All-round Athlete

Chapter 430 Take the lead at the start

On August 15th, the Olympic track and field competition officially kicked off at the National Stadium, and Zhang Guan will also face the situation of three-line battles in track and field, tennis, and basketball.

This year's Olympic track and field competitions are only held in the morning and evening, and no track and field competitions will be arranged in the afternoon. This is good news for Zhang Guan, because many tennis and basketball games are held in the afternoon, and Zhang Guan can just hold the competition Time diverges.

On the morning of August 15th, there were a total of six track and field competitions, all of which were preliminaries or qualifying rounds. Among them, Zhang Guan will appear in the men's 100m preliminaries.

The 100-meter sprint preliminaries have always been the track and field event with the largest number of participants, and it is the same this year, with as many as 80 runners participating in the 100-meter sprint competition.

In the athlete preparation area, Powell came to Zhang Guan with a smile on his face, gave Zhang Guan a Jamaican hug, and said at the same time: "Zhang Guan, long time no see."

"Yeah, I haven't seen you for more than a year. How is it? Can the weather in our capital adapt?" Zhang Guan responded.

"It's okay. The environment of the Olympic Village is very good, and the facilities are very complete. I like the food here very much. There are many varieties. I thought there would be only Chinese food, but I didn't expect there to be Italian food and Turkish beef patties, which I like." Powell spoke.

"I was worried that you would think it's too hot here!" Zhang Guan said with a smile.

"Hot?" Powell shook his head: "Compared to Jamaica, this place is nothing. But you, you didn't participate in the track and field competition for the whole year last year, but now many people feel that they are no longer as brave as before!"

"Really? In the finals, we have to compete hard." Zhang Guan said.

"Don't challenge me, you monster who can run within 9.7 seconds, I'm not your opponent." Powell admitted directly, and then he said: "But Usain (Bolt) wants to challenge you. "

As Powell said, he looked at the starting line. At this time, the players in the first group of preliminaries were preparing, and Bolt was playing in the first group, and he was in the third lane.

"I heard that Bolt's speed is close to 9.7 seconds." Zhang Guan said.

Powell lowered his voice and said, "It's more than 9.7 seconds. He can often run within 9.7 seconds in training. I heard that his highest speed in training is already close to 9.6 seconds. How about it? Do you think Very stressed? You don't seem to be surprised at all!"

Zhang Guan was not surprised, because he knew that Bolt's 100-meter world record was 9.58 seconds, so Powell's performance of close to 9.6 seconds was obviously not Bolt's limit.

I only heard Powell continue to say: "Over the past year or so, there have been several outstanding young people in the track and field. Take the US team as an example. Gatlin did not break out of the US team's domestic qualifiers. But this time In the US team, apart from Gay, there is no strong player."

While the two were talking, the starting gunshots on the field had already sounded.

In the first group of the preliminaries, the strength of the athletes was not bad. Bolt rushed to the first place relatively easily, and then led all the way to the finish line, and successfully advanced to the second round.

Powell played in the second round, and Zhang Guan's old acquaintance Kim Collins was in the same group with him. Powell and Collins easily ran within 10.2 seconds and qualified together.

In the next few groups, such as Trinidad and Tobago's Richard Thompson, Ghana's Ariza, Japan's Asahara Shinji and Tsukahara Naoki, the United States' Tyson Gay, Portugal's Obi Keveru, Francis of Qatar and others also advanced smoothly. In addition, some young players who have emerged in recent years have also been promoted.

Zhang Guan played in the sixth group. The athletes in this group are not considered strong. Apart from Zhang Guan, only the British player Edgar and the American player Davis-Paton are considered to be of some strength. Edgar and Patton are both I once ran under 10 seconds. In addition, there is a French player, an Omani player, and a Bulgarian player who are also Olympic qualified players. The remaining two are Maldives players and Laos players. He didn't even reach the Olympic B standard, and he was able to participate in the Olympic Games only through applying to the IAAF, which is the so-called backdoor athlete.

This group is perfect for Zhang Guan. There are no top players in the world. The three most powerful players in the group are all guaranteed to qualify, and there are two more who will enter through the back door. For Zhang Guan, this can be said to be the perfect equipment for warming up and finding his status.

Obviously, this grouping is a kind of care for Zhang Guan. As the host player, it is strange that there is no special care.

Although this is only a 100-meter sprint preliminaries, it has attracted much attention because of Zhang Guan, especially those athletes who are interested in competing for medals.

Zhang Guan has not appeared in the international arena for nearly two years. As the world record holder, Zhang Guan will naturally attract everyone's attention. Everyone does not know how Zhang Guan is now, or the current Zhang Guan , How much strength is left.

Zhang Guan was preparing on the track, while the athletes below began to discuss in a low voice.

"Zhang Guan has not participated in track and field competitions for so long. I don't know if his competitive state has recovered."

"I think it's difficult. The competitive state of track and field athletes is based on high-intensity training. Zhang Guan played tennis all year last year. I'm afraid he doesn't have time to practice track and field!"

"Don't forget that Zhang Guan ran 9.68 seconds at his peak. I think even if he hasn't recovered to his prime, there should be no problem running under 10 seconds!"

"That's for sure. Zhang Guan's qualifying time in the Olympic Games is within 10 seconds, which is the result he just ran out more than two months ago. I think Zhang Guan's current limit speed should be able to reach 9.80 seconds!"

"9.80 seconds is not bad, it is still the top level in the world, maybe there is hope to win the championship!"

"Impossible, 9.80 seconds, even Powell can run this time, let alone Bolt." The man continued: "Bolt's speed is close to 9.70 seconds, maybe in the Olympic finals In the middle, he can run into 9,70 seconds or less."

"I'm also more optimistic about Bolt."

"Me too……"

"Okay, the game has started. How is Zhang Guan's game status? You should be able to see some clues in this preliminaries!"

...

The starter pulled the trigger, and with a snap, all the athletes rushed out.

"The race has started, Zhang Guan's start is very good!" As soon as the commentator finished speaking, the athlete's start reaction time appeared on the bottom of the TV screen.

Zhang Guan's starting reaction time is not the fastest one, but it is not too slow, which is an excellent result.

"Zhang Guanjia..." The commentator hadn't said the word "oil" before, but he saw that Zhang Guan was already in the leading position.

"Leading!" The narrator blurted out.

At this time, the athletes started running only 30 meters away.

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