All-round Athlete

Chapter 880: The Bottom One

Zhang Guan also held the list of contestants in his hand. Besides Farah, he also saw a very familiar name.

"Sanenesa Bekele? Didn't Bekele retire?" Zhang Guan said with some confusion.

"He came back again." The coach next to him explained: "Bekler suffered from injuries in 2009. Throughout 2010, he didn't participate in a game. In the 2011 World Championships, Bekele came back. He retired due to injury in the first game, and has been in the retirement stage since then. He came back again this year and participated in the Ethiopian domestic qualifiers. But now Bekele, his speed is not as good as before, and he can no longer run 5000 meters. Even in the 10,000-meter event, he is no longer the number one athlete on the Ethiopian team."

"Another excellent athlete who was destroyed by injuries!" Zhang Guan couldn't help thinking that when he participated in the Track and Field Golden League, Bekele once competed with him for the million-dollar gold prize. Today, he has withdrawn from the top players ranks.

I only heard the coach go on to say: "In the Ethiopian team, the one who really needs to pay attention to is Tariku Bekele. He is Bekele's younger brother and the current captain of the Ethiopian team."

"I know him, little Bekele. The Ethiopian is still the same, and he is a brother in battle." Zhang Guan said with a smile.

Ethiopia often has brothers or sisters participating in competitions at the same time, such as the Bekele brothers and the Dibaba sisters, both of whom are world champion athletes. If you see two or even three of the same surname in the list of contestants, don’t be surprised, and don’t think it’s because the organizers got the names of the players wrong. In all likelihood, they are brothers or sisters. .

Zhang Guan took a brief look at the list of players. Although Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea and the United States each had three players participating, the strongest player was British player Farah. In the 10,000-meter race, he has the ability to run within 27 minutes.

"Which running method should I choose? Do I use three consecutive speed runs? Or use follow-up running first, and then use constant speed running?" Zhang Guan frowned and began to think.

"If it's just for the sake of victory, it is definitely more energy-saving to use a follow-up run in the front and a constant speed run in the back. The Olympic record for 10,000 meters is 27 minutes and 01 seconds. I ran a run of about 26 minutes and 50 seconds." However, if you want to break the 10,000-meter world record, you can’t use this running method, after all, I don’t know whether the speed is fast or slow in the first few laps.”

The 10,000-meter race requires a full 25 laps, which is a very long process. Whether the runners run fast or not depends mainly on the speed of the leader. Zhang Guan's follow-running skill refers to the speed of the athlete in front, which is also an uncertain factor for Zhang Guan. If the runners in front run slowly, then Zhang Guan's final result will definitely be slow, and there is no hope of breaking the world record.

But running at a constant speed is different. Zhang Guan only needs to pre-calculate a speed that can break the world record, and then run at this speed, and he will definitely be able to break the world record.

"The world record for 10,000 meters is 26 minutes and 17 seconds. Suppose I finish the race at a speed of 26 minutes and 15 seconds. Then I need to set a speed of 22.86 kilometers per hour. I just use three such speed running skills in a row. To run a distance of 11.43 kilometers, which is 11,430 meters, then after I finish the race, don’t I have to run another 1,430 meters to stop, which is equivalent to going around the field three more times!”

Zhang Guan recalled the previous domestic grand prix, he had to circle the field for two and a half laps before stopping.

Zhang Guanxin scolded this "fixed speed running" skill. It takes 10 minutes to use this skill once. The game ended at 26 minutes and 15 seconds, but Zhang Guan couldn't stop and had to run for another 3 minutes. 45 seconds to rest.

"For the sake of the world record, let's run three more laps! It's a big deal to use the stamina potion in the middle of the race." Zhang Guan gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

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A total of 30 runners participated in the 10,000-meter long-distance race. All the runners stood at the starting line and lined up in two rows.

Standing in the crowd, Zhang Guan looked a little awkward. Nine out of ten long-distance runners were black runners. If there were yellow or white races, they would naturally stand out.

