All-round Athlete

Chapter 53 Olympic 100-meter start

After Director Guo and Director Zhao left, Zhang Guan frowned and began to think.

In the confrontation with Director Guo just now, although Zhang Guan spoke sharply, he was actually quite guilty. Zhang Guan doesn't want to deal with Director Guo like this, because this kind of person obviously won't reason with you.

"Director Guo is definitely not going to let it go like this." Zhang Guan thought about it carefully, but found that facing a person who is not prepared to reason, he really has no way to break the situation at present.

If Zhang Guan is really just an eighteen-year-old youth, he might think that Director Guo is quite stupid, and he can't wait to label himself when he meets him. He didn't offend Director Guo, so why is the other party biting him? What's the benefit? This is completely detrimental to others. But the reality is like this, there are too many people who harm others and benefit oneself in life, even if you don't meet them now, you will always meet them after a long time.

"Probably that generation, who did some willful things when they were young, but did not bear the consequences of being willful, so they will continue to be willful when they are old!" Zhang Guan closed his eyes, he knew that if he wanted to solve Director Guo The best way to deal with the problem is to take advantage of the situation.

Take advantage of the Olympic champion!

Get the Olympic champion, everything will be solved.

Although Zhang Guan is not very clear about Director Guo's position in the country, he can be sure that Director Guo is definitely not a high-ranking official, and it is impossible for a high-ranking official to personally come and label him. To deal with this kind of small guy, it is not advisable to fight for IQ, reason, and experience. The best way is to roar like the king of the forest. Even if you are not the king of the forest, you can invite the tiger to come like a fox by myself.

The contest between ordinary athletes and petty officials is unequal; the contest between petty officials and Olympic champions is also unequal.

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On August 17, the national team did not win a gold medal. The fencing project, which was originally expected to be high, was only one step away from the gold medal and won two silver medals. It was also on this day that young American swimmer Michael Phelps won two gold medals in the men's 200-meter butterfly and the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay. In addition to the previous 400-meter individual medley, Phelps Has won three Olympic gold medals.

The major European media instantly changed the direction of the report, and the newspapers began to predict that the Chinese Olympic team would go downhill, and that European and American countries would soon overtake China. Many sports critics even predicted that the Chinese team would not win more than 20 gold medals. pieces.

As for Zhang Guan, the media stopped laughing at him and instead reported on Phelps. The memory time of these media is obviously shorter than that of Chinese investors, and Phelps has become the darling of the media.

On August 18, the Olympic track and field competition officially began. The men's and women's shot put event will be held first. The qualifying round and the final will be held on the same day. However, the track and field team failed to win a medal. The men's shot put stopped the qualifying round. Although the women's shot put entered the finals, they only finished ninth.

This result is not surprising. In the shot put event, although the national team is at the top level in Asia, it can be regarded as a normal performance in a competition of the Olympic level to reach the final.

On August 19, there are no track and field events scheduled. The Athens Olympic Stadium will be open in the morning for athletes to adapt to the venue for the last time, and will be closed in the afternoon to prepare for the upcoming competition.

The gold medal battle between China and the United States is still going on. The US team won four gold medals in one day, including three gold medals in swimming, including Phelps' 200-meter individual medley; while the Chinese team won three gold medals that day. Gold medals, two of which were won in badminton.

For the U.S. team, the track and field event is about to start. This is the traditional strength of the U.S. team, and it is also a major gold medalist; while for the Chinese team, table tennis and badminton have entered the final stage, and the diving event has not yet started. The potential is still huge.

On August 20, Athens time, two gold medals were won in the track and field event, namely the men's 20-kilometer race walk and the men's 10,000-meter long-distance race. Other qualifying competitions, such as Men's Triple Jump Qualification, Men's Hammer Throw Qualification, Men's High Jump Qualification, Women's Discus Throw Qualification, etc., are also held on this day.

On August 21, the first round of the men's 100-meter sprint officially started!

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According to the competition schedule, there will be two rounds of the 100-meter sprint race on this day, and the first round will start at 10:35 am Athens time.

The first round of the men's 100-meter sprint is divided into 10 groups, and the top three in each round plus the other ten best athletes will enter the second round. The second round will take place at 19:40 pm Athens time.

As for the Chinese players, Chen Jian was placed in the first group, which can be said to have drawn the lottery. In the history of competitions, the players in the first group will definitely not be too strong, so Chen Jian is very hopeful to enter the second round.

In the same group as Chen Jian are British players, Nigerian players, Namibian players, Ghanaian players, Singaporean players, Sao Tome and Principe players, and Japanese player Shingo Suesui who has returned from injury. Six of the eight players are Olympic A-markers, while Singaporeans and Sao Tome and Principe are Olympic B-markers. Among them, Bao Shengsong of Singapore also participated in last year's Asian Athletics Championships, and once competed with Zhang Guan.

