From August 30 to September 4, the Asian Athletics Championships were held in South Korea.
The last Asian Athletics Championships were held in the Philippines. Zhang Guan also stepped onto the international stage for the first time in that competition, and then successively defeated Nobuharu Asahara and Shingo Suetsugu to win the championship with a record-breaking performance in Asia. The Asian Athletics Championships were held immediately after the World Athletics Championships. Considering that the competition times were too close, none of the top domestic athletes participated.
Half a month has passed since this year's World Athletics Championships. The athletes of the national team have fully adjusted their condition, so top domestic track and field athletes including Liu Feiren have gone to Incheon, South Korea to participate in this Asian Track and Field Championships.
However, this time it is Zhang Guan’s turn to be unable to participate, because the last stop of the IAAF Golden League in Berlin will be held on September 4, which coincides with the Asian Athletics Championships. Zhang Guan has already won consecutively. There are five games left, and as long as he wins the last game, he can get the final grand prize of 1 million US dollars, so Zhang Guan will not give up the Golden League. At the same time, from the perspective of the national team, the final leader of the Golden League is much more important than the champion of the Asian Athletics Championships. Regardless of the amount of prize money, difficulty, and honors, the Golden League will be several times ahead of the Asian Athletics Championships. Street.
According to the rules of the IAAF Golden League, as long as you win five of the six races, you will be eligible to share the US$500,000 bonus equally. At present, in addition to Zhang Guan, the Russian long jump queen Lebedeva has also won five events, which means that she and Zhang Guan can already share the value of 500,000 US dollars. In fact, each of them has received 250,000 US dollars.
For Zhang Guan and Lebedeva, the last stop of the Golden League in Berlin will be a game worth 500,000 US dollars. If both win the championship, the remaining 500,000 US dollars will be divided equally. ; If neither of them wins the championship, then no one can share the remaining 500,000 US dollars; but if one of them wins the championship and the other does not win the championship, then the person who wins the championship will exclusively enjoy the remaining 500,000 US dollars. Thousands of dollars.
Although the two were in different competitions, they became competitors in the last stop of the Golden League. Media around the world also began to speculate on which of the two would win the final prize. Many sports media and sports commentators have also begun to analyze how the final $1 million grand prize will be distributed.
For this reason, Deutsche Welle also conducted a poll specifically for the public. As a result, only 10% of the public believed that it is impossible for Zhang Guan and Lebedeva to obtain the official title of Berlin Station, and believed that only Lebedeva 13% of the people think that Wa will win the championship, 17% think that only Zhang Guan can win the championship, 53% think that both of them can win the championship, and 7% of the people have not expressed their opinion.
The views from professional sports people are much more professional.
For example, German professional track and field coach Ewald expressed his opinion in the Berliner Zeitung: In the men's 100-meter dash event, from the moment Powell withdrew from the current Golden League due to injury, Zhang Guan won the Golden League. There is no suspense after winning six consecutive championships. Among the remaining athletes, none are as strong as Zhang Guan, not to mention that they were all defeated by Zhang Guan. Moreover, Zhang Guan arrived in Berlin a week in advance for adaptive training for the Berlin Golden League competition. For this reason, he missed the IAAF Rieti Grand Prix held on August 28. I think for Zhang Guan, the next thing to do is to perform normally. In the women's triple jump event, Lebedeva has been troubled by injuries. For this reason, she also gave up the World Track and Field Championships. In the last stop of the Golden League Brussels, Lebedeva actually was She played with injuries, but the good news for Lebedeva is that her biggest competitor, World Championship champion Smith, also played with injuries.
Lebedeva's ankle has always been injured. Lebedeva also missed the previous World Athletics Championships due to injury. However, her injury is obviously not to the point where she cannot compete normally. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Lebedeva Wa is deliberately taking a truce to prepare for the Golden League. She is rushing to win the final 1 million US dollars grand prize. Compared with the final prize of 1 million US dollars in the Golden League, the championship prize of the World Athletics Championships is only 10,000 euros. Even if it breaks the world record, it will only be an additional 100,000 euros.
Lebedeva's main opponent in the triple jump event is Jamaican Smith. Smith was fourth in the women's triple jump event at the Athens Olympics. In addition to participating in the Gold League, she also participated in the current World Track and Field Championships. . At the World Athletics Championships, Smith won the triple jump championship, but was injured as a result and missed the Zurich and Brussels games of the Golden League. The Berlin Golden League was her first game after returning from injury. How much condition can she still have? , no one can say.
The competition for US$1 million between Zhang Guan and Lebedeva is obviously the biggest highlight of the Golden League Berlin station, and also the biggest highlight of the entire Golden League series. Since the two men belong to different events, the arrangement of the order of the competition becomes very important.
