On July 20, the Chinese sports delegation for the 28th Olympic Games was established.
The Chinese team has 408 athletes registered to participate in the Athens Olympics, 117 coaches, 27 team leaders, 26 doctors, 27 translators, and 2 sparring partners. This is the largest and most numerous delegation in the history of the Chinese team participating in the Olympic Games.
At the same time, there are 226 officials in the delegation, including 31 from the league headquarters and 195 from various sports teams.
Chinese athletes have qualified for 26 out of 28 major events and 203 out of 301 minor events. The average age of the team's athletes is 23.3 years old, and the oldest athlete is 44 years old. The youngest is an athlete who is 14 years old.
Since the next Olympics will be the Capital Olympics, a very important task of this Athens Olympics is to train athletes and prepare for the Capital Olympics. Therefore, among the 408 athletes, 225 athletes are participating in the Olympics for the first time. In addition, athletes participating in this Olympics More than 300 athletes among them have the opportunity to participate in the next Capital Olympics.
In the next few days, the Olympic athletes will participate in intensive training. The delegation also gave each athlete a thick handbook on matters to be noted when participating in the Athens Olympics, including the situation in Athens, local customs and habits, and local culture. Legal regulations, disciplines that athletes should abide by, disciplines for foreign affairs reception, what to do if you encounter trouble, what to ask if you are lost, etc. All items are listed in great detail. It is estimated that just reading this book will take a lot of effort.
The content of the training is also similar to what is stated in the manual, and the time is short. It is difficult for even people with excellent memory to remember so many things in a short time, not to mention that most athletes are not good at learning. people.
Zhang Guan gained a lot from the training. He met many well-known athletes in the venue, such as Yao Daguo of the basketball team, the national players of the table tennis team, the elites of the diving team, and the girls of the women's volleyball team...
These familiar figures to Zhang Guan appeared in front of him one by one, and many of them knew Zhang Guan, Asia's number one flyer, which made Zhang Guan feel a little flattered.
Ever since, during recess or during the buffet time after a meeting, you can always see a tall man over 1.9 meters tall holding a camera, looking for people to take photos everywhere, and even taking selfies.
A few years later, selfies will be a normal thing. People will also be used to taking a few photos of themselves or their friends when eating, drinking and having fun, and send them to WeChat. It has become a common practice to hold a plate with food and pose in various poses a skill. But in 2004, most people were not used to this method, so stiff and uncomfortable expressions appeared in the camera.
Yao Juju couldn't help but laugh when he saw Zhang Guan running around looking for people to take pictures. He thought of many black players in the NBA who seemed to have this habit, and when black players took selfies, whether they were teammates or opponents, They all cooperate in making various poses and exaggerated expressions, but here, everyone looks serious.
"Brother Yao, let's take a photo!" Zhang Guan ran up to the giant in a few strides, stretched his hand far away before pressing the shutter.
After all, Zhang Guan was a tall man of over 1.9 meters, but he turned into a stout man in front of Dayao, and could barely reach Dayao's shoulders. In the past, Zhang Guan only visually felt that the giant was very tall from a distance, but when he actually stood in front of him, he could truly feel his own insignificance.
At this moment, a small athlete happened to pass by. He seemed to have just come out of the health bureau. Zhang Guan recognized him at a glance as the future boxing champion Zou Shiming.
Boxing King Zou is only 23 years old this year, but his appearance has not changed significantly compared to more than ten years later. He is a bit young and mature, so Zhang Guan recognized him at a glance.
"Brother Zou, let's take a photo together." Zhang Guan took boxing champion Zou and took a photo with Juju Yao.
Zou Boxing King is 1.62 meters tall, Zhang Guan is 1.92 meters tall, and Yao Juju is 2.26 meters tall. There is a gap of 30 centimeters between them. It would be better if there is a selfie stick, but Zhang Guan takes a selfie with one hand. His entire face was photographed, and only Zou Boxing King's hair and Yao Juju's neck were photographed.
A few years later, this photo appeared in a father-son reality show's photo search for dad segment. Several cute kids couldn't find Zou Boxing Champion in the photo. All they saw was Zhang Guan's face. A smile, a neck and a patch of black hair.
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After the intensive training, Zhang Guan asked the instructor to continue learning English, so the track and field team found an assistant teacher from the English Department of Beijing Sports University to continue tutoring Zhang Guan in English.
Before heading to Athens, there is another very important event in domestic track and field, which is the fifth leg of the National Track and Field Grand Prix, which is also this year's China Track and Field Open.
The level of the China Athletics Open is very high and the prize money is very attractive, so this competition attracted more than 900 athletes from 39 teams across the country.
