That night, on the bus back to the Athletes' Village, Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao had expressions of joy on their faces. Their results in the sprint were so good that even at this moment their hearts were filled with joy, truly demonstrating what it meant to be overjoyed.
In the same car, Qiu Wen also had a silly smile on his face - not long after the game ended, he received a video call from his grandfather. On the phone, his grandfather praised him a lot and asked him to keep up the good work in tomorrow's semi-finals and strive to make it to the finals.
Although his grandfather frowned again after saying this and said forget it, he probably still had to rely on Zhang Ziyi for the finals, but Qiu Wen didn't mind at all.
Compared with Lao Zhang, his strength is still far behind. His pb 44.89 and pb 45.17, one has already broken the 44.90 mark, while the other has not even reached 45.15. How can he compare with Lao Zhang now?
Moreover, Qiu Wen knew in his heart what the price for Lao Zhang's rapid progress was.
Compared with Lao Zhang, neither he nor Ah Hao is as cruel as Lao Zhang. Maybe it's because they are young and have a long way to go in the future, or maybe it's some other reason, but he and Ah Hao both have real admiration for Lao Zhang in their hearts.
However, no matter what, it can't stop him from being happy at the moment.
On the way back on the bus, Qiu Wen was browsing Weibo on his mobile phone. While browsing, he saw a confusing topic "Track and field fans donate to Fang Yu for charity."
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When Qiu Wen saw this topic, he turned around with a confused look at Fang Yu who was sitting not far behind him: "Brother Yu, what's wrong with you?"
Fang Yu was talking to Zhao Shu next to him at the moment when Qiu Wen suddenly turned around and asked a question that left him confused.
"Huh? What's wrong with me?"
Without saying anything, Qiu Wen directly handed the hot search topic list on his phone to Fang Yu: "Brother Yu, are you in trouble? How come we didn't know that your fans wanted to donate to you? We will help you if you have any problems!"
Fang Yu was stunned by Qiu Wen's words, and then he said "Puh, Puh, Puh" three times, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "That's enough, children speak without restraint, I'm fine, nothing is wrong at home, is this trending search just a misunderstanding?"
As he spoke, Fang Yu clicked on the hot search topic and saw the topic introduction above: [In the semi-finals of the men's 100m sprint at the Doha Athletics World Championships held in Qatar on the evening of September 29, Chinese athlete Fang Yu successfully advanced to the men's 100m sprint final with a score of 10.00 seconds, achieving a historic breakthrough in the men's 100m sprint in my country. Before the game, a large number of track and field enthusiasts were too nervous to watch the game. In order to pray, they made small donations of 10 yuan to charity organizations. The amount of this donation happened to coincide with Fang Yu's semi-final qualifying result. Many fans said that before the men's 100m sprint final tomorrow, they must make a charity donation of 9.9 yuan in the name of Fang Yu, wishing Fang Yu a good score of 9.90 seconds. 】
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When Fang Yu originally clicked on it, he was still worried whether someone was defrauding people in his name. But when he clicked on it and saw this introduction, he burst out laughing on the spot.
Well, this kind of donation is made with everyone's good intentions, so it's not easy for him to stop it.
Thinking of this, Fang Yu opened Weibo and sent a message: [^^Thank you all for your support and blessings. I will go all out in tomorrow’s 100-meter final! 】
Qiu Wen didn’t know what Fang Yu was laughing at at first. After he took back the phone and took a look, his eyes immediately widened - wow! Is there such a good thing?
He blinked, then turned to look at Li Junhao, grinning and said, "Hey, Ah Hao, we're good brothers. You see, the 400-meter semi-finals are tomorrow. How about you donate 45 yuan to some charity in my name tomorrow?" After a pause, Qiu Wen seemed to think that 45 seconds was a bit difficult, so he said, "How about 45 yuan and 10 cents?"
Everyone in the car now knew what the trending search on Weibo meant, so after hearing Qiu Wen's words, all the contestants in the car laughed out loud, and Li Junhao rolled his eyes and said, "You wish!"
Qiu Wen, who was ruthlessly rejected by Li Junhao, leaned back in the front row of chairs. Zhang Ziyi, who was sitting in the front, laughed and turned around to pat Qiu Wen on the head: "Okay, if Ahao doesn't donate to you, I will."
Guo Dun also smiled and said, "That's right, I will donate some money to you and Lao Zhang tomorrow."
Su Bai and the others sitting in the front row all smiled and shook their heads when they heard the topic brought up by Qiu Wen. However, after Jiang Wentao finished laughing, he also said cheerfully, "Ahem, let's go and ask for a good omen tomorrow. I will also donate money to Fang Yu, Qiu Wen, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Yadan... all the contestants who are participating in the competition."