Long-distance runners seem to be relatively thin. Even if they are tall, they must be thin. Compared with them, Zhang Guan is simply too tall. Two people can't stand on the same track. Zhang Guan himself has to occupy one.

Most of the contestants cast curious eyes on Zhang Guan. From people's point of view, Zhang Guan should appear in the sprint or middle-distance race. After all, that is the event where he broke the world record.

Only British player Farah looked at Zhang Guan with an unkind expression. In Farah's view, long-distance running is his own territory, and no one else is allowed to intervene. It's like on the prairie, a male lion enters the territory of another male lion, it's no wonder the two sides don't fight!

And now Farah is the lion who only needs to defend his territory

All the contestants were ready. With a gunshot, the race started, and Zhang Guan also started the constant speed running. The speed he set was 22.86 kilometers per hour. According to this speed, he could finish the race in 26 minutes and 15 seconds. Time to finish.

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"The game started, the players started to tie together, and it was about to enter the first corner. Who is leading? Bekele! The legendary Ethiopian star Bekele is in the first place. He has been suffering from injuries for several years Troubled, but in today's game, Bekele looks very good!" The commentator's voice sounded.

When the players passed the first corner and entered the straight again, everyone found that at the end of the camera, a player had fallen out of the main team.

"It's only 200 meters, how come someone is left behind?"

"In the 10,000-meter race, I fell behind after 200 meters. How can I run the next 9,800 meters?"

"Who is this? I couldn't hold on at the very beginning of the game. If it doesn't take long, I will be caught in the ring!"

"The one who fell behind seems to be an Asian player!"

"It's Zhang Guan! The last player to fall behind is Zhang Guan!"

"It has long been said that Zhang Guan is not suitable for long-distance running. If he falls behind at the beginning of the race, he should simply retire!"

"Zhang Guan really has nothing to look for. Isn't it good to participate in sprints or middle-distance races honestly? You can come to sprints if you have to succeed. Now you know, you can't keep up with the rhythm at the beginning!"

The audience at the scene began to discuss in a low voice, and Sebastian happily hummed a ditty in front of the TV.

"Haha, I fell behind at the very beginning, Zhang Guan, you are destined to be defeated in this game! Great! I have to open a bottle of wine to celebrate!" Sebastian walked to the wine cabinet excitedly, He took out a bottle of brandy that he treasured.

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Zhang Guan's current speed is slower than other players.

Because at the beginning of the game, the players have more physical strength, and the speed will be slightly faster.

On the other hand, countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea, etc., use the strategy of teamwork, and will deliberately increase the speed at the beginning of the game to affect the rhythm of other athletes and consume the physical strength of the opponents. But when they reached two or three kilometers, they would definitely slow down.

Zhang Guan ran at the same speed throughout the whole process, so at the beginning of the race, he became the slowest person.

If expressed in terms of data, Zhang Guan set 26 minutes and 15 seconds to complete 10,000 meters, and the time it took to run 1,000 meters was 2 minutes, 37.50 seconds, while other players ran 1,000 meters, and the speed was within 2 minutes and 35 seconds. Some people deliberately take a fast pace, and it is very common to run within 2 minutes and 30 seconds, which is 7.5 seconds faster than the speed set by Zhang Guan.

Prior to this, Zhang Guan participated in the domestic grand prix, and did not fall behind at the beginning. Because the level of long-distance running of domestic athletes is relatively poor, the best runners have to run for 29 minutes, and there are many runners with scores of more than 30 minutes. Even if Zhang Guan set the score at 22.22 kilometers at that time, he would not fall behind.

But when it comes to the Olympic Games, the players' scores are generally within 28 minutes, and the opponent's strength has improved a lot. Even if Zhang Guan sets a faster speed, he can only lag behind at the beginning of the game. .

In the Olympic 10,000-meter battle, Zhang Guan was thrown behind by the big team in the first lap. At this moment, everyone felt that Zhang Guan had already been eliminated.

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