In yesterday's preliminaries, the eight teams that advanced to the men's 4x400m final were the United States, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Britain, Belgium, South Africa, Japan and China. Members of the eight teams appeared in the athlete channel one after another. At this time, the first runners of each team were making final preparations before the start of the race on the track.
Compared with the preliminaries the day before, today's final was a few points more difficult for the Chinese team's 400m relay runners.
The Chinese team also participated in the men's and women's 4x400m sprint relay, as well as the mixed men's and women's 4x400m relay.
Among them, except for the women's 4x400m relay which entered the Group B final, the Chinese team also entered the finals of the men's 4x400 and the mixed 4x400m relay.
As for tonight's schedule, the women's 4x400m group B final will be held at 17:52, the men's 4x400m final will be held at 18:37, and the mixed 4x400m final will be held at 18:53.
There was no gap between the last two finals that the Chinese team had to participate in.
That is to say, in the men's team, Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen, after participating in the men's 4x400m competition, will directly participate in the men's and women's mixed 4x400m finals without any rest time in between.
"Tonight's match will undoubtedly be a big test of physical fitness for Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen. In the two consecutive days of competition, Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen need to run four shots in a row at a high intensity, and the two shots tonight are continuous high-intensity sprints. Faced with such a competition arrangement, it is even more necessary to test the athletes' physical reserves, competitive state, and physical energy allocation between the two games..."
In the live broadcast of the sports channel, Li Sen looked at Zhang Ziyi who was preparing for the game, and a trace of worry appeared on his face: "In fact, I have introduced before that teams like the United States and Jamaica can have two lineups in the competition because their players have strong individual abilities. In different competitions, players from group A and B can be arranged to participate according to needs. This will allow their players to perform better in the competition."
"Just like tonight's competition, the four players in the final list submitted by the US team for the mixed men's and women's 4x400m race have no other competition tasks, which ensures that they can travel light in the competition."
In the audience, Jiang Wentao, Pei Jinan and Su Bai were also discussing this topic.
"Ziyi and the others still have too much competition to accomplish."
As a member of the national team, when the national team has a competition mission, Zhang Ziyi and others must of course take over the task arrangements assigned by the national team. Although the national team's coaching staff will try their best to take into account the different conditions of each player and other factors, and then arrange the players' competition tasks.
However, in competitions like the World Athletics Relays, which determine the qualifications for important events such as the World Championships and the Tokyo Olympics, the selection of athletes certainly cannot be neglected.
Although the domestic 400-meter event has improved a lot in the past year or so, the candidates who can really handle the relay event in such a big competition are already in the relay team.
"Alas, there is still a lack of talent reserves. If we can form two lineups, the players will be much more relaxed." Jiang Wentao sighed.
Pei Jinan shook his head: "In fact, there is not much difference between the countries. At most, they are better than us in terms of the talent of substitute players. However, in some key competitions, they still have to send the main players to play to feel at ease."
On the side, Su Bai listened to the conversation between Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao without saying a word. Instead, he went over the data on domestic 400-meter athletes that he had collected before in his mind.
At present, the training of the team's regular members is on track. In addition to the current players, it is also necessary to start the selection and training of potential newcomers, including subsequent newcomers in the men's 400 meters and the selection of talents in the women's 400 meters. Su Bai had also started to prepare for some of these before, but he was still too busy, so the arrangement of talent selection has not been officially put on the agenda.
Only by fully integrating the entire talent chain and gradually deepening the national team's 400-meter talent reserve, can the national team form a healthy talent chain in the 400-meter event and make more relaxed arrangements when facing any competition.
In the preliminaries the day before, Japanese spectators actually suffered quite a few setbacks during the competition, which continued in today's competition. The Japanese women's team also did not achieve very good results in the Group B final. Such a result was difficult for many Japanese spectators at the scene to accept. At this time, the men's 4x400m final was finally about to begin.
At this moment, after being suppressed for a while, the Japanese audience released their desire for the Japanese team to win excellent results more explosively through cheering and shouting.
Of course, there were not only Japanese audiences in the audience.
Although there were only a few hundred Chinese spectators at the scene, and all of them were scattered among the huge 70,000-seat venue, like drops of water in the ocean, and were completely inconspicuous, these Chinese spectators were fully immersed in cheering for the Chinese team. They were no less enthusiastic than the Japanese spectators around them who were venting their emotions explosively.
