The girls on the women's team cried for a while, then stood up again, wiping their tears.
Although the women's 4x400m group B final has ended, there will be a mixed men's and women's 4x400m final later. The interval between today's games is much shorter than the interval of the previous day. Lin Yao and Chen Yada need to return to the backcourt as soon as possible and immediately massage and adjust to quickly recover their physical strength during the limited rest time.
"Although we were a little disappointed that we didn't win the top two places in the Group B final, the girls on the women's team truly demonstrated the spirit of competitive sports to pursue higher, faster and stronger. From 3:33.88 to 3:30.98, and now to 3:30.37, their growth is down-to-earth and they are constantly moving forward step by step."
"We also believe that 3 minutes 30.37 seconds is not the limit for these girls. In the coming time, we look forward to seeing their broader growth space, their more brilliant achievements and future!"
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi sincerely sent her most sincere blessings to the girls of the women's team, which is also the most sincere blessing and expectation in the hearts of countless track and field fans.
After the ranking of the women's 4x400m group b final was decided, the men's group b final followed. In this final, the top two teams in the group b final were Italy and France.
After the women's 4x400m and men's 4x400m group B finals were completed, the atmosphere on the scene had a new change from before. After the men's 4x400m team left the field, the women's 4x400m final team of this World Athletics Relay Championships finally took to the field.
The teams participating in the competition this time are no longer the teams in the previous Group B finals, but the teams that officially advanced to the finals in yesterday's preliminaries. At the same time, they are also the 8 women's 4x400m sprint relay teams that have temporarily qualified for the World Championships and the Tokyo Olympics.
In the commentary room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were also discussing this topic.
"Okay, it's almost time for the official finals. We've mentioned before that these teams are only temporarily qualified for the World Championships and the Tokyo Olympics, and whether they can really secure their qualifications will depend on this final."
When Shao Minyi and Li Sen were discussing this topic, some people were also discussing it on Weibo in China.
I envy their childhood: [#World Athletics Relays#... I haven't watched many track and field competitions before, and I was a little confused when watching the final today. What is the Group B final and the official final? I have a question, for this final, for the qualification for the World Championships and the Tokyo Olympics, if we can just finish the final smoothly without breaking the rules, then can't we all jog together? This way, the baton can be passed steadily without worrying about dropping the baton or passing the baton illegally. 】
When track and field fans came across this question in the topic of the World Athletics Relays, many of them choked up and didn't know what to say for a moment.
3l: 【_(:3)∠】_…What the poster said makes so much sense, I am speechless. 】
6l: […What the poster said is theoretically correct, but if you really do that, you will be ridiculed. 】
10l: [What kind of taunt? There’s nothing wrong with reducing stress and running strategically, right? 】
16l: [Although there is nothing wrong with it, the spirit of sports competition is to pursue higher, faster and stronger. In the finals of such a world-class competition, instead of competing with top opponents with all your strength, you shrink back. Isn't this not very interesting? 】
Perhaps because there was no Chinese team participating in the women's 4x400m final that was about to begin, many track and field fans and netizens on the Internet were talking to each other, and some were having a lot of fun arguing.
Huang Yiluan, a die-hard fan of the 400-meter event, was watching the live broadcast on TV while arguing with others on his mobile phone.
In the small group of die-hard 400-meter sprint fans he created, Lao Ma, nicknamed Ma Bu Chi Cao, chuckled and took a screenshot of Huang Yiluan's quarrel with someone on Weibo, and asked him to cool down.
Huang is the serious Huang: [Oh, what are you trying to quench? I didn't take it seriously, I just had a casual argument with someone. In the past six months or so, I have gained a lot of new fans of track and field events, especially the 400 meters. Because I was the main star of that variety show back then, my fan base has skyrocketed. 】
Huang is a serious Huang: [I argued with them a bit, in fact, I was also correcting their thoughts - it is true that some competitions need to be strategically abandoned, but it does not mean that we can disrespect competitions that require strategic conservativeness and restraint. 】
Huang Yiluan kept repeating these things in the group. Although he seemed to be preaching, he was actually quite happy.
