All-round Athlete

Chapter 754 The Familiar Record Breaker Wins the Championship

Director Wang's enthusiasm made Zhang Guan a little unbearable. Zhang Guan remembered that the first time he met Director Wang in Tizong, the other party was cold-eyed, but now Director Wang smiled like an Amitabha Buddha.

"It's really realistic!" Zhang Guanchang sighed. Not long ago, the Winter Sports Center regarded itself as the biggest trouble, but now, it seems that he has become the savior of the Winter Sports Center. At least in the short track speed skating team, Zhang Guan enjoys the top treatment, Zhang Guan even I feel that I am a bigger name than when I was in the track and field team. This kind of contrast even made it difficult for Zhang Guan to adapt for a while.

Compared with track and field sports, winter sports are indeed much weaker. There are few winter sports competitions, and there are few opportunities for athletes to show their faces, so winter sports can only be regarded as a "small temple". But now there is a "big Buddha" like Zhang Guan in the "small temple", which is still a big Buddha that can attract pilgrims to worship, and the monks in the temple are naturally enshrining it cautiously.

At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the number of sports competitions is much less, both domestically and internationally. Especially in NBA games, due to the absence of Dayao's injury, the attention has been reduced a lot.

As the Vancouver Winter Olympics approached, the Winter Sports Center also announced the list of participants in the Winter Olympics. Short track speed skating is the strength of the national team, and it is also a hot spot for winning gold, so it has attracted much attention, and because of this, Zhang Guan's name came into people's eyes for the first time.

Zhang Guan will participate in the Vancouver Winter Olympics!

The news instantly grabbed the headlines of the domestic media.

It is nothing new for an athlete to participate in the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics at the same time. There have been many "summer and winter amphibious" athletes in history. In fact, the Summer Olympics are more professional than the Winter Olympics. The athletes who can participate in the Summer Olympics are all people with extraordinary physical conditions. With their physical talents, if they engage in winter sports, it is even easier to catch them.

Because of Zhang Guan's participation, the Vancouver Winter Olympics, which had not received much attention before, came into people's attention.

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The Vancouver Winter Olympics officially began on February 13 local time. There are a total of 85 countries and regions participating in this Winter Olympics, which is much less than the Summer Olympics, but compared with the previous Torino Winter Olympics, there are more participating countries and participating athletes.

In the world, the Winter Olympics is also getting more and more attention. In the 1980s and 1990s, only more than 40 countries participated in a Winter Olympics, but now there are 85 countries participating, which is more than 20 countries. Doubled the previous year.

In terms of the competition schedule, the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics are also different, and an event in the Summer Olympics is often carried out consecutively. For example, after the start of the table tennis event, there will be table tennis competitions every day, men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, team competitions, etc., will be completed within a few days. However, many competitions in the Vancouver Winter Olympics are separated. Taking short track speed skating as an example, it will start on February 14th, and the next competition day will be on February 18th, four days later. The middle three days are completely absent. Short track speed skating. The entire short track speed skating event lasted for two weeks from February 14th to February 27th. In fact, there were only five competition days, and the other nine days were rested.

February 14 is the first competition day of short track speed skating. On this day, the first short track speed skating gold medal of this Winter Olympics will be born, which is the men's 1500m event.

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The men's 1500m group competition, semi-finals and finals, of which the group competition will be the first competition of the short track speed skating event.

In this event, the national team sent three players to compete. In addition to Zhang Guan, the other two players were Liu Xianwei and Song Weilong.

In the men's short track speed skating event, the national team is not weak, but there is still some gap in the distance from the medals. It is a very good result for the players of the National University to enter the final.

In this event, the South Korean team has absolute dominance. For example, in the 1500-meter final, there is usually only Li Ge, and the South Korean team has to occupy three, which means that half of them are Korean. In the 500-meter final, there are only four places in total, and the South Korean team is also capable of occupying three, which is equivalent to three South Korean players besieging a player from another country.

In the first 1500-meter preliminary race, Zhang Guan easily advanced to the semi-finals as the first in the group, while the other two teammates, Liu Xianwei advanced to the third in the group, while Song Weilong performed poorly and stopped in the first round.

After an hour of rest, the athletes ushered in the 1,500-meter semi-final. Liu Xianwei, who took the lead to take the lead, adopted a positive skating tactic, but in the end his strength was not enough. He only ranked fifth in the group and missed the final.

