Just as Zhang Guan put down the phone, the knock on the door rang again, and it was Director Yu who came.
These days, Director Yu has been following Zhang Guan, accompanying Zhang Guan to participate in competitions across Europe. For this reason, Director Yu did not even participate in the Asian Track and Field Championships. Although Director Yu is the deputy head coach of the national track and field team, he is also Zhang Guan's coach. Therefore, for Director Yu, witnessing Zhang Guan win the final award of the Golden League is obviously much more important than participating in the Asian Track and Field Championships.
Director Yu sat down on the sofa chair, and then said directly: "Xiao Zhang, the six races of the Golden League are over. I won't accompany you to the IAAF World Finals in two days. Director Ma's place Let me go back as soon as possible."
"Is there something going on at the center?" Zhang Guan thought about the recent competition schedule. The Asian Track and Field Championships have ended, and the 10th National Games will not start for more than a month. As for the East Asian Games, it will be held after the 10th National Games. , Ordinarily, there shouldn’t be anything important happening to Guidance Yu recently.
I only heard the instructor say: "I remember I mentioned it to you before about the Huangpu International Athletics Golden Grand Prix. This year is the first one, so I have to go back and participate in related work."
Zhang Guan immediately remembered that there would be such an event this year. During the IAAF Osaka Station, Director Luo was worried about this matter. Later, the IAAF finally approved it and the event could be held.
In recent years, Huangpu City has been thinking about moving forward on the road to become an international super metropolis. It has successively hosted a series of international competitions such as the Tennis Masters Cup and F1 racing, and now it is preparing to host a world-wide track and field competition. tournament. This event is the International Athletics Golden Grand Prix.
This International Athletics Golden Grand Prix has nothing to do with the Golden League held in Europe, but it is still an outdoor event approved by the IAAF. Since this year is the first competition and the IAAF’s approval was relatively late, this year’s event did not even appear in the event plan released by the IAAF at the beginning of the year.
In terms of time arrangement, the International Athletics Golden Grand Prix is scheduled for mid-to-late September. Under normal circumstances, the IAAF World Athletics Finals has ended by that time, so the Athletics Golden Grand Prix feels like a play-off.
Just listen to the guide and then explain: "The Athletics Association attaches great importance to this event. Except for Japan and Qatar, no other country in Asia has hosted world-wide track and field events. If this international track and field golden grand prix can be If it continues to be held, it will play a great role in increasing the public's attention to track and field sports, promoting the development of track and field sports, and improving the level of domestic track and field. In order to run this event well, an investment management company has been established specifically for this event. , invited Jos Hermens, the president of GSC, the world’s largest track and field management company, to participate in the operation.”
"It seems that I have to participate too." Zhang Guan said.
"Nonsense. How could you not participate in a game held at your own home! Do you know how many people in China are still watching the TV set in the middle of the night to watch you compete in the Golden League! Finally, there is no jet lag. If you don't participate, are you worthy of the national audience? !" Director Yu glared at Zhang Guan angrily: "Besides, our country is holding an international track and field event, and it's the first one. It would be shameful if all the gold medals were taken away by foreign athletes."
Zhang Guan knew that he could not shirk a competition of this nature. Of course, Zhang Guan was not prepared to shirk it. The national team's track and field level was already weak, and the domestic track and field atmosphere was relatively average. It was not easy to organize a series of international track and field events. , Zhang Guan has to climb onto the track no matter how tired he is.
"How are the participation requirements determined? Who else wants to participate? To participate in the competition on our own territory, domestic athletes should have wild card quotas!" Zhang Guan asked.
Director Yu nodded: "The entry limit is that the top 40 players in the annual ranking can participate, but because it is the first time, other participating athletes are mainly invited, but many projects are unwilling to pay people to come, such as your hundred In the 100-meter dash, there is no other very well-known athlete except you. Currently, the wild card spot for the 100-meter dash is tentatively given to Hu Kai."
The face of "Glasses Man" Hu Kai appeared in Zhang Guan's mind, and then he said with a smile: "Look, you all know that I am going to participate, so you are too scared to come! If this is the case, then I will not participate. Pay it forward!"
"I won't give it to you if you want it!" Director Yu said with a sigh of regret, and then said: "Apart from you and Liu Feiren, the only world champion players currently confirmed to compete are Isinbayeva and Oskar. Tapchuk and Dwight Phillips. Our country’s track and field is still weak, and there is little influence in track and field events, so people are reluctant to come.”
As someone who has experienced it, Zhang Guan knows the future development trend of sports. Of course, he also understands that the commercialization of sports can only rely on money. Without a certain level of competition and the influence of the competition, outstanding players may not be willing to come even if they spend money. . If it is table tennis or badminton, if a masters tournament is held in China, outstanding foreign players will definitely be invited one by one. They are willing to come even if it is just a round trip, because they have the opportunity to compete with the top players in the world. That’s what factors in competitiveness and impact.
