have been athletes of Qiu Wen's type in the past, but they are indeed rare, and their destructive power is not as strong as Qiu Wen's - to be honest, if you really want to reach Qiu Wen's level of destructive power, it is not easy. You need to meet all kinds of weird and harsh conditions, and still be able to persist in the world's top arena on the 400-meter track.

At the end, the commentator from Qatar also exclaimed: "What a powerful rhythm destroyer."

After replaying the live footage, the final results of this group of competitions were announced.

World Athletics Championships Men's 400m sprint preliminaries, group 1:

First place: Te Kau (Trinidad and Tobago) 45.11 seconds;

Second place: McPherson (Jamaica) 45.16 seconds;

Third place: Qiu Wen (China) 45.23 seconds;

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Eighth place: Jonathan (UK) dnf (disqualified due to foul).

In the audience, Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao didn't know what to say for a moment after seeing the result.

There was no problem with Qiu Wen's performance today. He knew very well that his hope of advancing to the finals was slim, so he ran as hard as he could in this preliminary round. Although he failed to break his PB, 45.23 seconds was already a very outstanding result.

If this result was placed in the World Championships, it would have been in the range where he could advance. However, Qiu Wen didn't know that while he was advancing, he also caused a huge psychological shock to the other players around him.

The result of the first group of preliminaries today made Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao laugh and cry. They turned to look at Su Bai, only to see Su Bai looking at the track calmly, as if he was not surprised at all by the result.

"Xiaobai, did you expect this result a long time ago?" Jiang Wentao couldn't help but ask.

Su Bai smiled and said, "In fact, I didn't have that idea at first, but after seeing Qiu Wen's arrangement of the paths today, I thought about it and it's almost certain."

"Qiu Wen is a very special athlete. He has no problem with his sprinting skills and has a great natural advantage in physical fitness. However, due to his own talent, his control of rhythm is completely out of control." Su Bai had a completely funny look on his face when he said this. "It's just that his destructiveness is greater when he is in a top-level competition and his opponent is caught off guard."

Pei Jinan and his friends have always known about Qiu Wen's rhythm problems, including the term "rhythm destroyer". They actually understood it, but until this game, they were not sure whether Qiu Wen's rhythm would have the same effect in the World Championships.

Now it seems like what Su Bai said - the effect is the same, but the power is doubled.

Unfortunately, just as Su Bai said just now, this effect is most influential when other players are caught off guard. After being prepared, it cannot be said that there is no impact, but for other players, they can also try not to focus their attention in the direction of Qiu Wen.

Moreover, Qiu Wen's destructive ability is also limited by the lane. The effect can only be maximized when his lane is in the ninth or seventh lane - the former is because it is at the front of all the players, and the latter is because the middle three lanes are usually the strongest opponents on the field. If Qiu Wen is in the seventh lane, he can directly affect those people.

After hearing what Su Bai said, Pei Jinan and the others nodded - just now, they were indeed surprised by Qiu Wen's destructive ability, but just as Su Bai said, Qiu Wen's ability to disrupt the rhythm is ultimately limited. If Qiu Wen wants to reach a higher position and achieve better results, what he ultimately needs to rely on is his own strength.

After the first group of the men's 400-meter sprint preliminaries ended, track and field fans on the Internet, after their emotions changed from confusion to surprise and then to laughter, could not help but post on the Track and Field Kingdom forum, sympathizing with McNight for 10 seconds.

Mike Knight was too close to Qiu Wen, and the impact he suffered was undoubtedly one of the biggest in the game, only slightly better than Jonathan who was caught off guard and at a close distance.

With his ability, he could have run at least 45.50 seconds, but in the end he almost dropped below 46 seconds. He and Jonathan were in the same boat, ranking last (no result) and second to last respectively.

After the first group's preliminaries were over, McNight glanced at Qiu Wen, and finally waved to him unhappily - he hoped that he would never have to compete in the same group with Qiu Wen again. If he were to compete with Qiu Wen again, McNight felt that he would become autistic on the spot.

Although the style of the first group of preliminaries seemed particularly unique because of Qiu Wen, soon with the appearance of the second and third groups of preliminaries, the style of the competition on the scene became truly exciting.

The second and third groups of runners in the preliminaries performed well. Even though the qualified runners had controlled their condition and did not run at their best, their final results were still much better than those of the first group of runners who ran until they were exhausted and dizzy.

The top three results of the second group were 44.91 seconds, 45.01 seconds and 45.10 seconds; the top three results of the third group were 44.96 seconds, 45.07 seconds and 45.18 seconds.

After watching Qiu Wen’s performance in the first group, domestic audiences had a glimmer of hope in their hearts - the preliminaries of the World Athletics Championships didn’t seem so scary, did they? You see, Qiu Wen easily advanced with the third place. Does that mean Li Junhao and Zhang Shuai also have a chance of advancing?

