Zhang Guan's 1,500-meter race result caused a far greater sensation in the track and field community than the 800-meter race.
As the world champion of 400 meters, it is normal for Zhang Guan to run 800 meters. After all, the two events have a lot in common. But Zhang Guan can still run 1,500 meters, which surprised everyone. The span from 100 meters to 1,500 meters is really too big.
What's more important is that Zhang Guan's 1,500-meter performance is pretty good, at least among the best among domestic athletes. Moreover, there are two national champion-level athletes in the same group. Although the high-level athletes in the preliminary competition may not have used their full strength, Zhang Guan's ability to defeat the two national champions is enough to show that he is very strong in the 1500-meter run. .
Zhang Guan's speed in the final sprint of the 1,500-meter race also surprised professional sports people. Zhang Guan once again violated the physiological limits that everyone knows.
The distance of the 400-meter sprint is relatively short, and the athletes will definitely be able to retain some physical strength in the final sprint; in the 800-meter run, as long as the rhythm is well controlled, the athletes will still have some physical reserves in the final sprint. But 1500 meters is different. This is a distance that reaches the limit of human physiological physical reserves. It is almost impossible for athletes to maintain physical reserves in the final sprint of 1500 meters. Therefore, in the sprint of 1500 meters, athletes are actually exhausted. Every point is exhausted. The speed increase is all about challenging one's own physiological limits.
When the distance is longer, at 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters, the situation changes again. Long-term running at a constant speed allows the body to gradually adapt to the process of lactic acid providing energy, and the athlete's final sprint will appear very powerful.
If someone suddenly tells everyone that a certain athlete can run 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and 1500 meters at the same time, everyone will definitely say it is impossible, but if this person is Zhang Guan, even a professional athlete People, while showing surprise, may also believe it.
In the past two years, Zhang Guan has created too many miracles. For Chinese people, it is possible for Zhang Guan to achieve any achievement in track and field events. Especially for some ordinary people, they don’t understand track and field, so their thinking is very simple. As the fastest person in the world, running first is a matter of course. As for distance, then Just ignore it!
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After returning to the hotel, Zhang Guan met Liu Feiren.
"I heard that you also qualified first in the group in the 1,500 meters?" Liu Feiren continued with an envious look: "You are really a monster! I can understand the 800 meters, but you jumped from 100 meters to 1,500 meters. It’s unprecedented! Will you try another 5,000-meter or 10,000-meter race in the future?”
Zhang Guan shook his head fiercely: "Don't tease me, I've only run 1,500 meters. I can't hold on for long-distance running. I circle the track dozens of times at once. I can't keep up with my physical strength!"
"Nonsense, everyone knows that your physical strength is abnormal. Needless to say, the 400 meters and 800 meters, today's final sprint of 1500 meters, you can still save so much physical strength, sprint so fast, and you have the nerve to say that you have insufficient physical strength? What if you If I can't keep up with my physical strength, I won't even be able to jump over the first hurdle!" Liu Feiren curled his lips and said.
"You only watched the thief eat meat and not the thief being beaten! I have enough physical strength, but my physical strength is greater than others! The distance of 1,500 meters is not bad, but any longer, my physical strength is really exhausted I can’t keep up with other athletes." Zhang Guan said.
"That's true. I really forgot about physical exertion. It's really not worth it to compare physical exertion with long-distance runners." Liu Feiren nodded in agreement.
Sprinters will be stronger and heavier, while middle-distance runners will be slightly thinner. Although they look very thin, in terms of weight, middle-distance runners are not necessarily much lighter, because the muscle density of middle-distance runners is very high. As for long-distance runners, the vast majority are really thin and light.
To run the same distance, a person with a light weight naturally consumes less energy, while a person with a high weight consumes more energy. Due to his height, Zhang Guan's weight is actually slightly heavier than that of an average sprinter, and he consumes slightly more physical energy than other sports.
