In the general impression, India is a weak sports country. India has participated in the Olympics for more than 80 years but has not even won an Olympic gold medal. But in fact, Indians also have sports that they are good at. For example, in cricket, India can be regarded as the top country in the world. For example, in the Kabaddi project, the Indian team is called the Kabaddi Dream Team.
Of course, these projects are not Olympic events, but only popular in a small area. To put it bluntly, no one plays. If those sports powers also start to develop these projects, India must stand by.
Although India is not good at the official Olympic games, the Indians are very good at creating gods. If an Indian athlete can achieve a good result, he will be touted to the sky. The athletes themselves are also suffering from this problem, and when they get a little achievement, they start to run their mouths and others.
Matthews Binu is an athlete who has participated in the semi-finals of the Olympics. He naturally understands that he is a bit lacking compared to Zhang Guan. However, in the face of interviews, the nature of Indians who like to talk big is still difficult to suppress. The outbreak of this was when broke the words of "conquering Zhang Guan" two days ago.
After that, Matthews Binu did indeed become popular in India. Most people in India thought that Matthews Binu could defeat the crown. At least they thought that Matthews Binu's possibility of defeating Zhang Guan was very high.
But when the game started, when Matthews Binu stood on the field and faced Zhang Guan, he immediately became guilty.
"This is just the preliminary round. Zhang Guan will not try his best to run. I will run a little faster as soon as possible. Even if I can't win Zhang Guan, I believe I won't lose too much! It will be good for my status today, just losing to Zhang Guan with a slight gap, I believe the domestic audiences will accept it." Matthews Binu nodded while thinking. Then he changed his mind and then thought,
"My strength should be ranked at the forefront of this group of athletes. What if I play at a super level today? If Zhang Guan is out of something or encounters unexpected situations, such as accidentally falling, sudden leg cramps, breathing ... then I might have a chance to be able to defeat Zhang Guan! Beat Zhang Guan! I will become a hero in India!"
Matthews Binu smiled involuntarily while he was obsessed, and then he thought of the bright future and stood on the starting block. His position is on the sixth track, and Zhang Guan is on the third track, the two are separated by two runways.
The gunshots sounded, and Matthews Binu rushed out immediately. His running style is different from other people. He did not have a clear sprint during the entire 400 meters. The speed is relatively average, so is a corner it won't be slow, and it won't be fast in the straight. Matthews Binu is relatively average in absolute speed and explosive power, but his endurance is good, so he chose this average running method.
As an athlete who can run into the semi-finals of the Athens Olympics, Matthews Binu still has a certain strength, at least in the Asian Games, as soon as after entering the second 100 meters, he has already been with the athlete on the seventh track and went hand in hand, which in the 400m project represented the completion of the surpassing of the athlete on the right.
"Okay, just over one on the straight runway. My position should already be ahead of them! I don't know where Zhang Guan is now. I think I should be on the same starting line with him just now! Wait until I get into the corner later, I will take a look at Zhang Guan's side."
Matthews Binu just thought of this, but suddenly found a red-figure suddenly appeared on the left side of his body, a few tracks apart, and then surpassed him.
"It's Zhang Guan!" Matthews Binu was shocked in his heart, "How is this possible? He and I are separated by two tracks, and I have a starting position in front of him, how can he catch up with me? Impossible! Is Zhang Guan doing his best to run? This is only the first round of the preliminary round, why should he be like this? What is he doing? In this way, he may lose two seconds."
Matthews Binu suddenly discovered that his previous prediction seemed to be wrong, Zhang Guan did not regard this game as a preliminary match, which means that Matthews Binu would lose very badly.
At this time, Zhang Guan was indeed unreserved while running. The previous rhetoric of the Indian flying man Matthews Binu had already made Zhang Guan very uncomfortable. Although Zhang Guan did not need to bother with this kind of clown-like behavior, since he met in the game, Zhang Guan didn't mind embarrassing his opponent.
