The Doha Asian Games is the largest Asian Games in recent years. A total of 11,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions participated in 423 events. This is much more than the previous Busan Asian Games. .
In terms of competition events, the Asian Games are also different from the Olympic Games. For example, the current Doha Asian Games has events such as bodybuilding, bowling, chess, billiards, sepak takraw, squash, kabaddi and other events.
The opening ceremony of the Doha Asian Games is December 1, but the start time of the track and field events is December 7, so the athletes of the national track and field team can arrive in Doha slightly later. But as the flag bearer of the delegation's phalanx, Zhang Guan must arrive in Doha early.
On the evening of December 1, at the opening ceremony of the Doha Asian Games, Zhang Guan appeared as the flag bearer of the national team, which earned him enough media attention. In the next few days, Zhang Guan mainly carried out some adaptive training, and occasionally went to the field to watch competitions in other events. It was not until December 5, when other coaches and athletes of the national track and field team arrived in Doha, that Zhang Guan was Officially returned to the team.
Since the official start of the Doha Asian Games on December 2, the national team has been going all the way. It won 16 gold medals on December 2, 13 gold medals on December 3, 9 gold medals on December 4, and 9 gold medals on December 5. 22 gold medals, and 16 gold medals were won on December 6. There is no suspense to become the first place in the gold medal list and medal list, while Japan and South Korea are fiercely competing for the second place in the gold medal list.
On December 7, the track and field competition, the first major event of the Asian Games, officially started. On this day, only two track and field competitions were held in one event, namely the men's 20-kilometer race walk and the women's 20-kilometer race walk. The race walking event has always been the strength of the national team, and it is capable of winning medals even in world competitions, let alone Asian competitions. In the end, the national team's athletes won the gold medals in the men's and women's 20-kilometer walking events, making a good start for the track and field events.
On December 8, the competition at the main venue of the Doha Asian Games track and field event officially started, and Zhang Guan will also appear on the stage of the Asian Games for the first time on this day.
In this day's track and field competition, Zhang Guan needs to participate in four events, namely the men's long jump qualifying round, the men's 100m preliminaries and semi-finals, the men's 400m preliminaries and semi-finals, and the men's 1500m preliminaries.
In terms of the schedule, the men's long jump qualifying round and the men's 100m preliminaries started only five minutes apart. Five minutes after the start of the long jump preliminaries, the first round of the men's 100m preliminaries officially started. This is different from the previous ones. The Athletics World Cup is somewhat similar, but this time Zhang Guan does not have to worry about the overlap of competition times.
The 100-meter dash is the event with the most contestants among track and field events. There are more than 40 contestants from all over the world. In the first round of preliminaries alone, there will be five groups of contests. As the most famous contestant, Zhang Guan was Arranged in the last group of the preliminaries, which is the fifth group.
In the preliminaries of the 100-meter sprint event in this Asian Games, the men's and women's competitions are held overlappingly. One women's 100-meter preliminary is followed by a men's 100-meter preliminary, and then there is the second women's 100-meter preliminary. And so on. Therefore, Zhang Guan's fifth group needs to wait for the previous four groups of men's players and the four groups of women's players to finish before starting the competition. The previous eight 100-meter preliminaries took at least half an hour to end. Half an hour was enough for Zhang Guan to complete one or two trial jumps.
In the men's long jump event, more than 20 players have signed up for this Doha Asian Games. According to the rules, each player can try to jump three times in the qualifying competition, and the top 12 players can enter the finals. Calculated based on one minute per person, the entire long jump preliminaries will be over in just over an hour.
Zhang Guan was selected sixth in the lottery, and his starting position was relatively high. However, to Zhang Guan, the order of appearance in the preliminaries did not matter. Zhang Guan was eager to complete the long jump competition faster.
When the long jump competition started, it was exactly 2:20 in the afternoon in China. Although this day was not a weekend rest day, the afternoon ratings were still very good, especially Zhang Guan's appearance, which made the Asian Games broadcast ratings during this period It’s climbed quite a bit.
"Friends from the audience, the next thing to be held is the qualifying competition for the men's long jump event! This is also a competition that everyone has been looking forward to for a long time. Zhang Guan will make his debut in this Asian Games!" the commentator of CCTV watched. Looking at the manuscript in his hand, he continued: "Zhang Guan once won the men's long jump world championship at the World Cup Track and Field Championships in September. I think for Zhang Guan, it is not difficult to advance in this qualifying competition, so this time The key to the competition is to see how Zhang Guan is doing now. Director Sun, what do you think?"
