The national team's lounge was full of joy at this time, Zhang Guan broke the 200-meter world record, so the coaches and athletes are celebrating for him.
After everyone celebrated, Director Ma shouted to Zhang Guan to come to his side.
Director Ma said to Zhang Guan, "There is one thing I have known for a long time, but I am afraid that it will affect your game status, so I have not told you. Now the track and field World Cup is over, I will tell you simply! At the Asian Games, you have to participate in the two middle distance running events of 800 meters and 1500 meters. The center has already answered."
"The center agreed?" Zhang Guan asked eagerly.
"The promised is agreed." Director Ma nodded, then said, "But there is a prerequisite."
"I knew it would be like this." Zhang Guan smiled helplessly, and then asked, "No problem, I promised to come down."
"You didn't ask what the conditions were, you just agreed? What if you were pitted?" Director Ma said with a smile.
Zhang Guan shrugged indifferently and said, "Anyway, if I don't agree, they will not let me go to the competition. Sooner or later I have to get on this thief ship, so I might as well just be happier!"
"Your so optimistic," Director Ma said, holding out his hand, and then said, "I will count it for you. Your Asian Games this time, you want to participate in 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 4 times 100 meters, long jump, 800 meters, and 1500 meters, right?"
"Yes," Zhang Guan nodded.
"If we don't count the 4 by 100 meters, then you have six remaining events to participate in. You must ensure that in these six events you have to win the championship, then the General Administration will let you participate." Director Ma said.
Zhang Guan's heart suddenly ecstatic, he went to the competition in order to get the championship. However, in terms of expression, Zhang Guan frowned deliberately and said, "There are a lot of unexpected situations in this official game, and the situation is also changing rapidly. Who can guarantee to win the championship."
"If you can't get the championship of these six events, you won't be able to think about middle distance running! At least before the next Olympics, give me a good sprint." Director Ma said.
"The center is afraid that my energy is too scattered, and that it will affect the performance of the sprint event!" Zhang Guan said.
"I'm also afraid that your tail is too warped, I don't know if you know that the sky is thick!" Director Ma continued.
Zhang Guan nodded, "That's okay, no problem, six championships are six championships! as for the 4 times 100 meters, as long as the other few don't fall off the chain, I will get back the championship back to you!"
"Don't be too full of yourself. You saw that in the 800-meter race, Bahrain's Carmel won the championship. The West Asians are world-class in the middle-distance race. Let's not talk about this Carmel. Yesterday, Ramz also won a medal in the 1500m project. In addition to Bahrain, Carmel and Saudi Arabia also have several African naturalized athletes. Their strengths are first-class in the world. At least it is no problem for them to enter the Olympic semi-finals. It's just that this time it was limited by the number of entries, and so they didn't come." Director Ma persuaded.
"You can rest assured, how many world champions have lost to me over these years! I'm afraid there will be seven or eight, one or two more is even better." Zhang Guan said confidently.
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An interview with Zhang Guan is being broadcast on the TV screen.
"Zhang Guan, as the king of the world sprint, winning the 200m event is something that everyone had expected before the race, but I think no one must have thought that you can break the world record of 200m! Did you have a hunch that you can break the 200-meter world record during the game?" A reporter asked.
Zhang Guan thought about it and replied, "This is not at all. I was enjoying the game at that time, so I didn't think about breaking the world record until I crossed the finish line and saw the final result before I realized I broke the 200-meter world record."
"Zhang Guan, I saw rumors that you already have the strength to break the 200-meter world record, but you were deliberately hiding your strength before, right?" Another reporter asked.
"This is not hiding strength. It is because there are fewer 200m games. Many Grand Prix and gold leagues will not set up a 200m game so I have no chance to express myself." Zhang Guan said.
A reporter immediately asked, "You now have three world records, and they all are sprint events. It can be said that you are already a well-deserved king in the world of the sprint. In the competition yesterday, you also showed the world your strength in the long jump event, I don't know if you have any ideas or plans for other events in the future? Such as high jump? Pole vault? Or hurdles?
Zhang Guan remembered not long ago that he was allowed to participate in the middle distance running of the Asian Games, so he said, "Next I plan to try middle distance running."
The surrounding reporters immediately raised their spirits. Zhang Guan wanted to enter the middle distance running project, which was more attractive than the previous two topics. A reporter immediately asked, "Is it the 800 meters for the middle distance run?"
