Born to Run

　　The place where the Chinese team entered was an apartment building in the University of Sherbrooke. When the delegation got off the bus with more than 20 people, there were more and more young athletes of various colors from various countries.

Many local University of Sherbrooke volunteers used a variety of emphasized French and English to do guidance work from time to time. At this small distance from the car to the apartment building, the young Chinese teenager athletes in the delegation were obviously silent. , There is no longer the excitement in the car.

　　 Although the scale of the World Junior Championships is not comparable to that of the World Youth Championships and World Championships, there are more than 1,400 players from 161 countries and regions.

Of the 16 young athletes, including Ye Qin, who participated in the World Junior Championships, almost none of them had experienced such a big scene before. Even students from sports schools such as Liu Feng and Wu Jiang participated in much more sports competitions than Ye Qin. , But the highest level is also the National Track and Field Grand Prix was taken by the coach to participate in a few stations, rose to the world.

　　 Ye Qin, who was in a trance in the car all the way, seemed to be infected by the somewhat solemn atmosphere at this time. The hesitation and dazedness in his heart were gradually replaced by tension and depression, and the whole person's spirit was unconsciously tense.

　　 For the first time on the international arena, few people can have a big heart and don't care about it at all. Especially for young people of this age, the atmosphere before the big competition is rushed, enough to make them excited and nervous.

　　 "Everyone will clean up the room first, and half an hour later, we will have a meeting in the conference room downstairs."

　　 arrived at the apartment building, after the team leader Zhou Bin allocated rooms to everyone, he informed everyone in advance to wait for the meeting to come down for the meeting. This is the normal state of the Chinese delegation. It must be mobilized before each competition.

　　 went upstairs and found his room. The room is for two people, and Ye Qin's roommate is Wu Jiang who is sitting on the bus with him.

　　 The two went to the room and put down their luggage. After Ye Qin briefly washed, he came out and found Wu Jiang sitting on the bed in a daze, his face a little taut, a large man weighing more than 1.9 meters and 200 kilograms, looking very depressed.

"Don't be nervous. You are such a big guy. Didn't Coach Wang say anything? You and Liu Feng are not inferior in terms of physical conditions to those athletes in Europe and the United States. Among all the athletes, they should be considered relatively good. ."

Wu Jiang sighed slightly and shook his head slightly, "That’s what the coach said, Liu Feng and I should have a chance to win medals this time. You haven’t looked at the schedule yet. My discus event is on July 13th. Liu Feng, Jiang Minli, and Xiao Juan are all on the 10th and 12th. I am the last day. If their results are good or bad, my pressure will be even greater."

　　 "Isn't there no competition yet, why do you want to do so much?" Ye Qin casually reassured, "Go and wash, wait for a meeting."

　　 "You are better, you are alone!"

　　 Because there were only two people in the room, Wu Jiang did not hide his worries. He patted Ye Qin on the shoulder and followed by a simple wash.

Ye Qin actually has some understanding of what Wu Jiang said. The four of them are all athletes led by coach Wang Shouyang, and they are also the four most powerful members of the team. Before coming, they have been optimistic that they may be the best of the Chinese team this time. Players who have a chance to win medals.

　　 But the higher the expectations, the inevitably there will be pressure and emotions, especially if the four people are all from a sports school, if the other people have achieved results and they are too poor, this is not acceptable.

　　 After a brief wash in the bathroom, the two went straight downstairs to the first floor for a meeting.

The content of the meeting is not complicated. In addition to emphasizing safety, unified actions, and precautions if accidents occur if you get lost, the main thing is to mobilize everyone. These days, adjust and rest, and let go of the burden. The representative team has no requirements for everyone’s ranking, as long as Just use your best performance.

　　 After the meeting, Ye Lidong and Zhou Bin also had a few coaches, and they chatted with the athletes separately to guide everyone out of the tense psychological shadow.

　　 After arriving in Sherbrooke, the team leader Ye Lidong and team leader Zhou Bin have discovered that the atmosphere in the delegation is a bit dull. The main purpose of this small internal meeting is to decompress all the athletes.

After all, 　　 is not a veteran with a long history. At such a time, it is inevitable that each one is psychologically nervous and needs some guidance.

　　 In the next few days, all the athletes are mainly jet lag, and simple adaptive training in the well-connected track and field.

Fatigue caused by long-distance travel, adverse reactions caused by jet lag, dietary adjustments and unaccustomedness, and although it is July in the local area, the temperature is much lower than that in China, and the weather is not necessarily good. These days It was windy and rainy weather, and many problems were encountered.

　　 Ye Qin didn't get used to it the first two days, but it was a young man who slowly adjusted after taking a rest.

His adaptability training in the past few days has not been guided by other coaches. Except for the occasional team leader Ye Lidong, Zhou Bin and Wang Shouyang, pay attention to the others. The other Ye Qin were carried out in accordance with the plan Nie Fangping gave him when he came. Time, efficient way, as far as possible to adjust their state to the best.

　　 A few days passed in a flash.

　　 On July 9, the 2003 World Junior Athletics Championships officially opened.

　　 On the first day of the opening, the opening ceremony was held at the Sherbrooke University Stadium that night.

　　 The opening ceremony is not complicated~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The previous process was normal, but in the end, the performances performed by the students of the University of Sherbrooke attracted a lot of whistles and applause.

　　 After the opening ceremony for more than an hour, at 20:05 in the evening, the women's 3000-meter long-distance race officially kicked off at the Sherbrooke University Stadium as the first track event of the championship.

　　 "Jinxue, come on!"

"Go China!"

　　 On the viewing platform of Sherbrooke Stadium, a bright red five-star red flag was raised, and there was a sudden cheering in Chinese among the crowd.

　　 Team leader Ye Lidong personally organized the cheerleading team, and team leader Zhou Bin was the leader of the cheerleading team, cheering on a Chinese girl in the middle of the field on the sidelines.

　　 As the first athlete to participate in the competition, Chinese athlete Jin Xue stepped onto the starting line of the track and field arena.

Compared with many well-known stadiums, the Sherbrooke University Stadium is designed to be extremely open, purely outdoor, without walls, no ceiling, sitting in the auditorium and looking up, you can see the overhead through the light curtain of the floodlight. Night sky.

In the entire stadium, there are only more than 3,000 seats in the north and south stands, but this design allows the audience and the athletes to be very close. Almost when the cheering on the stands was heard, Jin Xueye, who was wearing a red sprint suit in front of the women's 3000-meter starting line Turning his head, he glanced at the red flags on the stands, took a breath, and focused back on the runway again.

Ye Qin sat in the audience on the sidelines, watching a thin and small girl I saw in the past few days, standing among a bunch of tall players with different skin tones, about to enter the game officially, there was no reason in my heart. It feels so agitated.

　　 Tomorrow, the men's 400m preliminaries he participated in will also start here!