This slightly more physical energy consumption can be ignored in sprinting. Sprinting pays more attention to speed. As long as the speed can be increased and a little more physical energy is consumed, athletes are willing to do so.
In middle-distance running, this slightly more physical exertion still has an impact on Zhang Guan, but the impact is not very obvious. Even if he runs 1,500 meters, the entire race takes less than four minutes, which consumes more than other athletes. Zhang Guan can still bear a little physical strength.
But when it comes to long-distance running, the situation is completely different. Long-distance running athletes are very thin, weighing much less than Zhang Guan, and running the same distance consumes less physical energy than Zhang Guan. This difference in physical exertion does not matter in a short distance, but as the distance ran longer in the competition, the difference in physical exertion will grow exponentially. In this aspect, the situation becomes more and more disadvantaged.
Liu Feiren changed his voice and continued: "Has Director Yu mentioned the Track and Field World Cup to you?"
"Athletics World Cup?" Zhang Guan thought for a few seconds and asked, "Is it the one in September?"
"Yes, it's the one in September. It seems that Director Yu hasn't mentioned it to you yet. Today, Coach Sun told me that I will participate in the 110-meter hurdles. I guess you will also have to participate. In addition to the 100 meters and 400 meters in the Track and Field World Cup, "Except, there is a 200-meter event, and it looks like you are going to participate in three sprint events. Winning the gold medals in three sprint events makes me excited!" Liu Feiren's eyes revealed a sparkle.
"What do you think about me participating in a long jump event in addition to the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters? Can I be given a quota?" Zhang Guan asked.
Liu Feiren thought about it seriously and said: "I think there must be a quota. The long jump is different from the sprint. The number of participants in the sprint is limited, and adding one more player in the long jump will have little impact."
Athletes must separate lanes in sprint races. Eight lanes means eight people participating. Occasionally, one more person means nine people. If there are more lanes, there will be no room for them. Therefore, the number of participants must be fixed and cannot be too many. However, according to the rules of the long jump event, each athlete attempts to jump three times, and the eight best performers jump three more times. Calculated according to the rhythm of the long jump competition, one more athlete participating will only add three to four minutes of competition time at most. It didn't have much impact on the overall game.
"It seems that I need to mention this matter to Director Ma and try to get me a place in the long jump at the World Cup of Track and Field. But it's not appropriate to talk about it now. Let's wait until tomorrow. After the long jump final tomorrow, if I can do a better jump If you go to Director Ma to ask for a quota when the time comes, your chances of success will be much higher." Zhang Guan thought silently.
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On the third day of the National Track and Field Championships, Zhang Guan will participate in the long jump finals and the 800-meter middle distance running finals.
In the long jump final, which started first, a total of 12 athletes participated, including many strong players, such as Li Dalong, the long jump champion of the Ninth National Games, Zhou Can, the long jump runner-up at the Asian Track and Field Championships, and Li Run, the defending champion of the long jump event at the National Track and Field Championships. These three people have all jumped 8.22 meters and have broken the Olympic A standard of 8.20 meters.
The twelve participating contestants drew lots to determine the order of the trial jumps. Each person tried to jump three times. After the three trial jumps, the top eight with the best scores were ranked in reverse order of results and then had three more trial jumps.
In the long jump event, it is more advantageous to start at the back. Zhang Guan was a good character today and got the tenth place. The two players who appeared after Zhang Guan were both weak, and those athletes who were capable of winning the championship all appeared before Zhang Guan.
In the long jump final, the outcome is often determined by the last three jumps. For strong athletes, they will use the first three jumps to adjust their game state and sprint towards good results in the next three jumps; while weak athletes will Athletes will choose some more unrestrained jumping methods in the first three jumps, striving to achieve a good result and enter the top eight.
The first player to appear was a player named Zhang Xin, who was the champion of the 10th National Games. Zhang Xin jumped 7.81 meters in his first trial jump. This is a very good result. There is no problem in entering the top eight. It is a good start.