Suddenly Zhang Guan thought of another question and asked: "The European Golden League really rewarded gold before. Does our Golden Grand Prix also reward gold?"
Director Yu smiled slightly, and then said: "You really guessed it. This matter is now in the confidentiality stage, and the contestants don't know about it yet. Normal competitions only award a small gold-plated gold medal, but this time we are really The reward is gold! There is a jewelry sponsor who created fourteen pure gold golden dragons for all 14 competitions!"
"Golden dragon! So grand. How much is it worth?" Zhang Guan asked immediately.
"Each one is worth 24,000." Director Yu gestured at the number with his finger.
"U.S. dollars?" Zhang Guan asked next.
"National currency." Director Yu changed his voice and continued: "If you break the world record, there will be a bonus of 100,000 US dollars and a diamond pendant as a reward."
"The $100,000 for breaking the world record was given by the IAAF! It's not like I don't know, I got it twice this year." Zhang Guan curled his lips disdainfully, and then asked: "How big is the diamond pendant?"
Director Yu stretched out another finger: "A one-carat diamond is estimated to be worth 100,000 yuan!"
"How stingy..." Zhang Guan muttered
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On September 9, the IAAF World Athletics Finals were held in Monaco.
For Zhang Guan, the biggest significance of the IAAF World Athletics Finals is to get 750,000 US dollars.
Since it is the finals, there will be more athletes participating than before, and the main event will last for two days.
It is worth mentioning that the Jamaican flying star Powell returned in this race, but he has not yet recovered from the hard work he has just put in, and his time has just broken 10 seconds, posing no threat to Zhang Guan.
As for the other athletes in the 100-meter dash event, they are all old acquaintances of Zhang Guan, and they have competed against each other in the previous Golden League and Super Grand Prix events.
The entire 100-meter race seemed very peaceful. All the participating athletes knew that it was impossible to defeat Zhang Guan, and they all looked like they were studying with the prince. Zhang Guan lived up to expectations and won the championship with a time of 9.92 seconds.
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After the IAAF World Athletics Finals, Zhang Guan left Monaco the next day and boarded a plane back home.
Zhang Guan had just returned to the Xinzhuang training base when he saw Liu Feiren training on the field.
"How are you? Are Korean fans enthusiastic? Is there any pretty girl who likes you? Why don't you bring back a girl with good knife skills?" Zhang Guan asked as soon as they met.
Just two days before the Berlin Station of the IAAF Golden League, Liu Feiren won the 110-meter championship at the Asian Athletics Championships in Incheon, South Korea, so Zhang Guancai asked this question.
"You're a girl with good knife skills?" Liu Feiren was stunned and immediately understood, and then he also smiled and continued: "Stop teasing me, it's you who won the million-dollar grand prize of the Golden League! I have to congratulate you. You are."
"Good luck..." Zhang Guan agreed humbly, and then said: "The schedule is really tight. I haven't trained at all recently and have spent all my time on the road. Unlike you, I have been practicing for almost a week since I came back!"
Liu Feiren shook his head: "How can there be only a week! I came back from South Korea and have been participating in activities. I have only practiced for two days. Counting today, there are still four days before the competition. I have to recover as soon as possible. Alan - Johnson is here again, and this time it’s at home, and it’s my hometown game, so I can’t embarrass myself in front of my folks.”
"I'm lucky, there are no experts in the 100-meter event." Zhang Guan said: "You and Alan Johnson are old rivals. This time they are here, why don't you treat them to a meal?"
"I'm afraid I won't have a chance. After this Golden Grand Prix, I will fly to Yokohama that night. The Yokohama All-Star Game we participated in last year will start on the 19th. How about we go together?" Liu Feiren asked. road.
Zhang Guan immediately shook his head. The China Tennis Open will begin on the 19th. Zhang Guan has to fly back to the capital immediately after the Golden Grand Prix.
"I have already written a request for leave, and I will hand it in after the Golden Grand Prix. At least before the 10th National Games, I have to rest for ten or eight days. I have traveled around Europe and run more than a dozen races. , If we don't take it easy, I'm afraid my body won't be able to bear it anymore." Zhang Guan found a very reasonable excuse.
"That's right. I had three races a week in early July, but I was very tired. You raced several more races, so you must be more tired than me." Liu Feiren changed his voice, walked up to Zhang Guan, and asked in a low voice: "You are honest. Tell me, how fast can you run now? Can you break another world record?"
This question surprised Zhang Guan. He did not answer too directly: "For breaking a world record, it mainly depends on the on-the-spot condition. If the condition is good, it will be about the same. If the condition is not good, it will only be 10 seconds. You ask this What to do?"
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