The lead of this group of athletes was too slow in the early stage, and this result was also expected by Director Ma.
However, Zhang Guan's performance made Director Ma feel great gains.
"Old Yu, how does Zhang Guan run?" Director Ma asked.
"Are you asking about performance or running style?" Yu Gui said.
"In terms of results, this 1 minute and 51 seconds is not Zhang Guan's best result." Director Ma looked at Zhang Guan who was exiting, and then said, "Talk about technique!"
"The running method Zhang Guan used reminds me of when he ran 400 meters. In the 800-meter race, Zhang Guan still kept a lot of physical strength in the end. This kid does have special talents in physical reserve." Coach Yu paused, and then said, "What I doubt is that his physical strength is so good, why not directly lead to the end? Then he can run at his own pace and he will get better results."
"I can't figure it out either." Director Ma took a deep breath and lowered his voice, then asked, "Old Yu, how fast do you think Zhang Guan can run?"
"It's hard to say, after all, I'm not specializing in the middle run, but judging from experience, Zhang Guan's 800 meters should be able to run within 1 minute and 47 seconds." Yu Gui said a number that even he felt quite high.
"Is it less than 1 minute and 47 seconds? That's a first-rate result in Asia." Director Ma's voice changed, and then said, "Do you think Zhang Guan will participate in the Asian Games?"
"Do you want Zhang Guan to run the 800 meters of the Asian Games?" Yu Gui's eyes widened in surprise.
"I'm just talking casually." Director Ma motioned to sit down under the couch, and then said, "But Zhang Guan seems to want to go to the Asian Games for 800 meters."
"No!" Yu Gui immediately shook his head, "He will be tired from participating in the 100m, 200m, and 400m races, at most letting him go for a long jump! Does he have to run 800m? I want to take him to where the animals are taken!"
Director Ma smiled embarrassedly. Although Coach Yu is the deputy head coach of international track and field, he is also the coach of the sprint event. Naturally, he will be biased towards the sprint event. Therefore, it is also common for him to oppose Zhang Guan's participation in the middle distance race.
Director Ma went on to say, "In fact, before this, I was on a phone call with Zhang Guan."
Director Ma told Yu Gui the content of the previous conversation with Zhang Guan, and Yu Gui suddenly fell into silence. After a long time, Yu Gui said, "Yes, this kid is very ambitious. He wants to participate in the 800 meters and 1500 meters of the Asian Games, which is in line with his personality."
"There is a saying, oh right! The world of genius is not what we can imagine!" Director Ma made a joke and then said, "I always thought that a person's energy is limited, it is unlikely that in every sport there has to have high achievements, but now it seems that there are always things in the world that I cannot understand. "
"Don't sigh, Zhang Guan wants to participate in the 800 meters of the Asian Games. What are your plans? Give me a word." Yu Gui said.
"I haven't decided yet. I was thinking, if Zhang Guan can win an Asian Games medal in the middle-distance event, it's okay to send him to try it. Our country's middle-run level is too weak, and the middle-run It has never been valued by anyone. If Zhang Guan participates in the middle-distance race and can awaken everyone's attention to the middle-distance race, I think it is worth it." Director Ma said.
In China, middle distance running is indeed the weakest track and field event. In terms of attention, the middle-run is certainly not as popular as the sprint. People all know who is the 100-meter world record holder, but who will remember the middle-run world record holder. Therefore, most top-ranking track and field athletes in China will choose the sprint event.
For those track and field athletes with average explosiveness but good endurance, the first choice is race walking or long-distance running. Race walking has always been the strength of the national team. Both men and women have the strength to win championships in world-class competitions. "Since the times, it has continuously made achievements in the world, and its attention and training level are also higher than that of the middle run.
Director Ma, as the head coach of the national team, of course, considers issues from the entire track and field career. Since the appearance of the two athletes Zhang Guan and Liu Feiren at the Athens Olympics, the development of short track and field events in China has been extremely rapid, and a large number of outstanding young athletes have emerged. Long-distance running has always been developing well.
Especially after Zhang Guan won several 400-meter championships, the attention of the 400-meter crowd increased instantly, and even the popularity of Varina also increased rapidly in China. Many ordinary people know that a white foreigner named Varina in America is Zhang Guan's main competitor. At the same time, some athletes who originally practiced 800 meters are ready to switch to 400 meters, which makes the development of middle-distance running weaker and weaker.
Zhang Guan is now the focus of the whole country. If Zhang Guan can win the middle-run medal of the Asian Games, or even the gold medal of the middle-run project, then the middle-run project will be valued by people immediately. This is a major concern for the entire track and field in China. The environment is favorable.
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On the second day of the game, Zhang Guan had only one game, the men's 1500m preliminaries.
