The early lead of this group of athletes was too slow, and this result was within Director Ma’s expectation.
However, Zhang Guan's performance made Director Ma feel that the harvest was huge.
"Old Yu, what do you think of Zhang Guan's performance?" Director Ma asked.
"Are you asking about the results or the running method?" Director Yu said.
"In terms of results, this 1 minute and 51 seconds is definitely not Zhang Guan's ultimate result." Director Ma looked at Zhang Guan who was exiting the race, and then said: "Tell me about the running method!"
"The running method Zhang Guan used reminded me of when he ran the 400 meters. In the 800-meter race, Zhang Guan still retained a lot of energy at the end. This kid does have special talents in terms of physical reserves. ." Director Yu paused for a moment, then continued: "What I wonder is, since his physical strength is so good, why doesn't he just lead the race to the end? That way he can run at his own pace, and he will definitely get better results. "
"I can't figure this out either." Director Ma took a deep breath, lowered his voice, and then asked: "Lao Yu, how fast do you think Zhang Guan can run with this style of running?"
"It's hard to say, after all, I'm not specialized in middle-distance running, but based on experience, Zhang Guan's 800 meters should be able to run within 1 minute and 47 seconds." Director Yu said a number that even he himself thought was quite high.
"Within 1 minute and 47 seconds? That's considered a first-class result in Asia." Director Ma changed his tone and continued: "Do you think it's okay for Zhang Guan to participate in the Asian Games?"
"You want Zhang Guan to run the 800 meters in the Asian Games?" Director Yu's eyes widened in surprise.
"I'm just talking casually." Director Ma motioned to Director Yu to sit down, and then said: "But Zhang Guan seems to want to run the 800 meters in the Asian Games."
"No!" Director Yu immediately shook his head: "He is already tired enough from participating in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter races. At most, let him do a long jump! He also has to run 800 meters? Are we really going to take him? Become a beast!"
Director Ma smiled awkwardly. Although Director Yu is the deputy head coach of international track and field, he is also a sprint coach. He will naturally be biased towards sprint events. Therefore, it is natural to oppose Zhang Guan's participation in middle distance races.
Director Ma continued: "Actually, I had a phone call with Zhang Guan before this."
Director Ma told Director Yu the content of his previous call with Zhang Guan, and Director Yu suddenly fell into silence. After a long time, Director Yu said: "That's right, this kid is very ambitious. He wants to participate in the 800 meters and 1500 meters in the Asian Games, which is in line with his character."
"There is a saying, oh yes! The world of genius is beyond our imagination!" Director Ma made a joke, and then said: "I always thought that a person's energy is limited, and it is impossible to be in every situation. I have achieved very high achievements in sports, but now it seems that there are always things in this world that I cannot understand."
"Don't sigh for now. Zhang Guan is going to participate in the 800 meters in the Asian Games. What are your plans? Give me an accurate answer." Director Yu said.
"I haven't decided yet. I just think that if Zhang Guan can win an Asian Games medal in the middle-distance running event, it won't hurt to send him to try. Our country's middle-distance running level is too weak, and the middle-distance running level is too weak. It has never been taken seriously by people. If Zhang Guan's participation in the middle-distance running competition can awaken everyone's attention to the middle-distance running event, I think it will be worthwhile." Director Ma said.
In China, middle-distance running is indeed the most disadvantaged track and field event. In terms of attention, middle-distance running is definitely not as popular as sprinting. People all know who the 100-meter world record holder is, but who will remember the middle-distance running world record holder. Therefore, the top track and field prospects in the country will definitely choose sprint events as their first choice.
Those track and field youngsters who have average explosive power but fairly good endurance will first choose race walking or long-distance running. The race walking event has always been the strength of the national team. Both men and women have the strength to win world-class competitions. The long-distance running event has been since the "Ma Jiajun" "Since the beginning of the era, he has continued to achieve results in the world, and his attention and training level are also higher than those of middle-distance running.
As the head coach of the national team, Director Ma, of course, considers the issue from the perspective of the entire track and field career. Since the appearance of two athletes, Zhang Guan and Liu Feiren, at the Athens Olympics, the short-term track and field events in China have developed extremely rapidly, with a large number of outstanding young athletes emerging. The long-distance running events have always been developing well. Only the middle-distance running events have gradually begun to develop. of marginalization.
Especially after Zhang Guan won several 400-meter championships, the public attention of the 400-meter race instantly increased, and even Varina's popularity increased rapidly in the country. Many people know that there is a white foreigner named Varina America who is Zhang Guan's main competitor. At the same time, some athletes who originally practiced 800 meters are preparing to switch to 400 meters, which makes the development of middle-distance running less and less sustainable.
Zhang Guan is now the focus of the whole people. If Zhang Guan is really capable of winning a middle-distance running medal at the Asian Games, or even a gold medal in the middle-distance running event, then the middle-distance running event will definitely be taken seriously by people immediately. This will have a great impact on the entire domestic track and field. The environment is clearly favorable.
…
On the second day of competition, Zhang Guan only had one competition, which was the men's 1,500-meter preliminaries.
