Although track and field sports do not have weight classes like boxing and judo, athletes can still be divided into different levels according to their respective competitive levels. In the 100-meter dash event, in a competition between the world's top athletes and the world's first-class athletes, it is normal to lead in the first fifty meters; in the competition between the world's first-class athletes and the world's second-class athletes, it is normal in the first fifty meters. Leading is also a normal thing.
What makes a world-class 100-meter sprinter? Those who can run under 10 seconds can be classified as the world's top 100-meter sprinters. In general track and field competitions, you can enter the semi-finals or finals. If you are lucky, you may have a chance to win a medal. This can be regarded as world-class.
So who are the top track and field athletes in the world? In the 100-meter event, Powell is clearly the world's top track and field athlete. In fact, in the 100-meter sprint event, if you can run within 10 seconds relatively easily, you can be considered a top athlete in the world and have the ability to compete for medals outside of the Olympic Games and World Championships. If Powell faces Shingo Sumatsu, as long as Powell is willing, he can definitely lead Shingo Sumatsu in the first 50 meters, because the two are athletes of different levels.
When athletes at two levels compete, if the one with the higher level gains an advantage in the first 50 meters, the advantage will only get bigger and bigger later on, because the athlete with the higher level will be faster behind, and the gap will naturally be there. It will get bigger and bigger.
Powell, Gatlin, Green, Crawford, Obikwelu, Collins, etc., can all be regarded as the world's top athletes, and the contest between them is almost impossible to achieve a decisive result in the first fifty meters. advantage because they can be said to be athletes of the same level. The decisive battle between them even comes to the moment when they cross the line before the finish line.
Today, in the duel between Zhang Guan and Powell, Zhang Guan achieved this advantage at 50 meters, and later Zhang Guan was still faster than Powell. This can only mean one thing, that is, Zhang Guan was faster than Powell. Guan's level is no longer at the same level as Powell's.
Therefore, this game is already an overwhelming match based on strength.
Powell sighed secretly in his heart: "It turns out that Zhang Guan has been hiding his strength! His real strength has surpassed mine, and he and I are no longer athletes at the same level!"
60 meters, 70 meters, 80 meters, Zhang Guan's lead is getting bigger and bigger. Powell is still trying to catch up, but in fact he has given up on the game in his heart.
Before the finish line, Zhang Guan controlled his rhythm slightly and crossed the line in 9.73 seconds. There is no doubt that Zhang Guan once again broke the 100-meter world record he set a week ago.
"Zhang Guan! I'm in the lead. The huge lead is irreversible. OK, I've crossed the line, champion! Zhang Guan won the championship, and his result is... Oh! World record, another world record! My God ! This is just one week! Zhang Guan broke the world record twice in one week!" The commentator roared loudly.
Powell looked dejected. This game made him lose the confidence to compete with Zhang Guan again. Not long ago, he was only 0.01 seconds away from the world record. And within this week, Zhang Guan broke the world record twice, twice. The world records were all broken in front of Powell, which was a huge blow to Powell's self-confidence. Powell knew that he would only have to look up to Zhang Guan in the future.
"Zhang Guan is only 19 years old, and he is already at this level. It seems that in the next ten years, he will dominate the 100-meter dash. So should I switch to running 200 meters?" Powell immediately denied his idea. There is no guarantee that Zhang Guan will also transition to 200 meters in a few years. By then, he may be beaten again.
Powell stared at the 9.73 seconds number on the time card and sighed helplessly. At this moment, he completely gave up the idea of defeating Zhang Guan, and suddenly felt much more relaxed. He walked to Zhang Guan: "Congratulations, Zhang Guan Crown! You broke the world record again."
"Thank you, Asafa! But I think that in three or four years, you may be able to create a faster speed than this." Zhang Guan said. He knew that Powell's personal best was 9.72 set in 2008. Second.
Powell suddenly felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, and then he said: "By then, you must have already run within 9.7 seconds!"
Afterwards, Powell said sincerely: "Zhang Guan, I just felt that you did not use your full strength and you still have reservations. Can you tell me how fast you can run?"
