All-round Athlete

Chapter 458 400m Preliminary Race

Variner walked up to him and gave Zhang Guan an American-style hug. In the 2006 Golden League, the two played against each other six times in a few months, so they are already very familiar with each other. It can be said that the two of them are both friends and competitors.

"Long time no see, Zhang Guan. First of all, congratulations, you have broken the world record again! I really didn't expect that humans can run so fast, 9.56 seconds, I think you have surpassed the limit of humans." Varina said.

"Thank you." Zhang Guan replied with a smile.

Wariner pointed to the two people behind him, and said, "Merritt and Neville, you've seen them before."

Zhang Guan greeted Merritt and Neville, and Wariner went on to say: "I thought you might not find the feeling of the game after leaving the track and field for so long. Now it seems that my worries are unnecessary. Yes, I think you're back to your best by now?"

"You guessed it right, I should be at my best now!" Zhang Guan said.

Varina showed such an expression as expected, and at the same time his eyes flashed. He went on to say: "That's really great! During the two years since you left the track and field field, I have been looking forward to playing against you. Now I am stronger than I was two years ago!"

"Then we'll see you in the final." Zhang Guan also smiled: "I won't show mercy then."

"Of course, it is meaningful to me to be able to compete with you at your peak. I hope you can have the same state as you did in the 100-meter final yesterday." Variner said, looking at the time , and continued: "The competition is about to begin, we will see you in the finals, I wish you good luck!"

Looking at the back of Varina leaving, Zhang Guan felt a sense of excitement in his heart.

Zhang Guan is very fortunate to meet an opponent like Varina. Varina is eager to win, and he hopes to defeat stronger opponents one by one through his own efforts. Such a person is a real athlete.

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A few minutes later, the men's 400-meter sprint preliminaries began. Like other sprint events, the level of the participants is uneven. There are many Olympic B standard athletes who are purely here for soy sauce. Therefore, for capable athletes, the preliminaries are not very difficult.

In the preliminaries, if you can run within 45 seconds, you have a great chance to lock in the first place in the group, and if you run within 45.50 seconds, you have a great chance to enter the next round of competition.

In the first group, France's DeJong and the United States' David Neville obviously had an absolute advantage in strength, and neither of them tried their best. DeJong won the first place in the group with 45.12 seconds, and Neville won the first place with 45.22 seconds. Second won the second place in the group, and the third place was won by a Cuban player. The fourth Belgian player ran 45.43 and still has a chance to enter the next round. The others' scores were close to 46 seconds or even beyond 46 seconds, obviously they could not escape the fate of being eliminated.

The strongest player in the second group is Bahamian star Chris Brown. When Zhang Guan participated in the 400-meter race of the Golden League for the first time, he once played against Brown. During the competition, Brown was in very good condition, his movement rhythm was very fast, and several other powerful players spared no effort in order to compete for the top three. In the end, four players in this group even entered the 45th place. within seconds. Although the fourth Congolese player did not advance immediately, his good time of 44.89 seconds will definitely get an additional promotion place.

Zhang Guan played in the third group, which also attracted the attention of almost all contestants. In the 400-meter sprint event, Zhang Guan has not appeared in the international arena for two years. Although breaking the world record in the 100-meter yesterday proved that Zhang Guan's competitive state is very good, and it also eliminated many voices of doubt, but the 400-meter After all, the 100-meter sprint and the 100-meter sprint are two different events. Doing well in the 100-meter sprint does not mean that you can also perform well in the 400-meter sprint, so many people still have doubts about Zhang Guan.

The starter fired a shot, and the race started. Zhang Guan still ran in the same way as before. After the start, he started the incomplete sprint activity, and ran the first 300 meters at a relatively uniform speed.

From the perspective of a master of the 400-meter sprint, the speed of Zhang Guan who has activated the incomplete sprint activation skills is not fast. After all, the speed after turning on the skill is only 85% of the normal sprint, and this 15% speed loss is still obvious in the world's top competitions. But after all, this is only the preliminary round, and the level of players in Zhang Guan's group is relatively low. Even if Zhang Guan is not fully stimulated and active, he still appears to be faster than other players.

Athlete preparation area on the sidelines.

American player Neville said: "Zhang Guan's speed doesn't seem to be fast! Maybe he was just bluffing just now? He hasn't recovered his peak form in the 400-meter sprint."

"You are wrong, I think Zhang Guan has returned to his peak state now!" Wariner shook his head, and then said: "Don't forget the special running method used by Zhang Guan. The 100-meter run is almost at a constant speed, and he sprints at an extremely fast speed for the next 100 meters. No one in the world can imitate his running style."

Among the players here, Variner is the one who has played against Zhang Guan the most times, but he has never won a victory. Every time, Variner was surpassed by Zhang Guan in the final straight sprint, and even several times Just before the finish line, Variner was about to celebrate the victory, and was overtaken by Zhang Guan, so Variner remembered Zhang Guan's running style most vividly.

And the situation was just like what Wariner said, in the first 300 meters, the running style of other runners changed, only Zhang Guan was running at a constant speed. However, the speed of the other players in this group is not fast. Although Zhang Guan used the incomplete sprinting activity, he is still the third to enter the straight line, and the gap between him and the first and second place is not that big.

Next, Zhang Guan accelerated his sprint, overtook the person in front after one second, and rushed to the front. Then, amidst the cheers of the audience, he qualified first in the group.

Zhang Guan's final score was 44.66 seconds, which obviously reserved a lot of strength. In this group, apart from Zhang Guan, only two runners ran within 46 seconds, and the rest of the runners were all under 46 seconds, which indeed shows that this group is the weakest group.

In the next few sets of contests, the other two players of the US team, Variner and Merritt, also advanced to the next round smoothly. Well-known players such as Pug's player Kaur have also been promoted.

Since about an hour later, Zhang Guan will participate in the men's 200-meter sprint preliminary round and the triple jump qualifying round, so he did not leave, but prepared to return to the locker room for a short rest.

Just in front of the locker room, Zhang Guan met a familiar figure.

"It's Liu Feiren!" Zhang Guan suddenly remembered that after the men's 200-meter sprint preliminaries, the men's 110-meter hurdles competition will be held next, and Liu Feiren will appear in the finale of the final group!

The second chapter has been delivered. I came back late today, so let’s start with the first two chapters. I’ll make up the weekend update that I said tomorrow. Finally, ask for a guaranteed monthly ticket, thank you!