The competition is coming
51.03 seconds!
Just 0.03 seconds! The carrot was so close before their eyes that they were so anxious that blisters appeared on their lips.
When Qu Chi was undergoing mid-season physical adjustment and recovery at the National Track and Field Training Center, he saw the signs of inflammation at the corners of He Yang's mouth and felt a little guilty.
Although she was sure that she tried her best to reach the PB in every game, her results were still a little short of the mark.
And... to be honest, she didn't seem to be that anxious, so she felt even more guilty towards He Yang.
He Yang sat there alone looking at Qu Chi's data, frowning and looking particularly pitiful. Qu Chi thought for a moment and comforted him:
"Coach, there's still more than a month left. I'll try harder."
He Yang grinned, tearing his lips, and said:
"Don't worry, this is the first time in over 20 years that a national team athlete has come this close to qualifying for the World Championships. Those higher-ups will definitely not ignore it. With the 400m doing this well, if they can really improve, it'll be all about attention and results!"
Qu Chi nodded, accepting He Yang's "rest assured" comfort, then watched He Yang put on his glasses again and stare at the data on the screen.
During the team's recovery period, all kinds of forces of the national team gathered together, including medical teams, nutritionists, masseurs, data analysts... Quchi was almost surrounded.
As he ate the specially prepared meals for physical fitness, Qu Chi suddenly realized that this was truly... a special treatment from the national team...
Apart from those athletes who truly support the Chinese team in track and field events, such as the men's 100 meters, women's shot put and javelin, and race walking, who can win medals in events such as the World Championships and the Olympics, she really doesn't think anyone else has such treatment.
Although every member of the national team is carefully selected by the national team and is highly valued, there are really levels of importance attached to them.
Because of his status as the only 400m champion (Dong Zichun is accumulating points abroad), Qu Chi is simply...
She thought of the novel that Qu Tang had shared with her recently. This couldn't be the treatment of being the group's favorite.
Thinking of these two words, Qu Chi couldn't help laughing. He was alone in the cafeteria, holding the bowl and chopsticks. In order not to be thought of as crazy, he pretended to be crazy with his mobile phone, and then laughed.
After laughing, she calmed down. The national team's current attention to her is simply because she is one of the players with the greatest hope of participating in the World Championships.
The standards of this year's World Championships are extremely high. Although the traditional advantage events are still stable, the sprint events are in jeopardy.
The women's 100m qualifying time was 11.08 seconds, and the men's 100m time was 10.00 seconds; the women's 200m qualifying time was 22.60 seconds, and the men's 200m time was 20.16 seconds; in the 400m event, the women's and men's qualifying times were 51 seconds and 45 seconds respectively.
If you can't tell from the last two events, then just looking at the 10-second data for the men's 100 meters will tell you how outrageous it is. The yellow race once used the 10-second mark to break the limit of the yellow race, and every successful breakthrough of 10 seconds was a miracle.
And almost every one of the qualifying results in the sprint this time requires athletes to achieve such a miracle.
The current situation is that the men's team has struggled to sprint to 10 seconds this season, and no one in the women's 100 meters has reached the standard.
The two veteran 100m runners in the women's group are already in a period of declining performance. Although one of them has a PB of 11.05 seconds, that is not her current strength.
As for the younger generation, Zhou Xinwen and others are still growing. Faced with limits that are becoming increasingly difficult to break through, Zhou Xinwen still has a long way to go if she wants to reach the result of 11.08 seconds.
The situation in the 200m was similar. I didn't know whether I should be sad or thankful that the female 200m athlete was in her prime, with promising results in the future, and she had not given up on sprinting to meet the standard.
As for the 400 meters, for the entire 400 meters, regardless of whether it is women or men, according to He Yang, she is the athlete with the greatest hope of achieving the standard in the past 20 years.
A single child is indeed precious.
Amid such enthusiastic anticipation, Qu Chi stood on the field of this year's National Track and Field Grand Prix Championship.
The World Championships will kick off in August. In this National Track and Field Championships and World Championships qualifiers, athletes in all events will try their best to sprint.
For the top athletes in the event, they have to compete for the final selection spot to participate in the World Championships.
