Varina walked closer and gave Zhang Guan an American hug. In the 2006 Golden League, the two played against each other six times in a few months, and they were naturally very familiar with each other. It can be said that the two of them are both friends and competitors.
"Long time no see Zhang Guan, first of all congratulations to you for breaking the world record again! I really didn't expect humans to be able to run so fast, 9.56 seconds. I think you have surpassed the human limit." Warina said.
"Thank you." Zhang Guan replied with a smile.
Varina pointed at the two people behind him and said, "Merritt and Neville, you have met them before."
Zhang Guan greeted Merritt and Neville, and Varina continued: "I originally thought that you might not be able to find the feeling of competition after saying goodbye to track and field for so long. Now it seems that my worries are unnecessary. Yes, I think you have returned to your best condition now, right?"
"You guessed it right, I should be in the best shape now!" Zhang Guan said.
Varina showed an expression that was indeed true, and at the same time, his eyes flashed. Just listen to him continue to say: "That's great! In the more than two years since you left the track and field competition, I have been looking forward to playing against you. I am stronger now than I was two years ago!"
"Then we'll see you in the finals." Zhang Guan also smiled: "I won't be merciful then."
"Of course, it is meaningful to me to be able to compete with you at your peak. I hope you can be in the same state as you were in the 100-meter final yesterday." Varina said and looked at the time. , then said: "The competition is about to begin. See you in the finals. I wish you good luck!"
Looking at Varina's leaving back, Zhang Guan felt a sense of excitement in his heart.
Zhang Guan is fortunate to have met an opponent like Varina. Varina is eager to win. He hopes to defeat stronger opponents through his own efforts. Such people are real athletes.
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A few minutes later, the preliminaries of the men's 400-meter dash began. Like other sprint events, the level of the contestants varies. There are many Olympic B-standard athletes who are purely here to make soy sauce, so for capable athletes, the preliminaries are not too difficult.
In the preliminaries, if you can run within 45 seconds, you have a good chance of locking in the first place in the group, and if you run within 45.50 seconds, you have a good chance of entering the next round.
In the first group, French player Dejon and American David Neville clearly had an absolute advantage in strength, and neither of them tried their best. Dejon won the first place in the group with a time of 45.12 seconds, and Neville won the first place in the group with a time of 45.22 seconds. Second place was won in the group, and third place was won by a Cuban player. The fourth-place Belgian athlete ran 45.43 and still has a chance to advance to the next round. The results of several other people were close to 46 seconds or even outside 46 seconds. It was obvious that they could not escape the fate of being eliminated.
The strongest player in the second group is Bahamian star Chris Brown. When Zhang Guan participated in the 400-meter race of the Golden League for the first time, he had a fight with Brown. During the competition, Brown was in very good condition and his movement rhythm was very fast. Several other capable players did not hesitate to fight for the top three. In the end, four players in this group all entered the 45th place. Within seconds. Although the fourth Congolese player did not advance immediately, his good time of 44.89 seconds will definitely earn him an additional promotion spot.
Zhang Guan played in the third group, which also attracted the attention of almost all the contestants. In the 400-meter dash event, Zhang Guan has also not appeared in the international arena for two years. Although breaking the world record for 100 meters yesterday proved that Zhang Guan's competitive state is very good and eliminated many doubts, but the 400-meter sprint After all, the meter dash and the 100-meter dash are two different events. Performing well in the 100-meter dash does not mean that you can perform well in the 400-meter dash, so many people still have doubts about Zhang Guan.
The starter's gunshot sounded, and the race began. Zhang Guan still ran in the same way as before. After starting, he activated the incomplete sprint and ran the first three hundred meters at a relatively constant speed.
From the perspective of experts in the 400-meter sprint, the speed of activating the incomplete sprint activation skill is not very fast. After all, the speed after turning on the skill is only 85% of the normal sprint. This 15% speed loss is still very obvious in the world's top competition. But this is only the preliminary round after all, and the players in Zhang Guan's group are relatively low-level. Even when Zhang Guan is not fully activated for sprinting, he still appears to be faster than other players.
Athletes preparation area on the sidelines.
American player Neville said: "Zhang Guan's speed doesn't seem to be very fast! Maybe he was just bluffing? He has not yet returned to his peak condition in the 400-meter dash."
"You are wrong. I think Zhang Guan has returned to his peak state now!" Warina shook his head and continued: "Don't forget the special running method Zhang Guan used. The three in front of him He ran almost at a constant speed for 100 meters, and then sprinted at an extremely fast speed for the next 100 meters. No one in the world can imitate his running style."
Among the players here, Warina is the one who has played against Zhang Guan the most times, but he has never won. Warina was surpassed by Zhang Guan in the final straight sprint every time, even several times. Just before the finish line, Varina was already preparing to celebrate the victory, and was overtaken by Zhang Guan, so Varina still has the most vivid memory of Zhang Guan's running style.
And the situation was just as Warina said. In the first three hundred meters, the running methods of other runners changed. Only Zhang Guan was running at a constant speed. However, the other players in this group were not very fast. Although Zhang Guan used incomplete sprint activation, he was still the third to enter the straight line, and the gap between him and the first and second place was not big.
Next, Zhang Guan accelerated his sprint, surpassing the people in front of him in one second, and rushed to the front. Then, amid the cheers of the audience, he qualified first in the group.
Zhang Guan's final score was 44.66 seconds, which obviously retained a lot of strength. Except for Zhang Guan, only two players in this group ran within 46 seconds, and the other players' scores were all outside 46 seconds, which indeed shows that this group is the weakest group.
In the next few sets of competitions, the other two players of the American team, Varina and Merritt, also successfully advanced to the next round. In addition, British famous players Ronnie and Steele, Trinidad and Doug Famous players such as Bago's Kaur also made the cut.
Since Zhang Guan had to participate in the men's 200-meter sprint preliminary round and the triple jump qualifying round about an hour later, he did not leave, but prepared to return to the locker room for a short rest.
Just in front of the locker room door, Zhang Guan met a familiar figure.
"It's Liu Feiren!" Zhang Guan suddenly remembered that after the preliminaries of the men's 200-meter dash, the men's 110-meter hurdles competition will be held next, and Liu Feiren will appear in the finale of the last group!
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