All-round Athlete

Chapter 404 The second A standard (one more)

"Friends from the audience, the men's 400m preliminaries will be held soon, and this is Zhang Guan's third appearance this morning!" The commentator continued: "There are two international players in the same group as Zhang Guan, one from Australia. Mark and Nakano Hiroyuki from Japan. In the 400-meter sprint event, the Olympic A standard is 45.55 seconds, while the Olympic B standard is 45.95 seconds. This achievement is far behind Zhang Guan’s 400-meter world record of 43.16 seconds Far away, we also wish Zhang Guan a good performance in the competition, and strive to run an Olympic standard."

The commentator no longer mentioned the matter of reaching the Olympic A standard, but only said "Olympic standard achievement", obviously he was not as optimistic about Zhang Guan as before.

At the starting line, Zhang Guan didn't pay much attention to the two foreign athletes Mark and Hiroyuki Nakano. Zhang Guan had never heard the names of these two athletes, so they must not be some powerful big-name players, and Zhang Guan didn't need to be wary of them.

Compared with some European and American countries, Australia is not a track and field powerhouse, and in sprint events, Australian Caucasians have no advantage. An Australian second-tier player like Mark, even in Asia, is similar in strength to Japanese players.

As for Japan, the 400-meter run in Japan has basically been in a state of semi-waste in the past two years. The running method used by Zhang Guan when he participated in the 400-meter race for the first time in the East Asian Games was regarded by the head coach of the Japanese team Keikazu Kobayashi as a way to adapt to Asia. Therefore, Kobayashi Keikazu has been conducting similar training for Japanese athletes in the past two years. However, Japanese players do not have Zhang Guan's "incomplete sprint" skills, so even if the athletes practice hard, they still can't reach Zhang Guan's level. Instead, they practiced the 400-meter event of the Japanese track and field team. nondescript.

With the sound of the starting gun, the game officially began.

The Australian player Mark took the lead. He is now full of thoughts of defeating Zhang Guan, and he is also extraordinarily vigorous in running. The Japanese player Hiroyuki Nakano didn't run fast at the beginning. He was learning Zhang Guan's running style of running at a constant speed in front and sprinting at the end.

Zhang Guan is still in the "incomplete sprint" state, so the speed is not very fast either. As for other domestic players, they also choose their own running methods that they are good at.

After entering the straight, Mark started to accelerate, and when he reached the end of the straight, he looked at the distance from other players, and found that he was the only one in the leading position. Calculated according to the distance run, the other seven players, including Zhang Guan, were in the leading position. Everyone was left behind by him.

"Leading, just run like this, the first place in the group is mine!" Mark was overjoyed, and then thought: "Sure enough, Zhang Guan can't do it. It's been nearly a year and a half since you bid farewell to the track and field, how much state can you still have? What a great feeling to beat the 400m world record holder!"

At this time, Mark was a little dazzled by the victory. He forgot that the strongest part of Zhang Guan in the 400 meters was the sprint in the final stage.

In the surrounding stands, some spectators found that Zhang Guan's position was relatively backward, and they seemed very anxious. In many people's opinion, Zhang Guan, as the world record holder of 400 meters, should lead all the way to the end in this level of competition. Yes, and now it is obvious that the Australian player Mark is relatively in the front position.

"What's wrong with Zhang Guan? He seems to be in a backward position!"

"I told you a long time ago that Zhang Guan's condition has not recovered at all, and he is still expected to win gold in the Olympics? Let's talk about running into the Olympic A standard first!"

"Why are you in a hurry, don't forget that the strongest part of Zhang Guan's 400-meter run is the final sprint!" Someone reminded, and this reminder also rekindled hope for many spectators around.

At this time, the athletes on the field are about to turn into the final straight track, and several of them have already started to speed up, or have already started to speed up at all, preparing for the final sprint.

Mark was the first to enter the straight track. Looking at the finish line in front of him, he felt that the first place in the preliminaries was already at his fingertips.

"The finish line is right in front of us, let's go there with all our strength!" Mark raised his speed to the extreme and rushed towards the finish line.

But in the next second, a figure suddenly flew past Mark.

"It's Zhang Guan!"

It was at this moment that the audience burst into earth-shattering shouts.

"Zhang Guan's sprint speed is so fast! By the way, I remembered, his sprint, his strongest point in the 400 meters is the final sprint..." Mark suddenly realized that he had made a mistake, he just cared about Zhang Guan All the way behind, but forgot Zhang Guan's final sprint ability.

Mark watched Zhang Guan run faster and faster, and the gap between the two sides became wider and wider. At this moment, he realized how ridiculous his thoughts were just now. Zhang Guan and himself are not athletes of the same level at all. Even if they are not in good condition, they are still beyond their reach.

"Zhang Guanchao has passed and came to the first position. He is still accelerating, and the finish line is approaching. Cross the line! We congratulate Zhang Guan, who won the first place in the group!" The commentator roared.

Amid the cheers of the audience, Zhang Guan crossed the finish line.

"Zhang Guan is the first to cross the line, look at the time! Has he reached the Olympic A standard?"

"43.93 seconds! Zhang Guan's score is 43.93 seconds, which is within 44 seconds!"

"The 400-meter Olympic A standard is 45.55 seconds, Zhang Guan surpassed the Olympic A standard by so much!"

"The result within 44 seconds is enough to win the world championship!"

"Did you see that Zhang Guan's condition is absolutely fine, and he easily ran the 400 meters within 44 seconds!"

The wind direction of the audience's discussion changed instantly, and those who were still questioning Zhang Guan's status also shut up at this moment.

The time within 44 seconds, apart from Zhang Guan, is still only achieved by Jeremy Variner. If this time is placed in any world-level competition, it is possible to win the championship.

Now it's just the 400m preliminary race, and the results in the preliminary race are definitely not as good as the final. Zhang Guan was able to run within 44 seconds in the preliminary race, which is enough to prove that he is still the top in the world in the 400m event.

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The morning competition was over. Zhang Guan participated in three events and won two Olympic A bids. After that, there was no competition for the whole afternoon. The next stage of the competition will start at 19:00 in the evening.

In the evening competition, Zhang Guan will participate in the men's 100-meter preliminaries. Since Zhang Guan was famous for his 100-meter sprint competition, this competition is also scheduled for the prime time at 19:30, and will Broadcast live to national audiences on sports channels.

So for those viewers in front of the TV, this game is Zhang Guan's comeback battle.

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