"It seems that foreigners are also kind-hearted!" Zhang Guan thought as he opened the list of contestants in his hand.
Although Zhang Guan didn't know how many such things Valikov had prepared to sell favors, what he could confirm was that if he didn't know Valikov, he would definitely not take the initiative to send this list of contestants.
"Sure enough, it's almost as expected before the competition. There are no strong competitors in the indoor 60-meter event." Zhang Guan looked at the list of athletes participating in the indoor 60-meter event, not to mention that athletes of the same level as Powell and Obikwelu did not participate. , even players who are slightly weaker than the world's top, such as Kim Collins and Jason Gardner, did not participate.
"Jason Gardner is the defending champion in this event, but he is British and is currently participating in the Commonwealth Games. Powell seems to be also in the Commonwealth Games."
Among the athletes competing in the 60 meters, there are only two people who are more impressive to Zhang Guan, and both of them are Americans, one is Leonard Scott and the other is Terrance Trammell.
Leonard Scott used to be a football player, but he switched to track and field after being eliminated from the internal selection of the US team. Zhang Guan had played against him last year, at the World Athletics Championships and the Domestic Golden Grand Prix of Track and Field.
As for Terrance Trammell, Zhang Guan was impressed by him because he had competed with Liu Feiren many times. Trammell is an athlete who competes in the 110-meter hurdles. He is hailed by Americans as the successor of Alan Johnson and is also a competitor Liu Feiren focuses on. Trammell signed up for two events in this indoor track and field championship, the 60-meter and 60-meter hurdles.
"There is no pressure in the 60-meter dash! Let's take a look at the 400-meter event!" Zhang Guan opened the list of participants for the 400-meter event.
The final of the 400-meter dash was held on the last day. Zhang Guan didn’t know many athletes who were engaged in the 400-meter dash. However, the country with the strongest 400-meter dash in the world is undoubtedly the United States team, so Zhang Guan took the lead. Pay attention to the participants of Team USA.
The three strongest 400-meter runners on the U.S. team, Jeremy Varina, Otis Harris and Derek Blue, did not participate, while the three people registered on the list were Milton Campbell and Terry -Washington and Rashawn Merritt.
Zhang Guan still has some impressions of the athlete Rashawn Merritt. He is known as the second best athlete in the United States after Jeremy Varina, but he is still young and has not yet achieved results.
"I don't know the other two people on the US team, Campbell and Washington! I'll have to ask the instructor later." Zhang Guan continued to check the list of participants for the 400-meter dash.
The defending champion of this event is named Francisco. He is an athlete from the small Caribbean country of Grenada and is also considered the favorite to win the 400 meters. As for the other athletes, Zhang Guan was completely clueless.
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On March 10, the World Athletics Indoor Championships begin.
For Zhang Guan, the first day of competition was a great test of physical strength. He will participate in the group stage of the 60-meter dash at 12:40 noon, the semi-finals of the 60-meter dash four hours later, and the group stage of the 400-meter dash an hour and a half later. Two hours later, he still has a 60-meter dash. The final of the meter sprint. It's equivalent to four games in one day.
Fortunately, the consumption of 60 meters is much smaller than that of 100 meters. Zhang Guan feels that he can definitely handle it in the first three games. In the last 60 meters final, if it doesn't work, he will use a physical recovery potion.
Isinbayeva's match will be held tomorrow, and Zhang Guan has become the biggest name in today's match. Perhaps because of Sharapova, Zhang Guan's popularity in Moscow is actually higher than that of local Russian athletes. A few points higher, in the 60-meter group stage and semi-finals, every time Zhang Guan appeared on the stage, the house was full of cheers, and Zhang Guan also successfully entered the 60-meter final with two first places.
After all, there are no top athletes in the world participating. For example, Trammell who ran the 110-meter hurdles can be regarded as the favorite to win the championship. How could Zhang Guan, a professional 100-meter runner, miss the mark
The next thing to be held is the group stage of the 400-meter dash.
Zhang Guan's current record in the 400-meter official competition is only once for East Asian athletes. People in Europe and the United States have never paid much attention to track and field competitions held in Asia, and they have no understanding of Zhang Guan's running method. However, considering Zhang Guan's fame, the organizers still gave Zhang Guan the treatment of a star athlete when organizing the 400-meter sprint group stage. There were no powerful athletes in his group.
For other athletes participating in the 400-meter sprint, this is also a good opportunity to observe Zhang Guan. Everyone does not know Zhang Guan’s running style and technical characteristics in the 400-meter dash, so they hope to observe it through this competition.
With the sound of a gunshot, Zhang Guan quickly entered the game.