But after watching the second and third groups of matches, the audience's hearts, which had been lifted by Qiu Wen's performance, fell back to the ground, and even made a deep pit in the ground.

After the scores of the third group of preliminaries were displayed on site, they left the venue one by one. At the same time, the contestants of the fourth group of preliminaries entered the venue, including Li Junhao, who looked frowned at the moment.

During the day, Su Bai had met with Li Junhao and others to discuss the situation of their respective groups. Su Bai also asked them to relax and not to carry too much responsibility and pressure on themselves. They should regard this as a pure opportunity to compete with the world's top players and not let their love for the track go to waste.

Li Junhao really understood what Su Bai meant, but after getting on the court, he thought, he really didn't carry too many other things on his shoulders, but there was one belief he couldn't let go - he wanted to win.

The desire for victory is an indispensable element in sports competition.

The current Li Junhao is no longer the one who simply avoided competitions because he could not bear the responsibility and pressure. Now, of course, he loves the stadium and the track, but he also longs for the feeling of chasing victory on the track.

He wants to give it his all in this competition and see what kind of results he can achieve!

In this group of competitions, Li Junhao was arranged in the third track. Competing in the same group with him were athletes from the Bahamas, the United States, Jamaica, Botswana, Kuwait, Spain and Nigeria.

Qiu Wen faced old acquaintances in that match, and Li Junhao also faced several familiar opponents in this match, namely Fraser from Jamaica, Barnes from the United States, Amesfar from Kuwait and Walcott from Botswana.

The first two are the first runners of the Jamaican and American teams in the previous 4x400m finals. Both of them are athletes with extremely strong explosive power and speed. The third one, Amesfar, is the silver medalist in the men's 400m at the Asian Championships. He is currently the strongest newcomer in Kuwait's men's 400m event.

As for Walcott, it is even simpler. This is an opponent that Li Junhao met in the World Athletics Challenge. In that game, Li Junhao beat Iverson to take second place, and Walcott was the first place ahead of him.

It was also in that game that Li Junhao ran in a controlled flow for the first time.

With these four people blocking Li Junhao, and the other players being no pushovers either, it can be seen how difficult Li Junhao's game today is.

However, no matter how difficult the game is, we still have to try our best.

"This group match will undoubtedly be a tough battle for Li Junhao." After introducing the list of the fourth group of preliminaries, Shao Minyi expressed his concerns about Li Junhao's game.

"Li Junhao's current PB is 45.25 seconds. Even if it is calculated by PB, he still has a chance of advancing in this game... but it does require a little luck and a miracle."

Shao Minyi did not say that Li Junhao had no hope, but with powerful enemies surrounding him, the challenges Li Junhao had to face were indeed very daunting.

On the track, Li Junhao had already adjusted his starting blocks. He stood behind the blocks, twisted his neck, and simply stretched his body.

Behind him on the left is the Bahamian athlete in the second lane, and in front of him on the right in the fourth lane is Botswana's Walcott.

Hard fight.

Li Junhao looked at his opponents at the starting line of the track in front of him, and these two words emerged clearly in his mind.

In this group, there are too many opponents who are stronger than him. Li Junhao has no idea whether he can break through their barriers and rank among the top.

But he knew that even so, he still wanted to give it a try.

The competition was about to begin and the audience was very enthusiastic. People from some countries were cheering for the players who were about to compete on the field. However, after the starter's voice sounded on the radio, the audience finally restrained their cheers and stopped temporarily so that the players on the field could clearly hear the starter's voice and the sound of the starting gun.

When the starter's voice sounded, Li Junhao had already walked around to the starting blocks. Following the command to take your positions, all the athletes present squatted on the starting blocks, ready to start.

"Everyone, take your positions."

"preparation."

Then there was a crisp gunshot - "Bang!"

“The game begins!”

Shao Minyi and Li Sen carefully observed the status of the players in the real-time screen. Li Junhao's track position was at the back, and the third lane was not a good position to run in. There were too many players in front of him. Even though the players knew that this was due to the different starting positions of the 400-meter race, this did not prevent the players in front from putting psychological pressure on the players behind them.

Fortunately, Li Junhao's current running style is controlled flow, pursuing the ultimate distribution of strength and speed. He did not have much advantage in the first half of the race, so he must be able to control his mentality better.

Just as many people thought, Li Junhao did not feel too much pressure because of the opponent in front of him. Before starting, he concentrated his mind and attention as much as possible. Then, according to the skills Su Bai taught him earlier, he adjusted his breathing, clarified the rhythm and thoughts in his mind, and made his mind clearer, so clear that he could keenly feel every movement and detail of his own.

Only in this way can he truly enter the state of "controlling himself" and allow himself to enter a perfect rhythm control cycle in the next race.

The moment the gun sounded, Li Junhao's leg strength exploded, he pushed off the starting blocks, and his body quickly pulled up. In the process of pulling up, he controlled his whole body state, quickly switching from the starting explosion to the use of explosive power and acceleration with fast staggered steps.

