Almighty Athlete

Chapter 140: The king of track and field broke the 20-second mark

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This year's East Asian Athletics Athletics officially started on November 1. The first competition was the women's high jump and women's shot put, followed by the men's decathlon. Among the sprint events, the 100-meter dash race starts first.

Due to the relatively small number of competitors in the track and field events of the East Asian Games, there were no preliminaries for the 100-meter event, and the finals started directly at 14:40 on the afternoon of the 1st. Hu Kai, the runner-up in the 10th National Games, defeated two Japanese players and finally won the championship in this event.

On November 2, there will be two major events, one is the men's 110-meter hurdles final, Liu Feiren is about to make his debut in this event, and the other is the men's 200-meter final, which is Zhang Guan's 200-meter sprint debut.

In the final of the 110-meter hurdles, Liu Feiren's biggest opponent was not a foreign player, but his teammate Da Shi.

At the beginning of the game, Liu Feiren lagged behind Da Shi, but Liu Feiren adjusted his rhythm during the game and finally succeeded in overtaking him, crossing the finish line first with a time of 13.21 seconds. This result was much better than what the coaching staff predicted before the game. . Liu Feiren has also completed the entire competition this year.

Competitions in other events will then be interspersed, and within a few hours, it will be time for the 200-meter competition, which is Zhang Guan’s 200-meter debut.

"Next is the men's 200-meter dash competition, which is also Zhang Guan's 200-meter dash debut!" The organizer's commentator continued: "We also specially invited Hong Kong's famous sports commentator Mr. Lin Guangyi for this competition. Lin Guangyi. Sir, say hello to all the viewers!”

"Hello everyone, audience!" Mr. Lin said.

"Mr. Lin, this is Zhang Guan's 200m debut. Do you think it is possible for Zhang Guan to win the championship in this event?" the commentator asked straightforwardly.

"I think Zhang Guan has a great chance of winning the championship in the 200-meter dash." Lin Sheng said.

"Is it because Zhang Guan is the 100-meter world record holder?" the commentator asked.

"Yes. We know that it is easy for 200-meter athletes to switch to 100-meter dash, and it is very difficult for 100-meter sprint athletes to switch to 200 meters. But considering that Zhang Guan is the 100-meter world record holder, even if He is not quite used to the 200-meter dash yet, but with his speed advantage, it is not difficult to win the 200-meter championship in this arena." Mr. Lin continued to explain.

"Who do you think Mr. Lin is Zhang Guan's biggest competitor?" the commentator then asked.

"It's Shinji Takahira of the Japanese team and his teammate Yang Yao. Both of them are very capable 200-meter runners. Among them, Shinji Takahira is a very powerful rookie who has emerged in Japan in recent years and has very comprehensive skills. ; and Yang Yao, as the first person in China in the 200 meters, also participated in last year's Athens Olympics and entered the second round. However, in the 100 meters event, Zhang Guan was about 0.5 seconds faster than the two of them. This gap is difficult to close, so I am still very optimistic about Zhang Guan." Mr. Lin said.

"Okay, thank you Mr. Lin for your comments. The athletes will appear next. Let's enter a commercial and then enter the game."

"Gao Pingjun, Zhang Guan has never run a 200-meter dash, which means he has zero experience in the 200-meter dash! And you already have a lot of competition experience in the 200-meter dash, so you have an advantage. "!" Kobayashi Jinghe only had to encourage Gaoping Shenshi: "So, believe in yourself! Don't worry about Zhang Guan, you will definitely be able to defeat him!"

"Yes, coach, I will definitely work hard!" After finishing speaking, Shenshi Gaoping walked onto the field.

Kobayashi Keikazu looked at the back of Shinshi Takahira and sighed secretly. Although he really hoped that Shinshi Takahira could defeat Zhang Guan, in fact he also knew that this possibility was not high. A sprint of 0.5 seconds in the 100-meter dash was not possible. The gap is so large that in the 200-meter race, as long as Zhang Guan makes no mistakes, it is impossible for Gao Ping Shenshi to win.

"Takano Susumu, you have to carefully observe Zhang Guan's cornering skills in a moment." Kobayashi Keikazu ordered.

"Yes, coach, I will observe carefully." Takano Shin said.

At the same time, on the track, Zhang Guanzheng talked with Yang Yao.

"I didn't expect that we are standing on the same field again, but this time we are rivals. How was your 200 meters?" Yang Yao said.

"It's not bad! The speed feels pretty good. After all, I have a 100-meter foundation." Zhang Guan continued: "The day after tomorrow is another 4x100-meter relay race. I am still fourth and I have to take over from you again. …”

"Yes, I am still third! This time the Japanese team is not as strong as last time. I think we will definitely win the relay championship!" Yang Yao said.

"By the way, I basically don't know much about our opponents. Are they good?" Zhang Guan asked.

"You should have seen Shinji Takahira of the Japanese team. He also ran the 4x100m relay race at the Asian Track and Field Championships the year before last. He also participated in the Athens Olympics last year, but it was only a first round trip. The other is South Korea's Park Jin-hee. , is known as the first person in South Korea's 200-meter dash, and he can be regarded as an athlete of some strength." Yang Yao thought for a while, and then said: "If you run according to the B standard results of the Athens Olympics, you will definitely not be able to beat them. questionable."

