All-round Athlete

Chapter 208 The Promise of the Six Champions

The lounge of the national team was full of jubilation at this time. Zhang Guan broke the 200-meter world record, so the coaches and athletes were celebrating for him.

When everyone was almost celebrating, Director Ma called Zhang Guan to his side.

Director Ma said to Zhang Guan: "Actually, I already knew about one thing, but I didn't tell you because I was afraid of affecting your competition status. Now that the Track and Field World Cup is over, I'll just tell you! In the Asian Games, the center already has an answer to your participation in the 800-meter and 1500-meter middle-distance running events."

"The center agreed?" Zhang Guan asked eagerly.

"I agree, I agree." Director Ma nodded, and continued: "But there is a prerequisite."

"I knew there would be this." Zhang Guan smiled helplessly, and then asked: "No problem, I just promise it."

"You didn't even ask what the conditions were, just agreed? What if it's a trick to you?" Director Ma said with a smile.

Zhang Guan shrugged indifferently, and said: "Anyway, if I don't agree, I will definitely not be allowed to participate in the competition. Sooner or later, I will be on this thief boat, so let's have fun!"

"You can think about it." Director Ma said and stretched out his hand, and then said: "Let me count for you. In this Asian Games, you will participate in 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 4 times 100 meters, long jump, 800 meters The seven events of meters and 1500 meters, right?"

"That's right." Zhang Guan nodded.

"Let's remove the 4 by 100 meters, so you still have six events to participate in. You must guarantee that you must win the championship in these six events before the General Administration will allow you to participate." Director Ma said.

Zhang Guan was ecstatic in his heart, he participated in the competition just for the championship. But in terms of expression, Zhang Guan frowned in embarrassment on purpose, and said: "There are many unexpected situations in this official competition, and the competition situation is also changing rapidly. No one can guarantee that they will win the championship."

"It's okay if you don't win the championships in these six events, but you are not allowed to think about middle-distance running in the future! At least give me a good sprint practice before the next Olympic Games." Director Ma said.

"The center is afraid that my energy will be too distracted, which will affect the performance of the sprint event!" Zhang Guan said.

"I'm also afraid that your tail is too high, and you don't know the heights of the sky and the earth!" Director Ma continued.

Zhang Guan nodded: "That's fine, no problem, six champions will be six champions! In the case of 4 by 100 meters, as long as the others don't lose the chain, I will bring the champion back to you!"

"Don't talk too much. You saw the 800-meter race just now. Bahrain's Carmel won the championship. The West Asians are world-class in middle-distance running. Let's not talk about Carmel. Well, Ramzi also won a medal in the 1500m event yesterday. In addition to Bahrain, Cartel and Saudi Arabia also have several African naturalized athletes. Their strengths are all top-notch in the world. At least there is no problem in reaching the semi-finals of the Olympic Games , it’s just that this time, due to the quota limit, I didn’t come.” Director Ma persuaded.

"Don't worry, the number of world champions who have lost to me in these years is still very small! I'm afraid there must be seven or eight, and one or two more will be better." Zhang Guan said confidently.

...

An interview with Zhang Guan is being broadcast on the TV screen.

"Zhang Guan, as the world's sprint king, winning the 200-meter championship is already expected before the competition, but I don't think anyone thought you could break the 200-meter world record! Excuse me. During the race, did you have a premonition that you could break the 200-meter world record?" A reporter asked.

Zhang Guan thought for a while, and then answered: "Not at all. I enjoyed the race very much at the time, so I didn't think about breaking the world record. I didn't realize that I was in it until I crossed the finish line and saw the final result. Broke the 200m world record."

"Zhang Guan, I saw rumors that you already have the strength to break the 200-meter world record, but you deliberately hid your strength before, right?" Another reporter asked.

"This is really not hiding my strength. It's really because there are relatively few 200-meter races. Many grand prix and golden leagues don't set up 200-meter races. I also don't have the opportunity to express myself." Zhang Guan said.

Immediately another reporter asked: "Now you have three world records, and they are all in the sprint event. It can be said that you are already the well-deserved world sprint king. In yesterday's competition, you also showed the world record in the long jump event. Top-level strength, I don’t know if you have any ideas or plans to develop other sports in the future? For example, high jump? Pole vault? Or obstacle races such as hurdles?”

Zhang Guan remembered that he had just been allowed to participate in the middle-distance running in the Asian Games not long ago, so he said, "I plan to try middle-distance running in the next step."

The surrounding reporters suddenly raised their spirits. Zhang Guan is going to enter the middle distance running event, which is more attractive than the previous two topics. A reporter immediately asked, "Excuse me, is the middle-distance running you mean 800 meters?"

