In people's general impression, India is obviously a weak country in sports. At least India has participated in the Olympic Games for more than 80 years, but has not even won an Olympic gold medal. But in fact, Indians also have sports that they are good at. For example, in cricket, India is considered the top country in the world, and in kabaddi, the Indian team is called the Kabaddi Dream Team.
Of course, these events are not Olympic events. They are only popular in a small area in a certain region. To put it bluntly, no one plays them. If those sports powers also start to develop these projects, India will definitely have to step aside.
Although India is not very good in official Olympic events, Indians are very good at making gods. If an Indian athlete can achieve one result, he will be praised to the sky. The players themselves also have this problem. After achieving some results, they start to talk nonsense and make all kinds of satellite claims.
After all, Matthews-Beanu is a player who has participated in the Olympic semi-finals. He naturally knows how much he weighs, but when facing interviews, the Indian nature in his bones that loves to talk is still hard to suppress. broke out, so the remarks about "defeating Zhang Guan" were made two days ago.
After that, Mathews Binu did become popular in India. Most people in India really thought that Mathews Binu could defeat Zhang Guan. At least they felt that Mathews Binu had great potential. The possibility of defeating Zhang Guan.
But when the game really started, when Matthews-Binu stood on the field facing Zhang Guan, he immediately felt guilty.
"This is just the preliminary round. Zhang Guan will definitely not run with all his strength. I will run a little faster in a while. Even if I can't beat Zhang Guan, I believe I won't lose too badly! Then I will tell you about my status today. Not good, I lost to Zhang Guan by a narrow margin, I believe the domestic audience will accept it." Matthews-Binu thought while nodding to himself. Then he changed his mind and thought:
"My strength should be at the forefront among this group of players. What if I perform beyond my level today? What if Zhang Guan qualified for something or encountered an unexpected situation, such as accidentally falling, sudden leg cramps, breathing I fainted... Then I really hope to defeat Zhang Guan! Defeat Zhang Guan! I will definitely become a hero in India!"
Matthews-Benu smiled involuntarily while thinking about it. Then he thought about the bright future and stood on the starting block. His position is in lane six, while Zhang Guan is in lane three. They are two lanes apart.
When the gun rang out, Matthews-Benu rushed out immediately. His running style was different from others. He did not have an obvious sprint phase during the entire 400 meters. His speed was relatively average, so he was running in the corner. It won't be slow on the road, and it won't be fast on the straights. Matthews-Binu is relatively average in terms of absolute speed and explosive power, but his endurance is acceptable, so he chose this relatively average running method.
As a runner who can reach the semi-finals of the Athens Olympics, Matheus Binu still has certain strength, at least in the Asian Games, so soon after entering the second 100 meters, he was already on the right side with The player in the seventh lane is neck and neck, which in the 400-meter event means that he has completed overtaking the player on the right.
"Okay, I passed one just after entering the straight track. My current position should be considered relatively ahead! I don't know where Zhang Guan is now. I think I should be on the same starting line with him now! Wait until When you enter the corner, take a look at Zhang Guan's side."
Matthews-Benu had just thought of this when he suddenly discovered that on the left side of his body, several tracks away, a red figure suddenly appeared, and then surpassed him.
"It's Zhang Guan!" Matthews-Binnu was shocked: "How is this possible? He and I are two tracks apart. I started so far ahead of him. How could he catch up with me now? Oh! Is Zhang Guan running as hard as he can? This is just the first preliminary round, why should he be like this? What should I do? If this continues, he may lose by two seconds."
Mathews-Binu suddenly realized that his previous calculation seemed to be wrong. Zhang Guan did not regard this game as a preliminary round at all, which means that Mathews-Binu will lose very ugly. .
At this time, Zhang Guan was indeed running without reservation. The big words of the Indian flying star Matthews Binu had already made Zhang Guan very unhappy. Although Zhang Guan did not need to pay attention to such clown-like behavior. But since they met in the game, Zhang Guan didn't mind embarrassing the opponent.
Another point is that after the men's 400-meter race ends, it will enter the lunch break. The entire lunch break lasts for nearly five hours. The lunch break will last until after three o'clock in the afternoon. Zhang Guan has enough time to rest and restore his strength, so Zhang Guan Guan didn't mind wasting a little more energy in the last game of the morning.
