Chen Yadan, 50.96 seconds (pb)!
On the field, Chen Yada, who had recovered some of her strength and stood up from the ground, had been waiting for the final result. When she saw the number appear, she was stunned for a short time before revealing a relaxed and joyful smile.
The live broadcast camera of the domestic sports channel was focused on Chen Yada. After seeing Chen Yada's smile, many viewers who were watching the live broadcast couldn't help but smile.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen's faces were also filled with joy.
"Congratulations to Yadan! She has successfully achieved the best result of her career in the Olympic Games!"
"50.96 seconds, this result must be a beautiful medal for her career that she should be proud of!"
Although the audience does not know that Chen Yada has submitted her retirement application, Shao Minyi and Li Sen, as veteran track and field ace figures in the circle, certainly have their own channels of information.
They have also received news through some channels in the circle that Chen Yada will retire after the Olympics.
Being able to achieve a time of less than 51 seconds before retiring must be the most memorable thing for Chen Yada.
At this moment, no matter what the final result of the women's 400m semi-final is, Shao Minyi and Li Sen both feel that with this result, Chen Yada should no longer have any regrets.
After the results of the first group of semi-finals came out, the contestants of the first group of semi-finals also left the stage under the guidance of the staff, and the contestants of the second group of semi-finals came on stage one after another.
Similar to the first group, there are also athletes in the second group of the semi-finals who have the ability to run under 50 seconds, and there is more than one athlete with this ability.
DiRado from the United States and Shasara from the Bahamas are both players with the ability to run within 49 seconds, but among the two, Shasara's strength is close to the 49-second mark, while DiRado is still in the middle of 49 seconds.
In addition to these two people, Bahrain's Nashar is also in the second group of the semi-finals. This is a girl who has a strength of 48 seconds in the women's 400-meter sprint. With her strength in the 400-meter sprint, she is not even inferior to some ordinary men's 400-meter sprint professional athletes.
Due to the presence of these three players, the second women's 400m sprint semi-final was much more intense than the first. In the second group of the semi-finals, Nasser lived up to her strength and gained a great advantage from the start and acceleration stage. In the subsequent first half of the game, she continued to narrow the distance between her and the players on the outer track.
In this race, Dirado made a small mistake at the start, but the American athlete did not give up the race because of her mistake. After quickly adjusting to her state, she exerted her strength again and chased forward with all her strength.
The power and speed she unleashed during the pursuit were jaw-dropping. The slight lag caused by a mistake at the start was quickly made up by Dirado's full pursuit.
On the field, Polish player Madaya, who originally thought that she could overtake Dirado by taking advantage of her mistakes, was quickly left behind after briefly closing the gap with Dirado.
Until the end of this game, the competition on the field was just a duel between Nashar, Dirado and Shasara.
However, although Dirado burst out with all her strength and crushed the other players, her mistakes and the gap in strength between her and Shasara still prevented her from making the top two, and she finally ranked only third.
After the second group of the semi-finals ended, domestic audiences quickly became concerned - this group of players ran so strongly, so... with Sister Dan's result, is there still hope for her to advance as a substitute?
With such worries in mind, everyone soon waited for the results of the second group of the women's 400m sprint semi-finals. Among them, Nashar, the first place in the second group, scored 49.39 seconds and rushed to the front. Shasara, who came in second, also scored 49.91 seconds. Dirado, who came in third, did not run under 50 seconds, but her score was 50.57 seconds, much faster than Chen Yada's 50.96 seconds.
Although the fourth-placed runner in the second group failed to run under 51 seconds, after the second group of the semi-finals, Chen Yada's ranking dropped from the first to the second place among the remaining runners.
In the audience, Jiang Wentao, Pei Jinan and others looked at the final results of the second group of the semi-finals on the big screen and sighed slightly.
It’s not that I’m saying anything else, it’s just that the feeling of having your fate in the hands of someone else is indeed not that pleasant.
Chen Yada still has hope of advancing to the finals, but this hope depends on the final result of the third group of players in the semi-finals. If the third player in the third group of players in the semi-finals does not exceed 50.96 seconds, then Chen Yada will qualify for the next round. Otherwise, there will be no hope of advancing.
