Mike Knight could never have imagined that, as an international friend, he would have such a big presence on the Chinese Internet before the game today - although he probably didn't want this kind of unpleasant presence.
Anyone who placed a bet on Mike Knight on the forum basically bet on more than 45 seconds, with some even going as far as to say 46 seconds or more. One viewer chuckled and said, "You should give some face to your international friends," but after saying this, he turned around and said, "I'll also bet on 45 seconds or more."
If Mike Knight himself saw this betting thread, he would probably faint on the track before being carried away by the Husky's rhythm during the race.
After reading the betting posts on the Track and Field Kingdom forum, a sports celebrity went to Weibo and talked about it - during the Olympic period, the atmosphere before each important event has been very tense and even a bit depressing. As a result, today is the time for Erha's finals. I don't know why, everyone on the Internet started laughing. This feeling is quite amazing?
Under this Weibo post, many people also replied in agreement, and the one with the highest number of likes was: [I can’t help it, it’s really hard to get nervous when I see the Husky. 】
The big V looked at this comment with a very high number of likes and was amazed in his heart: This Qiu Wen, the nickname of Erha has really been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
People are joking around on the Internet, but when you really focus on the live broadcast of the game, you can't help but get nervous.
Although in the live broadcast just now, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were both laughing and joking about the fact that Mike Knight was affected by Qiu Wen's rhythm, and even many track and field fans in the Track and Field Kingdom forum believed this, the worried audience were still thinking nervously in their hearts - was Mike Knight really affected by Qiu Wen's rhythm?
Even if that's the case, Qiu Wen's rhythm can affect McNight, but can it also affect other players?
In the semi-final match against Qiu Wen, it seemed that because of him, the results of the players in the third group of the entire semi-final were not very ideal, but it was only the semi-final after all.
In the semi-finals, the players in each group were able to easily run a time in the top half of 44 seconds. This was enough to make people nervous in the semi-finals two days ago. So, what kind of strength do the players in the Olympic finals, in theory, have?
Track and field fans who have an idea of the level of the top men's 400m sprint finals have reviewed the final data from the previous Rio Olympics.
In the final results of the men's 400m final of that Olympic Games, if we look at Qiu Wen's semi-final result of 44.57 seconds, then this result would only rank him...eighth among the eight finalists.
Yes, at the Rio Olympics, the eighth-place finisher in the men's 400m final had a time of 44.61 seconds, while the seventh-place finisher had a time of 44.45 seconds.
In the men's 400m sprint final of the last Olympics, the top three all ran within 44 seconds, and the champion almost broke the 43-second mark. It was a battle of the gods in the 400m race. Although a new group of athletes participated in the Olympic final four years later, referring to the results of last year's World Athletics Championships final, the data of 44.57 seconds could only barely rank sixth.
The audience who were nervous about today's game did not join in the relaxed atmosphere on the Internet. When the game was about to begin, they had been nervously watching the live broadcast for more than half an hour.
Finally, as people were watching with some ease, some tension, and some anticipation, the starter’s voice was heard over the on-site broadcast - the final men’s 400-meter sprint was about to begin!
On the track, Qiu Wen was in the fifth lane. If you look closely at his eyes, you can see that this usually silly guy was completely excited when he got to this arena. Before the race started, he looked back and forth at his opponents, and his face showed an eager look.
Among the 8 tracks, except for Qiu Wen's old friend Mike Knight on the third track, the one on the fourth track was a player who was about the same age as Qiu Wen, and who did not quite believe in Qiu Wen's title of "rhythm destroyer" - that was the young player Machell from Trinidad and Tobago.
Although Machal also knew that in the semi-finals, Qiu Wen even caused the Jamaican star McPherson to foul and fall over, Machal still stubbornly believed that the reason for this was simply because McPherson himself lost control and had nothing to do with Qiu Wen.
Even during the warm-up phase before the game, Marcher paid special attention to Qiu Wen who was doing pre-match warm-up preparations, but after observation, he did not think there was anything special about this Chinese player.
