Compared with the men's 400m preliminaries the day before, the atmosphere among the athletes in today's men's 400m semi-finals was much more serious.
There are three semi-final groups, with only two players advancing from each group, and there are as many as eight players in each group competing for the semi-final ranking.
To be honest, the competition in the semi-finals is no easier than that in the finals. After all, for many players, reaching the finals is their highest goal.
"We can see that at the competition site, the eight runners in the first group of the men's 400m semi-final have all appeared on the field. The runners on the field are walking towards their respective positions on the track and are about to start their respective pre-race preparations."
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Li Sen was introducing the situation on the field: "In this men's 400-meter sprint competition, we all know that our athletes Qiu Wen and Zhang Ziyi have successfully advanced to the semi-finals. This is a historic breakthrough for our country, and this result is also something that many countries have not been able to achieve. In fact, the audience who have seen the group table for this semi-final should have noticed that there is a very special team on the group table, the American team."
At the competition site, Pei Jinan and others were also talking about the situation of the American team - in yesterday's men's 400m preliminaries, all four contestants of the American team successfully advanced to the semi-finals. It is hard not to be impressed by this strength.
As for the grouping of players in the semi-finals, according to convention, there is still a default rule that players from the same country will be divided into different groups. However, there are only three groups in the semi-finals, and the American team has four players participating in the semi-finals. As a result, there was a strange scene on the scene where there were two American players competing in the same semi-final group.
This "lucky" group is the first group of the semi-finals where Qiu Wen is located.
"The first group of the semi-finals where Qiu Wen is located has athletes from the United States, Belgium, Italy, Kenya, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and China. The two American athletes are Christensen and Hernandez." Shao Min paused and suddenly said, "Speaking of which, Hernandez, the American athlete in the same group with Qiu Wen, is a top athlete in the 400-meter sprint who controls the flow running method. His control over his speed, rhythm, breathing and even sprinting skills has reached the level of art. At the same time, he also has an extremely precise grasp of his own performance."
"It's not just Hernandez." Li Sen also said, "There's also the South African player Le Clos on the field. To be honest, the first champion of the control flow running style should be Le Clos. Today's semi-final first group match can be said to be another battle between the two gods of the control flow running style."
At this point, Li Sen added: "The audience here should also know that our Chinese athlete Li Junhao is also currently changing to a control-flow running style, but it is visibly not mature enough. However, as long as you see the performance of two top athletes, Le Clos and Hernandez, you will know that the control-flow running style can definitely be called a top-notch technical style. I believe that once Li Junhao's running style matures, his future performance will have much room for improvement."
Just as Shao Minyi and Li Sen said, Hernandez and Le Clos have reached the pinnacle in the skill of controlling flow running. The two's famous battles are related to their ability to control speed. As long as they are given a precise number, they can run accurately to the corresponding time within the specified time, with an error of no more than 0.15 seconds. The success rate is as high as over 60%.
After they demonstrated this terrifying ability, many of their opponents understood in their hearts that the only difference between these two monsters was how many seconds they could run at the limit of their physical limits. If they ran 45 seconds in a certain game, it was not because they could not run under 44 seconds, but because they only planned to run 45 seconds in order to conserve their physical strength.
In China, when Shao Minyi and Li Sen talked about Hernandez and Le Clos playing in the same game, someone had already posted a classic meme about the match between the two on Weibo.
[Today, Hernandez and Le Clos played in the same game, and Hernandez asked: Do you want to take first place? Le Clos nodded: You were first last time, give it to me this time. 】
This joke is a little funny. After all, it's a competition. How can these two people decide who will be the first?
But if the contestants on the same stage with the two of them were to see this dialogue, they would definitely shed tears of grief and anger - for these two non-humans, that is really possible.
"We don't know who will compete for first place between Hernandez and Le Clos today, but in today's semi-final, in addition to watching Hernandez and Le Clos compete on the same field, another highlight is what kind of sparks will emerge when Qiu Wen competes with these two players!"
When Shao Min said this, he started to laugh softly.
Hearing what Shao Min said, Li Sen also shook his head in amusement: "Yes, but it's a pity that Qiu Wen is on the second track today, so this duel may be difficult to achieve."
In front of the TV, the audience laughed after hearing the conversation between Shao Minyi and Li Sen, and their curiosity was aroused.
yes!
Qiu Wen, this Erha with super rhythm-disrupting ability, if he can play in the ninth track in today's semi-finals, will he be able to affect the rhythm of Hernandez and Le Clos?
