When Zhang Ziyi crossed the finish line, Jiang Wentao in the audience almost jumped up, but his usual calmness made him clench his fists and stand still to steady his body.
Pei Jinan also shouted loudly on the side.
Although Qiu Wen had successfully advanced as the third in the first group of preliminaries, for some reason, Qiu Wen's unique temperament made it difficult for people to be as crazy and excited as they are at this moment.
Su Bai was sitting in the audience, watching Zhang Ziyi, who gradually stopped after crossing the finish line, and smiled - Zhang Ziyi successfully controlled his condition and ran to his current result while retaining a certain pace of physical strength, which meant that in the subsequent semi-finals, Zhang Ziyi's results still had room for improvement.
On the track, Zhang Ziyi finally stopped after buffering. He could feel the blood in his body still boiling, and the urge to sprint was still burning in his body. But as the race ended, he adjusted his breathing and emotions, hiding the boiling emotions under his calm and gentle face, waiting for the next race to erupt completely.
Christensen of the American team and Martins, who had a proud look on his face before the game, were now looking at Zhang Ziyi with surprise. Martins kept muttering "This is impossible" and then turned back to look at the big screen - he was waiting for the final results of their group of preliminaries. He wanted to see what kind of result this Chinese athlete had achieved!
In China, there is a carnival atmosphere in the live broadcast room of the sports channel at this moment.
[Congratulations to Zhang Shuai for finishing second in the men's 400m sprint preliminaries at the World Championships! 】
【Congratulations +1】
[Fuck, Zhang Shuai is so handsome. In the last group of preliminaries, Christensen, Gippluto, Martins... and the two from Britain and Belgium are all world-class players, but Zhang Shuai can actually get second place? 】
[Ahhh, I'm possessed by the screaming chicken. Damn, my eyes widened when I saw Zhang Shuai overtaking Christensen at the end. I was so excited that my sports watch even sounded a heart rate alarm! 】
【? Hahahaha, brother, is the heart rate alarm okay? 】
In the first group of the preliminaries, Qiu Wen's results and performance really made people's adrenaline surge, but in that group, because of the rhythm led by Qiu Wen, the rhythm of the whole group was disordered. The feeling of the game in this state is completely different from the feeling of the game just now with Zhang Ziyi's group!
When many track and field fans watched the replay on TV, the exciting pictures and scenes just now were still echoing in front of their eyes, the feeling of being so nervous that their scalps were tingling, and when they saw the final ranking of the competition, the excitement of going from nervousness to victory...
Everything about it was so impressive.
happy!
This is the most direct feeling many people had after watching this group match. This kind of exhilaration can only be felt in such a world-class arena.
[I didn't go to watch the World Championships when it was held in China four years ago. I regret it. This kind of competition is so exciting to watch on TV. I really can't imagine what it would feel like to watch the game in person. 】
[I want to see it live +1, I want to experience the excitement of seeing our Chinese team’s players win on the field! 】
On the public screen of the live broadcast room, because they had just watched the game, all kinds of exciting memories and pictures were still lingering in their minds. Many viewers couldn't help but imagine how great it would be if they could watch the game in person.
Of course, while discussing this topic, some people are nervously waiting for the final results - two players from the Chinese team have clearly advanced to the semi-finals, so apart from Qiu Wen and Zhang Ziyi, does Li Junhao have any hope?
His current score of 45.22 seconds ranks fifth among the remaining players. As long as the fifth player in the sixth group does not score higher than 45.22 seconds, Li Junhao can advance smoothly!
However, the audience who also watched this game reviewed the performance of all the players in this game... Can Ah Hao really advance?
With such trepidation and expectation, everyone waited for the final ranking of the fourth group of the men's 400m preliminaries:
The final results of the sixth group of the men's 400m sprint preliminaries at the World Athletics Championships are:
First place: Jipuruto (Kenya) 44.83 seconds;
Second place: Zhang Ziyi (China) 44.89 (nr);
Third place: Christensen (USA) 45.02 seconds;
Fourth place: Martins (Colombia) 45.10 seconds;
Fifth place: Adams (Britain) 45.18 seconds;
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The moment the results came out, many people immediately focused their attention on the result of the fifth-place player, wanting to use this to confirm whether Li Junhao could advance to the semi-finals of the men's 400-meter sprint. However, the moment they saw the results, feelings of disappointment surged in their hearts.
With a time of 45.18 seconds, Li Junhao lost the qualification to advance to the semi-finals by one place, and the gap between him and the sixth-place player who finally advanced was only 0.02 seconds.
