Because of the competition system and process arrangement of the competition itself, there is basically no semi-final stage in this competition. After the preliminaries, the top 8 or 9 players will be selected according to the total score to enter the final on the second day.
In the preliminaries the day before, Chen Yada, Lin Huan and Lin Yao all broke the 53-second mark. Chen Yada even ran a time of 52.06 seconds, and with this result she won the second place in the overall preliminaries.
Ranking ahead of Chen Yada is the naturalized athlete Nashar from Harlem, a young athlete whose individual PB in 400 meters is 49.59 seconds. She is extremely talented in 400 meters. The track and field community in Bahrain has high hopes for her and believes that she has the potential to become a world champion.
In the preliminaries the day before, Nashar ran a time of 50.17 seconds with great ease. This result was nearly two seconds higher than that of Chen Yada, who ranked second, and was almost an insurmountable height.
On the field, a drizzle continued to fall. The rain had become heavier during the 200-meter race, and now it turned back into drizzles.
At the athlete entrance before the stadium, Chen Yada, Lin Huan and Lin Yao hugged each other. The three girls didn't say much to each other. They just patted each other on the shoulders and whispered "come on" in their partners' ears.
Three young girls stepped onto their own playing field in the misty rain.
In the audience, the few spectators were still immersed in the excitement of the 100-meter event. Now that it was the turn of the 400-meter event, the spectators perked up again. After all, in the preliminaries the day before, almost all the participants in the 400-meter event broke their PB, which left a deep impression on them.
"You guys think everyone will refresh their PB today, right?"
Some audience members in the audience recalled the shock they felt the day before and couldn't help but talk about it to the audience around them.
"Is it possible? After all, yesterday was the preliminaries, and today is the finals. It is indeed possible that today's results will be better than yesterday's... But today is the finals, not only do our national team players have to go all out, but the other players' conditions will also be different from yesterday, right?"
The audience who were selected to watch the game on site this time were basically real track and field fans. Sitting in the audience area, they were both expectant and nervous. They were all waiting to see how big the gap would be between the final result of the first round of the 400-meter event after Su Bai took over and the previous one.
Also in the audience, Pei Jinan was sitting with Su Bai. Although the team members of the 400-meter event were not his own, Pei Jinan still couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.
"Xiaobai, how can you sit still like this?"
Su Bai heard Pei Jinan's question and smiled: "Coach Pei, as a coach, at this time, our job is done. The rest depends on the players' performance, right?"
Pei Jinan smiled and shook his head: "That's what I said, but how can I not be nervous? These are the children I brought up with great effort."
Su Bai took a deep breath and looked towards the race track - at this time, Chen Yada, Lin Huan and Lin Yao were already standing on the 4th, 2nd and 8th tracks respectively.
The three female players all had the same determination and perseverance written on their faces. Even though they knew that there were other strong naturalized players like Nashar on the field, they did not show any willingness to admit defeat early.
Su Bai looked at them seriously, and then said softly: "I believe them. They have a passionate heart that is unwilling to admit defeat."
On the field, athletes from several other Asian countries have also discovered that the Chinese athletes did not treat this Asian Six Nations Track and Field Joint Competition as a simple winter training competition. In this competition, the 400-meter sprint, which was once considered a weak point for the Chinese team, had achieved rapid growth in the preliminaries the day before.
In today's 100m final, Fang Yu broke the ten-second barrier again after many years.
For this reason, the athletes from other countries who had originally treated this game as an ordinary competition and did not take it too seriously have now become alert. Especially for the 400-meter event in which almost all members of the Chinese team broke their pb the day before, these athletes from other countries are now ready to test the new fangs of the Chinese team.
In addition to Chen Yada and other three players from the Chinese team, there were also Nashar and Mia from Bahrain, Nirmila from India, Aisha from Qatar and Rena Kusunoki from Japan.
Among these people, except Nashar, Nirmila Aisha's personal PB is also around 50.50 seconds. Before the official start of the competition, the players from other countries all looked at Chen Yada and other Chinese players to a greater or lesser extent, as if they were evaluating the strength of Chen Yada and others.
Perhaps because it was drizzling, in order to prevent the athletes from losing heat too quickly after warming up and affecting their performance, the scene only briefly introduced the eight athletes, and then the starter's voice was heard over the radio to remind the athletes to get ready.
"Everyone, take your positions."