Although reason tells the majority of track and field fans that Hernandez and Le Clos have reached the pinnacle of control and are basically not likely to be affected by Qiu Wen's rhythm-disrupting ability, they can't help but wonder in their hearts - what if? !
Unfortunately, among the contestants on the field, Hernandez, who is closest to Qiu Wen, is also in the third track and is still ahead of Qiu Wen.
In the audience, Jiang Wentao was also talking to Su Bai about this topic: "If Xiao Qiu is on the track ahead, will it really have no impact on Hernandez and Le Clos?"
Su Bai shook his head affirmatively: "It's difficult."
"The prerequisite for the rhythm to be disrupted is that the athlete lacks confidence in his or her own timing control, and the other is that the athlete's own rhythm control is not strong enough. In this case, if there is a player in front of you who is completely determined by his or her own rhythm, like Qiu Wen, then the athlete's perception of the rhythm of the players around him or her will allow them to read this rhythm, shake their inner cognition, and then be involuntarily affected by Qiu Wen's rhythm."
"But these conditions do not apply to Le Clos and Hernandez. The first is the control of time. Even without any reference, they are extremely precise in their use of power, speed, timing and rhythm. And they are absolutely confident in this control. In this case, if Qiu Wen's rhythm is a big wave on the sea for others, then for them, Qiu Wen's 'big wave' is just a calm wave on the vast ocean."
"This..." Jiang Wentao could only shake his head and sigh after hearing Su Bai's explanation: "So, Qiu Wen's ability is of no use in today's game?"
Su Bai nodded, and then suddenly smiled: "However, Qiu Wen will not run in a chaotic rhythm today."
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Jiang Wentao was stunned for a moment: "He won't run in a chaotic rhythm? Isn't that his regular running style?"
Su Bai smiled and said, "Yes, but in fact, he can also have other rhythmic running methods. Qiu Wen's real greatest advantage is not his crazy running method with chaotic rhythm, but his physical fitness, speed endurance, and explosive power in the later stages."
Hearing Su Bai's words, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were both stunned.
"We wanted to recruit Qiu Wen to run the 400m sprint because of his natural talents, but he has a huge flaw, which is his inability to control his speed and rhythm. His current speed and rhythm are actually the result of a long period of training. Although for many athletes, Qiu Wen's speed is unbalanced and his rhythm is disordered, it is actually much better than when he ran the 400m before."
Su Bai recalled how miserable Qiu Wen was when he first started training for the 400-meter speed rhythm, and a hint of amusement appeared on his face. "I have taught Qiu Wen a lot of 400-meter rhythms that are suitable for him, but because his physical strength, explosive power, speed endurance, physical energy supply capacity and other qualities are still constantly changing and improving, the speed rhythm plan I gave him at the beginning was never the most suitable for him."
"So his speed control training was temporarily put aside, and he was given strength, explosive power, absolute speed and technical training. My plan is to start new speed control training for him when his speed and ability reach a relatively stable state."
After Jiang Wentao heard what Su Bai said, he was a little confused: "But his rhythm-destroying ability...?"
"Well, this was an accident," Su Bai confessed.
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"I let Qiu Wen run at his own pace and got this unexpected result. Qiu Wen's ability is very destructive, and it can be regarded as a reverse application of his own weaknesses. Of course, without Qiu Wen's physical fitness and energy supply ability, others cannot use it."
"So..." Jiang Wentao looked at Su Bai in confusion: "When we got the grouping list this morning, you said Xiao Qiu would give everyone a surprise. What was that surprise?"
Su Bai smiled and said, "Before we set off this afternoon, I had a private talk with Qiu Wen and told him not to worry about anything else in today's game and just follow Hernandez."
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Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were stunned for a moment, then they looked at each other and quickly understood what Su Bai meant.
"Are you going to let Qiu Wen follow Hernandez's rhythm?!"
Thinking of this, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were both a little surprised.
What Su Bai meant was to let Qiu Wen, the person who was least likely to follow the 400-meter rhythm, run according to the rhythm of the top 400-meter sprint control king? !
Will this work?
Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were both a little nervous.
"Won't Qiu Wen's performance be affected if he runs like this?"
"Of course." Su Bai nodded affirmatively, and then laughed under the nervous gazes of Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan: "Director Jiang, Coach Pei, don't worry, I think Qiu Wen should have a chance to refresh his PB today."
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While Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were stunned in the audience, Qiu Wen was already energetically ready on the runway.
That’s right, unlike the serious and nervous atmosphere of other contestants, Qiu Wen was also very excited, but his whole person exuded the word "energetic". He did not show the listlessness he had when he learned the group list in the morning.