Zhang Guan's speed is still the same. He seems to be faster than other athletes, but he doesn't have any advantage.
Next, entering the straight track, Zhang Guan still followed the previous running method. When other athletes did not accelerate significantly, Zhang Guan did not take the lead, and of course he did not fall behind.
The athletes entered the second corner at about the same time. Obviously, there is not much difference in strength between the athletes in the group stage. The running methods are also the mainstream running methods in Europe and the United States. It is probably necessary to wait until the sprint to see the difference.
Soon after entering the corner, some athletes began to accelerate, but Zhang Guan still followed the original rhythm. Everyone else started to speed up, but Zhang Guan was still running at the original pace. In comparison, he seemed much slower and lagging behind.
The audience didn't seem to understand that much. Many people sighed, while the professional coaches and athletes all frowned. Zhang Guan's performance was really strange.
"What is Zhang Guan doing? Why is he still running at the same pace? Why doesn't he sprint?"
"What kind of running method is this? Is this some new tactic?"
The coach of the American team secretly glanced at Director Yu and others not far away, and found that Director Yu had a calm look on his face. He was obviously not worried because Zhang Guan was lagging behind. The coach of the US team is increasingly certain that Zhang Guan's running method is definitely not that simple.
Next, the athletes entered the final straight. Zhang Guan was also the last athlete to enter the straight, and then Zhang Guan started sprinting towards the finish line.
"Sprinting now? It may be too late! Not necessarily. If he has Varina's sprinting level, he might be able to catch up before the finish line. But I don't know if his sprinting level can compare to Varina's. Na." The coach of the American team made his own judgment.
"Wow?" The audience at the scene exclaimed. Zhang Guan's speed suddenly reached a very high level, and he surpassed the two athletes behind him in the blink of an eye.
"Why is this acceleration so fast? Is this a 400-meter sprint? It's almost as fast as running 200 meters! How can he still have so much physical reserves? Didn't he try his best from the beginning?"
At this moment, all the coaches and athletes on the field were moved. Zhang Guan passed one athlete after another on the track, taking the lead at 360 meters, and then quickly left the second place behind. , until there were still 20 meters away from the finish line, Zhang Guan stopped his strength and crossed the finish line relying on inertia.
46.05 seconds, this time is enough to qualify first in the group in the indoor competition, but it shocked others enough.
"Is this the kind of retro running method?" Rashawn Merritt immediately thought of the running method of running at a constant speed in front and sprinting from the back decades ago, but in his memory, this running method was None of those athletes ran so fast in the final sprint.
"No, his speed in the end was too fast. It didn't look like he was running 400 meters at all. This shows that he has a lot of reserve energy in front of him. Since he has so much reserve energy, why do he still use this retro running method? ? If he adopts some mainstream running methods, he will definitely lead in the second corner. Why should he save all his energy for sprinting on the final straight? Is he deliberately playing with his heartbeat?" Merritt scratched his head, how? I can't figure this out either.
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Running 400 meters is still very physically demanding for athletes. In most track and field competitions, in order to allow athletes to better recover their physical strength, the 400-meter sprint is held once a day.
Zhang Guan has already run two 60-meter dashes before, and now he has run another 400-meter dash. His physical strength is already below the normal line. In two hours, he will participate in the final of the 60-meter dash.
In the US team, Leonard Scott was very excited at this time. He felt that he might beat Zhang Guan in the 60-meter dash event.
"If Zhang Guan hadn't participated in the 400-meter dash, I really wouldn't have been his opponent, but he chose to commit suicide by running the 400-meter dash. He must not have much physical strength now! When it comes to the competition, I will definitely beat him. So pretentious!" Scott couldn't restrain his inner excitement, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he actually started to laugh.
Scott had fought against Zhang Guan before. At last year's World Athletics Championships, in the 100-meter dash, Scott was just a bastard. No one cared about him. Everyone's focus was on the relationship between Zhang Guan and Gatlin. contest. In that race, Scott only finished seventh, and this result was naturally ignored by everyone.
Then at the Golden Grand Prix of Track and Field held in China, Scott met Zhang Guan again and even wanted to collide with Zhang Guan on purpose. However, that time was once again reduced to a background wall. Zhang Guan broke the men's 100-meter world record in that game and became the focus of the entire event. As for Scott, no one remembered that he participated in that game.
Today, facing Zhang Guan who was running out of energy, Scott felt that his chance had come.
"Zhang Guan! I remember that you are the holder of the world record in the 60-meter dash! I remember that you have never lost in any competition you participated in! The world's number one flying man? So today, let me, Leonard Scott Te, kick you off the altar!"
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