For middle-distance runners, alternating the lead is indeed the most practical tactic. Whether it is to seize the initiative, control the rhythm, or limit the opponent, it can be accomplished by alternating the lead. The four present are all excellent middle-distance runners and are no strangers to using the alternating lead tactic.
Savin thought for a while and said: "There is no problem in using alternate leaders, but in the preliminary round, the top six in the group should advance to the finals. We only have four people. If Zhang Guan runs in fifth or sixth place, then , can also enter the finals.”
"We were also discussing this issue just now, whether to bring Mudila in." Carmel paused and then said: "Actually, we don't care, we are just afraid that the audience will not be happy if they know about it."
Mudila is an Iranian player, and Iran and other Middle Eastern countries are not harmonious with each other due to historical beliefs and other reasons. The four players including Carmel are all naturalized players from Africa. They don't mind cooperating with Iranian players, but they are worried about unnecessary troubles.
"Forget it, let's not have too much contact with Mudila! I think the four of us are about the same. At worst, we can change the rhythm a little more." Bashar Najim of Qatar said. He was playing at home, so He didn't want the audience to see him interacting with Iranian players.
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At this moment, Zhang Guan held the list of contestants in his hand. After looking at it for a long time, he only saw the name Carmel.
"Carmel is the 800-meter champion of the World Athletics World Cup! I don't know anyone else." Zhang Guan looked at the names on the list with a confused look on his face.
At this time, Director Yu said: "There are four naturalized athletes from Africa in your group. You have met Bahrain's Joseph Kamel. He is the 800-meter champion of the Track and Field World Cup, but the 1,500-meter is not his strength. So it’s not as good as the 800 meters. Another Bahrain athlete is called Bela Mansoor Ali.”
"Found it, it's this one." Zhang Guan pointed to Ali's name on the list, and then said: "This Ali is so young, he is only eighteen years old this year!"
"Don't believe that, it's fake. I guess Ali himself doesn't know how young he really is." Director Yu continued: "This Ali comes from a tribe in Kenya. That tribe didn't know the numbers of tens or more a dozen years ago. , so when Ali participated in the competition for the first time, he filled in his age as ten years old. If he went by the age he filled in, he would have participated in the World Series when he was eleven or twelve years old. Although the information you have shows that he is Eighteen years old, maybe twenty-eight."
Zhang Guan nodded in agreement, and Director Yu continued: "The Bashar Najim from Qatar is also a naturalized player from Africa. By the way, he is the same as the two players from Bahrain I mentioned earlier. They are from Kenya. When running for a while, be careful that the three of them join forces to set the pace. In addition, the Saudi Asa is a naturalized athlete from Algeria."
"Okay, I understand, I will pay attention to these four people." Zhang Guan nodded.
"Don't hold on during the first game. It doesn't matter even if you can't run down. There are still two games waiting for you!" Director Yu kindly reminded.
"Don't worry, there will definitely be no problem." After Zhang Guan finished speaking, he walked towards the track.
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"The men's 1,500-meter preliminaries are about to begin. It is worth mentioning that the sprint king Zhang Guan will appear in the 1,500-meter preliminaries." As the commentator shouted, the 1,500-meter race was about to begin.
Virgil, the coach of the Bahrain team, frowned and stared at Zhang Guan who was making preparations on the track.
Coach Virgil is from the same era as Coach Hart. Coach Hart is good at coaching sprinters, while Coach Virgil is good at coaching middle and long-distance runners. However, the strength of middle and long-distance running in the United States is far inferior to that of sprinters, so Coach Virgil does not Being able to achieve such impressive achievements as Coach Hart does not prevent Virgil from becoming the top coach in the world.
"Coach, are you still paying attention to Zhang Guan?" Rashid Ramzi, who was ranked in the next group, walked to Coach Virgil and said: "Today's schedule is still very unfavorable to Zhang Guan! 1500 After the 100-meter preliminaries, Zhang Guan still needs to participate in the 100-meter semi-finals and the 400-meter semi-finals. If you add the three games in the morning, Zhang Guan has played six games today, and there is also a 1500-meter event. Mid-distance running."
Rashid Ramzi is of Arab origin. Compared to Carmel, Ramzi is better at the 1,500-meter event. It can be said that he is Bahrain’s biggest hope for winning the gold medal in the 1,500-meter event. Historically, he has also won the gold medal in the 1,500-meter event. Won the men's 1500m gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, giving Bahrain a zero breakthrough in Olympic gold medals.
Coach Virgil nodded and said: "Zhang Guan has played three games in one day before, and they were all finals, but today he only participated in the preliminaries. You don't have to go all out in the preliminaries. In the sprint event, Asian athletes pose no threat to him at all, so his physical exertion will be much less. Moreover, in the long jump qualifying competition in the morning, Zhang Guan only made a trial jump, and the physical exertion was almost negligible. I think the real The only thing that exerts a lot of physical exertion on him is the current 1500-meter race!"