Also advancing to the final was Trinidad and Tobago’s player, Te Kau, who is Machel’s teammate.
Tekau also competed with Qiu Wen, but compared to McNight, Tekau's lanes were much farther away from Qiu Wen's. Therefore, he was one of the players who competed with Qiu Wen but was rarely harmed by Qiu Wen.
For example, in today's final, Tekau's lane was on the seventh track, which was also a golden lane. Judging from the starting line at the start, there was a gap of nearly 30 meters between him and Qiu Wen. In addition, Tekau himself had the ability to break the 44-second mark, which seemed to have laid a "safe" foundation for Tekau today.
However, in this case, Tekau did not feel Qiu Wen's rhythm-disrupting ability particularly clearly, so when Machal asked him, he could not give a clear answer.
This ultimately led to MacArthur being very stubborn and believing that the rumors about Qiu Wen's "rhythm-destroying ability" were all exaggerated.
In addition, on the track, apart from players like Marcher who do not believe in Qiu Wen's ability, the sixth and second lanes are occupied by Hernandez and Le Clos, two top control flow masters.
If the audience is willing to believe that players like McNight will be affected by Qiu Wen, then after the names of Hernandez and Le Clos are mentioned, few people will believe that these two players will also be affected by Qiu Wen's "rhythm disruption" ability.
Apart from these people, Morris and Barnes in the eighth and ninth lanes were too far away from Qiu Wen. If we were to say that they would be affected by Qiu Wen, it would only happen in the second half of the race, and that would only happen if Qiu Wen could keep up with them in the second half.
The audience who were originally having fun on the Internet, after returning to the live broadcast and listening carefully again to Shao Minyi and Li Sen's introduction of the contestants in each lane, their hearts, which had been so happy before, were suddenly poured with a basin of cold water, turning cold.
In the audience, Pei Jinan frowned as he watched Qiu Wen, who was still waiting for the race to start with an excited look on his face.
"It's really hard to run on this track today..."
Even though just reaching the finals is enough to make everyone in the national team happy, when the finals are about to begin, people can't help but hope to see a better result - Qiu Wen doesn't need to win a medal, but they still hope that Qiu Wen can have a mid-level ranking in the finals.
But after seeing the current ranking of the contestants, Pei Jinan suddenly felt that even getting a better ranking result seemed like a luxury.
Su Bai focused on the stadium in front of him, and looked at Qiu Wen's sparkling eyes that just flashed on the big screen, and then said calmly: "No matter what, I believe Qiu Wen will do his best and run his best."
Hearing Su Bai's words, Pei Jinan was stunned for a moment, then he also nodded with a serious face.
Although Qiu Wen looks a little silly, his attitude towards the game is indeed impeccable.
So……
We can only hope that he will give the best possible performance!
Under the expectant gaze of everyone, at the starting positions of the eight lanes on site, the athletes have already squatted on their respective starting blocks, with their hands on the ground, waiting for the final start signal of the race to sound.
At the starting position of the fifth track, the on-site jib camera happened to be at this position, and the camera was looking down at Qiu Wen's position from above.
Qiu Wen, who was squatting on the starting blocks, seemed not to have fully immersed himself in the mood of waiting for the race. He seemed to have noticed the jib camera above, and then he actually looked up at the jib camera, gave a smile, and then lowered his head again, staring at the small section of the track in front of him.
Back home, the audience in front of the TV were getting nervous. They didn’t expect that Qiu Wen’s grinning face would suddenly appear on the screen.
The audience instinctively and subconsciously wanted to ask why Erha was so distracted and smiling at the camera before the competition. Isn't this too inattentive?
But just as they were about to say this, many people felt that something was suddenly wrong when they saw that smile. They even felt an inexplicable chill down their spines as they watched Qiu Wen in front of the TV.
this……
How is this possible?
Isn’t that just a silly smile from Erha?
But the audience did not have more time to recall and savor Erha's smile just now. After Erha lowered his head, the starting signal sounded at the scene -
"Everyone, get ready."
"Bang!"
In just a moment of distraction, the game began immediately!
