The 400-meter sprint is the most difficult sprint event to identify the advantages and disadvantages of athletes, especially some less obvious advantages and disadvantages that non-professionals cannot distinguish at all. For the casual viewer, time taken into a straight or corner is a good way to judge strengths and weaknesses.
Zhang Guan entered the second corner slower than Mitsuhiro Sato, but compared to Kanemaru Yuzo, the two entered the corner almost at the same time. Zhang Guan's skills are indeed inferior to Kanemaru Yuzo, which shows that the competition is purely about speed. Above all, Zhang Guan has an advantage.
For 400-meter athletes, the first 200 meters is actually just an appetizer. Everyone has physical strength at this stage. Even if they take the lead, it cannot be considered a real lead. In the real competition, the first 200 meters have a huge advantage but in the end they end up last. There are countless examples of the first.
"Today's rhythm is very good, and my physical strength is not bad. Maybe I can speed up earlier!" Kanamaru Yuzo thought of this and started his sprint. Then he immediately stood out from the crowd of athletes.
"Kanamaru-kun, let's start sprinting! Today's sprint point seems to be a little early." Kobayashi Keikazu clenched his fists, and the athletes began to sprint, indicating that the final moment was coming.
"Kanemaru-kun has already started sprinting, Zhang Guan, how will you respond? At what point will you start sprinting?" Kobayashi Keikazu turned his attention to Zhang Guan and found that he was still running at his original rhythm.
At 250 meters, a Korean athlete also began to sprint, but Zhang Guan's rhythm remained unchanged.
"Aren't you going to rush yet? What kind of running method is this? Does he have to go another 20 meters? If he starts sprinting at 270 meters or 280 meters, there is no chance of sprinting to the end!" Kobayashi Keikazu was already a little confused.
At 280 meters, Zhang Guan's rhythm remained unchanged, and Yuzo Kanemaru, who was running at the front, was already preparing to enter the straight.
"Why doesn't Zhang Guan speed up? What kind of running method is he running?" Kobayashi Keiwa's mind was filled with questions, but at this time, Kanemaru Yuzo had already rushed into the straight.
"Leading! Entering the straight!" Takano Su next to him suddenly shouted.
Kobayashi Keikazu was stunned for a moment, and then realized that not only was Kanemaru Yuzo ahead of Zhang Guan, but he also had an advantage of almost 1 second.
"Kanamaru-kun has already started sprinting on the straight, and Zhang Guan has not yet entered the straight. The gap will only get wider and wider. With such a huge advantage, we will not lose. If we win, we will definitely win!" Keikazu Kobayashi started Cheers down.
The entire Japanese team was also shaken, and the cheers for Kanemaru Yuzo continued to disperse around.
However, the momentum of the audience in the stadium was obviously stunned. Everyone thought that Zhang Guan would win the championship, but they did not expect that Zhang Guan fell behind.
Then, Zhang Guan entered the straight and started sprinting. At this time, even Mitsuhiro Sato had already entered the straight track first.
"The rhythm remains unchanged in the front, and I don't start sprinting until the end. This is still the running method of my father's generation. Zhang Guan can actually use such a primitive running method. This running method has long been eliminated by the times! I just started sprinting now, already It's too late! It's impossible to catch up with Kanemaru-kun with such a big lead!" Kobayashi Keikazu showed a proud smile on his face.
But the next moment, his smile suddenly changed and turned into an incredible expression.
"What is this? How can it be so fast? Impossible! This is a 400-meter run! It's not a 200-meter sprint. How could he have such speed at the end! He has already run 300 meters, and there should be very little energy left. In the end How can it be so fast?" Xiaolin Jinghe's eyes widened, and then he realized that the key to Zhang Guan's ability to run so fast was his physical reserve.
Judging from the speed Zhang Guan showed at this time, the first 300 meters of running did not consume too much on his system. For other athletes, the last 100 meters should be the limit, but for Zhang Guan, it seems Not long after the game started.
"Why? Why does Zhang Guan still have so much physical reserves at this time?" Kobayashi Keiwa and Takano Susumu were stunned at the same time. The scene in front of them was really unbelievable.
The next second Zhang Guan accelerated, the audience erupted into earth-shattering shouts. This sudden speed difference was so entertaining to watch. Compared with Zhang Guan, other athletes were like turtles.
Zhang Guan surpassed Mitsuhiro Sato easily and without any suspense.
Mitsuhiro Sato felt a figure suddenly wandering past him not far away. He was completely unaware that it was Zhang Guan.
"What is it? So fast? Is it a person? Is it a photographer sitting on a pulley? When did the photographer get so close?" Mitsuhiro Sato looked intently, and what he saw was Zhang Guan.
"How is it possible? Is this a sprint? Why can he run so fast? He is running 200 meters! Did I run the wrong race? Yes, this is a 400-meter race!" Mitsuhiro Sato With a ghostly expression, Sato Mitsuhiro was also sprinting at this moment, but compared with Zhang Guan's sprint, Sato Mitsuhiro seemed to be taking a walk.