The audience on the Internet are also feeling extremely anxious about this result.
On the public screen of the sports channel's online live broadcast room, many people were praying for Chen Yada's advancement.
[Ahhh, I hope Sister Dan can be promoted to the next round! ! 】
[I wonder if Sister Dan is also anxiously waiting for the final results of the competition...]
At the scene, outside the door of the Chinese players' lounge in the backcourt, Zhang Ziyi had arrived here quietly at some point. When Chen Yada returned to the backcourt from the court, the first person she saw was Zhang Ziyi standing next to the long chair outside the door.
"congratulations."
Zhang Ziyi didn't say anything else, he just purely felt Chen Yada's joy with her.
When the results of the second group of the semi-finals came out, Zhang Ziyi and Chen Yada were watching the results together in the lounge at the backcourt. However, compared to Jiang Wentao and others, or the audience in front of the TV, the two of them did not look as anxious as some viewers had guessed. Both of them looked unexpectedly calm.
Chen Yada reviewed the data on the final results analysis sheet of the semi-finalists that Su Bai gave her. Although her expression was calm, one could still see some regret on her face.
"I'm afraid I don't have a chance to advance to the finals." Chen Yada looked at the live broadcast in front of her. Although there was regret and sorrow in her eyes, there was still some longing and expectation for the future.
"To be honest, sitting here, waiting for other players to fail to perform well, so that I can have a chance to advance to the finals... This feeling is actually quite annoying." Chen Yadan looked at the scene where the third group of semi-final players appeared one after another, and said with a smile: "Although I don't have a chance anymore, but, Ziyi, do you think that in the future, our teammates can hold their heads high, crush other players with absolute strength, and then win the direct promotion quota with dignity?"
"Okay." Zhang Ziyi nodded firmly.
In fact, there is no need to look further. Didn’t Qiu Wen already do the same in the previous men’s 400m sprint semi-final?
With Qiu Wen as a role model, Zhang Ziyi also believes that in the future, under the leadership of Su Bai, there will be countless legendary stories in the sprint event that will shock the whole world. He believes that by then, the Chinese team's sprint events will no longer surprise people because some athletes have qualified for the Olympics, or have advanced to the semi-finals or finals...
By then, he believes that China will definitely have top players who are extremely powerful and can crush strong opponents and make it straight to the finals no matter what grouping they are in.
The third group of the women's 400-meter sprint semi-finals was equally intense, with top athletes from various countries giving their all in order to secure a spot in the final!
Finally, the third group's competition ended, and after people's nervous and anxious wait, the final results were presented to everyone.
Women's 400m sprint semi-final third group final results:
First place: Karalco (USA), 50.29, q (direct qualification);
Second place: Jackson (Jamaica), 50.67 seconds, q;
Third place: Cobus (Poland), 50.88 seconds;
Fourth place: …
In the end, in the third group of the semi-finals, Cobus, a Polish athlete, beat Chen Yada with a time of 50.88 seconds to 50.96 seconds. Chen Yada finally failed to advance to the final Olympic final of the women's 400-meter sprint because of this result.
What a pity.
This is the first sentence that flashes through many people’s minds.
The difference between 50.88 seconds and 50.96 seconds is only a very slight 0.08 seconds. This little bit of time may be just a blink of an eye for ordinary people, but in the Olympic arena, it is the key to whether the athlete can advance to the finals.
On Weibo, someone posted a post after the women's 400m sprint semi-finals were over. The pictures attached to the post showed the final ranking of the women's 400m sprint semi-finals, as well as the difference in results between Chen Yada and Cobbs.
[It is a bit regrettable that Dan failed to advance to the finals. 0.08 seconds, you don’t even know what this time is enough for, but this is the number that top professional athletes are constantly working hard to shorten in order to break through their limits.
Maybe you don’t think there is a gap between these scores, but the most intuitive numbers tell us that victory is victory and failure is failure. This is the cruelty of competitive sports…】
This Weibo post did not have any hashtags. It was just a simple expression of emotion from a track and field enthusiast. However, some track and field fans saw this post when they occasionally browsed Weibo and forwarded it to the track and field kingdom, causing more track and field fans to express regret and emotion.
