All-round Athlete

Chapter 23 The Ten Second Mark

"Oh my god, 10 seconds!" A reporter exclaimed, while Ramos next to him stared blankly at the number.

"Impossible, the timer must be broken, how could it be possible to run a full 10 seconds! It must be that the timer undercounted the time, yes! It must be like this, the timer undercounted 0.1 seconds!" Ramos murmured muttered to himself.

"If the timer is broken, then Asahara Shinji's time of 10.13 seconds is also wrong? It's also 0.1 seconds faster? This Rizal Athletic Stadium should be the largest stadium in the Philippines. Could it be that the timing equipment is also malfunctioning? "Yang Zhongyi simply laughed at Ramos.

But Ramos didn't say anything. This morning's "Manila Times" just laughed at Zhang Guan, and claimed that it is impossible for Chinese to run under 10 seconds. Today, Zhang Guan ran 10 seconds and directly surpassed "Manila Times". His face was slapped, and Ramos no longer knew how to write this report tonight.

In the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1998, Japanese player Ito Koji broke the Asian record with a time of 10 seconds. He was the first Asian to run to 10 seconds. In the following years, including Ito Koji himself, Asia No athlete has ever achieved this result, but today Zhang Guan once again ran to a time of 10 seconds, tying the Asian record of Koji Ito, and even surpassing the time of 10.03 seconds achieved by Shingo Suzu at the World Athletics Championships not long ago. It is said that he is currently the first person in Asia.

In the morning, all kinds of media in the Philippines bad-mouthed Zhang Guan, citing various data to show that there was still a huge gap between Zhang Guan and 10 seconds. In the afternoon, Zhang Guan ran to 10 seconds, and the Philippine media in the reporter area The reporters who were dispatched fell silent in an instant, and everyone was thinking about how to swallow the big words that the newspaper said in the morning.

When the Filipino reporters were thinking about how to swallow their big words, Ramos suddenly pointed to the electronic display screen at the finish line and shouted: "Look, it's 2.1 meters per second! The wind speed is 2.1 meters per second, exceeding the wind speed. Oh, it's super-wind speed! No wonder Zhang Guan can run so fast, it turns out to be super-wind speed! The record is invalid! Hahahaha..."

Everyone looked at it, and the display showed that the wind speed of the competition at that time was indeed 2.1 meters per second, that is to say, the athlete's performance just now appeared in a state of super wind speed.

In track and field competitions, especially in sprint events, downwind is good for athletes to improve their performance. Therefore, the IAAF has stipulated the downwind wind speed connection, which is 2 meters per second. If the downwind exceeds this speed, it is super-wind speed, and the competition performance under super-wind speed is valid, but not a match record.

When constructing modern international large-scale sports venues, designers often consider aerodynamic factors, and try to avoid excessive wind speed on the track when designing venues. controlling.

A super-wind speed instantly relieved Ramos. At least he could use this as an excuse to explain that Zhang Guan's 10-second time was just an accident, so tomorrow's report will be much easier to write. So he couldn't help laughing.

But at this moment, Yang Zhongyi's voice came leisurely: "Super wind speed is only invalid for the record, and the results are still valid. And in this case, other athletes are also super wind speed, Zhang Guan is still 0.1 second faster than Asahara Xuanzhi!"

Ramos glared at Yang Zhongyi angrily, and the satisfaction he had just suggested with the spirit of Ah Q was instantly blown away by Yang Zhongyi.

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On the bus back to the station, Zhang Guan felt a little depressed at this moment. Because of the super wind speed, the record is invalid, so Zhang Guan failed to get the skill point reward in this game.

Chen Jian sat next to Zhang Guan, still talking about the daytime competition.

"Xiao Zhang, you ran really well in the afternoon! 10 seconds! You are the second Asian to run to 10 seconds! Especially in the last 30 meters, you still maintain such a high explosive power! What about Xuanzhi Asahara? You can't even catch up! I didn't expect your explosive power to be so strong in the end, I will let Shen Bao learn from you." Chen Jian said with a teasing smile.

"Brother Shen is an old athlete, what else do you need to learn?" Zhang Guan shook his head in confusion, obviously not understanding that Chen Jian was teasing Shen Bao.

Shen Bao in the back seat coughed lightly, and said embarrassingly: "Chen Jian is saying that I won't be able to run in the second half of the journey. But don't talk about me. In the past, you couldn't do it in the second half of the journey either. It’s not something that has been practiced in the past two years.”