The spectators and track and field fans on the Internet did not know that their charity activity, which was just to relax and pray for good luck to Fang Yu, ended up even involving the track and field team, and it gradually evolved into a traditional blessing metaphysical charity activity.
That night, after returning to the Athletes Village, Qiu Wen, Zhang Ziyi and others quickly returned to their dormitories to rest and prepare for the semi-finals the next day.
In the athletes' village, Chen Yada did not go to watch the game today. She stayed alone in the athletes' village to rest and prepare, hoping to run an ideal result in tomorrow's women's 400m preliminaries.
After everyone had a good night's sleep, the next day, early in the morning of September 30, the grouping form for the day's competition was delivered to the Chinese team staff. Su Bai also received the grouping form from Jiang Wentao early in the morning.
In the women's 400m preliminaries, men's 400m semifinals and men's 100m sprint finals to be held today, Fang Yu no longer has any grouping to worry about in the 100m final, and each group in the men's 400m semifinals is destined to be full of strong players. The only grouping that still has a luck factor to look at is Chen Yada's women's 400m preliminaries.
Compared with other contestants, Chen Yada's PB of 51.61 seconds is not excellent, but it is definitely not bad. Among the 48 contestants, this result is roughly in the middle.
In today's match, if Chen Yada can perform as usual, then entering the semi-finals will not be a problem - as long as there are no unexpected problems in the grouping.
As soon as this thought flashed through Su Bai's mind, he saw Chen Yada's name in a group that he didn't want to see at all.
In the second group of the preliminaries, all members had PB scores within 52 seconds. Among them, the weakest PB was Chen Yada with 51.61 seconds, and the second to last PB was 51.23 seconds.
Even looking at the best results of the season, Chen Yada could only barely rank fourth from the bottom.
"This..." Pei Jinan was also stunned after seeing this grouping. He originally thought that if Chen Yada was lucky, maybe she could be in the top three in the group. However, he never expected that Chen Yada's luck was not so good and she ended up in such a group.
"This group..." Pei Jinan rubbed his forehead, feeling a terrible headache. It really felt like his head was about to die. With Chen Yada's strength, she could have made it to the semi-finals. But if the other players in this group were in good shape and sprinted, then Chen Yada would probably be easily squeezed out of the top three.
And if you want to advance by substitution... that would be too dangerous.
Thinking this in his mind, Pei Jinan's brows furrowed even more tightly.
Su Bai also frowned at first, but after he sorted out the list again, his brows finally relaxed.
"Although the players in the same group are very strong, but... I should be able to fight for the place in the next round."
Su Bai directly called up the performance of all the contestants this season in his mind and roughly calculated the possible results of each contestant in his head.
In his prediction, as long as Chen Yada can maintain her stable condition, there should be no problem for her to advance as a substitute in the end.
However, Su Bai also understood that even if he used a large amount of data as the basis for his calculations, this did not necessarily mean that the calculations would be accurate. Only the results that Chen Yada achieved in the competition could be her final result.
Thinking of this, Su Bai said to Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan, "I will go and talk to Yadan in person later, and ask her to go all out during the competition and not be bothered by nervousness."
Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan also nodded. The competition would start in the evening. As coaches, this was all they could do. More depended on the players' state and fighting spirit during the competition.
The coach can help the players in normal times, but in the end it is impossible for him to play in the game on behalf of the players.
After looking at the grouping of the women's 400m race, Su Bai turned his attention to the semi-final grouping form of the men's 400m sprint - the semi-finals of the men's 400m sprint are also divided into 3 groups. In the semi-finals, the top 2 players in each group will advance directly, and the two best players among the remaining players will advance by substitution.
If Qiu Wen and Li Junhao still had a hope of reaching the semifinals with a time of 45 seconds or more in the men's 400-meter sprint preliminaries with stable performance, then what they will have to face in this stage of advancing from the semifinals to the finals is a real storm.
Taking the results of the athletes who advanced from the semifinals of the last World Championships as an example, the last athlete who advanced by substitution had a time of 44.64 seconds, which is far more than the previous 400-meter sprint record of 44.78 seconds for yellow people, which was once set by a Japanese athlete.
Even if we go back to the World Athletics Championships one section earlier, the result is the same.
It can be said that if you want to make it to the finals of the men's 400-meter sprint, you must at least have the ability to run under 45 seconds. The closer your strength is to the first half of 44 seconds, the more hope you have of making it to the finals.
In the last men's 400m semi-final, the player ranked first in the semi-finals ran 43.89 seconds, which was fully qualified to win the championship even in the final.
In today's men's 400m semi-final, let alone Qiu Wen, even Zhang Ziyi has little hope of making it to the finals.