Zhang Guan nodded. The A standard for the 200-meter dash in the Athens Olympics is 20.59 seconds and the B standard is 20.75 seconds. This is not difficult for Zhang Guan.

The athletes all stood on the starting line. Shenshi Gao Ping looked at Zhang Guan, with a strong fighting spirit in his heart.

Shinji Takahira is more focused on the 200-meter dash. He has no experience of directly competing with Zhang Guan, but he knows that if he can defeat Zhang Guan, even just once, he will be remembered by everyone and he will become the star of the entire Japan. hero!

"The coach is right, so what if Zhang Guan runs very fast in the 100 meters? He has absolutely no experience in the 200 meters. I completely beat him at this point, so I have a chance to beat him! After a while I You will become a hero of Japan! Come on!" Shinji Gaohira silently cheered himself in his heart.

The starter raised his gun high, and the atmosphere of the game became increasingly tense.

Not far away, Director Yu's face was slightly solemn. Although he knew that with Zhang Guan's 200-meter dash level, he could definitely defeat his opponent and win the championship. After all, this was Zhang Guan's 200-meter dash debut. Faced with a national live broadcast, if a If you accidentally mess up your performance, you will lose face.

"The game is about to begin!" the commentator held his breath, and then only heard the crisp sound of gunshots.

"The race has started! The start is good." The speaker was Mr. Lin. Mr. Lin is a professional sports commentator in Hong Kong. His commentary experience is much richer than that of the commentator in Macau. The moment the gunshot rang out, Mr. Lin seemed to He forgot that he was just the guest commentator and started to explain directly.

"Zhang Guan is accelerating. His speed is very fast and his advantage is very obvious!"

As Mr. Lin explained, Zhang Guan's advantage is indeed not only obvious. Even if the order cannot be seen temporarily in the curve, people can still tell that Zhang Guan is faster.

Director Yu, who was watching the competition from a distance, breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Zhang Guan was performing normally, so there was no suspense about winning the 200-meter dash.

Kobayashi Keikazu's face became more and more gloomy. He could see that Zhang Guan's cornering skills were only average, without any obvious technical features. To put it bluntly, his skills were average, but the fact was as he expected. But with his speed, Zhang Guan can suppress other athletes in the field.

"Zhang Guan took the lead in entering the straight, and his advantage was obvious! He started sprinting! The speed was amazing! Sprint! Come on! Come on!" Mr. Lin's voice obviously increased by several decibels.

This kind of speed suppression has no technical skills at all. The moment Zhang Guan took the lead to enter the straight track, the audience had already guessed the outcome of the race and gained the advantage in the corners. When it came to the 100-meter straight track that Zhang Guan was good at, other It is even more impossible for athletes to surpass him, and the gap will only get wider.

Zhang Guan on the field also slowed down appropriately. In this event, the speed gap between him and other athletes in Asia is really too big. He can easily beat the opponent without trying his best. Then, Zhang Guan crossed the finish line easily.

"Crossing the line, Zhang Guan won the championship! We congratulate Zhang Guan for winning the 200-meter dash event! This is a perfect debut for Zhang Guan!"

Cheers and applause resounded throughout the venue, but there was more applause than cheers. The audience came to see Zhang Guan's 200m debut, and everyone thought Zhang Guan won the 200m before the game. There should be no pressure on the champion. This kind of situation where the result is known in advance makes many people unable to mention the nature.

At this moment, Zhang Guan's results and a subtitle were displayed on the big screen.

"19 seconds 98! Breaking the Asian record!"

The next moment, the cheers suddenly surpassed the applause!

"A new Asian record, a new Asian record in the 200-meter dash! Before the game, we only predicted that Zhang Guan would win the championship, but we didn't expect that he would go one step further and break the Asian record in the 200-meter dash! And he ran under 20 seconds ! He is the first Asian to run under 20 seconds in the 200-meter event!"

The current Asian record for the 200-meter dash is 20.03 seconds set by Japanese star Shingo Suetsugu in 2003. Zhang Guan directly improved this result by 0.05 seconds. More importantly, Zhang Guan ran within 20 seconds.

The 20-second barrier for 200 meters is the same as the 10-second barrier for 100 meters, which is difficult for Asians to overcome. In comparison, the 20-second mark of 200 meters is even more difficult. Previously, Asia's 200-meter record had been monopolized by the Japanese. First, it was Koji Ito, the first Japanese to run 100 meters in 10 seconds. He was also the head coach of the 200-meter athlete and has been dominating in the past few years. The 200-meter dash event in Japan and Asia, and then Sutsugo Shingo successfully became Ito Koji's successor, carrying forward the Japanese team's dominance in the 200-meter dash.

But today, the pattern of the 200-meter dash in Asia has obviously changed. Even Shingo Sutsuzu couldn't achieve the time of 19.98 seconds.

Kobayashi Keiwa closed his eyes in despair: "It seems that we have to give up another sprint event to the Chinese!"

The first chapter has been delivered. Please give me a guaranteed monthly pass and some recommendation votes. Thanks to my horse for feeding the sheep and mimi&feifei for the 10,000-point reward! Let’s just say a few words. The 200m is almost the same as the 100m. In fact, there was nothing to write about before Bolt appeared, so I’ll just skip it. In contrast, there are options for running methods in 400 meters, and there are tactical options for middle- and long-distance running, which are much more interesting to write.

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