Chapter 146 400m Preliminary

Accompanied by the dull thunder coming from afar, the young players of the Chinese team boarded the special car heading to the stadium again. The rain sucked the players' desire for the competition and could not dilute the audience's enthusiasm for cheering for Chinese athletes on the spot. The traffic on the road has increased compared to yesterday. Countless track and field fans holding umbrellas and wearing raincoats gathered here from all directions of the city. Colorful umbrellas covered the streets around the stadium, turning it into flowing ribbons.

"We are here! Although the weather conditions today are not ideal, and everyone will have a hard fight later, such unfavorable conditions are equal to all contestants. We have no reason to relax, and it cannot be an excuse for us to escape failure. So I hope everyone can promote their own 120% effort to create better results, and repay so many spectators who came to support you regardless of the weather. Do you have confidence?" The bus stopped in front of the special passage for contestants in the center track and field field. Coach Luo, the leader of the National Youth delegation, who arrived in the same car as the participating players this morning, pointed to a large number of spectators who were pouring into the stands from the main gate not far away, and asked loudly to the players.

"Yes!..." All the team members yelled firmly and powerfully.

"Okay, then go to the field to prove your confidence to everyone and get off the car!" Coach Luo waved his hand and walked out of the car first, leading the players into the field.

Today is the second day of the competition. Li Tian will participate in four games in total, which is also the day with the most intense schedule during the event and the most intense competition. In the morning, Li Tian will appear on the men's 400m preliminaries and the first round of the 1500m. The men's 100m and 200m semi-finals that he will play are the highlights that the audience pays most attention to in the afternoon.

The rainy weather affected the players' warm-up before the game. Although the rain was not heavy, after half an hour, all the players participating in the men's 400m preliminaries were already soaked. Perhaps because of the fact that they had conducted a lot of swimming training in the past few months, Li Tian did not show any discomfort in the feeling of being wet, but instead felt a little joy in his heart.

"All players participating in the men's 400m preliminaries should conduct the inspection and preparation immediately." The event with the largest number of participants in this World Youth Championship is the men's 400m. There are nearly 160 contestants registered. All contestants are divided into twenty groups. According to the number of groups and the number of participants, the event organizing committee has made reasonable adjustments to the athlete's competition promotion plan. In the 20 groups in the first round of the preliminary round, the top three of each group's competition results will be directly entered into the semi-finals. In addition, the four with the most ideal results will be selected from all the 20 groups to enter the next round, which means that only the top four in the group will have the chance to enter the semi-finals in the group stage. The sixty-four contestants who entered the semi-finals were divided into eight groups again, and the top two in the group entered the semi-finals. The finals will not be held until the last day of the World Youth Championship.

"The fourth lane of the fifth group, haha, the position is quite good! It seems that it can save a lot of effort and easily qualify as the first lane in the group." Seeing the way he got, Li Tian laughed easily. At this time, what he said happened to be heard by a contestant who was walking past him. Li Tian's words made his body suddenly shake. It turned out that his calm face must have become particularly ferocious at that moment. The two arms with the clenched fists burst out with blue veins. The way he just pulled out was squeezed hard by him and threw it aside in anger. The words "The seventh lane of the fifth group" could be vaguely seen on the wrinkled paper.

"Li Tian, ​​you are too proud. Although my strength is indeed slightly inferior to you, it is impossible for you to win in front of me with a 'easy'. As long as you dare to relax, I swear that I will seize the opportunity and give you a hard lesson in front of everyone!" Nick sweared secretly. This 400-meter champion in this National Youth Trial is one of the few foreign players who can understand Chinese on this field. When he heard Li Tian's crazy words that regarded his opponent as nothing, he was completely angry. What else could make athletes more angry than being despised by his opponent?

