In the audience, after his excitement, Jiang Wentao finally remembered that the 400-meter head coach Su Bai was sitting next to him. He turned around with a happy face, and anyone could see the excitement on his face.
"Xiaobai, before you changed the contestants, had you already guessed that they could advance to the finals with the change?" Jiang Wentao's face flushed with excitement. When he turned his head to look at Su Bai, he couldn't hide his excitement.
Su Bai looked at Zhang Jiale and Lin Yao who were jumping for joy on the field, and smiled and shook his head: "Of course not. In today's competition, Zhang Jiale, Chen Yadan, Lin Yao and Li Junhao all performed above their level. Their performance was much better than I expected. I originally expected the result to be outside 3 minutes 15 seconds 90. Whether they can enter the finals requires a certain amount of luck. They relied entirely on their own abilities to achieve this good result in today's competition."
Pei Jinan was also clapping at the side, and he couldn't hide his happiness. He interrupted and said, "It's your credit that we were able to form such a relay team. It's also your credit that we were able to bring the players in the team to such a high level!"
Hearing Pei Jinan's words, Jiang Wentao laughed heartily: "Well, well, well, the athletes have their own merits, and the coaches also have their own merits. In short, the guys in the 400-meter event of the track and field team are all great!"
Today's preliminary round was undoubtedly a powerful response to the previous Internet scandals. The mixed 4x400m team members were able to perform like this, not only creating China's first final qualification in the 400m event at the Olympics, but also giving all the audience a shot in the arm.
China's 400-meter sprint event is definitely growing and making progress!
In just three years, China's 400m event has made a historic leap from being unable to reach the finals at the Asian Games to entering the Olympic arena and qualifying for the finals.
Although today's game was only a mixed men's and women's relay race, a glimpse of the whole picture shows that not all top-level Chinese relay teams can have such a performance. This makes people begin to look forward to the performance of Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen, the two strongest players in the Chinese team in individual events!
In the stadium, as soon as the game ended, Zhang Jiale jumped up excitedly and almost hugged Li Junhao as if he were a pillar.
Today's game was quite stressful for him - a professional athlete who came from an independent background, was selected into the national team trial team just at the age limit of screening, and then suddenly and smoothly made the leap from the local team to the national team, and in his first year in the national team, he got the opportunity to enter the Olympics.
Zhang Jiale had never thought of this experience in the past.
He is not young, he is 23 years old this year, about the same age as veteran team members like Qiu Wen and Li Junhao, but he has much fewer years of training.
If it weren't for the opportunity of the trial team, Zhang Jiale thought, he probably wouldn't have the chance to join the national team, let alone stand on the Olympic field.
At the Rio Olympics four years ago, he had never thought that he would be able to stand on the field and compete with these world-class athletes.
Since he joined the national team, although his family has always asked him to train well, and he did so, he always had a vague sense of unreality in his heart.
It was not until this afternoon that he saw Ding Ruihan's attack on him on the Internet. When faced with this malice, he suddenly felt how many people were jealous of him and eyeing him covetously in his current position.
Tonight's game, the feeling of trying his best and competing against top players from other countries on the field, even though the game is over, still makes him feel excited.
It seemed that the fighting spirit and anticipation for the competition and confrontation suddenly jumped out of his body, burning so hard that he could hardly control himself.
He even wanted to start the next game right away and release himself more fully on the court - but he couldn't, so he could only jump up happily to vent the boiling feeling in his heart.
Li Junhao pulled Zhang Jiale off him with a look of disgust, and then a smug smile that was a little bit reserved and a little bit arrogant appeared on his face.
Chen Yada and Lin Yao also had satisfied and happy smiles on their faces. In today's competition, they completely surpassed themselves. Behind the Chinese mixed men's and women's 4x400m record of 3 minutes 15.09 seconds, their names will be forever engraved!
"Don't relax, keep working hard tomorrow!" Chen Yada looked at everyone and said calmly.
Lin Yao was a little worried when she heard this: "Sister Dan, you still have the women's 400-meter sprint event..."
Chen Yadan smiled and shook her head: "First, I will run tomorrow's race well. My preliminaries are on the evening of the 3rd. I still have nearly 3 days of rest in between. No problem."
As the relay team was walking towards the exit passage, they were stopped by a news channel reporter who was guarding the interview area. This reporter had just finished watching their relay race in the interview area and was extremely excited at the moment.