With Zhang Ziyi's victory in the preliminaries of this group, Li Junhao's journey in the 400m sprint at the World Championships also came to an end.
When this conclusion was reached, the comments in the live broadcast room of the sports channel paused for a few seconds. Even though they knew that there would always be a winner and a loser in a game, and it was difficult for all players to advance at the same time in the World Championships, at this moment, all the audience who were paying attention to this game felt a little heavy.
However, this emotional heaviness soon underwent new changes.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen became excited immediately after seeing Zhang Ziyi's result - "44.89 seconds! Zhang Ziyi ran a score of 44.89 seconds! In the preliminary round of the men's 400m sprint of the World Track and Field Championships, Zhang Ziyi refreshed his men's 400m individual PB. At the same time, this result also successfully entered the Tokyo Olympic men's 400m qualifying assessment line!"
"Let us congratulate Zhang Ziyi! He successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the men's 400m sprint at the World Track and Field Championships, and he also successfully won the qualification for the men's 400m sprint at the Tokyo Olympics!!!"
"At the same time! The result of 44.89 seconds is also a new record for the Chinese men's 400-meter sprint! The emergence of this result means that the Chinese men's 400-meter sprint results have officially entered the world of less than 44.90 seconds!"
In these two paragraphs, any viewer in front of the TV could hear the suppressed excitement and excitement in Shao Minyi and Li Sen's voices.
The qualification for the track and field events of the Tokyo Olympics - the score that is known as the most stringent qualification standard in history. Once upon a time, domestic audiences still felt that there was an insurmountable gap between this score and the Chinese team?
China's men's 400-meter sprint national record has dropped from 45.25 to 44.89...
What lies between them was once more than just a chasm.
That is the hope and desire of generations of Chinese track and field athletes. Now, these hopes and desires have finally come to fruition, and a glorious miracle has come that will allow everyone to wash away the hardships of the past.
"44.89 seconds... It's 44.89 seconds!!! Lao Pei, Xiao Bai... Zhang Ziyi did it, he did it!!!" After seeing the result, Jiang Wentao was so excited that his whole body was shaking. He barely suppressed his trembling and stared at the number on the big screen and the word NR behind the number.
Another new national record. When Jiang Wentao saw the words, two lines of tears suddenly slid down his usually calm face. He took a deep breath, holding back the sourness in his nose, and kept repeating the word "good" in his mouth, as if he could no longer say any other words.
There was a smile on his face, but as he smiled, the tears in his eyes seemed to become more and more. However, even so, he was reluctant to wipe away his tears, for fear that the moment he wiped away the tears, the scene and numbers in front of him would turn into illusion again.
How many domestic 400-meter track and field athletes have not dreamed of breaking the national record in the past few years? They prayed and hoped together, always waiting steadfastly for a miracle to happen.
This wait lasted for more than ten years.
However, at this moment, Jiang Wentao felt that all track and field athletes who could see this scene would definitely feel that the 15-year wait was worth it.
After 15 years of waiting, the record for the men's 400-meter sprint began to be broken again and again. China's men's 400-meter sprint results have finally reached a height that people never dared to imagine in the past!
44.89 seconds, this number seemed to carry a dazzling light, causing many people in the Chinese players' zone to wipe away tears silently.
After taking a deep breath, Jiang Wentao immediately took out his phone and called the director of the domestic field management center, Wang Zhengsheng.
'beep……'
As soon as the phone rang, it was immediately connected. From the other end of the phone, Jiang Wentao could hear noisy cheers. He knew that it was the cheers of the staff of the Field Management Center gathered together.
The Track and Field Management Center has a habit of organizing staff to watch the games together during important competitions. The excited cheers at this time were obviously from the center staff who had just seen the results of the competition.
"Hey, Old Jiang."
On the other end of the phone, Wang Zhengsheng's voice seemed very calm, but if you listened carefully, you could tell that this calmness was a cover for his inner excitement.
"44.89 seconds..." Jiang Wentao didn't say anything else, just said this string of numbers.
Wang Zhengsheng's emotional laugh came from the other end of the phone: "Yes, 44.89 seconds!"
There was a more powerful spirit in Wang Zhengsheng's reply.
The two people only said these two sentences on the phone, and then fell into silence - excitement, joy, simply using such words to describe it was a little difficult to express the complex emotions in their hearts at the moment.
Not only Jiang Wentao and Wang Zhengsheng, but also the tens of thousands of track and field athletes in the country, most of them were so excited that their eyes turned red after seeing Zhang Ziyi's 400-meter result.