The players in the first four groups quickly completed the competition, and their best score was only 45 seconds 17. It can be said that this player is not at the same level as him and has no opponent who can pose a threat to him. After estimating how many results he will have to run to ensure the first qualifying in the group, Li Tian took off his coat and walked towards the field, while Nick quietly followed him.

"Oh, it's Xiaotian's turn to play! This time I will definitely be the first one again." Seeing Li Tian appearing on the field, Zhao Rong stood up with excitement from her seat.

"Rongrong is not excited. The 400-meter race is not difficult for Xiaotian. As long as he performs normally, the 400-meter gold medal in the World Youth Championship will definitely be his." Zhao Qingguo is very clear about Li Tian's level in various events. 400-meters can be said to be his strongest event, and it is also the most competitive event in the world. The same viewpoint is coach Hart, the technical director of the United States team.

"If Li Tian has an opponent in the 100-meter and 200-meter events of this competition, he is invincible in the 400-meter event. Now he has the level of challenging the top three in the world in this event. Among the young players, only Warrina can compete with him. His excellent reaction nerve makes his starting impeccable, and his excellent explosive power makes his instant acceleration ability outstanding, which is so strong that his abnormal endurance and endurance can make him run at high speed from beginning to end. The sprinting ability of the last 100-meter is the most powerful weapon he can win, with all these qualities

He was born to run 400 meters. If he can participate in some top international events and accumulate enough competition experience, he is likely to become the most promising player to break the world record of 43.18 seconds you hold in the next ten years." In Germany, he specially guided Li Tian's 100 meters and 400 meters. Coach Hart knew very well that with Li Tian's physical fitness, the 400 meters event is undoubtedly the most suitable event for him. Johnson, the current 400 meters world record holder, also expressed his agreement after understanding Li Tian's technical data for 400 meters.

When Li Tian walked towards the starting point of the 400-meter race, nearly 30,000 spectators at the scene actually put away the umbrella in their hands almost at the same time, in order not to block the sight of Li Tian watching for a while. The long-dolent stands began to stir up. The audience finally found a reason to cheer, and more people were busy taking precious photos with their cameras, because this was the first time among the audience present today that many of them saw the hero in their hearts with their own eyes, and they did not want to miss every moment and every detail.

There was no extra time to greet the audience. With the greeting of the referee on the scene, the eight players stood at their respective starting positions. Li Tian did not notice that the American player in the seventh lane in front of him had quietly paid attention to him several times.

After wiping the rain on his face, Li Tianshun slowly bent down, supported the ground with both hands, and stepped on the assisting surface of the starting machine, waiting for the referee's final gunfire to sound, and all the audience was holding their breath, and the entire field was like a quiet forest.

"Preparation...! Bang..." The crisp gunshot broke the calm of the forest. Just as Li Tian rushed out of the starting machine, the deafening calls from the stands continued to impact everyone's auditory nerves.

Li Tian, ​​who planned to retain some strength in the preliminary round, did not accelerate faster when passing the first corner, and always maintained the gap with the sixth lane player at the beginning. However, when Li Tian entered the first straight, he found something was wrong. Although he was still at the distance from the sixth lane player, the seventh lane player gradually opened the distance between him. The only explanation for this situation is that the seventh lane player is constantly accelerating, and at this speed, the seventh lane player may disrupt his plan to qualify as the first place in the group.

Nick has studied Li Tian’s information carefully these days, and he also clearly knows that it is difficult for Li Tian to defeat him when he is doing his best to play the game. However, if Li Tian intends to preserve his strength, it will be another situation. Therefore, after learning that Li Tian will preserve his strength in this preliminaries, Nick decided to do his best to surpass Li Tian in this game and break his wishful thinking of "easily winning the top spot in the group to advance to the next round of rematch."

Sure enough, Li Tian was reserved, and Nick burst out all the energy after starting, constantly increasing his speed crazily, in order to first open the distance before Li Tian was paying attention. At that time, even if Li Tian wanted to catch up, he would be powerless.
Chapter completed!