In yesterday's race, Zhang Ziyi ran a time of 44.89 seconds, which was very good, but Su Bai knew clearly in his heart that judging from the list of players in this year's men's 400m semi-finals, if Zhang Ziyi could not run a time under 44.80 seconds, there would be no chance for him to advance to the finals.
When Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were looking at the group table, they didn't really care who was in the same group with Zhang Ziyi - no matter who it was, it would be a tough battle.
"Xiao Bai..." Pei Jinan asked hesitantly, "Do you think Ziyi has hope?"
Su Bai frowned. He knew that the state that Zhang Ziyi had been gathering for some time was still deeply suppressed in his heart, like a manic beast. This beast was in his body, waiting for the best time to explode.
And today is the moment for Zhang Ziyi to release the violent beast in his heart, which is formed by the desire for victory and battle.
Su Bai had a hunch that Zhang Ziyi should be able to have a completely different state and performance in tonight's game than in the past, but how much can this state and performance improve his results?
Su Bai was not sure. After all, according to his estimation, if Zhang Ziyi wanted to make it to the finals, what he would have to break tonight would not only be the 400-meter national record he had just set yesterday, but also the 400-meter sprint record for yellow people that was once set by a famous Japanese male 400-meter runner.
Can Zhang Ziyi do it?
At this moment, even with Su Bai's data estimation ability, it is impossible to predict what kind of results Zhang Ziyi can achieve tonight.
Compared to his worry about Zhang Ziyi, Su Bai was more relaxed about Qiu Wen's results and status. He didn't care too much about Qiu Wen's group, but after taking a look at Qiu Wen's group, he couldn't help laughing.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Jiang Wentao saw Su Bai suddenly laugh, not as serious as before, and showed a curious look.
Su Bai pointed to the lane that Qiu Wen was assigned to with a smile. Jiang Wentao didn't understand at first, but after Su Bai pointed to Qiu Wen's lane, Jiang Wentao took a closer look and then he and Pei Jinan both laughed - this is true!
If Qiu Wen's ninth lane in the last qualifying round was the chosen lane that sent him to the semi-finals, then today's lane... does it mean that he should not expect to make the finals?
That’s right, Qiu Wen, who was drawn to the extremely extreme ninth lane in the previous game, was also in an extremely extreme lane in this game - the second lane.
The starting position of the second lane is at the end of all the contestants, which effectively prevents Qiu Wen's rhythm-destroying ability from causing great damage to other contestants at the starting stage.
Of course, it also very effectively suppressed one of Qiu Wen's major advantages.
“This…is this really…?”
Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan both looked at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"What a pity, it's actually the second lane. It looks like those contestants won't be disrupted?" Pei Jinan smiled and shook his head. He certainly didn't expect to rely on Qiu Wen's ability to ease into the finals. He was really curious whether Qiu Wen's ability to disrupt the rhythm could still be effective in a semi-final like this.
It's a pity that with Qiu Wen's arrangement of the tracks, there is really no way to get a result.
Su Bai, on the other hand, smiled for a while while looking at the grouping form in his hand, and suddenly said, "But this is not bad either. We may get another surprise."
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Another surprise?
Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao were a little confused and didn't know what Su Bai meant. Su Bai didn't say much, just smiled and said they would know when the game started.
Seeing that Su Bai was keeping it a secret, Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao could only look at each other, smiling and waiting to see what would happen in today's game.
When the grouping tables were distributed to officials from each national team, the IAAF had of course already updated the latest competition grouping tables on its official website in real time.
Many netizens were very worried about the grouping for the men's 400m semi-finals, but when someone saw Qiu Wen's grouping, they immediately burst into laughter.
Soon, this grouping table was shared on the Athletics Kingdom forum by track and field fans who visited the IAAF official website to read the news.
Subject: [Hahahaha, the grouping table is out, come and see Qiu Wen’s path and have fun! Xiao Qiu, it’s useless for you to donate to charity now! 】
The tone was just like that of a black fan, but the track and field fans on the Track and Field Kingdom Forum quickly clicked on the post. After seeing that Qiu Wen's runner-up was second in the post, they all laughed so hard that their eyes hurt.
It turned out that after Qiu Wen returned to the dormitory the night before, he donated money to himself on Weibo, perhaps for metaphysics or to bring himself good luck.
He was not very clear about the donation path, so he found the donation link shared by other netizens on the hot search and clicked on it to donate to himself.
As a result, he didn't know that after donating on Weibo, if he didn't specifically click not to share the page, the default sharing link would be directly shared as "I just completed a donation in the xxx charity project."
This funny kid didn't notice the trap on Weibo at all. After donating the money to himself, he happily put away his phone and went to sleep. As a result, his donation sharing link was directly seen by all kinds of netizens and track and field fans.