Zhang Guan appeared in the third group. Besides Zhang Guan, in this group, there were Canadian player Oliver, American player Apollo and the world's number one Korean player Lee Jung-soo. This group is also called the death group.

Li Zhengzhu is the first brother of South Korea's 1500-meter short-track speed skating, and he is also the world's number one in this event. The most powerful athletes of the US team, all three of them have the strength to enter the finals, plus Zhang Guan, this group is equivalent to choosing two out of four.

Public opinion before the game generally believed that Lee Jung-soo and Oliver would advance supernaturally. After all, the strength of the two lies there, and Zhang Guan is obviously the biggest unknown factor in this group.

Oliver is fighting locally, and he is obviously determined to win this final spot. However, the final result disappointed the home crowd. Oliver had an accident in the middle of the race and fell off the track. In the end, Zhang Guan and Li Zhengzhu advanced to the final.

All six finalists were also born. The South Korean trio Lee Jung-soo, Lee Ho-seok and Sung Shi-baek all won the final places. American player Selsky, Canadian players Hamelin and Zhang Guan divided up the places for the other three finals .

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Just one and a half hours after Zhang Guan’s 1,500-meter short-track speed skating debut, he has already appeared in the finals. Many spectators who watched the Winter Olympics for the first time even felt a little unable to adapt to this fast-paced schedule. .

Cui Guangfu, the head coach of South Korea's short track speed skating, called his three players to the front and said: "Selsky from the US team and Hamelin from Canada are nothing to be afraid of. Both of them scored 2 points and 16 points. Seconds away, what I am most worried about now is Zhang Guan. His time in the group stage has slipped to 2 minutes and 16 seconds, and his time in the semi-finals has even improved to 2 minutes and 15 seconds. This result can already compete with you. I have previously I was worried that Zhang Guan would become the biggest variable in today's game, and now it seems that my worry really came true."

"Coach, don't worry, we will definitely go all out!" the number one player Li Zhengzhu said.

"It's not enough to go all out. My goal is to win the first, second and third places. This time we didn't let Ahn Hyun-soo play in the competition. Both he himself and the people in China are quite critical of this decision, so you must Get the top three and tell our citizens that even without Ahn Hyun-soo, we can still dominate the 1500-meter short-track speed skating competition!" Cui Guangfu paused, and then said: "In the competition, we will follow our The previously established tactics, Lee Jung-soo lead skater, Lee Ho-seok and Sung Shibaek, you two are responsible for blocking the position, preventing the athletes behind from overtaking, so that Lee Jung-soo can run at his own pace! Remember, we are a team, we need It's teamwork!"

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At the same time, coach Li Bing also called Zhang Guan to the front.

"This time Ahn Hyun-soo did not participate. I heard that he is having conflicts with the South Korean national team. South Korea's main player is Lee Jung-soo. I guess Coach Cui Guangbok will let Lee Jung-soo lead in the front, and Lee Ho-seok and Sung Shi-baek I am personally responsible for covering Lee Jung-soo, blocking the overtaking of other athletes, and disrupting the rhythm of others. Therefore, you must control your own rhythm during the game. Once the rhythm is disrupted, there will be problems with your physical strength in the second half. If possible, try not to be blocked by Li Haoxi and Cheng Shibai, and try to overtake him if possible."

"Ahn Hyun-soo is the world record holder of 1500 meters. He should only be in his mid-twenties, which is the peak age of a professional player. It would be a pity if he doesn't come." Zhang Guan sighed.

"The conflict between Ahn Hyun-soo and the South Korean national team has become public. I heard that last time he was injured, the South Korean national team did not pay a penny for the treatment of his injury, and Ahn Hyun-soo was allowed to pay by himself. And this time, the selection of athletes can also be changed. Standard, set up a points system, and directly blocked Ahn Hyun-soo from the gate of the Winter Olympics." Coach Li Bing sighed, and said with regret: "Such a talented athlete is given by the Koreans like this." It’s a shame it’s gone.”

"Abolished? Not at all. He can change his nationality. Maybe he will represent another country in the next Winter Olympics." Zhang Guan said with a smile.

Ahn Hyun-soo, as the world record holder of 1500m short track speed skating, was once a hero of the Koreans, but now he is in the state of being hidden by the Korean national team. In order to prevent Ahn Hyun-soo from participating, the Korean Ice Federation even played a dirty trick and set the tryout time in September. At that time, Ahn Hyun-soo happened to be participating in military training for military service and had to miss the game.

