While everyone was celebrating on the Internet, the official Weibo accounts of the National Track and Field Team and the Athletics Administration Center also immediately posted the final results of this round of men's 400m sprint preliminaries on Weibo.
Official Weibo of the National Track and Field Team: [#DohaWorldChampions# In the preliminaries of the men's 400m sprint at the just-concluded Doha World Track and Field Championships, my country's Qiu Wen and Zhang Ziyi successfully advanced to the semi-finals with the third and second place in the group respectively, achieving a historic breakthrough for my country's men's 400m sprint event at the World Track and Field Championships! Among them, Chinese athlete Zhang Ziyi once again broke my country's national record for the men's 400m sprint with a time of 44.89 seconds, and reached the qualifying line for the men's 400m at the Tokyo Olympics! 】
Official Weibo of Athletics Administration Center: [#Doha World Championships##Zhang Ziyi wins Olympic 400m qualification# In the men's 400m sprint preliminaries of the just-concluded World Championships, two Chinese athletes advanced to the next round at the same time, which is a historic achievement! This is an unprecedented breakthrough in the men's 400-meter sprint. I hope that in the next competition, they can achieve better results and create miracles again! 】
Although it was already 11 o'clock in the evening in China, track and field fans on the Internet were still excited about this topic. The discussion and reading volume of the related topic soared to tens of millions in a short period of time. It was directly marked with the word "boiling" on the hot search list of Weibo and related popularity lists such as search engines.
After more than a year of continuous popularity, track and field events, especially the men's 400-meter sprint, have already had a large mass base in China. Even if people do not have a deeper understanding of track and field events, when it comes to the men's 400-meter sprint, many people can now name names such as Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, and Li Junhao.
Over the past year, although the national team has achieved good results in the Asian Games, Asian Championships and other events, and Zhang Ziyi has broken the national indoor and outdoor 400-meter records, in the face of the influx of passers-by and new fans, track and field fans will still repeatedly and earnestly recall the history of the past.
It's not easy for the Chinese team, and the 400m event for China is not easy.
This idea has long been engraved in the hearts of many track and field fans and passers-by. This emotion accumulated in the hearts suddenly burst out and was released tonight.
Even though everyone knows that this is just a preliminary promotion.
But before, the Chinese team's men's 400-meter sprint event could not even reach the qualifying line of the World Championships. Now, they have two athletes who can enter the semi-finals of the World Championships. No matter from which angle you look at it, this is exciting enough!
Doha Live
The scene had already been filled with the end of the men's 400m sprint race. The 400m athletes had left the field and the staff began to clean the track and adjust the venue settings required for the next competition.
In the audience, Jiang Wentao, Pei Jinan and others managed to calm down. Pei Jinan also called the national team to announce the good news. Wang Ting was also on the other end of the line. From his voice, one could tell that he was probably so excited that he burst into tears.
It was only after they hung up the phone call announcing the good news that Pei Jinan and the others gradually calmed down.
The two people who hung up the phone now both had smiling faces, laughing at each other's instability, and then as they talked, happy smiles appeared on their faces again.
After the new competition venue was set up, Pei Jinan began to mutter nervously, "I don't know how Fang Yu is doing today. I don't know if he can advance to the next round of the competition."
In today's schedule, the most important two events in the sprint events are the men's 400-meter sprint preliminaries that just ended, and the other is the men's 100-meter sprint semifinals.
The men's 100m sprint event will be held on the first three days of the World Championships, with the preliminaries on the 27th, the semifinals on the 28th, and the highlight of Asia on the 29th, which is the men's 100m sprint final.
If Fang Yu wants to enter the final of the men's 100-meter sprint, he needs to get through tonight's semi-final first.
The men's 100m sprint semi-finals are divided into three groups, with 8 athletes in each group. The top two athletes in each semi-final will advance directly, and the two best athletes among the remaining athletes will advance as substitutes.
In the semi-finals, the difficulty of advancing to the finals has increased exponentially compared to the preliminaries. The preliminaries only cut the number of players in half, while in the semi-finals, one-third of the semi-finalists will be able to enter the final top competition.
Although looking back at the performance records of previous years, as long as the results are within 10.10 seconds, you can basically advance to the semi-finals, but from the preliminaries of the previous day to the semi-finals of the next day, in the meantime, the athletes need to always maintain their superior condition and keep their results stable - maintaining stable results for multiple consecutive games is often much more difficult than just breaking out in form and running a good result on a certain day.
Can Fang Yu's performance remain stable?
In yesterday's preliminaries, he ran a time of 10.08 seconds. Can he achieve the same time in today's semifinals and successfully advance to the finals?
The competition hasn't started yet, and the time to draw a conclusion is far from over. The audience in front of the TV can only wait silently, waiting for Fang Yu to appear on the stage, waiting to see the miracle of a Chinese athlete entering the top arena on the men's 100-meter straight track!