Another point is that after the men's 400-meter race, they will enter the lunch break. The entire lunch break lasts for nearly five hours. The lunch break will continue until after 3 pm. Zhang Guan has plenty of time to rest and restore his strength, so Zhang Guan doesn't mind wasting a lot of energy in the last game of this morning.
The next 200-meter schedule has lost its suspense. Although Zhang Guan is on the third track, he has left the other athletes behind, even the eighth athlete who is at the top of the starting position can only watch Zhang Guan's back dashing past the finish line.
"43.95 seconds, a result within 44 seconds! Perhaps this result is nothing to Zhang Guan, but this is a new Asian Games record!" CCTV's commentator was forced to find a record and put it in for Zhang Guan. However, for the event records, this kind of thing is probably quite worthless, the system did not give Zhang Guan any reward.
Matthews Binu looked at his 46.12-second result, his face was bitter, and the gap was more than two seconds, which can not be described as "poor defeat" Binu suddenly had some regrets.
What should I do if the cowhide is blown out?
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Even in December, the temperature at noon in Qatar can still reach 28 degrees Celsius. Although this is not a difficult test for outdoor sports, it is still very uncomfortable. Therefore, the organizers in Qatar did not arrange outdoor events at noon. For example, on the track and field, athletes and spectators have a rest period of up to five hours.
After three o'clock in the afternoon, the temperature gradually began to drop, and the track and field competition also continued. The women's hammer throw finals began first. After that, the women's 800-meter preliminaries were held, and near the evening, the men's 1500-meter preliminaries were held.
The middle-distance running events of the Asian Games are dominated by athletes from West Asian countries. In this Asian Games, a total of more than 20 athletes and eight participants participated in the 1500-meter middle-distance running. To accommodate some athletes, only two preliminary matches were arranged.
Zhang Guan was divided into the first group to run this time. Among the athletes in the same group, Bahrain athletes Joseph Carmel and Bella Mansour Ali and Qatar's Bashar Najim and Savin. All four of them are African naturalized athletes. Except for Savin, the other three are Kenyan athletes, while Saudi is an Algerian native. Also, Iranian Mudila and Japan's 1500 meters first place Kobayashi Shiwa was also divided into this group. Although his strength is not as good as the athletes of Western Asian countries, he has a chance to enter the final.
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In the athlete preparation area, Joseph Carmel, Bella Mansour Ali, and Bashar Najim all unknowingly gathered together. Although the three played in different countries, they were all Kenya naturalized athletes of nationality, including Ali and Najim, both from the same area in Kenya.
Savin of Saudi Arabia walked out of the athlete's tunnel and was just seen by Ali. Ali waved at Savin and said, "Savin, we are all here!"
Savin also stepped forward and said to Carmel, "Carmel, I haven't had time to congratulate you on winning the World Cup Championship!"
"It's been almost three months, and now you think of congratulations!" Carmel said, dissatisfied.
Savin approached the three of them and asked, "It seems that I came out a little bit out of time. I haven't bothered you to chat!"
Carmel shook his head, "It doesn't matter, we are talking about Zhang Guan."
"Zhang Guan? By the way, he also wants to participate in these preliminaries! I really can't understand why he is a sprinter who wants to participate in the middle distance race. In the middle distance race, competition between Western Asian countries is already intense enough." Savin's words revealed dissatisfaction.
"Savin, you are right, he has already won the sprint championship in East Asia, and indeed should not come to participate in the middle distance running." Carmel lowered his voice, then said, "So we just discussed, shouldn't we think of a way to block Zhang Guan from the 1500m final gate. Savin, are you interested in participating?"
"Oh?" Savin immediately showed a very positive expression, obviously interested in it.
Only listening to Carmel said, "We don't know what Zhang Guan's 1500m level is, but from the information we have obtained, he has scored 3 minutes, 35.85 seconds in the Chinese game. This result should be possible to enter the 1500m final. So if you want to block Zhang Guan from the gate of the 1500m final, you must use some tactics."
"Do you mean that we lead alternately?" Savin asked.
"Yes, lead alternately, and we must try our best to get a good position. In short, Zhang Guan can't find the rhythm he is familiar with." Carmel said.