After a crisp gunshot, the contestants on the six tracks responded at the same time. The start of a new race also allowed the spectators in the stands to refocus their attention on the competition field.
From the second track to the fourth track, six figures responded and took out their fastest speed on the curve, rushing forward quickly along the curved track.
Although he had just experienced the men's 4x400m event an hour ago, Zhang Ziyi's current condition is still very good. Whether it is the reaction to the gun or the acceleration at the start of the curve, he has his unique sense of control.
In tonight's first group preliminaries of the mixed men's and women's 4x400m, the first runner Zhang Ziyi has already shown a huge advantage!
In the live broadcast of the sports channel, Shao Minyi's voice had a hint of relaxation.
"Zhang Ziyi's start and acceleration are both excellent. From his speed and posture in the corners, we can clearly see his skillful skills in cornering."
"Among the current runners on the track, except Zhang Ziyi, the best 400m runner should be the Kenyan runner, whose 400m PB is 45.08 seconds. However, from the current data, we can see that Kenya's first runner Rushadi made a mistake when he heard the gun. His reaction time of 0.293 seconds ranked last among the six teams. He also made a slight mistake during the explosive acceleration at the start, causing his body to shake a little. Although he has adjusted now, it will definitely affect his results."
Just as Shao Minyi said, among the first runners in today's mixed 4x400m, the one who should have posed the greatest threat to Zhang Ziyi was Kenya's Rushadi, but Rushadi was clearly not in good shape at the moment.
Not only Rushdie, but also the first runners from Canada and Britain had just participated in the men's 4x400m relay. With only a one-hour rest period, there would be no problem for them to run another 400m race. However, their running speed and quality may not be maintained at their best.
Compared with these athletes, Zhang Ziyi's condition does not look like he has just finished a high-intensity preliminary race. Judging from his speed, his speed explosiveness and overall condition are indeed not as exciting as those in the men's 4x400m. However, the perfect explosive power, combined with the skillful use of strength, allows Zhang Ziyi to maintain his speed at a certain level even when his physical condition is not the most excited.
This kind of performance at the baseline is enough to give Zhang Ziyi an advantage among the top players in the current group.
When the first leg was halfway through the race, it could be seen that the distance between Zhang Ziyi and the German player in the fourth lane had narrowed significantly!
As the distance between himself and the German player in front of him on the track continued to narrow, Zhang Ziyi's body once again entered a state of complete excitement after being "warmed up" in the first half of the race.
As an athlete, Zhang Ziyi was keenly aware of the changes in his condition. When he rushed to the end of the first straight and started to enter the curve, his speed, which was supposed to drop significantly in the third 100-meter stage, was suddenly brought back. Compared with Zhang Ziyi's previous speed in the third 100-meter stage in other competitions, Zhang Ziyi's speed in this stage today can be said to have improved significantly!
From an observer's perspective, Zhang Ziyi's speed increase created a stark contrast with the speed of the athletes in other teams whose speeds slowed down as they entered the third 100-meter stage!
"Hmm? Compared to the opening stage, Zhang Ziyi's current stride and rhythm have changed a little. His condition has become better than in the first half of the race!"
In the live broadcast room, Shao Minyi and Li Sen also noticed the change in Zhang Ziyi's condition, and they were both very surprised - Zhang Ziyi originally already had an advantage, and now that his speed has increased, the speed gap between him and the rest of the team will be further widened, which will bring a great advantage to Lin Yao, who is in the second place, and also reduce the pressure on her.
At the baton passing area in the third lane, Lin Yao was already waiting there. She could clearly see the speed advantage brought by Zhang Ziyi - the Chinese team was currently ranked first!
This realization made Lin Yao feel secretly proud, but the expression on her face also became more cautious and resolute.
Remember the lessons of the Japanese team. Don’t be careless and don’t relax!
Zhang Ziyi has already gained so many advantages for her in the first leg, she will not allow herself to lose these advantages in the second leg!
However, although Lin Yao had a firm belief in her heart, everyone, including herself, knew that it was actually very difficult for her to maintain her advantage in the second leg.