At this time, Yang Yao explained to Zhang Guan: "The reason why black people are strong in sprint events is because their muscles are continuously explosive. Among the top athletes in China, no matter whether it is the start or after the start, the explosive power is not inferior to the black people." Players, but generally by the time of 40 to 50 meters, our speed has reached the fastest, but the blacks can still accelerate. It can be said that our losses are mainly in the second half. In terms of continuous explosive power, whether it is yellow or It is difficult for white people to compare with black players. The best example is our brother Shen (Shen Bao), the third runner-up in the 60-meter event of the World Indoor Athletics Championships. Many black people are left behind by him, but in the 100-meter event far inferior to black athletes."

Zhang Guan nodded and said yes, there will be many such examples in the future. For example, Su Bingtian, who was the first Chinese player to run under 10 seconds, was in the leading position in the first half of the race in the London Olympics. In the same competition, Su Bingtian even led Bolt in the first 30 meters, but the final result was eighth, which is the gap in the second half.

At this time, Yang Yao continued: "Speaking of which, the Japanese are an outlier. They can still maintain their explosive power in the second half of the race. However, these fast runners in Japan have flat feet. That was the case for Ito Koji back then, and now Asahara Shinji It's the same with Shingo Kawasue. Flat feet are not suitable for sports in our opinion, but apparently the Japanese have special training methods for flat feet."

Several people were discussing, Director Yu walked over from the front, and said with a happy face: "Xiao Zhang, you are growing like a sesame seed! One step at a time every day, give us a surprise every day! You run within 10 seconds. I have already reported the matter to the Athletic Association. Tomorrow’s race will be a good run, don’t be burdened, follow today’s performance, and try to get a gold medal back, our national track and field team will really feel proud!”

Director Yu knows that athletes have ups and downs. Today, they ran for 10 seconds in good condition. They may not be able to achieve this result tomorrow. Although Director Yu hoped that Zhang Guan could win the gold medal, he still did not put too much burden on him. , mainly to encourage.

"Guide Yu, don't worry, I think I can go faster! Tomorrow I will definitely win the 100-meter gold medal!"

"How fast can you go? Hehehe..." Everyone stared at Zhang Guan, but they all looked joking, and then laughed, obviously taking this sentence as a joke.

Zhang Guan also laughed. Only he knew that when he was an expert sprint skill, he was infinitely close to the 10-second mark, but now the master sprint made him dare to advance to the strongest in the world.

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In the evening, the Japanese national track and field team is stationed.

Asahara Xuanzhi stood in front of Kobayashi Jinghe with his head down, and said in a low voice, "Coach, I'm sorry, I lost to Zhang Guan."

Kobayashi Jinghe comforted: "Mr. Chaoyuan, you have tried your best. Zhang Guan's strength has exceeded our expectations, and judging from today's performance, Zhang Guan obviously retained a lot in yesterday's preliminaries and semi-finals. The strength. I predict that he should be able to run under 10.1 seconds relatively stably, which means that the current Zhang Guan is stronger than the players of our Japanese team."

Next to him, Suzuki Shingo frowned in displeasure. Suzuki Shingo had just won the 100-meter runner-up at the World Athletics Championships last month, which was considered to have made history for the whole of Asia. At that time, the bronze score of 10.03 seconds was also covered by the media. He was unanimously praised and considered to be the current "Asia's No. 1 Person", but he did not expect that after only half a month, the title of "Asia's No. 1 Person" would change hands.

At this time, only Takano Jin said: "Coach, according to my observation, Zhang Guan's technical movements are not perfect, there are many flaws, but he is only seventeen years old, it is normal for his skills to be immature, and the Chinese Zhang Guan’s technical flaws were caused by Zhang Guan’s training level. In addition, the Chinese athletes in the past had a very good starting level. They could even lead the black players in the first 30 meters, but their stamina was insufficient. But this Zhang Guan is just the opposite, the first 30 meters is very average, but the stamina is full, after 50 meters, he can complete the overtaking of other runners, which is completely the running method of black athletes.”

"Yeah, I also think that it is impossible for Asians to have the continuous explosive power of blacks, especially yellow people. It is a miracle that they can still accelerate in the second half of the 100 meters..." Kobayashi Jinghe's words suddenly stopped He stopped, as if he had thought of something, then a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a low voice:

"Takano-kun, your words reminded me. The muscular explosive power of yellow people cannot reach the level of black people, and it is unusual for Zhang Guan to have the same explosive power as black people. We can use this as an excuse to submit to the competition. The organizing committee demanded that Zhang Guan be tested for drugs!"

Takano Shin was slightly taken aback, and asked casually: "From his speed, it is not ruled out that he used prohibited drugs, but what if he passed the drug test?"

"If he passes the drug test, then there is only another way!" Keiwa Kobayashi looked at Shingo Suzuku and Nobuji Asahara, and said, "Mr. Asahara, let's use the first-run tactic in tomorrow's game!"

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