"Xiaobai, do you think Fang Yu can do it?" Pei Jinan finally couldn't help but asked Su Bai this question.
Su Bai did not give a direct answer, but just smiled and said: "I believe he can do it."
In the warm-up area outside the main stadium, as the men's 100-meter sprint semi-final approaches, Fang Yu has arrived at the warm-up area and started warming up for the upcoming competition.
Also in the warm-up arena with him was an Asian face - Sho Komatsu from Japan.
Sho Komatsu has been the holder of Japan's national 100-meter record for the past two years. Before this year, his pb was 10.01 seconds. At this year's Japan National Track and Field Championships, he once again broke his pb, running a good result of 10.00 seconds with a strong tailwind of 1.8 m/s.
It seemed that he was only a stone's throw away from breaking the ten-second barrier, but he had not yet been able to break through this barrier.
In yesterday's preliminaries, Komatsu Sho ran a time of 10.18 seconds and successfully qualified for today's semi-finals as a substitute.
Xiao Songxiang and Fang Yu are old friends. After meeting during the warm-up, the two simply greeted each other and then began to prepare for the upcoming competition.
In today's competition, Xiaosong Xiang and Fang Yu were directly assigned to the same semi-final group, and they were the most direct opponents in today's competition.
When the staff guiding the athletes appeared, Xiaosong Xiang and Fang Yu greeted each other with a smile, then calmly walked towards the preparation area together, waiting for the final time to play.
There were three groups in the men's 100m semi-finals. Fang Yu and Kosatsu Xiang were in the second group. The players from the first group had already appeared on the field, and there were already noisy cheers in the stadium.
In the waiting area of the backcourt player channel, Fang Yu was calmly closing his eyes, trying hard to hide his passionate heartbeat and surging impulse in front of everyone.
Semifinals.
This is the semi-final of the world's top track and field event.
And he will soon stand on this arena and start competing for the top 8 seats in the men's 100-meter sprint event.
Plop, plop.
His heart was pounding, then calmed down again under the control of his breathing.
Can he do it?
Fang Yu certainly knew that he was capable of running a time under 10.10 seconds - but he was not yet at the point where he could confidently say that he could run this time in every race.
And in today's game, there are no ifs.
He must, and must, break into that track and take a look at...the scenery at the top of the world.
While Fang Yu was waiting, there was a sudden thunderous roar of screams and shouts from the direction of the stadium - the first group of the semi-finals had begun!
The screaming shouts have never stopped since the first second of the game, but with the ticking of the second hand and the speed of the athletes on the field, one wave overshadows another!
Until just ten seconds later, the screams reached the top, and the final cheers even seemed to pierce the sky!
During the competition, Fang Yu had not been looking at the wall-mounted TV hanging in the aisle. Only at this moment did he look up in the direction of the TV. The first group of the semi-finals was over.
Fang Yu looked at the first group of contestants on the screen. Some of them were celebrating wildly, some were holding their heads in frustration, and some seemed unwilling to believe their ranking and kept their hands out with a look of surprise on their faces.
After this set of matches, Fang Yu will take the stage.
He looked at the contestants on the screen and a thought flashed through his mind - ten minutes, only ten minutes. After ten minutes, which one of the contestants would he look like?
Soon, the results of the first group of semi-finalists were all released. The top four players achieved scores of 9.87, 10.02, 10.13 (.688) and 10.13 (.892) respectively.
Among them, the third and fourth place players crossed the finish line almost at the same time, but the third place player's score was slightly better in the thousandth place.
After looking at the results of this group of contestants, Fang Yu retracted his gaze and frowned slightly - the qualifying results of the first group of contestants in the semi-finals were slightly higher than expected.
In other words, he couldn't relax at all.
He cannot set his goal under 10.10 seconds. After all, the performance and condition of this year's athletes are different from last year. Maybe... he needs to set his goal a little higher?
At this time, track and field fans on the Internet are also worried about this issue.
[In the last World Championships, in the semi-finals, anyone who ran within 10.10 seconds would surely advance. What happened to the first group this year? 9.87 seconds is a result that may not be achieved even in the finals. Isn't it a bit of a waste to put it in the semifinals? 】
[Maybe you feel that you are in a good state these days, so it doesn’t matter? 】
[The second place finisher’s time of 10.02 is also quite fierce. It feels a bit far from last year’s 10.10…]
【what to do? I was a little panicked. Can Brother Yu make it to the finals? It must be possible, right? 】
[I don’t know. I’m panicking too. Brother Yu is going to go on stage soon, right? I don't dare to watch the game. Is there any brave man who can watch the game later and go to the Track and Field Kingdom forum to tell me the result? Then I will come back to make up the game...】
[I was so nervous that I even started chanting Buddha’s name... I just donated 10 yuan to the xx lunch project. I hope that Brother Yu can run 10 seconds directly and make it to the finals! 】
[…My friend in front of me, you are a bit feudal and superstitious! (Okay, I won’t say any more. I also think it’s a good idea to donate 10 yuan to accumulate some good luck for Brother Yu)]
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, the audience was worried about Fang Yu's game. As they worried more and more, they turned to donating to various charitable causes as a group. They hoped that the ten yuan they donated could eventually turn into Fang Yu's result in the semi-finals - it doesn't have to be too much, just run ten seconds and make it to the finals!
