All-round Athlete

Chapter 890 Conquering the Triathlon

After finishing 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 its history is longer than that of the Summer Resort and the Summer Palace. Because there is a very good water area in Hyde Park, the Olympic marathon swimming, as well as the swimming in the triathlon, are held here.

The triathlon is Zhang Guan's only competition today, and it is also the longest competition.

A lot of spectators came to the scene, which is enough to reflect the love of the British for this sport, and more importantly, this is another gold medal that was predetermined by the British.

Britain is the most powerful country in triathlon. The British team has a pair of brothers. The elder brother is named Alistair Brownlee and the younger brother is Johnny Brownlee. The two brothers occupy the top of the world rankings. two.

The Brownlee brothers are known as "born triathletes". Their father is a long-distance runner, and their mother is a swimmer. They have excellent genetics from their parents, making the two brothers very athletic since childhood.

The Brownlee brothers' uncle was a professional triathlete, so they trained with him at an early age. The Brownlee brothers swept the entire British triathlon junior competition when they were children, and they later participated in the youth competition as teenage athletes. When they were young, their peers were no match for the Brownlee Brothers. As young athletes, they began to participate in adult competitions, and later, they were able to win the championship in the adult group. If it is placed in a fairy tale novel, the Brownlee Brothers are almost the kind of existence that trains Qi to kill Jianji, Jianji kills Jindan, and Jindan kills Nascent Soul.

Today, the Brownlee brothers almost dominate the entire triathlon sport. Even the former world champion, Spaniard Noah, can only avoid the edge when encountering the Brownlee brothers. Except for Noah, no one can pose a threat to the Brownlee Brothers.

At this moment, the Brownlee brothers were standing together, and countless cameras were aimed at them.

"Johnny, I won't show mercy this time." Big Brown said.

"Hehe, when have you ever been merciful?" Little Brownlie curled his lips: "I also came for the gold medal! If I lead, I won't let you."

"Gold medal? Then you have to pass my level first! In the contest between us, I have always won!"

"I've beaten you many times too!" Little Brownlee said unconvinced. Suddenly, he saw Zhang Guan who was getting ready in the distance.

"Is that Zhang Guan?" Brownlee asked.

Big Brownlee looked back and nodded: "It's Zhang Guan. He also came to participate in the triathlon competition? I haven't heard of it before!"

"Maybe we have another formidable enemy!" Little Brownlee said

"Strong rival? No way! There has never been a decent triathlete in Asia. Although Zhang Guan is famous, this is triathlon, not track and field and tennis!" Big Brown said.

In the eyes of European and American athletes, Asian triathlons are indeed not worth mentioning, not to mention that the Brownlee brothers are the strongest triathletes in the world. For example, in the Rio Olympics, the Brownlee brothers won gold and silver medals. At that time, the Chinese domestic media gave such a headline: "The Brownlee brothers won the gold and silver in the triathlon, and the Chinese players tenaciously finished the race." From this It can be seen from the title how weak China's triathlon is, and even the finisher has to be described as "tenacious", which seems to have done a very remarkable thing.

So not only Big Brownlee, but most of the European players on the scene did not take Zhang Guan seriously.

But little Brownlee was more cautious than his elder brother. He said: "Zhang Guan is the Tour de France champion after all, and in this year's Olympic Games, he won two gold medals in the road cycling event. And in Wanwan In the long-distance race, Zhang Guan broke the world record! We still can't take it lightly."

"Triathlon is not a single event! You let those individual world champions come and compete with us for triathlon. It's good if they can last until the end of the game!" Big Brownlee still looked disdainful: "I still suggest You pay attention to Noah of Spain, 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.

Following the order of the starter, the contestants jumped into the water one after another.

However, not long after entering the water, Zhang Guan was already behind. After all, this is the Olympic Games, the highest-level triathlon in the world, and the strength of the players is naturally the best in the world. Compared with the competitors in the KIA Championships, their level is much higher.

Take the first 1.5 km swimming as an example, the scores of Asian athletes are generally above 19 points. Zhang Guan can already rank fifteenth in the Asian Championships after 20 minutes and 15 seconds, but in the Olympic Games In the arena, if no one takes more than 19 minutes, or even more than 18 minutes, it is already very slow. And if you want to come out on top in the 1.5-kilometer swimming event, you may have to swim for 17 minutes to be possible.

After all, Zhang Guan has not undergone professional swimming training. In terms of swimming, he can be regarded as a middle-level swimmer in Asia, but when it comes to the London Olympics, he is really at the bottom.