As of now, Lin Yao's 400m PB is still 52.37 seconds, which she created in the Asian Championships. Among the second-place runners on the field, except Lin Yao, the only one whose result is weaker than hers is the runner from Kazakhstan. The remaining runners' 400m PBs are all within 52 seconds. If we really want to compare, it is like Lin Yao competing with a group of opponents whose average results are equal to Chen Yada.
Whenever Lin Yao thought about the practice matches between herself and Chen Yada, she would frown slightly.
In the usual team practice matches, she would lose to Sister Dan eight out of ten times, but today... this was a competition for Olympic qualification!
Whenever she thought of this, Lin Yao felt her temples throbbing. She had already prepared for the standing start. When Zhang Ziyi rushed behind her and called for her to take the baton, Lin Yao simply and decisively took the baton, then immediately started running and rushed to the front of the track.
Never mind, who cares! So what if the opponents on the track perform better than Sister Dan? Can she just give up and stop trying so hard?
That's impossible!
She wants to win, wants to compete in the World Championships, and wants to compete in the Tokyo Olympics! She wants to step onto these world-class competition fields and compete against the strongest opponents on the track!
She wanted to contribute her own strength to her team, rather than becoming a burden on the team and requiring other teammates to work hard to gain advantages for her and make up for her lack of speed.
Go ahead!
In short, do your best!
"Lin Yao took over smoothly. She started very fast. We saw before that in the women's 4x400m relay, several female players were a little exhausted. Li Sen and I were a little worried about whether the female players could recover their physical strength as quickly as possible in the limited time. But now it seems that Lin Yao is in good shape!"
In fact, Lin Yao's condition can be described as more than just good.
In the first leg, Zhang Ziyi did help Lin Yao gain a certain starting advantage with his speed, but among the runners in the second leg, Olesia from the Canadian women's team was known for her explosive speed in the starting stage, and Olesia's 400m PB was 51.57 seconds, which was slightly better than Chen Yada's result.
Many track and field fans who knew Olesya were a little nervous, worrying that the advantage Zhang Ziyi had previously gained would be caught up by Olesya in the first few steps of the race.
Fortunately, this did not happen!
Lin Yao was also very determined for this race. After taking the baton, she moved her legs and ran quickly on the curve. Olesia of the Canadian team was in the fifth lane, and the arcs she had to run in the curve area were more than Lin Yao who was in the third lane. In addition, the starting time advantage that Zhang Ziyi initially gave Lin Yao allowed Lin Yao to suppress Olesia and successfully defend the advantageous position that belonged to the Chinese team!
After the first bend, the merge sign was right in front. At this time, Lin Yao was still in the first position. Although Olesya was chasing behind and the Kenyan runner in the sixth lane was also eyeing the ranking position in front, Lin Yao still successfully grabbed the first position in the inner lane and blocked Olesya and the second runner from Kenya behind.
Relying on the advantage brought by Zhang Ziyi, the first runner, Lin Yao gritted her teeth, swung her arms on the track, took quick steps, and maintained her position as the first in the inner lane.
Not far behind Lin Yao, Olesya and the second runner from Kenya were unable to suppress each other. Unable to suppress the other, they originally wanted to increase their speed to overtake Lin Yao in front of them. However, although their speed was indeed faster than Lin Yao, they were unable to steadily overtake Lin Yao in front of them when there was already a certain distance between them and Lin Yao's speed was not slow.
So, for a while, the track entered a situation where Lin Yao was leading the first group in the front, and Olesya and the second runner from Kenya followed closely behind, watching closely.
"Very good! Lin Yao held her position. The second runners from Canada and Kenya were unable to overtake Lin Yao. The Chinese team has hope!"
Shao Minyi nervously and quickly introduced the situation on the field. Although he was nervous, he was also very happy. Lin Yao's expression
The performance is better than many people expected. Her 400m individual PB is second to last among the six players in the field, but she can still take advantage of the advantage created for her by Zhang Ziyi and firmly maintain her current result.
With such performance, what else could make people dissatisfied?
Olesya, who was chasing after Lin Yao, had a trace of anxiety on her face, but in the previous stages, she could not find any chance to overtake Lin Yao in front of her, so she could only suppress and compete with the second runner of Kenya in her current position.
Finally, when Lin Yao reached the second straight and was about to pass the baton, Chen Yada in front of her had already lined up at the first lane under the guidance of the staff and was waiting for her arrival.
