Saudi Arabian athletes did not live in the Asian Games Village, but in a five-star hotel with beautiful environment and first-class service in Doha. This also fully shows the identity of a wealthy country.
Al-Bish is a 400-meter sprinter in Saudi Arabia. As a naturalized African athlete, Al-Bish quickly established a foothold in Saudi Arabia with his strong physical talent, and also became a member of the 400-meter sprint team in Saudi Arabia. The "first brother" on the Internet. Al-Bish once ran within 45 seconds in a competition, which is the top result in Asia.
"Tomorrow is the 400-meter final! I'm really looking forward to it. If I can beat Zhang Guan tomorrow, my name will be spread all over the world!" Al-Bish thought silently.
Although Al-Bish has lived in Saudi Arabia for some years, the optimistic nature of Africans cannot be changed. Even if sometimes the goal is completely out of reach, this does not affect this African brother's vision for a better future.
At this time, the athletes of the Saudi Arabian track and field team who had finished the competition returned to the hotel one after another. Al Bish immediately spotted coach Mike Powell in the crowd.
"I just had a spa treatment and didn't go to the competition. I remember there was a long jump competition this afternoon. I don't know how Al Shaba and Ben Mazuk performed. Did they beat Zhang Guan?" Al Bish immediately greeted him. past. Of course, when he got closer and saw Coach Powell's expression, Al-Bish realized that the long jump championship might have flown away.
"It seems that he didn't win the long jump championship. Remember, Coach Powell's contract is 3+2, and it will expire this year. If he lost the long jump championship in the Asian Games this time, Coach Powell may not be able to win it in the next two years. salary." Al-Bish thought silently.
At this time, two long jumpers from the Saudi team, Al Shaba and Ben Mazuk, also came over. Bish looked up and saw that Alshaba's expression was normal, but Ben Mazuk had a dull look on his face, looking like a mentally retarded child.
"What's wrong with him?" Bish decided that he should step forward and take care of Mazuk. Both of them are players from Kenya who were naturalized in Saudi Arabia. They compete in two sports. There is no competition and their personal relationship is quite good. of.
I saw Al Bish walking forward and greeting Ben Mazuk with a smile on his face: "Hi, Ben, how was the game today?"
Ben Mazuk still looked dull and did not give Al-Bish any response.
"Ben!" Al-Bish patted Ben Mazuk directly on the shoulder.
"Ah!" Mazuk suddenly screamed, as if he was frightened by something. He stepped back suddenly, but accidentally stepped on the foot of a player behind him. Then Mazuk suddenly lost his balance and fell directly. to the ground.
"Ben! Be careful!" Al-Bish immediately stepped forward to help Mazuk, and only then did Mazuk come back to his senses.
"Al, it turns out it's you!" Mazuk let out a long breath and stood up, but beads of sweat like beads were already rolling out on his forehead.
"What's wrong with Ben?" Bish looked at Alshaba next to him with pleading eyes.
"Let Ben go back and rest first!" Alshaba said, using his eyes to signal Bish to go and talk.
The two walked to the sofa not far away. Before Bish could ask, Alshaba took the lead and said: "In today's competition, Ben was in the lead, but Zhang Guan jumped 8.7 meters and overtook him. , I think he found it difficult to accept it for a while!"
"What? 8.7 meters? Did I hear that right?" Although Bish is a 400-meter sprinter, he also knows what 8.7 meters means in the long jump event.
Alshaba told Bish about the process of the long jump competition. After hearing this, Bish immediately fell silent.
"8.7 meters. In my memory, no one among the current athletes has been able to jump to 8.7 meters! Zhang Guan is in such good condition, so is it possible for me to beat him in tomorrow's 400-meter race? Zhang Guan and I There is already a gap of almost 1.5 seconds between his best results. If this were placed before the finish line, there would be a gap of more than ten meters. I originally thought that Zhang Guan would not be in good condition in every game, but now it seems that Zhang Guan His condition is obviously very good. It’s over! I will definitely lose tomorrow!”
Before the game even started, Al-Bish's confidence had already been destroyed.
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The track and field competition of the Doha Asian Games has entered the fourth day. On this day, Zhang Guan will participate in the preliminaries and rematches of the men's 200 meters, the men's 400 meters finals and the men's 1500 meters finals.
The afternoon time is a prime time for ratings, and the finals are usually arranged in the afternoon, so the 200-meter preliminaries are arranged in the morning.
Apart from Zhang Guan, the strongest athlete in Asia's 200-meter event is undoubtedly the Japanese Sutsugo Shingo. After all, he can run close to 20 seconds. After that, there are Yang Yao and Gaohei Shinji who can reach Olympic A target player. Although countries in West Asia have some naturalized athletes, they do not have an advantage in the 200-meter event.
