After ending the call with Diack, Zhang Guan's car also arrived at Hyde Park in central London.
Hyde Park is the largest royal park in London. It was opened to the public in 1637 and has a longer history than the Summer Palace and Summer Palace. Since there is a very good water area in Hyde Park, the marathon swimming in the Olympic Games and the swimming in the triathlon are all held here.
The triathlon is Zhang Guan's only competition today, and it is also the longest competition.
There were a lot of spectators at the scene, which was enough to reflect the British's love for this sport. More importantly, this was another gold medal reserved for the British.
Britain is the strongest country in triathlon. The British team has a pair of brothers. The elder brother is Alistair Brownlee and the younger brother is Johnny Brownlee. The two brothers occupy the top spot in the world rankings. Two people.
The Brownlee brothers are known as "natural triathletes". Their father is a long-distance runner and their mother is a swimmer. Their parents' excellent genetic genes have made the two brothers very athletic since childhood.
The Brownlee brothers’ uncle was a professional triathlete, so they trained with him at an early age. When the Brownlee brothers were still children, they swept the entire British triathlon junior competition, and later participated in the youth competition as junior athletes. In their youth, there was no rival for the Brownlee brothers among their peers. As youth athletes, they began to participate in adult competitions, and later on, they were able to win championships in the adult group. If placed in Xianxia novels, the Brownlee brothers are almost the kind of beings who can kill the foundation by practicing Qi, building the foundation to kill the golden elixir, and the golden elixir can kill the Yuanying.
Today, the Brownlee brothers almost dominate the entire triathlon sport. Even the former world champion, the Spanish Noah, can only avoid their sharp edges when encountering the Brownlee brothers. Except for Noah, no one can pose a threat to the Brownlee brothers.
At this time, the Brownlee brothers were standing together, and countless cameras were pointed at them.
"Johnny, I won't show mercy this time." Big Brownlee said.
"Haha, when have you ever been merciful?" Little Brownlee curled his lips: "I'm here for the gold medal too! If I lead, I won't let you."
"Gold medal? Then you have to pass me first! In our competition, I will always win, right?"
"I have beaten you many times!" Brownlee said unconvinced. Suddenly, he saw Zhang Guan preparing in the distance.
"Is that Zhang Guan?" Little Brownlee asked.
Big Brownlee looked back and nodded: "It's Zhang Guan. He's also here to participate in the triathlon? I've never heard of it before!"
"Maybe we have another powerful enemy!" Brownlee said.
"A strong rival? No! There has never been a decent triathlete in Asia. Although Zhang Guan is famous, this is a triathlon, not track and field or tennis!" Brownlee said.
In the eyes of European and American athletes, Asian triathlons are indeed not worth mentioning, not to mention that the Brownlee brothers are still the strongest triathletes in the world. For example, at the Rio Olympics, the Brownlee brothers won the gold and silver medals. At that time, the domestic media in China gave a headline like this: "The Brownlee brothers swept the triathlon gold and silver, and the Chinese athletes finished tenaciously." From this It can be seen from the title how weak China's triathlon strength is. Even finishing the race has to be described as "tenacious", as if it has done something extraordinary.
Therefore, not only Big Brownlee, but also the vast majority of European players present did not take Zhang Guan seriously.
But Brownlee was much more cautious than his brother. He said: "After all, Zhang Guan is the Tour de France champion, and in this year's Olympics, he won two gold medals in road cycling. And in Wan In the meter distance race, Zhang Guan broke the world record! We still cannot take it lightly."
"Ironman triathlon is not an individual event! If you ask the world champions of individual events to compete with us, it will be great if they can survive until the end of the game!" Brownlee still looked disdainful: "I still suggest You should pay attention to Spain’s Noah, he is the only athlete who can threaten us to win the gold medal!”
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Fifty-five athletes stood on the shore, ready to go.
As the starter gave the order, the players jumped into the water one after another.
However, not long after entering the water, Zhang Guan was already lagging behind. After all, this is the Olympic Games, the highest-level triathlon competition in the world. The strength of the athletes is naturally the best in the world, and their level is much higher than those participating in the Kia Championships.
Take the initial 1.5-kilometer swim as an example. The scores of Asian athletes are generally above 19 points. Zhang Guan swam for 20 minutes and 15 seconds in the Asian Championships and was already ranked 15th. But in the Olympics On the field, no one will take more than 19 minutes, or even more than 18 minutes, which is already very slow. And if you want to take the lead in the 1.5-kilometer swimming event, you may have to swim for 17 minutes.
After all, Zhang Guan has not received professional swimming training. In terms of swimming events, he can still be regarded as a mid-level player in Asia, but at the London Olympics, he was really at the bottom.
"Zhang Guan is lagging behind, and he is far behind the leading group! At this speed, it may take Zhang Guan more than 19 minutes!"