At the starting point of the 400-meter race, eight athletes have quickly taken their positions, squatting on their starting blocks, waiting for the next command from the starter.
Then, when all the players were concentrating and waiting for instructions, the subsequent instructions quickly followed - "Ready... Bang!"
After a crisp starting signal was sounded, eight figures on the track responded at the same time. Among them, the one with the fastest reaction speed was Nashar from Bahrain. Even though his strength was far superior to that of other players around him, Nashar did not take this event lightly.
Her start, burst, acceleration and the arc she drew on the bend were all very smooth. Her strong and powerful limbs ran in the rain, and the drizzle fell on her dark skin, revealing a powerful beauty.
Chen Yada was in the fifth track, just behind Nassar. Among all the runners, Chen Yada's reaction at the start was definitely not slow. Her reaction speed of 0.157 seconds could be considered excellent on the 400-meter track in the rain today. However, after the start and the explosive acceleration, Chen Yada had clearly felt the speed gap between herself and Nassar in front of her.
It was a feeling of being almost crushed. Chen Yada had competed with Nashar in the past, but now that her strength has been greatly improved, Chen Yada has a clearer understanding of the talent and strength of the naturalized player from Bahrain in front of her.
In the audience, Pei Jinan frowned. Although the starting lines of the 400-meter event participants were in different areas, and the performance gap between the participants could not be seen very intuitively, an experienced track and field coach like Pei Jinan could naturally judge the actual speed and ranking of the participants from the distance difference between the participants at the first and second bends on each track.
“Too fast…”
Pei Jinan frowned, his face solemn: "This Nashar is worthy of being the killer of Bahrain's women's 400m event. Looking at her speed, breaking the 49-second mark will not be a problem sooner or later."
Su Bai also nodded. At this time, although Nashar was in the fifth track on the track, after passing the first bend and turning into the straight, she had gradually caught up with the player in the sixth track, and she could overtake at any time.
This is indeed a player with excellent talent. Whether it is explosive power, absolute speed in the 100 meters or speed endurance, he does not seem to have any obvious flaws. It can be said that this is a player with basically no shortcomings and a very strong talent in absolute speed.
"Compared with Nashar, the gap between Yadan and the others is still too big."
Pei Jinan looked at the situation on the field and sighed slightly. Chen Yada, Lin Huan and Lin Yao are already the most talented and powerful representatives among the current domestic female 400m runners, but in the current competition, it can still be seen how big the gap between them and Nashar is.
Su Bai was silent after hearing this, and then said: "But they didn't give up, and they won't give up."
"Although we started late, their diligence and fighting spirit are enough to fill the gap. Even if they can't do it now, they won't give up. As long as we hold on to this attitude, we can always catch up with the goal step by step."
At this time, the athletes on the field had already passed the first 100-meter bend. On the track, except for Nashar who was far ahead, Chen Yada, Lin Huan and Lin Yao did not really fall into a disadvantage in the competition with other athletes.
On the track, Nirmila from India and Aisha from Qatar were in the 3rd and 6th place respectively. After turning into the straight from the first corner, Nirmila widened his pace on the first straight and chased forward.
Huff, huff.
The breathing and footsteps of the surrounding contestants, as well as her own breathing and heartbeat, all these sounds were concentrated in Chen Yada's mind. She constantly controlled her breathing and the pace of her steps forward.
From the first turn, she knew that Nashar in front of her was very strong - indeed too strong.
In past competitions, even if she tried her best, she was completely unable to catch up with Nashar's rhythm and pace. At that time, she simply knew that Nashar was very strong, but because the gap in strength between them was too large, she could not truly realize how big the gap between them was.
But this time was different. On the track, she saw more clearly the differences between her and Nashar - the difference in strength, the difference in explosive power, the control of rhythm, the lack of absolute speed...
All these things came to Chen Yada's mind one by one. The gap was too obvious and should have been a complete blow to her. However, on the track at this moment, Chen Yada felt another wave of excitement in her heart - compared to her in the past, she could not even feel the real gap between herself and Nassar at that time.
Now, although these gaps are indeed like a mountain in front of her, she has already seen the way to climb this mountain...
She really couldn't catch up with the mountain now, but what about later?
She can work harder and work harder, and she already has a direction to catch up!
She wanted to try... to try to catch up with this seemingly insurmountable and unclimbable mountain...!
