All-round Athlete

Chapter 9 Breaking the Record

The finals of the track and long-distance events took the lead in the morning of the second day, and the finals of the men's 100 meters were scheduled for the afternoon.

Apart from Zhang Guan, there were no other dark horses in this competition, and there were some old faces in the finals. At this stage, those who remain on the field are the top domestic athletes in the men's 100-meter event, and it is also a contest between the highest levels in China.

Zhang Guan, the sudden rise of the dark horse, naturally became the focus of everyone's attention. Almost everyone present knew that this young man had a strange speed, but he was extremely bad at the start. Some well-informed people have found out that Zhang Guan is an athlete discovered by Mr. Chen in the national second-level athlete test, and he has only had two months of formal training.

Everyone knows that Zhang Guan is a rookie in track and field, but no one regards him as a weakling. Zhang Guan won the right to participate in the Olympic Games yesterday. Things, there are too many on-the-spot factors. If no one can reach the Olympic B standard in the next year, Zhang Guan will instead become the only competitor in the 100-meter event in the next Olympic Games.

The level of domestic track and field sprinting is not high enough to compete for international rankings, so being able to participate in the Olympics is undoubtedly the biggest dream of domestic sprinters.

On the track, athletes are getting ready. Shen Bao approached Chen Jian and said, "That rookie Zhang Guan's speed is fast enough. I think if he has a faster starting reaction, he will definitely be faster than you."

Chen Jian smiled: "I heard from our team's old Yin (Yin Hanzhao) that I also watched your game yesterday. That kid runs fast enough, and he will definitely surpass me in two years, but now Well, it’s still a little too late!”

Chen Jian is currently the No. 1 person in China, and this year is his best year. It is common for him to run within 10 seconds during training, and his results in official competitions are also very high. At around 10.3 seconds. Based on Chen Jian's current level and state, his real race time should be between 10.20 seconds and 10.25 seconds. Therefore, when facing Zhang Guan who ran 10.28 seconds in the semi-finals, Chen Jian was still confident that he could win.

And yesterday, Zhang Guan reached the Olympic B standard, which deeply stimulated Chen Jian. Chen Jian's goal has always been to participate in the Athens Olympics next year, so Chen Jian has been working hard to adjust his state in the past six months. He was going to achieve the Olympic standard, but he didn't expect Zhang Guan to be one step ahead, so today Chen Jian was full of energy and wanted to compete with Zhang Guan.

At the same time, Zhang Guan's mind was full of the task of breaking the national record.

Now that it is the final, if Zhang Guan can't break the national record this time, he doesn't know when he will have to wait until the next official competition. For the task of "breaking the national record" in the system, Zhang Guan also decided to participate in this game. fight.

"The key is the start. As long as the start is 0.12 seconds faster, the national record can be broken." Zhang Guan is now calculating, while constantly reminding himself to concentrate.

The eight athletes in the final stepped on the starting block with both feet and were ready to start. The starter also shouted the command to prepare for the start and raised the starting gun.

"Crack!" At the same time as the crisp sound of the starting gun sounded, the athletes rushed out of the starting line one after another.

Zhang Guan's state today is much better than yesterday. He can feel that his starting reaction time must be within 0.3 seconds, which is considered to be a relatively good starting reaction for him.

But unfortunately, his start is still the slowest. Presumably Zhang Guan is obviously much behind the other athletes in the start reaction time of less than 0.15 seconds. The gap of more than 0.1 seconds can be clearly distinguished even by the naked eye.

"The starting reaction is faster than yesterday! It is better than yesterday." Director Yu in the stands frowned.

Zhang Guan's poor performance in starting reaction time is also expected by everyone. All the athletes and coaches present know that what is really scary about Zhang Guan is his speed. The wonderful performance of one will make the blood of all the spectators excited.

As everyone expected, after Zhang Guan started the race, a good show of overtaking was staged again. The last few players had no power to fight back in front of Zhang Guan. The speed of the overtaking and the overtaken were completely different. In the end, they could only watch helplessly as they were surpassed by Zhang Guan, but there was nothing they could do.

In front, Chen Jian and Shen Bao are in the leading positions. They are almost advancing side by side. At least visually, it is difficult to tell who is ahead and who is behind.

However, at this time, Shen Bao had already looked at Chen Jian with admiration. Shen Bao's first 50 meters are world-class. He thinks that no one will be faster than him in the first half of the 100-meter race. And according to past experience with Chen Jian, Shen Bao always took the lead in the first half of the race, only to be caught up by Chen Jian in the second half.