I clicked on the link he shared, because most of the content in that link was from track and field fans donating money to Fang Yu and praying for good luck. So among a long row of donations of 9.9 yuan, there was one donated by Qiu Wen under his own name, for 45.1 yuan.
The spectators and fans immediately and unceremoniously took screenshots of his donation, posted them on the original donation topic on Weibo, and also posted them on the Track and Field Kingdom Forum. Everyone laughed at this silly boy Qiu Wen.
[Oh, no, Xiao Qiu, how can you be so unconfident and donate only 45.1 yuan? I think it would be better if you could donate 45 yuan! 】
After all, everyone knew the hot topic. When they saw Qiu Wen's score of 45.10 yuan, they knew that he expected himself to achieve a score of 45.10 seconds. Of course, no one would discourage Qiu Wen's enthusiasm. They just couldn't help laughing at the silly kid.
Of course, while laughing, many people immediately took out money and followed the trend to donate in the name of Qiu Wen and pray for Qiu Wen to achieve his ideal result in today's semi-final.
As a result, Qiu Wen, who was still donating money before going to bed last night, got the reward today - he was ranked second.
In this theme building, a group of track and field fans laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt.
5l: [Hahahaha, oh my god, Xiao Qiu is the most miserable one. I happily donated money to myself before going to bed, hoping to pray for good luck. However, before I prayed yesterday, there was still the ninth one. After I prayed today, I only got the second one! Erha's rhythm-disrupting ability was completely useless in the second lane. It looked like Erha was going to be in trouble! 】
I don’t know when, Erha has become synonymous with Qiu Wen in the track and field circle.
10l: [Hahahahahahaha no, let me laugh for 10 minutes first. Xiao Qiu, this funny guy, made me laugh so hard that my stomach hurt last night, and now his behavior is making me laugh so hard that my stomach hurts again. There is no doubt that the funniest person in the track and field circle is our Qiu Erha! 】
15l: [Ahem, friends, the Husky is already so pitiful, and you are still laughing at him. This is immoral behavior... Hahahaha, no, I can't help it anymore. Come on, let's beat the Husky miserably on the public screen together! 】
18l: [Poor Erha! I'm laughing so hard +1. At this point, I wonder if Erha has woken up in Doha. If he had woken up and faced this grouping table, he should have cried, right? 】
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Doha, Athletes Village, Chinese team canteen
When Qiu Wen was having breakfast in the cafeteria, he unexpectedly received extra food from Su Bai today - Su Bai cooked a bowl of shrimp porridge for Qiu Wen alone. Except for Qiu Wen, other contestants who were going to participate in the competition today did not receive this treatment.
Qiu Wen never expected that such a good thing would happen today. His eyes were shining. He then hugged Su Bai and shouted, "Xiaobai, you are really the best to me." Then, Cui Luoheng who was "passing by" tore him off Su Bai.
Just as Qiu Wen was drinking the shrimp porridge happily and showing off to Wang Shen and the others, Wang Shen glanced at the mobile phone in his hand, then smiled silently and rubbed Qiu Wen's head.
"Well, ^^ drink your porridge well and do your best in the competition."
Although Qiu Wen felt that Wang Shen's smile had some profound meaning, he didn't think too much about it. Until Qiu Wen drank more than half of the porridge, he suddenly remembered that today's grouping list should have come out, so he casually asked Su Bai where the grouping list was.
Then Su Bai glanced at Qiu Wen, patted him on the shoulder, took out the grouping list for the men's 400-meter sprint, and handed the grouping lists for Qiu Wen and Zhang Ziyi to each of them.
While Qiu Wen happily drank the shrimp porridge, he opened the group table and took a look.
After taking a look at the grouping table, Qiu Wen took a look at his shrimp porridge, and then took another look at the grouping table...
"...qaq I donated money to myself last night. Isn't it true that donations from Brother Yu's fans are quite effective? Isn't it possible for me to donate to myself?"
Qiu Wen cried out, feeling so aggrieved that tears were almost coming out. He even felt that the shrimp porridge in front of him was not so fragrant. However, he still drank the porridge in big gulps, using the delicious food cooked by Su Bai to suppress his inner sadness and pain.
He is so miserable!
Of course, Qiu Wen didn't know that his act of donating to himself on the Internet had been exposed - the people around him who knew about this matter tacitly kept it to themselves, and together they acted as kind teammates, trying to create a good pre-match environment for Qiu Wen.
Well, they are really good and kind teammates of Qiu Wen^^.
Therefore, in such a happy and peaceful (? ) atmosphere, the day passed quickly. After Su Bai had a heart-to-heart talk with Chen Yada, Qiu Wen, Zhang Ziyi and others, Qiu Wen and his teammates from the national team took a bus to the game venue at the Doha Stadium.
On September 30, the third competition day of the Doha World Athletics Championships will begin!
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