The Doha Asian Game is considered to be the largest Asian Games in recent years. A total of 11,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions have come to participate in the competition for 423 small events, which is much more than the previous Busan Asian Games.
In terms of competitions, the Asian Games are also different from the Olympic Games. For example, the current Doha Asian Games include such events such as bodybuilding, bowling, chess, billiards, sepak takraw, squash, kabaddi, etc.
The opening ceremony of the Doha Asian Games is December 1, but the start time of the track and field event is December 7, so the athletes of the national track and field team can arrive in Doha slightly later. But Zhang Guan, the flag bearer of the delegation's phalanx, must have arrived in Doha in advance.
On the evening of December 1, at the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Doha, Zhang Guan played as the national team's flag bearer, earning enough media attention. In the next few days, Zhang Guan mainly carried out some adaptive training, and occasionally went to the stadium to watch other events. Until December 5, when the other coaches and athletes of the national track and field team arrived in Doha, Zhang Guan was officially considered to have returned to the team.
Since the official start of the Asian Games in Doha on December 2, the national team has also been able to beat the other teams, winning 16 gold medals on December 2, 13 gold medals on December 3, 9 gold medals on December 4, 22 gold medals on December 5, 16 gold medals on December 6, there was no suspense to becoming the first place in the gold medallist, while Japan and South Korea are fiercely competing for the second place in the gold medallist.
On December 7, the Asian Games' largest track and field competition officially began. On this day, there were only two track and field events in one event, namely the men's 20km and women's 20km. The race walking project has always been a strong point of the national team. Even in world competitions, it has the strength to win medals, not to mention the Asian stadium. Eventually, the national team's athletes won the gold medals in the men's and women's 20-kilometer walking event, which made a good start for the track and field event.
On December 8th, the competition in the main venue of the Doha Asian Games track and field event officially began, and Zhang Guan will also be on the stage of the Asian Games for the first time on this day.
On this day's track and field competition, Zhang Guan needs to participate in four events, mainly the men's long jump qualification, men's 100m preliminaries and rematch, men's 400m preliminaries and semifinals, and men's 1500m preliminaries.
In terms of schedule, the men's long jump qualification and the men's 100-meter preliminaries are only five minutes apart from the start time. Five minutes after the long jump preliminaries, the men's 100-meter first round of preliminaries officially started. The track and field World Cup are somewhat similar, but this time Zhang Guan does not have to worry about the match time.
A 100-meter sprint is a small event with the largest number of contestants in track and field events. There are more than forty contestants from various countries. The first round of the preliminaries will be contested in five groups. Zhang Guan, as the biggest athlete, is arranged in the final group of the preliminaries, which is the fifth group to debut.
In the preliminary round of the 100-meter sprint event of the Asian Games, the men's and women's teams were crossed with each. A women's 100-meter preliminaries followed by a men's 100-meter qualifier, and then the women's second 100-meter qualifier, and so on. Therefore, Zhang Guan's fifth group needs to wait for the first four groups of men's 100m and four groups of women's 100m to finish before they start the game. It is said that the first eight 100m preliminaries will take half an hour to complete. Half an hour is enough time to win the championship and complete one or two test jumps.
In the men's long jump event, a total of more than 20 athletes signed up for the Doha Asian Games. According to the rules, each athlete can have a total of 3 test jump in the qualifiers, and the top twelve athletes can enter the finals. According to the calculation of one minute per person, the entire long jump preliminaries can be ended in just over an hour.
Zhang Guan got the sixth appearance in the draw, and the playing position is relatively high, but for Zhang Guan, the order of the preliminaries does not matter. Zhang Guan can't wait to finish the long jump.
At the beginning of the long jump competition, it was 2:20 in the afternoon in the country. Although this day is not a weekend rest day, the ratings in the afternoon are still very good, especially with the appearance of Zhang Guan, which makes the Asian Games broadcast ratings in this period rise a lot.
"Audience friends, the qualifiers for the men's long jump event will be held next! This is also a long-awaited game for everyone. Zhang Guan will make his debut in this Asian Games!" CCTV's commentator watched while looking at the manuscript in his hand, he then said, "Zhang Guan won the world championship of men's long jump in the World Cup track and field competition in September. I think for Zhang Guan, there is no difficulty in qualifying for this qualifying match, so the key to the game is to look at Zhang Guan's current state. Director Sun, what do you think?"
