"Please watch the briefing below: The 15th Asian Athletics Championships opened today at the Rizal Athletics Stadium in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. This Asian Athletics Championships lasts for four days, and our country sent a total of 48 athletes to participate." Two short days of the seven o'clock broadcast This sentence ended the news broadcast about the Asian Athletics Championships, and the Central News Agency only sent two reporters to report on the spot.
The Asian Athletics Championships lasted for four days. There were 43 events in the competition, including 22 men's events and 21 women's events. The competition did not include men's and women's marathons and 50-kilometer race walking events.
A total of 43 Asian countries participated. Even East Timor, Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine sent athletes to participate. Among the members of the Asian Athletics Federation, only North Korea and Bhutan did not participate in the competition.
A total of more than 1,000 athletes from 43 countries participated, with China, Japan and South Korea accounting for one-fifth. The Japanese army almost came out in full force. Even the Japanese flying star Shingo Suetsugu, who won the bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships not long ago, participated. After this competition, it seems that he is determined to win the men's 100-meter event.
Perhaps due to the influence of the World Athletics Championships, the national team did not send top athletes to compete in long-distance events. Liu Feiren, who had just made a historic breakthrough in the 110-meter hurdles, did not participate in this competition.
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The residence of the Japanese national team.
Japanese team coach Takano Susumu handed the competition group list to head coach Kobayashi Keikazu and said at the same time: "Coach, our Japanese team players did not encounter strong opponents in the men's 100-meter preliminary round. I believe they can all finish first in the group." One line out.”
The head coach of the Japanese team, Keikazu Kobayashi, had a sullen face, while flipping through the group list, he said at the same time: "Takano-kun, don't be careless. Although our opponent is not strong, it can be said that the championship is already in our bag, but Don’t forget that our goal is to take the top three places in the men’s 100 meters! Be careful of the Chinese team and the black naturalized athlete from Saudi Arabia, they will definitely pose a threat to us taking the top three places.”
"Yes!" The unique Japanese culture of obeying superiors made Takano Susumu agree immediately, and then he said: "Coach, I have investigated the athletes sent by the Chinese team, and it is basically the same as we expected before the game. In the men's 200 They sent Yang Yao to compete in the meter event, and Chen Jian and Shen Bao to compete in the 100-meter event. The only difference from what we expected before the competition was that they sent an unknown player named Zhang Guan."
"Zhang Guan?" Xiao Lin Jinghe frowned: "I want information about Zhang Guan."
"Coach, I have found Zhang Guan's information, please take a look." Takano Jin handed a thin piece of A4 paper to Kobayashi Keikazu, and only half of the words were written on this piece of paper.
"A few months ago, I broke China's national record with a time of 10.16 seconds in the trials. What else?" Kobayashi Keikazu asked.
"I'm very sorry, there are only so many. This player is only seventeen years old this year, and his relevant competition records are only these." Takano Susumu said.
Kobayashi Keikazu's face suddenly became solemn: "You can run so fast at the age of seventeen! There is such a potential player in the Chinese team, and we don't even know about it! How could such a mistake happen?"
Takano Susumu immediately said: "Coach, I think this pretentiousness is not enough. Although the time of 10.16 seconds is very fast, it was achieved in a domestic competition in China, and there may be false elements in it. Moreover, Chinese athletes made false claims. Results are a normal thing. According to the information, he is seventeen years old, but his real age is most likely twenty-four or five years old. Athletes of this age do not have much potential to tap."
What Susumu Takano said reflects the international distrust of China's sports achievements, but it actually has a certain degree of credibility. Let’s not talk about the cost of performance, but just talk about youth. In some projects, it is almost an open secret. Therefore, in some events, the national team's results are good in the youth or youth competitions, but it is tragic in the adult competitions.
"This possibility is not impossible." Kobayashi Keikazu put down the group list and continued: "Maybe I am too nervous. We have just participated in the World Athletics Championships and do not have time to rest. After the Asian Athletics Championships are over, I will apply for leave for you all.”
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Zhang Guan played in the penultimate preliminary round. The level of Asian athletes in the 100-meter dash is at the bottom in the world, but the level of the national team is still top-notch in Asia. Therefore, in the previous games, Chen Jian and Shen Bao both They ranked first in the group and easily qualified.
On the track, Zhang Guan was sitting on his own track mark. He felt nervous but looked at the athletes from various countries around him with interest.
On the left side of Zhang Guan is a local player from the Philippines. Compared with Zhang Guanyi, who is 1.6 meters tall, he is like a dwarf. However, in the Philippines, he is still tall and mighty at this height. At this moment, he was waving from the stands, causing people to see the previous group. The screams of swarthy Filipina girls.
On the right side of Zhang Guan is a Thai athlete. He looks a bit mixed-race and looks quite strong. Zhang Guan guesses that he most likely has the traits left over from the American soldiers back then.