"Yadan, Linyao, Jiale, Junhao, congratulations on advancing to the mixed 4x400m sprint relay finals! How do you feel now?"
"China's 400-meter sprint event includes individual competitions and relay races. The four of you will be the first Chinese athletes to enter the Olympic finals in this event. Are you surprised by your results?"
"I heard that your combination was only officially confirmed shortly before the competition. Everyone said that you were not the top combination in the domestic mixed relay, but you achieved such an excellent result. So in the future, will your four-person mixed relay combination have a chance to be fixed?"
"Do you think that if a top-class team came to compete today, they would achieve better results than you?"
"For tomorrow's mixed 4x400m sprint relay final, what are your expectations for your performance?"
This was a live interview after the Olympic Games. The reporters, who were extremely excited after watching the live games, asked a series of questions.
Chen Yada, the captain of the women's team and the most stable of the four, answered most of the questions. The two sides interacted with each other in a very polite and harmonious manner.
After the interview was over and everyone changed into their regular uniforms, the four members returned to their positions on the Chinese team, where they were greeted by the most sincere welcome and congratulations from their teammates and coaches.
"Congratulations, you did a great job on the field today!"
Su Bai's welcome speech was very simple and sincere: "You have all performed beyond my expectations, and I am proud of you."
Hearing Su Bai's praise, Zhang Jiale smiled most obviously. He thought for a moment, took out his phone from his pocket again, looked at Su Bai eagerly, and asked him: "Coach, can you praise me again?"
Su Bai:?
Zhang Jiale coughed and scratched his head, saying, "Well, I'll send it back to my parents, grandparents, and grandparents to listen to... so that they won't think I'm slacking off in the national team every day..."
After hearing Zhang Jiale's explanation, Su Bai touched his chin for a rare moment, pretending to be in deep thought, and then suddenly smiled and said, "If that's the case, then of course I can't agree to you."
Zhang Jiale didn't react at first and heard "can't agree" as "I promise you". When Li Junhao reminded him that Su Bai said "can't agree", Zhang Jiale was completely confused.
"...qaq why not?"
Su Bai patted Comrade Xiao Zhang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I feel relieved to have your parents supervising your training. (Smile)"
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Zhang Jiale: qaq... No, you are very relieved, but I am not happy!
Everyone around laughed out loud when they saw Zhang Jiale's miserable appearance. Pei Jinan also came over and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Alright, silly boy, if your family saw your performance in the game tonight, how could they not know that you have been training hard?"
Zhang Jiale: ...Oh, yes!
After figuring this out, Zhang Jiale immediately picked up his phone and called home.
China, at Zhang Jiale’s home.
Just now, after Zhang Jiale finished his lap in the competition, the Zhang family who were watching TV all had happy expressions on their faces. Since Zhang Jiale joined the national team, the Zhang family had been cramming knowledge on various 400-meter events, and of course they knew how outstanding Zhang Jiale's performance was.
Listening to the two commentators, Shao Minyi and Li Sen, praising their own sons/grandsons/grandsons on TV, Zhang Jiale's family elders were filled with joy. They each picked up their mobile phones and recorded different video clips of Shao Minyi and Li Sen praising Zhang Jiale, and then posted them to their respective groups and Moments - at the same time, they were very skilled in blocking Zhang Jiale when posting to Moments.
In order to prevent the kid from getting carried away by the praise from his family, the whole family has become very familiar with this operation over the past year.
After watching the game and happily posting to their Moments, Zhang Jiale and his family were continuing to watch the game and chatting. Suddenly, Dad Zhang heard the phone ringing. He looked at the caller’s tone - it was Zhang Jiale.
Father Zhang immediately made a 'hush' gesture and answered the phone: "Hello, Lele."
Zhang Jiale got through the phone and was very excited: "Dad, didn't we perform well tonight? We're in the finals!!"
When Zhang's father heard his son say this, he was of course very excited: "Well! Our whole family is watching your game. You did really well. Go home and have a good rest tonight, and keep up the good work in tomorrow's finals!"
Zhang Jiale chatted with his elders one by one, his face was full of energy. He was just about to say that he had not been taught a lesson today and that he should train hard, but the phone came to his grandfather. After the two talked about today's game, Grandpa Zhang said, "Don't be arrogant when you win, and don't be discouraged when you lose. You did well this time, but don't be proud and complacent. We have added your coach's WeChat. If you don't train hard...!"
