All-round Athlete

Chapter 173 Resolutely Not Leading

The qualifying competition for the long jump continues.

The athlete who appeared after Zhang Guan completed his first jump without any sense of presence. The jump was very good, and the result was not bad, but there was no cheering, shouting, or even encouraging applause in the arena. Everyone was still talking about the 8.05 meters that Zhang Guan just made.

In general world-class competitions, such as the World Athletics Championships, you can almost enter the final if you can jump 8 meters in the qualifying round, and you can also enter the final in the Olympics by jumping 8 meters.

Among the Olympic Games in recent years, the one with the highest level of long jump is the Athens Olympic Games. The lowest score in the Athens Olympic qualifying competition is exactly 8.05 meters. So Zhang Guan's jump, even in the Athens Olympics, can still enter the finals. In this National Athletics Championships, it can be said that he has steadily entered the finals.

Less than 20 minutes into the qualifying round of the long jump, there was a result that made it to the finals, which meant that there was one less place in the finals. Several athletes chose a more unrestrained jumping method, hoping to achieve a better result. Some achieved results and some failed, but generally speaking, the athletes' performance has improved.

After the first round of trial jumps, the second round of competition will begin immediately.

Zhang Guan directly chose to give up the second and third rounds. This situation is often seen in the qualifying competitions of long jump and triple jump. Big-name athletes only jump once or twice, and stop jumping when the results are satisfactory. One is to preserve strength, and the other is to avoid injuries.

In the end, Zhang Guan undoubtedly entered the final as the first place in Group A, and in the subsequent qualifying competition in Group B, no athlete could surpass Zhang Guan, and Zhang Guan finally entered the final with the first place in the total score the final.

In a few hours, as night falls, the 800-meter heats will also begin.

The middle-distance running event is obviously not as popular as the sprint event, and the number of participating athletes is much smaller. There are only three groups of athletes participating in the preliminaries.

Since this is Zhang Guan's first appearance in the 800-meter race, the 800-meter preliminary race has become a highlight of today's competition.

The starting position of the 800-meter sprint is approximately at the opposite corner of the starting line of the 200-meter sprint. The distance between the athletes is the same as that of the 200-meter sprint. The first 100 meters are run in lanes. Turning, and after entering the straight track, the athletes in the outer lane can go inside to grab the inner lane after crossing the mark of the lane-grabbing line.

In terms of starting for athletes, there is no need for a starting block for 800 meters, so naturally there is no need for a squatting start, so athletes often choose a half-squat starting method.

Although Zhang Guan is participating in the 800-meter race for the first time, no one will underestimate him, because Zhang Guan is the world champion of the 400-meter race, and his 400-meter level is several grades behind domestic athletes.

The 400-meter run and the 800-meter run have a lot in common, and the 400-meter run is recognized as the most difficult track and field running event. Generally, athletes who are strong at the 400-meter level will not be too weak to run the 800-meter run. So everyone feels that with Zhang Guan's 400-meter level, it is still very easy to win a medal in the domestic 800-meter competition.

As if to take care of Zhang Guan, the organizing committee arranged the first track for Zhang Guan, that is, the innermost runway, so that Zhang Guan saved the trouble of rushing to the lane. Zhang Guan only needs to pay attention not to compete with other outside lanes Athletes bump into each other on the line.

The semi-squat start made Zhang Guan a little uncomfortable. He has practiced track and field for more than three years, and he has always been training for sprint events. He also used the squat start. Without the starting block, he suddenly changed the start The posture made Zhang Guan feel like he couldn't find the game.

"Everyone, get ready..."

Zhang Guan heard the long-lost command in Chinese, which made him feel like he had traveled back to two years ago. But then the gunshots rang out immediately, Zhang Guan didn't care about emotion, and quickly rushed out of the starting line.

The first 100 meters were run in lanes in the corners, and because the race had just started, the athletes were relatively energetic, and everyone’s speed was relatively fast. Many outsiders will deliberately run the first 100 meters faster, so that they can merge to the inside afterward.

Zhang Guan directly activated the incomplete sprint skill. Zhang Guan felt that if he sprinted directly in a curve, his physical strength would be relatively high, and there were still 700 meters to run in the back. If he could save a little more energy, he would save more, so he chose It is not fully active, but even so, Zhang Guan is still the fastest in the first 100-meter corner.

Zhang Guan's own speed is much faster than other domestic athletes. Zhang Guan usually runs 400 meters in an incomplete sprint state. In this state, he can run the first 100 meters of curves in 11.5 seconds. , which is the world's top 400-meter starting corner speed.

