The race has entered the last five kilometers, which is also the most difficult moment for the contestants.
The speed of the players began to slow down, and no one could maintain the speed at which they started. In fact, for most people, every step they take now is a test of willpower. Many players are already moving forward mechanically and reflexively.
Everyone slowed down, except Zhang Guan, who still maintained the speed at the beginning. This speed was relatively slow a dozen minutes ago, but now, it has become relatively fast.
The camera would focus on Zhang Guan from time to time, and every time Zhang Guan appeared on the TV screen, coach Hideki Yamane's face would twitch, because she could find that Zhang Guan's speed was not as fast as she imagined. Slow down gradually.
In the studio of the TV station, whenever the picture of Zhang Guan appears, Director Saiki always deliberately finds a topic and does not talk about Zhang Guan on the broadcast screen.
At this time, Coach Saiki was full of anger. He had made a judgment not long ago, saying that as the game continues, Zhang Guan will definitely become slower and slower, and the Japanese players will definitely be able to catch up with or even surpass Zhang Guan. But from the footage sent back from the scene, not even the Japanese players could be seen behind Zhang Guan.
"I got slapped in the face!" Director Qi Mu looked at the TV screen in embarrassment. At this time, he absolutely did not want to see Zhang Guan on TV. Every time Zhang Guan appeared on the screen, it seemed that he was mocking his judgment. , but the race has entered the last 2 kilometers, and the camera will be focused on the leader most of the time.
In the last two kilometers, Zhang Guan still maintained the same speed as at the beginning, and there was no suspense about who would win the championship.
"Zhang Guan should win!" Coach He's original nervousness gradually faded away, replaced by an excited expression.
In the last kilometer, many spectators appeared on both sides of the track. At the distant finish line, reporters had already rushed out of the rest area, focusing their cameras on the finish line, ready to go.
In the last 500 meters, Zhang Guan had already appeared in front of everyone, the camera began to shoot, and the shutter sound of the camera gradually sounded.
"Here comes Zhang Guan, crossing the line! Champion! Congratulations to Zhang Guan, for winning the Asian Triathlon Championship!" Although the commentator said this, there was no excitement in his tone. After all, the Japanese team, which had high hopes, lost the game.
"Lost! We lost!" Hideki Yamane was not far away, witnessing Zhang Guan crossing the ribbon in front of the finish line, and then slowly stopped, and the next second, the photographers had already rushed forward. , surrounding Zhang Guan in the middle.
The referee has confirmed Zhang Guan's final score, and until now, Hideki Yamane dare not accept this result. This loss was too sudden and without warning.
In triathlon, Japan has always been the number one in Asia and has always maintained an absolute monopoly. But today, this monopoly was suddenly broken, and the person who broke this monopoly was Zhang Guan, a player who was considered to be an advertisement seller before the game.
More importantly, this time the Asian Triathlon World Championships is not an ordinary competition. It is also a qualifying competition for the London Olympics.
There is only one place in Asia that can advance to the London Olympics through qualifying. This is nothing in the eyes of triathlon powers such as the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, but for Asian countries, it is extremely precious.
The Japanese team thought that this spot was completely in their pocket, but they didn't expect that Zhang Guan would come out halfway.
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The results of this Asian Triathlon Championship were surprising. After all, before the game, people who followed this event thought that Zhang Guan was just here to stand up for sponsors. Even the organizer of the event only considered Zhang Guan. The crown was just used as a mascot for commercial promotion, but the final result was that the mascot won the championship, which was really shocking.
After the game, Japan, as the host nation, did not make extensive reports on the results of the game. Firstly, triathlon is not a top sport in the world, and secondly, the Japanese team did not win the championship and the home audience was disappointed.
As the Japanese team's absolute advantage, and the game was held at their home stadium, the Japanese did not win the championship in the end. This kind of thing is not worth showing off to the Japanese media. Even if it is reported, the audience will not like it. Look, so it’s better to keep a low profile.
The domestic media did not carry out any vigorous special reports. It would be nice to be able to give headlines in the sports section. Many sports media just reported an ordinary news on the spot, with a few paragraphs of text and a few pictures. It's still for Zhang Guan's sake. If there is no Zhang Guan, there may only be a text message report, and there may not even be a picture.
Although triathlon is an Olympic event, the domestic mass base is too low, and there has been no results for a long time, so the attention is naturally low. Go to the street and grab someone and ask them what a triathlon is. If you can name the three sports of swimming, cycling, and long-distance running, you are considered very good. As for how far the swimming is? How far does the bike ride? How far should you run? I'm afraid not many people can answer it.
It is also for this reason that the news of Zhang Guan winning the Asian Triathlon Championship was quickly submerged in other news. Especially now that it is the last month of the NBA regular season, and the Rockets, Lakers, Spurs and many other teams that are loved by domestic fans will play games the next day, so the attention to the Asian Triathlon Championships only lasted a short time. One night, the next day the attention of sports fans shifted to the NBA arena.
As for European and American countries, they will not pay any attention to the Asian Triathlon Championships, even if the final champion's name is Zhang Guan.
Countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom hold hundreds of triathlon competitions every year. The level of their domestic trials is even better than that of the Olympic Games, and is much higher than that of the Kia Championships. For European and American countries, Asian triathlon is too weak, and there is no need for them to pay attention. As for Zhang Guan's final championship, for triathlon powers such as Europe and the United States, it is more like an interesting conversation after dinner. No one will pay special attention to Zhang Guan's triathlon level, and no one will regard Zhang Guan as their rival.
For European and American countries, no matter how strong the Asian triathlon is, how strong can it be? It poses no threat to them at all.
This is also a normal phenomenon. If one day Bolt wins the table tennis championship in the Caribbean, I believe that the powerful table tennis countries in Asia will not care about it and will just treat it as a fun talk. No one will really study how Bolt plays. In their view, the level of table tennis in Caribbean countries, no matter how good they are, is just being beaten down.
Zhang Guan's schedule was very tight. The day after the game, Zhang Guan took a flight back to China.
After getting off the flight, Zhang Guan turned on his phone and saw three missed calls and a text message.
"It's Huang Weida. There are three phone calls and a text message. It seems that you have something urgent to call me! Did something happen to the investment?" Zhang Guan opened the text message and saw Huang Weida's message.
"It's urgent. If you see me, call me right away!"
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