Qu Chi showed outstanding athletic talent from a young age. When practicing figure skating, her teachers praised her stable center of gravity and strong musicality. When practicing track and field,...
The game is not over yet
With day after day of intensive work and training, time passed through winter and spring, and finally the Olympic season arrived.
The quadrennial Olympics, the top event, has finally begun.
Colorful flags are flying in this classical city that symbolizes romance.
Sports fans from all over the world gather here, and tourists who are keen on Olympic travel also come here to check in, looking forward to the opening of this Olympic event.
The Chinese delegation, including 736 athletes and staff, included 428 athletes, including 279 female athletes and 149 male athletes. At this Olympics, the Chinese delegation qualified for 30 major events. Besides the newly added events, the Chinese delegation also achieved significant breakthroughs in track and field.
The women's 400m and women's 200m had athletes appearing on the Olympic stage for the first time. After many years, the men's 100m and men's 11m hurdles also welcomed new athletes.
After the opening ceremony, various events such as table tennis, swimming, and track and field will gradually start in this colorful arena.
In China, major social media platforms and sports channels are enthusiastically broadcasting videos related to the Olympics.
In this track and field event, a replay system was introduced in the 200m to 1500m events, which brought more excitement and diversity to the competition and enhanced its watchability.
There are endless discussions about the new competition system on the Internet. After all, the track and field events in this Olympics are highly anticipated by domestic audiences.
On August 5, at about 6 pm local time, the first round of the women's 400m race began.
In the afternoon competition, the main focus of Chinese audiences was the first round of the women's 400m and the women's 200m revival race.
Women's 400 meters, this is Qu Chi's first Olympic Games.
As one of the hottest seeded athletes in the country, track and field enthusiasts and ordinary audiences are full of expectations for her.
The women's 200m revival race later in the day will also be a decisive match for whether Sun Yimian can continue her Olympic schedule.
The nervous heartbeats echoed from home to abroad, from the screen to the stadium.
On the field, the commentator was passionately explaining the resumes of the athletes. When Qu Chi's name appeared in the commentator's mouth, a sea of red flags suddenly surged at the scene.
Qu Chi looked up at the sky, then smiled and waved his hands as he emerged from the contestant channel.
The lane she drew was the 4th, and as she walked, the commentator also gave her blessings for the day.
"This yellow pearl from China has created one miracle after another for the yellow race in just the past two years. We hope that Qu Chi can also realize her dream in this dream arena!"
Qu Chi kept smiling until all the players were in place. She lowered her head, closed her eyes, and her smile faded as she felt the wind on the field.
Hot, burning, colorful, it was indeed the playing field of her dreams. She had dreamed of this place countless times, but unfortunately, she did not dare to set foot here in her dreams.
But reality is better than dreams. Not only is she standing here now, she is also one of the strongest competitors among all the contestants today.
She felt the wary gazes of her fellow contestants, and what rose in her heart was not fear, but joy.
Her vigilant gaze showed that her strength was enough to pose a threat to them, and this threat could even be fatal.
And she will be cautious and use every step to tell everyone that their feelings are not wrong.
The game begins!
When the starting gun sounded, no one let down their guard. Eight contestants rushed out and drew their own arcs on the pink and purple track.
“Nice bend!”
In China, sports channels that broadcast the Olympics also have their own commentary.
The commentary focused on Qu Chi, and when everyone in the studio saw Qu Chi starting on the curve, they all blurted out an exclamation of admiration.
"Qu Chi's cornering technique is very mature! If there were a small score for cornering starts like diving, this would probably be the standard answer for a full score."
"The current situation on the bend is not clear, but we can see that the Quchi athlete is in a very relaxed state, with a good balance between tension and relaxation, which is also a sign of excellent competition form."
"Yeah, but the palms of us spectators outside the stadium are sweating, I'm really nervous right now."
Qu Chi is the best in every aspect. If it was a new project that did not attract much attention, the Olympic broadcast might not have focused on it.
But this is athletics after all, an Olympic sport.
Qu Chi has attracted a lot of attention in the past year, and naturally, domestic audiences have high expectations.
