All-round Athlete

Chapter 129 The King of Track and Field

Just as Zhang Guan put down the phone, there was another knock on the door, and it was Guidance Yu who came.

These days, Director Yu has been by Zhang Guan's side and accompanied Zhang Guan to participate in competitions in various places in Europe. For this reason, Director Yu did not even participate in the Asian Athletics Championships. Although Director Yu is the deputy head coach of the national track and field team, he is also Zhang Guan's coach. Therefore, for the director, witnessing Zhang Guan's final award in the Golden League is obviously more important than participating in the Asian Athletics Championships.

Director Yu sat down on the sofa chair, and then said directly: "Xiao Zhang, the six races of the Golden League are over, and I won't accompany you to the IAAF World Finals in two days. Let me go back as soon as possible."

"Is there something going on at the center?" Zhang Guan thought about the recent competition schedule. The Asian Athletics Championships have ended, and the 10th National Games will start in more than a month. As for the East Asian Games, they will be held after the 10th National Games. , it is said that the recent Yu Guidance should not have anything very important.

I only heard the director say: "The Huangpu International Athletics Gold Grand Prix, I remember I mentioned it to you before, this year is the first one, so I have to go back and participate in related work."

Zhang Guan immediately remembered that there was still such a competition this year. When the IAAF Osaka Station was held before, Director Luo was worried about this matter, but the IAAF finally gave the approval and the event was able to be held.

In recent years, Huangpu City has been thinking about moving forward on the road of an international super metropolis. It has continued to hold a series of international competitions such as the Tennis Masters Cup and F1 racing car, and now it is preparing to host a world-wide track and field event. race. This event is the International Athletics Gold Grand Prix.

This International Athletics Golden Grand Prix has nothing to do with the Golden League held in Europe, but it is still an outdoor competition approved by the IAAF. Since this year is the first competition and the IAAF's approval time is relatively late, this year's event did not even appear in the event plan released by the IAAF at the beginning of the year.

In terms of timing, the International Athletics Golden Grand Prix is ​​scheduled for mid-to-late September. Normally, the IAAF World Athletics Finals have ended at that time, so the Athletics Golden Grand Prix feels like a play-off.

Just listen to the guide and then explained: "The Athletics Association attaches great importance to this event. Except for Japan and Qatar, no other country in Asia has hosted a world-wide track and field event. If this international track and field gold grand prix If it continues to run, it will play a great role in raising the public's attention to track and field sports, promoting the development of track and field sports, and improving the level of domestic track and field. And in order to run this event well, it has become an investment management company specially for this event , and invited Joss Hermens, president of GSC, the world's largest track and field management company, to participate in the operation."

"It seems that I have to participate too." Zhang Guan said.

"Nonsense. How could you not participate in the competition held at your own home! Do you know how many people in China are still watching you by the TV in the middle of the night to watch you run the Golden League! After all, there is no time difference. If you don't participate, will you be worthy of the audience across the country? Director Yu glared at Zhang Guan angrily: "Besides, our country holds an international track and field event, and it's the first time. If all the gold medals are taken away by foreign players, it will be embarrassing."

Zhang Guan knew that it was impossible for him to shirk a competition of this nature. Of course, Zhang Guan was not prepared to shirk. The national team's track and field level is inherently weak, and the domestic track and field atmosphere is relatively mediocre. It was hard to hold a series of international track and field events. No matter how tired Zhang Guan is, he still has to climb onto the track.

"How are the requirements for the competition determined? Who else wants to participate? To participate in the competition on our own territory, domestic athletes should have a wild card spot!" Zhang Guan asked.

Director Yu nodded: "The entry limit is that the top 40 contestants of the year can participate, but because it is the first time, other participating athletes are mainly invited, but many events are unwilling to spend money to invite others to come, such as your hundred In the meter sprint event, apart from you, there is no very well-known player, and the wild card for the 100-meter sprint is tentatively given to Hu Kai."

The face of "Glass Man" Hu Kai appeared in Zhang Guan's mind, and then he said with a smile: "Look, you all know that I am going to participate in the competition, so you are too scared to come! If this is the case, then I will not appear Pay it!"

"I won't give it to you!" Director Yu sighed with some regret, and then said: "Apart from you and Liu Feiren, the only world champion players confirmed to participate in the competition are Isinbayeva and Ossie. Tapchuk and Dwight Phillips. Our country’s track and field is still weak, and we don’t have much influence in track and field, so people don’t want to come.”

As someone who has experienced it, Zhang Guan knows the trend of sports development in the future. Of course, he also understands that the commercialization of sports can only be achieved by spending money. Without a certain level of competition and the influence of the game, excellent players may not be willing to come even if they spend money. . If it is table tennis or badminton, if there is a masters tournament held in China, outstanding players from abroad will definitely be invited one by one, even if it is only a round tour, because they have the opportunity to compete with the top players in the world, This is the factor of competitive level and influence.

