The qualification for the long jump continues.
The athlete who played after Zhang Guan completed his first jump without any sense of presence. The jump was very good, and the score was OK, but there were no cheers, no shouts, or even applause. Everyone was still talking about the 8.05 meters Zhang Guan just made.
In general world-class competitions, such as the World Championships in Athletics, qualifiers can skip the eight meters to reach the finals, and skipping the eight meters in the Olympics may also allow you to enter the finals.
In the Olympics in recent years, the highest level of the long jump was the Athens Olympics. The minimum score of the Athens Olympic qualifier was 8.05 meters. Therefore, Zhang Guan's jump, even if it was placed in the Athens Olympics, he can still reach the finals. In this national track and field event, it can be said to be steadily reaching the finals.
The qualifier for the long jump has just started in less than 20 minutes and it is steadily reaching the finals, which is equivalent to one less place in the finals. This makes the athletes who have played or have not yet played feel more pressure. Several athletes choose a more unrestrained style of hopping, hoping to be able to fight for a better score. Some will score and some will fail, but generally speaking, athletes' performance has improved.
After the first round of trial jumping, the second round of competition will begin immediately.
Zhang Guan chose to give up the second and third rounds. This situation is often seen in qualifiers for long jumps and triple jumps. Big-name athletes only make one or two jumps, and when they are satisfied with their performance, they will not jump. One is to save strength, and the other is to avoid injury.
In the end, Zhang Guan undoubtedly entered the final with the first place in Group A. In the qualifying group B competition, no athletes could surpass Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan finally entered the first place in the total score for the finals.
A few hours later, as the night gradually attacked, the 800-meter preliminaries will also begin.
The middle-distance event is not as hot as the sprint event, and there are fewer athletes. There are only three groups of athletes in the preliminaries, and the top two in each group plus the two best third places will advance to the 800m finals the day after.
Since this is Zhang Guan's first appearance on the 800-meter field, the 800-meter preliminary game has become a highlight of today's game.
The 800-meter starting position is about the diagonal of the 200-meter sprint starting line. The distance between the athletes is the same as the 200-meter distance. For the first 100 meters, athletes are running in separate lanes. After the start, the athlete must finish a curve on his track, and then after entering the straight runway, after passing the mark of the snatch line, the athlete of the outer lane can go inward to grab the inner lane.
In terms of athletes' starting, 800 meters do not need a starting device, so naturally, they do not need squat starting, so athletes often choose semi-squat starting.
Although Zhang Guan was participating in the 800m race for the first time, no one would underestimate him, because Zhang Guan was the world champion in the 400m run, and his 400m level was several grades away from 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 event. Generally, 400-meter athletes who are strong at 400 meters will not be too weak in the 800 meters. So everyone thinks that it is still easy to win a medal in the domestic 800-meter competition at Zhang Guan's 400-meter level.
The organizing committee seemed to take care of Zhang Guan and arranged the first track for Zhang Guan, which was the innermost runway, so Zhang Guan saved the trouble of grabbing the road. Zhang Guan only needed to pay attention and not have to grab the road inward from the outside so the athletes won't just hit.
The semi-squat start made Zhang Guan a little uncomfortable. He has been practicing track and field for more than three years. He has been training for sprint events. He also used a squat start, without the starting block, and suddenly changed the start. The posture makes Zhang Guan feel a little unable to find the game.
"Everyone, prepare..."
Zhang Guan heard the long-lost Chinese command sound, which made him feel like he had crossed two years ago. But then the gunshots immediately sounded, Zhang Guan couldn't help feeling, he quickly rushed out of the starting line.
The first 100 meters was a split-run in a curve, and because of the start of the game, the athletes have plenty of physical strength, and everyone's speed is relatively fast. Many out-of-path athletes will deliberately run faster in the first 100 meters so that the back-facing side merges.
Zhang Guan directly activated the skill of incomplete sprinting. Zhang Guan felt that if it was a direct curve sprint, the physical energy consumption would be relatively large, and there were 700 meters left to run. Incomplete sprint activation, but even so, Zhang Guan was the fastest in the first 100-meter curve.
Zhang Guan's speed is a lot faster than other domestic athletes. Zhang Guan usually runs 400 meters in an incomplete sprint state. In this state, for the 100 meters, the race can be run within 11.5 seconds. It is the world's top 400m starting curve speed.
