All-round Athlete

Chapter 120 The King of Track and Field: A Perfect Victory

The starting gunfire sounded again, and Zhang Guan and Powell rushed out of the starting line at the same time. Judging from the starting reaction, there was almost no gap between the two, and neither of them took advantage.

Next, Zhang Guan and Powell were neck and neck, competing with each other very anxiously, especially after 40 meters, the two were already ahead of other athletes. And this is exactly the script that everyone wants to see. The two fastest runners in the world compete in the same field, neck and neck. They are fighting and competing, and then the winner will be decided after a few seconds.

"Zhang! Zhang! Zhang!"

"Powell! Powell! Powell!"

The audience shouted the names of the two people, and the audience, regardless of gender, age or age, fell into a frenzy. The crazy shouts around shook Sharapova a little uncomfortable. She had never expected that the top track and field event would be like this.

On the tennis court, the audience will also cheer, but it is more of a gentleman's applause, and it is always quiet when the tennis player is receiving the serve after the ball is over. But the 100-meter sprint is different. The entire race lasts less than ten seconds, but the excitement brought by these ten seconds is enough to make a weak person burst out in an instant. For the audience of the 100-meter sprint, they need to shout, need To vent, you need to relieve the tension in your heart through exciting and exaggerated performance.

Then, Sharapova focused her attention on the track. The race was nearly halfway through, and Zhang Guan and Powell were still at the same level. At this moment, Sharapova also felt the tension and excitement. She didn’t have to join in and Among the shouting ranks.

"Zhang Guan! Powell! Powell! Zhang Guan!" The more neutral commentators in front of the TV didn't know whose name to call at first, because it seemed that the two were so close at the moment.

But the narrator of CCTV in China is different. His narration is obviously biased. Even though it is late at night in China, this narrator is as excited as a miner who has dug a gold mine.

"Zhang Guan's start is very good! He is accelerating, come on! Well, he passed the other athletes! And Powell too! They are fighting for the first place, but Zhang Guan is slightly ahead! Zhang Guan has the advantage!" The commentator said into the microphone shouted.

In the director’s room, the sleepy director had been awakened by the narrator’s passionate narration. He looked up at the screen, and it was obvious that Zhang Guan and Powell were running side by side. How did the narrator see that Zhang Guan was ahead? up? What is "and Powell too"? The bias of this explanation is too obvious. But then the director shook his head, not favoring his compatriots, could he still favor those big black athletes?

But the commentator in the studio didn't realize this at all. He sincerely hoped that Zhang Guan would win, and he did bring his emotions into the game.

"Come on! Overtake it! Overtake it!" The commentator puffed up his chest with great enthusiasm, and started waving his arms unconsciously. For a person who eats by mouth, this is really rare.

The commentator's commentary was very refreshing and passionate, but the atmosphere on the field was very hot and tense. Although the athletes had just run 50 meters, the coaches of the two teams felt that it had been as long as several hours.

The media has been hyping the competition for "the world's number one flying man". Athletes are under tremendous pressure, and coaches are also under tremendous pressure. Powell's coach Sue Reber may be better, because Powell is a challenger after all. The winner is originally the weak side. It is natural to be happy when they win, but it is also normal to lose. But the pressure on Director Yu is much greater than that of Su Ereb. He knows that this is the biggest challenge Zhang Guan has faced since his career, and it is also the biggest challenge he has faced since his professional teaching career. Director Yu guessed Zhang Guan may lose this game, Director Yu also knows that Powell is unlikely to break the world record in this game, as long as Powell does not break the world record, then Zhang Guan will still be the world record holder.

Director Yu doesn't want Zhang Guan to lose. Zhang Guan's rise is too fast and too young. Since Zhang Guan's debut, he has never lost. In every game, whether it is the preliminary round, the semi-finals or the final, Zhang Guan is the first One, Zhang Guan has gone so smoothly along the way, Director Yu is very worried that Zhang Guan will not be able to bear the blow of failure.

"Come on! Zhang Guan, you are the strongest!" A shout sounded from beside Director Yu. With a kind of trust in Zhang Guan!

"Trust!" Director Yu suddenly realized that he was wrong! In the past two years, Zhang Guan has never failed, and he has won first place in all the competitions he participated in. If this is the case, why worry about him, why not choose to trust him!

"I believe in you, and I should believe in you! Even if you are still behind at the last second, I should believe in you! You will definitely be able to defeat Powell! I believe in you!" Director Yu immediately felt a lot more relaxed, and then he also shouted stand up.

In the next moment, there was finally a change on the track.

Fifty meters is only half of the 100-meter race, but it is also a watershed between the world's top athletes and first-class athletes. In the first fifty meters, the gap between top athletes and first-class athletes is not that big, but after fifty meters, Top athletes will gradually show absolute superiority. But both the world's top athletes, Zhang Guan and Powell, their race has just begun at the 50-meter mark.