There are so many meanings behind this achievement.
This is enough to prove that Chinese athletes are not incapable of the 400-meter sprint. Chinese athletes can run under 45 seconds. Chinese athletes can also run into the Tokyo Olympic Games qualification standards that are so strict that it makes people's scalps numb. Chinese athletes... The limits of Chinese athletes are far more than that. In the future, this result will hopefully go even higher!
This feeling of being surrounded by a hopeful future makes all the track and field athletes who have devoted almost their entire lives to the 400-meter event excited and full of expectations.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, if the previous low mood had caused the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room to pause briefly for two or three seconds, then now the barrage of comments and all kinds of crazy celebrations that filled the screen had already filled up the previously depressed mood, and this excitement was so full that it almost overflowed the screen!
[Ahhhhhhhhhhh, Zhang Shuai is mighty, Zhang Shuai is the best in the world! ! ! 】
[44.89 seconds. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. The second I realized it, my whole scalp was numb. I was going crazy at that moment. Ahhhh, no, I'm going crazy now too. Zhang Shuai is awesome! ! 】
[I can’t speak anymore, and can’t praise you, so I’ll just humbly say hello first! ! ! Ahhhhh! 】
[Wait, wipe, wipe. I have a lot of things to say but I can’t say them out +1. Unfortunately, my stomach is empty and I have no culture. I can only say “fuck” to express my feelings at this moment! 】
The public screen in the live broadcast room was almost filled with various "Ahhhhhh" and "Wow wow wow". There were even more excessive ones. Perhaps they felt that the simple "Wow" and "Ahhhh" in white letters with black borders were not enough to reflect their inner excitement, so they specially bought memberships and got all kinds of fancy art fonts. So from time to time on the screen, one could see a whole row of colorful screams bombarding through a large area of white "Ahhhh" and "Wow".
If it were any other time, someone would have shouted "Brother, you're hurting my eyes", but this time no one was in the mood to pick a fight, and everyone was screaming with joy on the public screen.
Not only did they scream with joy in the live broadcast room of the sports channel, but they also went to Weibo and the Track and Field Kingdom Forum to scream a few more times.
On the Athletics Kingdom forum, as soon as the results of the sixth group of the preliminaries came out, the screen was quickly filled with shouts of "Ahhhh". On the sprint section of the forum, the entire screen was now filled with crazy screams, as if they wanted to let everyone in the world know how excited the screaming people were.
Because there were too many screaming posts, the moderator of the Track and Field Kingdom Forum had to limit the posting requirements, and directly designated an "Ahhh" as the first post with the most replies, put its title in red and pinned it to the top, so that everyone could concentrate on screaming in the same post, and then deleted the redundant posts.
At this moment, if any uninformed person comes to the forum and opens that confusing 'Ahhhhhh' title, they will be able to see a string of numbers 44.89 seconds after entering, and then after reading the entire screen, it will be as if five thousand ducks are screaming 'Ahhhh' in their head at the same time.
On the track at Doha Stadium
After seeing the final result, Martins turned his head and looked in Zhang Ziyi's direction in disbelief - how is this possible? ! That Chinese guy? !
Isn’t China’s national record for the men’s 400m sprint 45.25 seconds?
That Chinese man actually ran a time of 44.89 seconds? !
This result, even compared to his PB, is only 0.03 seconds behind... Moreover, he may not really have the opportunity to break the 45-second mark in a season, but this Chinese player in front of him...
Martins was sure that this guy had not tried his best just now!
Not only Martins, but other players in the same group, such as Christensen and Ghipuruto, all saw from the live game replay that in the final stage, the Chinese player had a chance to overtake Ghipuruto.
He wanted to conserve his energy for the semi-finals and make it to the finals!
Almost at the same time, Christensen and Ghipuruto both thought of this possibility.
But can this person really do it?
That was the final of the men's 400-meter sprint... Just like the final of the men's 100-meter sprint, it has always been an absolute forbidden zone for the yellow race. In that pinnacle competition, even the white players were very few, and the yellow race had never appeared before.
Zhang Ziyi ignored the stares from the surrounding athletes, nor did he think about what was going on in the minds of these guys. In fact, he was also stunned after seeing the result of 44.89 seconds.
44.89 seconds, the qualifying line for the Tokyo Olympics, passed.
This result, which he had never dared to imagine before, now appeared before his eyes. It was also the result he had achieved through his own hard work.
He qualified for the Tokyo Olympics...he got it, he did it.
