The press conference continued, and Director Ma was still the focus of the media.
A reporter got up and asked, "Zhang Guan jumped out of this year's best long jump in two consecutive games. I can be sure that Zhang Guan is one of the strongest long jump athletes in the world, but I'm curious. Is Zhang Guan so powerful during his usual training?"
Director Ma thought for a while and said, "Actually Zhang Guan is a competitive athlete. His performance in formal competitions is often better than his daily practice. When it comes to performance, Zhang Guan's performance last month at the Chinese Athletics Championships, he jumped more than 8.5 meters and broke the Asian long jump twice in the competition. It was just that the competition was a domestic event in China, so journalist friends may not understand this."
The reporters present showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.
"It turned out that Zhang Guan had skipped 8.5 meters a month ago! This result is placed in a general international event, and it is possible to get a medal!"
"He broke the Asian long jump record twice, although I don't know what the Asian record is, the score of more than 8.5 meters is enough to prove Zhang Guan's strength. It seems that it is not a coincidence that Zhang Guan won the track and field World Cup."
While the reporters whispered, another reporter asked, "Zhang Guan is already the king of sprinting. In the competition, he needs to participate in the 100-meter and 400-meter races at the same time. This seems incredible to many people. That's the matter and now with a long jump event, Zhang Guan can still win the championship. We all know that one's energy is limited, how does Zhang Guan allocate his energy? Is there any special training method?"
Director Ma smiled, but he heard what the reporter said. What the so-called "special training method" refers to, people with a clear eye will know when they hear it.
Director Ma replied unhurriedly, "There are many famous sprinters in the world who can achieve good results in long jump events, and sprint events and long jump events have similarities. It has been known for a long time, so as a sprinter if you want to practice long jump, you only need to master the skills after the jump. The athletes who want to get good results, rely on senior talent and hard training. There are no shortcuts and no special training methods. I think if you are going to question the star athletes who have both participated in the sprint and long jump events in the past, they will also give you such an answer."
The reporter wanted to ask another question, but the organizer did not give him another chance. Provoking such a topic at the press conference is also what the organizer does not want to see. So the working employee gave the microphone to another reporter.
This reporter's question is much more normal, "In tomorrow's game, Zhang Guan still needs to participate in the men's 200-meter sprint. I don't have the relevant results of Zhang Guan's participation in the 200-meter sprint here, but as a 100-meter sprinter with the world record holder of the 400-meter sprint, I think Zhang Guan's 200-meter strength is also unusual. At present, Zhang Guan is also the number one favorite in winning the 200-meter championship. I don't know what you think of the 200-meter race tomorrow."
"I would like to explain to my friends that Zhang Guan once participated in the 200-meter sprint race of the East Asian Games in the past and broke the 200-meter Asian record with a score of 19.98 seconds. Of course, this result is not enough to win the championship in the international arena. But now a year has almost passed. Zhang Guan has improved a lot both physically and technically. I am also looking forward to Zhang Guan playing his best in the 200m tomorrow!"
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The next day at the World Championships in Track and Field, the first men's triple jump was played. Some of the national team athletes played on behalf of the Asian team, but unfortunately did not enter the top eight.
On the runway, the first competition is the hurdle event. Liu Feiren will play on behalf of the Asian team.
Among the opponents of Liu Feiren, the American team initially sent Wilson, but it was decided not long before the game to replace Wilson with veteran Alan Johnson. The American League sent the Cuban teenager Robert, who has just risen this year, and the European League send out an athlete who is the European Championship Latvian Ollies. These athletes have the chance to win the championship.
After the game started, Liu Feiren's start was a bit slow, led by Alan Johnson, and Robert almost kept pace with Liu Feiren. After three hurdles, Liu Feiren took advantage of his technique to gradually narrow the distance with Alan Johnson, but Johnson played equally well. He had to be better in the final sprint and finally won the championship with a score of 12.96 seconds, also the game record was refreshed. Liu Feiren finished second with 13.03 seconds, and Cuban teenager Robert was third.
In the 3,000-meter obstacle race held afterward, Qatar's 3,000-meter obstacle king won the championship with an absolute advantage. He is also the second athlete to win two gold medals in this track and field World Cup.
