All-round Athlete

Chapter 175 Last Place

The early lead of this group of athletes was too slow, and this result was within Director Ma's expectations.

However, Zhang Guan's performance made Director Ma feel that he had gained a lot.

"Old Yu, what do you think of Zhang Guan's running?" Director Ma asked.

"Are you asking about the result or the running method?" Director Yu said.

"In terms of results, this 1 minute and 51 seconds is definitely not Zhang Guan's limit." Director Ma looked at Zhang Guan who was leaving the field, and then said: "Let's talk about the running method!"

"The running method used by Zhang Guan reminds me of when he ran 400 meters. In the 800-meter race, Zhang Guan still retained a lot of physical strength at the end. This kid does have a special talent in terms of physical strength reserves " Director Yu paused for a moment, and then said: "What I'm wondering is, he has such good physical strength, why didn't he just lead the race to the end? That way he can run at his own pace, and he will definitely get better results. "

"I can't figure this out either." Director Ma took a deep breath, lowered his voice, and asked, "Old Yu, how fast do you think Zhang Guan can run with this kind of running?"

"It's hard to say. After all, I don't specialize in middle-distance running, but judging from experience, Zhang Guan should be able to run 800 meters in less than 1 minute and 47 seconds." Director Yu said a figure that even he himself thought was quite high.

"Within 1 minute and 47 seconds? That's a first-class result in Asia." Director Ma changed his voice, and then said, "Do you think Zhang Guan will be able to participate in the Asian Games?"

"You want Zhang Guan to run the 800 meters in the Asian Games?" Director Yu's eyes widened in surprise.

"I'm just talking casually." Director Ma gestured to the guide to sit down, and continued: "But Zhang Guan seems to want to go to the Asian Games to run 800 meters."

"No!" Director Yu immediately shook his head: "He is tired enough to participate in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter competitions. At most, let him go for a long jump! And run 800 meters? Really want to take him When the animals are called!"

Director Ma smiled awkwardly. Although Director Yu is the deputy head coach of the International Athletics, he is also the coach of the sprint event. Naturally, he would prefer the sprint event. Therefore, it is natural to oppose Zhang Guan's participation in the middle distance race.

Director Ma went on to say, "Actually, before that, I had a phone call with Zhang Guan."

Director Ma told Director Yu the content of the previous call with Zhang Guan, and Director Yu suddenly fell into silence. After a long time, Director Yu said: "That's right, this kid is very ambitious. He wants to participate in the 800m and 1500m in the Asian Games, which is in line with his character."

"What is there a saying, oh yes! The world of geniuses is beyond our imagination!" Director Ma joked, and then said: "I always thought that a person's energy is limited, and it is impossible to be in every I have achieved high levels of achievement in sports, but now it seems that there are always things in this world that I don't understand."

"Don't sigh. Zhang Guan is going to participate in the 800m Asian Games. What are your plans? Give me an accurate answer." Director Yu said.

"I haven't decided yet. I think, if Zhang Guan can win an Asian Games medal in the middle-distance running event, it's okay to send him to try. Our country's middle-distance running level is too weak, and the middle-distance running People have never paid much attention to it. If Zhang Guan's participation in the middle-distance running competition can arouse everyone's attention to the middle-distance running event, I think it is worth it." Director Ma said.

In China, middle distance running is indeed the weakest track and field event. In terms of attention, middle-distance running is definitely not as popular as sprinting. Everyone knows who the world record holder for the 100-meter race is, but who remembers the world record holder for middle-distance running. Therefore, the top track and field seedlings in China will definitely choose sprint as their first choice.

And those track and field seedlings with mediocre explosive power but good endurance first choose race walking or long-distance running. Race walking has always been the strength of the national team. Both men and women have the strength to win world-class competitions. "Since the era, he has continuously achieved results in the world, and his attention and training level are also higher than those of middle-level runners.

Director Ma, as the head coach of the national team, of course considers the issue from the perspective of the entire track and field career. Since the two athletes Zhang Guan and Liu Feiren appeared in the Athens Olympic Games, the domestic track and field short events have developed extremely rapidly, and a large number of outstanding young athletes have emerged. The long-distance running events have always been developing well. marginalization.

Especially after Zhang Guan won several 400-meter championships, the attention of the 400-meter crowd instantly increased, and even Variner's popularity in the country also increased rapidly. Many ordinary people know that there is a white foreigner named Warina America who is Zhang Guan's main competitor. At the same time, some athletes who originally practiced 800 meters are planning to switch to 400 meters, which makes the development of middle distance running more and more weak.

Zhang Guan is now the focus of the whole people. If Zhang Guan really has the ability to win a medal in the middle-distance running in the Asian Games, or even a gold medal in the middle-distance running, then the middle-distance running will definitely be valued by people immediately. The environment is clearly favorable.

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On the second day of the competition, Zhang Guan had only one competition, which was the men's 1500m preliminaries.