"Zhang Guan is behind, and a lot behind the leading group! At this speed, Zhang Guan may take more than 19 minutes!"

"I was looking forward to Zhang Guan's participation, but I didn't expect his level to be average, and he didn't surprise us."

"It's not just mediocre, it's really bad! This is the Olympic Games. If the swimming of 1.5 guilds takes more than 19 minutes, it must be the last one."

The audience talked about it, and then they stopped paying attention to Zhang Guan. Racing sports, the focus is always on the leader, and no one cares about the performance of the bottom one.

The time passed by every minute and every second, and after 16 minutes, the leading players had already started to sprint towards the shore. .

"Someone has landed, who is it? Who is number one?"

"Barga, Slovakia's Barga, his score is 16 minutes and 56 seconds! A score within 17 minutes!"

"Brownlee Brothers will compete with Noah again for second place! Noah! Noah is second, 17 points exactly."

"Junior Brownlee third place, 17 minutes and 02 seconds."

"Italian Fabian and Big Brownlie went ashore almost at the same time, 17 minutes and 04 seconds!"

The gap between the top six players was less than ten seconds. Basically, the former had just landed on the shore and stood firm, while the latter had already started to climb to the shore.

Ten seconds later, the players from the second group also went ashore one after another. After 17 minutes and 30 seconds, 26 athletes had completed the 15-kilometer swim, accounting for more than half of the 55 competitors.

In the 1.5-kilometer event, the 30-second gap can be regarded as a gap that can be ignored, because the next bicycle will be ridden for nearly an hour. Compared with the 30-second time difference, it is easy to recover during the ride.

After another 30 seconds, at 18 minutes, the lagging players began to climb ashore one after another.

"Perez of Spain, 18 minutes and 07 seconds, 36th!"

"Mexico Grajares, 18 minutes and 10 seconds, 41st!"

"Italian Userari, 18 minutes and 26 seconds, 44th!"

"Australian Sexton, 18 minutes and 53 seconds, 47th!"

"Brazilian Colucci, 18 minutes and 56 seconds, 50th!"

"American player Vilta, 18 minutes and 57 seconds, 52nd place!".

"Portugal's Pai also ranked 53rd in 18 minutes and 57 seconds!"

"Bermuda player Field, 18 minutes and 58 seconds, 54th!"

"The top 54 swimmers all completed the 1.5-kilometer swim within 19 minutes, and the last one, who hasn't finished yet?"

"I don't know, it's already more than 19 minutes. In the Olympic race, it takes more than 19 minutes for 1.5 kilometers, which is really slow."

"The last one is coming, over there! It may take another 20 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! My God, he was half a minute slower than No. 54, and he was two and a half minutes slower than No. 1. .”

"Zhang Guan is finished, so far behind, he must miss the medal."

"Medals? You think so much! It's already pretty good to finish the race!"

"It seems that there is going to be a big news in today's triathlon competition. Zhang Guan's first defeat in the London Olympics is about to be born!"

"Let me tell you, Zhang Guan is too overconfident. Does he think the triathlon is a 100-meter sprint?"

"Maybe Zhang Guan can dominate the Asian triathlon competition, but this is the Olympic Games, the top level in Asia, here can only be regarded as the bottom one!"

Amidst the people's discussion, Zhang Guan was the last one 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 and turned on the TV.

"It's a triathlon competition, the Brownlee brothers will definitely win the gold medal!" Sebastian was thinking, when Zhang Guan's picture appeared on the TV screen.

"Zhang Guan! This nasty guy also participated in the triathlon!" Sebastian said viciously.

The next moment, Zhang Guan's ranking appeared on the subtitle in the lower right corner.

"19 minutes and 27 seconds, 55th place? How many competitors are there in the triathlon? Let me think about it... It seems that there are only 55 competitors in total. So Zhang Guan is the last one? Haha! "Sebastian suddenly laughed excitedly.

As Zhang Guan was the last to complete the 1.5km swim, the broadcaster also gave a list of the rankings of all the players.

"The Brownlee brothers got third and fourth, and their results are very good. The first place is from Slovakia, 16 minutes and 56 seconds. What is the result of Zhang Guan? By the way, it is 19 minutes and 27 seconds, two points behind. Half!" The smile on Sebastian's face deepened.

Less than 20 minutes into the game, Zhang Guan was two and a half points behind. In Sebastian's view, Zhang Guan could just give up in the next game.

"This time, Zhang Guan will lose!" Sebastian decided not to change the channel, he wanted to watch the game until the end.

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