In such a frenetic atmosphere, the contestants on the track have also made their own preparations.
The Chinese team is in the sixth lane, which is considered the golden lane, in this final. On the left and right sides of the Chinese team are Jamaica in the fifth lane and the United States in the seventh lane. At this time, sandwiched between the first runners of Jamaica and the United States, Zhang Ziyi is carefully patting his muscles to make himself more relaxed.
In the domestic live broadcast room of the sports channel, many track and field fans turned green when they saw the Jamaican team and the American team sandwiched between Zhang Ziyi.
[What the hell…the fifth one is Jamaica and the seventh one is the United States? ! ! 】
[…Friends, don’t forget Belgium in the eighth lane and Trinidad and Tobago in the fourth lane. 】
[Shit, I just realized that this is the first time that our men's 4x400m relay team has entered the finals of a world-class competition, right? Oh my god, these opponents make me feel disappointed. 】
[Oh shit, seriously, the brother mentioned it earlier and I just realized that this is the first time that our men's 4x400m has entered the finals of a world-class competition... Before our Chinese team didn't exist, I felt very excited looking at this lineup. Now seeing Zhang Shuai on the court, with Jamaica's Fraser on the left and USA's Barnes on the right... Damn, this experience is amazing! 】
[No, I suddenly feel so nervous that my stomach hurts...]
It can be said that in the preliminaries the day before, the domestic audience was only busy having fun and being excited, and there was also the topic of Su Bai's non-human brain. No one had yet reacted to the fact that this was the first time that the Chinese men's 4x400m relay team had reached the finals of a world-class competition.
In other words, even if some people realized it yesterday, many viewers found it difficult to react for a while and wondered what it meant to enter the finals.
It was not until this moment, during the live broadcast of the sports channel, when the two commentators, Shao Minyi and Li Sen, began to introduce the first runners of the eight teams present one by one, that the track and field fans who had not reacted the day before were finally shocked.
Take the 400m individual PB of the first runners of each team that Shao Minyi is introducing as an example. The first runners of the four national teams, including the United States, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom, had PBs of 44.23, 44.51, 44.42 and 44.31 respectively.
All of them are 44 seconds, and not to mention that they are better than Zhang Ziyi's PB of 44.96, to be more intuitive, these results are all much better than the yellow race's 400-meter record of 44.78.
Not only the first runners, but also the fourth runners of these strong teams have results that are infinitely close to the 44-second mark. What's more, the American and Jamaican teams each have two top 400-meter athletes with results starting at 43 seconds.
[…This is so exciting.] 】
A comment like this slowly floated across the barrage in the live broadcast room of the sports channel. It was not known whether the track and field fan who posted the comment particularly wanted more people to see his surging emotions, so he used the reward function to add a colorful glare effect to the comment.
For a moment, everyone on the public screen in the live broadcast room looked at the words "Too exciting" and fell into silence for a long time.
[In the past, I have never experienced the feeling of our Chinese team competing against such a series of world-class teams. Today's excitement is really too much. 】
[Friends, I suddenly remembered that we will compete with this series of top teams for more than just this round. The next round will be the mixed 4x400...]
[No, my stomach really hurts. Thinking about our team being badly beaten soon, I can't bear it. 】
Not only the viewers in the live broadcast room, but also the viewers watching in front of the TV at this time were confused after hearing a series of comparisons between the 400-meter individual results of the athletes and the individual results of the Chinese team athletes from Shao Minyi and Li Sen.
The first thought that comes to many people’s minds is – it’s over, how can this be compared?
In the audience, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were also somewhat worried about the state of the Chinese team. However, Su Bai smiled with satisfaction as he looked at Zhang Ziyi, who had already squatted down and was ready to start at the sound of the starting signal.
“No matter how strong the opponent is, they always have to learn to face it. Today’s competition is not too stressful for them. As their first battle on the top international stage, it is a good opportunity.”
"Stabilize mentality, distribute physical energy, cooperate tacitly, there are many things they can try in today's game."
Su Bai's words startled Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan. As his voice fell... this game officially kicked off.
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