Hurry up!
Faster!
Lin Yao gritted her teeth and endured the soreness in her muscles and the tearing pain in her breathing, and increased her speed in the final sprint - although she could not create an advantage for the next runner like Zhang Ziyi, Lin Yao was also doing her best, hoping to give Chen Yada a comfortable starting rhythm!
"Sister Dan, take over!"
After the baton was steadily passed to Chen Yada, Lin Yao's legs went limp and she fell to the ground. She didn't even have time to cushion the force of inertia on her body before she fell to her knees.
In the audience, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were also watching the situation on the track. After seeing Lin Yao's appearance, they both sighed with emotion.
"The girls on our track and field team, apart from anything else, their fighting spirit is truly first-rate."
“Not only the girls, but the boys also worked very hard.”
After Pei Jinan finished speaking, he and Jiang Wentao smiled at each other.
Just like they said, although the talents of these members of the track and field team may not all be top-notch, and although they once had various problems, no matter what, they all have the heart to fight and strive.
In order to achieve better results, for the team, for victory and glory, they have shed too many unforgettable memories and sweat on the training ground and on the track. Even those old veterans who have been on the track and field for many years are often moved by this.
On the track, Lin Yao had been helped to the side by the staff. She was standing there breathing heavily. While calming her breath, she looked towards the direction of the track, looking for Chen Yada.
In the third leg, all the female players on the track are basically the strongest female players of each team.
Among them, the best individual result was achieved by the third runner Wambui from Kenya. Her 400m PB was 51.07 seconds, far exceeding the women's 400m qualifying result in the Tokyo Olympics. She is also the national record holder for the Kenyan women's 400m sprint.
Although Kenya's first runner, Rushadi, was in poor condition at the start, the second runner, the Kenyan female runner, had made up for Rushadi's advantage in speed.
When the second runner was about to pass the baton to the third runner, Shao Minyi, who had just introduced Wambui's results in the live broadcast room, felt a little worried about the upcoming third runner duel.
"In the next third leg, Wambui will be the most threatening player to Chen Yadan. She holds the Kenyan women's 400m national record of 51.07 seconds. This speed and result is likely to have an impact on Chen Yadan, who is in the third leg."
However, just as Shao Minyi finished speaking, there were some errors in the baton passing between Kenya's second and third runners. When the second and third batons were handed over, although the two Kenyan players did not drop the batons, they stopped for a moment and there was an obvious pause in the baton passing action between them.
This caused the Kenyan relay team, which had originally moved up to third place, to be overtaken by the German team, which was in fourth place.
When Wambui just took over the baton and started, the third runner of the German team had already rushed into the inner lane and was closely behind the third runner of the Canadian team.
Behind Wambui, the third legs of the British and Kazakh teams also started at the same time.
Although Wambui's individual ability in individual events is indeed strong, the mistakes in passing the baton prevented her from completing her original plan to overtake. She could only barely catch up with the third runner of the German team in front of her. After overtaking, when she tried to catch up with the Canadian player further ahead, the third runner had already reached the final straight.
When the baton was passed to Qiu Wen, Chen Yada staggered a little bit due to exhaustion, but her condition was much better than Lin Yao's.
In the second half of the race, she had already noticed the gap between herself and the player behind her. At that time, there was a certain distance between her and the player behind her, and her speed was always controlled at a faster but not full speed. She was cautious and alert, but did not lose her rhythm because of the threat from behind.
Relying on her keen perception, Chen Yada controlled her speed in such a state that even if the runners behind her sprinted at their best, she would have enough time to react. And if the runners behind her did not sprint at full speed, they would have no chance of overtaking her.
The reason why she was able to suppress the opponents from behind so easily was that Zhang Ziyi and Lin Yao created enough advantageous positions for her in the first and second legs.
After the baton was passed to Qiu Wen, Chen Yada breathed a sigh of relief. With the little madman Qiu Wen there, there was no runner from other teams who could completely suppress Qiu Wen in terms of speed in the last leg.
Under such circumstances, these players will not be a match for Qiu Wen!