Chen Yada stared at Nassar in front of her. Her rhythm at this time was different from that in her usual training. Because her attention was too focused on Nassar, Chen Yada's overall rhythm began to move closer to Nassar. This feeling of being almost in sync with Nassar in front made Chen Yada's speed slightly adjusted forward!
In the commentary booth, Li Sen keenly noticed this.
"Chen Yada's rhythm is gradually approaching Nashar's! Yada's speed is also getting faster... She should be influenced by Nashar, which makes her enter Nashar's rhythm..."
"Yes." Shao Minyi also nodded and said, "But Nashar's speed is too fast. If he maintains this pace, after the third 100-meter stage, it may affect Yadan's own physical fitness and speed...!"
On the field, not only Chen Yada, but also Lin Huan and Lin Yao were controlling their own pace and moving forward as fast as possible.
Lin Yao is in the eighth lane. Behind her on the left is the Japanese athlete Rena Kusunoki. Apart from that, there are no other athletes’ coordinates to refer to in front of her. She can only control her speed as much as possible, recalling the sense of rhythm that Su Bai had instilled in her during past training, and relying on this perception of speed and rhythm, she moves forward.
Behind Lin Yao, Kusunoki Rena couldn't trust Lin Yao's speed because there was only Lin Yao in front of her as a reference for speed. So on the second track, she sped up as much as she could, almost catching up with or even overtaking Lin Yao in front of her.
Lin Huan, who was in the second track, maintained her speed steadily. Even though Nilmila in front of her slowed down her pace in the second 100-meter stage to catch up with Chen Yada and Nashar, she still maintained her speed and did not let herself get out of control.
The 400-meter track was a bit slippery due to the rain, but this level of slipperiness did not affect the girls who were running in the rain at all.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, the audience watched the fierce competition on the track and cheered for the other team with all their might.
Because of Fang Yu's recent performance in the 100m, a large number of new viewers suddenly flooded into the live broadcast room. These new viewers were not as calm as the previous pure track and field fans. Some of them simply didn't know much about the 400m event itself, but just because of Fang Yu's victory and sub-100m time, they flocked in to watch the excitement.
Some of the audience, perhaps because they were used to finding fault, started to complain while watching the 400-meter race.
Such as [Why does it seem that the Chinese women's 400m team is not doing well? ], [The gap between this and the first place contestant is too big, right? ], [Oh my, is the Indian player behind us going to overtake our player? Is our strength a little weak? 】.
These comments stood out particularly among the comments that were originally cheering for Chen Yada and the others.
These track and field fans originally just planned to watch the game properly, but when they saw these barrages, some of them lost their temper and started arguing directly on the public barrage screen.
What's wrong with the big gap? Dan Jie and her teammates’ previous individual PB was 53 seconds. Are you competing with the world’s top female 400m athletes whose individual PB is 49 seconds? 】
[Didn’t you see that Sister Dan is still biting Nashar? The players are still competing on the field, please don't criticize them in the comments, okay? 】
[If you have the guts, stop yelling behind the barrage. The girls are winning glory for the country on the field. What do you mean by saying these things? 】
Suddenly, the stadium was filled with smoke, and the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room also began to smell like smoke. However, the smell did not last long. Just as these people were arguing, someone suddenly shouted in colorful fonts - [Stop arguing! Damn, look at Sister Dan sprinting! 】
At this time, the track has entered the final 150-meter section. After turning from the last bend into the straight, except for Nashar who has always been in the first place, Nirmila and Aisha are already slightly ahead of Chen Yada. The struggle between Nashar, Nirmila and Aisha in front seems to have become the final outcome.
At the beginning of the second 100-meter stage, Chen Yada had been following Nassar's speed and rhythm. At this time, the sequelae of chasing Nassar's speed and rhythm seemed to have emerged. In order to keep up with Nassar's rhythm, Chen Yada consumed much more physical energy in the first half of the race than her usual physical energy consumption.
Pei Jinan in the audience also noticed this: "Oh no, Yadan's physical strength is about to collapse...!"
"This girl, I've never seen her run so wildly before, why can't she be controlled this time?"
However, Su Bai, who was standing next to Pei Jinan, had not given up. He also frowned and watched Chen Yadan's speed decline in the third stage. He was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "No... She should still be under control now."
"How is it possible?" Pei Jinan's first reaction was that it was impossible. Just in the third stage, although Chen Yada still had an unwillingness to give up look on her face, her speed had obviously dropped. This speed drop was a clear sign of stalling, which meant that her speed was gradually getting out of her control.