At this moment, in the live broadcast room of the online platform, people who had been waiting there were discussing nervously. Passersby who recognized the Chinese players on the field also stopped and came in to watch the fun.
The commentary of the game accompanies the players' control of different rhythms and their search for opportunities to surpass others.
After the first bend, the eight players on the field gradually divided into three echelons.
There are three people in the first echelon, two people in the second echelon, and three people in the third echelon.
The one who led the first echelon out of the corner was unexpectedly——
"Qu Chi! Beautiful Qu Chi! Now she's number one!"
"The athlete who was very close to our Qu Chi athlete is also a very talented athlete who has gained international fame in the past two years. With a PB of 49.29 seconds, he is definitely a competitor who has the ability to make it to the finals!"
The commentator explained in various ways. Although everyone present could hear that she wanted to say that Qu Chi, who was still slightly ahead at the moment, also had the ability to enter the finals, she didn't dare to say it directly!
Her palms were full of sweat, and her eyes were fixed on the performance on Quchi field.
Compared to the World Championships where the broadcasting is occasionally distracted, there will be no such accidents at the Olympics. They have a special domestic broadcast schedule, and at this moment, they will all watch Qu Chi's performance throughout.
Quchi is indeed in the leading position at present.
There was no one in front of her.
The strange yet familiar track, she has walked on it countless times in her dreams, in reality, perhaps in another parallel world, including in this world, but what she is sure of is that this is her first time on the Olympic stage.
I'm so excited that I can hardly control my excitement.
At the third bend, Qu Chi, who entered the bend first, already had a visible gap with the ones behind him.
"It's stable! Our Quchi is stable for now! Hold on!"
"Qu Chi has sped up again! This is a very obvious acceleration! The players behind her can no longer keep up! Is this a wise choice? According to Qu Chi's strength, perhaps it would be wise to advance in second place and conserve her energy? Qu Chi! Qu Chi's pace looks so easy! Hasn't she already given it her all?"
The commentator in the live broadcast room was speaking based on her intuition. It was possible that she herself did not know what she said, but she could not control it. Her heart followed Qu Chi's figure to the stadium, beating like a drum!
Qu Chi's heartbeat was very steady.
The commentator was right about one thing, she did have the ability to make it to the finals, so she felt particularly relaxed in the preliminaries, and even had a sense of relief from her happiness, so that the more she ran, the better her condition became.
At the final stage, she remembered that she had to hold back and blatantly slowed down her pace.
In order to avoid losing her footing and being overtaken by other players, she looked back "cautiously".
“Quchi Chong—Ah!”
“…”
In the live broadcast room, words of encouragement for Qu Chi were all stuck in the throat, and those who were emotionally unstable were screaming at this time.
But fortunately, before they could scream for even a second, Qu Chi had already crossed the finish line.
The picture of "cautiously" looking back has become the most emotionally moving picture in today's Olympic discussion.
If you don’t watch this game, you won’t even understand the value of this picture, and you may not understand it even if you watch it.
Some people were frightened out of their wits, while others asked in confusion.
"Hasn't Qu Chi advanced yet? He's still a long way off. What's wrong? Let's go back and see what's going on?"
Some people recovered and tried to calm down, comforting themselves that even in this situation, Qu Chi was still able to advance steadily, which really demonstrated his strength.
In the studio, the commentator, who had experienced so many ups and downs, was out of breath.
The breath that was stuck in their chest just now could not be released. They had originally planned to scream for Qu Chi for "trying his best" to cross the finish line.
However, the moment Qu Chi checked the situation behind him, his throat was ruthlessly strangled, and he never had the chance to scream again.
Finally, one of the commentators took a deep breath, smirked, and wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead:
"Contestant Qu Chi...really young! Young athletes just have a bit of personality. Haha, that's great, very good. Let's congratulate Contestant Qu Chi for easily winning first place in the group and advancing!"
Qu Chi didn't know that she almost deprived the domestic audience of a breath of oxygen. She was still waiting for the result of her competition.
Olympic speed is fast. As soon as she crossed the line, her first place result was already shown.
49.59 seconds (PB) (NB).
The moment they saw Qu Chi's result, everyone forgave her momentary shock and instead burst into pure screams and cheers.
A new national record! A new historical achievement!