Zhang Guan did not get up too early the next day, but slept until he woke up naturally. After lunch, Zhang Guanye was in no hurry to rush to the competition site. The 1,500-meter race was not held until the evening, so Zhang Guan rushed to the competition site leisurely after dinner to participate in the 1,500-meter final.
In the 1,500-meter race, the opponents were relatively average in strength, and there was only one person who could really be considered strong, and that was Dou Zhaobo, the national record holder in the men's 1,500-meter run.
Zhang Guan and Dou Zhaobo are relatively familiar with each other. Dou Zhaobo is Zhang Guan’s teammate in the provincial team. He once set a national record of 3 minutes, 36 seconds and 49 seconds in 2003. This is an Olympic A-standard result. It is definitely a remarkable achievement for an East Asian athlete to reach the Olympic A standard of 1,500 meters. In Asian level competitions, Dou Zhaobo has also won medals many times.
Dou Zhaobo had a major surgery before the Athens Olympics, and then participated in the Athens Olympics with injuries. He did not perform at his best in the competition and was eliminated in the preliminary round. Because of that injury, Dou Zhaobo never returned to his peak condition throughout 2005, but even so, he still won the 1500-meter championship in the 10th National Games.
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On the track, the 1,500-meter final is about to begin.
Coach Zhou had a proud smile on his face. Among the twelve contestants, Zhang Guan and Dou Zhaobo were both his team members. Among them, Dou Zhaobo is the national record holder and can be regarded as the strongest player among the participating athletes. Moreover, Dou Zhaobo has been in very good form recently and has a high possibility of winning the gold medal.
As for Zhang Guan, coach Zhou shook his head silently. He still doesn't know what Zhang Guan's mid-range running strength is.
"In terms of physical condition, Zhang Guan is definitely better than black athletes. There is no need to prove this. Moreover, he also broke the national record of 800 meters yesterday. In the 1500 meters event, even if he is slightly weaker, he is probably I can win a medal!" Coach Zhou couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he thought of this. In an event like the National Track and Field Championships, there are a total of thirty or forty teams participating, and a team can win two medals in one event. A medal is a great thing.
Standing on the starting line, Dou Zhaobo's expression was slightly solemn. With his strength, it is very easy to win the championship in domestic competitions, but today he was keenly aware that it is very difficult to win the championship. He encountered When he came to a powerful opponent, it was Zhang Guan.
"I didn't expect that Zhang Guan would be so strong in middle distance running. Yesterday he broke the national record of 800 meters! This time is so fast! Three years ago, this kid just entered the provincial team and was still a young man. A newcomer who doesn't know anything, he didn't expect that in just three years, this kid has already become the king of sprinting in the world, and now he is heading towards the middle-distance running event!" Dou Zhaobo laughed when he thought of this.
"That's fine. If it were normal times, I really wouldn't have a chance to compete with the world champion." Dou Zhaobo thought silently, and at this time, a man patted Dou Zhaobo on the shoulder from behind. Looking back, I found it was Zhang Guan.
"Brother Dou, I'll be running after you in a moment!" Zhang Guan said with a smile.
"Run behind me and overtake me in the end, right? But I'm not running slow. If you want to take the gold medal from me, you have to show some real strength!" Dou Zhaobo responded with a smile. Dao, the two have known each other for more than three years, and the age difference is only three years. Even though they are competing in the same field now, there is not much barrier between them.
However, in the eyes of other athletes and coaches, the intimate conversation between the two was just discussing game tactics.
In middle and long-distance running in track and field, the use of tactics is very important. If there is only one athlete from the same team participating, then it is almost impossible to actively use tactical running methods; if there are two athletes from the same team participating, they can actively use some Tactical running method; if there are three players on the same team participating, the tactical options will be more diverse; and if the three participating athletes are all very good, some race tactics can even be arranged to win medals. Therefore, in long-distance running competitions, it is common for three Kenyan or Ethiopian athletes to win the gold, silver and bronze medals.
After a few minutes, the athletes are ready and the game begins.
After starting, the athletes on the outer lane began to squeeze towards the innermost track to seize a relatively good position. In a competition with twelve athletes like this, the fourth or fifth place is a better position. This ranking will not be too far from the leader in front. You can clearly observe the rhythm changes of the leader, so as to I can also make adjustments relatively quickly; at the same time, because there are more runners following me, I won’t feel nervous about falling behind.
