"The Indian trapeze artist? Is he the one shot out with a small cannon in the circus? What kind of guys are they? Cats and dogs all want to challenge me." Zhang Guan said with a smile.
Director Yu took a look at the photos published in the magazine and said: "This man's name is Matthews Binu. He is a 400-meter sprinter from India. Don't underestimate him. He has participated in the semi-finals of the Athens Olympics. He is probably the best." A good result would be 45 seconds!"
Zhang Guan shook his head: "I don't know him, and I don't have any impression. I remember that India seems to only play cricket. When did such a track and field athlete appear?"
Director Yu thought for a while and said: "Actually, India still has some good track and field athletes, especially the 400-meter sprint, which is the strong point of Indians. It is probably only slightly worse than Japan."
"The strength is the 400-meter dash?" Zhang Guan suddenly remembered a piece of news from later generations, saying that a certain Indian female champion of the 400-meter dash was a transgender athlete. Zhang Guan even checked the photo of the female athlete at that time. Very manly indeed.
"Actually, when I was young, India's sports level was quite good. There were some outstanding players in various sports, but many of them were athletes born during the British colonial period." Director Yu said, holding Zhang Guan in his hands. He took the magazine over and continued: "Ignore these tabloids. Before major competitions like the Asian Games, many athletes have begun to promote themselves. You are now the most famous track and field athlete in the world. Naturally, some people will take advantage of your fame. Hype themselves, Indians just brag to a higher level, and when you get to Qatar, you may see more similar news."
"I understand, the king of words is the king. Everyone comes to make headlines with me!" Zhang Guan smiled, and then asked: "To be honest, I don't really care about the 400-meter sprinters from other Asian countries. Understood. After all, I have never met Asian 400-meter athletes in international competitions before. Are there any of them that need special attention?"
"The 400-meter level of Asian athletes is generally not as good as that of Europe and the United States. In the previous East Asian Games, you also competed with the Japanese. Kanemaru Yuzo is the strongest in East Asia. West Asia is slightly better than East Asia. Saudi Arabia, Kewell, Qatar, and Iran all have Olympic A-level athletes, and the strongest among them is probably Saudi Arabia. They are all naturalized African athletes. For you, there are other things you need to pay special attention to. Really not, but if you encounter black players, just pay a little attention. Blacks are all naturalized from Africa and are stronger than local players in Asia." Director Yu introduced.
"Speaking of the naturalized corps, I suddenly thought of a person. That Samuel Francis is the Nigerian I met at the Doha Station of the last Athletics Super Grand Prix. Has he become a Qatari citizen now?" Zhang Guan suddenly asked. road.
"I haven't heard of this, but even if she is naturalized in Qatar, according to the rules, she will not be able to participate in this year's competition. It is estimated that it will be sooner than 2007 before she can represent Qatar in international competitions." Director Yu explained.
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The Doha Asian Games is about to start, and for the media, they have another focus to chase. The Asian Games will be hosted in Qatar, so the media from various West Asian countries are the most enthusiastic about reporting on the Doha Asian Games.
At this time, Rabah, the editor of "Flower of the Gulf", was preparing a warm-up report for the Asian Games in Qatar.
"At the Asian Games, China, Japan and South Korea almost won most of the gold medals. All the gold medals won by all the countries in West Asia are definitely not as good as China. The strong events of China, Japan and South Korea are just mentioned in one sentence. It is better to write down that we are better at it. It’s a project.” Rabah thought as he entered the website of the Doha Asian Games.
"Athletics is still the number one event. China and Japan are still very strong in track and field in Asia. Originally, we Gulf countries naturalized some African athletes and could win gold medals in sprint events, but China made a mistake. He won all the world records in 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. The world record holder came to participate in the Asian Games. It seems that the gold medal in the sprint event must belong to Zhang Guan. By the way, I heard that Zhang Guan also won it a few days ago. A world champion in the long jump, maybe Zhang Guan will also win the long jump championship this time!"
Labach clicked the mouse, skipped the previous sprint events, and found the middle distance race directly.
"Middle-distance running has always been the strength of our West Asian countries. This time the championship will definitely belong to our West Asian countries. I guess the Bahrainis should be very promising. Let's focus on the middle-distance running events and analyze the 800 meters and 1500 meters. The audience will definitely like to see Mi's winning situation more." Labach thought as he found the list of participants.