And Zhang Guan also knew that the disheartened Ahn Hyun-soo finally defected to Russia, and the Russian president personally signed a presidential decree granting Ahn Hyun-soo Russian citizenship. In the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Ahn Hyun-soo, as the absolute main force of the Russian team, won the first gold medal in short track speed skating for Russia, and led Russia to break the world record of short track speed skating relay. It can be said that Ahn Hyun-soo not only went to Russia, but also brought the concept and training methods of Korean short track speed skating to Russia, which made Russia become the world's top in short track speed skating from the five scumbags in one fell swoop. strong team.

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The six skaters have already stood on the starting line. The three Korean skaters are wearing dark blue skating suits, the Americans are wearing light blue tops, and Zhang Guan and the Canadian skaters are all wearing red clothes. Some are indistinguishable.

The referee said "ready", and the six players took a skating posture, and the audience was all quiet now, and then the gunshots sounded, and the six players moved at the same time.

After the first corner, with the support of the home audience, the Canadian player successfully grabbed the first position. The three Korean players followed closely behind. In the shape of a "pin", Zhang Guan and the American player are the last two.

The Canadian player leading the skater in the front looks like he is in the lead, but in fact life is not easy. The three Korean players behind him are stronger than him in terms of strength. The normal rhythm will be oppressed by the Korean players behind.

So after only one lap, the Canadian player gave up his leading position, and the following players took advantage of the trend to overtake, and the Canadian player who rushed to the front with **** fell to the last position in an instant.

"Good job!" Coach Cui Guangfu clenched his fists fiercely. The three Korean players are already in the leading position, which is exactly what Coach Cui Guangfu planned.

The leader, Lee Kwang-soo, began to enter his own rhythm, while Lee Ho-seok and Sung Shibaek began to interfere with the rhythm of other athletes. After only two laps, Lee Kwang-soo opened a certain distance from the players behind.

"Sure enough, as coach Li Bing expected, Lee Kwang-soo is in front, and Li Haoxi and Cheng Shibai are blocking behind. I have to pass as soon as possible." Zhang Guan looked ahead and found that Li Haoxi and Cheng Shibai were guarding the line. Very deadly, if you want to surpass, you must be in a relatively outside position.

"The outside is the outside!" Zhang Guan accelerated and rushed forward.

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"Zhang Guan, surpassed the two Korean players and followed behind Lee Kwang-soo!"

This overtaking made the scene burst into cheers and applause. Obviously, the audience wanted to see a wonderful game where you fought for each other, rather than the Korean team leading the skate to the end.

Coach Cui Guangfu curled his lips in disdain. The kind of overtaking used by Zhang Guan just now must be very exhausting. In the 1500-meter race, physical strength is a very important factor, especially in the last 500 meters. Only physical strength can ensure that you will not drop the chain.

Lee Kwang Soo also noticed someone chasing after him.

"Red tracksuit, it's not Canadian, it's Zhang Guan! I didn't expect him to catch up. That's fine, let's see if you can keep up with me!" Lee Kwang-soo involuntarily accelerated his speed.

As the world's number one 1500-meter short-track speed skater, Lee Kwang-soo's speed does have an advantage, especially in the second half, when other people's physical strength is declining, he can still maintain a relatively fast speed. It is also the advantage of the South Korean team.

"It's too slow!" Zhang Guan who was behind felt that the rhythm of Lee Kwang-soo leading the skate was half a beat slower than his own fastest speed.

"Although this Lee Kwang-soo is currently number one in the world, his speed is still a little behind the world record. I'd better lead the skate by myself, and following him will affect my rhythm instead."

Thinking of this, Zhang Guan tried to surpass Lee Kwang-soo.

"Want to overtake me? No way! How can I let you overtake." From the corner of Lee Kwang-soo's eyes, he saw Zhang Guan running to the outside. He knew that Zhang Guan was about to overtake, so he also increased his speed, and he wanted to stop Zhang Guan.

"Zhang Guan is going to overtake Lee Kwang-soo, and Lee Kwang-soo is also speeding up! The two are almost neck and neck!" Amidst the shouts of the commentator, the scene also shouted again.

However, Zhang Guan's overtaking was not successful. There was a curve ahead, and Lee Kwang-soo was on the inside, so the distance he moved was shorter. Zhang Guan was temporarily unable to overtake Lee Kwang-soo at this stage.

At the end of the straight, Zhang Guan tried to overtake Lee Kwang-soo for the second time, and Lee Kwang-soo defended again.