However, while expressing their feelings, some track and field fans are still full of expectations.
[Sister Dan's performance in the Olympics has been greatly improved. So, will there be a chance for her performance to improve further in the future? 】
However, before I could finish expressing my anticipation, I saw the national track and field team release an official Weibo post.
Official Weibo of the National Track and Field Team: [#TokyoOlympics# First of all, congratulations to our country's female 400m sprint star @陈雅丹 for running a personal best of 50.96 seconds in the Tokyo Olympics. This is the first time in nearly 20 years that a Chinese athlete has broken the 51-second mark! Although she failed to advance to the finals by one place, Chen Yada also contributed the best ranking and performance of a Chinese female 400m sprinter in the Olympics!
In the last battle of her career, Chen Yada ran the best result of her career and also realized her Olympic dream at the end of her career. On this dream battlefield and stage of the Olympics, I believe that the audience will not forget her time of 50.96 seconds, nor will they forget the strong influence she left for the Chinese women's 400-meter sprint event in her career. 】
After this official Weibo post was released, it immediately attracted countless track and field fans.
Just one second ago, everyone was just regretting that Chen Yada missed the finals despite greatly improving her PB. But the next second, the statement on the official Weibo of the national track and field team drove all the track and field fans crazy on the spot.
What last game? !
Why is this the last game? !
Official Weibo, please explain it to me clearly! ! !
【Official Weibo! ! ! What's going on? ! ! Sister Dan has just significantly refreshed her personal best record. She has broken the 51-second mark! ! She is the best performing player in China in recent decades. How come she suddenly has her last game? ! 】
[Ahhhh, what the hell?] ! Last game? I don't agree! ! 】
[@陈雅丹@陈雅丹@陈雅丹, qaq ah ah ah, Sister Dan, please tell us that this is not true, why are you retiring? Your performance has improved so much in the past two years. It's clearly still your rising period! ! ! 】
After seeing the words "last battle of professional career" on the official Weibo, track and field enthusiasts on the Internet were instantly furious. They absolutely did not want to accept the reality that Chen Yada was about to retire. Some people immediately rushed to Su Bai's Weibo, crying and shouting, hoping that Su Bai would speak out to keep Chen Yada.
Since Su Bai began to lead China's 400-meter sprint event two or three years ago, the 400-meter sprint event has captured many audiences with the athletes' continuous hard work and outstanding performance on the field.
This is the moment when the audience is most emotionally invested and most excited.
In the past two or three years, Chen Yada's retirement is the first time that one of the best 400-meter athletes in China has announced his retirement.
The announcement of his retirement made many track and field fans suddenly feel as if the "sky has fallen", so much so that many people were not in the mood to pay attention to the men's 200-meter sprint final that was about to begin.
Is Chen Yadan retiring?
Why are you retiring?
Many viewers kept this sentence lingering in their minds. They couldn't understand why Chen Yada, who had achieved the best result in history in the semi-finals, chose to retire at this stage.
In China, the national track and field team and the athletics management center had already expected this to happen. In fact, the announcement of this news was made by Chen Yada herself before the start of the Olympics, when she submitted her retirement application and received approval. She announced her retirement at the same time as she completed her last game in the Olympic arena.
There was no other reason for doing so, but Chen Yada felt that since he was going to retire, he might as well just announce the news.
This was basically the case for domestic track and field athletes in the past. At most, the more well-known athletes would hold a press conference to announce their retirement, make a formal announcement at the press conference, and accept a round of interviews at the same time.
Chen Yada had not even planned to hold a press conference, but after being persuaded by the track and field team and the Athletics Administration Center, she agreed to hold a retirement press conference after returning to China after the Olympic Games. The news on Weibo can be regarded as an advance explanation.
However, neither Chen Yada nor the national track and field team nor the athletics management center had expected that the announcement of Chen Yada's retirement would cause such a big stir, and even directly surpassed the other events and athletes who won medals that day in terms of topic popularity.
The public opinion personnel of the national track and field team saw that the topic of Chen Yada's sudden retirement was getting more and more popular on the Internet. Some people even thought that Chen Yada retired out of anger because she could not advance to the finals.