After the 3000-meter race, the women's 200-meter and men's 200-meter races will start one after another.
In the men's 200-meter competition, Obik Viru again represented the European United team, while the US team sent a young athlete Wallace Spearman who had just risen in the past two years.
Wallace Spearman is 22 years old this year. His special event was originally a 200-meter sprint. In college-age, Spearman once won two championships in the American University League Track and Field Championships and represented the US team in the 2005 World Championships in Track and Field, and finally won a silver medal in the 200-meter project. Spearman is currently regarded as the strongest 200m athlete after the US team relays Crawford.
The athlete sent by the American League is, of course, the young Bolt. Now Bolt is also a 200-meter special athlete. Although he is still very young, his experience in the international arena is as rich as the average veteran. He has been participating in some Central American competitions since he was 15 years old. In 2002, he won the World Youth Athletics Championship and became the youngest champion in the history of the World Youth Championship. At that time, Zhang Guan was still honestly reading in high school. Bolt also participated in the Athens Olympics afterward, and then retired for nearly a year due to injuries. It wasn't until the World Cup did he make a comeback to the track and field.
At this time, Bolt seemed very excited, playing with Zhang Guan was his long-awaited dream. For Bolt at this time, he never thought of defeating Zhang Guan, but he hoped to be in front of Zhang Guan, and fully demonstrate his strength.
American Spearman did not think so. This young athlete has always been the strongest 200m athlete in the United States in college, so he just graduated shortly when he was a newborn calf and was not afraid of tigers. He is thinking about how to defeat Zhang Guan.
Spearman looked at Zhang Guan, who was tying his shoelaces, and silently thought, "Zhang Guan, I admit that you are the strongest in the world in both 100m and 400m, but I am better than you in 200 meters, in a while, I will let you see how interesting the 200 meters race is! The victory over the so-called world sprint king, haha, must be a very shocking thing!"
The ambitious Spearman laughed at the thought of it. This kind of person exists in all walks of life, just like writing a web post. Many newcomers are always high-handed and low-handed when they first enter the industry. Minutes stepping on the mind of the great god, he didn't know that he had just taken the first step. And ten or nine of these people write about half of them.
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"Hello everyone in the audience, the men's 200m final is about to start! This is also the most-watched game today. Zhang Guan, the king of a sprint, is about to debut in the next game! Although Zhang Guan has once participated in the 200-meter competition of an East Asian Games, that was only a small-scale sports event held between East Asian countries. The strength of his opponents was also very weak. Today, Zhang Guan stands on the international stage of the 200-meter sprint for the first time. On the first appearance in front of an audience around the world, what kind of surprise will he bring us? Let us all wait and see!"
"Okay, the athletes have already entered, and the first line is ..."
The narrator began to introduce the athletes who started the competition one by one. After the introduction, the referee signaled the athletes to stand on the starting line and prepare to start.
"On your marks ... Set ..."
At the moment when the gunshots sounded, Bolt rushed out first, and the other athletes did not move. At this time, the whistle of the suspension of the game sounded, which means that Bolt ran away.
Bolt walked back a little embarrassedly and didn't forget to smile at Zhang Guan. He was indeed too excited, so he couldn't wait to hurry up and rushed out involuntarily.
But then, Bolt quickly adjusted his mind and stood on the starting block again.
The gunshots at the start rang again. This time no one ran away and the runners started smoothly.
American Spearman's technical feature is that the speed in the early stage is not fast, but the latter half will suddenly exert force. This technique is very confusing. In the beginning, the opponent thought Spearman was average, but when Spearman suddenly started accelerating, the rapid change in rhythm would make the opponent caught off guard. By the time the opponent reacts, Spearman will probably have already overtaken.
Today, Spearman is using this kind of running method. He does not run fast in the first corner. Although the starting position is sequential, the experienced person should be able to see that he is not only behind Zhang Guan but also lags behind Bolt and Obik Viru.
"Zhang Guan now definitely thinks that my strength is poor because I ran so slow! I will give you a surprise when I wait for acceleration..." Spearman looked forward to the moment when he counterattacked. But he never realized that he was thinking too much.