The guest next to the commentator, Director Sun, immediately said: "Actually, I think whether Zhang Guan's condition is good or not will not affect his winning the final championship. After all, this is just the Asian Games. If it is the World Athletics Championships or the Olympics, Zhang Guan will win the championship." It may take some time to adjust myself to the best condition, but in the Asian Games, opponents want to fight against weaker players, and I think with Zhang Guan’s level, there is no doubt that I will win the championship.”
"Haha, it seems that Director Sun is very optimistic about Zhang Guan." The commentator continued.
"Yes." Director Sun admitted categorically, and then continued: "In the last Athletics World Cup, Zhang Guan made his debut in the international long jump. Although I did not watch the live broadcast of that game, I also After reading the briefing of the competition, Zhang Guan only made two trial jumps in that competition. The first result was 8.58 meters, and the second result was 8.63 meters. These two results not only broke the Asian record twice The record has twice broken the best long jump result this year, and the result of 8.63 meters is the best result in the world in the long jump event in the past six years."
"So Director Sun, can I understand that Zhang Guan is now the strongest long jumper in the world?" the commentator asked immediately.
"Judging from the best results, you can say that." Director Sun continued: "And I personally think so."
While the two were talking, the competition had begun, the athletes appeared one by one, and the top three athletes quickly completed their respective test jumps.
"Oh, the next one to appear is Al-Hadad from Kuwait. After Haddad finishes dancing, it will be Zhang Guan's turn!"
The first four players did not perform well, either committing fouls or having terrible results. However, the fifth player, Kewell player Al-Hadadi, performed well and jumped 7.55 meters.
"Finally someone has jumped over 7.5 meters." Zhang Guan thought as he walked into the running area.
Zhang Guan barely made any preparations before he started to run up. In terms of the take-off position, Zhang Guan also chose a conservative position and started taking off before he could perform well. But even so, Zhang Guan still easily jumped over the eight-meter mark.
"Zhang Guan jumped eight meters! 8.13 meters, which is the best result so far. Zhang Guan's expression also looks very relaxed. I think he is very satisfied with this result. This result is enough to enter the finals!" The narrator spoke.
"Yes, a good score of 8.13 meters is enough to enter the finals even in the Olympics." Director Sun's voice suddenly sounded high: "Huh? Zhang Guan put on his coat and started to pack his backpack."
Zhang Guan, who was shown on the TV broadcast, had already come to the sidelines and put towels and other items into his backpack.
"I guess Zhang Guan is ready to give up the remaining two trial jumps! Indeed, for him, this result has completely ensured that he can enter the finals. It is better to save more energy. He still has 100 meters and 400 meters. Two games." Director Sun said immediately.
Sure enough, after Zhang Guan finished organizing his equipment, he turned around and left the long jump area.
"Tch..." Ben Mazuk, who was not far away and had not yet made his first trial jump, said disdainfully: "I originally wanted to compete with you, but I didn't expect that I would run away..."
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Half an hour later, Zhang Guan appeared on the track to participate in the men's 100m preliminaries.
In the 100-meter race, 24 of the forty runners will advance to the next round. The top four runners in each group plus the top four with the best results can advance, so competition is not considered It was very intense, and among the previous four preliminaries that had ended, the other two players of the Chinese team also successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
Standing on the track, Zhang Guan looked at the contestants from various countries on both sides, and suddenly felt like going back to the past. When Zhang Guan went abroad for the first time and participated in the Asian Track and Field Championships, the situation was similar to now.
"Time flies, and it has been more than three years! At that time, I felt that participating in the Asian Track and Field Championships was a great feeling of achievement. Now that I come to the Asian competition, it really feels like beating a child."
Zhang Guan smiled self-deprecatingly, and at this moment the starting gunshot also sounded. Ten seconds later, Zhang Guan advanced to the top of the group without any doubt.
"I've finished another race. After the 400-meter preliminaries, there won't be any race for me this morning! I'm clocking in from get off work!" Zhang Guan thought with a relaxed look.
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Another half an hour later, Zhang Guan appeared on the track and field track again, and this time it was the 400-meter preliminaries.
The national team only sent one athlete, Zhang Guan, to participate in the men's 400-meter race. Japan in East Asia sent three athletes, while countries in West Asia and South Asia sent more athletes in this event, such as India and Sri Lanka in South Asia. , Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc. in West Asia. Among them, the three players in Saudi Arabia are all naturalized African legions.
"I don't know any of these contestants! There are no black people in my group, which means there are no naturalized athletes. It seems that they can just run around." Zhang Guan looked at the other contestants around him. Suddenly, he saw a somewhat... Familiar face.
"I seem to have seen this guy somewhere. Hmm? From India? I remember. He is called the Indian Flying Man, what is his name Binu... I remember he said in the interview that he wanted to challenge me?" Zhang Guan said on his face He showed a disdainful smile.
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