To the right is a player from the Middle East. Although he is not old, he has a lot of beard. He is still sitting there praying even when the game is about to start. If you look closely at the national flag on his chest, you can see that he is from the wealthy country of the United Arab Emirates.
On the far side is a Malaysian player. This person is of Chinese descent. Before he came on the stage, he greeted Zhang Guan in half-baked Cantonese.
"Hey..." Zhang Guan sighed, feeling that the gap was huge. In the international competition in his mind, he should be surrounded by some strong black people or big white people, all of them as muscular as calves, and they would be more imposing as soon as they stop on the track! But now, except for the UAE athlete who can barely be called short, the others are all skinny. With those short legs, Zhang Guan couldn't believe how fast they could run 100 meters.
Physical exercise can make people grow taller, especially since Zhang Guan's body is only seventeen years old, which is still the age for growth and development. After several months of training, Zhang Guan's height has grown to over 1.89 meters, which is still just shy of reaching 1.89 meters. He's 1.9 meters tall, which is considered tall even in Nordic countries, and even more so in Asia.
At this time, the referee signaled the athletes to prepare for the race, and everyone stepped forward, stood on the starting block, and got ready for the starting position. .
Gunshots rang out, and the moment the athletes rushed out, deafening shouts immediately erupted. This is all cheering for the local Filipino athlete. But after a few seconds, the cheers and cheers became increasingly sparse.
The Filipino athlete has fallen to last place. Whether he is a Thai mixed race, a bearded Emirati, or a Malaysian Chinese, he can run faster than a short Filipino. The height of 1.6 meters is already at a disadvantage in terms of leg length. Although Filipinos are very dark, they are not With the physique of black people, this disadvantage will become greater and greater as the competition progresses.
The Philippines is not a sports power to begin with. What they are best at in sports is combat sports, such as taekwondo and boxing. The entire Southeast Asian and South Asian countries are very weak in track and field events, but they are the weakest regions in the world in track and field events.
Zhang Guan was in the lead from the very beginning. Even though Zhang Guan deliberately slowed down, his lead was already relatively large in the second half of the race. He finally took the first place and qualified with a time of 10.43 seconds, while the one who fell at the end was A Filipino athlete ran 11.5 seconds away.
Since learning the skill of quick reaction, Zhang Guan saved about 0.15 seconds in starting time. At this time, Zhang Guan's real time was around 10.05 seconds. The level of athletes in Asian competitions is generally low. Zhang Guan did not need to fight hard in the preliminary competition. He tried his best, so Zhang Guan didn't fully exert his strength at all.
The system's voice finally sounded: "Participated in an international competition, mission completed. Rewarded with 1 skill point."
Zhang Guan let out a long breath, the task was finally completed. But the next moment, Zhang Guan suddenly slapped his head, as if he remembered something.
"What a loss, what a loss!" Zhang Guan muttered to himself.
According to the settings of the system, you can get skill point rewards for breaking records. The current national record is 10.16 seconds set by Zhang Guan. If Zhang Guan ran 10.15 seconds in the competition just now, it would be considered a national record. You can get a skill point reward.
Zhang Guan realized that every game in the future must be carefully calculated and the opportunity to obtain skill points must not be missed.
At this time, a new dialog box pops up in the system:
"Some skills are growth skills. The effect of the skill will not be reflected immediately after learning. Instead, the effect will gradually increase over time, and the effect will also decrease as the body function declines. This type of skills often requires more time. Only skill points can be learned, such as skill strengthening and skill strengthening.”
"Novice tasks, learn skills to strengthen your body, learn skills to strengthen your body."
Zhang Guan frowned. The two skills of Strengthening and Fitness are both passive skills. One can increase the strength of the body, and the other can increase the endurance of the body. He has long noticed these two skills, but these two skills Each one requires 3 skill points to learn, which means 6 skill points are needed to complete this task.
"I now have two skill points. To complete this skill, I need 4 more skill points. Next, I have three games: the semi-finals, semi-finals and finals. If I break the national record in each game, I will get Three skill points are not enough to complete the task, so there must be one game to break the Asian record. Or if you can win the honor of the championship in the end, you can also get additional skill point rewards." Zhang Guan silently calculated in his heart.
The current Asian record is 10 seconds held by Koji Ito. Zhang Guan has not yet reached this level. To win the championship, he must first defeat the Japanese players. Japan’s Sutsugo Shingo ran the fastest time at the World Athletics Championships last month. The time of 10.03 seconds is the second fastest time in Asia. He is currently in good condition, and Zhang Guan is not sure that he will be able to beat Sutsutsu Shingo.
"I can't do it with what I am now, I have to be faster! It seems like this is the only way..." After careful consideration, Zhang Guan decided to use one skill point on the sprint skill.
"Upgrade sprint!"
The next moment, the originally blue skill icon of the sprint skill turned purple.
"Master Sprint, the straight-line running speed is greatly improved. The duration is 40 seconds."
Zhang Guan looked at the skill description, let out a long breath, and thought to himself: "With the upgraded skill, I should be able to run within 10 seconds this time."
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