Su Bai nodded affirmatively: "But she controlled it."
Just as Su Bai finished speaking, Pei Jinan's pupils slightly opened, and he also saw that after turning from the curve to the straight road, Chen Yada's speed did not further lose speed, and she even began to gradually speed up in the fourth stage...
She is overtaking!
"Oh my god...Is Yadan speeding up?!"
Pei Jinan's expression looked extremely shocked.
In the final sprint stage, the athletes' physical strength is almost exhausted at this stage. Everyone is indeed sprinting, but compared with the speed of the previous three stages, the speed of the fourth stage is often the slowest of all stages.
And Chen Yada... can she still accelerate at this stage? !
There was also some disbelief in Su Bai's eyes. Compared with Pei Jinan, he actually knew better what kind of ability Chen Yada's explosion came from - this was a data called "potential breakthrough" that he began to see after a series of events in the previous Asian Games, after the players' personal potential values.
This data, called potential breakthrough, according to the system's explanation, is an additional breakthrough attribute that may be generated by the stimulation of the event in key competitions. However, the system has not given any information on what this so-called additional breakthrough attribute can bring to the players, nor has it mentioned how this additional breakthrough attribute can be improved.
All of this requires him to explore on his own.
At this moment, when Chen Yada began to sprint forward in the final fourth stage, Su Bai also received a long-lost system prompt in his mind - the potential breakthrough of the connected user Chen Yada was activated.
Su Bai looked at Chen Yada on the track. Even though he had told Pei Jinan before the race that he would not be nervous, he couldn't help but clench his hands.
Although he couldn't explain it to anyone, he knew that he might be witnessing a miracle that few people could achieve - Chen Yada on the field. She was breaking through her own limits and talents in this game!
On the track, fine raindrops were falling on Chen Yada's body. She should not have felt much, but at this moment, it was as if her sense of touch was magnified countless times. She could feel the raindrops watering her, and every touch of the track with her soles. She could even feel the different weight of her left and right feet when they stepped on the ground.
The breathing sounds around her, the cheers of people cheering, and her own heartbeat all seemed to have been amplified countless times.
She found that her control over her own strength and even her perception of her speed as she broke through the air were countless times clearer than before. This made her begin to realize that she could use her strength and speed in a better way.
She originally thought that her speed had reached its limit, but now, she found... No! She can be even faster!
It was this discovery that allowed her to control her speed, which was about to get out of control, but at the same time, the increased sensitivity of her senses did not bring all benefits.
The tearing pain in the throat caused by breathing, the soreness in the body caused by the accumulation of lactic acid, and the feeling of heaviness in the whole body also came doubly.
but……
The onset of these feelings did not affect the excitement in Chen Yada's heart - it was just fatigue, she could overcome it; it was just a tearing pain in her throat, she could overcome it as well!
But this feeling of being able to go faster is something she has never felt before!
This sense of speed made Chen Yada, who had been gritting her teeth to persevere, feel unprecedented excitement. She quickened her pace and started to counterattack forward in the last 100-meter stage at a speed that surprised everyone!
The first person she overtook was Aisha, a Qatari athlete in front of her. The female athlete from Qatar originally thought that the athletes behind her had no ability to catch up with her, but just when she felt a little relaxed, Chen Yada suddenly appeared from behind her!
Not only Aisha, but Nirmila, who was not far in front of Aisha, also felt the pursuit from behind!
No!
This is impossible!
With such shock, Nirmila tried to speed up her arm swing further and increase her final sprint speed, but she was completely unable to stop Chen Yada from approaching from behind!
“Overtake!!!”
In the commentary booth, Shao Minyi and Li Sen also shouted excitedly: "In the last 100-meter stage, Chinese athlete Chen Yada, who was originally in fourth place, is overtaking! Qatar's Aisha has fallen behind Chen Yada!!!"
"Yadan!! Come on!!!"
No one expected that in this race that seemed to have come to an end, Chen Yada turned into a dark horse again in the final sprint stage!
They watched Chen Yada gradually speed up, overtake Aisha, and even when Nirmila had already accelerated, she was in a stalemate with her for a moment, and then in the last 5 meters, she successfully overtook her!
"Congratulations!! Congratulations to our country's athlete Chen Yadan for winning the runner-up in the women's 400m final!!"
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