"I haven't tried it." Zhang Guan thought for a while, and then continued: "I think in the future, I should be able to run within 9.6 seconds!"
Powell took a breath. He felt that a time of less than 9.6 seconds was not something humans could create.
But Zhang Guan knows that just 9.6 seconds is definitely not enough, because there will be another Bolt in the future, and his best time is 9.58 seconds.
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In the early morning, the crackling of firecrackers rang out from the family courtyard.
"Who is having a happy event again?" Some people who were busy stopped to watch, but when they saw that it was a family home, they immediately understood.
"Zhang Guan must have won the championship again!" a dog-walker said while holding her dog that was frightened by the sound of firecrackers.
Every time Zhang Guan won the championship, Zhang Guan's family home would set off firecrackers to celebrate. The property office was also inspected by the fire department because of the storage of flammable and explosive items such as firecrackers.
"There were a lot of firecrackers set off today! There must have been a few thousand firecrackers." The aunt said.
A vendor selling meat buns next to him interjected: "I remember that so many firecrackers were set off last week. It seems that because Zhang Guan broke the world record, ten more firecrackers were set off. Could it be that Zhang Guan broke it again? world record?"
"Impossible, it's only been a week!" The aunt shook her head.
After a while, the sound of firecrackers finally stopped, and an old man walking around who was watching the excitement also turned on his radio.
"Insert the latest news. In the just-concluded IAAF Golden League Rome Station, Chinese player Zhang Guan once again broke the world record in the men's 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.73 seconds! This is the longest time he broke it. The world record was only a week apart..."
"Oh, it really broke the world record!" the vendor shouted in surprise.
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In one week, the men's 100-meter world record was broken twice, unprecedented!
Although Zhang Guan once broke the world record in the indoor 60-meter event twice in a week, the 100-meter dash and the indoor 60-meter level are completely different. It is like comparing F3 racing cars with F1 racing cars and winning ten F3 racing championships. Not as good as an F1 racing champion.
In the past, everyone has been accustomed to spending months, ten months or even years waiting for a 100-meter world record, waiting for the world's number one flyer, and last year, Zhang Guanzheng took a month. Just breaking the world record twice has surprised many people.
Less than a year later, Zhang Guan broke the 100-meter world record twice in one week, which made the whole world go completely crazy. This sensation attracted the attention of the world, and the media has already reported Zhang Guan's record. Compared with the legendary track and field superstars of the past, some even shouted that Zhang Guan is the best track and field athlete of this century.
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After the Rome leg of the IAAF Golden League, Zhang Guan immediately went to Madrid to participate in the Madrid leg of the IAAF Super Grand Prix.
According to the schedule of the Field Management Center, the Madrid station was not part of the original competition plan, so Liu Feiren returned directly from Rome to China, while Zhang Guan traveled to Madrid at his own expense to participate in the competition.
The Super Grand Prix Madrid match was held on the fourth day after the Golden League Rome station. During the Golden League Rome match, Zhang Guanke had just used the potion to top up his status, so he did not want to waste the effect of the potion. Moreover, Zhang Guan also needed to participate in competitions to gain skill points. Even with a tight schedule, Zhang Guan still went to Madrid and won another gold medal.
The game would not start until ten days later, so Zhang Guan also flew back to China to rest.
However, as soon as he returned to China, Zhang Guan fell into a busy schedule. Breaking the 100-meter world record twice a week caused a sensation in the world, let alone at home. Countless media rushed to Pujiang City, hoping to interview Zhang Guan, and advertising endorsement contracts came like snow flakes.
Accepting interviews, filming commercials, and participating in various activities have become the main themes of Zhang Guan's daily life. He is very busy and fulfilling. Zhang Guan has also changed from boredom to numbness. The exhaustion of every day is in exchange for the numbers on his account. Rapid growth.
The continuous large number of business activities will naturally affect Zhang Guan's training. This situation lasted until Zhang Guan boarded the plane to the UK.
On July 22, the IAAF Super Grand Prize was held in London, and Zhang Guan won another gold medal.
However, in this competition, Zhang Guan felt that the enthusiasm in the stadium was not as good as before. Especially when he was the first to cross the finish line, the cheers and applause were not as loud as he thought. It seemed that the audience was used to it. Zhang Guan won the championship.