But now it the 800 meters sprint event, athletes can't have the speed of 400 meters, and the level of domestic athletes is far from the world's top. The result is this corner, Zhang Guan pulled away from others.
"Zhang Guan runs so fast!"
"How did it happen? Did he forget that this is the 800-meter run? Why still use the 400-meter run technique! He didn't run so fast for the 400-meter."
"The innermost runway, there is no need to cut the road, so there no reason for running so fiercely!"
"It's worthy of Zhang Guan. He's so fast in the 800 meters."
Everyone talked in a whisper. Director Ma and Coach Yu were sitting on the podium were all expressionless watching the show. Only Coach Zhou's face was depressed and embarrassing.
"Isn't this kid Zhang Guan running 800 meters! How could he run so fast, and he wouldn't be able to run after a while without physical strength! Does this kid want to lead?" Coach Zhou thought silently.
After crossing the lane, athletes start to merge inwards. Merging is a process that affects speed very much. Especially for athletes who rely on the outer track, they must be more careful not to collide with others. In the outermost athletes may have reached the end of the straight track after completing the merge.
Generally speaking, even if the athlete moves to the innermost track, even if it is a parallel, the track is actually very wide and can accommodate two athletes running side by side, but the athlete who is outside may need to run a little more distance.
Zhang Guan's speed was too fast in front of him. When he broke the lane line, he found that other athletes were left behind by him.
"There is no one in front of me and it will be useless to follow the run. This will not work, and I can never lead." Zhang Guan immediately removed his sprinting skills, and the speed slowed down instantly.
Zhang Guan without sprinting skills, the speed is the level of normal athletes. In the past two years, with strong physical fitness skills continue to strengthen the body, coupled with regular training, Zhang Guan is still a relatively strong athlete, on the speed of natural A lot higher than ordinary people, but compared to the previous abnormal speed is almost one heaven and one underground.
"Yeah, Zhang Guan is slowing down! So much slower!"
"It seems that he also realized that he just started to rush too hard!"
"I thought he was ready to lead! It turned out not!"
"Leader? How tired is that, Zhang Guan will run 800 meters for the first time, and he will not lead!"
The crowd watching the game started talking about it, and the other seven athletes in the competition on the field were also stunned.
"Zhang Guan is so slow! I thought he would have to rush to the finish line!" The athlete was catching up while thinking.
Zhang Guan slowed down. Several athletes who were preparing to merge to the inside immediately rejoiced. They immediately started to accelerate, hoping to surpass Zhang Guan in front, and then occupy the inside to run to a better position.
In the competition, some athletes sometimes choose to lead to occupy a better position.
The front runners for long-distance and middle-distance races are different.
In long-distance running, leading the way is very tragic. The leader consumes a lot of physical energy. Athletes do not want to lead, so it is often the case that everyone is slower and slower. The organizers sometimes spend money to hire the front runner, commonly known as the "rabbit", is responsible for professionally leading the race to improve the athlete's performance. Therefore, "Rabbit" generally runs faster, but will give up the game in the second half of the game.
In races without "rabbits", long-distance powers like Ethiopia have an advantage. Many of their athletes can take the lead in alternating tactics to control the rhythm of the game, and sometimes even use the "three guarantees". One's gold-winning tactics, one person runs for the gold medal, and the other two make trouble for the opponent.
In the middle distance race, there is no "rabbit". The middle runner is a double-edged sword. The middle runner will consume more physical energy but can control the rhythm of the game. The front runner can run at his own pace, and the people behind will need to be forced to adapt to the pace of the front runner. Some capable front runners, who lead directly to the finish line, are also often seen in middle distance races.
On the field, Zhang Guan slowed down, and immediately a leader ran ahead. Zhang Guan wanted to speed up to catch up, but an athlete was inserted in front.
"It doesn't matter, just run ahead!" Zhang Guan posted the second-ranked athlete in the front and started to use the skills of following.
Running at 800 meters, the athletes can't pull any distance before the sprint. Everyone is in a unified group. This second place is almost close to the first place, and Zhang Guan follows behind, in terms of speed and pace. It's the same as the second place he wished to follow.
"Follow the run, save 50% of your physical strength, and it's really easy!" Zhang Guan looked smug.