Qiu Wen has always been affectionately called "Erha" by track and field fans and spectators.
In the past few years, although everyone knows that Qiu Wen's strength has improved very rapidly, and also knows that Qiu Wen was handpicked by Su Bai, a talented athlete who was personally brought from the 100m and 200m events of the S Province Track and Field Team to the 400m event.
However, with Zhang Ziyi's brilliance in front of them, the audience couldn't help but forget Qiu Wen's strength and brilliance.
The first person to break the national 400-meter sprint record was Zhang Ziyi, the first person to qualify for the World Championships was Zhang Ziyi, the first person to break the 45-second mark was Zhang Ziyi, the first person to qualify for the Olympic men's 400-meter sprint was Zhang Ziyi, and the first person to refresh the 400-meter sprint record for the yellow race was still Zhang Ziyi.
Zhang Ziyi's efforts and achievements are certainly worth boasting about and remembering, but precisely because of this "first" in front, people often tend to forget that the "second" also has strengths and heights that ordinary people cannot reach.
Occasionally, some people would remember that Qiu Wen, who was the 'second', was a 100m and 200m athlete just over three years ago. He even rarely trained in the 400m sprint before that.
It was not until this moment that people suddenly remembered that Qiu Wen has always been a talented athlete in the 400-meter sprint event, and his talent may even far surpass that of Li Junhao, Guo Dun, Zhang Jiale... or Zhang Ziyi.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen's voices had already become hoarse with excitement when Qiu Wen crossed the finish line in first place.
They originally thought that the Chinese team's journey in the men's 400-meter sprint event at the Olympics would end tonight. They had never imagined that Qiu Wen, who everyone subconsciously believed to be much weaker than Zhang Ziyi, would actually achieve such a ranking that amazed everyone in tonight's 400-meter sprint semi-final!
No matter how much people said before the game that the players in Qiu Wen's group were weaker, in fact, Qiu Wen's original results were still the weakest in this group.
Who could have thought that in such a grouping, Qiu Wen, whose original PB was only 44.90 seconds, would be able to surpass these top players whose best results in history were even less than 44 seconds?
"Crazy, this is absolutely crazy!"
Shao Min could not suppress the excitement and hoarseness in his voice at all, and he had no energy to suppress this mere change in emotion and voice. He was trying hard to control his emotions and make his mind clearer, so that he could convey the miracle happening at this very second to all the viewers more directly during the live broadcast!
Yes, a miracle.
Shao Minyi and Li Sen both generously called what was happening before their eyes a miracle.
Of course, they fully recognized Qiu Wen's strength and talent, but they were just like all track and field fans. Before this, they had never thought that Qiu Wen would be able to surpass Zhang Ziyi in today's competition, and win the qualification for the Olympic finals with the first place, which was unprecedented!
"Let us congratulate Qiu Wen and the Chinese team!!!"
"Qiu Wen successfully won the first place in the third group of the men's 400m sprint semi-finals and directly won the qualification for the men's 400m sprint final of the Tokyo Olympics!!"
"There is no doubt that this is the first time that a Chinese athlete has qualified for the men's 400m final at the Olympics. Qiu Wen will also be the first yellow athlete to qualify for the men's 400m sprint final at the Olympics!!"
"This was a night full of miracles. Zhang Ziyi broke China's 400m national record with a time of 44.59 seconds, while his teammate Qiu Wen won first place in the semi-finals against the world's top athletes at a speed no one expected, and advanced to the finals with first place in the group!!!"
"At this moment, I think many viewers are like me, with tears in their eyes. China's sprinting project can now hold its head high and say that China's sprinting is in no way inferior to other countries and athletes with world-class levels!"
“We may have had a very bad start, and we haven’t worked hard enough, but our potential and our future will never be lost to any other country!”
"The Chinese players are great, the yellow players are great!!"
The sports channel's online live broadcast room was already a scene of excitement.
Everyone has fantasized that the Chinese team could win the Olympic semi-finals and advance to the finals. However, even the most courageous track and field fans would only keep the dream of "advancing as the first in the semi-final group" in their hearts and would not dare to speak it out loud.
After all, any track and field fan who knows something about China's sprinting events knows clearly what the situation of China's 400-meter sprinting event was like in the past.
China's 400-meter sprint event has indeed made great progress, the extent of this progress and the results achieved are beyond the imagination of even track and field fans in the past.