Suddenly Zhang Guan thought of another question, and he asked, "The European Golden League really rewarded gold before. Does our Golden Grand Prix also award gold?"

Director Yu smiled slightly, and then said: "You really guessed it right. This matter is currently in the confidential stage, and the contestants don't even know about it. Usually, a small gold-plated gold medal is rewarded in the competition. This time we really Gold! A jewel sponsor created fourteen gold dragons for all 14 competitions!"

"Golden Dragon! It's so majestic. How much is it worth?" Zhang Guan asked immediately.

"One is worth twenty-four thousand." Director Yu stroked the number with his fingers.

"U.S. dollars?" Zhang Guan continued to ask.

"National currency." Director Yu changed his voice and continued, "If you break the world record, there will be a prize of 100,000 US dollars and a diamond pendant."

"The $100,000 that broke the world record was given by the IAAF! It's not that I don't know, I have won it twice this year." Zhang Guan curled his lips in disdain, and then asked, "How big is the diamond pendant?"

Director Yu stretched out another finger: "A one-carat diamond is estimated to be worth 100,000 yuan!"

"It's really stingy..." Zhang Guan muttered

...

On September 9, the IAAF World Athletics Finals was held in Monaco.

For Zhang Guan, the greatest significance of the IAAF World Athletics Finals is to get 750,000 US dollars.

Since it is the finals, more athletes participated than before, and the main event will last for two days.

It is worth mentioning that Powell, the Jamaican flyer, made his comeback in this race, but his game status has not recovered after he paid just now, and his time has just run below 10 seconds, which is not a threat to Zhang Guan.

As for the other athletes in the 100-meter sprint event, they are also old acquaintances of Zhang Guan. They have played against each other in the Golden League and Super Grand Prix.

The whole process of the 100-meter race seemed very peaceful. All the participating athletes knew that it was impossible to beat Zhang Guan, and they all looked like they were accompanying the prince to study. And Zhang Guan lived up to expectations and won the championship with a time of 9.92 seconds.

...

After the IAAF World Athletics Finals, Zhang Guan left Monaco the next day and boarded a plane back home.

As soon as Zhang Guan returned to the Xinzhuang training base, he saw Liu Feiren training on the field.

"How about it, are the fans in Korea enthusiastic? Is there any pretty chick who has taken a fancy to you? Why didn't you bring back a chick with good knife skills?" Zhang Guan asked as soon as they met.

Just two days before the Berlin station of the IAAF Golden League, in the Asian Athletics Championships held in Incheon, South Korea, Liu Feiren won the 110-meter championship, so Zhang Guan asked this question.

"A girl with a good knife skill?" Liu Feiren immediately understood after being stunned for a while, and then smiled, and then said: "Don't make fun of me, it's you, you have won the million prize in the Golden League! I have to congratulate You are."

"Good luck..." Zhang Guan humbly agreed, and then said: "The schedule is too tight. I haven't practiced at all recently, and all my time is spent on the road. Unlike you, I have practiced for almost a week when I came back! "

Liu Feiren shook his head: "How can it be a week! I have been participating in activities since I came back from Korea. I have only practiced for two days. Counting today, there are still four days before the competition. I have to recover as soon as possible. Alan- Johnson is here again, and this time it's a home game, and it's my hometown game, so I can't lose face in front of my folks."

"I'm fine. There aren't many masters in the 100-meter event." Zhang Guan said, "You and Alan Johnson are old rivals. This time he's here, why don't you invite someone to dinner?"

"I'm afraid there is no chance. After the Golden Grand Prix is ​​over, I will fly to Yokohama that night. The Yokohama All-Star Game we participated in last year will start on the 19th. How about we go together?" Liu Feiren asked road.

Zhang Guan immediately shook his head. The China Open will start on the 19th. Zhang Guan has to fly back to the capital immediately after the Golden Grand Prix.

"I've already written a request for leave, and I'll hand it in after the Golden Grand Prix. At least before the 10th National Games, I'll have to rest for ten or eight days. I've made a big circle around Europe and ran a dozen games. , if I don’t take it easy, I’m afraid I won’t be able to take it physically.” Zhang Guan found a very reasonable excuse.

"That's right, I played three times a week in early July, but I was exhausted. You have played several more races, so you must be more tired than me." Liu Feiren changed his voice, walked up to Zhang Guan, and asked in a low voice: "You are honest. Tell me, how fast can you run now? Can you break another world record?"

Zhang Guan was a little surprised by this question, and he didn't give a positive answer: "To break a world record, it mainly depends on the state of the scene. If the state is good, it will be about the same. If the state is not good, it will be 10 seconds. You ask this What are you doing?"

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