The strength of domestic athletes at 1500 meters is slightly stronger than 800 meters. The rise of the Majia Army in the early 1990s directly led to domestic long-distance running. Although 1500 meters is a middle-distance running, because the technical characteristics are the same as long-distance running, 1500 meters was also a beneficiary of the rise of the Majiajun at that time. In the early 1990s, several excellent athletes appeared.
The number of domestic athletes who practice 1500m is more than 800m, so more people are participating in the 1500m competition, but the competition is still divided into three groups because the 1500m start is not a split run.
In split games, athletes each occupy a track, and the number of participants in a game is limited. In non-divided games, athletes stand in a row, one person, two people, three people... In short just stand on the runway. Especially in the 10,000-meter long-distance race, the athletes are inherently slim, and 17 or 18 people can run at the same time in a race.
There are a total of 13 athletes participating in Zhang Guan's group, including two very good 1500m athletes, one named Tang Baojun and the other named Yang Anyone. They have also won the championship of domestic track and field Grand Prix.
The starting point of 1500 meters is behind the snatch line. The athletes stand on the starting line in an arc. The athletes on the outer runway stand relatively forward and the inner runway stands relatively backward.
At a distance of 1500 meters, the arrangement of tactics becomes very important, and the more experienced the athletes, the better the execution of the tactics. Therefore, even if the experienced athletes do not have the strength of the first place, there are May to win the championship.
Before the game, the coach began to arrange tactics for the athletes, and coach Zhou also called Zhang Guan to his side.
Coach Zhou himself is a special coach for middle-distance running, especially in the 1500 meters. Therefore, the strength of provincial athletes in 1500 runs is very strong. Coach Zhou can give Zhang Guan the quota for the 1500-meter run. The track and field team attaches great importance to Zhang Guan.
Coach Zhou looked at Zhang Guan and thought for a long time without knowing what tactics to arrange. The provincial team originally gave Zhang Guan a quota for the middle-run race, which was originally a face-saving act, and he did not expect Zhang Guan to get any results. However, yesterday's 800-meter game surprised Coach Zhou. He also saw the Zhang Guan limit of 800 meters is more than 1 minute and 51 seconds. According to Zhang Guan's physical strength, he can make faster results.
"What tactics should be assigned to Zhang Guan? The more long-distance running tactics are, the more 1500-meter tactics are already." Coach Zhou was silent for more than twenty seconds, and finally said, "Well, come on run well! Remember to protect yourself, don't get injured, it doesn't matter what you score."
Coach Zhou put on a posture of "you just have fun", making Zhang Guan speechless.
This is not the case for other coaches. According to the rules, only four of the 13 athletes in this group will eventually qualify. According to the proportion of promotion, the competition in this group is more intense than ordinary sprint events, so the coaches are very serious toward athletes when arranging tactics.
After a few minutes, the athletes took up the starting line. Zhang Guan was split into the middle position this time, so he needed to snatch the inside in a game.
Athletes of 1500 meters are generally tall and thin, but few domestic athletes can exceed one meter and nine. As a sprinter, Zhang Guan has many more muscles than middle and long-distance runners, so he suddenly appears in the crowd standing tall.
For those on the scene, this game is very interesting. The strength of this group of athletes is relatively high. Both Tang Baojun and Yang Anyone is very capable athletes who have a chance to win the championship, and Zhang Guan's 1500m debut is what everyone looks forward to.
With a gunshot, the game began.
This time Zhang Guan didn't immediately start the sprint skills. In the 800-meter race yesterday, Zhang Guan started a sprint that exceeded the distance of other athletes by several meters. Then Zhang Guan had to slow down to run. It made Zhang Guan feel a little outweighed, so after summing up his experience, Zhang Guan simply started slowly and could keep up with the pace of the big group.
So Zhang Guan started to move towards the inner runway at a normal pace, but in terms of snatching the road, Zhang Guan was not good at it and lacked experience, so he was constantly stuck in position by other athletes, waiting for him to merge into the innermost runway At that time, he became the last one.
"Woo..." Many people made a marvelous voice. Zhang Guan, who often leads in sprint competitions, even fell to the last place, which made the audience instantly interested.
But sports professionals haven't responded so much. This is a 1500-meter middle distance run. The first 100 meters won't decide anything. The final sprint is the key. At the start, he fell to the last place, and the example of getting the first place in the final overtake often appeared in the game.
Zhang Guan also doesn't care about this. In the 1500m race, there is a distance of more than 1000m. The athletes will run in the same group at a constant speed, and they can't pull away from each other. So following the first runner is also running. The penultimate run is also a run, everyone's speed is the same, so no difference.
Therefore, Zhang Guan stayed in the last place honestly, closely following the penultimate place
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