Powell enjoys this feeling very much. He listened to the sound of air flying past his ears and felt the tremor brought by the contraction of muscles. He finally found the time when he ran 9.77 seconds in Athens a week ago. that feeling.

"Yes, that's the feeling! It's great! This is what I need. This kind of speed, this sense of rhythm, come on, let me go faster! Go faster!" Powell kept encouraging himself , although he only found this feeling when the distance of the race was more than halfway, but he didn't think it was too late, because the contest between him and Zhang Guan really started.

Powell began to imagine in his mind: "At this speed, although I can't break my own time, the final speed must be around 9.80 seconds! This game, I will definitely win! Zhang Guan, I beat you this time, but This is just the beginning, and then I will win again... what!"

A moment ago, Powell was still cheering that he had found his best form, and he was still imagining that he could defeat Zhang Guan.

The next moment, Zhang Guan slowly, slowly, overtook Powell.

In fact, this process is slow at all, it is just a blink of an eye in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of Powell, the whole process of surpassing is so long, he can even see clearly every time Zhang Guan waved his arms, every time Every time he took a step and kicked to the ground, he seemed to hear the sound of spiked shoes trampling on the runway.

"How did this happen? He overtook me, how could he run so fast!" Powell's pupils full of surprise left Zhang Guan's back.

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"It's over! It's over! It's over!" Director Yu suddenly roared, his clenched fists raised high, and the entire coaching bench was shocked by him. But no one blames the coach. At this moment, he should have this kind of performance. Any coach who stands in the position of coach will probably have this kind of performance.

Not far away, Powell's coach Sue Leiber half-opened his mouth. He was sure that this was the fastest speed he had ever witnessed; he was sure that the current Powell would never be able to run at this speed; I understand that Powell has no chance of winning this game.

"Is this the speed of the world's number one flying man? It's terrible!" Sue Leiber also had to admit that Zhang Guan's title as the world's number one flying man was worthy of the name, and then the director Yu's crazy roar came from his ears, and then Sue Leiber suddenly felt a little jealous of the guidance.

"It is probably the greatest honor for a coach to have a talented student! This bald head is really lucky..." Suereb sighed quietly, he was ready to accept the reality of failure.

However, the game is still going on, Powell did not give up, he is still working hard, even if these efforts now seem to be in vain.

There were still 20 meters left before the finish line, but the overall situation was settled. As long as Zhang Guan maintained his current speed, Powell would obviously not be able to catch up. And the audience in the sports field burst into more intense cheers than before. This time they were not cheering for the athletes, but paying tribute to the upcoming champion!

Sharapova has been infected by the surrounding atmosphere, and like other audiences, she stood up and shouted for Zhang Guan. Then, she witnessed Zhang Guan crossing the line, followed by others, applauding for the champion.

"This is track and field!" Sharapova said with emotion, this is completely different from tennis.

In tennis, the capacity of a general tennis court is between 3,000 and 6,000. In fact, 6,000 is considered a large-scale tennis venue. The main tennis stadium of the Olympic Games generally has a capacity of about 12,000, the center of the four Grand Slams. The venue can accommodate about 15,000 spectators, of which the US Open is slightly more, and other Wimbledon, French Open and Australian Open are similar.

But in track and field, there are far more spectators than in tennis. Generally, medium-sized arenas in Europe can accommodate 30,000 to 40,000 spectators, and slightly larger ones can accommodate 50,000 to 60,000 people. World-class venues such as the Bird's Nest can accommodate 100,000 people to watch the game at the same time. Just imagine, 50,000 to 60,000 spectators cheering and applauding at the same time, the enthusiastic atmosphere is completely different from 15,000 spectators.

Moreover, the 100-meter sprint focuses on explosive power. The athlete will maximize the explosive power in the body in just ten seconds, and the audience will also give the athlete explosive support in these ten seconds. As for tennis, a game can last for hours, and the audience will also applaud some good shots, but it will not be as crazy as the track and field audience.

Sharapova looked at the fanatical spectators around her. At this moment, she finally understood why someone would spend hundreds or even thousands of euros to buy a ticket to watch an athlete run for just 10 seconds. This kind of passion, that kind of catharsis, even after the end, can still be recalled for a long time.

"Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang..."

The audience in the arena suddenly started to shout Zhang Guan's name. At first, only a few people shouted, but it quickly spread throughout the entire area. Tens of thousands of audience members shouted Zhang Guan's name in unison.

Sharapova didn't know why this happened, but then, a loud chants from the live DJ made it clear to her.

"A new world record!"

I was so excited when I wrote this chapter. Seven chapters mission completed today! But it's not over yet, there is more to add! Don't keep the monthly pass in everyone's hand, give it to me!