Not only Chen Yada breathed a sigh of relief, but also the people in the live broadcast room of the sports channel and in the audience, including Shao Minyi, Li Sen, Jiang Wentao, Pei Jinan... and all the track and field fans who were watching the live broadcast breathed a sigh of relief the moment Chen Yada's baton was successfully passed to Qiu Wen.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Li Sen even laughed again: "The baton has been passed to Qiu Wen. Next, can we expect 'Qiu Wen's rhythm' to begin to appear again?"
In the live broadcast room of Yokohama TV, Hirotoshi Uchimura was also impressed by Qiu Wen's rhythm and performance: "Qiu Wen of the Chinese team has his own unique sense of rhythm, which makes him perform in a way that scares his opponents on the court."
Having said that, Uchimura Hirotoshi turned his gaze to Su Bai, who was standing quietly and low-key, pretending that he didn't exist.
"Mr. Su, athlete Qiu has such a devilish sense of rhythm, as well as his passion and excitement on the field. Is this the result of your special training method?"
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Hearing Uchimura Hirotoki's question, Su Bai was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "No, it's not."
"No? Then is this contestant Qiu's personal talent?"
Personal talent?
Su Bai thought about it, then nodded with a shy smile and said, "About, but it's not a very good talent. Qiu Wen is relatively weak in his own rhythm control and rhythm perception, which is actually a talent defect of his."
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Talent deficiency?
After hearing this sentence relayed by the translator, Uchimura Hirotoshi subconsciously glanced at Arakawa Ryunosuke. The expression on his face was really complicated, and Arakawa Ryunosuke also frowned, obviously instinctively disbelieving Su Bai's answer.
But the next second, Arakawa Ryunosuke, the head coach of the Japanese team's 400m event, finally regained his senses. The expression on his face was not good, but he still frowned and nodded: "...If that's the case, what Su Jun said is right. This is not a good talent."
After all, the 400-meter event requires a very important level of perception and control of one's own speed and rhythm. Absolute speed and control of rhythm are key factors in achieving results in the 400-meter event.
But……
Having said that, after saying this, Ryunosuke Arakawa's expression was still so complicated that one could tell at a glance that he was feeling awkward, and the same was true of Hirotoki Uchimura's expression.
After all, Qiu Wen is a player whose destructive power over rhythm is too strong. If such a player is placed in the fourth position, as long as he has the advantage, he is likely to cause devastating damage to the rhythm of the players behind him.
At this moment in the arena, after Qiu Wen received the baton from Chen Yada, he immediately rushed forward excitedly. From him, you couldn't even tell that this was his second high-intensity competition in a while.
His speed was so exciting that it seemed like this was his first race tonight. In the blink of an eye, he had already opened up a distance between himself and the second Canadian runner behind him.
Just like every time Qiu Wen disrupted the rhythm in a destructive way, there was no one in front of him to serve as a reference for the rhythm. After the game entered the fourth leg, the audience in the stands suddenly cheered and shouted louder, which made Qiu Wen even more excited.
Running is like an instinct for Qiu Wen. The sense of rhythm that Su Bai instilled in him is still engraved deep in his mind, but this sense of rhythm has been blurred to the extreme. He follows this rhythm, but at the same time blurs it, just letting himself move forward within the general framework of the rhythm, ensuring that his speed and physical distribution are enough for him to rush to the finish line happily!
Wheezing is the sound and rhythm of panting. Even after more training, the feeling of lactic acid accumulation in the human body cannot be completely eliminated.
However, the soreness and slight tingling in the muscles brought Qiu Wen a stronger sense of stimulation and excitement. He breathed at his own pace and ran happily on the track, not caring about what kind of opponents were behind him.
The opponent behind him, facing the terrifying figure in front of him, had his rhythm disrupted involuntarily. He wanted to control it, but ultimately could only lose control.
What a scary guy!
The guy who looked like he was enjoying the competition was actually a complete rhythm destroyer in the 400-meter relay track!
"Contestant Qiu from the Chinese Empire... He is simply the devil who destroys all rhythms!"
When seeing Qiu Wen still able to increase his speed in the final sprint stage, breaking through the finish line and winning first place in the group for the Chinese team, Uchimura Hirotoshi couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
This Chinese player is truly a...terrible rhythm demon!
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