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On the track, Zhang Guan and Lee Kwang-soo were still fighting, but their fighting did not affect their speed. Zhang Guan needed faster speed to surpass Lee Kwang-soo, and Lee Kwang-soo also needed faster speed to defend Zhang Guan. Neither of the two gave up, which made the speed of the two faster and faster.

Coach Cui Guangfu looked at the timer with a slight unnatural expression on his expression.

"Lee Kwang-soo is skating too fast, at least three seconds faster than usual, so fast, can his physical strength keep up?"

Coach Cui Guangbok began to worry about Lee Kwang-soo's physical strength, but he also knew that the reason why Lee Kwang-soo skated so fast today was because Zhang Guan was too tight behind him.

The speed of the leading skater is fast, and the speed of the people behind will also be accelerated involuntarily, so whether it is Li Haoxi or Cheng Shibai, their speed is faster than usual, and this consumes a lot of their physical strength.

This is like a middle and long-distance running competition. The leader is faster. If the runner behind is not strong enough to follow up forcefully, it will consume more energy and may even fail to complete the race.

This was the case in today's arena, especially after ten laps, the gap between the athletes gradually widened, and the compact formation at the start had long since disappeared.

"As expected of Lee Kwang Soo, who is considered a 'genius player', he can still maintain such a fast speed at this time. I have been following behind him, and I have already begun to lose my strength!" Sung Shibaek behind him thought to himself. He slowed down a bit, adjusted his rhythm, and prepared to build up his energy for the last lap and a half sprint.

However, at this time, Lee Kwang-soo was actually riding a tiger.

"I'm so tired, I feel like I'm going to have no energy to skate! That Zhang Guan, why is he chasing so hard!" Lee Kwang-soo clenched his teeth and insisted.

In fact, at this time, Lee Kwang-soo did not dare to slow down at all. He had to hold on to his own speed. Once his speed slowed down, Zhang Guan would overtake him. At the same time, Lee Kwang-soo felt that Zhang Guan's physical strength must be running low, and Zhang Guan was also holding on, so as long as he persisted until Zhang Guan couldn't hold on, the victory belonged to him.

This belief allows Lee Kwang-soo to keep skating at a high speed. He feels that the current competition is not only a competition of speed, but also a competition of willpower.

However, Zhang Guan was also quite surprised in his heart.

"Before I underestimated this Lee Kwang-soo. His speed is still very fast. He has been blocking me for so many laps, preventing me from overtaking. Korean short track speed skating is indeed the world's number one level! It seems to rely on The last lap and a half sprint will determine the winner!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Guan also began to adjust his rhythm to prepare for the final sprint.

On lap 10, Lee Kwang-soo gritted his teeth.

On the 11th lap, Lee Kwang-soo was still insisting.

The 12th lap is about to enter the final sprint.

"The final sprint, fight!"

The moment he crossed the finish line, Zhang Guan accelerated his pace. On the next straight, his speed was obviously faster than that of Lee Kwang-soo. When he entered the straight, he quickly distanced himself from Lee Kwang-soo.

Lee Kwang Soo only felt a figure flash in front of him, and the next moment, he saw that Zhang Guan had slid in front of him.

"Sprint? By the way, it's time for the final sprint!" Lee Kwang-soo also wanted to sprint, but his body didn't listen to the command, and he had no extra physical strength to sprint.

"I can't move anymore!" Lee Kwang-soo raised his head, and in his line of sight, the red figure gradually drifted away.

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"Zhang Guan! Overtaken!"

On the sidelines of the arena, the stands where the national team was located were jubilant, while coach Li Bing on the sidelines couldn't stop shouting loudly. At this moment, he himself didn't know what he was shouting, he just simply felt that he Shout out loud.

Coach Cui Guangfu next to him was also not calm. He stared straight at the field, unable to believe everything in front of him.

Finally, Zhang Guan crossed the finish line first.

The time is fixed at 2 minutes 08 seconds 021!

Break the record and win the championship!

Another record-breaking win!

Still the familiar Zhang Guan, or the familiar record-breaking champion!

This chapter is close to 6,000 words, so it can be regarded as a two-in-one chapter. I would like to report to everyone that this chapter has been written since last night, with a total of more than 12,000 words. After reading it, I felt a little procrastinated, so I deleted and deleted it, and finally deleted it to these 6,000 words. Originally, all the owed chapters were made up, but after such a deletion, I still owe two more days.