The Olympic Games are already halfway through. Since the start of the Games, dozens or dozens of gold medals have been produced every day, which has made many viewers feel numb. Everyone can no longer even remember the ownership of the latest gold medal.
For the media, the news of players winning gold medals has become a commonplace. With so many reports, even the media itself has become a bit boring. At this time, perhaps only the birth of a new world record will attract more people's attention.
The media has been waiting all day long for the birth of the world record, but it is so easy for a new world record to appear. It was also at this time that news emerged that Zhang Guan had won the Golden Slam.
The second men's singles Golden Slam in the world, a Golden Slam that reappeared after 20 years, took advantage of the Olympic Games and instantly became the focus of media coverage. This news quickly replaced the news that Phelps won the eighth gold medal, occupying the headlines of domestic sports pages or front pages in various countries. At the same time, people can’t help but compare Zhang Guan with Agassi, the previous Golden Slam winner. This week’s Time magazine published such an article:
"Zhang Guanjin Grand Slam is comparable to Agassi's, but his advantages are beyond the reach of his predecessors"
"This day will definitely go down in the history of tennis. The 22-year-old Chinese Zhang Guan wrote his own new record. In the final decisive battle with the Spaniard Nadal, as people expected, he defeated his opponent 3-0 and achieved his own success. The dream of the Golden Slam. The so-called "Golden Slam" requires players to win four Grand Slam titles in their career and win the gold medal at the Olympic Games every four years, so you can imagine how difficult it is. In So far, strictly speaking, only Agassi and his wife have won the Golden Slam.”
"Now let's review the process of Zhang Guan's career Golden Slam. In 2007, Zhang Guan participated in his first professional tennis competition and appeared at the Australian Open. At that time, no one would have thought that with the help of a sponsor's wild card The player who plays will dominate Melbourne Park. Some people even think that he is not worthy of becoming a professional autumn harvest. However, it is here that facing Federer, Zhang Guan snatched the Australian Open championship from the Swiss, and he had not yet won his first Grand Slam. When he won the trophy, he was still shy when he was not yet 21 years old."
"However, Zhang Guan got out of hand after that. At Roland Garros, Zhang Guan stabilized the championship in his first French Open. Nadal, the king of clay, had no power to fight back in front of him; at Wimbledon, his battle with Federer That epic duel was destined to be recorded in history; when he appeared in New York, no one could stop him from moving forward. Sweeping four majors in one year without defeat, Zhang Guan's experience is legendary."
"Compared with Agassi's Golden Slam, Zhang Guan has a unique advantage in age. Agassi defeated Ivanisevic to win Wimbledon in 1992, the US Open in 1994, and the US Open in 1995. He won the Australian Open for the first time in 2006, won the Olympic men's singles championship in 1996, and reversed Medvedev in the French Open final in 1999 to achieve the "Golden Slam" hegemony. Agassi was already 29 years old at that time, and now Zhang Guan is completing " Golden Slam "was only 22 years old."
"The age barrier is obvious. Almost every golf champion steps down from the throne in his thirties, and the 22-year-old Zhang Guan is seven years younger than Agassi when he achieved this feat. This also means that all the players today Great achievements are not the end, but the road of continuing to pursue new dreams wholeheartedly has just begun. In history, there have been Borg and McEnroe, Edberg, Becker, Sampras, Agassi, this series of names represents not only the honor of the world champion, but also synonymous with classics and legends, and on this day, Zhang Guan is written into the legend like them."
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After winning the Golden Slam, Zhang Guan did not celebrate. He had no time to celebrate because he had to participate in a men's 1500m semi-final in the evening.
Two games in one day is already a relatively easy schedule for Zhang Guan. The match with Nadal did not consume too much of Zhang Guan's physical strength. Today's Nadal was in no condition due to the atmosphere of the game, and Zhang Guan was able to retain more of his physical strength.
At the same time, the 1500-meter semi-finals were held at ten o'clock in the evening. Zhang Guan also had three hours to recover his strength. He even enjoyed a sumptuous dinner and then took a nap in the lounge. Get up and get ready to compete.
A total of 24 athletes participated in the 1500-meter semi-finals, so the semi-finals were divided into two groups, and Zhang Guan was placed in the second group. When Zhang Guan appeared on the field, the way other contestants looked at him changed obviously.
During the 1,500-meter preliminary race, the contestants only regarded Zhang Guan as a slightly famous competitor. Some even thought that Zhang Guan had not participated in the competition for two years and was in poor condition, so they did not take Zhang Guan seriously. But it was different now. Everyone looked at Zhang Guan in awe, as if they were ordinary monkeys in a group of monkeys seeing the monkey king.
Classes have existed since the dawn of humanity. It's like a gathering of county magistrates in ancient times. Some counties may be slightly richer and some counties are slightly poorer. But since everyone is a county magistrate, their status is equal and no one is superior. But if a magistrate suddenly appears in the gathering of county magistrates, even magistrates from other states will have no control over this group of county magistrates, but in the eyes of the county magistrates, the prefect is always superior to themselves.
The current situation is like this. In the preliminary round, everyone was the county magistrate. At worst, Zhang Guan was more famous. After these two days, Zhang Guan first won the men's 100-meter trapeze with a record-breaking victory, and then won the tennis final in the morning and won the Golden Slam. It was like Zhang Guan suddenly became The magistrate will certainly make other "county magistrates" feel in awe.
That's what competitive sports are like, results are everything. Every achievement is like a stepping stone, allowing you to stand higher, when others can only see you by looking up. When a person stands taller, he will naturally have majesty and will naturally make people feel awe.
"Look, it's Zhang Guan, Zhang Guan is here!"
"Don't push me, I saw it!"
"Did you watch the game yesterday?"
"Which game?"
"Of course it's the 100-meter flying contest, the peak showdown between Zhang Guan and Usain Bolt!"
"Of course I watched it. Zhang Guan was a full 0.1 second faster! The 0.1 second in 100 meters represents two different levels of athletes."
"Is it that exaggerated? It's only 0.1 seconds."
"The 100-meter athlete is 0.1 seconds faster than his opponent, which is equivalent to the 1500-meter athlete being two seconds faster than his opponent! Just imagine, if one ran 3 minutes and 35 seconds and the other ran 3 minutes and 37 seconds on the 1500-meter track, how big would it be? difference?"
"Don't you know it? Just a few hours ago, in the tennis final that just ended, Zhang Guan won another gold medal, and he also won the Golden Slam of tennis!"
"So Zhang Guan has already won two gold medals? Do you think it is possible for Zhang Guan to also win a gold medal in the 1,500-meter event?"
"It's really possible. Don't forget that he ran 3:32.87 in the preliminary round and qualified first in the group, faster than Ramz. It seems that Zhang Guan will have no problem entering the finals. If Zhang Guan performs better, Maybe we can actually win the championship!”
The discussion among the people inadvertently fell into Ramzi's ears, especially the topic of whether Zhang Guan could win the 1500-meter gold medal, which made Ramzi feel extremely harsh.
"The gold medal must be mine! No one can take the gold medal from me!" Ramzi clenched his fists, and a crazy idea came to his mind.
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