"Coach, I remember that there seems to be no sprint champion in history who can achieve results in the 1,500-meter event. Why do you pay so much attention to Zhang Guan?" Ramzi asked.
"I just had a very bad premonition, as if I was being stared at by a wild beast." Coach Virgil took a deep breath and continued: "Maybe this is just my misunderstanding! I may have been too mentally exhausted recently. Nervous."
"Coach, don't think so much now, the game is about to start." Ramzi said.
At this time, at the starting line, the 12 participating athletes lined up in a half arc and were ready to start. Then gunfire rang out and the athletes started running.
Zhang Guan was in a position slightly outside the middle, so when the starting gun sounded, Zhang Guan, in addition to starting normally, also had to merge to the inner track. However, Zhang Guan found that his merge did not seem to be very smooth. It went smoothly, but he encountered difficulties when he just wanted to move two lanes to the left. The black player on the left seemed to be merging, but in fact he was using his body to prevent him from taking a good position.
Zhang Guan glanced at the national flag printed on the opponent's sportswear: "This is Bahraini. The Bahrain players in this game include Carmel and Ali. I know Carmel. It seems that this person is the Ali who does not know his true age. Oh, it’s not an option for Ali to keep blocking me like this."
Zhang Guan slowed down a bit, which was equivalent to letting Ali run to the front, and then merged to the inside. However, the other players were also very close to each other. Zhang Guan could not find a gap to cut into the innermost gap, so in the end he could only Followed by the last one.
In terms of merging experience, Zhang Guan is indeed not as good as these professional middle-distance runners.
Carmel winked at Ali, indicating that Ali had performed very well just now and successfully pushed Zhang Guan to the last place. Afterwards, Carmel deliberately gave way to Ali, and Ali also ran to the front of Carmel. Together with Bashar Najim who was leading the way and Savin who was leading the way, four people from three countries had formed. A small leading group was formed.
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"Let's start!" Coach Virgil was still staring closely at Zhang Guan, and then watched him get stuck in his position by Ali, and finally fell to the last place.
"He is the last one. Judging from his skills and timing when cutting inside, Zhang Guan seems to be still a rookie." Coach Virgil let out a sigh of relief, and his heart, which was hanging over his choice, finally settled down.
"Zhang Guan's position seems to be stuck. He doesn't seem to be able to run in the middle distance. However, according to the information I obtained in China, he ran 3 minutes, 35 seconds and 85 seconds in the 1,500 meters. This is also true. It’s an Olympic A-standard result. If he is not a middle-distance runner, he will definitely not be able to run an Olympic A-standard result. Could it be said that he achieved this result simply by relying on speed?” Coach Virgil thought of this and decided to continue to observe. Zhang Guan.
However, in the eyes of the ordinary spectators at the scene, Zhang Guan was in last place at the start of the race, which was obviously a sign of weakness.
"Look, Zhang Guan is in last place! Although he is the world sprint king, when it comes to middle-distance running, he is only in last place!"
"I have long said that I should not expect Zhang Guan's performance in the 1,500-meter event. There is no athlete in the world who can cross from 100 meters to 1,500 meters."
"Mid-distance running is indeed the strength of our West Asian countries. Even if the East Asians send out their strongest Zhang Guan, what can they do? They are still at the end!"
People in these West Asian countries are obviously very willing to see Zhang Guan lagging behind in the 1,500-meter event. Middle-distance running in Asia has always been dominated by West Asian countries or the Gulf region. However, there are also many countries in the Gulf region. 800 The two gold medals in the meter and 1500 meters are obviously not enough, and now Zhang Guan wants to share this cake, which will naturally arouse public outrage in the Gulf countries. Therefore, the audience was eager to see Zhang Guan fail in the 1,500-meter event.
At the same time, there was a brief silence in the live broadcast room of the Capital Central Television.
After the start, the commentator shouted excitedly to cheer for Zhang Guan, but unexpectedly, Zhang Guan, who had completed the merge, ended up in last place, and all the comments he had originally prepared were in vain. The member didn't know how to explain it for a moment.
After two seconds of silence, Director Sun, who was a guest, finally spoke: "Well, the competition has just begun, and it is still in a follow-up stage. Although Zhang Guan is currently at the bottom of the team, with Zhang Guan's powerful With his sprinting ability, it is very possible to break into the top six in the later stages of the game. And considering that Zhang Guan has two races ahead, it is also a normal phenomenon to conserve his energy at the starting stage!"
"So that's it!" The commentator glanced at Director Sun gratefully and said that he had invited the right guest for today's competition. Zhang Guan was ranked last, but Director Sun found an excuse to force him back!
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