Li Junhao was clearly aware that he had entered the cycle he was supposed to be in.

The length of each of his steps and the rhythm of his feet touching the ground and then his body moving forward are obviously different from those of the players around him. After accelerating, he has entered into a running state.

If you only watch Li Junhao running alone on the track, perhaps many people will not realize that this is a race. His controlled running style and Qiu Wen's wild running style are completely two different extremes. One is controlled to the limit, while the other is completely out of control.

However, although Li Junhao looks relaxed and fit, in fact, this way of running is a huge test of the athlete's self-control and will.

After entering the straight, except for Li Junhao, the other players have been rapidly increasing their speed. In the second 100-meter stage, Li Junhao was even about to be overtaken by the Bahamian player behind him and almost fell to eighth place.

"Li Junhao is very stable. Since he started using the control-flow running method, Li Junhao's running style has undergone a huge change. However, this change has also brought about a significant improvement in performance." Li Sen introduced the situation on the field and the characteristics of Li Junhao's control-flow running method to prevent some spectators who did not understand the situation from thinking that Li Junhao was not strong enough.

"The advantage of the control running style is that they allocate their physical energy to the limit. They are not obsessed with winning or losing in the first half of the race. It is after the second bend that the control running style players will explode."

Having said that, Li Junhao did not start to improve until the second corner. In the last third of the first straight, Li Junhao had clearly narrowed the distance with the two substitute players from Spain and Nigeria on the eighth and ninth tracks ahead.

The strength of these two substitute players is indeed average. After entering the second bend stage, these two players were easily left behind all the players as the bend stage progressed. The advantage of the forward starting position has been exhausted by them. In the next final 150-meter stage, they have lost the qualification to turn around.

At this stage of the competition, there is a clear order of advantage among the runners in the front. At the front are Barnes from the United States and Fraser from Jamaica. These two have been leading since the start. Just by increasing their speed in the running stage, they can quickly close the distance with the runners in the lane ahead by almost half. This strength is completely unquestionable.

Behind Barnes and Fraser, competing for the third spot are Amesfall and Walcott.

In addition to the four people in front, the Bahamian player who was originally behind Li Junhao, took advantage of his inner lane advantage in the second lane and once again narrowed the distance between him and Li Junhao when passing the second bend. However, Li Junhao did not care about these. His speed and condition remained the same. Although it can be seen from his furrowed brows that his physical energy consumption was also very intense, but if you look at his running posture alone, it is difficult to see that there is anything wrong with his rhythm.

Step by step, the sound of feet lightly touching the ground and quickly bouncing back echoed in Li Junhao's mind. The feeling of exhaustion had already spread from every cell in his body, and even his breathing was filled with a smell of rusty fatigue.

But Li Junhao's mind was still the clearest. Unlike his tired body, his brain was unexpectedly clear at this moment.

Victory, want to win...

Go faster!

You have to run faster to catch up with those opponents in front of you!

No, you must control your body. You have very little physical energy left. Only by controlling your body and rhythm can you maximize your speed and make the final sprint!

The instinctive sprint consciousness is still trying to take control of myself in my mind, but my brain also knows how far my physical strength can last and at what speed I can truly run at the maximum speed.

The two thoughts intertwined and conflicted in my mind, and then the pursuit of the figure in front of me turned into motivation in my heart. I gritted my teeth and chased forward with all my strength.

By the final straight stage, Li Junhao was not far from Amesfar and Walcott. The Bahamian player, who had originally narrowed the distance between himself and Li Junhao, was left behind again.

"Sprint! Li Junhao is sprinting! In the last 100-meter stage, his running advantage is maximized, and the distance between him and Amesfar and Walcott in front is closing!"

"Come on!! Come on Li Junhao!!!"

In the audience seats, where the Chinese team's players were standing, the Chinese team's staff and players who came to watch the game could no longer sit still. They were all standing in their seats, shouting at the top of their lungs to cheer Li Junhao on.

"Ah Hao! Ah Hao, charge!!!"

"Li Junhao, come on!!!"

Everyone was staring closely at the track ahead, eagerly looking forward to Li Junhao overtaking the two players in front.

However, the speed of Walcott and Amesfar in front was not slow at all. In the last 50 meters sprint, Walcott even accelerated again, tying and then overtaking Amesfar!

The player in front of Li Junhao changed from Walcott to Amesfar. The distance between the two was very close, only about 1 meter apart. It seemed that Li Junhao had a chance to overtake at any time...

Cheers continued to ring out from the audience seats. On the commentary stand of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were also cheering for Li Junhao. Everyone was waiting for a miracle of overtaking...!

Unfortunately, this final distance remained until all the contestants crossed the finish line together.

Li Junhao took fifth place in the fourth group of the preliminaries and missed out on the top three.