But now it's the 800-meter race, athletes can't have the speed of 400-meter sports, and the level of domestic athletes is far from the world's top. distance.

"Zhang Guan runs so fast!"

"What happened? Did he forget about it and ran the 800 meters? Why did he still use the 400 meters! Our 400 meters are not so fast."

"There is no need to cut the innermost runway, so why run so fast!"

"As expected of Zhang Guan, he can run 800 meters so fast."

Everyone began to discuss in low voices. Director Ma, Director Yu and others sitting on the rostrum also had an expression of watching a show, but Coach Zhou's face was depressed and embarrassed.

"Zhang Guan, it's true that he hasn't run 800 meters! No one can run so fast. After a while, he won't be able to run anymore! Does this kid want to lead the race?" Coach Zhou thought silently .

After passing the breakline, the athletes began to merge to the inside. In fact, the merge is a process that greatly affects the speed, especially for athletes who are relatively on the outer track. He should be more careful not to collide with others, and some top players in the world In the competition, after the outermost athletes complete the merge, they may all run to the end of the straight track.

Generally speaking, after the athlete moves to the innermost track, even if the merge is completed, a track is actually very wide and can accommodate two athletes running side by side, but the outer athlete may need to run a little longer. .

Because Zhang Guan was too fast in front, he found that other athletes were left behind by him when he broke through the breakaway line.

"There is no one in front, so it's useless for me to follow and run. This won't work, and I definitely can't lead." Zhang Guan immediately removed his sprinting skills, and his speed slowed down instantly.

Zhang Guan has no sprinting skills, and his speed is at the level of a normal athlete. In the past two years, his physical fitness skills have continuously strengthened his body, coupled with regular training, Zhang Guan is still considered a relatively strong athlete. In terms of speed, it is natural. It's a lot higher than ordinary people, but compared to the previous perverted speed, it's like heaven and earth.

"Ah, Zhang Guan is slow! It's so slow all of a sudden!"

"It seems that he also realized that he rushed too hard at the beginning!"

"I thought he was going to lead the race! So it's not!"

"Leading? That's so tiring. Zhang Guan won't lead the race for the first time running 800 meters!"

Everyone watching the match began to discuss, and the other seven athletes in the competition were also taken aback.

"Zhang Guan is slow, so slow all of a sudden! I thought you were going to rush to the finish line so fast, I jumped off!" The athlete chased after him while thinking.

Zhang Guan slowed down, and the athletes who were preparing to merge to the inside were overjoyed. They immediately started to speed up, hoping to surpass Zhang Guan, and then occupy the inside and run to a better position.

In the competition, some athletes sometimes choose to lead in order to occupy a better position.

Long-distance running and middle-distance running lead differently.

In long-distance running, leading is a tragedy in nine out of ten cases. Leading consumes a lot of energy. Athletes don’t want to lead, so it often happens that everyone gets slower and slower. Sometimes the organizers spend money to hire Leaders, commonly known as "rabbits", are responsible for professionally leading the race to improve athletes' performance. Therefore, "rabbit" generally runs faster, but will give up the game in the second half of the game.

In competitions without "rabbits", long-distance running countries like Ethiopia have an advantage. Many of their athletes are competing, and they can adopt alternate leading tactics to control the rhythm of the competition, and sometimes even use "three guarantees" One" gold-winning tactic, one person goes for the gold medal, and the other two are dedicated to causing trouble for the opponent.

In the middle-distance running competition, there will obviously be no "rabbits". Leading the middle-distance running is actually a double-edged sword. The leader of the mid-run will also consume more energy, but he can control the rhythm of the game. The leader can run according to his own rhythm, while the people behind need to be forced to adapt to the pace of the leader. It is also common for some powerful leaders to lead directly to the finish line in middle-distance races.

On the field, Zhang Guan slowed down, and immediately there was a leader running in front. Zhang Guangang wanted to speed up to keep up, but another athlete was inserted in front of him.

"It doesn't matter, let's run with the front!" Zhang Guan posted the athlete who was ranked second in front, and began to use the skill of follow-up.

In the 800-meter race, the runners can’t get much distance before the sprint. Everyone is in the same group, and the second place is almost close to the second place, while Zhang Guan follows behind, in terms of speed and rhythm. It was exactly the same as the second place he lived with.

"Follow me and save 50% of my physical strength. It's really easy!" Zhang Guan seemed a little complacent.

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