For middle and long-distance runners, alternating lead is indeed one of the most practical tactics. Whether it is to seize the initiative, control rhythm, and limit opponents, you can complete it by alternating lead. The four athletes present on the court are all excellent middle runners, and they are not unfamiliar with the alternate leading tactics.
Savin thought for a while and said, "It's no problem to use alternating lead, but for the preliminary round it should be the top six of the group who will advance to the final. We only have four people. If Zhang Guan ran in fifth or sixth place, he can still enter the finals."
"We were also discussing the issue just now, we're thinking whether or not Mudra should be brought in." Carmel paused, and then said, "In fact, we don't care, even if the audience knows that they will not be happy."
Murda is an Iranian athlete, and Iran and other Middle Eastern countries are at odds with each other due to historical beliefs and other reasons. The four athletes such as Carmel are all African naturalized athletes. It doesn't matter if they cooperate with Iranian athletes, but they are worried about unnecessary troubles.
"Forget it, let's not have too much contact with Murda! I think the four of us are about the same. If it's a big deal, we change the rhythm more." Bashar Najim of Qatar said, he is at home, so he doesn't want the audience to see that he has an intersection with Iranian athletes.
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At this moment, Zhang Guan held the list of participants and looked at the name of Carmel for a long time.
"Carmel is the 800m champion of the track and field World Cup! I don't know anyone else." Zhang Guan looked at the names on the list, his face confused.
At this time, the director said, "You have four African naturalized athletes in this group. You have seen Joseph Carmel of Bahrain, the 800-meter champion of the World Cup in track and field, but 1500 meters is not his strength. So it's not as good as 800 meters. Another Bahraini athlete is Bella Mansour Ali. "
"I found it, this is it." Zhang Guan pointed to Ali's name on the list, and then said, "This Ali is so young, only 18 years old this year!"
"Don't believe that it's fake. It is estimated that Ali himself doesn't know his true age." Yu Gui continued, "This Ali comes from a tribe in Kenya, and that tribe is known for the athletes. So, when Ali first participated in the competition, he was ten years old when he entered the competition. According to the age, he filled, I am afraid that he will participate in the World Championship when he is eleven or twelve. Although the information on your hand shows that he is eighteen years old, maybe twenty-eight is also available."
Zhang Guan nodded and said, "Coach Yu continued," This Qatar Bashar Najim is also a naturalized athlete from Africa. By the way, he is the same as the two people in Bahrain I mentioned earlier. He is from Kenya, so when running, be careful, those three might unite with each other to fix the rhythm. Also, Savin is a naturalized Algerian athlete."
"Well, understand, I will pay attention to these four people." Zhang Guan nodded.
"Don't run too hard during a game, even if you can't run, it doesn't matter, there are still two more games waiting for you next!" Yu Gui kindly reminded him.
"You can rest assured, there is no problem." Zhang Guan finished and walked towards the track.
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"The men's 1500m preliminaries are about to start, and it is worth mentioning that Zhang Guan, the king of the sprint, will appear in the 1500m preliminaries." With the cry of the on-site commentators, the 1500m race was about to begin.
Bahrain coach Virgil frowned, staring at the crown on the track preparing.
Coach Virgil is from an old era with Coach Hart. Coach Hart is good at coaching sprinters, while Coach Virgil is good at coaching middle and long-distance runners, but the strength of the middle-distance running in the United States is far inferior to sprinting. Being able to achieve such remarkable achievements was outstanding for coach Hart, but this does not affect Virgil's chance on becoming the world's top coach.
"Coach, are you still paying attention to Zhang Guan?" Rashid Ramz, who was ranked in the next group, went to coach Virgil and said, "Today's schedule is still very bad for Zhang Guan! After the 1500 meter preliminaries, Zhang Guan still needs to participate in the 100m semi-finals and the 400m semi-finals. If the three games in the morning are added, Zhang Guan will have to play six games today, and there is a 1500 mid-distance running."
Rashid Ramz is of Arab descent. Compared to Carmel, Ramz is better at the 1500m project. It can be said that he is the biggest hope for the Bahrain 1500m project to win gold, and in history, he has also been in the 2008 Olympic Games, he won the men's 1500m gold medal and achieved a breakthrough for Bahrain.
Coach Virgil nod and said, "Zhang Guan had three matches a day before, and they are all finals. Today, he only participated in the preliminaries. In the preliminaries, he does not need to do his best. In the sprint event, Asian athletes pose no threat to him at all, so his physical exertion will be much less. Moreover, Zhang Guan only took one test jump in the morning long jump qualifier, and the physical exertion is almost negligible. He has a lot of physical exertion, so only the current 1500m race will physically exhaust him!"