After the athletes all entered the innermost track, the rankings began to stabilize. At this time, the competition had only gone 100 meters, and everyone had sufficient physical strength, so they were all in the same group.
The pace of the leading runner can only be said to be average, neither too fast nor too slow. For professional 1500-meter runners, this mid-range speed is the easiest to adapt to, so in the next 100 meters, everyone will It ran very easily.
After the race entered 200 meters, the athletes entered the straight track. At this time, Dou Zhaobo suddenly emerged from the crowd and slowly overtook the first position.
"Is Dou Zhaobo going to take the lead? He is preparing to lead a fast pace!" Other athletes judged one after another.
During the competition, some athletes with stronger performance will choose to lead in the early and mid-term if they feel that the rhythm is slow. The leader is most worried about being attacked by athletes behind. In the early and middle stages, when the decisive moment is still very early, even losing the lead will have little impact on the final sprint position, so there is no need to worry about surprise attacks by athletes behind.
However, Dou Zhaobo did not lead as everyone expected. His speed far exceeded the speed required to lead. I saw him break away from the large group and slowly widen the distance from other players.
"Dou Zhaobo ran so fast from the beginning. This is not normal. With his strength, there is no need to run like this. Then this must be a tactical arrangement! This is to consume our physical strength and is a trap. We cannot follow. "The players all recalled the conversation between Zhang Guan and Dou Zhaobo before the game, thinking that this was a specially arranged tactic to consume the physical strength of other athletes.
In middle-distance running competitions, one athlete exerts force in the early stage, luring other athletes to catch up, and then consumes the opponent's physical strength. This is a very common tactic. Some young athletes who lack competition experience are also easily fooled, resulting in physical exhaustion. Excessive and weak in the second half.
None of the other contestants caught up. Everyone thought it was a tactical temptation, so they continued to run at a normal pace. But what everyone didn't expect was that Zhang Guan also broke away from the team and chased after them.
Zhang Guan's idea is very simple. Since he is following, he should choose the fastest one to follow, and the final result will definitely be better.
But other players didn't think so. Zhang Guan's performance made other players very confused.
"Huh? What's going on? Isn't Dou Zhaobo a tactical lure? Why did Zhang Guan of the same team also chase him? Dou Zhaobo set a trap, but his teammate Zhang Guan fell for it? Definitely not There may be a tactical arrangement designed to deceive teammates, but this must still be a trap. This is a complete act!"
The players behind them all made "reasonable" judgments, and then thought they were very smart and kept the original rhythm, continued to maintain a team formation, and followed behind.
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Dou Zhaobo is in very good condition today. The 1500m national record holder has never returned to a winning state after undergoing major surgery in 2003, so he also needs to prove himself on the field.
There is a running method for following, and there is a method for leading. For Dou Zhaobo, the 1500-meter national record holder, he has a lot of experience in leading all the way to the finish line. Leading is not a problem for him. .
For Zhang Guan, following is not a problem. Zhang Guan, who has master-level following skills, may be the best person in the world at following.
Zhang Guan followed closely, but did not initiate an overtake. Dou Zhaobo could feel that Zhang Guan's rhythm was exactly the same as his own.
"It's very similar to learning my rhythm! There is a straight road ahead, just change the rhythm." Dou Zhaobo thought of it, and he changed his rhythm after entering the straight track.
"Zhang Guan is still a newcomer in the 1500-meter running event. Now that I have changed my rhythm, he should have to adjust for a long time!" Dou Zhaobo thought as he secretly turned to observe Zhang Guan.
However, what surprised Dou Zhaobo was that Zhang Guan's rhythm was still exactly the same as his.
"Huh? Zhang Guan caught up with me so quickly?" Dou Zhaobo quickly thought of countermeasures in his mind.
"Zhang Guan is the fastest person in the world. In terms of absolute speed, I am definitely no match for him. I will go a little slower at the next corner and let him take the lead."
I saw that Dou Zhaobo slowed down a little when he was about to enter the bend, and after entering the bend, his speed became slower and slower.
Zhang Guan, who was behind Dou Zhaobo, also slowed down, and his speed became slower and slower.
"Zhang Guan is also slow? How come the rhythm is adjusted to the same as mine?" Dou Zhaobo was stunned for a moment and then thought: "I am fast and he is also fast, and I am slow and he is also slow. Now I can see it. Zhang Guan today You just came here to follow me! In this case, I just let go and ran!"