As for the "fading" events, such as the 400m and 200m, Qu Chi and the other lone 200m runner are sprinting towards the qualifying results in their respective events.
There are 48 participants in this competition, including many players she has played against before.
Li Yali, Mo Xiaohuan, including Dong Zichun and so on.
At the preliminaries, Qu Chi and Li Yali were in adjacent groups, and their warm-up and preparation time overlapped, so they greeted each other.
"I didn't have time to congratulate you on your consecutive great achievements." Li Yali said with a smile.
Qu Chi nodded, thinking for a moment and recalling: "You are in good condition too."
Li Yali is 22 years old this year, which is the golden age for athletes. Apart from anything else, she seems to be more motivated than the last time Qu Chi saw her.
The curve of Li Yali's mouth deepened. "Because of you, ah, you let me see hope. We yellow people, no, I should say yellow women, can also have the opportunity to rush to the World Championships. Even, ha, anyway, you let me see the possibility."
Qu Chi was silent for two seconds and replied, "If you say that, I'll mistakenly think you're my fan."
Li Yali continued to laugh. If she hadn't been concerned about her performance in the upcoming competition, she would probably have fainted from laughing.
Qu Chi sighed: "Take it easy, I came here today to break the PB. If you don't work hard, I will leave you far behind this time."
There are three games: preliminaries, semi-finals and finals. She cannot relax in any of them. Even if other players can easily advance from the preliminaries to the semi-finals, that is not her real need.
Li Yali nodded: "I won't give up."
Suddenly, a cold female voice interrupted the conversation between the two. It was Mo Xiaohuan:
"I won't give up either."
Mo Xiaohuan obviously didn't want to chat with them any more, so she turned around and concentrated on adjusting her state for the game.
This time, she was placed in the same group with Qu Chi in the preliminaries, but now she no longer regards Qu Chi as a young player with no competition experience.
In the 48-to-24 race, Qu Chi easily won the first place in the group. With her conscious efforts, although she did not break her PB, 51.27 seconds was still an unattainable result.
After a brief warm-up in the preliminaries, the semi-finals were held the next afternoon. Qu Chi was obviously in better shape. While sprinting, he left his opponents who had just entered the semi-finals behind by almost ten meters and also achieved a small breakthrough again.
Looking at 51.07 seconds on the live screen, Qu Chi took a deep breath and suppressed his sudden excitement.
She needs to save all her condition for the finals. Her performance in the semi-finals has already proved that she is in a hot state at this time of competition. A breakthrough is just around the corner.
On the evening of the 9th day of the competition, Qu Chi was rarely stopped by reporters on his way to the players' lounge.
Among the reporters with confused looks on their faces, there was one acquaintance who called out her name accurately.
"Contestant Quchi!"
"Do you remember me?" This reporter has been running track and field, and she was the one who conducted many interviews when Qu Chi ran the 100 meters.
Qu Chi nodded, walked over, and accepted the interview which was obviously aimed at the "400-meter runner".
"Contestant Qu Chi, I've only prepared three questions so I won't waste your time. First, you've been constantly improving your personal bests. Are you aiming for the qualifying mark for the World Championships?"
Qu Chi: "Of course, I want to participate in the World Championships."
The reporter relied on his professionalism to control his heartbeat and after careful consideration asked the second question.
"You are currently the most likely to qualify for the women's sprint event. Do you feel any pressure?"
Qu Chi: "Of course, there is pressure in every competition."
The reporter felt that both answers were meaningless, but he still hurried to ask the last question.
"If this time... no, you're only 18 years old now, and you've already broken your best time in the 400 meters. Has the coaching staff taken your physical condition into consideration?"
She originally wanted to ask what she would think if she didn't meet the standard this time, but she quickly changed her mind after saying a few words.
She still felt that such a question was unlucky, and she hoped that Qu Chi could successfully meet the standards this time!
As for the issues after the changes, it is also out of concern for young players.
No one wants to see young and promising players being exploited by coaches too early to develop their potential, which instead leads to the genius suffering from physical injuries in the later stages and losing more possible futures.
Qu Chi was silent for two seconds, and suddenly a faint smile appeared on his lips.
"certainly."
“I have the best coach.”
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