"Coach, I remember that there seems to be no sprint champion in history who can achieve results in the 1500m event. Why do you pay so much attention to Zhang Guan?" Ramz asked.
"I just have a very bad hunch, as if I was started by a beast in the wild." Coach Virgil took a deep breath, and then said, "Perhaps this is just my illusion! Recently, it is probably making me mentally nervous."
"Coach, don't think about it so much, the game will start soon," Ramz said.
At this time, at the starting line, the 12 contestants lined up in a half arc, and they had already prepared the starting posture. Then the gunshots sounded and the athletes started to run.
Zhang Guan was slightly out of the middle, so when the starting gunshot sounded, besides the normal start, Zhang Guan would also merge to the inner runway, but Zhang Guan found that his merge did not seem to very smooth, he encountered difficulties when he just wanted to move left. The black athlete on the left seems to be merging, but he is using his body to block him from occupying a good position.
Zhang Guan glanced at the flag printed on the other party's sportswear, "This is a Bahraini. The Bahraini athletes include Carmel and Ali. I know this is not Carmel, it seems that this person is Ali who does not know his true age. So it going to be like this, Ali will keep blocking me like this."
Zhang Guan slowed down a bit, it was equivalent to putting Ali to the front, and then merged inwards, but the position of other athletes was also very close. Zhang Guan couldn't find a gap that could cut into the innermost, so in the end, he followed the last place.
In terms of merger experience, Zhang Guan is indeed not as good as these professional middle-distance runners.
Carmel gave Ali a wink, indicating that Ali had just performed well and successfully succeeded in holding Zhang Guan to the last place. Later, Carmel deliberately gave Ali a position, and Ali also ran ahead of Carmel, plus Bashar Najim and Savin, four people from three countries have formed a leading small group.
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"Start!" Coach Virgil still stared at Zhang Guan closely, then watched him get stuck in the position of Ali, and finally fell to the last place.
"He's the last one. Judging from the skills and timing of his movement, Zhang Guan seems to be a rookie." Coach Virgil breathed a sigh of relief, and the heart that he chose to hang was finally settled.
"Zhang Guan's position seems to be stuck. It seems that he doesn't know how to run in the middle distance, but according to the information I got from China, his 1500 meters has a result of 3 minutes, 35.85 seconds. The results of the Olympic A standard is too high, if you can't run in the middle distance, it is impossible to run out into the Olympic A standard. Is it possible that he achieved this result by speed alone?" Coach Virgil thought of this and decided to continue to observe Zhang Guan.
However, in the eyes of ordinary audiences at the scene, Zhang Guan was the last one since the start of the match, which was a weak performance.
"Look, Zhang Guan is the last one! Although he is the king of the world sprint, when he reaches the middle distance, he is only the last one!"
"It has been said everyone expected Zhang Guan's performance in the 1500m event to be like this. No athlete in the world can cross from 100m to 1500m."
"Mid-distance running is our strong point in West Asian countries. Even if the East Asians sent their strongest crown, what can they do? It's not at the end!"
People in these West Asian countries are willing to see Zhang Guan lagging in the 1500m project. Asian middle distance races have always been ruled by West Asian countries or the Gulf region, but there are also many countries in the Gulf region. The two gold medals of the 800 meters and 1500 meters are not enough for all of them, and now Zhang Guan also wants to share this cake, which will naturally arouse the anger of the Gulf region. Therefore, the audience could not wait to see Zhang Guan deflate on the 1500m project.
At the same time, in the live broadcast room of the capital, China Central Power, it fell into a brief silence.
After the start, the narrator screamed excitedly to cheer for Zhang Guan, but he did not expect that Zhang Guan, who had completed the merger, fell into the last place, and all the original narrations he prepared were in vain. The member didn't know what to explain in an instant.
After two seconds of silence, Director Sun, as a guest, finally spoke, "Well, the game has just begun, and it is still in a stage of follow-up. Although Zhang Guan is currently ranked at the end of the team, Zhang Guan is strong. With his sprint ability, he is also very likely to rush into the top six late in the game. And considering that Zhang Guan has two games to follow, it is normal to retain physical strength during the starting stage!"
"It turned out that way!" The commentator glanced at Director Sun very gratefully. He said that today's game is to invite guests. Zhang Guan ranked first from the bottom, and they were all saved by Director Sun's an excuse to force the circle back!