He still remembered his answer when Su Bai asked him at the beginning whether he wanted to do everything he could to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
He told Su Bai very firmly that he was willing and must fight for it, even if the training load might exceed his physical endurance, even if it might shorten his career, he must give it a try with all his strength.
The conversation at that time is still ringing in my ears, and now, he has done it.
He turned and looked in the direction of the Chinese contestant seat where Su Bai was, and quickly walked to the bottom of the audience seats. When Su Bai noticed him, he bowed deeply in Su Bai's direction.
In the audience, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan both saw Zhang Ziyi's action, and Su Bai also looked seriously in the direction of Zhang Ziyi. After Zhang Ziyi bowed deeply and stood up, Su Bai also applauded silently at him.
You did a great job. 】
This is the meaning of Su Bai's applause.
Zhang Ziyi looked in the direction of Su Bai and silently revealed a brilliant smile. It was a smile different from the kind and tolerant smile he usually had as a good guy, but a smile filled with happiness and satisfaction.
Zhang Ziyi smiled and glanced at the results on the big screen. He told himself: "Since I have chosen to try my best on this path, this result will definitely not be the end! He wants to fight for his entire career to see how high he can go. 】
The camera at the scene happened to capture the scene of Zhang Ziyi running to the Chinese players' seat and bowing. In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen also saw this scene.
"After seeing the final results, Zhang Ziyi ran to the audience and bowed in the direction of Su Bai." Shao Min looked at this scene and said with emotion: "This is Zhang Ziyi's most sincere gratitude for Su Bai's teaching."
Track and field fans in the live broadcast room also saw this scene. Someone took a screenshot of the scene and posted it on the Track and Field Kingdom forum.
Subject: [I was so excited during the whole race, and suddenly saw this scene. I felt a little sad. Thank you Coach Su Bai, thank you Coach Wang Ting, and thank you to all the track and field athletes who are still fighting for the 400-meter sprint event. 】
Topic content: [Behind Zhang Shuai's success, there are so many things. Coach Wang Ting taught him all the way, leaving him with a solid technical foundation. After Su Bai took over, he developed a more suitable training plan for him and took him to the sky. It is also his hard work, sweat and strong will that have made him what he is today.
Not only Zhang Shuai, but also Xiao Qiu, Guo Dun, Li Junhao... and countless 400-meter sprinters in our country, famous or unknown.
Today's scene gave me hope that the men's 400-meter sprint event will gradually become more glorious. I believe that it also leaves more hope and opportunities for more Chinese track and field athletes. 】
Doha Stadium, Chinese players’ lounge
Qiu Wen had already changed his clothes and was sitting in the lounge, and Li Junhao had also changed his clothes.
Each lounge is equipped with a TV that is broadcasting live footage. Qiu Wen just yelled out "Lao Zhang is awesome!", and the next second, he suddenly remembered that Li Junhao's performance meant that he was completely out of the semi-finals.
Among the three people who came to participate in the competition, he and Zhang Ziyi both advanced, while Li Junhao was only one place away from advancing.
This result made Qiu Wen yell but he immediately swallowed his excitement, frowned, and looked at Li Junhao obediently.
"Uh, Ah Hao, well..." Qiu Wen is not the type to comfort others. He scratched his head, and after a long while, he finally uttered "Don't be sad".
Li Junhao was leaning against the wall with a towel covering his face. After hearing Qiu Wen's voice, he paused, wiped his face with the towel, then sat up straight and looked in the direction of the TV - on TV, Zhang Ziyi was bowing to Su Bai.
Li Junhao was silent for a while, pursed his lips and said: "There is nothing to be sad about, it's just that I am not strong enough." After a pause, Li Junhao frowned and said: "However, my lack of strength this time does not mean that I will be weak in the future."
"Whether it's you or Lao Zhang, just wait, I will definitely surpass you!" Li Junhao glared fiercely: "Just wait, I, Li Junhao, am not a vegetarian!"
Seeing Li Junhao's harsh words, Qiu Wen also grinned and said, "Hey, Hao, if you want to surpass me, it's not that easy!"
When Zhang Ziyi returned to the lounge, he was still thinking about how to comfort Li Junhao. But when he returned to the lounge, he saw Li Junhao and Qiu Wen disliking each other. They were comparing Su Bai's evaluation of them to see who had better talent.
……? ? ?
After seeing Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen was the first to raise his hand and said, "Elder Zhang, I report that Ah Hao said he wants to take you down!"
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Finally, Zhang Ziyi returned to the lounge and looked at Li Junhao and Qiu Wen with a confused and amused expression.
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