But even so, they did not dare to dream that Chinese track and field athletes could directly advance to the finals from the semi-finals in the Olympic arena.
Even with the previous expectations for Zhang Ziyi, people still thought that as long as Zhang Ziyi could advance to the finals as the last remaining player in the semi-finals... this would be the luckiest and best result!
But in the race just now, Qiu Wen, who many people had always thought had a certain gap between his performance and Zhang Ziyi's, relied on his running method that was completely inconsistent with the rhythm of the 400-meter sprint, and he left all his opponents behind, and finally he was the first to cross the finish line of this race!
The moment everyone saw this result, their minds exploded.
Then there were unrestrained screams throughout the venue. It seemed that all the audience members turned into screaming chickens at this moment. The only sound on the public screen of the entire live broadcast room was the crazy scream of "Ah ...
[Ahhhhhh, damn, I'm crying. I'm a big, 6' tall man, but now I'm crying so hard that my wife and kids are standing by and laughing at me! 】
[Crying +1, damn damn damn, I'm going crazy, the first in the group will advance to the finals! ! This is the semi-finals! ! ! 】
[Am I really not dreaming... The Chinese team has advanced to the Olympic 400m sprint final? ! 】
[It’s not a dream!] ! ! Again, it’s not a dream! ! ! 】
[To prove that I wasn’t dreaming, I pinched myself hard. It hurt so much… but it felt so good! ! ! 】
[Oh my god, to be honest, my scalp is still tingling. I can’t believe it. Is the Husky so awesome? 】
[My scalp is tingling +1. I always thought that Erha’s performance was still a certain distance away from the world’s best, but reality slapped me in the face. But I just want to say that this slap was a good one! ! ! 】
At this moment, the live TV screen was replaying Qiu Wen's semi-final match. In the live broadcast room, Shao Minyi and Li Sen, who had calmed down a little, finally had enough energy to start watching the match again and giving the audience a further in-depth explanation of the match.
“It’s right here!”
On the TV screen, after the replay of Qiu Wen's starting stage was completed, the director of the sports channel very keenly cut to a contrasting scene of Qiu Wen's three-step burst at the start and quickly closing the distance with McPherson, and then McPherson's expression became obviously alert.
Li Sen pointed at this part of the screen and said affirmatively: "If we were to say what was the most exciting scene of Qiu Wen in this semi-final, it would definitely be the three-step explosion at the beginning."
"After this explosive start, Qiu Wen's personal pace not only suppressed and shocked the players behind him, such as Gippluto, but also quickly closed the distance with McPherson in front of him. This fast pace at the start undoubtedly affected McPherson's mentality."
"Not bad." Shao Minyi also said excitedly: "From McPherson's perspective, he is definitely in the best condition during the Olympics, including his reaction to the start and his burst. From his personal performance, there is almost no flaw. He must be able to clearly feel his condition and performance."
"But even though he had clearly performed perfectly, Qiu Wen behind him was able to quickly close in on him at the start - this was completely beyond his prediction of Qiu Wen's ability."
"After that, in the first straight section, which is where Qiu Wen is best, McPherson could only feel that Qiu Wen, who was already very crazy on the curves, became even more terrifying on the straight section."
"Qiu Wen's pace in the 400 meters was indeed completely unpredictable. Sometimes he was able to keep up with Hernandez and run at a pace comparable to that of a control flow, but more often, he could be said to be running based on his wild instincts. This is a style that cannot be replicated at all, and it was this wildness that brought about the explosion that completely panicked McPherson."
The replay on TV turned to the scene when McPherson passed the second corner - in fact, at this stage, McPherson still had a lead over Qiu Wen, but Qiu Wen's pursuit obviously brought McPherson an irresistible sense of urgency, and it was this sense of urgency that made McPherson accelerate further and then lose control of his body.
Low-level mistakes like running in the wrong lane are almost impossible for McPherson to make, and his mistake of running in the wrong lane on the field clearly told everyone to what extent he had been forced by the Chinese player behind him.
At the scene, on the field, the race was over. After Qiu Wen was the first to cross the finish line, he knelt directly at the end of the track, clenched his fists, and let out a shout that was almost a roar.
First! !
He is the first! ! !
He won, he didn't lose!