Zhang Guan said, "800 meters and 1500 meters, I want to give it a try."
"Oh..." This answer made the reporters more excited. If Zhang Guan just ran 800 meters, it was still within the scope of comprehension. After all, 800 meters and 400 meters have some common places, but for the 1500 meters, it's different. This has nothing in common with Zhang Guan's previous sprint events. Zhang Guan, as a sprinter, will go from scratch to the1500 meters.
A female reporter asked expectantly, "How long do we have to wait before we can see you galloping in the middle distance race?"
"I have applied to participate in the middle distance race in a domestic competition not long ago. I will participate in both 800m and 1500m." Zhang Guan replied.
"What's the score? Will you win the championship?" The female reporter then asked.
Zhang Guan nodded, admittedly, and then went on to say, "That competition was also this year's Asian Games".
In the selection of the National Games, I think that in the Doha Asian Games soon, I should be able to participate in the two middle distance running events of 800 meters and 1500 meters."
"Wow!" The surrounding reporters suddenly fried the pan, and the discussion was endless.
"Zhang Guan has just applied this year! It is now September, which means that there are three months left?"
"Asian Games? Where is it held? When is it held?"
"I know it is in Doha, Qatar. The time should be in early December."
"It will be more than two months after that, I can see Zhang Guan's participation in the middle distance run!"
The discussion of these reporters will naturally not be recorded on the TV. When Zhang Guan had just answered the question, the TV screen had already been switched back to the host.
Suddenly the TV was pressed and someone held the pause button, and then an elderly white man in front of the TV said, "You all see it, Zhang Guan is about to enter the middle distance race."
The elderly man, named Virgil, is a well-known American middle-distance running coach in the United States. He had already lived a retirement life but was hired by Bahrain with high salaries to coach several middle-run runners in Bahrain. The rapid development of Bahrain's mid-distance race in recent years is precisely due to Virgil's skillful coaching.
Not far from Virgil, Joseph Carmel sneered in dismissal, "Sprinting is different from middle running."
Joseph Carmel had just won the 800-meter track and field World Cup championship, at this time the limelight was flourishing, and Zhang Guan had not considered him at all.
"I think we have to pay attention to Zhang Guan. He is the best athlete in the world. He can cross from 100 meters to 400 meters. He can also break the world record. Maybe he can also achieve success in middle-distance running."
The speaker was Rashid Ramz, who once won the 800m and 1500m world championships at the 2005 World Championships, at the time he was called the king of middle-distance running. But this year his condition is not good, so he failed to win a medal in the track and field World Cup.
"Rashid, I admit that Zhang Guan's physical fitness is very good, but don't forget that our body is also not bad, and you can use a lot of tactics in middle distance running. You, me, and Bella, three of us if we use tactics, we can bring down the crown!" Carmel said.
The "Bella" in Carmel's name is Bella Mansour Ali. Like Ramz, they are Kenyan naturalized athletes to Bahrain. He once won the 1500m World Youth Championship, and his strength is also the world's top, but he did not come to participate in the track and field World Cup this time, which is the kind of top athlete who failed to participate in the event "due to quota restrictions".
Carmel then said, "There are many talented athletes in this world. It is not only Zhang Guan who is dominant in short-distance racing. Look at Phelps in swimming. The short-distance event is a monopoly, but did he go to the 1500 swimming? Isn't Phelps disdaining to get the gold medal in 1500 meters swimming? Of course not. It is because Phelps has self-knowledge, even if he is good it is impossible to win a championship by participating in a 1500-meter swim. From short-distance to mid-distance, for a world championship. No one in the world can do it!"
Ramz was still very worried, he said, "Zhang Guan also mentioned in the press conference that he once won the gold medal in the middle distance race in China."
"China's domestic competition? How many results can be achieved?" Carmel said disdainfully.
At this time, Coach Virgil's mobile phone rang. After answering, he talked to the other party, then hung up the phone, and then said, "Gentlemen, I learned about Zhang Guan's participation in the middle-run race in China through my friends. It was a national track and field championship held in China. Zhang Guan did not participate in the sprint but won the championship of 800 meters, 1500 meters, and long jump. Zhang Guan's 800 meters at the time was 1 minute 46.11 seconds, for 1500 meters the score was 3 minutes 35.85 seconds."
"Hahaha..." Carmel suddenly laughed, "Achievements beyond 1 minute 46 seconds, well, we don't have to worry about Zhang Guan at all now."