Among the well-known domestic athletes, some athletes who have enough points to qualify for the 10th National Games next year did not participate, but many big-name athletes still came, such as Liu Feiren in the 110-meter hurdles.
The men's 100-meter event is still the most competitive but least suspenseful event. The competition is fierce because there are many contestants and experts, but there is no suspense because Zhang Guan is participating.
Compared with the fourth race half a month ago, Zhang Guan's competitive status has improved somewhat today. The training plan formulated by Director Yu is indeed very effective, which Zhang Guan himself can most appreciate.
But compared to the beginning of the year, Zhang Guan still feels that it is much worse. Although his current competitive state cannot be said to be very bad, it is still below the average level. If you run the Olympics in this state, you obviously won't win a medal.
In the preliminary round, Zhang Guan easily ran a time of 10.21 seconds. This result instantly made other players despair. For ordinary players, being able to run within 10.40 seconds can be regarded as a huge success. In domestic competitions, it is possible to win the championship in 10.40 seconds.
In the semi-finals, Zhang Guan still continued the running method of the preliminary round and ran a time of 10.19 seconds; in the semi-finals, Zhang Guan still ran a time of 10.20 seconds.
Zhang Guan has been using the first three games to adjust his condition. In the previous games, Zhang Guan struggled to run, which was more reflected in his lack of control over his body, so Zhang Guan has been trying hard to control his body. Control the speed. As the game progresses, Zhang Guan's body control is also improving, and his competitive state is gradually recovering.
Finally, it was the finals again, and Zhang Guan also decided to attack the Asian record again.
Those who can enter the finals are all domestic strong players. Although everyone knows that with Zhang Guan here, it is hopeless to win the first place, but the final ranking is still worth fighting for. As the China Track and Field Open, the prize money is much higher than other domestic events. It's much more generous. Every time you move up a ranking, it means a more generous bonus.
At the same time, rankings in the Open Track and Field Championships can also earn more annual points. The points can not only participate in the year-end finals of the National Track and Field Grand Prix, but also participate in next year's Tenth National Games. For these athletes who have no chance to compete in the Olympic Games, the Tenth National Games The Games are already the highest level event they can possibly participate in.
After the starting gun sounded, Zhang Guan stood out and ran in front, but the seven athletes behind him competed extremely fiercely.
There were cheers on the field, but basically no one cheered for Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan was running in front alone. He was obviously determined to win the championship, so he lost his point of view. Compared with the other seven people, they were all racing ahead. The situation is even more exciting to watch.
The fiercer the competition among those behind, the more deafening the shouts on the sidelines became. Although Zhang Guan, who was running, couldn't hear clearly what was being shouted on the sidelines, he could still feel the atmosphere becoming increasingly tense. Zhang Guan likes this atmosphere very much. The sense of urgency seems to be calling him constantly, awakening his cells and making him feel excited!
excited! This is the competitive state that athletes should have in the game.
Zhang Guan felt that this feeling of excitement allowed him to vaguely find some state of the game, but it was not enough. He could not feel the pressure from his opponents, nor the excitement that determines the outcome before crossing the line.
Then, Zhang Guan crossed the line!
Zhang Guan was very disappointed. He had just found a sense of competition, but the competition was already over. It was like a musician who had just heard the most beautiful music in the world, but the sound suddenly stopped and could no longer be found.
The moment he crossed the finish line, he looked back at the other athletes who were still struggling. At this moment, he suddenly envied them. At least they could experience the thrill of competition and real competitive sports! And I am just a lonely leader.
Zhang Guan suddenly discovered that perhaps there was always a soul hidden in his bones, a soul belonging to an athlete.
"Break the Asian record in the men's 100-meter dash and be rewarded with 2 skill points."
The system prompt appeared, and Zhang Guan realized that he had once again broken the Asian record.
Ten seconds later, the athletes' results appeared on the electronic scoreboard. Zhang Guan, who was ranked first, had an unusually eye-catching result because his score was one digit less than the others.
"9 seconds 98! Zhang Guan once again broke the Asian record!" The announcer who controlled the microphone immediately shouted, spreading the news throughout the stadium and outside.
The entire stadium suddenly burst into bursts of applause and cheers.
Zhang Guan looked at this result. Although he was still not very satisfied, he had achieved his goal by breaking the Asian record and gaining two skill points.
"There are seven skill points, hurry up and complete the task." Zhang Guan opened the skill synthesis column, spent 6 skill points, and combined the skills to strengthen the body and the skill to strengthen the body as the new skill to strengthen the body. "
A golden icon appears in the skill box, followed by a description:
"Strengthen the body, increase physical strength and endurance, and improve the recovery speed and level of tissue damage. Description: growth skills, synthetic skills."
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