It’s true, perhaps for the sake of peace of mind, many people in the live broadcast room followed this wonderful temporary charity trip.
Doha, competition scene
Of course Fang Yu didn't know that track and field fans on the Internet, worried about his performance in the competition, had organized a temporary charity to help him gain popularity. He just followed the guiding staff to the competition venue, and after walking out of the relatively quiet athlete passage to the track, listening to the warm cheers of the audience, Fang Yu's uneasiness suddenly disappeared, and what was left was an inexplicable impulse for the upcoming competition.
Listening to the screams and shouts from the audience, although these voices and shouts came from a foreign country and it was difficult to understand their meaning, these sounds still gave Fang Yu a feeling of blood boiling and anticipation for the game.
After following the staff's guidance to his position on the track, Fang Yu took a deep breath, squatted down, and began to adjust his starting blocks.
In the audience, from the moment Fang Yu came on stage, Pei Jinan, Jiang Wentao and others became nervous again. Pei Jinan stared at Fang Yu's direction and kept repeating, "Calm down, calm down, you must stay calm..."
Jiang Wentao was also quite nervous at first, but after Pei Jinan kept talking for two minutes, he finally couldn't help but complain to Pei Jinan: "Short, come on, Old Pei, I think Fang Yu is probably quite calm, you are the one who is not calm right now, right?"
Pei Jinan paused after being criticized by Jiang Wentao, then shook his head with a wry smile: "Who said it wasn't? But, Old Jiang, can you say that you can calm down now?"
Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao looked at each other, then turned to look at Su Bai - probably Su Bai is the only one who is truly calm now, right?
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were also staring at the picture on the track nervously. Then they saw Fang Yu adjust his starting blocks, squat on the starting blocks, and try a simple test run.
While introducing the players on the field, the two of them kept an eye on Fang Yu's situation.
"Well, what we can see now is the second group of runners in the semi-finals of the men's 100-meter sprint of the World Championships. I believe that the audience has already seen that our famous men's 100-meter sprinter Fang Yu is in the second group of the semi-finals. Now he has adjusted his starting blocks and is ready for the start of the race."
"Today's semi-finals are also full of strong competitors. Fang Yu's opponents include top men's 100-meter sprinters from the United States, Jamaica, Britain, Canada, Nigeria, Liberia, and Japan. The strongest among them are Galen from the United States and Berset from Jamaica. Their SBs this season are 9.85 and 9.93 respectively. In addition to Galen and Berset, there are four other semi-finalists in this group, including Fang Yu, who have run under 10 seconds."
“Although the season’s best results of the only two runners failed to break 10, they still ran good results of 10.00 and 10.02 respectively.”
"Fang Yu must not take it lightly when competing against seven top players like this. Any of these players has the hope of running under 10.05 seconds. It all depends on who is in the best shape today and performs outstandingly."
The introductions by Shao Minyi and Li Sen raised the hearts of the audience in front of the TV even more. After all, in such a competition, no one could guarantee that Fang Yu's condition would definitely be better than those of the other players.
Judging from pb, Fang Yu's pb of 9.96 seconds couldn't even make it into the top three among these people, and was only in fourth place.
what to do?
what to do?
Almost every audience member watching the game had these three words in their minds. Those squatting in front of the TV basically had their fists clenched into fists, so nervous that they didn't feel any pain even when their nails dug into their flesh.
[Ahhh, no, I can't stand this atmosphere, I'm going to donate another ten dollars to charity to gain reputation! ! ! 】
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, comments like this almost filled the entire screen. Everyone was cheering for Fang Yu in the best way they could and in the way they thought could help Fang Yu.
At the scene, the audience in the stands were shouting noisily, but the game hadn't officially started yet, and the shouting had no unified rhythm and seemed a bit chaotic.
On the track, Fang Yu took a deep breath, prepared himself, and was just waiting for the race to begin.
The starter did not make the contestants on the track wait too long. Soon, the voice of "on your marks" was heard over the radio. As this voice sounded, the chaotic cheers of the audience also quieted down - from noisy to quiet, it only took a second or two. Every audience member began to hold their breath, waiting for the moment when the race officially began.
