Director Ma was dealing with official documents at hand when his cell phone rang. Director Ma looked at the caller ID and it was Zhang Guan calling.
"What's going on with this guy Zhang Guan?" Director Ma hesitated for a moment, then picked up the phone.
"Director Ma? I am Zhang Guan." Zhang Guan said.
"I'm busy. If you have anything to say, please tell me." Director Ma said.
"Yes." Zhang Guan originally wanted to talk to Director Ma about something else first, to broach the subject, but after hearing what Director Ma said, he said directly: "Director Ma, that middle-distance running coach, can you first Don’t send it to me.”
"Why?" Director Ma asked immediately.
"It's not that I don't have time. I have to train sprinting, long jump, strength, endurance and other training. I have limited energy and not enough time!" Zhang Guan replied.
"Haha..." Director Ma suddenly laughed. He put down the document in his hand and said, "You also know that your energy is limited! What did you do earlier? Now you start to say that your energy is limited. Knowing that your energy is limited, you didn't do it a few days ago. Are you insisting on participating in the middle distance running in the Asian Games? What? Are you ready to give up?"
"That's not what I meant. I have to continue participating in the competition. I just feel that I don't have so much time to deal with so many different training contents." Zhang Guan replied.
"Only competing and not training? I think your brain is rusty!" Director Ma said angrily: "If athletes don't improve their level through daily training, how can they achieve good results in the competition? I said Your kid’s thinking needs to be straightened out. Your talent can be said to be the best in the world, but that doesn’t mean you don’t need to work hard. As the saying goes, success requires ninety-nine percent of the effort. Coupled with one percent talent, especially in our sports circle, there are countless examples of people who are physically talented enough but sink because they don’t train hard, just like... "
As Director Ma talked, he started to talk a lot. He was afraid that Zhang Guan would be blinded by his good results and would not train hard in the future.
When Director Ma's long speech came to an end, Zhang Guancai said: "Director Ma, I understand everything you said. I just want to slow down the middle-distance running training first, and other training will be as usual. These days I I have also thought about it, and I think it is best to focus on sprint events in the future. For middle-distance running, if there is a competition, I will participate in it, and if there is no competition, I will leave it alone."
"You're right, the focus is still on the sprint event!" Director Ma immediately said with great agreement.
Director Ma didn’t think Zhang Guan could cope with so many competitions at the same time, so when Zhang Guan participated in the middle-distance running competition, Director Ma strongly disagreed and worried that Zhang Guan would be distracted if he hadn’t broken the national records of 800 meters and 1500 meters in succession. , Director Ma will never let Zhang Guan participate in the middle distance running in the Asian Games. But now after hearing what Zhang Guan said, Director Ma thought Zhang Guan had figured it out, and couldn't help but wonder who did the ideological work for Zhang Guan.
Director Ma said half-jokingly: "In this case, don't participate in the middle distance running in the Asian Games. Just do the three sprint events and the long jump well."
"No, I've already signed up anyway, I might as well go and experience it." Zhang Guan said.
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In the following days, Zhang Guan resumed his daily training life, repeating it over and over again every day, which was boring and boring. More than a month passed like this.
On November 17, the official results of the Chinese delegation at the 2006 Doha Asian Games were announced. The delegation consisted of 928 people, including 647 athletes, including 341 male athletes and 306 female athletes.
For the entire national team, the significance of this Doha Asian Games is different from usual, because the Olympic Games will be held in the capital in two years, and before the Olympic Games, it is difficult to find a large-scale, comprehensive sports event like the Doha Asian Games. , so the Doha Asian Games is undoubtedly a great opportunity for the Chinese delegation to train their troops. Because of this, those athletes who will definitely compete in the next Olympics have basically participated in this Asian Games.
Just after the founding meeting of the delegation ended, Zhang Guan was invited to a small conference room by the staff of the delegation department, where he met Secretary-General Chu of the delegation.
Secretary-General Chu is also the leader of the General Administration. This time the national team went to Doha, he served as the deputy leader and secretary-general. It can be said that Secretary-General Chu is responsible for many specific matters.
After sitting down, I heard Secretary-General Chu say: "Zhang Guan, I came to you mainly because I have something to ask for your personal opinion."
"Should I be asked to break the record again?" Zhang Guan thought in his heart, but he said: "Please give instructions from the Secretary-General."
"Don't be nervous. This is not an instruction. It's just asking for opinions." Secretary-General Chu continued: "Our delegation is the largest and largest participating team in the Doha Asian Games this time. , and during the opening ceremony, as usual, we still need to form a square team. The square team needs a flag bearer. Our group discussed it for a long time and felt that you must be the most suitable candidate. However, we took into account the competition schedule and the track and field competition will be held until The second week has only started. If you go to Doha too early, it will definitely delay your training. Therefore, the regiment headquarters would like to ask for your personal opinion. If you want to be the flag bearer, then the flag bearer must be you; you If you are worried that training will be delayed, the regiment headquarters will find someone else."