If the one who competes first wins, it will definitely put a lot of pressure on those who compete behind him; but if the one who competes first does not win, those who compete later will have an easier time. Therefore, the athlete who takes the lead in the competition will have a certain amount of initiative. Moreover, the nature of the triple jump competition is different from that of the 100-meter dash. The 100-meter dash can be completed in two or three minutes from preparation to the end of the competition. However, in the triple jump competition, each athlete jumps alone. Triple jump players in the Golden League There are less than eight people, so each person is allowed six jumps, so the triple jump competition is quite lengthy compared to the 100-meter dash.
In the end, the organizers made a compromise plan. The triple jump competition started first, and the 100-meter dash competition was held during the triple jump competition.
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Finally it's game day. When Lebedeva appeared on the runway, the audience burst into cheers.
Lebedeva, as the women's triple jump champion in the previous station, was the last one to appear among all the athletes. She waved to the audience to signal everyone to quiet down, and then prepared to start the run-up.
Lebedeva did the run-up, hop, stride and jump in one go, but when she fell into the sand pool, her face didn't look very good. Her first jump was only 13.93 meters. This result is a very poor result for an athlete of her level. In the previous Golden League events, Lebedeva only jumped twice. With a score of less than 13.93 meters, it can be said that this result is Lebedeva’s third worst result in this Yellow League series.
Fortunately for Lebedeva, her main competitor, Jamaican Smith, also did not perform well, with just over 14 meters. It seems that Smith's injury has not healed. So Lebedeva quickly began to adjust her condition and prepare for the next game.
At this time, on the track, the eight athletes participating in the men's 100 meters were all standing in their positions, waiting for the referee's instructions.
"The men's 100-meter race is about to begin!" The voice of the DJ in the field attracted Lebedeva's attention. Lebedeva saw Zhang Guan, who was doing warm-up exercises at the starting point. His yellow skin was among the black athletes. Especially conspicuous.
"Zhang Guan is also going to compete. If he wins, I will reduce my share to 250,000 US dollars. No, I have to put some pressure on him. He must jump well in the next jump. I will decide the outcome with one jump!" Lai Bedeva thought as she walked towards the approach track.
The run-up, one-legged hop, stride jump, and jump were all still perfect movements. The moment she landed on the sand, Lebedeva smiled on her face. She knew that the jump she just made was exactly 15 On the meter mark, this result was enough for her to win the championship.
"Okay, I win! Audiences, you can cheer for me now!" Lebedeva was waiting for cheers from the audience, but what she was waiting for was sighs.
"What's wrong?" Lebedeva looked back sharply, only to find that the referee had raised the red flag.
Lebedeva committed a foul on this jump and the score was invalid.
In order to achieve a good result in this jump, Lebedeva just chose a relatively extreme jump point, so she committed a foul by stepping on the line when taking off. However, Lebedeva did not realize this at first and thought she had created a good result.
A foul on the second jump affected Lebedeva's mood to some extent, but as an experienced athlete, she quickly adjusted her mood and prepared for the third jump.
Not far away, there was still no start in the men's 100-meter race, and Lebedeva finally waited for her third jump.
This time, the audience gave Lebedeva warm applause. Her third jump was 14.78 meters, which ranked first among all the contestants.
Lebedeva began to bow and thank everyone around her, as if she had won the championship and got the grand prize of 1 million US dollars in her hands.
But just two minutes later, Sudanese Aldama suddenly emerged and jumped 14.82 meters, surpassing Lebedeva.
At the same time, the gunfire of the 100-meter dash rang out.
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"Zhang Guan has taken the lead!"
The camera was focused on Zhang Guan, moving forward at high speed on the track next to him, capturing Zhang Guan's every move and every expression in the camera lens. As for the other athletes, although they worked very hard, at this moment they all became the reading boys accompanying the prince. Everyone was waiting for the moment when Zhang Guan crossed the line, and no one cared about the fight for second place.
"Zhang Guan crossed the line! He won the championship! He became the winner of the million dollar prize! He won all six games! He was the fourth athlete to win the million dollar prize." The commentator continued: "In 2003 Previously, the Golden League directly awarded 50 kilograms of gold. After 2003, the Golden League was changed to a million-dollar prize. Before that, there were Mozambican athlete Mutola, Bahamian athlete Darlene Williams and Swedish athlete Olsson. Three athletes have aspired to win the million-dollar prize! However, according to the rules of the competition, Lebedeva's five consecutive victories have also won 250,000 US dollars in the million-dollar award. Now, this year's million-dollar award is won by two people. Whether it’s a tie or a one-three split, it all depends on Lebedeva’s next performance!”
The pressure has shifted to Lebedeva's side.
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