After crossing the finish line, all kinds of chaotic thoughts flashed through Qiu Wen's mind. His throat, which had seemed to be pierced by the rough breathing during the race, now felt pain just by breathing heavily. The muscles all over his body felt sore, weak, and torn at the moment when his mind relaxed.
But it doesn’t matter!
None of these could make Qiu Wen feel uncomfortable - he succeeded!
Until this moment, he still had the uneasy feeling in his heart before the game started. Since he came under Xiaobai's command, he relied on one refreshing result after another to make himself stronger and more confident.
To the point that he even forgot the panic he felt when he overheard the conversation between Zhao Heping and Xiao Bai when he was in the provincial team, and heard that the team was going to remove him from the key training list because of his limited improvement in grades.
If Xiaobai hadn't existed, if I hadn't heard Xiaobai say that he had an outstanding talent for the 400-meter sprint...
In fact, Qiu Wen himself didn't know what kind of situation he would be in after being removed from the key training list.
He originally thought that the panic feeling he had at the beginning had completely disappeared, but before this game, when he seemed to have mistakenly taken away the excellent group draw that should have belonged to Zhang Ziyi, that feeling of sudden realization once again surged into his heart.
At that moment, he kept saying to himself - Lao Zhang also knows that the grouping of the competition has nothing to do with you! ! !
But his emotions were running wildly, making it impossible for him to control them perfectly.
Until he remembered what Xiaobai had repeated to him: Believe me, you are a well-deserved talented athlete in the 400-meter sprint.
Until he remembered what Xiaobai once said to him - among the current players of the national team, your talent is the best among all.
Until a vicious thought popped up in his mind - since I occupy this group, and since Lao Zhang has a hope of advancing in this group, then... why can't I? !
The honor of the Chinese team is by no means the honor that belongs to Lao Zhang alone.
Lao Zhang has fought for the honor of the Chinese team for too long. Since he can carry the banner of the Chinese team, then as Lao Zhang's teammate, and as someone who has indeed occupied the most advantageous group in the competition...
At that moment, the ruthlessness in Qiu Wen's heart was completely unearthed by himself.
Qiu Wen, you can.
You can do it—you, too, must be able to do it!
Throughout the rest of the race, Qiu Wen ran with everything he let go. He knew that letting go of all his speed and running like crazy on this 400-meter curve was a very dangerous way of running.
If he is not careful, he may lose control and end up in the wrong lane - just like McPherson who was forced to lose control and go off the track at the second bend.
But he did it in the end, he completely broke through his own speed limit, and he won in front of these world-class opponents!
He succeeded.
Only after the frenzy of excitement did Qiu Wen feel the weakness in his body. At this moment, what supported him to kneel here was the joy and happiness of victory.
In the audience, after a long period of stunned silence, Jiang Wentao, Pei Jinan and the staff of the Chinese team finally came to their senses - Qiu Wen won?
Qiu Wen won! ! !
"Xiao Qiu... this guy Xiao Qiu!!!"
Tears had already welled up in Jiang Wentao's eyes. The hopelessness before the game and the ups and downs of qualifying as the first in the group made Jiang Wentao's emotions almost out of control.
"Good! Good! Good!!!"
Jiang Wentao was so excited for a while that he hardly knew what else to say. He could only shout "good" like this.
His happiness, his satisfaction, and the Chinese team's unprecedented progress in the Olympics!
All of this made his heart constantly shake. He talked excitedly for a long time, but he could only keep saying "good".
Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao had exactly the same reaction. As he looked at the scene, tears started to flow from the corners of his eyes before Jiang Wentao did.
The Chinese team has successfully advanced to the Olympic finals of the men's 400m sprint!
Pei Jinan remembered many more scenes in his heart than Jiang Wentao. Since he started coaching at a young age, he had followed his master and watched Chinese sprinters and track and field coaches move step by step towards the Asian and world levels, and towards higher competitions one after another.
During his decades of teaching career, he always remembered what his master once said.
——Those foreigners say that we Chinese are not suitable for sprinting. I don’t believe it, and neither do our Chinese track and field athletes. But whether you want to believe it or not, if you want those foreigners to admit that you can do it, you have to show results!
——Why do we need to engage in sports? There is a demand for competition, and also a need to make the world recognize our country in a new way. What we want to do is to make those foreigners exclaim, "How can the Chinese be so awesome?" We want to let the whole world see that if those foreigners can do it, we Chinese can do it too!