The second person to appear was Gu Junjie. He had competed with Zhang Guan in the qualifying round. Perhaps because the tension in the final affected his normal performance, Gu Junjie stepped on the marking line of the take-off board in his second line, so he was sentenced to failure. .
After that, the strength of several players was relatively average, and their scores were generally between 7.4 meters and 7.7 meters.
Li Dalong, the champion of the Ninth National Games who was ranked sixth, did not perform well in the first jump. He made a mistake when taking off, and in the end he only jumped 7.42 meters. This result was a good one for him. Very bad results.
Next up was Li Run. Li Run won the long jump championship at last year's National Track and Field Championships, so he competed as the defending champion.
Li Run also participated in the World Indoor Track and Field Championships held in Moscow in March. Being able to represent the national team in world-class competitions is enough to show that Li Run is very capable. He was also regarded as winning the long jump event before the competition. One of the biggest hits.
Although it was the first jump, Li Run did not stick to a conservative jumping method. His jump was very unrestrained and successful. The final score was 7.94 meters, which was very close to eight meters.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became solemn. The result of 7.94 meters can already ensure that Li Run will enter the top eight. In addition, Zhang Xin, who was the first to appear, jumped 7.81 meters. This is only the first round, and two players can enter the top eight. For other players, the promotion quota is suddenly reduced by two. indivual.
The next person to appear is Zhou Can, who is also a very strong long jumper. He once won the runner-up at the 2003 Asian Track and Field Championships in the Philippines and the third place at the 2005 Asian Track and Field Championships in South Korea. In domestic events, he also won many championships such as Grand Prix and Indoor Games. Therefore, Zhou Can is also another favorite to win the long jump event.
Zhou Can is 27 years old this year and is already considered a veteran, so he has very rich competition experience and is very mature technically. He chose a relatively normal jumping method for his first jump. His score of 7.73 meters was very good for him. It's quite satisfactory, but if you want to get into the top eight with this result, you need to look at luck.
The ninth player was fouled for stepping on the line, and Zhang Guan came on stage next.
Zhang Guan is still a rookie in the long jump event. His record in the official competition is only one number, which is the result of 8.05 meters in the qualifying competition the day before. However, Zhang Guan only made the first jump in the qualifying competition. , gave up the next two jumps, so everyone has little understanding of Zhang Guan’s long jump ability.
For Zhang Guan, no one knows whether 8.05 meters is a normal level, a super performance, or a failure to do his best. Therefore, the next competition will be an excellent way for everyone to judge Zhang Guan’s long jump strength. Chance.
Zhang Guan stood in the run-up area. After getting ready, he started to run up. His lightning-like speed instantly attracted the envious eyes of many players and coaches.
There is a great relationship between long jump performance and approach speed. Every long jumper must be a good sprinter, and every long jumper hopes to have a faster approach speed. And who in the world is faster than the world record holder
I saw Zhang Guan quickly approaching the sand pool, and then made a take-off action. His toes just pressed on the take-off board, and he was still far away from the marking line, so this was a successful take-off, but at the same time, it can also be said that It was a relatively conservative takeoff.
Zhang Guan obviously used this conservative take-off because he didn't want to commit a foul. He had only practiced long jump for a short time, and he was very confident in his own strength. There was no need to use a too radical jump method for the first jump.
Next, Zhang Guan soared into the air and made a flying action. It was still the most basic squatting posture. However, judging from the height of Zhang Guan soaring, as long as there were no mistakes in landing, the result of this jump would definitely be good.
Then, Zhang Guan landed smoothly, leaned forward, stood up, and walked out of the sand pool.
An irregularly shaped pit appeared in the flat sand pool, and the edge of the pit had already crossed the eight-meter line! The first jump crossed the eight-meter line!
The eyes of other contestants looked at the referee at the springboard almost at the same time...
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