But this time, Chen Jian's speed in the first half was on par with Shen Bao. And this also shows that in the second half of the journey, Chen Jian will definitely surpass Shen Bao

"Good Chen Jian, you have been hiding your strength for a while! When I go back, I have to increase my training, or I won't even be able to keep the second position!" Shen Bao thought.

Halfway through the race, the distance between Chen Jian and Shen Bao had clearly opened up, and it was at this time that Zhang Guan was already approaching Shen Bao.

"Why did I forget that there is Zhang Guan, a rising star? It seems that the second place can't be kept." Shen Bao felt a little regretful, but then found that Zhang Guan had caught up with him.

"I remember that Zhang Guan didn't catch up to me so quickly yesterday. This kid is really different every day, with unlimited potential! Our generation may have to gradually withdraw from this stage." Shen Bao watched Zhang Guan surpass himself, but in his heart Suddenly there was an inexplicable sadness.

Today's Zhang Guan's starting reaction time is 0.1 seconds faster than yesterday. In the 100-meter event, 0.1 seconds is undoubtedly a huge gap, especially in the second half of the race, the performance of this 0.1 seconds is more obvious. If At the start stage, 0.1 seconds is not even enough for the athletes to react at the start, but if it is at the end point, even with the naked eye, the difference of 0.1 seconds can be clearly seen by several body distances.

At this moment, it was precisely this 0.1 second that put Chen Jian under tremendous pressure.

Chen Jian had watched Zhang Guan's rematch and semi-finals yesterday, and had a full understanding of Zhang Guan's fast speed and slow start. Chen Jian also made a plan for the final. According to his original plan, Zhang Guan's speed should be close to his own before the finish line, but this time has reached the finish line, and Chen Jian will cross the line with an advantage of more than 0.1 seconds.

It's a pity that the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. Zhang Guan started 0.1 seconds faster than yesterday, so he caught up with Chen Jian earlier.

"Catch up so quickly! There is a deviation from the plan!" Chen Jian found that Zhang Guan was vaguely keeping pace with him, and he was shocked. Seeing that the finish line ahead was approaching, he knew that he had to fight with all his strength.

Chen Jian is the national champion. He is currently the number one player in China. Although he only joined the national team last year, he has swept almost all competitions this year. At the age of 23, he has just entered the ranks of a sprinter. The golden age, now is his strongest moment! It is precisely because of this that he does not want to lose. This is not only because of the ticket to the Olympics, but also because of the glory of the athletes!

I saw Chen Jian leaning forward fiercely, hoping to cross the line with his head first, but Zhang Guan made this movement a little earlier than him.

Because Zhang Guan has taken the lead, he is closer to the finish line.

The referee at the finish line only felt the figures flicker in front of him, and saw that both of them had crossed the finish line.

"Who won?" The people watching the game looked at the scoreboard one after another. They were divided into various positions around the game, from far to near to the finish line, and they were on the same level as the athletes. The observation was not very accurate. What's more, when it comes to telling moving objects, direct observation by human eyes will cause large errors, and it is difficult to judge who is faster at a time.

Only Director Yu clenched his fists and said excitedly, "Zhang Guan won!"

Director Yu was on the rostrum, which happened to be parallel to the 100-meter track, and it was also the best observation position in the field, so he could clearly see that Zhang Guan was slightly ahead.

"It's been a long time since I saw such a wonderful game!" Director Yu looked at the athletes at the finish line with satisfaction.

Chen Jian has played to his due level and is worthy of the title of the current domestic 100-meter first person. Director Yu can tell that Chen Jian's physical condition is very good, and he will definitely create better results if he continues to maintain it .

What made Director Yu even more delighted was Zhang Guan. The 17-year-old rookie was even faster than Chen Jian. At this moment, Director Yu could confirm that Zhang Guanwei would become the future hope of the national team's track and field team.

Director Yu closed his eyes and carefully recalled the situation when he just crossed the line, and then made a judgment: "The difference between the two is probably 0.05 seconds!"

Finally, the electronic scoreboard shows the results of all athletes.

"Chen Jian ran 10 seconds 22!" Someone exclaimed immediately.

This is Chen Jian's normal state, he already ran below the level of 10.20 seconds. According to the course of history, the second half of 2003 was the time when Chen Jian was at his strongest and in his best form. Soon after, he would create a personal best time of 10.17 seconds in the National Athletics Championships, tying Zhou Wei's national record in 1998. record, and until 2010, no domestic player was able to run within 10.20 seconds.

Almost at the same time, another exclamation sounded:

"Look, 10 seconds 16! A new national record!"

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