As soon as the starter gave the signal, Fang Yu immediately went around to the front of his starting block, then with his hands on the ground, he lightly exerted force and jumped onto the starting block.
After all the athletes squatted on the starting blocks, the starter on the radio issued a new instruction: I - Ready - and all the athletes were ready to start.
Finally, right after that—bang!
The starting gun sounded, and at the same time, the cheers from the audience also rang out wildly, and the competition officially began!
"here we go!"
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen only said this briefly. The 100-meter track was too short, and they did not have much time to explain too much. They could only focus all their attention on the track and then encourage the players: "Come on, Fang Yu!!"
On the track, from the moment the starting gun sounds, all the runners quickly step on the starting blocks, then quickly burst out with strength, use the force to start sprinting forward, lift their bodies, accelerate from the start, and then rely on the strength of the start phase to continue and pull forward quickly!
The 30-meter starting acceleration section ahead seemed to have passed by in the blink of an eye, leaving the spectators watching the race with no clear visual memory.
In this race, every player was very focused and serious, but at the moment of the start, some people still made mistakes - Fang Yu was in the third track in this race, and on the second track to his left, Japan's Sho Komatsu had a delay in reaction when he heard the gun, and it took him 0.198 seconds to react!
Compared to the average reaction time of 0.150 seconds for professional athletes, the reaction time of 0.198 seconds is enough to illustrate Komatsu Sho's nervousness and his state at the start of this race.
For Komatsu Sho, this reaction time at the start was basically a death sentence for him.
In fact, in addition to Komatsu Sho, Galen and Berset's starting reactions also seemed a bit slow in this race, at 0.178 seconds and 0.184 seconds respectively. However, comparing their performance on the field at this time - both of them did not start fiercely, and seemed to be at ease, while still maintaining the speed of the first group on the track.
This is enough to show that they are just maintaining a relatively relaxed state. They believe that even in such a relaxed state, it will not affect their advancement to the finals at all.
Fang Yu did not pay attention to the conditions of other players around him. He remained very serious from the start - his starting reaction time was only 0.126 seconds, the fastest among the players in this group.
When entering the mid-race stage from the acceleration stage, this Chinese athlete who was assigned to the third track and did not arouse any athlete's vigilance in the preparatory stage had already run to the third position!
On the fourth track was the Jamaican athlete, Berset. This Jamaican athlete maintained a relaxed state at the start. When he entered the 50-meter stage, he found that the Chinese athlete showed no signs of being thrown off at all. This result shocked him, and he immediately made up his mind to increase his speed and suddenly accelerated in the middle of the run!
Berset's acceleration startled Garen in the fifth lane. After Berset and Fang Yu opened up a gap, Garen also noticed the figure of the Chinese player...
Fang Yu didn't know that Galen and Berset were surprised by his speed. At this moment on the track, Fang Yu had already abandoned all thoughts around him. He stepped on the track step by step. He could feel that his breathing had become a little rapid. The physical strength in his body had quickly dissipated with his burst in the first half of the race, and the soreness in his body had gradually emerged.
However, the pain and breathing changes did not cause any change in his movements. Each of his steps was vigorous and powerful, and his speed kept increasing as he stepped on the track...!
Swing your arms, move your hips, take steps, and push forward...!
Fang Yu's eyes were filled with only the world in front of him. The cheers from the surroundings seemed to have created an unknown barrier between him and him. He kept running so fast that he even had the illusion of tearing the air barrier in front of him!
Before they knew it, the first group consisting of Berset, Galen, and Fang Yu had formed on this 100-meter track, and closely behind Fang Yu was the athlete from Canada!
Puffing and puffing is the sound of constantly controlled breathing and rhythm. Swinging the arms drives the body to move forward smoothly, and stepping allows the explosive force to push yourself forward more strongly!
come on!
come on!
This was the voice in Fang Yu’s mind, and he told himself - you can do it!
In the final 20 meters, there was almost no difference between Berset, Galen and Fang Yu. The audience could only see from the camera footage that perhaps Berset had a slight advantage, while the gap between Fang Yu and Galen was completely indistinguishable with the naked eye!
"Come on!!! Come on Fang Yu!!!"
In the audience, the players of the national team were screaming and shouting, and in front of the TV, the audience were clenching their fists and not daring to close their eyes.
"Come on!! Last 10 meters! 5 meters!!!"
In the commentary room of the sports channel, the voices of Shao Minyi and Li Sen were a little hoarse. In the last ten seconds, they had no time to say anything else and just kept cheering for Fang Yu until the final finish line!
While Fang Yu was sprinting towards the finish line with all his might, Berset from the American team also made the same move... Then, the two of them crossed the finish line of the 100-meter track almost at the same time...!
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