In the athlete preparation area, Chen Jian looked solemn, and kept taking deep breaths, trying to calm down. The former domestic 100-meter champion has also participated in international competitions many times. It can be said that he has rich experience in competitions, but he still feels very nervous when it comes to the Olympic Games. For him, this is the most important game of his career.

"Brother Chen, come on!" Zhang Guan patted Chen Jian on the shoulder.

Chen Jian nodded, but he didn't answer, and then walked quickly onto the arena.

Looking at the back of Chen Jian leaving, Zhang Guan sighed helplessly. Zhang Guan could feel that Chen Jian was tense but not excited at this time, which was not good news for an athlete.

According to pre-match predictions, in the first round of the 100-meter sprint, as long as you can run within 10.30 seconds, you can basically confirm your promotion. Even if you can't get the top three positions in the group, you can almost enter the ten extra finals within 10.30 seconds. Among the good grades. For Chen Jian, whose best time is 10.17 seconds, the 10.30-second checkpoint only needs to be performed a little better.

Chen Jian, who was in a tense state, obviously failed to play his best level, and the final score of 10.45 seconds only ranked fifth.

Appearing on the stage, introducing the athletes, getting ready to start, and competing, the whole process only took three to four minutes. The time passed so quickly. When Chen Jian walked off the field with a lonely face, he seemed to have not realized that his Olympic Games had already passed. it's over.

After more than ten years of hard training, Chen Jian came to Athens to participate in the Olympic Games. Chen Jian got two minutes of appearance, one minute of preparation, ten seconds of competition, and the last minute of exit.

"Xiao Chen, there is still a chance. The competition is not over yet. Apart from the top three, there are still ten spots!" Director Yu comforted.

Chen Jian smiled bleakly. In fact, he knew that with his time of 10.45 seconds, in addition to the top three in each group, there must be another ten fastest ones, and he must not be there.

In the first group, the Namibian veteran Frank Fredericks, known as the "sprint gentleman", is ranked first. He is 37 years old this year and has won silver medals in the 100m and 200m at the Atlanta Olympics. , he ran 10.12 seconds; followed by Nigeria's Uchenna-Hermidoru's 10.22 seconds and Japan's Suzu Shingo's 10.27 seconds, the three entered the next round of competition. British player Darren Campbell, who was ranked fourth, ran for 10.35 seconds, 0.1 seconds faster than Chen Jian, who was ranked fifth.

Although the first group is not the weakest group, it is definitely not strong. There are still nine groups to go, and there will be many people who will exceed 10.45 seconds. In fact, Chen Jian has no hope of entering the next round.

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In the second group of the preliminaries, British star Lewis Francis easily won the first place, followed by Ghanaian Aziz Zachary and Hungarian Roland Nemos. The fourth runner-up Mubarak of Saudi Arabia ran out of 10.36 seconds. However, the fifth-placed Maltese player Guilford only ran 10.67. After the two groups of competitions, two of the ten additional places for promotion were already ranked ahead of Chen Jian.

In the third group of competitions, there was finally a player who was the favorite to win the championship, and that was the American player Justin Gatlin. Although Gatlin is currently the least favored among the three American players, in the course of history, he has won the men's 100-meter sprint event in the Athens Olympics.

Perhaps due to the appearance of Gatling, the level of this group has improved a lot in an instant. The first place in the group is naturally Gatlin's 10.07 seconds, the second is Cayman's Sompson, and the third is Ghana's Mills. After that, the Brazilian Vicente Lima ranked fourth with a time of 10.23 seconds, the Russian player Andrei Yepishin who ranked fifth with a time of 10.29 seconds, and the native Greek player Sedolidis who ranked sixth. The score was 10.32 seconds. This is equivalent to three more people in front of Chen Jian.

"This is the third group! As expected of the Olympics, this kind of achievement that can win the championship in Asia can't even make it to the second round of the group stage here." Director Yu shook his head silently. At this time, he can already Confirmed, Chen Jian missed the second round.

In the fourth group of competitions, another popular American sprinter, Sean Crawford, came on the stage and easily achieved a time of 10.02 seconds, which was faster than Gatlin before. Didn't try hard. Behind Crawford is Barbados' Obardelli Thompson, who also ran 10.08 seconds; followed by Slovenia's Osonica. The fourth-placed Burkina Faso native Edrisa Sano is still faster than Chen Jian.

In the fifth group, the European champion Francis-Obick Viru of Portugal appeared on the stage. Obik Viru is originally from Nigeria and he is also the favorite to win the Olympic Games. In this group, there is also Japanese player Hiroyuki Tue, who finally won the fifth place, but the result of 10.37 seconds is still faster than Chen Jian.

Star players appeared in four consecutive groups, which made the audience hooked. There are also big names such as Maurice Green, Asafa Powell, Jason Gardner and Kim Collins who have yet to play.

Halfway through the ten group matches, the organizers seemed to be trying to let the audience adjust their emotions, and did not arrange the above-mentioned big-name players in the sixth group. Even in the eyes of many professionals, the sixth group is the weakest group in the group stage.

Zhang Guan is about to debut in the sixth group.

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