When the audience realized that the race had begun and they were about to cheer for Qiu Wen, in the live broadcast on TV, the eight runners on the track had already stepped on the starting blocks, bursting with strength, and entered the stage of explosive acceleration at the start!
In today's game, Qiu Wen's starting state was very similar to the starting explosive state in the semi-finals two days ago. Within just a few steps of the starting explosion, Qiu Wen's explosive speed was obviously much faster than Hernandez and Marcher before and after him.
Having a similar speed to Qiu Wen is American athlete Barnes, who is on track nine and is known for his explosive acceleration at the start.
Barnes's explosive speed is so fast that he can even leave behind athletes of the same level at the starting stage. It is because of his exaggerated explosive ability, coupled with the fact that he is in the ninth lane on the outermost lane today and his original starting position is the front, so after his starting burst, people quickly have a visual illusion that he is already dozens of meters ahead of the other players.
In this sense, Barnes is also a "rhythm-disrupting" runner. Behind Barnes, Morris in the eighth track also increased his speed. However, although Barnes would have this crazy acceleration during the explosive acceleration phase at the start, his overall speed rhythm still conforms to the running structure of a 400-meter sprinter.
Therefore, although Barnes affected Morris, he at most consumed some of Morris's planned physical energy in advance, and did not actually cause much disruption to the overall game.
The person who really influenced the game was still Qiu Wen.
When the race moves from the reaction to the gun to the explosive acceleration stage at the start, it can be seen from the live broadcast footage that the two people with the most "unharmonious" speeds in this part of the track are Barnes on track nine and Qiu Wen on track five.
If Barnes's technical characteristics make him particularly good at starting and bursting, then Qiu Wen is not.
Qiu Wen is indeed good at bursts, but his greatest reliance is his physical recovery ability, which brings him jaw-dropping physical endurance and late-game acceleration capabilities.
It is because of this ability that Qiu Wen can run at his own pace without restraint on the field.
Before the start of today's final, Qiu Wen, who looked grinning and harmless, was actually thinking in his heart - he wanted to win, he really wanted to win.
During his nap, the golden cake that he could see with his eyes open or closed seemed to be hanging in front of Erha, the meat that he coveted the most.
As a straightforward person, all he could think about was - he wanted to win, and he also wanted a piece of golden cake of his own!
This seemingly far-fetched idea, however, does not seem unreasonable to Qiu Wen. After all, his grandfather taught him since he was a child that other geniuses are awesome, but he should not lose his competitive spirit just because other players are good.
Qiu Wen really didn’t know whether he could win, but...it was better to give it a try anyway!
If the audience were allowed to revisit Qiu Wen's grin before the game after the game, perhaps some of them would realize that although that grin looked like a smile, it was actually like a lone wolf grinning, revealing his fangs shining with white light.
At this moment on the track, Qiu Wen was indeed like a lone wolf. He was the only yellow man among the eight players on the track, and his skin color looked particularly special compared to the other seven black players.
From the start, this lone wolf burst out with a crazy speed that was clearly imprinted with desire. Even on the curves at the beginning, his speed did not slacken at all, and it was even so fast that people felt afterimages appearing in front of their eyes.
Behind Qiu Wen, Trinidad and Tobago runner Machal in the fourth lane was initially concentrating on running his own race. However, when he saw Qiu Wen's speed in front of him out of the corner of his eye, the chaotic speed that should not have appeared in the starting curve directly shocked Machal.
How come this Chinese guy is so fast? !
[Is it because I am too slow? 】
If Mike Knight behind Marcher could know what Marcher was thinking, he would immediately warn the young guy - no, it's not that you are too slow, it's that the big devil from China is moving at a speed that shouldn't be possible on a curve!
Unfortunately, there is no "if" in this world. After seeing Qiu Wen's speed, Machel instinctively accelerated.
Caught up behind Qiu Wen.
However, it should be said that Marcher was indeed a very perceptive athlete, and he soon discovered something was wrong. After all, in the curve phase of the start, athletes usually only run at 90% of their speed because they have to distract themselves from controlling their technical movements and preventing themselves from going off the track and stepping on the line on the curve.