Seeing that the topic might develop in an uncontrollable direction, the National Track and Field Team and the Athletics Administration Center discussed it immediately. In the end, Liao Jie decided to contact Su Bai directly. After explaining the current situation to Su Bai, he contacted Chen Yada and asked Chen Yada to post a message on Weibo.
When Chen Yada also received the call and opened her phone to post on Weibo, the topic #Chen Yada, the No. 1 women's 400m sprinter, announced her retirement# had already been pushed to the top of Weibo's hot searches.
After briefly browsing the relevant information, Chen Yada decisively and directly posted on Weibo.
Chen Yada: [I'm sorry to have caused everyone to worry about my retirement. This decision was made before the Olympics, and my retirement application was also submitted before the Olympics. The reason is very simple. I am already 28 years old, and will be 29 in half a year. This age has reached the retirement standard even for male athletes. I chose to retire after the Olympics for just this reason.
I am honored to see your concern, but please don't worry, I am fine, and China's women's 400m sprint will also be fine - now there are many young athletes training in the national team's women's 400m sprint, and these athletes have excellent talent and potential. Please believe that under the leadership of coach Su Bai, even if I retire, China's women's 400m sprint will still grow and move forward healthily!
At the same time, after retiring, I also applied to stay in the team as an assistant coach to start learning how to train athletes. I just received the news that my application has been approved. In the coming days, I will work hard to learn coaching knowledge, and will also work hard to use my own experience to provide full help and guidance to the athletes in the team. 】
At the same time as Chen Yada’s news was released, Su Bai also posted a message related to Chen Yada.
Su Bai: [The national team has been conducting corresponding physical tests and physical condition monitoring for athletes to observe the athletes' physical function status. The test data from the past two years show that Yadan's body has indeed been in a state of physical decline. Of course, this decline in physical function has been delayed due to effective training and control.
But at the same time, the cost of this delay is that Yadan needs to undergo more detailed and difficult training.
Although her condition has declined, Yadan was able to achieve a substantial improvement in her performance in tonight's game. This is an outburst of her strength, and also a miracle brought about by her willpower and a little bit of luck. But at the same time, through the live broadcast footage after the game, everyone should be able to see that her post-match condition has appeared very tired, which is a manifestation of the weakening of her personal recovery ability.
Under this circumstance, if Yadan is willing to choose to continue training, as a coach, I will do my best to customize a better training plan for her so that she can extend her professional life as much as possible. However, if she chooses to retire, it is not an escape.
Tonight's game and tonight's results allowed her to win the most glorious record of her career in the last battle of her career. This is her luck as an athlete.
I believe that no one wants her to retire from her career after her performance continues to decline and she is forced to retire because her performance cannot qualify her for major competitions.
Yadan's current achievements are a highlight in the Chinese women's 400-meter sprint event. I think it will also be a good memory for everyone to remember her best moment. 】
Su Bai and Chen Yada are not the kind of people who like to post on Weibo. It is rare for them to post such long paragraphs on Weibo. The track and field fans who were originally crying suddenly quieted down after seeing these two paragraphs.
yes……
They only looked at Chen Yada's improved performance and saw her achieve the pinnacle of her career, but they forgot that Chen Yada is already 28 years old, and in half a year, she will be 29 years old.
They only saw the importance of Chen Yada to the women's 400-meter sprint event, and were worried that no one would be able to take over due to her retirement. However, were they willing to see Sister Dan continue to struggle to independently support the women's 400-meter sprint event when her physical fitness had already declined?
if……
If the domestic 400-meter sprint event can only maintain a world-class standard with the hard work of Sister Dan alone, then what is the meaning of such an achievement?
Do they really want to see Sister Dan’s performance in competitions decline again and again as she gets older? Then when that time comes, will they be disappointed in her because of the normal decline in Sister Dan's grades due to her age?
After thinking about so much, track and field fans finally admitted that letting Sister Dan retire at the peak of her career was indeed the best choice.
Moreover, she is not leaving the track and field team just like that. Next, she will start to accompany the growth of Chinese women's 400-meter sprint as a new coach...
Isn’t such a future also worth looking forward to?
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