Thinking of this, Dou Zhaobo made adjustments again, adjusting the exercise rhythm to the feeling he was most familiar with, so as to reduce the physical consumption as much as possible.
700 meters, 800 meters, 900 meters, 1000 meters... Dou Zhaobo entered the straight from the curve, and then entered the curve from the straight. Finally, when he crossed the finish line, he heard the warning bell.
"One last lap!" Dou Zhaobo knew that the moment to decide the outcome was coming.
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When Dou Zhaobo entered the last lap, Coach Zhou lowered his head subconsciously and looked at the numbers displayed on the stopwatch in his hand.
"Dou Zhaobo seems to be in pretty good shape today. His speed is pretty fast. If he keeps going like this, he should be able to run within 3 minutes and 39 seconds. I just don't know if his physical strength will be able to hold on at the end." Coach Zhou said silently Think.
The Olympic B standard time of 1500 meters is 3 minutes and 39 seconds. For domestic athletes, being able to run into the Olympic B standard is definitely worthy of celebration by the whole team.
After 1,300 meters, Dou Zhaobo showed his strength as a national record holder on the field. Even in the last lap, his speed still did not slow down. His rhythm control was getting better and better, while other participants The players gradually began to be unable to keep up with Dou Zhaobo's speed, and the weakest players had already fallen out of the group.
Only Zhang Guan, closely following Dou Zhaobo, ran through the final curve and entered the straight.
"It's time to sprint soon. As I expected before the race, I didn't get rid of Zhang Guan in the whole race! This kid is really a genius!" Dou Zhaobo thought about Zhang Guan's performance in the 1500m preliminaries the day before yesterday, and then thought Said: "According to Zhang Guan's rhythm, he should start to surpass me at this time!"
This idea just came to Dou Zhaobo, Zhang Guan had already left the innermost runway, and then launched the final sprint.
The sprint acceleration of 1500 meters is very rhythmic. It is not necessary to reach an extremely high speed during the sprint, but you must try to maintain the speed. Sustained speed is much more important than short-term high speed. Therefore, in the final sprint stage, athletes overtake each other much slower than sprinting. Overtaking in sprinting can be accomplished almost in the blink of an eye, while overtaking in middle- and long-distance running requires speeding up, catching up, holding on, overtaking, and then stabilizing the position to avoid being overtaken. This requires a process. From an ornamental point of view, the overtaking process in middle-distance running is not as violent as sprinting, but the excitement is no less exciting than sprinting.
After Zhang Guan started to accelerate, he quickly approached Dou Zhaobo, and at this time Dou Zhaobo also started to accelerate. However, Dou Zhaobo was obviously not as fast as Zhang Guan, and he was finally caught up by Zhang Guan.
"Zhang Guan is catching up! Much earlier than I expected." Dou Zhaobo quickly visually checked Zhang Guan's speed and was shocked.
"I can't catch up with this speed! He has already run 1,400 meters. How come his physical strength can still support such a fast speed at this time! This is the same as the preliminaries the day before yesterday." At this moment, Dou Zhao Bo made this judgment in his mind.
Dou Zhaobo remembered Zhang Guan's performance in the preliminaries. At that time, Zhang Guan had been following the race, and there seemed to be nothing surprising about it. It was not until the final sprint that he showed his amazing speed.
Next, in the last few dozen meters, Zhang Guan surpassed Dou Zhaobo, slowly widening the distance between him and Dou Zhaobo, and crossed the finish line with the cheers of the audience.
Dou Zhaobo was the second to cross the finish line. He felt a sense of inexplicable nervousness in his heart, so he couldn't help but cast his eyes on the large timer on the sidelines. What is shown above is the result of the first athlete to cross the finish line, that is, Zhang Guan. Then Dou Zhaobo's expression changed drastically.
The timer showed Zhang Guan’s final score: 3 minutes, 35 seconds and 85 seconds.
Zhang Guan successfully ran within 3 minutes and 36 seconds!
The Olympic A standard for the 1,500 meters is 3 minutes, 36 seconds and 60 seconds.
But Zhang Guan’s result not only reached the Olympic A standard, but also set a new national record!
"This isn't over yet, why is there another national record?" Coach Zhou couldn't help but glance towards the podium, and instantly found Director Yu's shiny bald head. At this moment, Coach Zhou finally felt the sense of accomplishment that Director Yu had.
"It's so cool to be able to coach Zhang Guan!" Coach Zhou thought silently.
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