At the post-match press conference, Zhang Guan was still the biggest focus of media attention. Some reporters also asked about the IAAF Golden League in a few months.
"This year's IAAF Golden League has a men's 400-meter dash event. Will you participate?" the reporter asked straightforwardly.
Zhang Guan didn't even think about it, but said directly: "Of course I will participate. The 400-meter dash event is very interesting and I like it very much."
"So does that mean you won't participate in the 100-meter dash?" another reporter asked.
"Of course not!" Zhang Guan said decisively: "Of course I will participate in the 100 meters, and I will also participate in the 400 meters."
"You want to participate in two projects at the same time?" The reporters suddenly became interested, and the frequency of flashes also increased instantly.
"I don't think any athlete has participated in two events in the Golden League before! So I don't know if I win six consecutive events in both events, then when the million-dollar prize is divided in the end, it will be calculated based on one head. Let’s count them based on two heads!” Zhang Guan said with a smile.
"Wow..." The reporters below suddenly fell into a brief commotion.
In the Golden League, it is so difficult to win six consecutive championships in one event. Zhang Guan actually wants to win six consecutive championships in two events at the same time. This is simply an impossible task. Perhaps in the 100-meter event, Zhang Guan has unparalleled dominance and can win the final gold medal, but in the 400-meter event, Zhang Guan is just a newcomer.
There are many strong players in the 400-meter event. In addition to Varina, the American team also has four or five of the world's top athletes. The level of the Jamaican team's 400-meter sprinters should not be underestimated. Among European countries, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Cuba, and the Bahamas in the Americas also have some strong 400-meter athletes.
"Zhang Guan is too arrogant! He participated in two events at the same time and even wanted to win the gold award in both events."
"Winning six consecutive games in two events is simply impossible! Unless he is Superman."
"Have you forgotten, during the Athens Olympics the year before last, Zhang Guan was still a nobody, so he started claiming that he could win the Olympic championship. He even spent a lot of money to win by himself! Maybe he can really do it."
"The Olympics is only one event, but this time there are two events, not to mention six events, and the entire schedule is close to three months."
Not far away, Director Yu heard Zhang Guan's answer and wiped his sweat quietly. He felt that this scene seemed familiar.
"Zhang Guan, this kid, shines brightly if you give him a little sunshine. He's getting so excited again! Let me tell the publicity side not to air this part!"
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With Gatlin being suspended, the large-scale doping scandal in the United States has come to an end for the time being, and track and field athletes have already resumed normal training.
The level of American track and field is undoubtedly the best in the world, and the 400-meter dash is the strongest event of American track and field. Since the 1980s, American athletes Busch Reynolds and Quincy Watts have successively dominated He won the 400-meter dash event, and later there was a legendary flying man like Michael Johnson. Currently, eight of the ten fastest times in the 400 meters were set by Michael Johnson. For Americans, historically the United States has won three gold, silver, and bronze medals in the 400-meter dash at the Olympics many times.
Today, the young athletes of the U.S. team have inherited the 400-meter tradition of their predecessors, with the emergence of a number of athletes such as Otis Harris, Derrick Blue, Angelo Taylor, Rashawn Merritt, etc. The world's top 400-meter sprinters, and the strongest among them is the current number one 400-meter sprinter, Jeremy Varina, who is known as the "Sunglasses Flyer" and "White Forrest Gump".
Jeremy Varina once won the 400-meter dash championship at the Athens Olympics. His winning time at that time was 44 seconds. Then in 2005, he also won the 400-meter dash championship at the World Athletics Championships and the 400-meter gold medal in Zurich. meter championship, but the 2005 Golden League did not have a 400-meter sprint event at every stop, so Varina had no chance to challenge for the final gold award. Otherwise, Zhang Guan would have one more competitor. .
Since 2005, Jeremy Varina has also ushered in his peak period. In 2006, Varina's technology has matured. From then until 2008, he was the absolute king in the 400-meter sprint event. .
In the indoor training hall, Varina is doing strength training.
Varina's coach Hart came over and said, "Jeremy, I found a very interesting game video here. I think you should take a look."
"Which event is the game video? When is the game?" Varina asked.
"The World Indoor Track and Field Championships just ended, the 400-meter final." Hart continued: "Campbell and Merritt both participated in this competition. However, they did not win the 4x400-meter medal."
"Francisco also participated in today's indoor track and field championships! He is still very strong. Although he prefers early running, Campbell can't beat him, let alone Merritt. We in the United States In the team, I should be the only one who can definitely beat Francisco. There is also Otis, but it’s a pity that he is injured.”