The strength of domestic athletes for 1500 meters is slightly stronger than that of 800 meters. The rise of Ma Jiajun in the early 1990s directly promoted the domestic long-distance running business. Although 1500 meters is a middle-distance run, due to the same technical characteristics as long-distance running, 1500 meters Mi was also a beneficiary of the rise of Ma Jiajun at that time. In the early 1990s, a group of outstanding athletes appeared.

Among domestic athletes, there are more 1,500-meter coaches than 800-meter athletes, so there are more people participating in the 1,500-meter race, but the race is still divided into three groups, because the 1,500-meter start is not run in lanes.

In a lane-separated competition, each athlete occupies a track, and the number of participants in a competition is limited. In a non-lane competition, the athletes stand in a row, one person, two people, three people two... In short Just stand on the track. Especially in the 10,000-meter long-distance race, the athletes are relatively slender, and it is possible for 17 or 18 people to run at the same time in a race.

There are as many as 13 athletes participating in Zhang Guan's group. Among them, there are two very good 1500-meter athletes, one is Tang Baojun and the other is Yang Anyue. The 1500-meter level of these two people is top in the country. They have also won domestic track and field championships.

The starting point for the 1500-meter race is just behind the breakline. Athletes stand on the starting line in an arc. Athletes on the outer track stand relatively forward, while those on the inner track stand relatively behind.

When it comes to the distance of 1500 meters, the arrangement of tactics becomes very important, and the more experienced the athlete is, the better he can execute the tactics. Therefore, even if the athlete with rich experience in the competition does not have the strength of the first place, he still has Possibly a champion.

Before the game, the coach began to arrange tactics for the athletes, and Coach Zhou also called Zhang Guan to his side.

Coach Zhou himself is a special coach for middle-distance running, especially in the 1500-meter race, so the provincial team athletes are very strong in the 1500-meter race. The track and field team attaches great importance to Zhang Guan.

Coach Zhou looked at Zhang Guan, and after thinking for a long time, he didn't know what tactics to deploy. Originally, the provincial team gave Zhang Guan a place in the middle-distance race, which was an act of selling face, and did not expect Zhang Guan to get any results, but yesterday's 800-meter race surprised Coach Zhou. Guan's 800-meter limit is definitely more than 1 minute and 51 seconds. According to Zhang Guan's physical strength, he can definitely make faster results.

"What tactics should I arrange for Zhang Guan? The longer the distance, the more tactics there are, and there are already many tactics for 1500 meters." Coach Zhou was silent for more than 20 seconds, and finally said: "Well, come on , run well! Take care to protect yourself and don’t get injured, it doesn’t matter what your grades are.”

Coach Zhou put on a posture of "just have fun", which made Zhang Guan very speechless.

This is not the case for other coaches. According to the rules, only four of the 13 athletes in this group advanced. According to the promotion ratio, the competition in this group is more intense than the general sprint event, so the coaches are very serious. The players arrange tactics.

After a few minutes, the athletes all occupied the starting line. Zhang Guan was assigned to the middle position this time, so he needed to grab the lane to the inside during the game for a while.

1500-meter athletes are generally tall and thin, but few domestic athletes can exceed 1.9 meters. As a sprinter, Zhang Guan obviously has much more muscles than middle-distance runners, so standing in a crowd suddenly looks like a Stand out from the crowd.

For the spectators at the scene, this game is obviously very interesting. The strength of this group of athletes is relatively high. Both Tang Baojun and Yang Anyue are capable of winning the championship, and Zhang Guan's 1,500-meter debut is even more anticipated by everyone.

With a gunshot, the game began.

This time, Zhang Guan did not activate his sprinting skills immediately. In yesterday's 800-meter race, Zhang Guan surpassed the other athletes by several meters in an instant in a sprint, and then had to slow down in order to keep up. It made Zhang Guan feel that the gain outweighed the loss, so after summing up his experience, Zhang Guan simply slowed down at the start, as long as he could keep up with the pace of the big group.

So Zhang Guan started to move towards the inner track at a normal pace, but Zhang Guan was not good at grabbing the lane and lacked experience, so he was constantly blocked by other athletes with his body, waiting for him to merge into the innermost track. At that time, it turned out to be the last one.

"Woo..." Many people exclaimed. Zhang Guan, who often takes the lead in sprint competitions, unexpectedly fell to the last place, which instantly aroused the audience's interest.

However, sports professionals did not react that much to this. This is a 1,500-meter middle-distance run. The ranking in the first 100 meters does not determine anything. The final sprint is the key. The example of falling to the last place at the start and overtaking to get the first place in the end often occurs in the competition.

And Zhang Guan doesn't care about this. In the 1500-meter race, there is a distance of more than 1000 meters. The athletes will all run in the same group at a uniform speed. There is no distance between each other, so running with the first place is also running. The penultimate runner is also running, everyone has the same speed, there is no difference.

Ever since, Zhang Guan stayed in the last place obediently like this, closely following the penultimate place.

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