In the afternoon, Su Bai directly told Qiu Wen the strategy of 'following closely Hernandez', and then told him that by following Hernandez, although it would be difficult to enter the finals in today's game, it would be no problem to refresh the PB.
After receiving Su Bai's instruction, Qiu Wen came back to life completely. After all, his Xiaobai was the most awesome, and for him, all he had to do was listen to Xiaobai. So he immediately lost his earlier lethargy and became completely happy.
You know, Xiaobai said he could refresh the pb!
Athletes, for example, have their own desires and pursuits for extreme performance and extreme speed. Even if he looks stupid, he is a top athlete with real ambition.
In fact, he asked Xiaobai a question in the afternoon: Can I surpass Hernandez?
Then Su Bai told him: In the last 80 meters of the track, you don't need to worry about Hernandez's pace, just run as fast as you can.
Qiu Wen knew that since Xiaobai had told him in the previous stage to keep a close eye on Hernandez, there must be a reason for that. And he still had the last 80 meters to try to catch up with the awesome Hernandez!
However, although Qiu Wen looked energetic and carefree, after adjusting the starting blocks, he told himself in his heart: Don't be too careless. Hernandez's results are much higher than his. It will be a huge test to follow Hernandez's rhythm to finish the course!
Don’t try to follow and end up last in your group in the semi-finals…
The ratings for tonight's World Championships live broadcast have climbed a little bit compared to the previous two days. One reason is that tonight's 400m men's semi-final is likely to be the last individual event opportunity for Qiu Wen and Zhang Ziyi in this World Championships for the Chinese team, so track and field fans are reluctant to miss this game.
Another reason is related to the hot search created by Qiu Wen - in addition to track and field fans, the number of people watching the live broadcast tonight and the number of spectators can be said to be skyrocketing.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, track and field fans are already ready, waiting for the first group of the men's 400m semi-finals to officially begin.
In the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room, many viewers were laughing and commenting on the 45-second 10 meme, while some people were very direct and said - wait for a live Husky to run around.
Yesterday, when Qiu Wen was running wildly in the ninth lane, countless people praised him as the "rhythm destroying devil". But today, after the unlucky Qiu Wen was assigned to the second lane, if he still maintains his "free" rhythm, then he can only be "running around like a fool".
After seeing this comment, a group of people in the live broadcast room swiped the screen to express [there is a picture].
While everyone was chatting, the contestants on the scene were finally ready, and the audience's attention returned to the competition field, and then to the familiar figure in the second lane on the field.
At the scene, Qiu Wen took a deep breath, squatted on his starting block, and then glanced at Hernandez's position in front of him.
Because the starting points of different tracks have different extensions, even Hernandez, who is closest to Qiu Wen, is about 14 or 15 meters away from Qiu Wen. Qiu Wen cannot see Hernandez very well, but he still carefully remembers the figure in front of him, and then looks at the track in front of him.
During the broadcast, the cold and calm voice of the commander sounded at the right time: "Everyone, get ready--"
"Bang!"
After a short and crisp gunshot, the audience in the audience seats burst into cheers.
On the track, eight athletes moved at the same time. After a split second of pedaling, they swung their arms, pushed off the ground, rushed forward, lifted their bodies, rushed to the inner edge of the curve, and quickly rushed forward!
"Come on!!! Come on, Xiao Qiu!!"
In the audience, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were also cheering loudly for Qiu Wen. In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were evaluating and discussing Qiu Wen's explosive start.
"Qiu Wen's start is pretty good. Before he switched to the 400m event, he was also a 200m sprinter, so he already had good technical reserves in starting and running on curves. Coach Su Bai also said before that this is one of the key reasons why Qiu Wen was able to switch events smoothly and quickly..."
"We can see that in this group's start, every runner was in pretty good shape, with almost no mistakes. Except for Saudi Arabia's Thomas, all the runners' start reaction times were around 0.145, so it can be said that their conditions were fairly even."
"Hernandez and Le Clos both started very steadily. In the burst acceleration phase, the fastest one is Hernandez's teammate Christensen. Christensen's burst at the start is very fast, and his speed on the corners is also amazing. Currently on the track, Christensen should have the fastest speed advantage, followed by Hernandez and Le Clos..."
Although Hernandez and Le Clos are representatives of control flow, the reason why they can reach the world's top range with precise control is actually because of their outstanding physical fitness, absolute speed and other abilities. Even if they control their own rhythm and do not fully burst out at the starting rhythm, it does not mean that their speed will lag behind.