The Otis that Varina refers to is American star Otis Harris, who won the silver medal in the men's 400 meters at the Athens Olympics, only 0.16 seconds slower than Varina. Harris was unknown before 2003, but began to rise slowly in 2004. He became a blockbuster in the Athens Olympics and became the second-best 400-meter athlete in the United States after Varina. However, he has been troubled by injuries in recent times and his strength has declined.
Coach Hart continued: "But this time the 400-meter champion is not Francisco."
"Isn't it Francisco? Who is that? Did a new person appear from nowhere?" Varina asked curiously.
"It's someone you know but would never expect." Hart paused and then said, "Okay, I won't guess any more riddles with you. Let me tell you! The 400m champion of this indoor track and field championship is Zhang Guan !”
"Zhang Guan? The 100-meter world record holder? He also ran 400 meters?" Warina was even more surprised.
"Yes, that's him!" Hart nodded and continued: "In fact, when he was an East Asian athlete last year, he had already participated in the 400-meter dash and broke the Asian record."
"What is the Asian record for 400 meters?" Varina asked.
"The Asian record at the time was 44.56 seconds, and Zhang Guan broke the world record with a time of 44.50 seconds!"
"44.50 seconds? So fast!" Warina was surprised again.
In fact, for Varina, 44.50 seconds can only be regarded as a relatively good and normal result, but Varina was surprised that Zhang Guan could achieve such a fast result. Zhang Guan is a 100-meter dash athlete, and the 100-meter dash and the 400-meter dash can be said to be two different events. For an athlete who is not a 400-meter athlete, being able to run under 45 seconds is definitely a very remarkable achievement.
"Zhang Guan once again ran 45 seconds in this indoor track and field competition." Coach Hart looked at Varina and continued: "And he also announced at the post-match press conference that he would also participate in the Golden League. There are two events: 100 meters and 400 meters.”
"What? He wants to participate in two competitions at the same time!" Warina suddenly laughed, and then said: "It seems that I have another opponent! Coach, let me see Zhang Guan's game video! "
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In the lounge, Hart played a video of Zhang Guan's game for Varina.
"This is! How is this possible? The final sprint is so fast? His last 100 meters must be within 11 seconds, and may even reach 10.50 seconds. How did he do it?" Varina looked shocked.
"How about it? It's a very interesting game video! When I saw it for the first time, I was as surprised as you." Hart continued: "So I specially analyzed the video of this game. Zhang Guanzai The first three hundred meters almost maintained the same frequency, as if it was machine-like precision. His speed in the first hundred meters and the speed in the third hundred meters were actually about the same, while in the second hundred meters , because it is a straight road, the speed is slightly faster, but the pace frequency has not changed much.”
"That is to say, he was relatively slow in the third 100 meters, so he was lagging behind when entering the final straight." Varina concluded immediately.
"Yes. But his speed in the final sprint was able to recover the time behind him and even complete the overtake. Maintaining the frequency in the front and sprinting at the end is the same as the retro running method from decades ago." Hart said A twist: "But I can be sure that this is definitely not the retro running method, but a brand new running method."
Warina was silent for more than ten seconds, and then said: "Coach, I definitely can't do this kind of running, and I don't think anyone else can do it either. Zhang Guan's final sprint speed must be You can only do it if you have plenty of physical strength, and he was not running slowly in front of him. This also requires physical strength. This is a running method that relies entirely on physical strength to overwhelm the opponent. But this running method is very unscientific. If there is If you have so much stamina, you can run faster by using the more mainstream running methods now.”
Hart smiled slightly and then released the next video.
"Maurice Green? And Zhang Guan? Is this the 100 meters in the Athens Olympics?" Varina asked.
"Yes, it's the 100-meter semi-finals of the Athens Olympics." Hart pointed at the screen and continued: "Did you see that Zhang Guan was in very bad shape when he left the field? He consumed a lot of energy, but in the final …”
Hart said as a video of the Olympic men's 100-meter final was shown.
"Do you understand? Zhang Guan has an absolute advantage in winning the championship! He seems to have fully recovered his physical strength, and he even beat the semi-finals." Hart paused the video and continued: "I'm sure Zhang Guan is using and recovering his physical strength. He has a special method, or he has a special physique like a monster. Jeremy, I want to tell you that in the next Golden League, you may face a physical monster!"
"So what? Even if the Hulk comes, I can defeat him!" Varina said firmly.
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