The strength of domestic athletes in 1500 meters is slightly stronger than that in 800 meters. The rise of Ma Jiajun in the early 1990s directly promoted the domestic long-distance running industry. Although 1500 meters is a middle-distance race, it has the same technical characteristics as long-distance running, so 1500 meters Mi was also a beneficiary of the rise of Ma Jiajun. In the early 1990s, a group of outstanding athletes appeared.
There are more domestic athletes who coach the 1500m than the 800m, so there are more people participating in the 1500m race. However, the race is still divided into three groups because the start of the 1500m is not in separate lanes.
In a race with separate lanes, each athlete occupies one track, and the number of participants in a race is limited. In a race without lane separation, athletes stand in a row, one person in one lane, two people in one lane, three people in two lanes... In short, as long as Just stand on the track. Especially in the 10,000-meter long-distance race, athletes are inherently slim, and it is possible for seventeen or eight people to run at the same time in a race.
There are a total of thirteen athletes in Zhang Guan's group, including two very good 1500-meter athletes, one named Tang Baojun and the other named Yang Anyue. Both of them are top-notch in the country in terms of 1500-meter level. They have also won the domestic track and field grand prix championship.
The starting point of the 1,500-meter race is just behind the rushing line. Athletes stand on the starting line in an arc. Athletes on the outside track stand relatively forward, while those on the inside track stand relatively behind.
When it comes to competitions at a distance of 1,500 meters, tactical arrangements become very important, and the more experienced athletes are, the better they can execute tactics. Therefore, even if athletes with rich competition experience do not have the strength to be first, they still have the ability to take first place. Possible championship.
Before the game, the coach began to lay out tactics for the athletes, and coach Zhou also called Zhang Guan to his side.
Coach Zhou himself is a special coach for middle-distance running, especially in the 1500-meter race. Therefore, the provincial team athletes are very strong in the 1500-meter race. Coach Zhou can give Zhang Guan the quota for the 1500-meter race, which shows that the provincial team The track and field team attaches great importance to Zhang Guan.
Coach Zhou looked at Zhang Guan and thought for a long time but didn't know what tactics to deploy. Originally, the provincial team gave Zhang Guan a place in the middle-distance running race to save face, and they did not expect Zhang Guan to achieve any results. However, yesterday's 800-meter race surprised Coach Zhou. He also saw that Zhang Guan could not achieve any results. Guan Guan's 800-meter limit is definitely more than 1 minute and 51 seconds. According to Zhang Guan's physical strength, he will definitely be able to achieve a faster time.
"What tactics should be arranged for Zhang Guan? The longer the distance, the more tactics there are. There are already many tactics for 1,500 meters." Coach Zhou was silent for more than 20 seconds, and finally said: "Well, come on. , have a good run! Just protect yourself and don’t get hurt, the results don’t matter.”
Coach Zhou put on a posture of "just have fun", leaving Zhang Guan speechless.
This is not the case for other coaches. According to the rules, only four of the thirteen athletes in this group were promoted. According to the promotion ratio, the competition in this group is more intense than in ordinary sprint events, so the coaches are very serious about giving. Team members plan tactics.
After a few minutes, the athletes were all on the starting line. Zhang Guan was assigned to the middle position this time, so he would need to move to the inside during the game.
Athletes running 1,500 meters are generally tall and thin, but few domestic athletes can exceed 1.9 meters. As a sprinter, Zhang Guan obviously has much more muscles than middle-distance runners, so standing in a crowd, he suddenly looks... Stand out from the crowd.
For those spectators at the scene, this game was obviously very interesting. The strength of this group of athletes is relatively high. Tang Baojun and Yang Anyue are both capable of winning the championship, and Zhang Guan's 1,500-meter debut has made everyone look forward to it.
With a gunshot, the game begins.
This time, Zhang Guan did not immediately activate his sprinting skills. In yesterday's 800-meter race, Zhang Guan surpassed other athletes by several meters at the start of the sprint. Then in order to follow, Zhang Guan had to slow down. Zhang Guan felt that the gain was not worth the loss, so after summing up his experience, Zhang Guan simply started slower, as long as he could keep up with the pace of the big group.
So Zhang Guan started to move to the inner track at a normal pace. However, Zhang Guan was not good at fighting for the lane and lacked experience, so he was constantly blocked by other athletes with his body, waiting for him to merge into the innermost track. At that time, he turned out to be the last one.
"Ugh..." Many people exclaimed in amazement. Zhang Guan, who often leads in sprint races, unexpectedly fell to the last place, which instantly aroused the audience's interest.
However, sports professionals did not have such a big reaction to this. This is a 1,500-meter middle-distance run. The ranking in the first 100 meters does not determine anything. The final sprint is the key. Examples of starting from the last place and eventually overtaking and finishing first often occur in competitions.
And Zhang Guan doesn't mind this. In the 1500-meter race, there is a distance of more than 1000 meters. The athletes will all be in the same group and run at a constant speed. There is no distance between them, so running with the first place is also running, and following the first place is also running. The penultimate place is also running, everyone has the same speed, there is no difference.
Ever since, Zhang Guan stayed at the last place and followed closely behind the second to last place.
The first chapter was delivered today, please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket, thank you!
(End of chapter)