Zhang Jiale: ...qaq I still can’t avoid this wave!
The way Zhang Jiale was talking on the phone with his family made everyone present laugh. Su Bai thought about it, took out his mobile phone, and looked through the Zhang family’s circle of friends - sure enough, they were all praising their son/grandson.
It’s just that a special note was written on each circle of friends: (Lele has been blocked, please don’t send him screenshots to affect his training, thank you.)
_(:3」∠)_
In short, Lele's family is a harmonious and friendly family!
There was also a lot of joy on the domestic Internet regarding tonight's competition. Compared with the various internet trolls who made mockery all day, the online comments tonight finally made people feel the kindness and enthusiasm of netizens towards the Olympic athletes.
Of course, amidst the enthusiasm and joyful atmosphere, some people also expressed their concerns about tomorrow's final.
Someone has compiled the full list of qualified players and results for today's mixed 4x400m sprint relay preliminaries:
1. Team USA, result: 3 minutes 11 seconds 43, q;
2. British team, result: 3 minutes 11 seconds 80, q;
3. Bahrain team, result: 3 minutes 11 seconds 97, q;
4. Jamaica team, result: 3 minutes 12 seconds 01, q;
5. Poland, result: 3 minutes 13 seconds 08, q;
6. Belgium team, result: 3 minutes 14 seconds 79, q;
7. Chinese team, result: 3 minutes 15 seconds 09, q;
8. Canada team, result: 3 minutes 15 seconds 99, q;
Among the eight teams that advanced tonight, according to the final results of each team, the Chinese team's result is actually only ranked 7th among the qualified teams. If it were not for the fact that the Chinese team was in the preliminaries Group B, the Chinese team would have repeated the tragedy of the World Championships - breaking the national record but failing to advance.
The track and field fan who compiled this list of results said: [Of course I understand that luck is also part of strength, and it is also because the Chinese team has indeed achieved the current results that they can get the opportunity to advance to Group B. But what I want to say is that the Chinese team’s 400-meter sprint event has indeed improved very fast, but if we want to get a ticket to the finals of top events such as the Olympics, at least in the mixed relay event, we still need a certain amount of luck. 】
[This is the situation in tonight's preliminaries, and tomorrow night's finals... are just like this. I am not trying to deny the strength and achievements of the Chinese team, nor am I asking everyone not to encourage the players, nor am I asking everyone to give up watching the final tomorrow night.
What I hope is that everyone can still watch the competition tomorrow night, and no matter what the final ranking of the players is, remember to give them
Send you the most sincere encouragement and applause!
In tonight's preliminaries, the national team members have given us a wonderful performance that exceeded our expectations, and tomorrow night, our 400-meter relay team will undoubtedly face a strong opponent that will be difficult for them to cope with.
I hope that in tomorrow night's competition, even if the Chinese team falls behind and fails to get the best results and ranking, they will still be greeted with encouragement and blessings on the Internet - their pace of progress is fast enough, but the mountain they need to climb is still too high. I believe that one day, the Chinese 400-meter team will not be afraid even when facing top teams, but before they grow to that point, let us give them spiritual support and encouragement. 】
This long Weibo post has attracted countless attention and reposts since it was published, especially from many netizens who had just started paying attention to the 400-meter event this afternoon because of the black fan incident. After the blogger sent out this complete list, they followed the blogger's previous Weibo posts related to the Chinese 400-meter sprint event and learned about the past and difficulties of the Chinese team in the 400-meter event.
Almost all the viewers who paid attention to this long Weibo forwarded it and said that they would pay close attention to the final tomorrow night.
The best support for the relay players of the Chinese team!
There are also old track and field fans who have been following the Chinese team's 400m event for many years, and they would also express their own feelings when forwarding the message.
——[Watching China's 400m event in recent years, I really feel like watching a baby grow from a toddler to being able to run and gradually grow into a teenager. But as the original poster said, the 'teenagers' of the Chinese 400m relay team will face already strong and healthy 'adults' in the final tomorrow night... I only represent myself, in tomorrow night's competition, I will pay full attention to it, and then cheer for our 'teenagers' with all my strength! 】
The atmosphere of discussion on the Internet about tomorrow night's event is particularly harmonious. In the Chinese athletes' village in the Olympic Village, including Su Bai, Pei Jinan, Jiang Wentao and others, all have the same attitude, asking Zhang Jiale and others to relax.