After all, there are really more and more track and field fans now. With more fans, there are people who know a lot about track and field, and there are also people who don't understand the game very well and just watch it for fun. When different groups of people gather together, there will be more clashes of ideas. However, no matter how these people's ideas change and collide, what remains unchanged is their love for track and field.
Old fans of track and field like Huang Yiluan occasionally talk about the problems of these new track and field enthusiasts in private, and their unified understanding in their minds is "no matter what else, as long as everyone respects the game and respects their opponents in the general direction," that's enough.
So when encountering issues like today's that seem to be somewhat controversial, veteran track and field fans like Huang Yiluan will also come forward, just as he said, "to correct these people's ideas."
The circle of track and field enthusiasts, which once seemed small and somewhat closed, has now expanded more than ten times. This fan circle, which now seems a little immature and messy, still has a long way to go in terms of self-growth as the number of star athletes and teams in China's track and field events continues to increase.
At Yokohama Stadium, the athletes on the field and Su Bai in the audience certainly had no idea how the relay final was being discussed on the domestic Internet. Whether it was Su Bai, Jiang Wentao, Pei Jinan and others, they were all watching the race on the track carefully, observing all the details of this game.
In this women's 4x400m final, contrary to expectations, the third runner with the best performance so far is not from the United States or Jamaica as originally expected. Currently running in the front on the track is the third runner from the Polish team.
Although the Polish team was relatively conservative at the start of this final, their first runner was in excellent condition, and her conservative reaction speed at the start did not affect her subsequent performance.
When the first runner entered the last straight, it was obvious that the United States and Poland teams were in a leading position. Behind these two teams were the players from Jamaica and Canada.
However, the American team failed to maintain their first-runner speed advantage because their first and second runners got stuck again during the baton passing phase.
When seeing the mistakes made by the first and second runners of the American team in passing the baton, Shao Minyi and Li Sen in the live broadcast room of the sports channel no longer wanted to complain.
In the audience, Jiang Wentao sighed: "The American team...really relies on the excellent individual qualities of their athletes, otherwise the tacit understanding of their cooperation is really worrying."
Pei Jinan also nodded: "Who said it wasn't?"
Su Bai heard this and frowned seriously, "But the individual abilities of the American team's players are really enviable."
In fact, the Polish team, which is currently in first place on the track, has an average score of about 51.20 seconds for its four athletes, and the best score is 50.39 seconds.
The American team fell behind due to lack of coordination... The player with the worst individual 400m performance had a PB of 50.59 seconds, and the remaining three players all had PBs starting at 49 seconds.
It can be said that if this game was a single event, these players of the American team would be able to crush the Polish team. That is, only in a relay race where in addition to individual ability, tacit cooperation must also be taken into account, will there be a chance that the Polish team will outperform the American team.
In fact, in the races when the U.S. team was behind Poland, in the second half of each 400-meter leg, the U.S. team was always able to tie or even overtake Poland. However, overtaking at this stage was of no use... because once it came to passing the baton, the U.S. team would always make a sudden stop in order to avoid dropping it, and the baton receiver would start to catch up only after holding the baton firmly.
This is undoubtedly an astonishing scene.
After seeing the U.S. team fall behind three times in a row due to baton passing, Shao Minyi sighed: "This American team probably only trains the players' tacit cooperation in baton passing before the World Championships or the Olympics."
Finally, after three consecutive runs, the fourth runner of the Polish team crossed the finish line first, barely one body length ahead of the American team. Although the fourth runner of the American team tried their best to catch up, they were unable to create a miracle in the end with their personal abilities.
After seeing this, Li Sen also laughed and joked: "This is probably the true manifestation of the powerful strength of a team with tacit cooperation."
When the American women left the field with a hint of dissatisfaction and regret, the men's 4x400m team also took to the field under the attention of the crowd.
Amid the sudden loud cheers from the audience, the Japanese 4x400m relay team also waved to the audience - what was about to take place was the final of the men's 4x400m relay, the Japanese team's 'revenge battle' that had been somewhat forgotten after yesterday's live broadcast.
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