Indeed, both the audience and the media have become accustomed to it. Zhang Guan can win the championship as long as he participates. For the whole world, Zhang Guan winning the 100-meter dash is no longer news, but a matter of course. As it should be, when Zhang Guan fails to win the championship, it will be considered a piece of news!
On July 26, at the Stockholm Station of the IAAF Super Grand Prix, Zhang Guan won another championship amid the accustomed expressions of the audience. Since the Lausanne race, Zhang Guan has won all four IAAF Super Grand Prix championships.
On July 29, the IAAF Golden League Oslo Station was held in Oslo, Norway. Liu Feiren did not come to compete this time. After all, he did not win the championship in the first two races, so he had no chance to get the final gold reward. Therefore, Liu Feiren chose to prepare for the upcoming World Track and Field Championships in China.
Also not participating was Jamaican flyer Powell. Powell had to miss a series of recent games due to a recurrence of an old injury, including the following World Athletics Championships.
Zhang Guan experienced another intensive schedule of three games in seven days, especially the Oslo Station of the Golden League, which was the third game. It was a big test for Zhang Guan. In the final game, Zhang Guan only ran a time of 9.95 seconds. Fortunately, Zhang Guan's two strongest opponents, Jamaican Dwight Thomas and British Jason Gardner, both ran 10 seconds away. Zhang Guan won another championship.
In the IAAF Golden League, Zhang Guan has already won three games. According to the rules of the Golden League, he only needs to win two more games to get his hands on the gold ingots worth US$500,000. If the remaining If you win all three games, you will have a chance to get gold ingots worth millions of dollars.
So far, the only ones who have won all three matches like Zhang Guan are Russian long jump queen Lebedeva and French 100-meter sprinter Aaron.
After the Oslo station of the IAAF Golden League, Zhang Guan immediately went to Helsinki, Finland, where the 10th World Athletics Championships will be held.
The World Athletics Championships were originally held every four years, but are now held every two years. This event is also one that the national team attaches great importance to.
Track and field has always been a weakness of the national team, but in race walking and women's throwing events, the national track and field team is still very strong and can often win medals in world-class competitions. However, the IAAF's Grand Prix, Super Grand Prix and Golden League basically do not set up walking events, but focus on track events. Therefore, except for Liu Fei and Zhang Guan, domestic athletes rarely have the opportunity to compete abroad.
In the World Athletics Championships, all Olympic track and field events are set up, and the participation requirements are much lower than those of the Grand Prix or the Golden League, so many domestic athletes have the opportunity to participate in this event.
There are more than 1,200 athletes participating in this track and field championship, and the national team sent a team of 36 people. As for male athletes, three athletes each participate in the 110-meter hurdles, 20-kilometer race walk, and 50-kilometer race walk. One athlete each participates in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, triple jump, pole vault, discus throw, javelin throw, and decathlon. ; As for female athletes, the national team participates in many more events. In addition to sprinting, middle running, long jump and heptathlon, all other women's events are participated in.
Zhang Guan rushed to Finland directly from Oslo, Norway, so he arrived much earlier than the national team. When the national team arrived, Zhang Guan had already been training in Helsinki, Finland for several days.
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"How are you doing?" Director Ma handed an unopened bottle of water to Zhang Guan and sat down next to him.
"It's not bad. I've been training more regularly these days and my condition is better than the previous few days. I'm sure I won't have any problem winning the championship!" Zhang Guan took a sip of water.
"Don't talk too much!" Director Ma smiled, and then said: "It's not easy for you to win the championship in this track and field championship."
"Powell didn't come to participate due to injury. Who else is left? Obikweru is my strongest opponent, right? The others are Kim Collins, Dwight Thomas, Jason Gardner, Aziz Z-Ariza, the others are all at the same level as Nobuharu Asahara! Those who are 10 seconds away pose no threat to me." Zhang Guan said.
"You should take a look at the list of contestants first." Director Ma handed a piece of paper to Zhang Guan.
Zhang Guan looked at the list of contestants and frowned because he saw a very familiar name:
"Gatlin, why is he here!"
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