The results of the preliminaries did not go beyond people's expectations. The players who should have advanced were all promoted, and there were no upsets.
After the lunch break, the Asian Games track and field competition continued. The afternoon session started with the men's pole vault final. China won a bronze medal in this event, followed by the women's 100-meter hurdles final. The national team players also After winning both the gold and silver medals, the national team failed to score any medals in the men's discus final and the women's 400-meter final.
After the women's 400-meter race, the men's 400-meter final began immediately.
Two athletes from Saudi Arabia have entered the 400-meter finals, including Al-Bish, who has completely lost confidence. In addition, there are Japanese Yuzo Kanemaru, Bahrain's Simpson, Kuwait's Al-Shamari and others. .
The two players from Saudi Arabia are both naturalized African players, Simpson from Bahrain is also a naturalized player from Africa, and Al-Shamari from Kuwait is also a naturalized player from Africa. Together with the player from Kartel, there are eight participating players. A total of five players are naturalized athletes from Africa. There are only three players who are truly born in Asia.
When it comes to the 400-meter event, black athletes do have a great advantage. If Zhang Guan had not appeared on the stage, perhaps black athletes would have won the gold, silver and bronze medals at the same time. But with Zhang Guan on the stage, the situation is completely different. The gold medal is definitely not in suspense, and other players can only work hard to win the silver and bronze medals.
Except for Zhang Guan, no other player has ever run within 44.50 seconds. Their best results are generally more than 1.5 seconds behind Zhang Guan's world record. This can be said to be several levels behind in terms of strength. , so Zhang Guan easily won the championship with a time of less than 44 seconds. The second place of Saudi Arabia's Al-Bish and the third place of Bahrain's Simpson were all within 45.5 seconds.
The men's 400-meter final was boring to many West Asian spectators. Five West Asian athletes participated, all of whom were naturalized. They looked very impressive. However, the fastest one was nearly ten meters behind by Zhang Guan. distance. But the domestic audience was very happy to see it. Zhang Guan led the way and won the gold medal, which was exactly what everyone expected.
In the next women's 400-meter hurdles, the Chinese player won another gold medal, and the runner-up was won by the Japanese player; in the subsequent men's 400-meter hurdles, the rankings of China and Japan changed positions, and the Japanese player won championship, while China chose to win a silver medal.
Soon, the time came to 7pm Doha time, and the gold medal battle for the last track and field event of this competition day was about to begin, that is, the men's 1500m final.
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The men's 1500m final is about to be held, but Director Ma's mood is very complicated at this time.
In the pre-race evaluation made by the field management center, the shorter the distance, the greater Zhang Guan’s advantage. As the distance becomes longer, Zhang Guan’s advantage gradually decreases, so Zhang Guan is the least likely to The event that won the gold medal was the 1,500-meter middle distance run.
Prior to this, the result of the negotiation between Director Ma and Zhang Guan was that if Zhang Guan failed to win all the gold medals in the six individual events, he would not be allowed to participate in middle-distance running events in the future, but would instead practice sprinting with peace of mind. From this point of view, Director Ma hoped that Zhang Guan You can't win this gold medal, but in fact, as the head coach of the national track and field team, how could you want your players to lose the game
So Director Ma was very conflicted at this time. He couldn't tell clearly whether he wanted Zhang Guan to win or Zhang Guan to lose.
Director Yu seemed to have already seen the hesitation in Director Ma's heart. He walked over quietly, pretended to sigh and said: "The 1500-meter level of the West Asian athletes should be among the best in the world, especially Ramzi. But he is the double champion of the World Championships! And Zhang Guan doesn’t seem to have done any middle-distance running training in the past few days.”
"Huh?" Director Ma suddenly frowned and carefully considered the instructor's words.
"What Lao Yu said seems to be quite right. The middle-distance running level of West Asian countries is indeed top-notch in the world. Recently, Zhang Guan has not practiced middle-distance running at all. Even the middle-distance running coach assigned to him asked him to push it. . This can be considered a blind run based entirely on talent! It should be said that it is not easy to reach the finals. But it is impossible to win the gold medal in this event. There are several opponents in the finals who are in the World Championships. He has been ranked in the competition, and he is Ramz, the double champion of the World Championships..." Director Ma felt a lot relieved when he thought of this, and then shook his head in a self-deprecating manner: "It seems that I have thought too much, and I am also against Zhang. Guan Guan’s expectations are too high. How could Zhang Guan win Ramz without any training before the competition!”
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