It is for this goal that countless track and field coaches in China are constantly leading their teams and pursuing the growth of each team member. There are also countless athletes who are following suit on this path.
Only Chinese track and field athletes know how difficult this road is.
Only Chinese track and field athletes know how difficult the road to the Olympics is.
"Finally, finally..."
Pei Jinan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, smiled and sighed deeply.
Olympic finals!
China's 400-meter sprint event also stepped into the threshold of the Olympic 400-meter sprint final today!
Pei Jinan thought of his master who was already over eighty years old this year. He thought, his master should be sitting in front of the TV right now, crying and cheering with satisfaction, right?
After a short wait, the scene on the big screen that was originally replaying the last group of contestants' competition flashed, and everyone immediately knew - it's now! The results of the last group of semi-finals are about to be revealed!
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen had just taken advantage of the gap before the results appeared to review the performance of Qiu Wen's group in the semi-finals. After seeing the big screen flash, the director had already given them a hint in advance, and they immediately shifted their attention back to the final results.
"The results of the last group of semi-finals are coming out!"
Shao Minyi's voice rose.
Not only them, everyone's attention has now flown to the big screen that will soon show the final results - of course, in everyone's mind, it doesn't matter if Qiu Wen's current results are not as good as Zhang Ziyi's, his brilliance as the first in the semi-final group is enough to cover it all.
And under such attention, the big screen finally lit up completely.
Final ranking of the third group of the men's 400m sprint semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics:
First place: Qiu Wen (China), 44.57 seconds, (q directly qualified) (nr);
Second place: Te Kau (Trinidad and Tobago), 44.66 seconds, (q);
Third place: Jipuruto (Kenya), 45.02 seconds;
Fourth place: …
8th place: McPherson (Jamaica), dns
…
First place, Qiu Wen, China, 44.57 seconds…nr.
When everyone saw this result and data, when everyone clearly saw the bright "NR" at the end... after looking at the capital letters representing the national record, the live broadcast room of the sports channel fell into a brief silence again.
It was not until a few seconds later that Shao Minyi trembled and said in a hoarse voice: "Qiu Wen!!! China's men's 400-meter sprinter Qiu Wen, in the men's 400-meter sprint semi-final, broke the men's 400-meter sprint national record just set by Zhang Ziyi in the first group of the semi-finals with a time of 44.57 seconds! At the same time, Qiu Wen also won the first place in the group with this outstanding result and advanced to the Olympic 400-meter sprint final!!!"
At this time, many people in front of the TV and computer were only slowly reacting to what they had seen after hearing Shao Minyi say the above words.
44.57 seconds?
44.57 seconds! ! !
In the last race, Qiu Wen improved his personal best from 44.90 seconds to 44.57 seconds! ! ! This is a huge improvement of 0.33 seconds!
At the same time, he also broke the Chinese 400-meter sprint record, which was set by Zhang Ziyi just a few minutes ago and can be said to have been maintained for the shortest time!
Crazy.
This result is crazy!
Whether it was Qiu Wen's previous first place in the semi-final group or this result of 44.57 seconds, it made everyone crazy again.
On Weibo, the hot search topics #Qiu Wen ranked first in the semi-final group and advanced to the final# and #Zhang Ziyi set a new record of 44.59 seconds# were still on the topic list. After Qiu Wen's result was announced, Weibo even gave two new topics directly - #Qiu Wen sets a new record of 44.57 seconds# and #The shortest 400-meter sprint national record in history#...
The official Weibo accounts of the Athletics Administration Center and the National Track and Field Team were also stunned at this moment. In just half an hour, they posted three consecutive Weibo messages, one of which was Zhang Ziyi breaking the national record and Qiu Wen directly advancing to the finals by ranking first in the semi-finals, and then this new national record.
Some netizens who had not had time to watch the game or the reports habitually took a look at the trending searches on Weibo and were completely confused - the number one trending search was Zhang Ziyi's national record of 44.59 seconds, and the top trending search was Qiu Wen's record-breaking time of 44.57 seconds.
In a daze.
For a moment, some netizens felt their values regarding national records were somewhat shattered - it is really difficult to break a national record, right?
The answer is of course yes.
so……
This scene tonight...
"This is an unprecedented miracle!!! Let us once again congratulate the Chinese track and field team and Qiu Wen. Of course, we also want to congratulate Zhang Ziyi who also broke the national record not long ago!"
“You are all great!!”
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