"Let me see who are the athletes participating in the men's 800 meters. Bahrain's Kamel, Ramzi and Ali all participated, Kuwait's Al-Arzemi, Iran's Moribhjaei and Mu Dila, Suleiman and Bashar Najim of Qatar, Al Saleh of Saudi Arabia, Masato Yokota and Naoto Suzuki of Japan, China's... what? Zhang Guan!" Rabah directly shouted out Zhang Guan's name.
"It must have the same name!" Labach immediately clicked on the athlete's information, and the photo showed that it was indeed Zhang Guan.
"Zhang Guan signed up to participate in the 800 meters? I'm not dreaming! When did he start running middle distance? Did the organizer of the race make a mistake?" Labach's mind was a little confused. He couldn't wait to open the search engine and search for " "Zhang Guan 800 Meters" content.
Relevant content immediately appeared on the webpage, and the top title was "Zhang Guan announced that he will soon enter middle-distance running."
Labach immediately clicked on the news. These were some records of the interview with Zhang Guan after the Athletics World Cup.
"Zhang Guan said he wanted to participate in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter races in the Asian Games? But he is a sprinter!" Rabah read the report carefully, and then immediately went to check the registration information for the 1,500-meter race in the Doha Asian Games. Then he saw Zhang Guan's name again.
"Zhang Guan really participated in the 800-meter and 1500-meter races in this Asian Games! Why didn't I notice such important news before!" Labach thought with some annoyance, and then Labach continued to search for Zhang Guan's middle-distance running. In related news, I found that the only interview circulating on the Internet was the interview after the Athletics World Cup, and there was no other information other than that.
The impact of the Athletics World Cup is far less than that of the World Athletics Championships. If there are no national athletes, many countries will not even bother to report on it. If the national athletes do not achieve results, there will be only a short message at most, and what everyone cares about is It's more about the final game results, and how many people pay attention to the post-game interviews.
Of course, if Rabach uses a Chinese search website to search for Chinese, he will definitely find news about Zhang Guan breaking the national records of 800 meters and 1500 meters. However, Rabach uses a foreign search website and the search is still in English, so naturally he cannot find it. Check out Zhang Guan’s domestic competition situation.
"This is big news! The sprint king Zhang Guan will participate in the middle distance running competition in the Asian Games! It's exciting to think about it. Headlines, this will definitely make today's sports headlines!" Labach thought excitedly.
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Bahrain.
Bela Mansoor Ali rushed into the lounge excitedly and said, "What you said a few days ago turns out to be true. Zhang Guan signed up to participate in the middle distance running competition in the Asian Games!"
Ali put an Arabic newspaper on the table. Carmel next to him immediately picked it up, read it hastily, and then said in surprise: "Did Zhang Guan really sign up? I thought he was just talking during the interview. !”
Rashid Ramzi on the side showed an expression that he had expected, and then said: "I have told you a long time ago, don't underestimate Zhang Guan's determination. Once an athlete of his level has a goal, , I will definitely do it.”
"Relax, Rashid." Kamel casually threw it to Ramzi, and then said: "Look at the professional sports commentators behind, they are not optimistic about Zhang Guan, so I think, this Doha Asian Games This is a good opportunity for us to defeat Zhang Guan. Although it is a middle-distance running event, it should be a wonderful thing to defeat the world's number one flying man! Don't forget that I am the 800m champion of this track and field World Cup. I will use reality Tell Zhang Guan that middle distance running events are not something he can get involved in."
As Carmel said, at this time, the sports media in West Asia are badmouthing Zhang Guan. There are many people who question Zhang Guan's mid-distance running level, and there are also people who directly say that Zhang Guan is overestimating his capabilities. Some sports professionals even used the "persuasion trend" to publicly express their hope that Zhang Guan could withdraw from the middle-distance running competition in the Asian Games.
In fact, this situation is not difficult to understand. Middle-distance running has always been the traditional strength of West Asian countries. Before this, even Japan, the Asian track and field power, was far inferior to athletes from West Asian countries in middle-distance running. Now that Zhang Guan wants to enter this field, he will definitely encounter a lot of doubts and resistance.
For example, one day the tennis king Federer announced that he would come to China to play table tennis. The first impression of the Chinese people must be that Federer is joking. Although you are the tennis king, aren't you looking for abuse by coming to China to play table tennis? And if Federer really appears on the table tennis court, I believe everyone will think that any second-tier player from the national team can defeat Federer.
At present, the middle-distance runners in West Asia also have this mentality. Everyone thinks that if you are a sprinter, even if you are the world's sprint king, if you participate in the middle-distance running event of the Asian Games, you are looking for abuse.
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