After talking about Hernandez and the other two, Shao Minyi glanced at Qiu Wen inadvertently, and then was stunned: "Huh? Qiu Wen's speed was also very fast during the start of the run today, but it was slightly different from his usual rhythm. It seems that he was not just sprinting forward blindly?"
As soon as Shao Min opened his mouth, Li Sen's attention turned to Qiu Wen.
"Oh, yes! Qiu Wen's speed rhythm in cornering is excellent, including the speed rhythm switching when cutting from the corner to the straight road is also very smooth and natural..." Seeing this, Li Sen and Shao Minyi were both surprised.
You know, in the men's 400m preliminaries just one day ago, Qiu Wen's running rhythm was not like this. How come in just 24 hours, Qiu Wen's rhythm looks so steady?
When it came to the second 100-meter stage, which was the straight sprint stage, Qiu Wen originally ran out at the speed of a 200-meter dash. However, on today's track, Qiu Wen's speed was still very fast - at least it was definitely faster than the speed in the first corner. However, some sharp-eyed old track and field people could see that Qiu Wen's speed was still completely under control, and formed a very good speed ratio with the speed when running in the first corner.
This speed rhythm control...
Not to mention Qiu Wen, who is known as "Erhachi running around", he looks just...just what is it?
Shao Minyi glanced at Hernandez in front of Qiu Wen, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind: "Qiu Wen's current rhythm is very close to Hernandez! No, not close, Qiu Wen is basically replicating Hernandez's rhythm?!"
As soon as Shao Min said this, Li Sen next to him immediately reacted - what was going on? Is Qiu Wen following? ?
This discovery and conclusion made Shao Minyi and Li Sen stunned for a moment, and the audience in front of the TV never expected that Qiu Wen would run like this today!
At the scene, on the track, Qiu Wen didn't think about what others thought. He just kept following Hernandez in front of him, and according to what Su Bai said, he ran completely according to Hernandez's rhythm on the track!
This matter sounds simple, but if it were really that simple, in the games of Hernandez and others, there would have been players who used this method to follow. Why would it be Qiu Wen's turn to do this today?
In order to follow Hernandez, first of all, Qiu Wen must not be left too far behind by Hernandez. Then, within this distance, Qiu Wen must be able to accurately capture the dynamic changes in Hernandez's rhythm, and adjust his state according to this rhythm to keep running forward.
This is because Qiu Wen himself does not have a so-called fixed concept of rhythm, which is why he can do this. Otherwise, any athlete with his own stable rhythm will be brought down by this running method.
Of course, in addition to this, one needs to have sufficient reserves of absolute speed ability, explosive power, speed endurance, etc. Otherwise, even if he can keep up with Hernandez in the first half, Qiu Wen will collapse in the second half.
Fortunately, Qiu Wen had all these conditions, so in the first 300 meters, he steadily replicated Hernandez's speed rhythm!
Inside the sports channel’s online live broadcast room, track and field fans were completely stunned - could this be possible?
[…Today this isn’t a Husky running around, this is a well-trained police dog, right? 】
Originally, many people were still shocked by Qiu Wen's perfect control of the rhythm, but suddenly they burst out laughing at this comment.
Oh, a dog that controls the flow and obeys orders, isn’t that a police dog?
But... a Husky serving as a police dog is something that is rarely seen in a thousand years.
When the race entered the last 100-meter stage, Qiu Wen gradually caught up with the other players on the track, but there was still a certain distance between him and Hernandez and Le Clos. Unexpectedly, Christensen, who was in very good condition at the start, suddenly slowed down after entering the halfway point and now has fallen to fifth place. Instead, the Italian team's players have squeezed into third place.
Qiu Wen and Italian Nicolae were very close in position, ranking third and fourth respectively.
After cutting through the straight road from the last bend, the race soon came to the last 80 meters. Qiu Wen also understood why Su Bai told him to run as fast as he could for the last 80 meters.
Hernandez had a very powerful sprint in the last 80 meters. Qiu Wen, who was also sprinting, was also very fast, but his physical energy was severely depleted in the process of following in front. Even with his physical energy supply capacity, at this stage, he could not follow Hernandez's rhythm to complete the final sprint...!
However, if he can't catch up with Hernandez, Qiu Wen can still chase Nicolae!
In the last 80 meters, Qiu Wen once surpassed Nikolai, but the price of this surpassing was that his physical fitness declined more sharply, so that in the last 20 meters, he was overtaken by Nikolai again...!
In the end, in this race, Qiu Wen crossed the finish line in fourth place.
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