When Machel realized that his speed was clearly out of control, he could feel that the Chinese "Qiu" in front of him was still accelerating.
What is this guy doing? !
Is he crazy? !
This was the thought that flashed through Marcher's mind instinctively, but he no longer had the energy to care about how Qiu Wen was running in front of him. After he instinctively followed Qiu Wen's acceleration, his current speed rhythm had deviated from his usual rhythm. This deviation made him clearly realize that his running rhythm and overall structure in this game were out of balance!
The speed of the 100-meter stage at the beginning should not have been the same as just now. Not only did he run at a speed beyond his control, but this speed also over-consumed the physical energy that he should have reserved for the next three 100-meter stages.
This kind of imbalance in running structure and overall rhythm has not been seen for many years for Marcher. Although he is not a top control athlete, his perception and control of running rhythm have always been very good. But in today's competition, this is only the first 100-meter stage, which is almost a face-to-face encounter. A frightening word flashed through Marcher's mind - he lost.
Behind Marcher, McNight had already learned to control this kind of unpleasant unexpected situation. Before the game started, he kept controlling himself in his mind, making sure to maintain his usual rhythm. This is indeed a relatively useful method, but the result of using this method is that he over-controls his own rhythm. Unless he is a top control flow player like Hernandez and Le Clos, he is likely to lose his best competitive state and the possibility of breakthrough.
McNight was not unaware of this terrible outcome, but the young player from Trinidad and Tobago in front of him had clearly laid out before them the consequences of pursuing Qiu Wen with all his might.
In the audience, from the beginning of the game, the audience from China has been shouting at the top of their lungs -
【come on! ! ! Come on, Qiu Wen! ! ! 】
[Erha, charge!] ! ! 】
【come on! ! ! come on! ! 】
From the starting stage to the starting explosive stage, Qiu Wen's speed exploded fiercely. As Qiu Wen's speed exploded, the audience's cheers became more and more intense.
The cheers from the audience seemed to condense into a boiling sound wave, and this boiling power once again washed over the track of the stadium, making the athletes on the track even more excited and fanatical!
"Qiu Wen is in good shape now!" Shao Minyi's voice was tense: "He maintains his unique rhythm style. It can be seen that Qiu Wen's position on the field should be in the first half. Currently, the rhythm of the players Machell and McNight behind Qiu Wen has slowed down!"
“But at the same time, in front of Qiu Wen, players like Hernandez need him to surpass!”
There was a hint of solemnity in Shao Minyi's voice. Not only him, but Li Sen could also see it. On the court, although the players behind Qiu Wen, such as Marcher and McNight, were affected by him at this stage and their rhythm was unbalanced, but apart from these two people, in front of Qiu Wen, Hernandez still firmly controlled his own rhythm. Before that, Tekau did not notice the impact brought by Qiu Wen because of the distance between him and Qiu Wen.
If he keeps going at this pace, then by the end of the race, Qiu Wen might only be able to get sixth place at best...
This result is indeed very good, but for Qiu Wen, who has always created miracles for people, it seems that people feel a little unsatisfied.
Just as this thought flashed through everyone's mind, the situation on the field changed subtly.
When entering the second bend, with the advantages of the inner and outer lanes alternating, Tekawu, who had always maintained a steady rhythm on the field, suddenly had a moment of confusion.
What's going on? !
The audience in Trinidad and Tobago had been watching their national treasure runner Te Kau running very steadily all the way, but suddenly in the second half of the race, at the second bend, Te Kau, who had maintained a certain lead, lost his rhythm, and almost in the blink of an eye, the distance between him and Barnes, who was in the outermost lane, widened further.
How is this possible? Tekawu is also a very good player in the latter stages. Logically speaking, he would not be unbalanced at this stage...
The spectators in Trinidad and Tobago were confused. Some of them finally noticed that in the fifth lane, the Chinese athlete had actually run to a similar distance to Tekau without knowing when? !
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