The guest director Sun next to the narrator immediately said, "Actually, I think that Zhang Guan's good or bad condition will not affect his final championship. After all, this is only the Asian Games. If it is the track and field world championship or the Olympics, Zhang Guan may take some time to adjust himself to the best state, but in the Asian Games, the opponent is too weak. No one can hope to win the championship without competing at Zhang Guan's level. There is no suspense."
"Oh, it seems that Director Sun is very optimistic about Zhang Guan." The commentator continued.
"Yes," Director Sun admitted categorically, and then continued, "The last track and field World Cup match, Zhang Guan debuted on the international long jump field for the first time, although I did not go to watch the live broadcast of that game, after reading the briefing of the competition, Zhang Guan only took two test jumps in that competition. The first jump was 8.58 meters and the second jump was 8.63 meters. These two results not only refreshed Asia record twice but also refreshed the best results of this year's long jump, and the 8.63m result is the best in the world in the long jump since the past six years."
"So Director Sun, I understand that you think Zhang Guan is the strongest long jumper in the world?" The commentator asked immediately.
"From the best score, you can say that." Director Sun continued, "And I think so."
During the conversation between the two, the game has already started, the athletes are on stage, and the top three athletes quickly completed their respective test jumps.
"Oh, the next athlete is Al Haddad. After Haddad jumped, it was Zhang Guan's turn to jump!"
The top four athletes did not perform well, they either fouled or scored terribly, and the fifth appearance of Al Haddadi was a good result, jumping out of the 7.55 meters.
"Someone finally jumped out of the score of more than 7.5 meters." Zhang Guan walked into the running area while thinking.
Zhang Guan had almost no preparation and started running, and in terms of take-off position, Zhang Guan also chose to be more conservative and started to take off even far away from the foul line. But even so, Zhang Guan still easily skipped the eight-meter mark.
"Zhang Guan skipped eight meters! 8.13 meters, this is the best result so far. Zhang Guan's expression also looks very relaxed. I want to believe that he is very satisfied with this result. This result is enough to enter the final!" The narrator said.
"Yes, a good score of 8.13 meters, even in the Olympics is enough to reach the finals." Director Sun said with a sudden burst of voice, "Huh? Zhang Guan put on his coat, he began to pack his backpack."
Zhang Guan on the TV broadcast screen has come to the sidelines and put towels and other items in his backpack.
"I guess Zhang Guan is ready to give up the remaining two test jumps! Indeed, for him, this result has completely ensured that he can enter the finals, it is better to save some physical strength, he has 100 meters and 400 meters for the next two games." Director Sun said immediately.
Sure enough, after finishing the equipment, Zhang Guan directly turned and left the area of the long jump.
"Cut..." Ben Mazuk, who didn't take the first test jump not far away, said disdainfully, "I wanted to compete with you, but I didn't expect to run away..."
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Half an hour later, Zhang Guan appeared on the track and participated in the men's 100m preliminaries.
Twenty-four athletes in the 100-meter competition will be promoted to the next round. The top four athletes in each group plus the top four with the best performance will be eligible for promotion, so the competition is not very fierce, and in the first four preliminaries that have been completed, the other two athletes of the Chinese team have also successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
Standing on the track, Zhang Guan looked at the contestants from both countries and suddenly felt a sense of going back to the past. When Zhang Guan went abroad for the first time to participate in the Asian Athletics Championships, the situation was similar to now.
"It's been more than three years since this time has passed! I felt that I was very successful in participating in an Asian track and field championship. Now whenever I come to the Asian arena, I have a guilty feeling of beating these children."
Zhang Guan smiled self-deprecatingly, and the gunshots at the start also sounded. Ten seconds later, Zhang Guan advanced to the group without suspense.
"It's another game. After the 400m preliminaries, there will be no match for me this morning! Punch off work!" Zhang Guan thought lightly.
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After another half an hour, Zhang Guan appeared again on the track and field track, and this time it was a 400-meter preliminary.
The national team only sent Zhang Guan to participate in the men's 400-meter competition, Japan in East Asia filled three athletes, and countries in West Asia and South Asia sent more athletes on this event, such as India and Sri Lanka in South Asia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc. in West Asia, of which the three athletes in Saudi Arabia are all the naturalized African athletes.
"I don't know any of these athletes! I don't have black people in this group, there are no naturalized athletes. It seems that I will be casually running." Zhang Guan looked at the other competitors around him and saw a familiar face.
"Why do I seem to have seen this guy? Huh? Indian? I remembered. He is the Indian sprinter, which is Binu... I remember he said in the interview that he would challenge me?" Zhang Guan said with a disdainful smile.