Secretary-General Chu said this, thought for a few seconds, and then continued with a kind face: "This is not a hard-on task, so you don't have to worry. If you are really afraid of affecting the training, just tell the truth. After all, you need to participate in several competitions, and training is also very important to you, so our team will definitely understand."
Zhang Guan started thinking quickly. Although the Asian Games is not as good as the Olympic Games, it is still a sports event held every four years, and at least it still attracts a lot of attention in Asia. For athletes who eat youth, how many four years are there in life? Being given the opportunity to be the flag bearer of the national team is definitely something worth showing off in a lifetime.
Zhang Guan has always been keen on this kind of limelight. So Zhang Guan said without hesitation: "Thank you to the delegation for trusting me. I am very willing to serve as the flag bearer of the delegation."
"Don't rush to answer so quickly. You can think about it first." Secretary-General Chu advised.
"Actually, I have been the flag bearer of the delegation for a long time. I was quite envious when I saw Dayao Yao as the flag bearer at the Athens Olympics two years ago. Now that I have this opportunity, I will definitely strive for it." Zhang Guan said. road.
"Well, in that case, you will be the flag bearer." Secretary-General Chu also breathed a sigh of relief.
Whether it is the Olympic Games or the Asian Games, the opening ceremony is a place where each country shows off its style. Of course, the flag bearer must choose an athlete with a good reputation and image. Currently, Zhang Guan is undoubtedly the best choice. And if Zhang Guan is not willing to be the flag bearer, the regiment headquarters will find someone else, and the reputation will be much lower. Secretary-General Chu also hopes that Zhang Guan can participate, so he talks to Zhang Guan in person.
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Saudi Arabia, track and field training center.
Since the end of the Athletics World Cup, Alcu Validi seems to have completely lost the sense of competition, and his condition has been declining. In the team practice matches in the past two months, Validi has lost to his teammate Ben- Marzuk and Al Shaba.
In today's practice match, Walidi failed again, with six attempts, three fouls, one failure, and the other two's best score just reached 7.9 meters. Two of his teammates, Ben Mazuk and Al Shaba, both jumped the 8.3-meter mark.
Standing on the bench in the rest area, Validi looked decadent, as if he was a child who had done something wrong.
"Walidi, what's happened to you recently? Since coming back from the Athletics World Cup, you seem to have become a different person." Al Shaba came closer and said.
Just as Walidi was about to answer, he saw Ben Mazuk walking over and said, "Alku was scared out of his wits by Zhang Guan!"
"What did you say!" Validi stood up suddenly, stared at Mazuk with an angry face, and looked like he was going to beat someone.
"Am I right? I remember that before the Athletics World Cup, some people vowed to defeat Zhang Guan and regain the Asian record, but now? They can't even jump eight meters!" Mazuk said with a look on his face. He looked at Validi with contempt.
"Hmph! I didn't defeat Zhang Guan. That's because Zhang Guan is so powerful that even Saladino is no match for him! Don't make sarcastic comments here. If you have the guts, try it!" Validi said.
"You are right, I am going to the Doha Asian Games this time to win the championship!" Mazuk said arrogantly.
"It's just you?" Walidi breathed out disdainfully, and continued: "You can only jump to 8.4 meters at best, but Zhang Guan is a person who can jump 8.6 meters. With a gap of more than 20 centimeters, you can't Might win!”
"That's not necessarily true. It depends on the performance on the spot! Zhang Guan is just in good condition by chance. Do you think he can jump 8.6 meters in every game?" Mazuk continued: "Besides, he wants to challenge Zhang Guan. It’s not just me who wins, Al is also preparing to challenge Zhang Guan in the 400-meter event! Right, Al?”
Marzouk said to another athlete across the bench, his name is Al-Bish, he is the strongest 400-meter runner in Saudi Arabia, and of course he is also a naturalized African athlete.
Al-Bish stood up and walked over and said: "Of course, of course I will challenge Zhang Guan. If I can defeat Zhang Guan, I will become famous in one battle! The whole world will know my name!"
"Al, wake up, we may still be able to challenge Zhang Guan in the long jump, but Zhang Guan's 400 meters is much better than the long jump. He is the world record holder in the 400 meters." Walidi said.
"The biggest purpose of world records is to be broken! Besides, I'm not the only one who thinks so. Take a look at this latest sports magazine!" Al-Bish handed a sports magazine to Walidi.
This was an English-language magazine from another country, but Walidi’s English was passable, so he could understand it.
Validi opened it casually and happened to see a big title.
"Exclusive interview with Indian flying star Mathews Binu: Will defeat Zhang Guan in the Asian Games!" 》
"Indian Flyers? There are still Flyers in India? Are you kidding me? What a clown!" Walidi thought of this and looked at his teammates Ben Mazuk and Al Bish.
"Perhaps in Zhang Guan's view, we are all clowns!"
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