I saw Zhang Guan then said: "I want to try both 800 meters and 1500 meters."

"Oh..." This answer made the reporters on the scene even more excited. If Zhang Guan only ran 800 meters, it would still be within the scope of comprehension. After all, 800 meters and 400 meters have some similarities, but 1500 meters It's different, it has nothing in common with Zhang Guan's previous sprint events. As a sprinter, Zhang Guan would undoubtedly start from scratch if he wanted to run 1,500 meters.

A female reporter asked expectantly: "How long will we have to wait before we can see you galloping in the middle-distance race?"

"Actually, I have already participated in a middle-distance running competition in a domestic competition not long ago. I participated in both the 800-meter and 1500-meter events." Zhang Guan answered.

"How's the result? Did you win the championship?" The female reporter continued to ask.

Zhang Guan nodded, admitted it, and then continued: "That competition is also a selection competition for this year's Asian Games. I think I will participate in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter middle-distance races in the Doha Asian Games soon. project."

"Wow!" The reporters around immediately exploded, and the discussion was endless.

"This year is Zhang Guangang's clubhouse! It's already September, which means there are still three months left?"

"Asian Games? Where is it held? When is it held?"

"I know, it's in Doha, Qatar. It should be in early December."

"In other words, it will be more than two months before we can see Zhang Guan participating in the middle-distance running!"

Naturally, the discussions of these reporters would not be recorded on the TV. When Zhang Guan had just finished answering the questions, the TV screen had already switched back to the host.

The pause button on the TV was suddenly pressed, and then an elderly white man in front of the TV said, "You all saw it, Zhang Guan is going to enter the middle distance running event."

This elderly man is named Virgil, an American and a famous middle-distance running coach in the United States. He had already lived a retired life, but was hired by Bahrain with a high salary to coach several famous middle-distance runners in Bahrain. The rapid development of Bahrain's middle distance running in recent years is precisely because of Virgil's good coaching.

Not far from Virgil, Joseph Kamel curled his lips in disdain: "Sprinting is not the same as mid-range running."

Joseph Carmel had just won the 800-meter championship in the Track and Field World Cup. At this time, he was in the limelight, and he didn't pay attention to Zhang Guan at all.

"I think we need to pay attention to Zhang Guan. He is the most physically gifted athlete in the world. He can span from 100 meters to 400 meters, and he can break the world record. Maybe he can also achieve achievements in middle distance running. .”

The speaker is Rashid Ramzi, who won both the 800-meter and 1,500-meter world championships at the 2005 World Championships, and was known as the king of middle-distance running at the time. But this year his condition is not good, so he failed to win a medal in the Athletics World Cup.

"Rashid, I admit that Zhang Guan's physical fitness is very good, but don't forget that our physical fitness is not bad, and we can use many tactics in mid-distance running. You, me, and Bella, the three of us If so, tactics can drag Zhang Guan down!" Carmel said.

The "Bella" in Carmel's mouth is called Bella-Mansour-Ali. Like Ramzi, he is a Kenyan naturalized athlete in Bahrain. He once won the 1,500-meter championship in the World Youth Championship. The world's top player, but he did not come to participate in the Track and Field World Cup this time. He is the kind of top athlete who failed to participate "due to quota restrictions" in Director Ma's mouth.

Carmel went on to say: "There are many talented athletes in this world, and Zhang Guan is not the only one who is dominant in sprint racing. Look at Phelps in swimming, he is also swimming. He is a monopoly in short-distance events, but has he participated in the 1500-meter swimming? Could it be that Phelps disdains winning the gold medal in the 1500-meter swimming? Of course not. It is because Phelps has self-knowledge, even if he It is impossible to win the championship in the 1500-meter swimming. From short-distance events to middle-distance events, and to win the world championship, no one in this world can do it!"

Ramzi was still very worried. He said, "Zhang Guan also mentioned in the press conference that he once won a gold medal in middle-distance running in a domestic competition in China."

"China's domestic competition? How many results can there be?" Carmel said disdainfully.

At this moment, coach Virgil's cell phone rang, and after he answered it, he talked to the other party for a few words, then hung up, and then said: "Gentlemen, I learned about Zhang Guan's participation in middle-distance races in China through my friends. It was a national track and field championship held in China. Zhang Guan did not participate in the sprint at that time, but won the championships in the 800 meters, 1500 meters and long jump. Zhang Guan's 800 meters time was 1 minute 46 seconds 11,1500 The meter score is 3:35.85."

"Hahaha..." Carmel laughed suddenly: "The score is 1 minute and 46 seconds away, well, we don't have to worry about Zhang Guan at all now."

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