"I was originally looking forward to Zhang Guan's participation, but I didn't expect that his level was average and he didn't bring us any surprises."
"It's not just average, it's simply very bad! This is the Olympics. The 1.5 guild swims. If it takes more than 19 minutes, it must be last."
The audience talked one after another, and then stopped paying attention to Zhang Guan. In racing, the leader is always the one who gets the attention, and no one cares about the performance of the last place.
Time passed by, and after 16 minutes, the leading players had already begun sprinting towards the shore. .
"Someone has come ashore, who is it? Who is the first?"
"Varga, Varga from Slovakia, his time was 16 minutes and 56 seconds! A score within 17 minutes!"
"Brother Brownlee competes with Noah for second place again! Noah! Noah is second with 17 points."
"Little Brownlee was third, 17 minutes and 2 seconds."
"Italian Fabian and Big Brownlee landed almost at the same time, 17 minutes and 4 seconds!"
The gap between the first six players is less than ten seconds. Basically, the first person has just stood firm on the shore, and the latter person has already started climbing to the shore.
Ten seconds later, the second group of athletes also came ashore. After 17 minutes and 30 seconds, 26 athletes had completed the 15-kilometer swim, accounting for most of the 55 participants.
In the 1.5-kilometer event, the 30-second gap can be considered a negligible gap, because the next bicycle ride takes nearly an hour. In comparison, the 30-second time difference can be easily recovered during the ride.
Another 30 seconds passed, and at 18 minutes, the lagging players also began to climb ashore.
"Spanish player Perez, 18 minutes and 7 seconds, 36th!"
"Mexican player Grajares, 18 minutes and 10 seconds, 41st!"
"Italian player Ucellari, 18 minutes and 26 seconds, 44th!"
"Australia's Sexton, 18 minutes and 53 seconds, 47th!"
"Brazilian player Colucci, 18 minutes and 56 seconds, 50th place!"
"American player Huerta, 18 minutes and 57 seconds, 52nd!".
"Portugal's Spei, also ranked 53rd in 18 minutes and 57 seconds!"
"Bermuda player Field, 18 minutes and 58 seconds, 54th!"
"The first 54 swimmers all completed the 1.5-kilometer swim within 19 minutes. Who is the last person who has not finished the race?"
"I don't know, it's already over 19 minutes. In the Olympic Games, 1.5 kilometers takes over 19 minutes, which is really slow."
"The last one came over, over there! It will probably take another twenty seconds for him to swim to the shore."
"Who is it? So much slower than other players?"
"Zhang Guan! That's Zhang Guan! The last one is Zhang Guan!"
"It's really Zhang Guan. He landed in 19 minutes and 27 seconds! Oh my God, he was half a minute slower than the 54th place, and even two and a half minutes slower than the first place. .”
"Zhang Guan is over. If he is so far behind, he will definitely miss out on the medal."
"Medal? You really have a lot to think about! I still have the medal, it's already great to finish the race!"
"It looks like big news is going to break out in today's triathlon. Zhang Guan's first defeat at the London Olympics is going to happen!"
"Let me tell you, Zhang Guan is too overestimated. Does he think triathlon is a 100-meter dash?"
"Perhaps Zhang Guan can dominate the triathlon competition in Asia, but this is the Olympic Games, and the top level in Asia can only be regarded as last place here!"
Amid people's discussion, Zhang Guan was the last to land on the shore, swimming 1.5 kilometers in 19 minutes and 27 seconds.
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Sebastian grabbed the brand new TV remote control and turned on the TV.
"It's a triathlon. The Brownlee brothers will definitely win the gold medal!" Sebastian was thinking when a picture of Zhang Guan appeared on the TV screen.
"Zhang Guan! This hateful guy also participated in the triathlon!" Sebastian said viciously.
The next moment, Zhang Guan's ranking appeared in the subtitles in the lower right corner.
"19 minutes and 27 seconds, 55th place? How many athletes are participating in the triathlon? Let me think about it... It seems that there are only 55 athletes in total. So Zhang Guan is ranked first from the bottom? Haha!" Sebastian suddenly laughed excitedly.
As Zhang Guan was the last to complete the 1.5-kilometer swim, the broadcaster also gave a list of the ranking results of all the players.
"One of the Brownlee brothers was third and the other fourth. Their results were very good. The first place was a Slovakian with 16 minutes and 56 seconds. What was Zhang Guan's time? By the way, it was 19 minutes and 27 seconds, which was two points behind. Half!" The smile on Sebastian's face became even wider.
Less than 20 minutes into the game, Zhang Guan was already two and a half minutes behind. In Sebastian's view, Zhang Guan could just give up in the rest of the game.
"This time, Zhang Guan will definitely lose!" Sebastian decided not to change channels. He wanted to see the game until the end.
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