"Rest well, go all out and enjoy the competition. In the final tomorrow night, all you have to do is feel the feeling of competing against these top relay teams. Remember this feeling of competition and then improve yourself in subsequent training."
"Your performance in this Olympics has been great, and the Chinese team is proud of you!"
The next day, July 31, was the second day of the Olympic track and field schedule.
On this day's competition, Chinese athletes participated in the women's discus, men's long jump, men's pole vault qualifying rounds, the women's 100m semi-finals, the men's 100m sprint preliminaries, and the final men's and women's mixed 4x400m sprint relay final.
The mixed men's and women's 4x400m sprint relay was scheduled to be the last event because it was the final, and together with the women's 100m sprint final, it was the highlight of tonight's competition.
During the morning competition, several qualifying competitions were held in turn. The Chinese team's athletes performed well in several qualifying events and all qualified.
After the evening competition began, the first to start was the women's 100-meter sprint semi-final.
In yesterday's competition, the two female players of the Chinese team both advanced to the semi-finals. At that time, their advancement and the advancement of Wang Shen and Ye Wenhao caused heated discussions. In tonight's semi-finals, the audience originally thought that since both of them were able to advance in the preliminaries, there would be a chance for at least one Chinese player to squeeze into the semi-finals, right?
As a result, the fact is that those female 100-meter athletes who seemed to be paddling happily in the preliminaries the day before, all ran times under 11 seconds today!
In the three semi-final groups, every female 100m sprinter who advanced had a time no less than 10.90 seconds.
The performance of these women in the semi-finals disappointed the Chinese audience who had originally had high hopes - the best time of the two Chinese 100-meter sprinters was only 10.97 seconds.
In tonight's semi-final, the two's performances were already very good, but the good performances of 11.03 and 11.16 were still not enough for them to enter the finals.
Although the result was slightly disappointing, the performance of the two was still recognized by the audience.
Today's Chinese audiences have grown a lot. Their ability to read the game and their attitude towards athletes have become more mature and they will not put excessive pressure on athletes.
This shift in online trends has also made many staff members who are monitoring online public opinion feel relieved.
After the women's 100m semi-finals, the men's 100m preliminaries began. The only player from the Chinese team who directly qualified for the preliminaries was Fang Yu. For the audience in front of the TV and on the scene, Fang Yu's preliminaries were almost a foregone conclusion.
At least, in the men's 100m preliminaries, no one can stop Fang Yu from qualifying.
The actual competition was just as people expected. In the preliminaries, Fang Yu easily qualified with the second place in the group. In this preliminaries, Fang Yu did not give 100% of his strength. Even from the audience's perspective, it could be seen that he ran very easily, but his speed was definitely not slow!
"Fang Yu's current condition looks very good. He obviously slowed down a bit in the last 5 meters of the sprint, but still passed the preliminaries with excellent results. Tomorrow we will be able to see Fang Yu's performance in the semi-finals. I hope he can continue today's condition, achieve better results in the semi-finals, and successfully advance to the finals!"
After the women's 100m sprint semifinals and the men's 100m preliminaries, the highlight of the night for Chinese audiences was the final of the mixed men's and women's 4x400m sprint relay.
"How's it going? Are you ready?"
Li Junhao patted Zhang Jiale on the shoulder, then looked at Chen Yada and Lin Yao.
"certainly!"
Whether it was Chen Yada, Lin Yao or Zhang Jiale, they all responded with the most resolute and affirmative attitude.
Tonight's final has different meanings for the four of them. For some of them, there will be new competitions coming up, while for some, this is destined to be the last battle.
"come on!"
"come on!"
"come on!"
No matter what happens next, the four of them will fight side by side in the Olympic Games, and this will be the last battle.
"Play the game well and don't leave any regrets for yourself." Chen Yada looked at her three companions, smiled slightly, and then turned around and walked towards the stadium under the guidance of the staff.
At home, people in front of the TV have already heard Shao Minyi's voice introducing: "Next is the final of the mixed men's and women's 4x400m sprint relay! The Chinese relay team members are on stage!!!"
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