"Such a fast pace can only be achieved when one has sufficient physical strength. In other words, he still has a lot of physical strength! He still has such physical strength after running 300 meters. What kind of monster is he!" Mitsuhiro Sato watched helplessly. Zhang Guan quickly approached Kanemaru Yuzo. According to the current situation, it is inevitable that Zhang Guan will surpass Kanemaru Yuzo before the finish line.
At this time, Kanemaru Yuzo did not know that Zhang Guan was approaching. He looked at the finish line, and his heart was filled with the word "victory".
"The finish line is ahead, and I'm in first place now! I'm going to win! I'm going to win soon! The coach is right, Zhang Guan can't run 400 meters at all. What about the 100-meter world record holder? In the world So what about the fastest man? I beat him too! I beat the world’s number one flying man! I will become a hero in Japan!”
Kanemaru Yuzo began to smile, but in fact, his speed also began to slow down.
Even among black athletes in Europe and the United States, few can maintain sprinting status from 250 meters to the finish line. Many athletes have actually lost their explosive power at 350 meters, but due to the rhythm, inertia and willpower of the previous sprint, Persistence, although the speed in the last 50 meters will be slower, it will not be too slow. Therefore, for most 400-meter athletes, the distance they spend the most time on is the last 100 meters.
The top athletes in the world, such as Michael Johnson back then and Jeremy Varina now, even in the last 50 meters, still have a certain explosive power. Their last 100 meters may be faster than The first 100 meters is even faster, so they have the strength to run under 44 seconds. But Kanemaru Yuzo obviously does not have this ability. At about 350 meters, he has lost his explosive power, his pace frequency has slowed down, and his speed has also slowed down.
But Kanemaru Yuzo believes that he can win. In the 400-meter event, other athletes will slow down at this distance. Perhaps other athletes will slow down earlier than him. Among the athletes Kanemaru Yuzo has ever encountered, no one can still maintain explosive power in the final moments of the 400 meters.
Just when Kanemaru Yuzo was thinking about victory, Zhang Guan caught up with Kanemaru Yuzo.
"Yeah!" Kanemaru Yuzo was startled by the person who suddenly rushed up to him. He turned around and saw Zhang Guan smiling at him. That smile didn't look friendly at all to Kanemaru Yuzo. On the contrary, A devil's smile.
"That's Zhang Guan! He's catching up! He actually caught up!" Kanemaru Yuzo could no longer think about why Zhang Guan was catching up. His instinctive reaction began to accelerate, but at this moment his body had reached its limit. The so-called Acceleration is just an idea in the cerebellum. This idea is turned into an instruction and transmitted to the limbs through nerves. However, the limbs no longer have the ability to execute this instruction, and his speed does not change at all.
Then, Zhang Guan surpassed Yuzo Kanemaru, still so clean and neat, without any suspense.
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At this moment, Zhang Guan completed his transcendence!
At this moment, the whole place was boiling, as if an erupting volcano was exploding!
At this moment, Kobayashi Keikazu and Takano Susumu looked ashen as death.
But Kanemaru Yuzo was unwilling to fail. He was like a seriously injured beast and wanted to die with his enemy.
But he did not have this qualification. Zhang Guan was still very fast, his speed did not decrease, and the distance between them became wider and wider. Kanemaru Yuzo watched Zhang Guan getting closer and closer to the finish line, but he could only struggle feebly.
At this time, Kanemaru Yuzo finally recovered his ability to think, and he began to think about why Zhang Guan could run so fast.
"Why? Why is this happening? It's already before the finish line. Why can he still be so fast? This is unreasonable! After running 300 meters quickly, he can still have such speed at the end. How can any human being be able to do it? This point? Is Zhang Guan an alien? "
Kobayashi Keikazu watched Zhang Guan approach the finish line step by step. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that someone could run so fast in the final sprint of 400 meters.
Not only Keikazu Kobayashi, but also coaches and athletes from other countries found it incredible. Even the Chinese team's own athletes who were watching the game also found it incredible.
All of this simply goes against common sense and the physiological limits of human beings.
Suddenly, Kobayashi Keikazu thought that Zhang Guan's rhythm in front had not changed at all. No matter it was the straight after the start, the curve after the straight, or the straight after the curve, Zhang Guan's rhythm was exactly the same, without any slight change. Not only is there no change, it can even be said that the rhythm is controlled with mechanical precision! Looking back, it seems that Zhang Guan ran very strangely from the start.
"Is it just a brand new running method?" Xiaolin Jinghe guessed, and then watched Zhang Guan cross the finish line.
On the TV, the commentator roared excitedly: "44 seconds 50! 44 seconds 50! Zhang Guan ran into 44 seconds 50! The Asian record! Breaking the Asian record! The Asian record that has been dusty for 17 years!"
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