The next more than 200 meters of the race have lost all suspense. Although Zhang Guan is in the third lane, he has already left the other runners behind. Even the eighth lane player who is in the frontmost starting position, I can only watch Zhang Guan's back cross the finish line.
"43.95 seconds, a result within 44 seconds! Maybe this result is nothing to Zhang Guan, but it is a new Asian Games record!" The commentator of CCTV forced a record to be placed on Zhang Guan's head superior. However, things like game records are probably quite worthless, and the system did not give Zhang Guan any rewards.
Mathews-Benu looked at his time of 46.12 seconds with bitterness on his face. The gap was more than two seconds. This cannot be described as "sorry defeat". Reminiscent of his boastful remarks in the previous interview, Matthews Si-Binu suddenly felt some regret.
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Even in December, the temperature in Qatar at noon can still reach 28 degrees Celsius. Although this is not a difficult test for outdoor sports, it is still not very comfortable. Therefore, the organizers in Qatar did not arrange outdoor competitions at noon. For example, in track and field competitions, athletes and spectators have a five-hour rest period.
After three o'clock in the afternoon, the temperature gradually began to drop, and the track and field competition continued to start. The finals of the women's hammer throw event started first, followed by the women's 800-meter preliminaries, and towards the evening, the men's 1500-meter preliminaries were held.
The middle-distance running event of the Asian Games is mainly dominated by athletes from West Asian countries. There are more than 20 athletes and eight participating in the 1500-meter middle-distance running event in this Asian Games. Since the 1500-meter event does not need to be divided into lanes, each game can have more than 20 runners. To accommodate some players, only two preliminary rounds were arranged.
Zhang Guan was placed in the first group this time. Among the players in the same group, Bahrain's Joseph Kamel and Bela Mansoor Ali, and Qatar's Bashar al-Ali were relatively strong. Najm and Savin of Saudi Arabia. All four of these players are naturalized players from Africa. Except for Savin from Saudi Arabia, the other three are athletes originally from Kenya, while Savin is a player from Algeria. In addition, Iran's Mudila and Japan's 1,500-meter first place Shikazu Kobayashi are also classified in this group. Although his strength is not as good as that of athletes from West Asian countries, he still has a chance to enter the finals.
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In the player preparation area, Joseph Kamel, Bela Mansoor Ali and Bashar Najim gathered together unknowingly. Although the three of them played for different countries, they were all from Kenya. Among them, Ali and Najim are both naturalized athletes from the same region of Kenya.
Savin of Saudi Arabia walked out of the athletes' tunnel and was seen by Ali. Ali waved to Savin and said: "Savin, we are all here!"
Savin also stepped forward and said to Carmel: "Carmel, I haven't had time to congratulate you on winning the World Cup Championship in Track and Field!"
"It's been almost three months, and now you think of congratulating me!" Carmel said pretending to be dissatisfied.
Savin walked up to the three of them and asked, "I seemed to have come out at a bad time. I didn't disturb your chat, right?"
Carmel shook his head: "It doesn't matter, we are talking about Zhang Guan."
"Zhang Guan? By the way, he also wants to participate in this preliminaries! I really don't understand why he, a sprinter, wants to participate in the middle-distance running competition. In the middle-distance running event, there is already enough competition between West Asian countries It’s intense.” There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Savin’s words.
"Savin, you are right. Their East Asian countries have already occupied the championship in sprint events, and they really should not participate in middle-distance running anymore." Carmel lowered his voice and continued: "So what we were discussing just now is Shouldn't we think of a way to block Zhang Guan from the 1,500-meter final? Savin, are you interested in participating?"
"Oh?" Savin immediately showed a very positive expression, obviously very interested in this.
Just listen to Carmel say: "We don't know what Zhang Guan's 1,500-meter level is, but from the information we have obtained so far, he once achieved a time of 3 minutes, 35 seconds and 85 seconds in a competition in China. This result should be He can enter the 1,500-meter final. So if you want to block Zhang Guan from the 1,500-meter final, you must use some tactics."
"Do you mean we take the lead alternately?" Savin asked.
"Yes, take the lead alternately, and we must try our best to stay in a good position. In short, we must not let Zhang Guan find the rhythm he is familiar with." Carmel said.
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